Directors Guess that review (1 Viewer)

[george kaplan]

Here's an excerpt from a film review. You need to guess what film this is from. If no one can do it, I may turn it into a multiple choice format.

"There is no document of civilization that is not a document of barbarism," said the great German-Jewish post-modernist philosopher Walter Benjamin, just before he overdosed on morphine in 1940.

 

[Bill McA]

The Sorrow and the Pity???

 

[Adam_S]

Schindler's list???

 

[Brook K]

1492 Conquest of Paradise

 

[Bill McA]

Hot???

Warm???

Cold???

?????

 

[george kaplan]

Very good guesses. However, time to make this multiple choice.

"There is no document of civilization that is not a document of barbarism," said the great German-Jewish post-modernist philosopher Walter Benjamin, just before he overdosed on morphine in 1940.

a) Fantasia
b) Taxi Driver
c) Birth of a Nation
d) 2001
e) Saving Private Ryan

I'll reveal the answer tomorrow night.

 

[John Kilduff]

It's a wild guess, but is it "Birth Of A Nation"?

Sincerely,

John Kilduff...

Just a wild guess.

 

[Jeremy Stockwell]

George, I'm gonna go with a) Fantasia.

Simply due to the reference to 1940.

Totally guessing, though.

JKS

 

[Adam_S]

Taxi Driver

 

[Brook K]

2001

I cheated and Googled for the 1492 answer. It was the only movie that came up associated with that quote in the first 3-4 pages of hits.

 

[Steve Christou]

Once Upon a Time in the West

 

[Jeremy Stockwell]

Steve,

My signature is not, I repeat, NOT a screenshot contest.

Thank you for your cooperation.

JKS

[EDIT]: What are you doing in Polls anyway??

 

[Steve Christou]

I tripped, fell, next thing I knew I was in George's thread.

Still trying to figure out Bill's signature shot, hmmmm... Bareback Mountain? Bill?

 

[Jeremy Stockwell]

Happens to me all the time.



Indiana Jones 4??

JKS

 

[george kaplan]

Well since Brook spilt the beans.

Yes, it's 2001. It's so completely irrelevant, that it jumped out at me, hence this thread.

I was going to make this into a contest, but I'm not sure I can find any other reviews that contain such irrelevance.

 

[Jeremy Stockwell]

We could play, "Guess that Rambo Rick Review."

There's plenty of irrelevance there!!



JKS

 

[Hunter P]

I Yahoo'ed it and saw that this quote was used in several movie reviews, like Cape Fear and LOTR.

 

[Bill McA]

Nope!!

 

[george kaplan]

OK, here's another one.

"It's the best film I've seen in the last 10 years. The acting was superb, the script one of the finest, and the directing? Out of this world. I cheered inwardly at scene after scene." The author? It's a Wonderful Life director Frank Capra.

I'll reveal the movie that this is from a review of tomorrow morning. The goal for you - try to guess it before then without googling.

 

[Jeremy Stockwell]

I'm going to go with a self-praising Capra, and guess,

"It's A Wonderful Life"

JKS