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Thoughts bouncing around.
They begin with a confused public reception, as this is without a doubt, the Best Picture of 1979.
Not that it wasn’t nominated. It was.
Along with seven other nominations: Film Editing, Sound, Cinematography, Screenplay based from Another Medium, Art/ Set Direction, Director, Supporting Actor.
It won for Sound and Cinematography.
This is another of those films for which I’m jealous of those seeing it for the first time. So if you fit into that category, make certain that you see it (if not theatrically) on the best possible 4k system, with Atmos – and LOUD.
My initial exposure was in early September of 1979, returning to New York with a French friend, who spoke little English, from Telluride. We saw it at the Ziegfeld, and he was bowled over by the audio and the visuals. He didn’t need no dialogue.
And he understood wide screen. Boy, did he ever!
I was going to note that it’s one of the most important films of the 1970s, and realized that I’d be giving...
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