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I nominate Full Metal Jacket, It's A Wonderful Life, Diary of Anne Frank, They Shoot Horses Don't They, Bonnie and Clyde, Two Women.


SGG

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Originally posted by MUTT999:
Would The China Syndrome fit into this category? A bit dated now, but also a bit relevant. And my favorite Jack Lemmon movie.

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
For me, some are ...


Cadillac Man

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas

Gimme Shelter

Vision Quest

Carnal Knowledge

Local Hero

Summer Of Sam

Parenthood

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I nominate Full Metal Jacket, It's A Wonderful Life, Diary of Anne Frank, They Shoot Horses Don't They, Bonnie and Clyde, Two Women.


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What part of FMJ do you refer to? You were never in the military, were you?
Wonderful Life, why? Because you have been visited by the Ghosts of past and future?
I have not studied the Anne Frank to know how faithful the film was, but the book is certainly in this realm - good call.
What facet of Bonnie & Clyde? The evil G-Men?
Why Horses?
Not familiar with Two Women - why include here?

But your post does remind me of Platoon, some parts of it, and also some parts of Saving Private Ryan.

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FMJ: I would say the whole movie, the whole entire message it depicts about war in modern times, but I know that might not be a satisfactory answer for you. So, I'll say the first half, because that's about as real as it gets. No, I've never been in the armed forces, but I've had friends and family who were. Yes, that first half, during Boot Camp.

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I also recall that in Little Man Tate, the depictions of mathematical visualizations in his head were really good, they took me back to that age doing those things.
As well as Amadeus, Hulce's depictions of a genius felt like I was in the presence of many of the other geniuses I was familiar with - most films trying to display genius fail miserably, dumbing things down for the masses.

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FMJ: I would say the whole movie, the whole entire message it depicts about war in modern times, but I know that might not be a satisfactory answer for you. So, I'll say the first half, because that's about as real as it gets. No, I've never been in the armed forces, but I've had friends and family who were. Yes, that first half, during Boot Camp.

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The Boot Camp portion of that was hard for me to get through, it was so unrealistic, and nothing like Marine Corps Boot Camp. I wondered if the whole movie was going to be that bad, and if I should just walk out.

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
The China Syndrome was fictional, but the Three Mile Island meltdown occurred just twelve days after the movie was released. Seems to me that is the quintessential definition of "too close to reality."

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FMJ: I would say the whole movie, the whole entire message it depicts about war in modern times, but I know that might not be a satisfactory answer for you. So, I'll say the first half, because that's about as real as it gets. No, I've never been in the armed forces, but I've had friends and family who were. Yes, that first half, during Boot Camp.

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The Boot Camp portion of that was hard for me to get through, it was so unrealistic, and nothing like Marine Corps Boot Camp. I wondered if the whole movie was going to be that bad, and if I should just walk out.

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But my guess is that Kubrick's "realism" is quite the contrary and could be deemed poetic license in lieu of reality. Consider his track record as a film maker and resident mad scientist of filmdom reputation. I'm sorry that I confused his take as realism, and I should know better because of the aforementioned track record. 2001, The Shining, Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange.........strange and unusual, a challenge to the natural senses. Imagine him tackling Apocalypse Now, or One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

So, perhaps you have a point. Far too surreal and off kilter to be real.


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2. Run, Bambi, Run. More corruption from the Mecca of Socialism, Milwaukee. Shouldn't all murderers be allowed to be lead investigator into their own crimes, and be able to frame their ex-wife?

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:

2. Suspect Zero. On the DVD, be sure to see the demonstration in Special Features, after watching the flik.

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