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Monday, July 04, 2005

10 Best Movies About "America"

Here is the list of the 10 BEST MOVIES ABOUT "AMERICA", films that could be put in a time capsule to give the generations many centuries from now an accurate picture of what the USA was really like:

Citizen Kane (1941)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Do The Right Thing (1989)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
JFK (1991)
On The Waterfront (1954)
Red River (1948)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Note that this is the definitive list. Entirely correct. The only list worth considering. All other lists are illegitimate.

Now start fighting!

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2 Comments:

I think "Once Upon A Time In America" is a very good immigrant/gangster movie. It's a superior movie, and almost makes the list, but I don't know that it describes what really occurs in America any more accurately than a dozen other movies in that genre.

The American Gangster movie is almost like a specific sub-genre of the "American Essay" film. "The Godfather", "Once Upon A Time In America", "Goodfellas" are all movies that describe the experience of the outsider trying to create the American dream for himself outside the system. If I had to choose one of these movies to put on the list, I think it would, of course, have to be "The Godfather", but there are dozens of them worth noting.

- By Blogger Neal Romanek, at Tue Jul 05, 08:54:00 PM GMT+1  

lord of the rings, the guns og navarone, my big fat greek wedding

- By Anonymous Anonymous, at Tue Jul 05, 09:23:00 PM GMT+1  

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