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Wes' Biased Film Reviews - Pre-1950
| Title |
Overall |
DVD |
Review |
Gay Content |
| Black
Narcissus (1947) |
••• |
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Crazy
nuns in the Himalayas! While the DVD version of this classic
doesn't do the cinematography justice, the story of a band
of nuns trying to make do (and failing) still captivates.
Since I didn't read the novel, I have no idea exactly why
they chose to keep the rather obscure title, since it has
nothing to do with the story. 02/01 |
Nun. |
| 47 Ronin: Parts 1&2 (1941) |
•• |
•• |
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| Ivan the Terrible: Part 1 (1944) |
••• |
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| Night and Day (1935) |
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Early
Kurosawa is so effortless, it seems a shame to watch any of
his later works, which are hilariously earnest in being "Japanese,"
whatever the hell that means. This is the ultimate crime story:
the story is clever, the mystery is logical if over-the-top,
and it's got Toshiro Mifune in his prime daddy years. A fine
film for the inquisitive. 11/00
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