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Cinema’s Best Trilogies

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Stanley

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In light of my recent review of Hiroshi Inagaki’s 3-part masterpiece, The Samurai Trilogy, I think a quick little tangent into the art of the film trilogy would be rewarding.   Continue reading →

Posted in Lists Tagged apu, back to the future, batman, before midnight, before sunset, bourne identity, christopher nolan, Francis Ford Coppola, george lucas, indiana jones, ingmar bergman, irvin kirschner, jacques tati, jason bourne, jean cocteau, Jean Renoir, kyrzystof kieslowski, laurence olivier, Lord of the Rings, michelangelo antonioni, mr. hulot, paul greengrass, peter jackson, playtime, rainer werner fassbinder, richard linklater, robert zemeckis, roberto rossellini, roman polanski, rosemary's baby, Star Wars, steven spielberg, The Dark Knight, The Godfather, three colors, trilogy of life 2 Comments

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Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard

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