Here we are, FG, the 1990’s. Alongside the 2000’s, it’s my favorite decade for movies. Let’s get it on!

Results of Round 1

• Groundhog Day (1993) (15) beat 12 Monkeys (1995) (6) and Sense and Sensibility (1995) (4)

• 4 Little Girls (1997) (7) beat Hamlet (1996) (5) and Shakespeare in Love (1998) (4)

• Happiness (1998) (9) tied with Short Cuts (1993) (9) and beat 54 (1998) (1)

• A Few Good Men (1992) (10) beat Hard Boiled (1992) (6), and Showgirls (1995) (6)

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I mean heirs in cinematic terms. Is there anyone with a similar style or who explores the same themes? So far, it seems to me that Michel Franco's work is inspired by Haneke. Can you think of anyone else?

The filmmakers can be from any country.

Looking forward to your thoughts!

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This one's for you, Klop!

• I am so glad that movies like Mandy exist. There aren't really movies like Mandy except for Mandy, so I guess I'm glad that Mandy exists. I didn't quite love it, but I am very glad I saw it.
• I'm not gonna do a full length style review, so I'll just say some bullet points:
• I love the look of the thing. The visuals always kept me interested and were usually gorgeous to look at.
• The acting from the entire ensemble is fantastic, most especially Linus Roach as the cult leader. He's phenomenal.
• I love the slowed down luxurious pacing in the beginning, throughout the first half really, but I wanted the pace to pick up in the second half. The second half plays too slowly.
• I'm not sure I "get" the demonic bikers, it reminded me a bit of that scene in Weird Science, and I think the narrative suffered from having two sets of bad guys. I wish it had just been the cult members. If I'd been the editor, I'm cutting all of the biker stuff and ending up with the movie closer to 90-100 minutes.
• Cage is amazing in this movie. The way he embodies his grief, never letting it be forgotten in the second half, it's SO good. And the bathroom freakout I'd already heard about actually was my favorite scene in the movie. It was so raw and emotional. He's raging through his grief, and without that scene I'm not sure I buy the revenge half of the movie.

So overall, I'm giving it an 8/10. I wanted to love it, but it's just too long, and some of the bits don't quite work, so I was never able to go into full on loving it.

Oh the the things I do for Amy Adams. I want to lock PTA in a room and force him to write a great lead role for Amy as his next movie.

Dreadful. Some of the body horror stuff is funny and it occasionally taps into that campy late night movie energy which would have been a good approach for the whole thing. But the problem is there just isn't nearly enough of that and 80% of it is just family drama things. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing but those scenes are just awful. Feels like family squabbles on a bad network sitcom most the time. Also there's no real resolution to the dog plot, it just gradually drifts into the background to make way for more scenes of the couple fighting as the movie goes on. It pays lip service to bigger ideas but I don't think it says anything about post partum depression, identity loss, or anything like that. It's just about her being tired and not having time to take a shower after having a baby, I think we all already knew that and didn't need to watch someone turn into a dog to figure it out.

Amy is giving 100% and trying as always but as seems to be the case with her recent projects there just isn't anything good for her in the script. And the rest of the adult cast is just listless, particularly the husband. Which maybe was the point for him but it still would have been nice to give her somewhat of a foil to play off of.

Now this is how you do a fucking revenge movie, Quentin!

There is something primal about Robert Eggers's movies, and The Northman is the most primal of all. I wanted to see this when it came out but wasn't able to make it happen. I know people go crazy for The Lighthouse and The VVitch, but to me neither can compete with this primal, guttural, beautiful, horrifying, magical movie. I think even with its mega violence, it's still Eggers's most easily watchable movie, but it also touched me on a deeper level than either of his others, both of which kept me a bit at a distance. But this tail of a son seeking revenge for his father's murder, and being surprised by some of things he finds along the way, it's his best movie, without question.

I don't suppose I have enough to say right now to fill out a full proper write up, but this is a definite 10/10 from me. I was surprised, I was enthralled, I was never bored, and I even got chills a few times.

I like Raymond Carver's stories, so I guess I’m looking for something similar in cinema. I’m aware there are adaptations of Carver’s works, but that’s not what I’m after.

I suppose what captivates me is that minimalistic, somewhat realistic, or everyday feeling of a couple starting to fall apart.

Can you think of any movies that convey this?

The films can be from any year and any country.

Looking forward to your recommendations!

I finally caught up to QUENTIN TARANTINO's most recent movie and boy was I thoroughly unimpressed by it. Tarantino has always been a childish director, but he often packaged his immaturity with intoxicating style. Here he may have recreated the period well, I'm not sure, it felt right, but the way he tells his story shows me that he's got nothing left in the tank, nothing left to say (if he had anything to begin with) and resorts to the most childish ending he could have possibly inflicted on the viewing public.

I don't have an issue with historical fiction in general, but the way that Tarantino tries to use the real life knowledge of the Tate-LaBianca murders to add a sense of impending doom or menace to the happenings of his movie really rubbed me wrong. maybe because I had a feeling that he doesn't have the artistic balls to go through with depicting what actually happened, and I was right as he instead childishly rewrites history like he did with the killing of Hitler in Inglourious Basterds. It's the lowest form of weak ass fantasy wish fulfillment, so eager to deny the horrors of reality and instead get lost in what sure would've been a more palatable ending. It's a child not wanting to grow up, because it's too scary. It's disappointing from a movie I have seen called Tarantino's midlife crisis movie. I expected there would be some actual depth here, but I guess that's on me for having such ridiculous expectations of the movie.

Also, the entire ending is filmed as comedy, except it's not funny (outside of Austin Butler's "I'm as real as a donut, motherfucker" line, and Pitt's reading of telling the cops Butler had said "I'm here to do some devil shit...that's not verbatim") and is too cartoonishly violent to take seriously. Also, why was Rick's instinct to burn up a girl with a flamethrower when as far as he was concerned she had bloodily burst out of his back door and fallen into his pool? A more believably human response would've been to try and help her out. He doesn’t have the context for everything that’s been going on. But Tarantino doesn’t have anything more to say than “doesn’t this look cool?” and doesn’t have a reason for it to happen that’s logical, so we get this.

Anyway, the movie is not without its merits. DiCaprio is extraordinary, and takes us on a real journey inside of Rick Dalton. His freakout in the trailer, his realizing he identified with the character in his book and it hit a little too close to home, then his reaction when the little girl tells him that was the best acting she'd ever seen. This is one of DiCaprio's best performances and one of Tarantino's best characters.

Pitt is asked to do little more than play cool, which is not a problem for him. But there's not much to Cliff Booth as a character, and I can only think that Pitt won his Oscar for this movie more like a lifetime achievement award than anything. The whole Bruce Lee sequence was laughably awful from a performance, writing, and storytelling standpoint. It adds nothing and is just another thing a 13 year old boy might think was cool.

The overuse of narration in the third act, when precisely none of it was needed and only brought attention to itself and Tarantino’s lack of trust in his screenplay, was really disappointing.

There is some good menace built up when Cliff goes to the ranch, but nothing really comes of it. This movie is oddly disjointed and honestly, most of all, it's fucking boring. I may not have thought a lot of The Hateful Eight once it gets to the cabin, but even as it went along and so much about it didn't work, I don't remember being bored. I suppose so much of it goes back to the fact that after Jackie Brown, Quentin Tarantino has not directed a movie. Every movie since then has been made by QUENTIN TARANTINO!!!!!! and he was better before he got too far up his own ass. That has never been more true than here, where he's disappeared inside there, loving the smell of his own farts so much that he's made a movie that's simply a bore.

4/10

And wow, complicated feelings. I am not sure I "get" Lanthimos or what he's trying to do. I think his absurdist take on things keeps me at a distance when I should be being pulled in closer. Emma Stone's extraordinary work (she wholly deserved her Oscar) is not quite wasted, really, but it is not supported by her director and his telling of the story.

Obviously the whole thing is a bit of a riff on Frankenstein, but it's not a retelling, which I think I was expecting in a way as things went along. I was never quite sure where things were going, and that was nice.

I think it's often visually interesting, but in the same way that Gilliam overuses the fisheye lens, Lanthimos does as well, and it takes me out of the movie. It breaks the illusion of film. It reminds me that I'm watching something that was created, and instead I think I should be getting lost in what is happening to and inside Bella Baxter, not thinking "why is he using that lens? What's with the constant little pinhole camera shots?"

Mark Ruffalo is funny in his ridiculous role, and a good foil for Stone. Jerrod Carmichael is actively bad, and Ramy Youssef is quite good, as is Willem Dafoe.

Of course there are some issues when watching the movie, like the pervertedness of both Youseff and Ruffalo falling in "love" with this child in a woman's body. I understand things from Bella's perspective, she's doing little more than just feeling intense sensations in her body, as anyone would, but the men are another matter. I'm not sure it makes a difference to anything, but it does kind of hang there, being creepy in a perverted way. The bounty of sex scenes in the brothel in Paris are, of course, a different matter and are there for the storytelling purposes of showing Bella's growth as a person (while also reminding us that really only Youssef's character knew that Bella was a woman with a child's mind, making the journey of his character particularly dissonant).

I can't say I dislike it, even as I dislike things about it. I'm also not particularly sure what to rate it. 7/10 seems too high, and 6/10 is what I'm actually rating it, but somehow it doesn't seem to fit. Ratings don't seem to really fit for Lanthimos's movies, for me. I've only seen this and The Lobster and I honestly don't have any desire to see more from him. Again, that absurdist style takes me away from the movie and has me viewing things from a distance. That's not where I want to be from the story or characters.

I mean his cinematic heirs. I suppose one possible answer could be Jafar Panahi. Can you think of any other filmmakers? They don’t necessarily have to be from Iran. They can be from any country.

Looking forward to your thoughts!

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Another year for the books, what media are you enjoying as we wrap up and look back on 2024?

Watching: After a few years of lackluster film viewing and large spaces of inactivity I feel my deep love for the medium is returning, and I'm compelled to rewatch some favorites I've only seen once or many years ago. Thinking about doing a fresh favorite films list which would be the first update since like 2017. Some films I'm planning to revisit include:

• Face of Another (1966)
• High and Low (1963)
• The Turin Horse (2011)
• Chungking Express (1994)
• Late Spring (1949)
• The Leopard (1963)
• Dr. Mabuse The Gambler (1922)
• Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)

I am also planning on using my roommate's Max subscription to finally watch Scavengers Reign

Playing: On the last case of the second Ace Attorney game, looking forward to the joy that these games always bring me. Might try to get back into Shadowman and the Resident Evil 1 Remake

Reading: The Asian Journals of Thomas Merton

Listening to: Have Electric Masada - At the Mountain of Madness queued up and am stoked to finally hear one of Zorn and cos most beloved works.

Stay warm and cozy FG! And best of luck with the Christmas season

Herzog hints at in Grizzly Man, I remember having that moment of recognition, letting it go, but I'm surprised I can't think of anything besides that one.

I’ve been searching for this short film for a long time without success. Does anyone know where to find it?

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Someone to Watch Over Me

Berenger is maybe a bit miscast and the ending is too clean but I was really surprised by how much I liked this. Mimi Rogers was really good and overall it looks great, lots of beautiful shots of New York at night and the suspense beats work well. I'd probably put it in Ridley's top 5, a solid 8/10

The Piano Lesson

A good play but this is very flat. After some prologue scenes that open it up it feels very "stagy" and trapped. Outside of Jackson giving it some life the performances were all just alright as well. I suppose it's worth watching if you're not familiar with the play but I'd rather just watch a good stage production.

I mean the names of historical films or by iconic directors. Better if they are one-word titles. For example: Theorem (1968) by Pasolini.
What others come to mind?

Results of Round 1

• Ghost World (2001) (9) beat Solaris (2002) (5), and 102 Minutes that Changed America (2008) (3)

• Gladiator (2000) (10) beat Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring (2003) (9), and 24 Hour Party People (2002) (3)

• 25th Hour (2002) (9) beat Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003) (3), and Stranger Than Fiction (2006) (3)

• 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) (7) beat Gosford Park (2001) (6), and Sugar & Spice (2001) (4)

• Gran Torino (2008) (9) beat 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007) (5), and Sunshine (2007) (5)

• Superbad (2007) (11) beat Grizzly Man (2005) (7), and 500 Days of Summer (2009) (4)

• A History of Violence (2005) (10) beat Syndromes and a Century (2006) (6), and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) (5)

• High Fidelity (2000) (7) beat Synecdoche, New York (2008) (6), and A Scanner Darkly (2006) (4)

• Hot Fuzz (2007) (9) beat A Serious Man (2009) (8), and Take Care of My Cat (2001) (3)

• A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) (11) beat Idiocracy (2006) (7), and Talk to Her (2002) (7)

• Adaptation (2002) (11) beat Hot Rod (2007) (7), and Taxidermia (2006) (2)

• Adventureland (2009) (8) beat Thank You For Smoking (2005) (7), and I'm a Cyborg (2006) (2)

• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) (12) beat I'm Not There (2007) (4), and Alexander (Revisited) (2004) (3)

• In Bruges (2008) (11) beat The Army of Crime (2009) (3) and All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) (3)

• Almost Famous (2000) (10) beat In The Bedroom (2001) (4), and The Cove (2009) (0)

• The Aviator (2004) (9) beat Amelie (2001) (7), and In The Loop (2009) (4)

• In the Mood for Love (2000) (11) beat The Dark Knight (2008) (10), and Amen (2002) (1)

• *American Psycho (2000) (8) beat The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2006) (6), and

Inception (2010) (6)*

• Inglorious Basterds (2009) (12) beat The Departed (2006) (10), and Anchorman (2004) (1)

• Apocalypto (2006) (10) beat Inland Empire (2006) (6), and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) (5)

• Atonement (2007) (5) beat Into the Wild (2007) (3), and The Fall (2006) (3)

• The Fountain (2006) (9) beat Iron Man (2008) (8), and Avatar (2009) (7)

• Bad Santa (2003) (10) beat The Host (2006) (9), and Juno (2007) (3)

• Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) (13) beat Before Sunset (2004) (5), and The Hours (2002) (2)

• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) (13) beat King Kong (2005) (6), and The House of Sand and Fog (2003) (2)

• The Hurt Locker (2008) (12) beat Kingdom of Heaven (2005) (4), and Beowulf (2007) (3)

• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) (9) beat Best in Show (2000) (8), and The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (2009) (3)

• The Incredibles (2004) (9) beat Big Fish (2003) (5) and La Ciénaga (2001) (5)

• The Lives of Others (2006) (10) beat Borat (2006) (5), and Last Days (2005) (3)

• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (8) beat Brokeback Mountain (2005) (6), and Let the Right One In (2008) (6)

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) (12) beat Caché (2005) (7), and Little Otik (2000) (2)

• Lost in Translation (2003) (12) beat The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (9), and Cast Away (2000) (4)

• Casino Royale (2006) (8) beat Love Exposure (2008) (6), and The Man Without a Past (2002) (2)

• The Pianist (2002) (10) beat Catch Me If You Can (2002) (8), and Man from Earth (2007) (1)

• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) (12) beat The Piano Teacher (2001) (7), and Chicago (2002) (3)

• Children of Men (2006) (14) beat The Prestige (2006) (10), and Me And You And Everyone We Know (2005) (1)

• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) (12) beat Mean Girls (2004) (5), and Chocolat (2000) (3)

• Memento (2000) (11) beat City of God (2002) (6), and The Son’s Room (2001) (1)

• Collateral (2004) (10) beat Memories of Murder (2003) (8), and The Twilight Samurai (2002) (3)

• Control (2007) (5) tied with Millennium Actress (2001) (5), and beat The Ugly Swans (2006) (3)

• Moon (2009) (10) beat Coraline (2009) (9), and The White Diamond (2004) (3)

• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) (11) beat The Wrestler (2008) (6), and Moulin Rouge (2001) (3)

• Mulholland Drive (2001) (11) beat There Will Be Blood (2007) (9), and Departures (2008) (1)

• Munich (2005) (13) beat Touching the Void (2003) (5), and Dig! (2004) (1)

• District 9 (2009) (14) beat Training Day (2001) (5), and My Winnipeg (2007) (4)

• Dodgeball (2004) (8) beat Mysterious Skin (2004) (5), and Triangle (2009) (2)

• No Country For Old Men (2007) (18) beat Dogtooth (2009) (3), and United 93 (2006) (3)

• Unbreakable (2000) (6) beat Nobody Knows (2004) (5), and Dogville (2003) (3)

• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) (14) beat Donnie Darko (2001) (7), and Up in the Air (2009) (1)

• Doubt (2008) (8) beat Oceans Eleven (2001) (7), and Valhalla Rising (2009) (5)

• Eastern Promises (2007) (8) beat Once (2007) (5) and Waking Life (2001) (4)

• Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) (12) beat Elephant (2003) (7), and Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story (2007) (5)

• Primer (2004) (11) beat Walk the Line (2005) (5), and End of the Century - The Story of The Ramones (2003) (3)

• Wall-E (2008) (10) beat Punch-Drunk Love (2002) (9), and Enter the Void (2009) (4)

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) (16) beat Requiem for a Dream (2000) (3), and Watchmen (2009) (1)

• Ratatouille (2007) (8) beat Wendy and Lucy (2008) (5), and Eureka (2000) (5)

• Road to Perdition (2002) (10) beat Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) (7), and Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) (5)

• Whale Rider (2002) (6) beat Far From Heaven (2002) (5), and Russian Ark (2002) (5)

• Sexy Beast (2000) (11) beat Where the Wild Things Are (2009) (5), and The Fast and the Furious (2001) (2)

• Wonder Boys (2000) (9) beat Finding Nemo (2003) (6), and Shadow of the Vampire (2000) (5)

• Sideways (2004) (10) beat Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001) (7), and Fish Story (2009) (1)

• Yi yi (2000) (9) beat Shaun of the Dead (2004) (7), and Fish Tank (2009) (2)

• Shattered Glass (2003) (7) beat You, the Living (2007) (2), and Freddy Got Fingered (2001) (2)

• Zodiac (2007) (13) beat Snatch (2000) (10), and Gerry (2002) (1)

Results of Round 2

• Gladiator (2000) (12) beat Ghost World (2001) (9)

• 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) (10) beat 25th Hour (2002) (7)

• Superbad (2007) (11) beat Gran Torino (2008) (6)

• A History of Violence (2005) (10), beat High Fidelity (2000) (4)

• Hot Fuzz (2007) (13) beat A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) (8)

• Adaptation (2002) (16) beat Adventureland (2009) (7)

• In Bruges (2008) (15) beat The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) (8)

• Almost Famous (2000) (12) beat The Aviator (2004) (5)

• In the Mood for Love (2000) (12) beat American Psycho (2000) (11)

• Inglorious Basterds (2009) (15) beat Apocalypto (2006) (11)

• The Fountain (2006) (8) beat Atonement (2007) (6)

• Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) (13) beat Bad Santa (2003) (5)

• The Hurt Locker (2008) (8) beat Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) (6)

• The Incredibles (2004) (11) beat Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) (9)

• The Lives of Others (2006) (8) beat The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (7)

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) (10) tied Lost in Translation (2003) (10)

• The Pianist (2002) (10) beat Casino Royale (2006) (7)

• Children of Men (2006) (10) beat Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) (9)

• Memento (2000) (11) beat The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) (10)

• Collateral (2004) (10) beat Millennium Actress (2001) (5) and Control (2007) (2)

• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) (12) beat Moon (2009) (10)

• Mulholland Drive (2001) (10) beat Munich (2005) (3)

• District 9 (2009) (13) beat Dodgeball (2004) (8)

• No Country For Old Men (2007) (23) beat Unbreakable (2000) (2)

• Doubt (2008) (8) beat O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) (6)

• Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) (10) beat Eastern Promises (2007) (7)

• Wall-E (2008) (13) beat Primer (2004) (8)

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) (17) beat Ratatouille (2007) (5)

• Road to Perdition (2002) (11) beat Whale Rider (2002) (4)

• Sexy Beast (2000) (8) beat Wonder Boys (2000) (6)

• Sideways (2004) (10) beat Yi yi (2000) (5)

• Zodiac (2007) (9) beat Shattered Glass (2003) (4)

Results of Round 3

• Gladiator (2000) (9) tied with 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) (9)

• Superbad (2007) (12) beat A History of Violence (2005) (9)

• Hot Fuzz (2007) (10) beat Adaptation (2002) (9)

• In Bruges (2008) (9) tied Almost Famous (2000) (9)

• In the Mood for Love (2000) (11) beat Inglorious Basterds (2009) (6)

• Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) (11) beat The Fountain (2006) (7)

• The Incredibles (2004) (9) beat The Hurt Locker (2008) (6)

• Lost in Translation (2003) (11) beat The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) (9), and The Lives of Others (2006) (3)

• The Pianist (2002) (10) beat Children of Men (2006) (9)

• Memento (2000) (13) beat Collateral (2004) (8)

• Mulholland Drive (2001) (10) beat Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) (6)

• No Country For Old Men (2007) (19) beat District 9 (2009) (3)

• Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) (12) beat Doubt (2008) (6)

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) (14) beat Wall-E (2008) (5)

• Road to Perdition (2002) (8) tied Sexy Beast (2000) (8)

• Sideways (2004) (9) tied Zodiac (2007) (9)

Results of Round 4

• Gladiator (2000) (8) beat 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) (6) and Superbad (2007) (6)

• In Bruges (2008) (13) beat Almost Famous (2000) (9) and Hot Fuzz (2007) (6)

• Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) (12) beat In the Mood for Love (2000) (11)

• Lost in Translation (2003) (12) beat The Incredibles (2004) (7)

• The Pianist (2002) (14) beat Memento (2000) (7)

• No Country For Old Men (2007) (13) beat Mulholland Drive (2001) (11)

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) (13) beat Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) (9)

• Zodiac (2007) (9) beat Sideways (2004) (8), Road to Perdition (2002) (3), and Sexy Beast (2000) (3)

Results of Round 5

• Gladiator (2000) (12) beat In Bruges (2008) (11)

• Lost in Translation (2003) (12) beat Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) (10)

• No Country For Old Men (2007) (13) beat The Pianist (2002) (6)

• Zodiac (2007) (16) beat Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) (11)

Results of Final Four

• Lost in Translation (2003) (14) beat Gladiator (2000) (13)

• No Country For Old Men (2007) (20) beat Zodiac (2007) (3)

Results of Final

• No Country For Old Men (2007) (17) beat p Lost in Translation (2003) (7)

Once, a renowned screenwriting professor who has consulted on some of the most important films of this century said in class that all stories have already been told. I bring this up because one would assume he’s a voice of authority on the subject.

For instance, one could argue that Gran Torino and Up are, at their core, the same story: a bitter and lonely old man learns to appreciate life again through the arrival of a young person in his life.

I suppose this is an example that could apply to more than one film. I chose these two because, at first glance, one might think they have nothing in common.

Similarly, one could say that Paris, Texas and Drive are, at their essence, the same movie.

Based on these examples, do you think all stories have already been told? Perhaps what changes are the details and the contexts? Can you think of other examples of films that essentially tell the same story?

I was looking at less watched random youtube videos from a website. I saw this youtube video:

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It's a movie part from a french movie. I scan the images but i couldn't find any movie.