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Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
amazing growth
This is really an amazing movie. It's not amazing because it's entertaining, not because it's brilliant, not because of all the many reasons that make it a great movie in a normal conception. This movie is amazing because it grows. The first time you see it you may think it's just good - say a "7". But from the third time you start noticing a whole universe inside the movie. Even the smallest nameless character has got an evolution - a very important place in the story "behind" the plot. This is amazing. I've never seen a film working in this way and I think it's what every filmmaker would like to do. I will never understand why Brian De Palma stopped writing his subjects and screen writing his movies. It's too bad. I think we've lost ten or fifteen masterpieces.
Smoking/No Smoking (1993)
the best Resnais
This is one of the most intelligent and elegant movies ever made. And, still, it's funny and somehow happy. Of course, if you don't like minimalism and a playful conception, you will not love it. But you have to see it. Growing old, Alain Resnais becomes younger and fresher. It's far younger than all the Tarantinos. He's more free. Free from the author's giant ego, free from the film-industry mechanics, free from the boredom of 90% of "high" french movies, free from the film-language, free from everything but its own structure. Great actors, great conception. The only limit is that it's too new and too theatrical for the normal viewer. It requires a watcher with the same kind of freedom. Sorry for my broken English. However, You have to see it, really.