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The Third Man (Criterion Blu-ray)
This title in particular has been the subject of a good deal of controversy on Elsewhere (among other sites), message boards, and email lists across the web. No one seems to talk about much aside from the "Grain Issue." Since the grain (or overabundance thereof) is the obvious elephant in the room, I'm going to address it before getting on to the additional content on display here, of which there is much to see and thoroughly enjoy. (continued)

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December 31

Defiance

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January 2

Cargo 200

January 7

Silent Light

January 9

After Dark Horrorfest 2009

Bride Wars

How About You

Not Easily Broken

The Unborn

Yonkers Joe

January 16

Chandni Chwok to China

Cherry Blossoms

Hotel for Dogs

My Bloody Valentine 3-D

Notorious

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

January 21

Of Time and the City

"Ghosts" trailer

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An electrifying, must-watch trailer for Asgar Leth's Ghosts of Cite Soleil (ThinkFilm, 6.27). Superb in all respects -- ThinkFilm should adopt this as the U.S. trailer. Here's my original review that ran in March '06.

After that first screening, I wrote that "I now see Haiti as less of a Ground Zero for abstract political terror and more of a place where people on the bottom rung are trying to live and breathe and create their own kind of life-force energy as a way of waving away the constant hoverings of doom. In short, this excellent 88-minute film adds recognizable humanity to a culture that has seemed more lacking in hope and human decency than any other on earth."

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on May 1, 2007 at 10:58 AM

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Joshua Mooney says ...

Yeah. Thanks for that. Damn.

Posted by Joshua Mooney at May 1, 2007 12:07 PM

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4th grade army says ...

Wow. That kinda blew mind. Def going to watch this.

Posted by 4th grade army at May 1, 2007 12:32 PM

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dre says ...

Wowsers! That just went from rental to must-see status. I learned the little I know about Haiti from Demme's excellent doc, The Agronomist but this looks to take it to a whole other level.

Posted by dre at May 1, 2007 12:48 PM

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nola says ...

I saw the movie a while ago and still can't get certain images out of my head.

Posted by nola at May 1, 2007 1:11 PM

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frankbooth says ...

It's getting harder to tell the docs from the digitally-shot, no-budget features. I had to go back and read you review to tell which this was. Not necessarily a bad thing, just the way things are right now.

It is a bit disturbing that news photos and footage now look so slick and aesthetically pleasing, thanks to advances in technology. There was something more appropriate about grainy 16mm when it came to depicting certain kinds of gritty, real-life material.

Looks grimly fascinating. Serious question: do you really think it would benefit from a Hollywood re-do? We have the real thing right here. What's the advantage of a fictionalized version?

Posted by frankbooth at May 2, 2007 9:35 AM

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