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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

Good

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

In the air again

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Eight miles high...back in the early afternoon.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 30, 2007 at 2:37 AM

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Jeffrey Kunze says ...

Great 60s song by the Byrds. I recently performed this with a friend at a college guitar concert.

Posted by Jeffrey Kunze at December 30, 2007 9:17 AM

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T. Holly says ...

Really. Q: Who sounds the best in the wake of Bhutto, this morning, on CNN? A: Hilary.

Posted by T. Holly at December 30, 2007 10:04 AM

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The Winchester says ...

Is that code for drugs, eight miles high? I prefer to say "Watching the Fountain".

Posted by The Winchester at December 30, 2007 10:48 AM

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Mgmax says ...

Good thing us rightwingers stayed home this Christmas so you environmentalist liberals could burn all that fuel traveling.

Posted by Mgmax at December 30, 2007 1:18 PM

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actionman says ...

I'm heading back to Hell-A tomorrow...not looking forward...

Posted by actionman at December 30, 2007 1:44 PM

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T. Holly says ...

They're still hammering away at Wells in the eye-rack thread. I think it's just a matter of time before therapy couches start filling up with abused bloggers or a self-help book for bloggers appears. So many of you have blogs, do you pray for abuse? Is this abuse?--She hasn't blocked me yet... (The link in comment 4 doesn't work automatically, you have to cut and paste.)

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Posted by T. Holly at December 30, 2007 2:18 PM

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berg says ...

watching Big Lebowski with an eye for comparisons to No Country For Old Men ... there is the same shot at the beginning of each, the camera pushes towards the edge of a cliff and reveals the horizon beyond (in one shot lights of L.A. in the other the west Texas desert plains) ... both films have a narrator who is a crusty old cowboy that introduces and concludes the story ... in BL Jeff Bridges says he's going to a cash machine; in NCFOM Harrelson says he can go to an ATM ... in BL Walter's dog makes all these sounds, some of which are foley sounds. Same thing with the dog that chases Brolin, listen to the dog's many sounds as it expires ... there is something elese

Posted by berg at December 30, 2007 2:51 PM

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K. Bowen says ...

Eight Miles High. That's another one of those sixty songs, like THe Buffalo Springfield's For What It's Worth, that invariably shows up on sixties documentaries.

Posted by K. Bowen at December 30, 2007 3:03 PM

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