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Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 14h

HARRY AND WALTER GO TO NEW YORK (1976)

Gould and Caan. Vaudeville con men

Mark Rydell directs with a sledgehammer that says "this is funny"

The charm of THE STING or an Altman seems to be M.I.A

Stacked cast

Diane Keaton is a highlight. Epically crashes out mid-film #RIP

Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 1d

HOME FROM THE HILL (1960)

A Vincente Minnelli follow-up to Oscar-winning GIGI

A 2.5 hour family melodrama

Strong Mitchum and Hamilton

Minnelli effortlessly creates a world soaked in family secrets and sin

Everything's bigger in Texas

Leisurely paced but easy to vibe out to

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Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 1d

Yes thank you. It's very exciting for me and these kids. Film is hopefully something we can share together through the years

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Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 1d

Not my kids, sorry lol I meant kids in the family. I was on babysitting duty for my sister in law

Im trying to show them animated films outside the usual Disney fare. They loved Flow!

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Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 1d

PONYO (2008)

First watch for family kids and me

Their first Miyazaki 🙂

They were pretty riveted for the most part. Asked questions (it's different than Disney)

They connected to story. Fish who wants to be a girl

We had some good discussions about nature and the environment

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Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 3d

THE GARDEN OF EDEN (1928)

A Lewis Milestone follow-up to his Oscar win for TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS

Toni wants to leave the pretzel bakery and become an opera singer (as one does)

Amiable pre-code silent

Milestone isn't afraid to move the camera either. Some fun tracking shots

Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 4d

WEARY RIVER (1929)

A Frank Lloyd follow-up to his Oscar win for THE DIVINE LADY (Lloyd was Oscar-nominated for this too)

A bit creaky, kinda fun melodrama about a gangster who becomes a convict who becomes a singing star

Part silent, part talkie

Richard Barthelmess has the juice

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Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 4d

127 HOURS (2010)

Danny Boyle's follow-up to SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place 😛

Square in Boyle's wheelhouse

Poppy. Dreamy. Visceral. Body horrors. Technical experimentation. Humans at center

Tough watch but got me choked up

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Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 4d

I thought there was only one Marty Supreme

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Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 5d

NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA (1971)

Franklin J. Schaffner's follow-up to PATTON

3 hour Tsar epic

Doesn't burrow into the imagination like DOCTOR ZHIVAGO. Schaffner more of a literalist

Oscar-winning design and costume

Pretty on the outside. Moments of power and banal bloat on the inside

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Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 5d

THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY (1942)

A John Ford follow-up to his Oscar win for HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

Stunning real life footage. Some jingoism (expected). Some comedy relief with birds (not expected)

Oscar winner for Best Documentary

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Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 5d

MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936)

A Frank Capra follow-up to IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

Capra won the Oscar for this too

Cooper in top form as a card poet who becomes rich

A nice gateway into Capra. Idealism in the face of corruption. Good gags

A film that champions your inner freak!

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Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 5d

MOGAMBO (1953)

A John Ford follow-up to his Oscar win for THE QUIET MAN

Love in the brush. Animals everywhere, including Gable

Both Grace and Ava Oscar-noms

Another top notch Ford dialectical. Technicolor Africa—a dramatic space to work out primal lusts and moral thorniness

Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 6d

JUSTINE (1969)

George Cukor's follow-up to MY FAIR LADY

Based on a popular book series

Cukor brought in after a firing

I'm drawn to British-in-the-desert stories

Romance, mystery

Strong cast

Cukor is a craftsman but feels patchwork

"Your innocence constipates me" is a line I might use

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Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 6d

STREET ANGEL (1928)

A Frank Borzage follow-up to his Oscar win for 7TH HEAVEN

A classic Borzage "lovers who face obstacles"

Janet Gaynor wins a third of an Oscar

Love the use of shadows and fog. All the variety of lived-in sets. Church, prison, church, the streets etc

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Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 6d

THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (1961)

William Wyler's follow-up to BEN-HUR

From Roman epic to intimate powderkeg at an all-girls school

Gossip about a gay relationship, sadly, still feels timely

And Wyler was a vocal opponent of the blacklist. He knows the sweeping power of a whisper

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Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 7d

DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1941)

Victor Fleming's follow-up to GONE WITH THE WIND

Spencer Tracy has fun with the two sides—gentleman Jekyll and hideous Hyde. Ingrid Bergman is luminous

Transformation not as iconic as March. But Tracy running through the fog 🔥

Stevenson's story carries the day