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AfterHours

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Orson Welles

(ratings rounded to the nearest 1/2 point or full point)

Citizen Kane 9.5/10 (maybe 9/10)
Touch of Evil 9/10
The Magnificent Ambersons 8.5/10 or 9/10 (probably, currently under re-evaluation)
The Lady from Shanghai 8.5/10 or 9/10
Mr Arkadin [Comprehensive Version] 8.5/10 or 9/10
Othello 7.5/10 (maybe inaccurate, maybe even a higher rating; under re-evaluation)
The Trial 7.5/10 (maybe inaccurate, maybe even a higher rating; under re-evaluation)
Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight 7/10 or maybe 7.5/10 (needs to be revisited)
F for Fake 7/10 or maybe 7.5/10 (needs to be revisited)
The Stranger 7/10 or maybe 7.5/10 (needs to be revisited)
Macbeth ??? (Rating undecided; under evaluation)
The Immortal Story 6/10
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hereforashortime

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I definitely recommend you rewatch F for Fake, I'm not a big documentary fan, but even I could appreciate it.
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hereforashortime wrote:

I definitely recommend you rewatch F for Fake, I'm not a big documentary fan, but even I could appreciate it.

A 7/10 or 7.5/10 on my scale is not a "low" rating at all. It is quite common for a 7.5/10 to be the best film of a year, and a 7/10 to be among them. It is quite rare to rate 8/10 or above, even rarer to rate 8.5/10. A 9/10 is extremely rare, a 9.5/10 is practically impossible and a 10/10 has never been accomplished by any film, and just one work of art (Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel) in the entire history of mankind.

Criteria is here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15503
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AfterHours wrote:

Orson Welles

(ratings rounded to the nearest 1/2 point or full point)

Citizen Kane 9.5/10 (maybe 9/10)
Touch of Evil 9/10
The Magnificent Ambersons 8.5/10 or 9/10 (probably, currently under re-evaluation)
The Lady from Shanghai 8.5/10 or 9/10
Mr Arkadin [Comprehensive Version] 8.5/10 or 9/10
Othello 7.5/10 (maybe inaccurate, maybe even a higher rating; under re-evaluation)
The Trial 7.5/10 (maybe inaccurate, maybe even a higher rating; under re-evaluation)
Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight 7/10 or maybe 7.5/10 (needs to be revisited)
F for Fake 7/10 or maybe 7.5/10 (needs to be revisited)
The Stranger 7/10 or maybe 7.5/10 (needs to be revisited)
Macbeth ??? (Rating undecided; under evaluation)
The Immortal Story 6/10

F for Fake is at least an 8; I mean come on, a 1.5 difference in the ratings between F for Fake and The Lady from Shanghai?

AfterHours

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Facetious wrote:

AfterHours wrote:

Orson Welles

(ratings rounded to the nearest 1/2 point or full point)

Citizen Kane 9.5/10 (maybe 9/10)
Touch of Evil 9/10
The Magnificent Ambersons 8.5/10 or 9/10 (probably, currently under re-evaluation)
The Lady from Shanghai 8.5/10 or 9/10
Mr Arkadin [Comprehensive Version] 8.5/10 or 9/10
Othello 7.5/10 (maybe inaccurate, maybe even a higher rating; under re-evaluation)
The Trial 7.5/10 (maybe inaccurate, maybe even a higher rating; under re-evaluation)
Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight 7/10 or maybe 7.5/10 (needs to be revisited)
F for Fake 7/10 or maybe 7.5/10 (needs to be revisited)
The Stranger 7/10 or maybe 7.5/10 (needs to be revisited)
Macbeth ??? (Rating undecided; under evaluation)
The Immortal Story 6/10

F for Fake is at least an 8; I mean come on, a 1.5 difference in the ratings between F for Fake and The Lady from Shanghai?

I will be revisiting it but I am already quite familiar with the film and would be surprised if I rated it above 7.5. There is no question to me that Lady from Shanghai is a much more amazing experience.
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AfterHours

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Lady from Shanghai will probably not seem like a masterpiece/near masterpiece of as high an order, unless one really understands the depths of Welles' cinematic art. Mistaking him for a flashy showman is a grave error, especially in regards to his greatest works, which are also flabbergasting, incredible outpourings of his personality/varying states of mind, with much more personal conviction than they may first appear to hold. In the case of Lady from Shanghai, much of the style, visual choices, disorienting rhythms and relentless fluctuation of emotions/themes of the film can be attributed to a metaphorical gutting of his personal feelings and persecution (both public and personal) over his in-progress separation from co-star Rita Hayworth.
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AfterHours wrote:

Lady from Shanghai will probably not seem like a masterpiece/near masterpiece of as high an order, unless one really understands the depths of Welles' cinematic art. Mistaking him for a flashy showman is a grave error, especially in regards to his greatest works, which are also flabbergasting, incredible outpourings of his personality/varying states of mind, with much more personal conviction than they may first appear to hold. In the case of Lady from Shanghai, much of the style, visual choices, disorienting rhythms and relentless fluctuation of emotions/themes of the film can be attributed to a metaphorical gutting of his personal feelings and persecution (both public and personal) over his in-progress separation from co-star Rita Hayworth.

Lady from Shanghai is probably an 8/10 at least, so it's pretty amazing. I just think F for Fake is a more enjoyable and invigorating display of his personality.

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Best Picture Nominees of the 21st Century:
Inception
The Social Network
Inglorious Basterds
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
The Aviator
The Departed
Fellowship of the Ring
Sideways
Lost in Translation
The Big Short
La La Land
Midnight in Paris
The Grand Budapest Hotel
A Beautiful Mind
Arrival
Moneyball
Spotlight
The Revenant
True Grit
Manchester by the Sea
Her
Toy Story 3
Gravity
The Help
The Martian
Django Unchained
Hacksaw Ridge
Up
Hugo
Room
The Two Towers
Selma
Good Night, and Good Luck
The Imitation Game
Bridge of Spies
Return of the King
The Blind Side
The Theory of Everything
Boyhood
The King's Speech
Gladiator
Avatar
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AfterHours

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Facetious wrote:

Lady from Shanghai is probably an 8/10 at least, so it's pretty amazing. I just think F for Fake is a more enjoyable and invigorating display of his personality.

F for Fake is fantastic so no worries. I'll try and revisit it soon.
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hereforashortime

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Coen Brothers

No Country for Old Men
O Brother Where art thou
Fargo
The Big Lebowski
Raising Arizona
True Grit
Barton Fink
Inside Llewyn Davis
Blood Simple
The Hudsucker Proxy
Hail Caesar
Burn After Reading
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