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...seen a movie featuring a plumber already knows, Syd's attraction to Lucy will prove to have far more facets than mere aesthetic appreciation. Or in other words, aesthetic appreciation is still a big part of Syd's reaction to Lucy, but not just in terms of her photographs. Cinema, as we survey other recent releases like Alan Rudolph's Afterglow and the Wachowski Brothers' Bound, is perhaps the last cultural realm where working as a plumber guarantees for an individual immediate and intense sexual gratification; this unfailing phenomenon is even more surprising when held against sitcom plumbers, who mostly...
...happy to see such a great article about Jim Carrey [CINEMA, June 1]. I have been a Carrey fan from the beginning and am excited by his new movie, The Truman Show. I know he is actually a great actor, not just a clown. This movie will change his career and will prove to the world that he is not merely a one-joke man but is one of the best actors Hollywood has to offer! ERIC SNYDER Gilbert, Ariz...
...Badlands (1973). Terence Malick's teenagers-in-love-turn-killers-on-the-road movie, which inspired a thousand imitators. The unheralded gem of American cinema. Raging Bull (1980). The finest sports movie ever made, with grit courtesy of Marty. Citizen Kane (1941). Orson Welles' masterwork remains the ur-text of film schools worldwide because it blew wide open the envelope of cinematic possiblity. Mean Streets (1973). The gritty realism of Scorsese's breakthrough movie began the stylish exploration of the low-rent wiseguy that he completed in "Goodfellas." The Manchurian Candidate (1962). The finest American political film ever goes deep...
Where, oh where is my Godzilla? What have they done to him? In the newest movie [CINEMA, May 25], gone are the chubby legs, large round feet and maple-leaf spikes on his spine. Moviemakers have taken away his personality. Remember when he would jump up and down with glee after beating his enemies? He was always there to fight the bad monsters. At the end of one movie, a small boy waved farewell, plaintively calling, "Godzilla. Thanks a lot." The beast acknowledged him in a silent goodbye. It touched my heart. And in Godzilla 85, when the beast...