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Lucas McNelly @lmcnelly is the award-winning filmmaker behind UP COUNTRY, BLANC DE BLANC, and GRAVIDA. Maybe you've heard of him. Maybe you haven't.
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You're so invested in these characters and their lives that you wish the film would go on forever.
In retrospect this is a great, ground-breaking performance, but I imagine that in 1951 it was nothing short of a revelation.
It isn't about war at all, but instead about humanity's ability to connect with each other despite their numerous differences.
Not realizing they're con artists is odd, but falling in love in two days?
This is one of the best comedies you'll ever see.
You know that in the end the two leads will realize they are in love with each other, but you're having so much fun watching the proceedings that you really don't care.
A stunning and gut-wrenching film that makes a case for being the best American film of the decade.
The film is capitalist propaganda of the most effective kind, and makes no apologies for that fact.
To say it is influential to visual artists everywhere is a gross understatement.
Director Paul McGuigan is more talented than this film indicates. Here's hoping he just got lazy.
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