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I gotta say, I'm getting so many shocks at reveal time that I'm getting scared about what the top 50 will look like (ie - not full of my personal picks) and it continues tonight. Playtime is one out of 11 or so foreign language movies left before I finish the top 100 mofo list relating to that, and that was starting at 65 or so, so I've chopped around 50 off, but unfortunately haven't got to Playtime. Obviously, I will sooner rather than later.
Brazil is like a real "huh?" one - another where it just never occurred to me to include it amongst a list of comedies. I was thinking strict, obvious comedies, and Brazil is a lot more than that. I love it, and if I'm not mistaken it got a full 10/10 from me when I reviewed it late last year. Brilliant, and still has me enthralled - this was Terry Gilliam's breakout masterpiece. Discovering this in my late teens was one of those moments where I started to understand what cinema was really capable of, because apart from it's funniness, it made my heart cry and sing at the same time. Mad invention at it's finest, and a perfect metaphor for the darkness that exists at the heart of that thing we call 'society' - a monster that heeds no man, or logic.
Seen 41/54 - Okay, I'm getting scared for my picks now...
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