The Baker's Dozen Movie Game Thread

13 Films Where The Characters Discuss Film Techniques (Name the movie and the technique/s discussed)

1. Paprika (180-degree rule)
2. The Player (long, uninterrupted shots)
3. Adaptation ("wow them in the end")
4. Fight Club (cigarette burns)
5. Living in Oblivion (dream sequences)
6. The Fabelmans (horizon placement)
7. Barton Fink (write about the common man)
8. Thoroughbreds (crying)
9. Waking life (Visualizing Film as God)

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13 Films Where The Characters Discuss Film Techniques (Name the movie and the technique/s discussed)

1. Paprika (180-degree rule)
2. The Player (long, uninterrupted shots)
3. Adaptation ("wow them in the end")
4. Fight Club (cigarette burns)
5. Living in Oblivion (dream sequences)
6. The Fabelmans (horizon placement)
7. Barton Fink (write about the common man)
8. Thoroughbreds (crying)
9. Waking life (Visualizing Film as God)
10. 2012 ("Lure them in with humor.")

13 Films Where The Characters Discuss Film Techniques (Name the movie and the technique/s discussed)

1. Paprika (180-degree rule)
2. The Player (long, uninterrupted shots)
3. Adaptation ("wow them in the end")
4. Fight Club (cigarette burns)
5. Living in Oblivion (dream sequences)
6. The Fabelmans (horizon placement)
7. Barton Fink (write about the common man)
8. Thoroughbreds (crying)
9. Waking life (Visualizing Film as God)
10. 2012 ("Lure them in with humor.")
11. Wag the Dog (how to create a ploy to distract the audience from a political scandal)

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13 Films Where The Characters Discuss Film Techniques (Name the movie and the technique/s discussed)

1. Paprika (180-degree rule)
2. The Player (long, uninterrupted shots)
3. Adaptation ("wow them in the end")
4. Fight Club (cigarette burns)
5. Living in Oblivion (dream sequences)
6. The Fabelmans (horizon placement)
7. Barton Fink (write about the common man)
8. Thoroughbreds (crying)
9. Waking life (Visualizing Film as God)
10. 2012 ("Lure them in with humor.")
11. Wag the Dog (how to create a ploy to distract the audience from a political scandal)
12. Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (role immersion)

13 Films Where The Characters Discuss Film Techniques (Name the movie and the technique/s discussed)

1. Paprika (180-degree rule)
2. The Player (long, uninterrupted shots)
3. Adaptation ("wow them in the end")
4. Fight Club (cigarette burns)
5. Living in Oblivion (dream sequences)
6. The Fabelmans (horizon placement)
7. Barton Fink (write about the common man)
8. Thoroughbreds (crying)
9. Waking life (Visualizing Film as God)
10. 2012 ("Lure them in with humor.")
11. Wag the Dog (how to create a ploy to distract the audience from a political scandal)
12. Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (role immersion)
13. Adaptation ("God help you if you use voiceover in your work, friends!")




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13 Films Dealing With Events Related to World War II from the German Perspective

1. The Damned

13 Films Dealing With Events Related to World War II from the German Perspective

1. The Damned
2. Cross of Iron

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13 Films Dealing With Events Related to World War II from the German Perspective

1. The Damned
2. Cross of Iron
3. Das Boot (1981)

13 Films Dealing With Events Related to World War II from the German Perspective

1. The Damned
2. Cross of Iron
3. Das Boot (1981)
4. Stalingrad (1993)

13 Films Dealing With Events Related to World War II from the German Perspective

1. The Damned
2. Cross of Iron
3. Das Boot (1981)
4. Stalingrad (1993)
5. The Book Thief

13 Films Dealing With Events Related to World War II from the German Perspective

1. The Damned
2. Cross of Iron
3. Das Boot (1981)
4. Stalingrad (1993)
5. The Book Thief
6. Jojo Rabbit

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13 Films Dealing With Events Related to World War II from the German Perspective

1. The Damned
2. Cross of Iron
3. Das Boot (1981)
4. Stalingrad (1993)
5. The Book Thief
6. Jojo Rabbit
7. Der Untergang (aka Downfall)

13 Films Dealing With Events Related to World War II from the German Perspective

1. The Damned
2. Cross of Iron
3. Das Boot (1981)
4. Stalingrad (1993)
5. The Book Thief
6. Jojo Rabbit
7. Der Untergang (aka Downfall)
8. Conspiracy

13 Films Dealing With Events Related to World War II from the German Perspective

1. The Damned
2. Cross of Iron
3. Das Boot (1981)
4. Stalingrad (1993)
5. The Book Thief
6. Jojo Rabbit
7. Der Untergang (aka Downfall)
8. Conspiracy
9. The Desert Fox (1951)

13 Films Dealing With Events Related to World War II from the German Perspective

1. The Damned
2. Cross of Iron
3. Das Boot (1981)
4. Stalingrad (1993)
5. The Book Thief
6. Jojo Rabbit
7. Der Untergang (aka Downfall)
8. Conspiracy
9. The Desert Fox (1951)
10. Phoenix

13 Films Dealing With Events Related to World War II from the German Perspective

1. The Damned
2. Cross of Iron
3. Das Boot (1981)
4. Stalingrad (1993)
5. The Book Thief
6. Jojo Rabbit
7. Der Untergang (aka Downfall)
8. Conspiracy
9. The Desert Fox (1951)
10. Phoenix
11. A Hidden Life

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13 Films Dealing With Events Related to World War II from the German Perspective

1. The Damned
2. Cross of Iron
3. Das Boot (1981)
4. Stalingrad (1993)
5. The Book Thief
6. Jojo Rabbit
7. Der Untergang (aka Downfall)
8. Conspiracy
9. The Desert Fox (1951)
10. Phoenix
11. A Hidden Life
12. Die Brücke (aka The Bridge)

13 Films Dealing With Events Related to World War II from the German Perspective

1. The Damned
2. Cross of Iron
3. Das Boot (1981)
4. Stalingrad (1993)
5. The Book Thief
6. Jojo Rabbit
7. Der Untergang (aka Downfall)
8. Conspiracy
9. The Desert Fox (1951)
10. Phoenix
11. A Hidden Life
12. Die Brücke (aka The Bridge)
13. The Night Porter



Notice how I managed to bookend the list with two Dirk Bogarde classics!
(RELATED TRIVIA: As a British soldier in World War II, the young Bogarde was actually involved in the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, which had a profound impact on him.)

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1. Siege

13 Movies Dealing With Siege Situations (Domestic or Otherwise)

1. Siege
2. Assault on Precinct 13

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