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Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly vicious things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.

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When a son commits a heinous and violent act, a mother is left wondering about her responsibility for him or his crimes. Tilda Swinton, John C. Riley, Ezra Miller.

Real Life (1979), directed by Albert Brooks, U.S.

starring Dick Haynes, Albert Brooks, and J.A. Preston

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A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family". However, instead of remaining unobtrusive and letting the family be themselves, he can't keep himself from trying to control every facet of their lives "for the good of the show

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A Comedian tries to document the life of an American family without interfering in any way, but only finds the more he tries to extricate himself from the being a part of the documentary the more he becomes involved.

Out 1 (1971), directed by Jacques Rivette, U.S.

starring Michèle Moretti, Hermine Karagheuz, and and Karen Puig

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"Out 1" is a very precise picture of post May '68 malaise - when Utopian dreams of a new society had crashed and burned, radical terrorism was starting to emerge in unlikely places and a great many other things. Two marginals who don't know one another stumble into the remnants of a "secret society": Colin, a seemingly deaf-mute who all of a sudden begins to talk and Frederique, a con artist working the "short con" (stealing drinks and tricking men who think she's a hooker out of their money). Meanwhile there are two theater groups rehearsing classic Greek dramas: "Seven Against Thebes" and "Prometheus Bound". A member of the Moretti group passes a note to Leaud about "The 13" which sends Leaud on a search for "The 13". His search brings him eventually to Bulle Ogier's shop in Les Halles "L'Angle du Hasard." Berto follows much the same path when she steals a cachet of letters from Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and tries to get money from their owners for their return. These twin activities reactivate "The 13" which had been dormant for years, revealing among other things that the two theater groups were once one.

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Don't worry, I'm not a masochist and would never let this movie be one of the films of the week if you had to watch it in just that week. So, what I've decided is, if this one is a winner, then in a few weeks I'll put it up as one of the FotW discussions. On Netflix it's separated into eight individual hour and a half (episodes) so that may make it easier to digest. Just an experiment to see if very long films could work, so if you want it, make sure to vote for it.

The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957), directed by David Lean, U.S.

starring William Holden, Alex Guinness, and Jack Hawkins

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After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.

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I haven't seen it, but it won Best Picture at the Oscars, was directed by David Lean, and looks very interesting. I've heard it compared to Lean's other movie, Lawrence of Arabia, which is one of my all time favorites, and any movie compared to that in a positive light is probably a movie worth seeing, so, The Bridge On The River Kwai

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