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107817, RE: A few director lists: Marty, FFC, Woody, Mann, QT (SWIPE)
Posted by Wordman, Sat Aug-04-12 01:26 PM
>>THE KING OF COMEDY over TAXI DRIVER?
>
>This really stuck out like a sore thumb to me as well. I'm a
>huge Scorsese guy, and I like King of Comedy a lot, but there
>are easily five or six other Scorsese films I'd put above it.
>Of his "lesser" efforts, I'd put After Hours and Bringing Out
>the Dead (which I sort of think is a minor masterpiece) above
>it easily. Unless he thinks TKOC is criminally underrated and
>just trying to bring some attention to it, it's an odd
>choice.

That's the kind of thing that bothers me. They'll start picking films that deserve more recognition, which isn't what the list is supposed to be about.
I've never seen BRINGING OUT THE DEAD, that's the one with Cage and Goodman, right?



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