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responding to your post in particular, but wanted my post to be at the bottom so that people actually saw it, as opposed to when you respond to a much earlier post and nobody ever reads what you have to say because it's lost in a sea of replies. As for hip-hop lovers affection for war and gangster movies--it's a very narrow view of cinema, that's all. I would suggest expanding your horizons, and I don't think by suggesting the same tired old films--Scarface, Dog Day Afternoon, Apocalypse Now, etc. you're doing much to expand others' minds as well. I would recommend movies that weren't necessarily my favorites, but were thought-provoking, visionary, etc. or introduced me to something innovative in the art of film. I loved Memento, and although I didn't care too much for Being John Malkovitch, I admit that it's storyline isn't in the least beholden to cinematic cliche or convention, and that it was a movie that took guts to make, something I absolutely respect, and thus would incline me more towards recommending it.
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Kweli
"I voted for Purell to go back to the glass bottle. Then I became deeply cynical."--Homer
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