Bravo in the 80's was magnificent. They were showing arts and "arty" films when no one else was. I saw lots of foreign films (which included basically all of Bergman's films), plays and classic films that had never been shown or released on video (Olivier's Othello, Welles' Chimes at Midnight, the BBC Wars of the Roses from the 60's, etc). Now it's just a queer channel. I don't even keep it on my regular DirecTV grid.
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