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AFI looking for 100 most inspiring films
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| November 18, 2005
Posted on 11/19/2005 9:35:10 AM PST by cloud8
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Distressed by thoughts of war, terrorism and natural disasters? Maybe an uplifting movie will take the edge off.
For its ninth annual celebration of cinema, the American Film Institute aims to uncover the "most inspirational films of the century."
"When times are darkest, during war and depression, movies ... provide a remarkable way for us to find ourselves again," said Jean Picker Firstenberg, AFI's director and chief executive. "We need to feel good again, and that's how these movies make us feel."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afi; americanfilminst; inspiration; movies
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To: Tijeras_Slim
The drama, the passion...
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posted on
11/19/2005 9:53:05 AM PST
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cloud8
To: cloud8
Two movies that portray life in a concentration camp but are, IMHO, very inspiring.
Life is Beautiful
A Hiding Place
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posted on
11/19/2005 9:54:33 AM PST
by
dawn53
To: cloud8
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posted on
11/19/2005 9:58:54 AM PST
by
Freebird Forever
(If they're truly public servants, why do they live in the mansions?)
To: Guenevere
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posted on
11/19/2005 10:07:02 AM PST
by
stupid1
(YES I AM)
To: cloud8
Amelie
Babette's Feast
My Life as a Dog
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posted on
11/19/2005 10:09:38 AM PST
by
najida
(OK, so I have a new obsession. Ain't life grand :))
To: cloud8
Local Hero... 8^)
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posted on
11/19/2005 10:11:56 AM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: najida
You forgot My Dinner with Andre.
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posted on
11/19/2005 10:12:00 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
To: stupid1
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posted on
11/19/2005 10:13:26 AM PST
by
dinodino
(MRS. Dinodino)
To: cloud8
"It's a Wonderful Life" should be at 100%, but at least it's leading
To: cloud8
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posted on
11/19/2005 10:18:26 AM PST
by
Armigerous
( Non permitte illegitimi te carborundum- "Don't let the bastards grind you down")
To: Tijeras_Slim
"Defending Your Life" should be in the top 100. Good flick.
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posted on
11/19/2005 10:19:03 AM PST
by
Recovering_Democrat
(I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!)
To: Tijeras_Slim
You forgot My Dinner with Andre. I'll never forget all the good times I had as a child playing with My Dinner with Andre action figures.
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posted on
11/19/2005 10:19:05 AM PST
by
TUAN_JIM
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: cloud8
To: TUAN_JIM
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posted on
11/19/2005 10:20:27 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
To: cloud8
seems like the afi is caught up on their now-monthly lists of all the same movies only re:arranged in a new order to fit the category
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posted on
11/19/2005 10:23:00 AM PST
by
InvisibleChurch
(The search for someone to blame is always successful. - Robert Half)
To: cloud8
Babette's Feast
The Royal Tenenbaums
About Schmidt
It's a Wonderful Life
The Search
Key Largo
Vertigo
Spite Marriage
On Borrowed Time
To: cloud8
"Team America: World Police"
Although, I'm sure the #1 will be "The Communist Manifesto: The Movie"
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posted on
11/19/2005 10:24:36 AM PST
by
Sofa King
(A wise man uses compromise as an alternative to defeat. A fool uses it as an alternative to victory.)
To: cloud8
Among the suggestions: "The Passion of the Christ," "The Sound of Music," "It's a Wonderful Life" and "8 Mile. THIS is representative of the list? I haven't seen Passion.
I'd rather be crucified myself than watch either "The Sound of Music" or "It's a Wonderful Life" ever again.
Why are AFI's lists so screwed up? Must be the baby-boomer bias.
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posted on
11/19/2005 10:28:40 AM PST
by
newzjunkey
("People for the Al Queda Way" support the Democrat Plan to end the war!)
To: cloud8
Phil Spectors hair.....
To: Tijeras_Slim
Most inspiring? That would be Revenge of the Cheerleaders. It inspired me to see every other cheerleader movie.
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