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  Note on Before Sunset, director Richard Linklater, with Ethan Hawke, Jul... | realini

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  Dazed and Confused, written and directed by Richard Linklater Richard Linklater is one of the glorious geniuses of cinema, with astounding achievements that have mesmerized audiences: Boyhood, Before Midnight and the remarkable, stunning, outstanding, one of the best ten films of all time: Before Sunset However, Dazed and Confused – earlier on, School of rock- does not have the same radiance, depth and magnificence as Me and Orson Welles, Fast Food Nation and the other three glorious features already mentioned.

  Fast Times at Ridgemont High, written by Cameron Crowe This will be an attempt to look at Fast Times at Ridgemont High using a Positive Psychology lens… Therefore, it should be a take… Through a Glass…Brightly Cameron Crowe has awed me with his Almost Famous, a motion picture for which he wrote the script and directed He wrote the screenplay for Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jerry Maguire and the less astounding…We Bought a Zoo The stars of Fast Times contribute as well to the success of this comedy that has been included on some Best Humor lists… Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Forest Whitaker, Ray Walston and the rest of the cast are very good in this film Sean Penn is the main character, although he does not have much more screen time than the others do. Jeff Spicoli is smoking marijuana or some other drug for most of the narrative and this makes him rather slow. Humor is very important in Positive Psychology and in fact, it is a Character Strength, figured in...

  Twelve Monkeys by Chris Marker, David and Janet Peoples 8.7 out of 10 Twelve Monkeys has had rave reviews and enjoys an average score of 74 out of 100. It has also been nominated for two Academy Awards, including for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Brad Pitt, who has won the Golden Globe in this category. This cinephile is not a fan of Terry Gilliam and is therefore biased in judging this and other films directed by him. Although I see Monty Python as the best comedy ensemble in history and The Life of Brian as maybe the best comedy ever, it is not because of Gilliam but somehow in spite of him. Nonetheless, Twelve Monkeys is impressive. Hard to follow at times, complicated, convoluted, but a dazzling spectacle in any case. Brad Pitt is outstanding as the apparently crazy,  but maybe just psychotic Jeffrey Goines. Madeline Stowe is formidable as the psychiatric Doctor who treats Jeffrey and is kidnapped by James Cole. The latter is the hero and is played by Bruce Willis....

  Selected Letters of Marcel Proust – A La Recherche du Temps Perdu is ranked second on The Greatest Books of All Time site, it is also second in the Le Monde Top 100 Books selection, and it is also part of The Guardian Best 100 Books of All Time and other prestigious lists, including mine – you have more than five thousand notes on magnum opera from the aforementioned and other GOAT pages, together with another five thousand notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other sites on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html     10 out of 10   A La Recherche du Temps Perdu https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/07/albertine-disparue-by-marcel-proust.html is the best chef d’oeuvre in my Top 100, although Kingsley Amis, at times Somerset Maugham have masterpieces that are close to the same level, and the letters of Marcel Proust prove the immense talent of this genius ...