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Bullitt
http://imdb.com/title/tt0062765/
Psycho
http://imdb.com/title/tt0054215/
Dr. Strangelove
http://imdb.com/title/tt0057012/
Sunset Blvd
http://imdb.com/title/tt0043014/
Point Blank
http://imdb.com/title/tt0062138/
Fargo
http://imdb.com/title/tt0116282/
Mash
http://imdb.com/title/tt0066026/
Topkapi
http://imdb.com/title/tt0058672/
The Blues Brothers
http://imdb.com/title/tt0080455/
Catch-22
http://imdb.com/title/tt0065528/
To Kill a Mockingbird
http://imdb.com/title/tt0056592/
Paths of Glory
http://imdb.com/title/tt0050825/
That's probally more than ten, but who cares
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Harry Monument (2004)
A masterpiece
I saw this movie at its world premiere in Langley, WA and was amazed. The striking motifs and masterful story telling only complement the script, which is nothing short of amazing. Evans has really struck a cord with the story of a struggling detective and his glorious redemption; but there's much more than that.
All the performances are top notch, the leads nail their performances with an ironic essence that is perfectly suited to the movie's splendid Southern California setting. The stand out in this Caesar Salad of excellence is Jim Scullin who plays Quinlan, Jolly Blume's assistant, gives his mute character an underlying uncertainty masked by his tough-guy persona.
The plot is deceptively simple, it concerns a washed out detective's redemption via a femme fatal and a sinister Chinaman. Harry Monument is found dead in a park and covered with french fries. Jolly Blume, the police detective assigned to the case suspects Harry's partner,Keno Argile, played by Dave Draper. Argile is a detective who is and has been washed up for a long time. The apartment building that he lives in is being foreclosed upon and his possessions are being removed from his apartment daily. This is an important symbolic point in the film representing Keno's slow deterioration, his mind fading away piece by piece. After this Keno is approached by a nameless femme fatal who thinks she knows who killed Harry.
After this pivotal twist Keno starts to change, he is more alert and is determined to find his partner's killer. The plot contains many more wrenching twists, including a shock involving Mexican midgets and bricks, lots of bricks.
The end is what you would expect from such a masterpiece; Harry's killer is revealed in an unconventional manner which will knock you off your feet. Evans also infuses an important symbol into this tour de force showing us Keno's pained expression after he discovers the truth; a sign that he will spiral into madness.
I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys a highly intellectual journey; seen through the pained eyes of a pained man. I would say that Evans has reached a peak with this tour de force of modern cinema.
Bullitt (1968)
Still one of the greats
I saw this movie last spring and loved it; the chase and all the action really struck a chord with me. I then got it about three months later and realized it was something more, a character study of a man on a downward slope into violence. This is emphasized in the last scene when Bullitt is washing his hands is kind of a metaphor for him kind of cleaning up and trying to stop spiraling into violence; anyway, I've rambled too much.
The plot goes something like this; Bulllitt is assigned to protect mob wittiness Johnny Ross for 40 hours by big shot politician Walter Chalmers, Ross is killed by two mob hit men and bullitt goes on a vendetta to hunt them down.
The greatest scene in the movie is unquestionably the chase through the Streets of San Fransisco and the other place, I didn't breath once during it. the whole time i felt like I was in the car, it was intense.
The movie's secret weapon is Lalo Schfirin's music. From the awesome opening sequence to the beautiful end titles, it's great. If you buy the soundtrack get the original import, not the 2000 remix.
All the performances are great from McQueen's Bullitt to Robert Vaughn's Chalmers and everyone in between. Well worth your 2 hours