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Film · Columbia · 1946

Gilda

Gilda

29Leave it.

Hayworth is why people stayed, and the two men still handle her like a bet.

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The review

People remember that she sings. I remember the ownership. A gambler in Buenos Aires runs a casino for a man who once owned his loyalty. The man's wife is the woman from the gambler's past. Rita Hayworth. The men treat her as the stake. Adult. I won't describe the sex. Not a film for children, or for a house that isn't ready to argue afterward.

A marriage sits in the room and it is not a life. It is a claim. I liked the glamour and I don't trust the souvenir it wants you to pocket. Loyalty here is something a boss holds, not a promise a person keeps. If you put this on, say out loud that she is not a prize. Otherwise you watched a casino and came home practicing their manners.

Journal

Keep Gilda in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 29. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

  1. 4Industry
  2. 2Household
  3. 2Piety
  4. 5Courage
  5. 2Republic
  6. 2Temperance
  7. 4Truth
  8. 2Stewardship

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

The Letter

41 instead of 29

The Letter is still a drama film, and it scores 41 instead of 29. What you gain is republic: She claims the law's protection, and the colony sells the proof.

The eight

  1. 4
    Industry

    He runs the casino, a real job that mostly exists to hold other people's bets.

  2. 2
    Household

    The marriage is a claim the men pass between them, not a life they keep.

  3. 2
    Piety

    Old loyalty never stops him, and nobody stops treating her as the stake.

  4. 5
    Courage

    She walks back into a room where both men already think they own the past.

  5. 2
    Republic

    A Buenos Aires casino, and no neighbor or law the story bothers to owe.

  6. 2
    Temperance

    The glamour wants the next look at her, and it never puts that want down.

  7. 4
    Truth

    The shared past is the secret, and the marriage is a lie they live in.

  8. 2
    Stewardship

    You leave with a song, and a woman the picture still lets them wager.

Live historically

If someone hums her number, ask whether they can describe her without naming what the two men wanted.

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Film · De Laurentiis · 1986

Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet

29Leave it.

He finds an ear and then wants the night more than he wants an exit.

Take controlThis scores 29. Blue Velvet cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it

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The review

He finds an ear in a field and follows it, a college boy treating a crime as a personal door. By day the town is lawns and robins. By night there's a singer, a criminal, and a detective's daughter. I'm not describing the cruelty. The detail that decides whether you should leave it on is simpler: he wants the mystery more than he wants to leave.

Not for teenagers, and not as a style to borrow. The neat lawn isn't proof the place is sound, and his curiosity isn't a favor to the neighbors. He could stop. He doesn't want to. If your house already flatters people for poking into the dark, this will flatter them again. You can admit the film is skilled and still keep it off this week. He wants the mystery more than a way out. That is the warning.

Journal

Keep Blue Velvet in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 29. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Stewardship are the thin ones.

  1. 2Industry
  2. 3Household
  3. 2Piety
  4. 3Courage
  5. 4Republic
  6. 2Temperance
  7. 5Truth
  8. 2Stewardship

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

Sleepy Hollow

41 instead of 29

Sleepy Hollow is still a mystery film, and it scores 41 instead of 29. What you gain is courage: He stays in a town that is killing people, with no gift for it but persistence.

The eight

  1. 2
    Industry

    A college boy wanders in; nobody's job is what the night is about.

  2. 3
    Household

    Lawns stand in for home, and the night pulls people out instead of making one.

  3. 2
    Piety

    Nothing in him stops the looking; the mystery outruns any reason to quit.

  4. 3
    Courage

    He walks into danger for curiosity, not for a duty he would grieve to lose.

  5. 4
    Republic

    A criminal and a detective mean the town is owed a truth he mostly tastes.

  6. 2
    Temperance

    He wants the night more than the exit, and the film stays with that want.

  7. 5
    Truth

    The ear says the lawn is incomplete, and he prefers the secret to a report.

  8. 2
    Stewardship

    Daytime is left tidy, and the boy did not want the mystery closed.

Live historically

If you start it, pause at the point he could walk away and ask why he won't.

Where to watch

Finding the page.

Live Historic · Blue Velvet · 29IMDb

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The next title is the one nearest what this house keeps, then the measure where it is thin. Nothing here is a crowd. It does not leave this device.

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