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Here's a quick list of all movies watched by the SMC. Or if you prefer, here's a more detailed examination.
@chickenluver is taking a break from from luving the shit out of some chickens this week to bring us the following Daniel-Day Lewis films. . .
My Left Foot (1989)
Director: Jim Sheridan
Stars: Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, Fiona Shaw
Premise: Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
Why @chickenluver picked it: This was an emotionally resonant film for me, and also quite funny at times. The phrase "compelling true story" is highly overused, but in this case it's very fitting.
Trailer:
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder
Premise: A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Why @chickenluver picked it: This seems to be an under-seen gem from the greatest living filmmaker. I've read this described as uncharacteristic due to the subject matter, but tonally and stylistically this film is pure Scorsese, right down to the New York setting. I prefer it to that more widely known Scorsese / Day-Lewis collaboration.
Trailer:
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars: Daniel-Day Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor
Premise: A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
Why @chickenluver picked it: The film that started my love affairs with Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson. An intense viewing experience that rewards multiple revisits.
Lincoln (2012)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Daniel-Day Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordan-Levitt
Plot: As the War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
Why @chickenluver picked it: Technically this is the only film I could have included here because the other film Day-Lewis has appeared in this decade is still playing in theaters. But if I didn't think it a worthy nomination I would have simply scrapped the one-film-a-decade criteria. Rather a low-key political drama compared to Spielberg's other historical films, this one is carried by the writing and performances. A compelling look at the US at the end of its most traumatic period, and the political actions of Abraham Lincoln that secured him his lofty place in history.
Trailer:
Members: @shadow_priest_x @europe1 @MusterX @Scott Parker 27 @the muntjac @Caveat @Cubo de Sangre @sickc0d3r @chickenluver @Strange King @FrontNakedChoke @Johnson
Here's a quick list of all movies watched by the SMC. Or if you prefer, here's a more detailed examination.
@chickenluver is taking a break from from luving the shit out of some chickens this week to bring us the following Daniel-Day Lewis films. . .
Here are our candidates!
My Left Foot (1989)
Director: Jim Sheridan
Stars: Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, Fiona Shaw
Premise: Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
Why @chickenluver picked it: This was an emotionally resonant film for me, and also quite funny at times. The phrase "compelling true story" is highly overused, but in this case it's very fitting.
Trailer:
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder
Premise: A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Why @chickenluver picked it: This seems to be an under-seen gem from the greatest living filmmaker. I've read this described as uncharacteristic due to the subject matter, but tonally and stylistically this film is pure Scorsese, right down to the New York setting. I prefer it to that more widely known Scorsese / Day-Lewis collaboration.
Trailer:
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars: Daniel-Day Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor
Premise: A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
Why @chickenluver picked it: The film that started my love affairs with Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson. An intense viewing experience that rewards multiple revisits.
Lincoln (2012)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Daniel-Day Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordan-Levitt
Plot: As the War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
Why @chickenluver picked it: Technically this is the only film I could have included here because the other film Day-Lewis has appeared in this decade is still playing in theaters. But if I didn't think it a worthy nomination I would have simply scrapped the one-film-a-decade criteria. Rather a low-key political drama compared to Spielberg's other historical films, this one is carried by the writing and performances. A compelling look at the US at the end of its most traumatic period, and the political actions of Abraham Lincoln that secured him his lofty place in history.
Trailer:
Members: @shadow_priest_x @europe1 @MusterX @Scott Parker 27 @the muntjac @Caveat @Cubo de Sangre @sickc0d3r @chickenluver @Strange King @FrontNakedChoke @Johnson
Think I'd rather watch a documentary about CSPAN. Best of luck fellas.
