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One of the highest regarded silent films, The General appears as #18 on AFI’s most recent list of the greatest American films of all time. Yet, the film flopped in its initial release, fell into the public domain in 1954 when the studio didn’t even bother to renew the copyright, and didn’t appear anywhere on AFI’s original list.
Why was this seminal comedy neglected so long, only to end up canonized as one of the greatest films ever? And is it being forgotten all over again?
The General’s action sequences inspired scores of modern action masters including Jackie Chan, Tom Cruise and George Miller, but is its own extended chase scene still inspiring? And how about its apolitical treatment of the Civil War – is that a non-starter in today’s politically polarized world?
Find out what our panel of young film-lovers think after seeing The General for the very first time, on Film Generations. 
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_General_(1926_film)
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017925/
On Roger Ebert’s Top Ten Greatest Films Ever list.
Sight & Sound 10th Best Film of All Time (1982 survey). 
American Film Institute 18th Best American Film of All Time (2nd best silent film).
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Following the big budget failure of Dune, director David Lynch went back to his surrealistic roots with a controversial vision of American suburbia’s dark underbelly, Blue Velvet.  This movie put actors Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern on the map as a young couple searching for clues, featured Isabella Rossellini as a sexually blackmailed lounge singer, and revived the career of counter-culture icon Dennis Hopper as the terrifyingly unpredictable Frank Booth.
Considered extremely edgy for a mainstream studio release in 1986, does this psycho-sexual coming of age story still pack the same transgressive yet highly engrossing punch that it once did?  Find out what our panel of young film-lovers think after seeing Blue Velvet for the very first time, in a post-Twin Peaks world that has already absorbed so much of Lynch’s style and sensibility.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Velvet_(film)
Rerelease Trailer: https://youtu.be/k_BybDB_phY?si=9Dn5vrLyjFB-Zsqj
American Film Critics 4th Best Film of the 1980’s
Sight & Sound 5th Best Film 1975-2000
American Film Institute 8th Best Mystery of All Time
American Film Institute 36th Best Villain of All Time
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1941’s outrageous screwball romantic comedy, The Lady Eve brought together three of Hollywood’s most dynamic and unstoppable forces: Barbara Stanwyck, in her peak year with five starring roles, including also Ball of Fire (Oscar nominated for Best Actress), and Meet John Doe; Henry Fonda, hot off his award-winning turns in Grapes of Wrath and Young Mr. Lincoln; and perhaps riding highest of all, Preston Sturges, who was in the middle of a run of seven giant hits as writer/director in the space of only three years – a feat that remains unequaled in Hollywood even to this day.
Sturges was so hot that he became the 3rd-highest-paid employee in the world, and yet when the streak ended in 1944, his career crashed like no other.
What remarkable ingredients fueled his artistic rise and fall? Why is his name only occasionally  recalled when the likes of Orson Welles, Peter Bogdanovich, John Lasseter, Wes Anderson, and the Coen Brothers point to his enormous influence? 
And why are these cheeky, offbeat, incredibly witty films that delight critics and audiences so unfamiliar to Millennials? Can a Preston Sturges classic still resonate in today’s culture?
Find out in this episode of Film Generations.
Hosts: Mark Netter & David Tausik 
Panelists: Jake Flowers, Kylee LaRue & Olive Goldberg
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NY Times’ Best Film of 1941
Top 100 lists: #28 AFI Greatest Romances, #55 AFI Greatest Comedies, #52 WGA Greatest Screenplays,
#59 Entertainment Weekly Greatest Films Ever
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033804/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_Eve
 
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In 1969 this audacious western drove a nail into the coffin of the old studio system, recasting the West along with classic Hollywood stars including William Holden and Robert Ryan into a newly violent, gritty and cynical image reflective of the Vietnam War era. The movie was a huge success and had a major impact on the Baby Boomer generation. But 54 years later, after numerous filmmakers have built on the graphic elements of the film, what does it still have to say, if anything, to today’s generation?
Our panel of young film-lovers discusses the film’s violence, its male-centered world, its depiction of 1913 Mexico, the revolutionary spirit that sets this action film so far from movies made even just a few years earlier, and what to make of the hard-drinking director, often accused of misogyny and cruelty, the legendary Sam Peckinpah?
Hosts: Mark Netter & David Tausik 
Panelists: Grace Chapman, Kylee LaRue & Guy Lewis
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Bunch
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1059489-wild_bunch
52nd on The 100 greatest American films by BBC
63rd on The 80 Best-Directed Films by Directors Guild of America (DGA)
80th on AFI's 100 Greatest American Movies of All Time by American Film Institute
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Known for the better part of its 82 years as the greatest movie ever made, can Citizen Kane still live up its reputation with today’s generation? 
Everything revolutionary about the film - its deep-focus cinematography, experimental editing, innovative sound design and non-linear storytelling - has all been imitated hundreds of times. So is this movie only great because it was ahead of its time, or does it still shine brightly in its own right? 
And is the character of Charles Foster Kane just tied to the faded memory of legendary news mogul William Randolph Hearst, or is he newly relevant in the age of Citizens Murdoch and Trump?
Join our panel of young film lovers as they bring fresh eyes to this classic. What will they rediscover in Citizen Kane, and what new revelations might they offer from their generation’s perspective?
Also in this episode, a look back on our first season: find out which of the 12 classics are our panelist’s favorites and why.
Hosts: Mark Netter & David Tausik 
Panelists: Kylee LaRue, Grace Chapman & Guy Lewis
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Current AFI Greatest Films List: #1
One of the top 3 films ever made: Sight & Sound, DGA, BFI, BBC, NY Film Critics, & many others

Why filmmakers rate Kane the G.O.A.T.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSk7MAKiWZw
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/
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In 1929 Luis Buñuel conspired with fellow surrealist Salvador Dalí to make what has become perhaps the most famous short film in cinema history, Andalusian Dog (Un Chien Andalou) a film that shocked the public, was nearly banned in France, and won these 2 provocateurs a devoted audience. 
Five decades later, near the end of a distinguished film career, Buñuel made the Oscar-winning hit, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, a hilarious yet dead-pan send-up of aristocrats, the Church, government, and patriarchy that perfectly straddles the line between society’s most cherished pretensions and complete absurdity.
Both films evince an anti-establishment style of humor and critique rarely seen in movies, and present challenges to viewers brought up in a more concrete, literal age. What will our young film lovers find in the confounding and marginalized genre of surrealist film? Could these movies be even more relevant in the 21st century?
Find out as we confront the wickedly funny and caustic political tableaus of the legendary writer-director, Luis Buñuel.
Hosts: Mark Netter & David Tausik 
Panelists: Grace Chapman, Guy Lewis, Kylee LaRue & Jake Flowers
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Andalusian Dog Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie trailer: https://youtu.be/T7XNFYdQ8S8?si=vj8UQriqnGfpVMdl
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Bunuel
IMDB (Luis Buñuel): https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000320/
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