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From: citrin@ucbvax.ARPA (Wayne Citrin)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Obscure films
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Date: Fri, 22-Feb-85 06:05:41 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 22 06:05:41 1985
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THE PARKING PROBLEM IN PARIS: Jean-Luc Godard
1971 7 hours 18 min.
	Godard's meditation on the topic has been described as everything
	from "timeless" to "endless."  (Remade by Gene Wilder as
	NO PLACE TO PARK.) 

INCONSEQUENCE: D.W. Griffith
1919 3 hours 5 min.
	Bloated script and indifferent acting have tended to obscure the 
	eloquence of Griffith's central theme, a call for resistance to 
	race mixing and the exclusion of "inferior" eastern and southern 
	European immigrants.  Watch for a young Stan Laurel as an Italian
	peasant.  With Lillian Gish.

RHINOPLASTY MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER: Mayles Brothers
1975 1 hour 50 min.
	The cinema verite technique has never been as effective as in
	this documentary examining the motivations of men and women
	undergoing cosmetic surgery.

O.E.D.: David Lean
1969 3 hours 30 min.
	Lean's version of the Oxford Dictionary has been accused of
	shallowness in its treatment of a complete work.  Omar Sharif
	tends to overact as aardvark, but Alec Guiness is solid in
	the role of abbacy.  As usual, the photography is stunning.
	With Julie Christie.

SUSHI-DO: Akira Kurasawa
1948 1 hour 55 min.
	One of Kurasawa's earliest samurai epics examines the fate of
	a masterless Ronin, who becomes a chef and must adjust his
	code of behavior to match his new station.  With Toshiro Mifune.

TRACTORS AGAINST TEUTONS: Sergei Eisenstein
1936 2 hours 5 min.
	Eisenstein made this film in an attempt to please Stalin.  It
	relates the story of 15th century Russian factory workers'
	struggle to increase tractor production for defense against
	the invading Teutonic Knights.  The film closely parallels
	the later ALEXANDER NEVSKY, particularly in the climactic
	battle on the ice.  With Boris Badanov and Natasha Fatale.

(Sorry, but I just had to post these.  They were dreamed up by my friend
Stuart Sechrest.)

Wayne Citrin
(ucbvax!citrin)