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Wow. Inspiring movie and convicting discussion. One of my favorites all year, so thank you Nick, Zack, and Irene for joining. Plenty to keep digesting and applying in the coming weeks and months. If you weren't able to join us this morning, please watch the recording and let
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We kicked our film discussions off again with our largest discussion group yet, which is exciting! We discussed Akira Kurosawa's 1954 classic film, Seven Samurai [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003KGBISY?ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393185&creativeASIN=B003KGBISY&linkCode=shr&tag=
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Above you'll find our discussion on the 1957 film, Sweet Smell of Success, and as always, below are the show notes. We discuss the relation between success and power, whether you can have one without the other, Sidney and JJ's relationship and what ultimately caused their
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As always, another great movie and another great discussion! Above you'll find the recording of our discussion, and below you'll find the show notes that either inspired some of our topics, or offer more to think about as you digest the film. Hope you can make
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Since no one was able to make the discussion yesterday, I thought I'd do things a little differently this week. While I still think the best way to tackle a movie is through live discussion, there's something to be said for the written word as well,
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Lawrence of Arabiamay be a long movie, but that just means there's plenty to discuss! We did our best, but I feel like there was plenty more left on the table that we didn't have time to get to. We did though get a chance to
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We had a great discussion this last Sunday about one of my favorite films, The Shawshank Redemption [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EBV0OY/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001EBV0OY&linkCode=as2&tag=benbrafilwebd-20] . We covered why this
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[https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/ctu2dl3obe6p3psccoqcu8qojfg] Thanks for bearing with me through a foreign film [https://benjaminbrandt.com/au-hasard-balthazar-discussion/] last week, so now I'll indulge you in what's sure to be a favorite and one you've probably seen plenty of times before:
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It wasn't an easy film to watch or necessarily fully understand, but I feel like we were able to make some great headway this morning and hopefully understand a little better what Bresson was trying to get us to experience in his film,Au Hasard Balthazar [http://www.
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[https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cecfgnd1e38chmpojktvkhgneik] We've now done our first documentary [https://benjaminbrandt.com/man-on-wire-discussion/] as well as our first "old" film [https://benjaminbrandt.com/wizard-of-oz-discussion/], so now it's time to do our first foreign film! The plan is the watch
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At first I was a little worried that we might not have enough to talk about in this film because it was "simpler," but I think I had too little faith in this movie! We covered a lot, including Dorothy's desire for and journey home, why
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A great film and a great discussion. We covered topics in Man on Wire such as an artist's relation to death, why wire walking is so beautiful and inspiring, how this event really was once in a lifetime and more. I feel like Nick [https://plus.google.com/
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[https://plus.google.com/events/c5rkghjhp59ul305ob3nuki6e0c] Once again, we haven't gotten to ourMan on Wire discussion [https://benjaminbrandt.com/film-discussion-4/] yet because we had to push it back, but to at least give you about two weeks to watch the next one I wanted to announce that our
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[https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/ck9m575pjq4141qcpdn66cp4pho] As some of you already know, there's been a change of plans. I had originally scheduled our fourth discussion onApocalypse Now, but after reflecting on the movies I'd assigned so far, I realized how graphically violent they all
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We were a small group today, but we covered a lot in the hour we had to discuss! We covered Michael's motivations, the differences between Michael and Vito as Godfather, that Michael sacrificed his soul to save the family and much more. We even touched on some similar
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Wow! What a discussion! There is a lot going on inFight Club, and we barely scratched the surface, even in the hour we had. But we were able to cover Marla's importance in the story, how we should respond to consumerism, as well as if Tyler Durden would