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Top 10 People-On-The-Phone-In-Cinema Part II

Follow @DistractedFilm Back, by popular demand, it's People-On-The-Phone-In-Cinema Part II. The original 10 can be found here. Jeanne Moreau in Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud (Louis Malle, 1958) Nominated by @AshesOfTheSoul and @maisrienisboss. Cary Grant and Rosalin Russell in His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940) Suggested by @aalanester. Stephen Lack in Scanners (David...

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Top 10 Criminal Cinema Couples

Follow @DistractedFilm One of the main joys of creating these lists is discovering new titles, and that has certainly been true this time, and especially true of The Honeymoon Killers - a film whose irony is so brutal it's actually quite beautiful. Criminal Cinema Couples naturally alludes...

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Distracted: Production Update

We Are Now A Third Of The Way Through Production Ideas which had formerly existed only in your mind's eye are electrified when they come into contact with the reality of production, and transformed into something true, something resonant, and something beautiful. Another exhilarating shoot for Distracted...

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Top 10 Cinema Bicycles

Follow @DistractedFilm Thanks again to all who took the time to suggest titles. Notable exclusions included Un Chien Andalou, Band Of Outsiders & Mon Oncle. Bicycles in cinema, it would seem, are joyous. They represent freedom and innocence, something good. Their destruction is something to be feared. In...

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Top 10 Bald Performances

Follow @DistractedFilm Baldness signifies a character eviscerated, or one who has given over to a spartan existance. It can be the mark of experience, and it can be the mark, of course, of evil. In no particular order. The Virgin Queen (Henry Koster, 1955) Suggested by @jhpcine Bravura from Bette...

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Cinema Bubblegum | The Top 10 Film List

Cinema bubblegum has probably our toughest list so far, and it's certainly lead to our most peculiar combination of films. One thing is sure though, bubblegum, in cinema, symbolises care-free youth, and rebelliousness. In no particular order Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978) Nominated by @rnfrw, @thrillmurray_ @MrSnowgarden and @Movienut14. Olivia...

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