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Among other things, the film got us thinking about other films about making films.
The movie?Mr.
Lovejoy, a serious picture produced by schlock-meister Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman).
The movie?Habeas Corpus, a legal drama featuring no major stars and a depressing ending.
Of all the real people playing themselves here, the only character credited as himself is Freddy.
The movie?An adaptation ofThe Orchid Thief, written by Charlie Kaufman.
What could be finer?
The movie?DisneysMary Poppins(1964).
Travers (Emma Thompson) for the rights to release his adaptation of her works.
Disney released the film in a boxset withPoppinsand it makes a practically perfect double bill.
The movie?Hail, Caesar!
A Tale Of The Christ, starring Baird Whitlock (George Clooney).
Would that it were so simple.
Meanwhile, the quotable and staggeringly misconceived Simple Jack remains unrecognised.
The movies?The works of Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas).
But whats it really about?Does it really have to be about an old mill?
The movie?The Spy Who Laughed At Danger, an action film starring Adam West.
The ending is an all-time tearjerker and can leave no film fan unmoved.
The movie?A semi-autobiographical science fiction film by director Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni).
But whats it really about?Thats the question at the heart of Federico Fellinis dreamy avant-garde masterpiece.
At once, its the most cinematic and the most personal film on this list.
The movie?An adaptation of the Broadway revueHellzapoppin.
The movie?F.W.
MurnausNosferatu(1922).
The famously unauthorized take on Bram StokersDraculabecomes ever more unhinged too, right up to the disturbing final scene.
The movie?Chubby Rain, a sci-fi actioner that was literally written by an accountant.
Joel McCrea plays a director whose social conscience bristles at his previous success in making mainstream comedies.
The movie?A sequel toFirst Blood(1982), produced by children.
Its a film of boundless optimism and enthusiasm, and it should be treasured by film fans.
In short its alright, Lee Carter!
The movies?The pornographic oeuvre of Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg).
), only for the leading man to fall for her.
