Long Movies are Good, Actually

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All my life I've heard people complain about movies being "too long". On podcasts, in reviews, on social media, even in casual conversations. Well, today I finally make my retort. This video is in defense of a three-plus hour movie and looks at how a girthy runtime can be a wonderful, rich opportunity for filmmakers to expand the world and characters of their movies. Special attention is given to Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander; and Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.
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Filmography: boxd.it/cXM2w
Works Cited:
A Time of Honor: Seven Samurai and Sixteenth-Century Japan. Philip Kemp. 2010. www.criterion....
The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa. Stephen Prince. 1991.
Music Featured:
Setup With an E by Small Colin
Carnival by smallertide
Love Him by Loyalty Freak Music
Serial Killer by John Bartmann
Facing It by Komiku
Both Flanks by Small Colin
Janie's Theme by Sacred Ape
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