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The Long, Hot Summer(Movie), Pressure Point(Movie), The Slender Thread(Movie), Edge of the City(Movie), A Raisin in the Sun(Movie), Lilies of the Field(Movie), Porgy and Bess(Movie), A Patch of Blue(Movie), The Mark of the Hawk(Movie), Duel at Diablo(Movie), All the Young Men(Movie), A Warm December(Movie)
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martin ritt really had a knack for portraying moderately miserable people in a way that feels real. never wallowing in it, just trying to live their lives aware it's not perfect. carroll! woodward! poitier! newman! talk about a murderer's row of heartbreakers. there's a couple moments where they swing a little too big without earning it (poitier in particular), and the script feels more modern than 1961, but at the same time i kept wanting a little more depth. i don't have much affinity for paris as this big, romantic metropolis. i am after all a european who dabbles in escapism, but i'll be... read
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