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The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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The Wizard of Oz
Dir. Victor Fleming
Wow, Judy Garland. The direction work went from different directors, finally to Victor Fleming, and it is sup...
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Yasmin Z. on 2/14/12 at 04:54 PM
it seems you like classics
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SarfarazAbbasi on 2/14/12 at 11:19 PM
I do actually, thanks for noticing.
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PantaOz on 3/20/12 at 09:18 PM
A real enjoyable classic... thumbs up for the review!
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SarfarazAbbasi on 3/20/12 at 09:31 PM
Indeed...thank you for reading, Sir!
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Monsieur Rick on 5/03/12 at 05:32 PM
This is the most amazing cinematography and memorable film of the last century, just way ahead of its time. While its too soon to know, this century's sci-fi has a lot to explain just why (with all the techno achievements) current cinema can't hold up to time like Wizard. And the morality play that it is is a bonus. One of the very best films of all time for sure.
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SarfarazAbbasi on 5/03/12 at 08:58 PM
Thanks for coming-back Monsieur Rick. Certainly, our mindset is that whatever production, costume-design, set-designing, it all was done with bare-hands, people used their intelligence to work-out great challenges like those. Today, we are familiar about CGI effects and so on, and whatever we actually see, our perception has always been that it should be work of modern-technology. I wish directors may utilize this only where necessary.
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Monsieur Rick on 10/16/12 at 09:05 PM
I could not agree more.
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Double.Dubs on 6/19/12 at 08:40 PM
The opening scenes and the final climactic scene that gives the film a psychological/dreamlike tone never fail to elicit emotion out of me. Great review of a legendary film.
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SarfarazAbbasi on 8/24/12 at 10:44 PM
Don't how it got over here all of sudden, thanks to RT
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MMB on 8/25/12 at 02:47 AM
Ah, the biggest non-Disney classic fairy tale of all time. It's hard to believe that this movie basically flopped at the box office the year of release. I don't know if you had a chance to see it on blu-ray. The conversion is amazing and beautiful. You make a lot of great points in your review.
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SarfarazAbbasi on 8/25/12 at 04:15 AM
Truly ravishing film, it's like Vertigo was received negatively on its release but today it's hailed as greatest film ever made by Sight & Sound. No actually I never watched blu-ray version so far, but I do intend to watch. Thanks for your comment my friend!
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Cinema-Maniac on 8/25/12 at 05:27 PM
Easily one of most enjoyable movies ever made and with such a colorfully rich world that always fun to see. Old reviews of mine have also been re-posting themselves for some reason too, hopefully RT solves the problem.
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SarfarazAbbasi on 8/25/12 at 07:54 PM
I'd first encounter with this when I was kid growing up in Islamabad (capital of Pakistan) I was 9. I wonder if RT should take this matter seriously. Thanks for commenting on this gem!
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