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Mafioso (The Criterion Collection, 3.18.2008) Nino Badalamenti is a supervisor in a car manufacturing plant who hasn't taken a vacation in over two years. On his way out the door to visit his beloved childhood hometown of Sicily -- with his blonde wife and daughters -- Nino is handed a package by his boss and asked to deliver it to a powerful and influential Sicilian gangster named Don Vincenzo. Once in Sicily, Nino has a hoot seeing friends and family, but his wife has trouble fitting in and is unfairly dismissed as a snob by Nino's family. Even more worrisome, Nino finds himself entangled in an intricate web of secret mafioso dealings and is eventually sent on an unexpectedly... elaborate errand. (continued)

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July 2

Hancock

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The Whackness

July 4

Diminished Capacity

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson

Holding Trevor

Kabluey

We are Together

July 9

Full Battle Rattle

July 11

A Man Named Pearl

August

Eight Miles High

Garden Party

Harold

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Meet Dave

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

The Stone Angel

July 18

A Very British Gangster

Before I Forget

The Dark Knight

The Doorman

Felon

Lou Reed's Berlin

Transsiberian

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Two Tickets to Paradise

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Boy A

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Eight miles high...back in the early afternoon.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 30, 2007 at 02:37 AM

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Jeffrey Kunze says ...

Great 60s song by the Byrds. I recently performed this with a friend at a college guitar concert.

Posted by Jeffrey Kunze at December 30, 2007 09:17 AM

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T. Holly says ...

Really. Q: Who sounds the best in the wake of Bhutto, this morning, on CNN? A: Hilary.

Posted by T. Holly at December 30, 2007 10:04 AM

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The Winchester says ...

Is that code for drugs, eight miles high? I prefer to say "Watching the Fountain".

Posted by The Winchester at December 30, 2007 10:48 AM

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Mgmax says ...

Good thing us rightwingers stayed home this Christmas so you environmentalist liberals could burn all that fuel traveling.

Posted by Mgmax at December 30, 2007 01:18 PM

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actionman says ...

I'm heading back to Hell-A tomorrow...not looking forward...

Posted by actionman at December 30, 2007 01:44 PM

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T. Holly says ...

They're still hammering away at Wells in the eye-rack thread. I think it's just a matter of time before therapy couches start filling up with abused bloggers or a self-help book for bloggers appears. So many of you have blogs, do you pray for abuse? Is this abuse?--She hasn't blocked me yet... (The link in comment 4 doesn't work automatically, you have to cut and paste.)

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Posted by T. Holly at December 30, 2007 02:18 PM

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berg says ...

watching Big Lebowski with an eye for comparisons to No Country For Old Men ... there is the same shot at the beginning of each, the camera pushes towards the edge of a cliff and reveals the horizon beyond (in one shot lights of L.A. in the other the west Texas desert plains) ... both films have a narrator who is a crusty old cowboy that introduces and concludes the story ... in BL Jeff Bridges says he's going to a cash machine; in NCFOM Harrelson says he can go to an ATM ... in BL Walter's dog makes all these sounds, some of which are foley sounds. Same thing with the dog that chases Brolin, listen to the dog's many sounds as it expires ... there is something elese

Posted by berg at December 30, 2007 02:51 PM

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K. Bowen says ...

Eight Miles High. That's another one of those sixty songs, like THe Buffalo Springfield's For What It's Worth, that invariably shows up on sixties documentaries.

Posted by K. Bowen at December 30, 2007 03:03 PM

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