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Deer Hunter isn’t a war film. It’s about a community and a group of friends. Living in a steel town during the war.

Couldn't disagree with you more about Annie Hall. . . but that's how the Arts are: everyone's tastes are so different.

It's always a joy when your videos come out! Hot take on "The Deer Hunter"; I find it kinda off, though superbly done. I thought "Apocalypse Now" did a better job grappling with the political aspects of the Vietnam War while "Platoon" was a better straightforward grunt's eye view. DH seemed to me to be uncomfortably straddling both approaches in a way that was ultimately unsatisfying, despite all the huge skill involved. But I might well be nuts. 😉 Thanks so much for your great work!

It's always a joy when your videos come out! Hot take on "The Deer Hunter"; I find it kinda off, though superbly done. I thought "Apocalypse Now" did a better job grappling with the political aspects of the Vietnam War while "Platoon" was a better straightforward grunt's eye view. DH seemed to me to be uncomfortably straddling both approaches in a way that was ultimately unsatisfying, despite all the huge skill involved. But I might well be nuts. 😉 Thanks so much for your great work!

You can't beat Vietnam war films

this could be the best video of the series yet, absolutely loving it!!!

My top of 70th Oscar Winners for best film: 10.Annie Hall 9.Patton 8.The French Connection 7.Kramer vs. Kramer 6.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 5.Rocky 4.The Deer Hunter 3.The Sting 2.The Godfather 2 1.The Godfather

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Scheider not Schneider.☝

Brilliant video as always my friend. Very excited for 1975-79 🤩 Also can you please make a video about your love for Scott Joplin

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Littledove's speech was crap and famously she wasn't a real Indian, "Native"...making it a huge joke in hindsight.

Patton is a classic...have no clue who told it wasn't.

i have a theory that people who prefer god father 2 over god father 1 also prefer batman returns over batman

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"Hayes Code"...

The wait is over! Completely agree with you regarding The Godfather and Cabaret and the merit of both films. A difficult choice at the time and both have had enduring legacy and influence on cinema.

I will put my top-10 winners of 70th in second part as usual, however what I can say now - that in my top-10 of all foreign movies of 70th for me (I am from Ukraine) are also two films that were nominated for Oscar but did not win it. And if with that "Chinatown" was defeated by almost perfect "Godfather II" I totally agree (however I still like "Godfather I" more) but in the year of "Patton" I would for sure give Oscar to "Love Story" (it is my 2nd favorite film of 70th after "Godfathers"). Thank you for this video!

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Congratulations you really did your research.Spot on.😮

a lot can happen when u fall asleep on ur piano...

so glad you could get by with my help

you bloomin genius

This genuinely rocks and I’m so happy to be a part of it. Well done Adam

Watch The Nun’s Story, Audrey Hepburn’s best performance.

Great video! So I have a suggestion, but it's gonna be a hard sell. A Brian Yuzna film you didn't mention is "Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation." Now before you roll your eyes, first know it's actually a name in only sequel; they just attached the franchise title to it after the fact. Also, Yuzna reteamed on it with Screaming Mad George. I'm not claiming it's a lost masterpiece but it's surprisingly good, and with a similar vibe and themes to "Society." If you can get past the title, it's worth a look... just don't watch it while eating! 😉

Just stumbled across your channel and I'm so grateful I did! I watched the whole Oscar series in a night and it has really helped get me out of a "movie funk." Really appreciate the way you thoughtfully examine the films, even when you dislike them. It makes your commentary so engaging, even when I feel very differently as with, say, "All About Eve." Eager to hear more but perfectly happy to wait. Thanks for the great work!

You are my favourite youtuber, except maybe Elliot Roberts.

For the man of all season, I think the way you view tge film could depend on context of politics where you live in. In my country, there are still similar things going on about people speaking against monarchy and get arrested and judge by corrupted court same as in the film. So even though I'm not buying the Christian and marriage stuffs in the movie, I still think the core about standing by your principal still resonates with many people in the current time.

My 60-th top-10 winners: 10.Tom Jones 9. A Man for All Seasons 8.Midnight Cowboy 7.Oliver! 6.My Fair Lady 5.The Sound of Music 4.On the Heat of Night 3.West Side Story 2.The Apartment 1.Lawrence of Arabia Also quite recommend from this decade if tou had not seen them before: "Judgment at Nuremberg", "The Hustler", "The Leopard".

My 50-th top-10: 1. Ben-Hur 2-3. On the Waterfront and The Bridge on the River Kwai - really can't decide. 4.From Here to Eternity 5.All About Eve 6.Around the World in 80 Days 7.Marty 8.An American in Paris 9. The Greatest Show on the Earth 10. Gigi

Great video! I really like seeing your perspective on these movies and bringing up trivia about the different years. This also really pushed me to check out Sidney Poitier's work, something I've been meaning to do but haven't yet.

My top-10 of 40-s: 1.How Green Was My Valley 2.Casablanca 3.Gentlemen's Agreement 4.Going My Way 5.Hamlet 6.Best Years of Our Lives 7.Rebecca 8.All the King's Men 9. The Lost Weekend 10.Mrs Miniver

I watched all (or almost all except 2 "silent" films) in 2014-2015. Me rate of 30-s Oscar winners from worst to best: 10. Simarron 9.The Great Ziegfeld 8.Grand Hotel 7.You Can't Take It With You 6.Cavalcade 5.Mutiny on the Bounty 4.It Happened One Night 3.Life of Emile Zola 2.Gone with the Wind 1.All Quiet on the Western Front

You're making the same mistake that so many film aficionados have been making for decades, and that is that it has to be socially relevant to be taken as a work of art! Well, it doesn't, the primary concern here is wether you had a fun time watching and that it hit a nerve, wether it happened to be a drama, a horror film or a comedy or sometimes just a plain stupid b-film that you found ridiculous but fun! All films become dated by the techniques and the technology used as well as the style of each film ( Vertigo) is agood example of it's time, the middle 50s and Gone with the Wind is one for the late 30s, you must ignore the trappings of the time and stick with the characters and how they represent the archytypes of humanity. Scarlet O' Hara is far more relavent now than she was in her own time, and as much as I love The Lord of the Rings, GWTW is a better picture at given us real human beings in all their complexities. No one I know, can remember all the highly praised and awarded films of the last 20 years and we have no desire to watch them again, abd I'm bored with the work of tge so-called genius directors like Scorsese, Kubrick, Coppola ect. Their stuff is basically films from the silent era to the 50s updated by the newer methods and technology. Films today will be judged in the future and criticized for its racists portrayals of minorities that basically are nothing but stereotypes like the funny black man that knows better than the whites and so on! Judging films from the past by the stardards of today is not sonething I ever did and it's the one thing that prevents me from subcribing to the channels of younger men and women, you all do that! Keep in mind that awards just mean passing wind to those they like ATM They have never meant anything further than that and the great ones know that!

Stanley Kubrick was nominated for 13 Oscars. 5 for writing. 3 best pictures. 4 best directors. And he was the one who won that special effects Oscar for 2001, his only win.

There was also a tie for best actor way back in 1931! So it's happened twice. Basically no chance of it happening ever again now with so many voting members in the academy, but I guess there was a chance then. Also, you said 2001's nomination was the only nomination a Kubrick film would ever get- maybe you meant win? Thankfully there were more nominations!

Great content as usual, and I'm completely at one with you in regard to the continued snubbing of Kubrick by the academy. There will be Oscar winning films that will be forgotten while his films will continue to be viewed and discussed. I'm possibly one of your very oldest subscribers, but I was fortunate enough to see 2001 on its original release in Cinerama, and seeing it completely fresh was an incredible experience, and even though Cinerama has gone, it still retains its power. We'd have to mention Hitchcock's lack of Oscars too, of course. Regarding A Man for All Seasons, I too found it a little stodgy when I first saw it, but have since come to appreciate it more when you see people in power going along with whatever seems advantageous to their popular standing rather than taking principled stances. Paul Schofield gives a mesmerising performance.

great video Adam

Just finished this, atmosphere was absolutely electric! Oscar worthy performance from mancurso. 😮😮

I was watching the video while listening and gauging your reaction - and once again, tears... Oh boy, that video, especially the ending, is too much to bear. The feels, unreal. It's so good to know that younger people are carrying the torch for The Greatest Band Ever, hopefully long into the future. I'm a second generation fan, born in 1971, and yet these guys have been part of my life for as long as I can remember, ever since my Dad bought The Red Album and Beatles For Sale in the early/mid 70s. I'm also in the minority in that I loved John's original version and over the years I've been listening to the demo version of Now and Then a lot on TH-cam, hoping that Paul would one day fulfil his promise and give us a finished version. This was a a dream come true and if Now and Then is crowned a #1 song, wow, the legend of The Beatles will be complete.

I'm 47, and remember being just about your age when I got taken away by the Beatles. It's a true gift that never goes. The harmonising vocals are taken from their songs 'Because,' and your fav song - 'Here, There, and Everywhere.' Keep great!

your a young man still, your correct about the Beatle. Stop watching documentaries and go be a "KID".

It sounded to me like there were some vocals from "Because".

You look like me in 1977.

The video is such an integral and impactful piece of this song. Peter Jackson’s magic brings the whole Beatles saga full circle for us.

Your reaction is so sincere. I really understand you as i feel the same with the Beatles' music although i didnt lived in their years of major success. Beatles forever ! Thanks for your video, your knowledge and your feelings towards them. It touched my soul as this song and many of them also have done.

It might be a good time for people to do some critical thinking about Lennon's murder in December 1980. I don't know what really happened, but I just don't buy the official narrative that Lennon was killed by a crazy obsessed fan by the name of Mark Chapman. I suspect that Lennon's murder had little to do with his musical career and more to do with the fact that Lennon was also a very vocal ant-war activist, with millions of followers in the US and elsewhere in the world, but particularly the US. I recommend that you listen to departing President Eisenhower's historic speech warning of the dangers of the US military industrial complex and how it makes billions of dollars from involvement in wars. So, I suspect that Lennon made himself a target. Certain aspects of the Chapman story are very odd. He didn't make any attempt to get away, but rather just sat on the steps of the Dakota building, waiting for the police to arrive, reading a famous novel (The Catcher in the Rye). Metaphorically, he pretty much just waited for the police and said "here I am, lock me up!" and lock him up they did! 42 years later, Chapman is still in prison, despite being eligible for parole long ago and despite being a well behaved prisoner by all accounts. So, something smells off to me! Now is where things get a bit interesting. I cannot verify the authenticity of these claims, but it is claimed by some people that (1) the pattern of bullet wounds on Lennon's body was more indicative of a professional hitman than anything Chapman would be capable of; and (2) Chapman had spent time in some sort of World Vision camp, with links to the CIA and alongside John Hinckley Jr. who went on to attempt to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, allegedly because he was obsessed with Jodi Foster and wanted to impress her! If these claims are true, then a possible scenario is that, while at the World Vision camp, Chapman was identified as a no-hoper of weak mind and brainwashed into going after Lennon, which he did. However, I suspect that a professional hitman was contracted to follow Chapman and the hitman actually made the hit on Lennon. Chapman's role would have been to simply take the blame, in fact believing that he himself did do it! That way, the assassination could be written off as the work of a crazy obsessed fan. Keeping Chapman in prison forever might be a way to control who he speaks to and what he says, in case he starts to remember anything of the brainwashing. It just seems way too "convenient" that the most famous anti-war activist of his time ended up being shot dead because of his other career as a musician! Way, way too "convenient"!

Very glad I found your channel. Great video with some information I had never heard of before. Thank you. New subscriber here

Hi Adam, I am from New Zealand, and this has been the best review I have seen, love your passion, I have been a Beatles fan all my life, and have meet John and Ringo's cousins here in New Zealand. I had a Beatles museum in the 2000's but no more, another story. i love that we here have a connection with the new Beatles song with Peter Jackson. again loved this video and like you love the words, as you say very emotional, hope you like the video as well. take care and Kind regards Brett Nelson