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My favorite american director is Frank Capra."It Happened One Night" is his first great film."Mr.Deeds Goes To Town","Mr.Smith Goes To Washington" and "Meet John Doe" are perfect examples of how to make a great film about simple,ordinary man."It's A Wonderful Life" is everybody's favorite holiday film.But "You Can't Take It With You" is Capra's masterpiece.The story is perfect,The direction is brilliant and it's impossible you don't get tears in your eyes with the sweetness and shear simplicity of Martin Vanderhof.That leads us to the best thing in this classic:Lionel Barrymore,one of the greatests actors in film history.All you have to do is see this film and "It's a Wonderful Life" and see for yourselfs.Mr.Potter is cruel,heartless,despicable and absolute fascinating(I still can't believe it ranked only 6 in the AFI list,because for me he's the greatest villain in film history)All Mr.Potter lack,Martin Vanderhof has to share.He is absolutely adorable,he has a lot of friends.(The scene in the court room is magnificent)he is sweet,and equally fascinating.(Not to mention that Lionel is really gorgeous in this film)One must remember the shining presence of Jean Arthur,and equally portrayal of good and young Jimmy Stewart.Not to forget Edward Arnold and his greedy Anthony P. Kirby,who tries at all costs to buy Grandpa's house.But Lionel teaches him in a marvelous harmonica duet,how to enjoy life.The Plot is simply and delightul.Jean is Lionel's granddaughter,and she loves Jimmy Stewart,who is the son of the blood sucking banker Arnold.Jean decided that the two family's shall met,But Stewart's family will have a shock when they meet the wonderful and very eccentric Vanderhof family with Lionel,the grandfather anyone would love to have,Spring Byington as the writing mother(Only because someone forgot a typing writer in her house)Ann Miller as the adorable dancing sister,Essie,and a very funny Mischa Auer as the russian dancing teacher,who always arrives just in time for dinner.Pay also attencion in a small but memorable perfomance of the forgotten silent actor H.B.Warner as the broken Mr.Ramsey.I believe I already say to much,but not all this site will be enough to say what this masterpiece and Martin Vanderhof means to me

My Rate:1000 Out Of 10

For me,a film addicted"Brief Encounter" is a polished diamond.It's the most perfect romance:You don't see lovers climbing balconys or dying in each others hand.What you see in "Brief Encounter"is two ordinary people in love.Only two normal people who stumble on one another in a railroad station and discover that they have more things in common,then meets the eye.So they started to see each other once a week,but their love are doomed,because they are both married and have very good lives.Celia Johnson is a sparklling gem as a house wife repressed who finds a man so repressed as she.That leads us to Trevor Howard.I know the reason of Celia's anguish.A normal woman simply could not resist to those eyes and the perfect face of Trevor,who embodies every english man in a simple wave,or just laughing in the theater.David Lean's soberb direction and Noel Coward's perfect story give space to show that you don't need to be Romeo And Juliet to tell that love's a good cause to fight,even when the fight is lost

We are in 2003,movies are almost 110 years old,and everybody wonder,where do we go from here.I always answer,we cannot tell the future of movie history whitout knowing his past.Unfortunatly I live in a dim-witted country that don't care to movie history.So let's go back in time,86 years back to be more precise.In 1916,the great world war one was in her peak,probably the entire European market was close,and,the motion picture industry,like all others,came to a hold.In short,movies were silented.But one director refused to be shut up.A genius,named David Wark Griffith.Only one year before,he astounding audiences with the first great feature-lenght film "The Birth Of A Nation".And in 1916,he directed the film he will always be remember for:"Intolerance",without doubt,the greatest film ever made.The film was a flop,when first realease,but now,that the intolerance theme is so,why not,high fashion,the film gain the status it really deserves:The status of a cinematic jewel.A precious stone,to be treasured,to be kept in the heart of every movie goer,and everybody who aprecciates a flawless,beautiful,brilliant film.Griffith directed after "Intolerance",three other masterpieces."Broken Blossoms","Way Down East"and "Orphans Of The Storm".But he died in poverty,and it will take more then 50 years and people like you and me to finally show to the world that David Wark Griffith is one of the greastest genius in motion picture history,if not the greatest.Like the great diva Norma Desmond would say."Long live silent pictures","Long live David Wark Griffith"and "Long live Intolerance",the cinematic one,of course.