Keyword: individual
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Dead Poets Society
Few drama pictures manage to stick the landing quite like Dead Poets Society, Peter Weir’s 1989 release that still gets passed around by people who swear it’s underrated. “He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.” That’s the line the studio chose to sell the film, and it doesn’t oversell it by much. The…
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Rain Man
Barry Levinson isn’t a director who plays it safe, and Rain Man — released in 1988 — is proof of what happens when that restlessness meets a strong cast. Even the marketing knew what it had: the tagline “A journey through understanding and fellowship.” sets the mood before a single frame plays. Strip away the…