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I watched two films last night actually.
The Man From Earth which was extraordinary! It was set almost entirely in one room, which may sound boring, but it wasn't for a second. One of the most remarkable films I've ever seen. It's about a professor who quits his job, his colleagues come over to say goodbye and he tells them he's 14,000 years old & never ages. Fascinating would be an understatement.
The second film I saw is called Before Sunset, which is about an American man and a French woman who spent a night together 9 years ago in Vienna, promised to see each other again in six months but never did, until now. It was another well written dialogue-driven film like The Man From Earth - something I'm sure regular readers would appreciate - and it was full of thoughtful and insightful observations about life and love. The film is actually a sequel to Before Sunrise which is about that night in Vienna. I thought Before Sunrise was good, but I didn't really appreciate it until now. Thinking about it, that must be Before Sunset's greatest achievement - lending emotional heft to its predecessor in retrospect. Oh, and there's a third film coming out later this year called Before Midnight which is set another nine years after Before Sunset. Safe to say, I'm excited about seeing that.
What TV series would you bring back?
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Somebody has almost certainly mentioned this one before: FIREFLY!
Another promising young life cruelly cut short by TV executives