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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on May 25, 2024 6:53:57 GMT
I mean cynical in terms of the films' thematic content, not necessarily how they reflect the filmmakers' view of audiences (the way people describe live-action Disney remakes as "cynical" cashgrabs, for instance).
Off the top of my head:
Network
Dr. Strangelove
A Clockwork Orange
Blow Out
The Player
What are some for you?
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Post by stabcaesar on May 25, 2024 7:30:51 GMT
Melancholia
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Post by pupdurcs on May 25, 2024 7:32:24 GMT
Ace In The Hole
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Post by dadsburgers on May 25, 2024 17:19:37 GMT
Each in different ways:
Uncut Gems
Seven
Vice
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Post by Kings_Requiem on May 26, 2024 0:35:58 GMT
Sunset Blvd
In a Lonely Place
SubUrbia
The Hospital
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Post by futuretrunks on May 26, 2024 1:12:08 GMT
The ending of Do The Right Thing always pissed me off. Deeply cynical (in the true sense of the word) by Spike Lee, who I like generally.
Woody Allen is king of the pleasantly cynical film.
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Post by TheAlwaysClassy on May 26, 2024 1:57:18 GMT
Anything by Todd Solondz.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on May 26, 2024 18:44:29 GMT
Can't think of a more cynical movie than Chinatown. The ending is like four kicks in the stomach in quick succession.
1. Evelyn dies trying to protect her teen sister
2. Child rapist gets away with no questions asked and retains control over another teen girl to potentially prey on
3. Jake is powerless to stop any of it
4. Movie directed by an actual sex predator
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Post by taranofprydain on May 26, 2024 23:16:40 GMT
Can't think of a more cynical movie than Chinatown. The ending is like four kicks in the stomach in quick succession. 1. Evelyn dies trying to protect her teen sister 2. Child rapist gets away with no questions asked and retains control over another teen girl to potentially prey on 3. Jake is powerless to stop any of it 4. Movie directed by an actual sex predator The ending was actually changed. As originally written, Evelyn killed her father and got away with it. But, given the death of Sharon Tate and foretold by the brutality of his earlier Macbeth, Polanski demanded the ending be changed, so that ending is all on him. |
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Post by franklin on May 27, 2024 8:57:50 GMT
The Silence Of The Lambs
Casino
Once Upon A Time In America
Scorsese's films of these last 15 years (Shutter Island, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Silence, The Irishman, Killers Of The Flower Moon
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