My Favorite Movies

Great modern film. extras are interesting too

A Stark film made using non-actors that deserves greater recognition. A film that makes you think and also feel ignorant - which is commendable in itself. This film is like City of God made before technical advances and slick editing techniques. As relevant today as it was then, maybe more so given the 'Climate of Fear' and the 'War on Terrorism'.

beautiful

A beautiful faitytale - all you've heard about this film being an all-time greats is true. This is a great film, but then again that's nothing new to note.

I recently found out that David Mamet had an early version of a script for this film turned down by Spike Lee.

My favourite gangster movie

I don't think i could relate to anyone who didn't enjoy this film

Although it is understandable that many may dismiss this as a formulaic 'talking head' documentary, this film is one of the best of its ilk. The noir style re-enactments illustrate the vagueness of witness accounts appropriately and complement the tone perfectly. This film is testament to Morris? directorial finesse. Morris' exceptional technique results in a well paced film that is equally engaging whether or not you are familiar with the background of the case. The Thin Blue Line is a great film.

Classic gangster film.

In some areas, this film actually manages to be a progression from Pontecorvo's masterpiece Battle of Algiers, but unfortunately, the 'sinking lips' mask what may have been great performances making it hard to engage with the characters. The audio quality is most disappointing with regard to Brando's character William Walker. Walker is a cunningly constructed Machiavellian manipulator reminiscent of a Lady Macbeth (with less guilt) and Iago (with arguably less motive) that is, nonetheless (and most impressively), believable. William Walker is potentially one of the greatest roles in film history played by one of the greatest actors of his generation. Sadly, the character, performance and film are diminished by poor quality audio (at this point I feel that it is important to not that I am not referring to the film's excellent musical score). Although the score may benefit from digital re-mastering the dubbing of actors' dialogue would not, and therefore Pontecorvo's Burn may never surpass being an almost great film. An admirable effort, smartly constructed narrative held back by dodgy audio - close to greatness.

preferred it to the book - it's not often people say that is it.