Only a director as accomplished as PTA could have a movie this good be his worst film
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Hard Eight 1996
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The Wages of Fear 1953
Before being hanged, my father asked to take
a shower...If I've got to be a corpse, I want to be — presentable.Like watching an elephant try balance on a razor's edge. Non-stop tension from the first frame and a final act that shocks you to silence.
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The Vanishing 1988
The only movie to ever leave me feeling physically uneasy and disturbed, Sluizer's 1988 film The Vanishing is terrifying in its commitment to showing the horrors concealed within the facade of normality. How many Raymond Lemornes do we walk by or interact with – in passing or at length – each day? No fancy film techniques are used, and there is no movie magic; we are left only with a visceral feeling of disgust and despair.
