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"Hugo" is a shameless plug for Scorc's favorite pet project....

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In Reply to: RE: Hugo. Here's... posted by Poles Apart on December 09, 2011 at 20:29:40

and probably a tax write off for half the production. I nearly cringed halfway through when this "lost films" thing came up. Then at the end about searching and searching and finding copies and prints, etc. "Hugo" was a shill for the AFI film restoration movement.

I though it an average kid's movie but not so special as to attract any extra attention. I was just about to walk out when I picked up on the ending coming soon.

This thing might be fine for kids or big kids who don't go to the movies very often but it certainly doesn't carry much weight outside that.

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How do you figure? - Jazz Inmate 13:52:23 12/11/11 (2)
The bits about Georges Melies' lost work was totally in keeping with the themes of fixing what's broken and finding one's purpose. The fact that it's a deeply personal film for Scorsese only helped as viewers around the world find much to relate with in the story. It's an extraordinary film in every way. No more "kids" than Truffout's 400 Blows.
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi

Edits: 12/11/11
- MS is a chief proponent of AFI's film preservation project . . . - mr grits 16:06:24 12/11/11 (1)
  and I've seen him and Eastwood a hundred times in an advert asking for donations before the main feature. I was looking on tomato and noticed a critic said the same thing as if this work was a triumph for film preservation!
  
  Okay, it's not to the point of being shameless but let's just say "mission accomplished".
  
  I actually got bored with it half way through. I've seen too much Jeunet magic to think anybody can do a subject in Paris but him.
  - Martin's loving tribute to Italian cinema is well-worth watching, too. nt - tinear 13:11:37 12/13/11 (0)
    sdf

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