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April 21, 2010

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August/September 2015 Activities

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Perfection is a myth. Nothing is perfect in this mortal world, least of all products of culture, blighted as they are by that frustrating phenomenon known as personal opinion. I myself will endeavour to find fault in most things, mainly because cynicism is like a warm blanket on a winters night. Cinema is divisive by it's very nature, with the best movies in the world hiding minute faults that belie there own perfection. Yet the films below are so accomplished, so complete, so enduring, that it's possible to throw logic and reasoning to the wind and call them perfect. If you haven't seen them all, get them on your bucket list now. 10. The Third Man This classic noir gem from Carol Reed was one of my first experiences of classic cinema and it remains to this day a film that I fail to find fault with. The murky storyline sees writer Holly Martins lured to Vienna to accept a job from his friend, the enigmatic Harry Lime, only to discover that Lime has been killed under...

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