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I'm not sure if I follow. You say Regarding Henry has aged? In what way, I didn't see that myself.

. I'm not sure what you mean by that? Specifically what do you mean by digitalization?

I feel Regarding Henry has aged. It's a good film but you can tell the celluloid is gritty .

My other comment is in the 2000s they went with a digital process when making films.

Celluloid vs Digital, there is a big difference.

Edit: when I rewatched Regarding Henry recently, it was not remastered. It seemed like an older, gritty copy.

Oh I see you mean the video quality, yeah that's probably true.

Kelly Reichardt's first film. The theme of her film is: a bored to tears housewife abandons her baby and husband and takes to the open road with an aimless drifter, their incompetence in crime yields some humorous moments...we then follow this odd couple's ineptitude as they go on the lam.

Reichardt's budding style is apparent with this introspective look at the loan individual, who's lost due to circumstances. Cozy ( Lisa Bowman) is the lost soul. The director's use of voice over narrative gives us a window into Cozy's mind and forms an intimacy that many bigger films lack. Cozy seems real as does the film's world of run down motels and dead end towns.

One can see the greatness in Reichardt with an eye for pulling the viewer into a world of 'nothing' people. The film is rough cut in the opening sequences, I image Reichardt didn't have the funds or means to film more back story for Cozy so went with photographs. It works but isn't as polished as her later movies would be. At 76 minutes this is an easy watch.


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Kelly Reichardt's later, non-90s work is much better, I think. And yeah I agree Blast from the Past is a lot of fun. Not four star level for me but I liked it and actually have been tempted to watch it again after...geez 25 years! Ugh time...

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@Citizen Rules - Have you seen the movie, Goodfellas, if not here's another movie recommendation. Great mob movie and one of my favorite 90's movies. I think this movie will get the #1 spot on the new 90's countdown list like it did on the old one. if not, I can see it being at least at #2 or #3.

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Yup I agree Kelly Reichardt later work is better, she improved that's for sure, but I can still see with River of Grass that she had talent and a unique style. One of my favorite directors working today.


Yup I'm sure Goodfellas is going to be super high on the countdown. It's a good movie but not the kind that I usually like.

I liked this but with the stories of eight different Chinese American women there's just not enough time to do justice to all of their stories. Glad I watched it, enjoyed it but I wish this had been done as an eight-twelve hour mini-series.



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Currently rated 5.9 at IMDB, and I enjoyed it! And that's rating it too low...this is a romantic-adventure-comedy, you can't hold it to the same standards as a drama. Sure this is silly and all the jokes don't land but the overall story of two different people stranded on a tropical island works! The film was shot on location on the beautiful island of Kaua'i. That is one big reason why I liked the film so much the other was lovely

Anne Heche. Anne really shines in this movie, she's cute, she's feisty, she's funny and she has a great natural short hair-do, she looked great. I was impressed with her enough to watch another of her 90s films. I'm rating this one high out of pure fun enjoyment.


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I agree with your review. This was a fun one and is underrated. It's a 7/10 from me.

I'd never seen it before and had only seen Anne Heche in Return to Paradise (1998). Think I'll watch her 90s movie Volcano. Have you seen that?

Yes, I enjoyed Volcano.

Good, I hope I like it too.

If you end up enjoying Volcano, you should check out Dante's Peak.

I could watch that, thanks!

I don't think I've seen Six Days, Seven Nights since I saw it in the theater, but I remember liking it, and not understanding why the reviews weren't good.
It's on my list of rewatches for this countdown to give it a chance to make my list.

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It's a really fun movie that isn't trying to be super serious. If you like Harrison Ford he's good in it and I thought Anne Heche paired well with him. I know this is silly but I hope it could make the countdown. It might make my ballot just because fun equal good to me.

I love Harrison Ford. I rewatched Patriot Games (1992) already, and it was just as good as I remembered.
I'm going to try to rewatch Clear and Present Danger (1994) for the countdown too.

I have no idea if any of these movies will make my list, but I'm sure that a few of his movies will make my list.
Presumed Innocent (1990), Regarding Henry (1991), The Fugitive (1993), Sabrina (1995), Air Force One (1997), and Random Hearts (1999) are all on my potential list right now, but that list has to be narrowed down quite a bit.