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While I Live (1947)
Great tear-jerker
Compared to today's line-readers sometimes called, "actors," this cast is first-rate. A bit corny, perhaps, but so is Gone With the Wind. The film hit a nerve with 1947 audiences who were dreaming their war dead might return. Watch it with that thought in mind and you'll shed tears.
The film keeps replaying and replaying Charles Williams' "Dream of Olwen" a perhaps little too much, but I don't tire of it. For over 50 years, "Dream of Olwen" has been one of my favorite musical pieces. Not until recently did I learn that it came from this film.
The young amnesiac woman who visits on the night of the 25th anniversary of the death of Julia's sister, Olwen, brings too many coincidental similarities to Olwen. The story is an wonderful original mystery tale.
The Accountant (2001)
Terrific caricature
The Accountant is a riotous caricature. It's very rare to find a caricature film. It's dark humor, but a very well made film. Good character development in just 38 minutes, excellent cinematography (the scenery, camera angles, and lighting), and a good story with a surprise twist at the end. Ray McKinnon's gives a terrific performance as the accountant, a far better caricature than Gene Wilder or Rick Moranis spoofing as accountants in The Producers and Ghostbusters, respectively. It's much harder to caricature than spoof.
This film deserved the Academy Award it won.