A brutal and beautiful piece of art. And, the greatest philosophic argument ever posed against mysticism, superstition, and tyranny. An alternative aesthetic.

Spielberg's most artistic film. Kubrick insisted that he direct it. The imprint of man and his expression of love.

'Horror has a face.' The illusion of sanity. The aesthetics of madness, judgment, rationalism, and existential manifestations. This piece works on so many philosophic and artistic levels, that it's 'impossible thru words, Willard,' to comment on them all. My Bible.

Eastwood and the jazz aesthetic. Improvisational jazz mixed into the improvisational timeline of montage. A pitch perfect mood piece. Underrated.

Existentialism for the future. 'I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the darkness at Tan Hauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. Time to die.' -Roy Batty.

Romero's DAY OF THE DEAD follows right behind this Masterpiece. A brilliant commentary on consumerism thru the aesthetics of horror.

'The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom.' - William Blake. The Holy Aesthetic of an American Poet. The excess of Jim Morrison thru the burning montage of Oliver Stone. Underrated.

The other self. The aesthetics of anti-materialism, anarchy, and chaos. GENIUS!

The humorous absurdity of relationships, art, and mortality. Woody's best.

Like a flying technicolor dream. One of the most beautiful pieces of art I've ever seen.

Lynch's best film in years. The aesthetics of karma and the subjective non-linearity of time.

The temptation of material illusion against a spiritual aesthetic, and the ultimate sacrifice of love. The battle between the demons of darkness and the angels of light that rages within us all.

A Ring of Power destroys itself. The Power of Love prevails. The Sistine Chapel of Cinema. Jackson turns a literary Masterpiece into a cinematic Masterpiece. Never before has an artistic collaboration of popular filmmaking so eloquently captured the artistic images I have preserved in my mind's eye, of a novel that I read as a child. Brilliant adaptation!

The aethetics of beauty. How this gorgeous piece of art didn't win for director, cinematography, and art direction is beyond me.

The act of creation. 'I am nature.' -Jackson Pollock.

The art of simplicity. The art of tranquility. The art of life. Wonderful adaptation of Maugham.

The acute perception. Most artists suffer from this. Perceptive adaptation of S.E. Hinton.

Standing outside of it all. The aesthetics of crime.

The suppression of beauty and ideas. The anarchy of the masses towards freedom of expression from the oppression of the mundane.

The aesthetics of artistic alienation. 'The bleeding hearts and the artists take their stand.' -Roger Waters.