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Today's NYTimes Best 1176 Film was John Schlesinger's

Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)

Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch and Murray Head form a convenient triangle where no one can really get what they want but, at the same time, no one need take any risks.

In the background, the civilized society breaks down at the edges. Economic collapse, countercuture, sexual liberation.

This is a great film with lots of good bits. All the acting is superb. There is a touching bar mitzvah celebration, a wildly eccentric dysfunctional family, all kinds of 'friends' who define the main character's lives.

Very full and generous film making.

I would gladly see it again. That makes it a 5 out of Netflix5.

Labels: best films