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Movies

mopinko

(70,090 posts) Mon Sep 5, 2016, 02:03 PM Sep 2016

just watched 'mississippi burning'

wow. cant unsee that.
just gripping. so well done. you really feel the horror of the times.

gonna take a couple days to shake that one off.

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just watched 'mississippi burning' (Original Post) mopinko Sep 2016 OP

Great cast! longship Sep 2016 #1

yeah, the young willem dafoe mopinko Sep 2016 #2

When the film came out, many critics admonished it. rusty quoin Sep 2016 #3

yup. mopinko Sep 2016 #4

longship

(40,416 posts)

1. Great cast!

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Mon Sep 5, 2016, 05:04 PM

Sep 2016

Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand (!!!!!!), Brad Dourif, and so many others.

It is an astounding film. Yes, it is Hollywood's version of history, but it gets the message across.

mopinko

(70,090 posts)

2. yeah, the young willem dafoe

Reply to longship (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 5, 2016, 05:07 PM

Sep 2016

was a hotty. and yeah, frances mcdormand is so great.

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)

3. When the film came out, many critics admonished it.

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Mon Sep 5, 2016, 11:26 PM

Sep 2016

They were sick and tired of going after the south for things that were already resolved.

It was a movie that reminded the south of what happened. And here we are in 2016, and if you have an unbiased head on your shoulder, you know that things were never resolved.

mopinko

(70,090 posts)

4. yup.

Reply to rusty quoin (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 6, 2016, 09:31 AM

Sep 2016

poor mississsippi. told the truth on 'em and it felt like hell.

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