My Own Private Idaho is populated by orphans, prodigal sons, and other lost souls for whom dancing around a trashcan fire or painting other peoples' families while living in an RV is an adequate substitute for maintaining bonds with one's own family.

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Raising Arizona is an intensely bittersweet film. That it is admittedly hilarious distracts from this sorrow, but it doesn't dampen it.

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The Deer Hunter depicts the effects of Vietnam in microcosm and allows viewers to draw the link between its characters and the countless others who suffered similar or worse fates of their own.

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The Whole Bloody Affair has a symphonic quality to it; each line of dialogue and every shot is composed with the utmost intricacy and attention to detail.

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