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Nov 11, 2022 - 10:14 AM
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Ado
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I just watched Black Stallion on the Criterion disc again, and it impressed me, all over, as one of the very best American films, it is really just superb. Everything about that film is perfection, the casting, the acting, the camera work, the set-design, the editing and the score. Just watch that last race, it is an astonishing piece of craftsmanship. The visceral and emotional power of that race has few rivals, how it is cut and paced and scored, there are very few films that have even one scene that palpably good.
It is also a very naturalistic film as Solium correctly points out, the horse is clearly an animal, not a pet, and never entirely tame.
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Nov 11, 2022 - 7:48 PM
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I just watched Black Stallion on the Criterion disc again, and it impressed me, all over, as one of the very best American films, it is really just superb. Everything about that film is perfection, the casting, the acting, the camera work, the set-design, the editing and the score. Just watch that last race, it is an astonishing piece of craftsmanship. The visceral and emotional power of that race has few rivals, how it is cut and paced and scored, there are very few films that have even one scene that palpably good.
It is also a very naturalistic film as Solium correctly points out, the horse is clearly an animal, not a pet, and never entirely tame.
Of course your points are right on Ado. I was going to add, while The Black Stallion is referred to as a children’s movie I think of it more as an “Art Film”.
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I just adore island-centered films.
Which explains the fascination you have for "Gilligan's Island," a fascination perhaps surpassing that of even Americans! 
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the visceral survival aspect.
Will remember this as I ponder the original question.....
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Nov 13, 2022 - 1:58 PM
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Ado
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I just watched Black Stallion on the Criterion disc again, and it impressed me, all over, as one of the very best American films, it is really just superb. Everything about that film is perfection, the casting, the acting, the camera work, the set-design, the editing and the score. Just watch that last race, it is an astonishing piece of craftsmanship. The visceral and emotional power of that race has few rivals, how it is cut and paced and scored, there are very few films that have even one scene that palpably good.
It is also a very naturalistic film as Solium correctly points out, the horse is clearly an animal, not a pet, and never entirely tame.
Of course your points are right on Ado. I was going to add, while The Black Stallion is referred to as a children’s movie I think of it more as an “Art Film”.
I agree, it may be a film that kids enjoy, but not a 'kids movie", just a great movie, and very artistic
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