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Rhett Bartlett Profile picture
Rhett Bartlett
@dialmformovies
Film archaeologist | @THR Obituarist | ABC Radio Melbourne film reviewer.
Apr 8, 2020 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
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John Prine has died.
We've lost perhaps the greatest songwriter of our time.
It's time to reflect on his incredible body of work.

Here's the opening to SAM STONE - the story of a drug-addicted returned-soldier.

What a devastating final line at 52 sec mark... 2/
 Here's the opening minute of ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY, about a middle-aged woman who feels older than she actually is.

An incredible opening line. Incredible...
Aug 7, 2018 • 106 tweets • 35 min read
THREAD
So, @TheAcademy rules state Honorary Oscars can't be bestowed posthumously. I say stuff that rule.
This thread will right the wrongs, and award statues to those who never received one ... 1/ Georges Méliès - pioneer director and visual effects artist of early cinema.
A Trip to the Moon (1902), The Impossible Voyage (1904), The One-Man Band (1900)