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so captures what is great about alvarez!!! i would simply love u to go longer on connor o’malley if you feel like you have more to say— i think you could make a Significant Intervention in the Field

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Ok here are BC's top 4

Back to the Future. Cooper was born in 1975. Would have been 10 seeing in theaters and probably made him love movies. I think there will always be a movie that hits you at a young age seeing in theaters for me it was the Matrix. BTTF seems like it would inspire young Bradley

Singin in the Rain. He will pick a musical. WSS is probably the pick but Singin in the Rain makes sense too

Dog Day Afternoon. He will pick something from the 70s and this is my favorite 70s movie. I know me and Bradley have similar tastes tbh

King of Comedy. This is his Scorsese pick he produced the Joker

It is a basic top 4 BUT bradley is not pretentious. Hes just a dude who loves movies

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This is a great series; you're right: he's not pretentious he loves to just watch a movie! I will never forget when I saw him on the street wearing the Joker production hat...

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Fran this is an amazing question i need some to think but Bridges of Madison County is an amazing answer. Great movie too

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long overdue for a rewatch!

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I think a lot about Danny Huston’s Four Favorites video, where he ponders for some time and then just named four of his father’s movies

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i LOVE that one...

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my gut is telling me b coop has a fondness for moonstruck.....

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i believe it!!

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Cooper strikes me as a Bringing out the Dead guy. I loved that O’malley interview! His Wrigleyville sketch with carmen christopher is a classic in my home.

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I do think whatever Scorsese he's picking is not an "obvious" one; Bringing out the Dead is a great choice. And yes Wrigleyville playboys really came to define an era!

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Omg fran you were so right!!!

I found an article and he said Marty's segment of New York Stories lol

Life Lessons – New York Stories (Martin Scorsese, 1989)

The Celebration (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998)

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007)

The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)

The Shop Around the Corner (Ernst Lubitsch, 1940)

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if you haven't yet heard me and tristan incessantly saying "I just got back from margarita" prepare to

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I haven't but I'm ready...

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I think "we're your advisors!!" every time I have to advise a student.

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