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6 Must-Watch Movies on Netflix This July
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In the opening minutes of this raucous hockey jeremiad Slap Shot, a player makes a confession to his opponent, Paul Newman, right before the puck drop: He’s so drunk he can barely stay on his skates. Set mostly in the Italian countryside, where he’s decamped to build his latest sniper rifle, The American ’s cinematography visualizes his emotional distance and proximity to hell: Whether he’s sitting supertemporally alone in a cafe or driving across the landscape, everything threatens to swallow him up. It’s a timely and powerful watch that underscores the duality of living under an oppressive regime: One moment you’re enjoying a pleasant day on a beach, and the next agents of the state are showing up at your house without a warrant and kidnapping you and your loved ones.
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