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The Hospital (1971)
Best Dialogue ever
Scott's speech evangelizing on the benefits of impotency is easily the greatest and funniest speech I have ever seen in a film (and I've seen them all). Juxtaposed with the following scene of him making love to Rigg makes it even funnier!
The idea of Rigg saving both his physical and spiritual life moves me greatly. There are very few good black comedies. They should be evil, as cynical as they can be, like Dr Strangelove, but to have those life affirming moments, especially with the Indian Medicine man chanting and healing in a hodpital that kills its patients as a matter of course, moved me in a way I can't describe. It's a minor miracle to have something so positive in the midst of such evil.
I think the filmmakers are trying to say that science is all very well, but nothing, especially science, can work if you've lost your soul.
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
One of the nastiest stories in cinema
This is the greatest animated feature film of all time, but unfortunately Warner Bros took it away from Richard Williams because he went way over budget and schedule.
When they took over they added some terrible songs and dialogue to Tack (who never talked in the real version) and many other nasty changes, then released it in selected cities in the US only.
It took 20 years to get made and has some of the greatest moving images of all time.
The title is supposed to be "The Thief and the Cobbler"
My 8 year old son has loved it for years, never gets sick of it.
Finally, Vincent Price's voice performance is excellent and it was one of his last.