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Out of Rosenheim (1987)
Wasn't that German coffee carafe the cutest, though?
A heartfelt comedy, and fantastic vehicle for perennial shouter CCH Pounder, that uses a formula of proximity, time, and audacity derived from self-absorption to break down inter-social and interpersonal barriers between an uptight, stranded German tourist and a perpetually-aggrieved motel proprietor, as each learns to break their cycle of suffering.
The cast of characters alone makes this worth watching, but the overall experience is more than the sum of its parts. Dreamy, sparse, and anachronistic, it's a comedy that lends itself to a quiet space and contemplative mood. Performances, though theatrical, are fully authentic and sympathetic.
The Park Is Mine (1985)
Someone Needs to make those "The Park Is Mine" tshirts from the movie.
Following the success of First Blood and other attempts to cash in on the struggle of vets in overcoming their still recent emasculation, The Park is Mine strips away any unnecessary subtext and nuance, leaving a gratifying action flick that shoves its foot up the collective ass of the cops, the politicians, and even the Viet Cong, as Tommy Lee Jones uses domestic terrorism and an astronomical sense of entitlement to control Central Park as a publicity stunt to tell the world that we should be kinder to each other, not because he so desperately needs to prove to them that we could have won the war, guys, if only we'd...