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Friday, April 15, 2011

Boston on Film

I keep coming across films from the pantheon of Great Boston Movies.

What makes a Boston movie a Boston movie is quite subjective. I dare not lay out any specific criteria, for fear of inevitably breaking my own rules.

I believe a majority of people would agree on these six to start (ranked in the order of My Opinion at This Very Moment):

Good Will Hunting, Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, The Departed, The Fighter, The Town

Two that I absolutely cannot leave off the list for personal reasons (in alphabetical order):

Boondock Saints, Celtic Pride

Minimal research this morning has yielded a final two, filed under New To Me, piquing my interest enough to peruse prices of used copies:

Monument Ave, The Verdict

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Spring has sprung in Boston. Here's hoping that future posts are about jogging, beachgoers, the characteristics of a good walking stick...

and not being holed up inside.

Although I do love a good film, when the time is right.

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