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Кафе 'Багдад' (1987 )
Out of Rosenheim (Bagdad Café) is a look into the minds and lives of some people most of us have met but few of us know much about. This movie exemplifies how one person in the right place can affect a community of lives. The Adlons seem to express the view that all change and "magic" comes from hard work and mutual acceptance. A well-crafted view of the lives of tourists everywhere and the difficulties they can face. A Whimsical and lovingly Photographed look at the vast wasteland that is too often ignored by much of humanity. Written by The Kid in Bellevue
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Off Route 66 between Vegas and nowhere a little magic's going on. See more »
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The restaurant used in the film is still operating and is located on National Trails Highway (Rt.66) in Newberry Springs, CA and is now called "Bagdad Cafe" after the film. The motel (closed) and the trailer (now derelict) are still present on the property. See more »
Phyllis. [ nonchalantly plopping down in front of her mother's office desk after she's been out with some friends ] Hi, mom! That trucker was a real cute dude, for a trucker. Like, I mean, he let me off in town, and I ran into Reggie, and so we buzzed around in his cruise-mobile over to Devil's Playground. Then we ran into these really grody airheads.
Phyllis. [ noticing her mother's nicely cleaned and organized office desk ] What happened here?
Brenda. [ normal voice ] Pick up your shit, sweetie.
Phyllis. [. ]
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C-Major Prelude From The Well Tempered Clavier
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Darron Flagg
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Brilliant character drama - a tiny masterpiece even.
A overweight German tourist is dumped in the middle of nowhere by her angry husband and puts in motion a set of unlikely comic and touching events.
Here in the Internet age we can do a lot of good work digging up and re-appraising films that deserve to be seen. While this is film might not to be everyone's taste it is a wonderful light drama about people of no particular importance doing very little beyond learning about each other.
Yet it works so well and haunts you for days after seeing it.
For reasons I also can't explain I find the American hinterlands strangely poetic and underused. Films such as Paris, Texas and The Last Picture Show also used these regions effectively.
More than any other film I have seen it cannot really be explained in words. It is about atmosphere and delivery and superb acting for a cast of - mostly - unknowns. It doesn't really have a plot as such and merely lingers in small-town America and observes small town mores and manners with cold detachment.
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