My Meaningful Movies

I have enjoyed movies as long as I can remember. Those films which weave images and words into fabrics of meaningful themes appeal to me. I would like to acknowledge my gratitude to the Bryn Mawr Film Institute for providing me the opportunity to expand my understanding of films. In addition, I would like to thank Marc Lapadula, Senior Lecturer in Screenwriting at Yale University, for his mentoring and friendship.

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Ordinary People

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SPOILER ALERT! The plot will be discussed. I know film critics went into rage mode when Ordinary People took the Academy Award for Best...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

A Man for All Seasons

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SPOILER ALERT! The plot of the movie will be discussed. Even if you do not subscribe to any established religious faiths, the issues ra...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

Vertigo

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(A version of this post first appeared on the Bryn Mawr Film Institute Blog) SPOILER ALERT! The plot will be discussed. My father was a...
Sunday, November 9, 2014

Dr. Strangelove

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SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't seen the film, the plot will be discussed. I guess you have to be strange to love this movie, and I fit t...
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Forbidden Planet

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I have enjoyed watching movies, discussing them, and just plain having fun thinking, quoting, and referencing them as long as I can remem...
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Gus Cileone
I have taken many film studies courses at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute and elsewhere. My latest novel is a sci-fi version of Gulliver's Travels entitled Galloper's Quests, "The Bigger Picture," is a mystery for movie lovers, like my previous novel, "Out of the Picture. I was recognized by Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards, and the Annual StoryPros International Screenplay Contest. I won the Dark Oak Mystery Contest sponsored by Oak Tree Press, which published my first novel, "A Lesson in Murder." My novel, "Feast or Famine," is about a traumatized man dealing with his Catholic Italian American past in Philadelphia. I was cited for my writing by Annual Art Affair, Hidden River Arts, the annual Writer’s Digest writing competition, The Philadelphia Writers’ Conference, and the Montgomery County Community College’s Annual Writers’ Club Poetry and Fiction Contest. Don Ron Books has included one of my short stories in their collection entitled "South Philly Fiction." I also have short stories in the collections entitled Death Knell V and the Schuylkill Valley Journal.
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