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.

Monday, April 27, 2015

The Maltese Falcon

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SPOILER ALERT! The plot of the movie will be discussed. There’s a great line from the TV show The X-Files .  Fox Mulder is talking to t...
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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Sunset Boulevard

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The title of this dark film about Hollywood and the movies applies to its two main characters, each one heading to “The End” at the conclu...
Sunday, April 12, 2015

Chinatown

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SPOILER ALERT! The plot will be discussed. There is an old cliché about Asians being inscrutable, meaning not easily “seen,” or understo...
Sunday, April 5, 2015

The Road to Perdition

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SPOILER ALERT! The plot will be discussed. On this Easter Sunday which coincides with Passover we usually contemplate the divine. This w...
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Sunday, March 29, 2015

The Birds

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SPOILER ALERT! The plot will be discussed. Cages.  Humans are the only beings that put other living creatures in them. Alfred Hitchcoc...
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Sunday, March 22, 2015

Children of Men

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SPOILER ALERT! The plot will be discussed. Children of men? Why not children of women? I’m just asking. I guess I would have to put th...
Sunday, March 15, 2015

Spartacus

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SPOILER ALERT! The plot will be discussed. When I was young, there were these big scale Hollywood movies that came out around Thanksgiv...
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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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