Blockbusters and Birdwalks

2005, a conversation – “Brick”

• Garrett Chaffin-Quiray

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This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. 

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Referenced media:

  • “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Gore Verbinski, 2006)
  • “Shaft” (Gordon Parks, 1971)
  • “Thelma” (Josh Margolin, 2024)
  • “Looper” (Rian Johnson, 2012)
  • “Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi” (Rian Johnson, 2017)
  • “Blade Runner” (Ridley Scott, 1982)
  • “Sin City” (Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller 2005)
  • “The Greatest Show on Earth” (Cecil B. DeMille, 1952)
  • “Bugsy Malone” (Alan Parker, 1976)
  • “The Big Sleep” (Howard Hawks, 1946)
  • “A Clockwork Orange” (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
  • “Witness” (Peter Weir, 1985)
  • “Knives Out” (Rian Johnson, 2019)
  • “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Rian Johnson, 2022)
  • “The Shining” (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
  • “Wages of Fear” (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)
  • “Sorcerer” (William Friedkin, 1977)
  • “High School Confidential!” (Jack Arnold, 1958)

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