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Playing At Film Forum NYC January 2009


This will be playing soon at Film Forum... This film does actually scare me though, it is SO real. Al Pacino is really the best actor in the world... Having had many operations and having been very accustomed to taking lots of pain medication, I could easily feel myself slipping into this kind of dark opiate existence....

So I am not even sure if I will go to see it, even though it is a great film... It scares me... But that's why it's a great film it is SO real....

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Yes, THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK is playing at Film Forum this week until Thursday February 5th. I went to see THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK yesterday at Film Forum. This was the second time I saw the movie there. It is a very downbeat movie although there are couple scenes where the audience chuckled. Personally, it was interesting to watch the movie because I am familiar with the area it was filmed. As other people have commented, the area has been cleaned up over the years. However, it is interesting to see how the place looked almost 40 years ago. Plus, I personally get a kick out of recognizing the locales in a movie.

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Good actor but limited range like DeNiro. They can only play certain characters unlike Johnny Depp anf Daniel Day-Lewis. Those two can play a wide range of characters.

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