David Baruffi

David Baruffi has been a successful unemployed screenwriter for, let's be vague and call it "years". He's got a B.A. in Film Studies from UNLV, is a certified script supervisor and has done a little bit of everything in film, but mostly is a writer. Personally on his own blog "David Baruffi's Entertainment Views and Reviews" which is at www.davidbaruffi.blogspot.com,and professionally has written several scripts and stories, for himself, and for others and as a ghostwriter. When he's not doing that he watches his autistic brother most days and he looks like two old puppets.

CANON OF FILM: ‘The Breakfast Club’

the breakfast club

I’ve always watched the 'The Breakfast Club' as a more metaphorically commentary on high school, but the interesting part is that the film seems to comment that high school really isn’t of that much of importance, which is right, although it does influences everything else that happens in our life.

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CANON OF FILM: ‘Dark City’ (Directors Cut)

dark city

At some point, it went from cool to cliche to say that you were a fan of 'Dark City'. I think it's well-respected and well-known enough now, but at one point in time, even people who thought they really knew sci-fi and all the famous archetypal elements and the films that created them like Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis' or Kubrick's, '2001: A Space Odyssey'. Hit the jump to read on.

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CANON OF FILM: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’

2001: a space odyssey

'2001: A Space Odyssey' recently ranked #6 by the Critics and #2 by Directors on “Sight & Sound” magazines Greatest Movie polls, strange considering how the reaction was mixed originally, and panned by many. It was definitely an anomaly in its time.

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CANON OF FILM: ‘Pleasantville’

pleasantville

As the nation heads towards another election shortly, the national debate has become strikingly philosophical. Phrases like "Family Values" and "The Role of Government" always come up, never has the divide, in my memory, been so drastic. It's at times like these, that I find myself thinking about Gary Ross's film 'Pleasantville'.

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CANON OF FILM: ‘Back to the Future’

back to the future

What is it about 'Back to the Future', really? I mean, I'm with everybody on it, it's one of my all-time favorites, like everybody, and this seems to be the one iconic '80s movie that even Hollywood sees absolutely no point in reviving or bringing back, and for good reason.

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CANON OF FILM: ‘Jurassic Park’

jurassic park

I don't think I'd even rank 'Jurassic Park' among Spielberg's Top 20 features. Admittedly, that's as much a tribute to Spielberg's body of work than anything else, but this is basically just a well-made horror movie.

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