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What awaits a movie after its making? Critical acclaim? Commercial success? Which of these is more important for a movie? Could these two criteria be equal? A point at which a movie is at half way between hit and miss? I was thinking philosophical movies were doomed. Candidates for failure but the stunning fact is most of them were a success in both ways. For a list of philosophical movies go here Philosophical Films I am still looking for an Anthony Quinn movie of the sixties which was extremely unintelligable! And another one with Charlton Heston starring in it. Anyhow the statistics on "Pink Floyd The Wall" are not encouraging. So was it one of those "Flop for philosophy" movies or....what? Pink Floyd The Wall UK, 1982. 95 Min, Color, Genre: Psychedelic Drama Cast:  Bob Geldof* and others. Edited by Gerry Hambling Screenplay by Roger Waters Animation: Gerald Sc...

Review by: Ema Elsawi Sutradhar*  Midnight Express is one outstanding movie not only because it tells a true story but also because it contains a lot of humanitarian themes that describe the conflict between laws and their relevance to humanity. Synopsis The son of a US official at age twenty is arrested at a Turkish airport for possession of an illegal substance. The movie follows the events of his arrest as per Turkish laws and his imprisonment as a trip into two estrangements: being a prisoner and being away from home. The movie highlights the other side of law applied through corrupt instruments; delving deeply into the details of the daily life of prisoners and the excessive cruelties they are subjected to. It depicts how these prisoners come together and integrate to share the many details through which high human values manifest themselves despite the dark corridors of prison. Alan Parker 1978 Midnight...