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Dave and the Departed (D&D)

I just watched “Infernal Affairsâ€? (Mou gaan dou), the movie “The Departedâ€? is based off of. It seems that the female character Madelyn (Vera Farmiga) in “The Departedâ€? is actually based on 3 characters from IF! In IF, Yan (eqv. to Billy [Dicaprio]) is forced to see a psychologist - but it is unclear how […]

The Departed [mostly RAVE]

So I haven’t seen a movie in the theater in a long time. Seeing this one after many years not in a theater was interesting, simply because the film took such a ‘real’ approach to the cinematography. No soft lighting; many long shots with interesting and unflattering close-ups; unusual angles were chosen but in a […]


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