@immatthewj I watched Phil Spector per your recommendation (Mamet, Pigeon again) and found David Aaron Baker could play Brennan. Very prosecutorial figure.
Have not seen Haunted Heart . Yet :)
Movie/film suggestions.
While this is of course a forum for the discussion of all things audio/hi-fi and music, pretty much all of us are also lovers of movies, the enjoyment of which is effected by the reproduction of the sound they contain (with the exception of silent movies 
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I've been focused on David Lynch movies since his death, but with current events so much a part of our lives at the moment, I plan on re-watching a movie I’ve seen only once, and years ago. That movie is:
The Madness Of King George. Apropos, no?
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And David Aaron Baker played Alan Jackson. What a turn-about of casting that would be. Out of curiosity, @gano , what did you think of Al Pacino as Phil Spector? I truly enjoyed his performance, but I have noted that we don’t always agree when it comes to actors and movies. As far as the whole Phil Spector thing, I came away from that movie thinking he may well have been factually innocent. Later on down the road, on public radio, I was listening to an interview with someone about Phil Spector, and this person was talking about how well known it was that Spector liked to pull out guns and point them at people, and it was just a matter of time before one went off. Who knows. But if all one had to go on was the movie, I thought that a compelling defense was presented (which assumed the hammer was back and front sight caught on teeth causing finger to depress trigger, and lack of blood spatter). However, forming opinions and judgements on solely the basis of a movie would be a mistake. Unless it was a very good movie, such as the one we were working on. As far as Haunted Heart, I won’t throw any spoilers out (except to say that there is a twist), but if you appreciate Matt Dillon's acting, you will enjoy this one. And speaking of Matt Dillon, how about Wild Things(1998)? I don’t think that it has been mentioned yet on this thread, but that was another movie I found to be truly enjoyable with a great cast. Bill Murray has added something good to almost every movie I have seen him in.
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I arrived late to this conversation, but I’m really glad I found it. Thanks to all who took time to share your faves! The list of recommended films I haven’t seen is looong and will, I predict, provide for many hours of movie watching joy. And, it is great to have been reminded of old favorites I now want to see again. Here are a few directors I love and didn’t see mentioned above: Bela Tarr: especially Satantango and The Werkmeister Harmonies (if you’re a reader, I strongly recommend the books upon which these films are based, both by Laszlo Krasznahorkai: The Melancholy of Resistance and Satantango) Hal Hartley: especially The Unbelievable Truth, Trust, Simple Men, and Henry Fool John Waters: Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Polyester, Hairspray, Cry-baby (where I first saw Johnny Depp sing and play guitar) Atom Egoyan: someone mentioned The Sweet Hereafter above, which I enjoyed thoroughly. Also of note: Exotica, Calendar, Speaking Parts, and Ararat Gus Van Zant: Drugstore Cowboys and Good Will Hunting were mentioned above, and I second those recs. Also excellent: To Die For (written by Buck Henry, with stunning performances by Nicole Kidman, Joachim Phoenix, Matt Dillon), Paranoid Park, Elephant, Milk, Finding Forrester David Mamet movies, especially State and Main, House of Games, Heist, and The Winslow Boy Bong Joon Ho: Parasite, The Host, Snowpiercer Akira Kurosawa: Seven Samurai was mentioned above, and several others also are essential: Rashomon, Ran, Yojimbo, Red Beard; my two favorites are Ikiru and Dersu Usala Majid Majidi movies, especially Children of Heaven (one of the most moving and profound I’ve ever seen) and The Color of Paradise Yasujiro Ozu: Early Spring is, to me, his masterpiece. I especially recommend everything he did after 1940 Jan Svankmajer: I’m a huge fan of the Czech new wave, but I’ll mention only one here; it is one of my very favorites and funny as hell: Little Otik.
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