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It is hard to deny that Sophie's Choice indeed has the trifecta of what I believe good movie-making needs: superb acting, sound, and cinematography, as it was nominated excellence in acting (won by Meryl Streep), cinematography, and music by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' annual Academy Awards. While I have seen many movies, few have touched me the way Sophie's Choice has. I can remember the seamless acting, the haunting music, and the visual beauty of the film itself. In viewing Sophie's Choice, it's easy to see that a great film is so much more than commercial success or box office revenue; a great film is compelling. It grabs hold of you and doesn't let go. In looking for movies that resonate with the...

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Adler, Stella and Kissel, Howard. The Art of Acting. 2000. New York, NY: Applause

Theater and Cinema Books. Print.

Barsam, Richard and Monahan, Dave. Looking at Movies: 3rd Edition. 2009. New

York, NY: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc. Print.
Narine, Neil. "Film sound and American cultural memory: Resounding trauma in Sophie's Choice," in Memory Studies, 3(1): pp. 33-54. 2010. Web. Retrieved from: http://mss.sagepub.com/content/3/1/33.abstract [Accessed on 16 March 2012].
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