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Title: A Perfect Movie
Review: I actually saw High Noon when I was a child. While I liked it then as pure entertainment, over the years I have come to appreciate the pure artistic achievement of this film. In many ways it is a product of it's times, a cinematic answer to the House Unamerican Activities committee and the witch hunts of the times. Some view it as a straight forward story of good vs evil but it is the many shades of gray that I appreciate in this movie. As a film, it is quite simply, beautiful and I know of no more compelling opening scene in any movie. The cast is outstanding from the high minded Grace Kelly to the scheming Lloyd Bridges but as with everything in the film, the characters are multidimensional. Bill Clinton once said this is his favorite movie and perhaps because it is a "Western" it has never been ranked with the "great" films but I certainly would put it in my top 10 greatest films of all time.
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