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In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American Southern Gothic mystery-drama film directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Walter Mirisch, and starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. It tells the story of Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), a black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. The film was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from John Ball's 1965…
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Hollywood’s contemporary fixation with positioning itself on the “right side of history” often manifests in heavy-handed narratives that prioritise moral posturing over nuanced storytelling. Recent efforts to address social issues frequently descend into didacticism, alienating audiences with their sanctimonious tone—a stark contrast to mid-20th-century cinema, which wove progressive themes into gripping plots witho…More
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Racially themed thriller, (a movie back from the 60's) when racism was mostly still socially accepted in some parts of the USA. "Accepted" as in where a black person could still get killed for some bullshit reason, in public and nobody would blink and eye, or dare say anything about it. Pretty sickening stuff that happened not so long ago, and still happens today. Not so blatantly, i'd say, but still happens. Image…More