1. American Beauty
Director Sam Mendes has created a complex tale of human emotion, repression, destruction and rebirth, all linked together by one theme. ... He was saved by the single fluttering rose petals that followed their own course, as short and fleeting as that course may be. ... In the shot of Ricky working at the hotel, he once again appeared like a 50's-esque heart throb in a classy lounge, because once again he was living the lie his father forced him to live. ... After Angela reveals to Lester that she is in fact a virgin, he wraps her in a blanket and tells her how beautiful is, ...
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