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EMAIL danlybarger@excite.com URL efilmcritic.com The Kansas City Star LOCATION Kansas City BIOGRAPHY Dan Lybarger has contributed film articles to the Kansas City Star, Nitrate Online, The Lawrence (KS) Journal-World, and PitchWeekly. eKC tmi He has an M.A. in Writing from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a B.A. in English from Ottawa University. FAVORITES My favorite filmmakers are: Billy Wilder Akira Kurosawa Agnieszka Holland Buster Keaton (I attend a Keaton Festival every year in Iola, KS. This festival takes place seven miles from Keaton's birthplace in Picquay). Orson Welles Martin Scorsese Peter Weir Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Woody Allen David Lean Charlie Chaplin Favorite Movies: The Apartment Europa Europa Life Lessons (from "New York Stories") Modern Times Apocalypse Now Rashomon The Magnificent Ambersons The General (1927) Witness (Part of my fascination with this movie is due to the fact that my relatives are Dunkards, a religious order like the Amish) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp My Life as a Dog Of course, Citizen Kane