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hc
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judy73
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Dec 23, 2007 - 07:19 PM |
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To kill a mockingbird is best. especially that of Gregory Peck 。 |
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monalisalee
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Dec 23, 2007 - 07:40 PM |
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Hi, HC. Recently bought a 13 dvd pack titled "A hundred year OSCAR Best Film". Most of the ones you mention are there. I paid RMB 30, and as there are 79 full length movies, quite good value, I thought. From 1927 to 2006. Many classics. My two favourites are "silence of the lambs", and sequal "Hannibal". A few beauts that are there are, "All the King's men", 1949, "from here to eternity" 1953, "The bridge on the river Kwai", 1957, "Ben Hur"1959, and an old one, "All quiet on the Western front", 1929.
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vivek123
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- Psycho
- North by Northwest
- Rebecca
- Roman Holiday
- Double Indemnity (watch this for the screenplay, wittiest of it's era)
- The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
- The Bicycle Thief
- Gandhi
- Amadeus (best movie ever made, IMO)
- The Sting
Most movie buffs would have already seen these films but they are worth watching more than once  |
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vivek123
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Dec 23, 2007 - 07:48 PM |
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Hi, HC. Recently bought a 13 dvd pack titled "A hundred year OSCAR Best Film".
John. |
Did the same thing < has kept me entertained for quite a while, now. Best 35 kwai I ever spent. |
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Megs
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Dec 23, 2007 - 08:07 PM |
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-The Man Who Would Be King
-The Bridge on the River Kwai
-The Devil's Brigade
-Deathtrap (Not exactly a "classic", or a "masterpiece" I suppose, but still a good movie)
Sadly that's all I can think of at the moment. Tired brain not functioning that well when it's coming to movie titles.
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leidelaohu
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Dec 23, 2007 - 08:39 PM |
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The Misfits
Dr Strangelove
if you want scary, throw in the Exorcist or Repulsion |
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Michael
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Dec 23, 2007 - 10:45 PM |
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Don't forget.. Forbidden Planet.. years ahead of its time for sci fi plots and really really young Leslie Nielsen ( whose been a comedian since his hair turned white ) |
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ThomasCaron
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Dec 23, 2007 - 10:58 PM |
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Vertigo
Two English Girls
Last Tango In Paris
La Belle et la Bête
Lolita (1962)
The Rules of the Game
Chimes At Midnight
La Jetée
Winter Light
Sunrise
Wagon Master
The Band Wagon |
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hc
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ThomasCaron
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Kubrick's Lolita (script by Nabokov), is irreverent, freewheeling, and moving beyond words. The 1997 remake (although impeccably cast), is the "Masterpiece Theatre" version - and DOA. |
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monalisalee
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Dec 23, 2007 - 11:27 PM |
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"O"my God, I gotta lot of filims to watch now. Yes, anything Kubrick does is good. |
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Adrienne
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My two bobs worth are:
The Godfather 1 & 2
Elephant Man
An Affair to Remember
The Party
To Catch a Thief
Psycho
Dead Poets Society
The Graduate
Shindlers List
Arsenic and Old Lace
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
To Sir with Love
Wuthering Heights
Little Women
Adventures of Sherlock Homes
They Shoot Horses Don't They
Zorba
Chariots of Fire
Miracle on 34th Street
Death on the Nile
Adrienne
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leidelaohu
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| Kubrick's Lolita (script by Nabokov), is irreverent, freewheeling, and moving beyond words. |
Ah ! Sue Lyon ... how about Night of the Iguana ? |
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edbreejen
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Dec 24, 2007 - 02:38 AM |
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Nobody mentioned 'The Blues Brothers' yet? |
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Kiwi
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I think The Goddess deserves a mention purely for the Shanghai connection.
Of course lots of other old ones, but that one kind of symbolizes the era and should be easier to track down than some.
You can watch a few minutes here.
http://slumsofshaolin.blogspot.com/2006/09/chinese-silent-movie-goddes s.html
It's amazing how similar some of it still looks to modern Shanghai. The way poorer people live hasn't changed much.
Chinese cinema of that time was quite revolutionary in the way it contained a lot of fairly unglamorised stories about very ordinary people.
And man. .. Something like Buster Keaton's 'The General' is also a must. . . That guy was hilarious. I don't actually like old movies that much (kind of hard to watch), but anything with Buster Keaton is fantastic. 'City Lights' is a good Chaplain one, though I'm not such a fan of him.
And then from Buster Keaton you are onto Jackie Chan since Jackie Chan took lots of his inspiration from Chaplin and Keaton. 'Miracle' (also called 'Red Rose White Rose') is set in Shanghai and very very good. Like a lot of HK movies it pulls elements in from all over the place, and certain scenes in it are like modern remakes of some of those old 1930s Chinese movies. |
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CoffeeHawk_0
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Everyone will mention the classics, including me, but there's also some lesser known but highly rated underground 'classics':
"Grand Prix", 1966, starring James Garner, arguably the best racing movie ever with amazing in car footage. Any modern day F1 fan will like this movie too.
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
"North by Northwest"
"Léon"
"Das Boot"
"Dog Day Afternoon"
"Stalag 17"
and just for fun: "Fast Times at Rigemont High", "Animal House" |
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Kiwi
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And these really 'underground'? |
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CoffeeHawk_0
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Dec 24, 2007 - 08:45 AM |
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not at all really, but I was at a loss for words, or, "a good movie that's not considered a classic but may be good to watch after you've seen all the 'classics'" would have been too much typing. |
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kimmie
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Dec 24, 2007 - 09:26 AM |
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It Happened One Night
Notorious
From Here to Eternity
The Trap (Oliver Reed 1966)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The African Queen
A Star is Born (1937)
Seven Samurai
Rear Window (Hitchcocks' version)
Bullitt
...and since it's Christmas Eve, "It's a Wonderful Life"
Merry Christmas everyone |
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Kiwi
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The Seven Samurai is majorly good so if you haven't seen it then do so. . . Only saw it a few months back. Awesome. . . |
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Kiwi
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Dec 24, 2007 - 09:57 AM |
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To my mind the only true underground classic is the 1959 version of Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth".
Some real good underground scenes. . . Not for everyone mind you, especially the claustrophobic. |
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kimmie
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| The Seven Samurai is majorly good so if you haven't seen it then do so. . . Only saw it a few months back. Awesome. . . |
Yep. I consider "Seven Samurai" to be one of the few true masterpieces of cinematography and scripting. Much better than "The Magnificent Seven" |
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Dec 24, 2007 - 10:33 AM |
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- Rome Holiday
- Rosemary's baby
- Muriel's Wedding (not old enough. hehe) |
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Michael
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So what is "OLD"? Something before you started watching movies? Something in black and white? |
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