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Originally Posted by The Hug Dog
Seriously man I'd be interested to know what you thought of it, it's a real love letter to New York and not at all your usual Woody Allen fare. You may struggle with it though if you hate him that much but it's a shame to overlook it
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I think, as an act of attempting to repay you for your open-mindedness towards classic film, that I should have it as a higher priority than I otherwise would.
If I can find it at my library, I'll grab it, or worst case scenario I'll wait until it's broadcast on TCM or shows up On Demand or something.
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Originally Posted by HH
Lolita was awesome.
Peter Sellers is fucking amazing, one of the most versatile and creative actors.
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Best comedic actor of all-time IMO, and, in the history of film, I think there are three comedic performances that are light years ahead of anything else done by any actor in any film ever.
1) Peter Sellers in
Dr. Strangelove
2) Cary Grant in
Arsenic and Old Lace
3) Peter Sellers in
Lolita
I also think Peter Sellers should've won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance as Claire Quilty. It's so absurd and over the top and he makes it work and makes it painfully funny.
Also: What did you think of the scene where James Mason tries to lay out the cot with the bellhop? That's the closest Kubrick ever came to straight comedy, and with how funny it was, it makes you think what it would've been like to have seen a run-of-the-mill comedy from Kubrick.
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Originally Posted by HH
If you haven't seen Being There, watch it.
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Haven't, but it's on my radar now.
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Originally Posted by HH
Next, The Killing...
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Enjoy.
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Originally Posted by flemmy
Annie Hall is the worst movie that's generally considered good. ever.
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Right now, I can't think of a single film to counter that statement.
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Originally Posted by slicksoufpaw68
which movie should i watch tonite?
citizen kane
white heat
rebecca
pans labyrinth
blood diamond
i havent seen any of them, what can you peeps tell me about these?
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Individually:
Citizen Kane:
The consensus #1 film of all-time on innumerable lists. If you ever come across a "Top [Insert Number] Films Of All-Time" list and
Citizen Kane isn't AT LEAST in the top three, then don't give the list a second thought.
I myself consider it the #2 film behind
Ben-Hur, but I think it's the most influential American film ever made behind
The Birth of a Nation, which, IMO, is the most influential film from any country ever made period.
Orson Welles created a penetrating character study of a man who, by the end of the film, you pity as much as you dislike.
The screenplay is damn near flawless if not flawless, the performances are superb, the lighting is great (a Welles hallmark), the cinematography is groundbreaking, and, to put it succinctly, is a true classic in every sense of the word.
White Heat:
Powerhouse performance from James Cagney in one of his most memorable films of all-time. It's the perfect swan song for the classic gangster film and could possibly be considered the meanest of all of the gangster films of the '30s and '40s.
A supremely enjoyable crime film with one of the all-time great endings in film history.
Rebecca:
The Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock's first American film and it won the Best Picture Oscar for 1940.
A great adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier's [spelling?] story which, IMO, improves upon the original ending.
A haunting film with great performances from its stars, Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine.
The other two I haven't seen. I started
Blood Diamond but didn't have much faith in it and shut it off inside of fifteen minutes, so I might as well have not seen anything.
