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Sal[Au]pian 
"Four ever European"
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 Posted - 01/12/2007 : 12:36:13
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My friend at work has a lovefilm subscription and so I'm going to utilise that to see a few of the big films that I have missed.
Here are the main ones I have thought of so far:
2001: A Space Odyssey
Apocalypse Now (which version?)
The Usual Suspects (have twice fallen asleep watching it; I think I read a spoiler review the other day, though  )
Spirited Away
Midnight Cowboy
Matrix Revolutions (not big big I know, but I am always trying to avoid spoilers for it, which is a nuisance)
Does anyone have any suggestions? I know that you don't know what I have seen, but what are the main things that one should have seen? I particularly want to see all those with twists so that life on here is safer. |
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Beanmimo 
"August review site"
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 12:59:09
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I have a sudden urge to pick five of these for my next fycth just to tease you but i won't...
...and that's another example of a different 'sense of hunour'!!
I find that going through Rovarks Essential accolades highlights some of the major movies that I have missed. |
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 13:01:35
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quote:
Originally posted by Salopian
My friend at work has a lovefilm subscription and so I'm going to utilise that to see a few of the big films that I have missed.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I know that you don't know what I have seen, but what are the main things that one should have seen? I particularly want to see all those with twists so that life on here is safer.
How far back d'you wanna go? 
Also - RU including non-Eng lang?
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 13:08:12
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OK, I say we each reel off 10 really essential films, although not necessarily pondering too much as to whether they are THE 10 most essential films. Then the next person reels off another 10, etc. Got it?
Ok, here I go:
Citizen Kane
Stage Coach
Shane
High Noon
Bad Day At Black Rock
Casablanca
The Great Dictator
On the Waterfront
From Here To Eternity
The Sweet Smell of Success
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 13:16:55
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Of those, I've only seen On the Waterfront, but thanks especially for reminding me about these two, which I had always had in my mental list in the past.
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
Citizen Kane
Casablanca
Good idea, Beanmino. Any dates/languages, Bafta; it's not necessarily whatever films you consider the best, but rather the ones that are the most essential, especially if they contain twists. |
Edited by - Sal[Au]pian on 01/12/2007 13:17:29 |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 13:45:32
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quote:
Originally posted by Whippersnapper
OK, I say we each reel off 10 really essential films, although not necessarily pondering too much as to whether they are THE 10 most essential films. Then the next person reels off another 10, etc. Got it?
Ok, here I go:
Citizen Kane
Stage Coach
Shane
High Noon
Bad Day At Black Rock
Casablanca
The Great Dictator
On the Waterfront
From Here To Eternity
The Sweet Smell of Success
Where's Gone With the Wind, Ben Hur and The Wizard of OZ on that list, whip?
I've never seen Sweet Smell of Success, but it does look interesting from IMDb. All the rest I've seen.
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 13:56:01
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quote:
Originally posted by ChocolateLady
Where's Gone With the Wind, Ben Hur and The Wizard of OZ on that list, whip?
That's all right, I've seen them - though I wouldn't include them in a top 10!
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Paddy C 
"Does not compute! Lame!"
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 14:37:04
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Here's a few which I'd consider to be 'must sees', some of which i only saw for the first time myself fairly recently:
Chinatown
North by Northwest
Network
Miller's Crossing
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Three Colours: Red
Paths of Glory |
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Beanmimo
"August review site"
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 14:39:49
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Citizen Kane
Stage Coach
Shane
High Noon
Bad Day At Black Rock
Casablanca
The Great Dictator
On the Waterfront
From Here To Eternity
The Sweet Smell of Success
Gone With the Wind
Ben Hur
The Wizard of OZ
Intolerance (DW Griffith)
Spellbound (1945)
The Blue Angel (Dietrich)
All about Eve
Notorious (1946)
Days of Wine and Roses
The Apartment
The Odd Couple
Murder by Death (1976) (and odd choice but a fanciful throwaway Neil simon comedy with a cracking cast)
all the Frankenstien/Dracula/Wolfman/Mummy pictures and their sequels from Hollywood in the thirties.
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 14:52:16
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Not repeating any of Whip's choices and confining myself to "Hollywood" films none more recent than 1980:
Bonnie and Clyde
Dr. Strangelove
Rio Bravo
Some Like It Hot
The Searchers
The Night of the Hunter
The Hustler
Vertigo
The Maltese Falcon
The Conversation
Raging Bull
EDIT: Did this based only on Whip's list. Did not see the subsequent posts. Don't appear to be any dupes, however.
Yeah, I know Strangelove isn't "Hollywood".
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 15:12:38
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Not much to argue with in Lemmy's list. Here's another 10:
The Grapes Of Wrath
Touch Of Evil
Hud
Duck Soup
Rebel Without A Cause
The 39 Steps (1935)
Dr Jekyl & Mr Hyde (1931)
Double Indemnity
Peeping Tom
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) |
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 15:15:21
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quote:
Originally posted by Beanmimo
all the Frankenstein/Dracula/Wolfman/Mummy pictures and their sequels from Hollywood in the thirties.
I'm sure those choices will meet with Universal agreement.  |
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Montgomery
"F**k!"
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 15:32:58
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Anyone suggest "City of God"? I love that film.
Also -- "Cinema Paradiso" was beautiful.
EM :) |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 17:05:49
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quote:
Originally posted by Salopian
I particularly want to see all those with twists so that life on here is safer.
I don't know how "big" it is, but there are few films with more twists in it than Matchstick Men. You also might want to take a look at some of the really twisty Agatha Christy renditions the newer ones being Murder on the Orient Express and Murder on the Nile, both of which are very Hollywood but still very fun. I'd also go for Gosford Park if you want some less twisty bits.
Problem with lists like these, I tend to think first of the old classic films and musicals. Avoiding what others have posted, I can recommend:
Philadelphia Story
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
West Side Story
Father of the Bride and Father's Little Divedend
My Fair Lady
Oklahoma
Top Hat
American in Paris
Adam's Rib
The Desk Set
Brigadoon
And then there are the (slightly) newer mixed bag films:
Out of Rosenheim (aka Bagdad Cafe)
Resurection
Paris, Texas
All That Jazz
Amadeus
Fun with Dick and Jane (the original version)
A Touch of Class
Eve's Bayou
I could go on, but that's a start.
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 17:16:16
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I agree with the large majority of your choices Chocky, but I can't agree that Father of the Bride or Father's Little Dividend are essential cinema.   ... |
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 19:23:36
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Much of what was on previous lists, plus the mostly more recent
PSYCHO
M*A*S*H
BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID
THE GODFATHER I and II
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY
8 1/2
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
BEAUTY & THE BEAST [Cocteau]
HALLOWEEN
ALIEN
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