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I'm talking TMC. I'm talking pre-1970. Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Bogey/Bacall, Monroe, Kim Novak, etc
What are your favorites? What are the best ones out there? A few I've been watching lately: Bell, Book and Candle Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House The pre-Lazenby Connery James Bonds The Seven Year Itch Rope
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03.07.2011, 11:41 PM | #2 |
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Pre 1970? Okay...
Branded to Kill Alphaville Breathless Masculin Feminin Pierrot Le Fou 8 1/2 Night of the Living Dead Casablanca Freaks Dracula The Wolf Man Frankenstein Bride of Frankenstein Creature from the Black Lagoon Glen or Glenda Blood and Black Lace Planet of the Vampires The Wasp Woman I Bury the Living King Kong Once Upon a Time in the West Blood Feast Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill! The Birds Psycho The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Fando y Lis Daisies The Nutty Professor Shock Corridor Rosemary's Baby Faces Shadows Nosferatu Dr. Strangelove Robot Monster Farenheit 451 The Wizard of Oz |
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03.08.2011, 05:42 AM | #3 |
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03.08.2011, 05:50 AM | #4 |
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Fave pre-70s Hollywood:
Westerns: My Darling Clementine High Noon Man Who Shot Liberty Valence The Searchers ... too many greats to mention Ten of the usual suspects: Citizen Cane Casablanca Singin' in the Rain To Have and Have Not The Night of the Hunter It's a Wonderful Life The Big Heat Some Like it Hot Vertigo His Girl Friday |
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I love that movie so much! It's like a comfort film for me. One I watch as often as I can but sort of take for granted. I've never included it in any personal top tens but I really should. Have you seen the sequels, The Revenge of the Creature and The Creature Walks Among US? Absolutely fantastic stuff - especially Walks Among US. The kind of film that immediately makes me want to grow a square jaw, marry a sweater girl and live in 1950s Florida. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!!!! |
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03.08.2011, 08:01 AM | #6 |
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Any Laurel and Hardy North By Northwest The Ladykillers The Lavender Hill Mob White Heat Duck Soup Brighton Rock Billy Liar |
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As much as I hate to admit it, I actually haven't seen either of the sequels. But I have heard of 'em. I must've seen the original at least 4 times though. I once caught it at this extremely old fashioned theater downtown on Halloween night, they were presenting it in (old school) 3-D, and even had an orchestra present! THAT was really neat. |
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03.08.2011, 03:23 PM | #8 |
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A favorite "classic film" that I forgot to mention is Bunuel's The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz or Ensayo de un Crimen.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048037/ This one is pretty weird. Kinda slow, but it definitely deserves more attention than it gets. |
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^ The Wasp Woman... ain't that neat? LONG LIVE THIS THREAD |
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If you ever get the time, you really must see them. I get the two sequels mixed up. It's the second sequal I like most, not the first: the one where the creature becomes an attraction at a Florida theme-park (shades of Jaws 3). Great stuff. One of those movies where it's impossible for me to pin down precisely what I love about it but if you're at all into that 50s Americana thing then you should really enjoy it. It even features a really early performance by Clint Eastwood! |
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