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Suggest me some old films?
drxand?
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K, so recently i've been getting really into old cinema
the classics so to speak
i've watched casablanca, and a few marx bros movies, and have plans to see the maltise falcon ASAP
looking for stuff that is a must see from the late 20's - 50's hollywood
i know i could probably google up choices for myself, but i'd like to hear what the collective here has to input, as you're all a grand bunch filled to the brim with knowledges.
the classics so to speak
i've watched casablanca, and a few marx bros movies, and have plans to see the maltise falcon ASAP
looking for stuff that is a must see from the late 20's - 50's hollywood
i know i could probably google up choices for myself, but i'd like to hear what the collective here has to input, as you're all a grand bunch filled to the brim with knowledges.
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Dr. Strangelove is a little more recent in 1964 but it is voted like #3 comedy of all time.
Btw, go to Rotten Tomatoes to get some reviews on some films if you want.
It is absolutely hysterical. Make sure to pay attention to Cary Grant's (Main character's) facial expressions. They're the best. I highly reccomment this movie. It's one of my favorites.
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The Great Escape (from 1963, but its still a classic) - Chicken Run was a parody of this.
Everyone should watch it.
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One of my favs
Force of Evil is quite good. Its director was blacklisted right after it came out, and he didn't get to make any more movies. It's a crime/noir movie.
Double Indemnity is pretty good too. It's a suspense thriller about a murder/insurance scam.
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Rear Window and Vertigo are two must-see thrillers.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one thinking of Pillow Talk. It really is better than it sounds.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
The Adventures of Robin Hood - very witty dialogue, all around fun film, i love it
Captain Blood - great pirate movie. great characters
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - such a great ship movie. portrayl of Cpt. Bligh by Charles Laughton is the best.
Julius Caesar - just watch it for Brando's performance if nothing else
The Grapes of Wrath
12 Angry Men is well made and enjoyable, and just feels like a 'classic' in the way Casablanca does.
On The Waterfront contains a magnificent performance by Brando, and one of the most quoted speeches in movies ever.
You mentioned the Maltese Falcoln already, but definitely a fantastic movie. Somebody else said 'M', if you like Maltese Falcoln 'M' is sort of its spiritual prequel, and imo a little bit better, though both are fantastic. If you get in to that Film Noir style, Double Indemnity and The Big Sleep, definitely.
Then there's the war movies, of course. Stalag 17 is a personal favourite, The Great Escape is a bit later but feels like a classic again, and I love Alec Guinness in The Bridge On The River Kwai.
If you feel like branching out past hollywood, definitely check out Kurosawa's Rashomon and Seven Samurai, Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast and Orpheus and De Sica's The Bicycle Thief and Umberto D. All have that 'classic' feel, and are some of the best movies ever made. Enjoy though!
Oh, and thanks for mentioning Arsenic and Old Lace, I had totally forgotten about that movie!
Yes, yes. Sixty years later and they still haven't made a funnier movie about a pair of mass murderers. I love the Teddy Roosevelt impersonations.
M is good, as has been mentioned. Shit, I think everyone already got to my old faves.
Then there's The Searchers which is also a little more recent. John Wayne at his best, and it really does deserve most of its critical praise (I have some issues with a few scenes near the end, but meh).
i suppose i might as well branch out from hollywood, but i have seen kurosawa's seven samurai and it is of course wonderful
as for hitchcock i think ive seen a few, but definately have seen vertigo
everything else gets me really excited to watch
i figure its time i broaden my horizons with the classics as i've kinda snubbed them in the past ehe
keep 'em coming, i'll probably print this thread out and highlight them once it dies down. And I WILL watch everything that I haven't seen that has been suggested in this thread. Mark my words!
That is an amazing movie, they remade it recently with Denzel Washington and a few other names, but the original is so much better.
Jordan of Elienor, Human Shaman
I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang
The Great Dictator
The Kid
Sherlock Jr.
Mildred Pierce
there've been some really good suggestions. I feel like repeating them.
Sunset Boulevard
Citizen Kane
Maltese Falcon
Manchurian Candidate
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I find this one particulary significant
Also have to add a vote for Arsenic and Old Lace, I've sprung it on a nuber of my friends who are usually uninterested in old movies and it never failed to impress.
I don't think I saw these mentioned;
African Queen (Bogart)
Kurosawas Yojimbo
any Marx Bros you may have missed and if your liking those check out Abbot and Costello.
Finally,...... with great fanfare and pomp.......I say unto you:
the Bob Hope Road Movies!
Oh man. Bob Hope was great.
Other musts include (not necessarily all pre-1950s, but still old and essential viewing):
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Bicycle Thief
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Fail-Safe
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Forbidden Planet
Gunga Din
Pride of the Yankees
The Man Who Knew Too Much
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Manchurian Candidate (the original version with Frank Sinatra and Angela Lansbury)
Seven Days in May
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Rebel Without a Cause
King Kong (1933)
North by Northwest
Notorious
Shadow of a Doubt
The Public Enemy
Gone with the Wind
Night of the Hunter
The Third Man
On the Waterfront
Giant
High Noon
Touch of Evil
Rashomon
A couple other that I will mention but are rather controversial is Birth of a Nation and Triumph of the Will. Both are important for their historical context and contribution to the development of film, but the subject matter can be touchy for some people. Birth of a Nation is the movie that D.W. Griffith is most remembered for and it's a great film with fantastic cinematography and an epic scope, but it's about the rise of and is sympathetic to the Ku Klux Klan (it was actually based on a play meant to incite white supremacists), and is often credited with the resurgence of the KKK which was dying out at the time the film was made. Triumph of the Will is the film that Leni Riefenstahl is most often remembered for and is the infamous propaganda film documenting the Third Reich's 1934 Nuremberg Party Rally. I would still highly recommend seeing both films as they are very important to the history of cinema.
Also, a much later movie but definitely essential viewing is Annie Hall.
A few people have suggested some Kurosawa and i'd have to agree. You liked Seven Samurai, so you've obviously got good taste. After that one, maybe Ran? It's his only colour film, and he uses it so well. The battle scenes are great too - wide, long shots and not the split-second cutting you see these days.
It's reviews of or what they call "The Thousand Greatest Films of All Time" and it runs the gamut from the late 20's to about 2004. Some notable films are left off, and anyone reading it is bound to hate a few of the movies. But what's really great about it is that it has the original review, So their article on Casablanca wasn't written by someone who first saw it on television when they were a kid, and has seen it a couple dozen times since then. It was written a few hours after seeing the world premiere.
You have to register to read the reviews, but that's free.
Judgment at Nuremburg - Really good historical drama. I don't know how accurate it is, though; I couldn't find any information on that particular trial.
A Christmas Carol (aka Scrooge) - The 1951 version is worth a watch if you don't feel like waiting another month or so. It's one of my favorite Christmas movies
Also, I second 12 Angry Men.
Just to add, why you should care about seeing Metropolis. The introduction and popularization of the idea 'robot'. It had some of the first 'morphing' technology in film. The idea that robots are better for quelling human insurgence, rather than eliminating hazards to the common man.
It also showcased flying vehicles in a metropolis comprised only of skyscrapers (back when there were only a handful of 30 story buildings in the world, and flight had just been invented).
Also, if you watch it, you get all of the references that other people put into their work, (see Simpsons [Halloween dimension travel episode], Futrama, Gattica).
"Also, a much later movie but definitely essential viewing is Annie Hall."
God, if you watch any Woody Allen film, watch this.
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They're not as old - or as weighty - as you may be looking for, but I think the first two Beatles films, A Hard Day's Night and Help! are both incredibly witty. Very funny stuff. And some great tunes in there too. The writing really captures their speech patterns perfectly.
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