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post #801 of 832
1/16/13 at 6:53pm

Embarrassingly, it was just last night that I saw Rashomon in full. Yep, it's great and what a tremendous crazed (and itchy) performance from Mifune.

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post #802 of 832
1/26/13 at 7:21pm

It isn't really considered a classic but I just watched The Ice Storm, great, great film, one of the best films of the 90's IMO. 

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post #803 of 832
2/2/13 at 11:00pm

Just watched Mildred Pierce, 1945. I wasn't going to watch it, but when I saw "Based on the Novel by James Cain" I had to watch. I love Cain and any film based on his novels, like Postman Always Ring Twice and Double Indemnity.

 

There is only one truly likable character in the entire thing, but I can see why Joan Crawford won an Oscar for it.

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post #804 of 832
2/14/13 at 11:49am

12 Angry Men (1957)  Jesus Christ, what a film.  The first vote to the last utterly enthralling all the way through, the different arguments and persuasions that were used blew my mind.  93 minutes in 1 room in a 96 minute film.  I wonder if there's a group of actors out there now who could recreate this film, it's a remake I'd pay to see.

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post #805 of 832
2/14/13 at 12:00pm

There was the 1997 version with Jack Lemmon and George C. Scott. It was.... decent as far as remakes go, but completely outmatched by the original.

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post #806 of 832
2/14/13 at 1:33pm

Hmm, I'll have to check it out. 

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post #807 of 832
2/14/13 at 1:44pm

I caught Orson Welles "The Stranger" on TCM the other night.  What a cool looking film.

 

I just googled it and I see that it's on youtube

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu8-V9JRX_g

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post #808 of 832
2/14/13 at 1:49pm
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Originally Posted by drunkdrgonzo View Post

12 Angry Men (1957)  Jesus Christ, what a film.  The first vote to the last utterly enthralling all the way through, the different arguments and persuasions that were used blew my mind.  93 minutes in 1 room in a 96 minute film.  I wonder if there's a group of actors out there now who could recreate this film, it's a remake I'd pay to see.

 

Check out 12 by Oscar Winning director/actor Nikita Mikhalkov.  Almost 3 hours long and also quite excellent.  It was nominated for Best Foreign Langauge film in 2008.

 

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post #809 of 832
2/17/13 at 3:58am

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

 

Billy Wilder. Lemme repeat: Billy Wilder. One more time: BILLY WILDER.

 

Midgets.

 

Gay panic.

 

The Loch Ness Monster.

 

A 5% solution (not 7%).

 

Canaries.

 

Cristopher Motherfucking Lee as Mycroft.

 

Geneviève Page side-boob.

 

 

I can't believe I've never seen this before. I wanted to start it right back up when the credits rolled. It's on Netflix. Stop what you're doing.

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post #810 of 832
2/17/13 at 8:51pm

Finally got around to watching City of God today. This may be hyperbole but I think this is the best film of the 2000's. Lil' Z is one of the most ruthless gangsters I've ever seen in a movie.

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post #811 of 832
2/18/13 at 6:49am
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Originally Posted by nagboy92 View Post

Finally got around to watching City of God today. This may be hyperbole but I think this is the best film of the 2000's. Lil' Z is one of the most ruthless gangsters I've ever seen in a movie.
I personally don't think that is hyperbole at all - GREAT movie
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post #812 of 832
2/27/13 at 1:38pm

Went to a showing of Jean-Jacques Beineix's 1981 masterpiece Diva last night. I did not expect this to be as great as it was. It's like Blow Out's stylish French cousin. This deserves to be better known.

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post #813 of 832
2/28/13 at 9:34am

Love that film. I don't understand how it's fallen off the radar over the years.

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post #814 of 832
3/12/13 at 3:26pm
The Last Boy Scout. I'm ashamed of myself for not getting off my ass and tracking it down sooner.
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post #815 of 832
3/12/13 at 5:43pm

Finished up my viewings of Anthony Mann films with The Furies. It's amazing how Mann could make films that are practically something Che Guevara would have made had he been making Hollywood films in the 40's=50's, all in the Studio System and working with A List talent.

 

Walter Huston and Barbara Stanwick are the headliners in this one, with Huston playing a Patriarch determined to control The Furies, his ranch/estate, even if it means alienating his children or murdering squatters who refuse to leave. Trouble comes in the form of Huston's new Bride to Be, a Gold Digger who soon maneuvers Stanwick out of her inheritance and off The Furies altogether. The film explores just how far people will go to gain or retain property they believe is rightfully theirs. Boy does it.

 

Highly recommended.

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post #816 of 832
3/19/13 at 7:14am

The new Blu-Ray column reminds me that I finally saw Badlands for the first time a couple of weeks ago. What an extraordinary film. Sheen and Spacek are incredible. Malick has left me a bit cold in the past, but Badlands is a masterpiece. I'm snapping up the Criterion ASAP.

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post #817 of 832
3/19/13 at 3:53pm

Watched Tokyo Drifter over the weekend. It made me really want to watch 'Drive' again as it seemed to take a lot of cues from Drifter, like the colour palette and the fact that both are hokey crime dramas turned surreal thanks to the directing.

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post #818 of 832
3/19/13 at 4:30pm
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Originally Posted by nagboy92 View Post

Finally got around to watching City of God today. This may be hyperbole but I think this is the best film of the 2000's. Lil' Z is one of the most ruthless gangsters I've ever seen in a movie.

I don't do 'lists', instead preferring to chose one film as the best of the decade with many other runnrs up. City of God is not my favorite film of the previous decade, however if I were to make a top five list it might well be there. A top ten list? Definitely. One of those movies you will never forget.
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post #819 of 832
4/9/13 at 1:11am

Dead Calm, hot damn is this a great movie. Billy Zane should have gone A-List after this.

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post #820 of 832
4/9/13 at 3:54am
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Dead Calm, hot damn is this a great movie. Billy Zane should have gone A-List after this.

 

I miss the Nicole Kidman from that movie.

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post #821 of 832
4/9/13 at 11:51am

Edited by dilla7 - 4/9/13 at 12:03pm
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post #822 of 832
4/9/13 at 12:56pm

Breakfast at Tiffany's.  Didn't want to see it, but my Wife (one of her favs) made me.  Fantastic!   Audrey Hepburn was timeless in this movie.  

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post #823 of 832
4/27/13 at 5:24am

Sumeragi,  don't forget the pat of Drive where they go to a Western town and have a fight in the Saloon...

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post #824 of 832
4/27/13 at 10:05am

I recently watched Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole for the first time. Great movie - possibly Wilder at his most biting and cynical, which is saying something.

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post #825 of 832
4/27/13 at 10:27am

Night Of The Hunter with Robert Mitchum.

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post #826 of 832
4/27/13 at 11:29am
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I recently watched Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole for the first time. Great movie - possibly Wilder at his most biting and cynical, which is saying something.

Watched that for the first time about 5 years ago and I couldn't believe how dark it was.  Needless to say, great fucking movie.

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Night Of The Hunter with Robert Mitchum.

Lucky you.

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post #827 of 832
4/27/13 at 11:37am

There are certain films that are ten or twenty years ahead of their time. "Ace in the Hole" was about fifty years ahead of its time.

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post #828 of 832
4/28/13 at 3:47am
Thread Starter 

Watched Before Sunrise recently, beautiful film. I still don't like Hawke, and he was kind of annoying in it, but at least he wasn't bland and had character. Will check out the sequel soon.

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post #829 of 832
4/29/13 at 5:59am
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I just watched Gojira for the first time.

I'm 25.

It was really cool.

(I had no idea Takashi Shimura was in it)
The Critterion Collection DVD has both the original Japanese version and the American release. The US film edited out footage and added scenes with Raymond Burr. Much of the original meaning of the film is lost in translation.
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post #830 of 832
4/29/13 at 11:20am
Thread Starter 

Never seen the American cut of Gojira thankfully. I tend to avoid movie massacres like that.

 

Watched Before Sunset yesterday, even better than Before Sunrise. Such a great romance, and a brilliant ending. Can't wait for Before Midnight.

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post #831 of 832
4/30/13 at 1:46am
When first released in the US, we didn't know that it was reworked. Until I explored the Criterion release, I always thought that the Japanese monster movies just had dubbed soundtracks.o
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post #832 of 832
5/14/13 at 10:40am
Thread Starter 

I've recently watched the following:

 

Billy Elliot

Avoided this film for years because it didn't look my cup of tea, but am glad to say it's a great film.

 

Bicycle Thieves

Eye-rollingly called 'Bicycle Thief' in the US at one point, missing the point of the film entirely! Classic film with a hilarious and awesome kid actor.

 

Metropolis

Mindblowing. It probably contains every cinematic technique you can think of. Also reminded me that the film medium is young, not even 200 yrs old.

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