Film Classics - what are they?

Le Panda du Mal said:
The only correct answer is Zardoz
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This one is actually being reassessed . Yeah , it cane a bit t convoluted but overall, it's pretty interesting Dystopian science fiction film. The very concept of the Tabernacle computer was ahead of tis time .
 
BAYLOR said:
The Seven Samurai
The Pink Panther
A Shot int he Dark
Bullet
The Ten Commandments
the Bible In the Beginning
Hell in The Pacific.
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I think Pink Panther Strikes Again is my favourite. The hunchback floating over Notre Dam always cracks me up.

"Does your dog bite?"

"No."

Bends down to pat dog, and it latches onto his fingers.

"I thought you said that your dog didn't bite!?"

"Zat is not my dog."
 
BAYLOR said:
All great choices

Rooster Cogburn :)
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The Duke was born to play Rooster, and it felt like all his screen performances as a cowboy were incorporated in that world weary performance. In much the same as Clint Eastwood did with William Munny in Unforgiven.
 
Shane 1953 Staring Alan Ladd , Jack Palance and Jean Arthur and based non the novel of the same name by Jack Shaefer , This is on the list of greatest Western films of all time. :cool:
 
paranoid marvin said:
The Duke was born to play Rooster, and it felt like all his screen performances as a cowboy were incorporated in that world weary performance. In much the same as Clint Eastwood did with William Munny in Unforgiven.
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Agreed on both those actors .:)

Without 's Director John Ford , Wayne likely would have gone far in acting, he got way to great a number his bad acting habits . One thing that Ford taught Wayne to do and this was very important he told Wayne to act with his eyes, too make not look 2 dimensional and wooden. You can see this in their first collaboration Stagecoach 1939 which is also a great film. :)
 
BAYLOR said:
Shane 1953 Staring Alan Ladd , Jack Palance and Jean Arthur and based non the novel of the same name by Jack Shaefer , This is on the list of greatest Western films of all time. :cool:
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Some actors look like baddies without ever saying or doing anything. Jack Palance was one of those, so was Lee Van Cleef. I'm struggling to think of a modern actor with that 'baddie' auta; they all seem to look and feel like good guys these days.
 
Steve Harrison said:
I watched Singin' in the Rain on a flight yesterday (for the umpteenth time!) and it is movie-making at its very best.
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Gene Kelly and a stellar cast ! :cool:

Here's another one

All About Eve 1950 with Betty Davis., George Sanders, Celeste Holmes , Anne Baxter. Gary Merrill , and MarlynMonroe . Ive seen this one serial times. The ,d story the character interaction and the dialogue . Great stuff ! :cool:
 
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Steve Harrison said:
I watched Singin' in the Rain on a flight yesterday (for the umpteenth time!) and it is movie-making at its very best.
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It feels that there were a lot of movies back then that were just pure fun and a joy to watch. There was an innocence to them that simply seems to have ceased to exist today, and I'm not sure why.
 
paranoid marvin said:
It feels that there were a lot of movies back then that were just pure fun and a joy to watch. There was an innocence to them that simply seems to have ceased to exist today, and I'm not sure why.
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Totally agree. It was probably because movies back then were conceived purely as escapist entertainment, regardless of the subject matter.
 
I forgot A Fist Full of Dolors. Because it is the best remake of Yojimbo.
The same story told from two different interpretations. Yet still two different stories that are the same.

Also, the cinematography of the two, though different in approach, do mirror each other. :cool:

 
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I too would add Yojimbo and a fist full of dollars with The Good The Bad and The Ugly for good measure. Cromwell and Waterloo deserve a mention as does The 39 Steps from 1935, and after you have watched the film try to see the comedy play at the theatre. The Big Sleep and Farewell my Lovely also should be mentioned.
 
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