Film Classics - what are they?

[BAYLOR]

The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad 1958

 

[BAYLOR]

Fantastic Voyage 1966

 

[KiraAnn]

The Wizard of Oz - was on last night on TCM.

 

[BAYLOR]

The Wizard of Oz - was on last night on TCM.

Ive seen this one many many times, It never gets old.

 

[BAYLOR]

The Forst Men in the Moon 1964

 

[BAYLOR]

Silent Running 1972
Soylent Green 1973

 

[THX1138]

Silent Running 1972
Soylent Green 1973

Absolutely!

 

[BAYLOR]

Absolutely!

The Ipcress File 1965
The Film Flam Man 1967
Cool Hand Luke 1967

 

[farntfar]

Ah, well.
If we're counting Silent Running, then we need to add Dark Star.
And probably Easy Rider. But then we are opening the floodgates.

 

[mosaix]

Shane
The Magnificent Seven
The Maltese Falcon

 

[BAYLOR]

Ah, well.
If we're counting Silent Running, then we need to add Dark Star.
And probably Easy Rider. But then we are opening the floodgates.

A case can be made for Silent Running because it had groundbreaking special effects by Douglas Trumbull who also directed the films and , story premise and acting were both great. iIt also has a great theme sung by Joan Baez .

Dark Star is wonderfully bizarre with some laugh out loud moments . It's a callus in own right . And Alan Dean Foster did the novelization of this movie ,

Easy Rider is a flat out great film .

 

[farntfar]

Where I'm not sure is the definition of Classic.
I wouldn't really call Silent Running or Dark Star classic films. (Though actually maybe Easy Rider

We've moved away from what I thought was meant by classic into simply a bit old and definitely loved.

Which is fine. It makes the thread more interesting, and certainly easier to add to.

 

[BAYLOR]

Where I'm not sure is the definition of Classic.
I wouldn't really call Silent Running or Dark Star classic films. (Though actually maybe Easy Rider

We've moved away from what I thought was meant by classic into simply a bit old and definitely loved.

Which is fine. It makes the thread more interesting, and certainly easier to add to.

Beloved vs classic . The line does tend to blur .

 

[farntfar]

OH! And has anyone mentioned 12 Angry Men yet.
Because that should be in on both counts.

 

[KiraAnn]

OH! And has anyone mentioned 12 Angry Men yet.
Because that should be in on both counts.

Which one - 1957 or 1997?

For me, definitely the 1957.

 

[farntfar]

I haven't seen the 1997 one.
But for me, the roles played by Henry Fonda and Lee J Cobb were outstanding.
Some of the others too, but those two in particular.

 

[BAYLOR]

Hang em High 1968
The Wild Bunch 1969
The Three Musketeers 1948 and 1973

 

[BAYLOR]

When Worlds Collide 1951
Julius Ceasar 1953
Godzilla 1954
The Mysterious Island 1961
Countdown 1967
Romeo and Juliet 1968
The Poseidon Adventure 1973
The Sting 1973
The Towering Inferno 1974
The Hindenburg 1975
The Great Waldo Pepper 1975
Jaws 1975
Star Wars 1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977

 

[BAYLOR]

Beau James 1957 This film stared Bob Hope as New York Mayor Jimmy Walker and co started Daren McGavin what interest about is film it that is that its dramatic film serious ole for hope and he's terrific .

Spencer's Mountain 1963 with Henry Fonda

 

[CupofJoe]

There are a whole bunch of [usually non-English language] films that are highly rated by critics but rarely if ever seen by the general public.
From the BFI Top 10 alone there are; Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles [1975], Tokyo Story [1953], In the Mood for Love [2000], Beau travail [1998] and Man with a Movie Camera [1929].
I am sure they are all worthy of their placing.
I think I have seen Tokyo Story, but as for the others? Not so much.
And I read somewhere that Jeanne Dielman... was only available in the UK [via the BFI] in the 2020s.