Favorite Old Movies
#21
Posted 09 September 2005 - 12:25 AM
the party
#22
Posted 09 September 2005 - 12:31 AM
Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" 1961
#23
Posted 09 September 2005 - 12:01 PM
#24
Posted 16 September 2005 - 08:13 PM
And... I never really got through Casablanca. Every time I started watching it I fell asleep. Rarely happens with old movies, but something about this one is lethargic to me.
Recently I started watching "The Lust for Life" with K. Douglas, about Van Gogh, and I have to say that it wasn't very watchable. Kirk was so overly dramatic, everything seemed so contrived with that Hollywood essence that doesn't blend well with drama. In fact I don't think that Hollywood should ever produce drama, horrible result.
Edited by Anileve, 16 September 2005 - 08:17 PM.
#25
Posted 22 September 2005 - 01:12 PM
#28
Posted 26 September 2005 - 08:58 AM
I guess I'll give Casablanca another chance, let's see if years later I will appreciate this move more than I did back when. I am a little surprised with your two choices: "Nosferatu" and "Citizen Kane." I know they are classics, but I find them completely unwatchable. There is something about that style of Hollywood films that bothers me, especially in the Citizen Kane. 2001:SO is my all time favorite, but I feel as if it's a very difficult film with someone, you should either watch it alone or with someone you know will appreciate slow, thought provoking and visually stimulating movies It can be mentally exhausting for some. I wanted to see the "Hustler" last night, but we got to the Blockbuster store after it closed. The little shrimp wouldn't let me in. I loooove Paul Newman!
Have you seen "Trouble in Paradise"?
#29
Posted 26 September 2005 - 12:07 PM
I don't know why you think that Hitchcock directed Touch of Evil. It was written and directed by Orson Welles (and chopped up and tortured by the studio). I hope this was the version you watched because they tried to undo studio meddlings. Charlton Heston was a strange choice to play a Mexican but that's the way old Hollywood was. Welles had nothing to do with that choice. Heston was chosen for the role before Welles was hired as writer/director.
It really is great to watch. It draws you in as long as you're open to it and it has some great images. Plus, it's Bogart!
Citizen Kane was absolutely amazing to me and that I feel without the help of all the hype. With Nosferatu, it is not even Murnau's best film. But I just love it to undeath. It's so fun to watch for me.
Yes, it's not for everyone. Hell knows I've tortured several people with that film. But I can't help it. It excites the crap out of me. "Bliss, bliss and heaven...it was gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh...Oh, it was wonder of wonders... "
I recommend that you not see Color of Money for a long time afterwards so you don't risk retroactively ruining The Hustler.
No, I have not.
#30
Posted 30 September 2005 - 11:29 PM
Citizen Kane was one of those old movies that are so old that they are absolutely unwatchable, I think the concept is brilliant but I visually can’t take it. Shouldn’t they do a remake of it, that would be interesting to see, but with the right cast (but considering the garbage they are manufacturing maybe not). I am sorry, but I just don’t understand how you can say that watching Nosferatu is “so fun,” jeez, are we talking about the same movie here? It’s anything but fun…come on admit it…wrong choice of words.
Rented “The Hustler,” will be seeing this weekend and reporting it back to you. And no I haven’t seen the “Color of Money,” Cruise’s hair is a little hair raising, pun intended.
#31
Posted 03 October 2005 - 12:43 PM
For me, "fun" is the right word.
So you don't like anything prior to the 50's? You should come to L.A. for an extended period of time and go to The Silent Movie Theater. The experience of being there can really drag people into enjoying old silent pictures.
#32
Posted 03 October 2005 - 02:34 PM
#33
Posted 03 October 2005 - 09:07 PM
#34
Posted 04 October 2005 - 02:33 PM
I don't know how I feel about Cronenberg, after seeing Crash I am a little skeptical. Was it a total Hollywood mush? The Fly is good, M.Butterfly was terrific... I don't think I've seen any others.
Oh vava, have you seen Citizen Kane lately? If not I suggest you try now and tell me if you can make it through the film. I don't quite know how to put it into words, but I am telling you it's unwatchable.
I love old movies, before 50's, but not all. Just the other day I watched "The Women" (1938). It was wickedly fun and quite revolutionary IMO. Trouble is, I am sure many people took the message literally. And I gotta say, I really enjoy Chaplin's films.
#35
Posted 04 October 2005 - 02:40 PM
Oh vava, have you seen Citizen Kane lately? If not I suggest you try now and tell me if you can make it through the film. I don't quite know how to put it into words, but I am telling you it's unwatchable.
I love old movies, before 50's, but not all. Just the other day I watched "The Women" (1938). It was wickedly fun and quite revolutionary IMO. Trouble is, I am sure many people took the message literally. And I gotta say, I really enjoy Chaplin's films.
What do you mean by "a total Hollywood mush?"
My Cronenberg recommendations: Spider, Naked Lunch, Dead Ringers, Videodrome
I have seen Citizen Kane multiple times. I don't get why it's unwatchable.
Seems like you stick to the comedies if it's before the 50's.
#36
Posted 04 October 2005 - 02:56 PM
By the way I just remembered "The Swimmer" although it's a '68 movie, it's freaking great! Gotta see it again.
#37
Posted 04 October 2005 - 03:53 PM
By the way I just remembered "The Swimmer" although it's a '68 movie, it's freaking great! Gotta see it again.
Dramas have always had humor in them. They still do. But that doesn't mean they aren't dramas. You should see some of Renoir's old films like The Grand Illusion. And maybe other things by Murnau, like Tabu or Sunrise. How about Battleship Potemkin. Other Welles like Magnificent Ambersons or The Stranger. Haxan is also a very interesting movie -- a surreal pseudo-documentary on Satanic witchcraft. Dreyer's Joan of Arc or Ordet, which may contain things that appear funny because of its date and culture but all in all being quite serious. Try Fritz Lang's M from 1931 about a child murderer. Flaherty's Nanook of the North. Bunuel's early short films The Andalusian Dog and Land Without Bread. It wasn't all just excuses for pretty pictures and there were a lot of things that weren't focussing on that class, and that includes Touch of Evil. Of course there's all the other noir stuff from the 40's and the thrillers that Hitchcock was making too. Stories don't have to be super complicated to be good dramas anyway and the visuals and other directorial developments were often enough to keep them timeless.
#38
Posted 04 October 2005 - 11:08 PM
Ok - I confess.... I don't buy (purchase) movies. At all. Never.
BUT! I own a DVD of Citizen Kane - and I have watched it MULTIPLE times. I love it. The entire movie ... it's riveting. I admit, it's not your everyday "smash-bang" hollywood blockbuster, with car chasing, dynamite exploding, special-effects morphing, (or even) heart-string pulling scenes. It's pure cinema - and I love it.
Edited by vava, 09 November 2005 - 02:03 PM.
#39
Posted 04 October 2005 - 11:17 PM
#40
Posted 09 November 2005 - 01:46 PM
http://www.filmlinc....wing/norway.htm
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