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Post by Popeye Doyle on May 31, 2021 23:30:33 GMT
Saw Smokey and the Bandit for the first time last summer. Bought the 4K release a few weeks ago. This is Popeye, I’m eastbound and down!
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jun 1, 2021 3:53:08 GMT
The films of Alain Robbe-Grilletand some I've been aware of for awhile, but only just recently viewed The Ballad of Narayama [1958] and a few Jean-Pierre Melville films |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2021 5:46:19 GMT
I only just got into Albert Hitchcock movies last fall. Now it’s impossible to imagine my film collection without the likes of Rear Window, Vertigo, or Rope.
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Post by mortsahlfan on Jun 1, 2021 12:48:41 GMT
Love in the City (1953)
The Visitors (1972)
Krane's Confectionery (1951)
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Post by politicidal on Jun 1, 2021 13:38:28 GMT
I only just got into Albert Hitchcock movies last fall. Now it’s impossible to imagine my film collection without the likes of Rear Window, Vertigo, or Rope. Good man. 
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jun 1, 2021 14:09:18 GMT
I only just got into Albert Hitchcock movies last fall. Now it’s impossible to imagine my film collection without the likes of Rear Window, Vertigo, or Rope.
Sorry, but those movies were directed not by Albert but by his cousin Alfred.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jun 1, 2021 14:36:03 GMT
Since the pandemic started I’ve had lots of extra at-home time in the evenings and on weekends, and most of that extra time was spent on the couch in front of the TV. I’ve watched a number of classic movies that I had never seen before:
- Several classic Japanese movies, from Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, Ozu and others – Throne of Blood, The Hidden Fortress, Ikiru, Sansho the Bailiff, Tokyo Story, Hara-Kiri, and others
- The Seventh Seal
- 12 Angry Men
- Witness for the Prosecution
- Double Indemnity
- A Clockwork Orange
- Fritz Lang’s “M”, as well as some of his silent movies
- The General (Buster Keaton)
- Jacques Demy’s “Les Demoiselles de Rochefort” and “Lola” (also “Les Parapluies de Cherbourg”, but this one I had seen before)
- Spielberg’s “Duel”
- Hitchcock’s “Stranger on a Train”
- John Ford’s “Fort Apache” and “The Searchers”
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 1, 2021 16:42:00 GMT
During the lockdown I watched a lot and by that I mean a LOT of film noir and B-crime films from classic Hollywood. Now I have long known and loved Billy Wilder’s iconic noir “Double Indemnity” (1944) with Barbara Stanwyck but hadn’t seen much more with her. I discovered two other really excellent films noir that Stanwyck beautifully carries.
The File On Thelma Jordan (1949)
No Man Of Her Own (1950)
Very highly recommended.
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Post by teleadm on Jun 1, 2021 17:32:45 GMT
Lately started enjoying watching French and Italian crime movies, either solving crimes committed, seeing crimes committed, and sometimes a mix of both. Made from the late 1950's to the 1970's. Made by directors that knows how to use pictures to tell their stories, and have been fairly easy to follow with subtitles.
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Post by mstreepsucks on Jun 1, 2021 20:20:37 GMT
I saw the scorcerer. From 1977. Pretty good but , some parts were funny even though they were not supposed to be.
And also, the garbage pail kids from 1987. OR so. Actually i saw that one when it was new, most of it anyway. Even then i knew it was garbage though.
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Post by Marv on Jun 1, 2021 20:25:52 GMT
Seven Samurai...I didn’t seek it out enough in my youth when I’d go bargain binning for dvds...and it’s never on tv...so I finally got to watch it a month or so ago on hbo max.
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Post by phantomparticle on Jun 2, 2021 1:48:50 GMT
Rapture (1965) Fourteen year old Patricia Gozzi (of Sundays and Cybele) delivers an astonishing, sensitive performance as a sheltered girl on a remote farm who falls in love with a hunted man who she believes is a scarecrow she has wished to life. An ultimately tragic journey from naive adolescence to heart breaking maturity. Gozzi made too few movies before giving up the profession and settling into marriage, and the loss of her talent is our loss.  |
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jun 2, 2021 3:03:35 GMT
Truly discovered? The 39 Steps.
Alas, most of my viewings remain sought out.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 4, 2021 8:06:15 GMT
I saw the scorcerer. From 1977. Pretty good but , some parts were funny even though they were not supposed to be. And also, the garbage pail kids from 1987. OR so. Actually i saw that one when it was new, most of it anyway. Even then i knew it was garbage though. I only recently saw Sorcerer last fall, and quite enjoyed it, even though I was probably not getting what I "expected", as I were somehow thinking I would be getting into a fast paced action-adventure. Instead, you got handed a very supsensful, tight and gritty drama-adventure, with some incredible stunts and performances, a fantastic soundtrack by Tangerine Dream, and then, I only just a few weeks ago, noticed that it was based upon a much older film, The Wages of War (or something like that), and I am very interested in checking up that one.
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Post by jonesjxd on Jun 4, 2021 10:12:52 GMT
I recently watched Bucharoo Banzai for the first time, in fact I didn't even know it existed until I saw a GIF of it on Twitter. It always pains me when I discover a movie I would have absolutely loved as a child later on in life, it was the same case with Monster Squad and Tron. I loved the style of the movie and how bizarre it is in conception, there's just no way for an adult to watch a kids movie without being bored to tears by the story and lack of character depth.
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Post by mecano04 on Jun 4, 2021 12:03:23 GMT
I recently watched Bucharoo Banzai for the first time, in fact I didn't even know it existed until I saw a GIF of it on Twitter. It always pains me when I discover a movie I would have absolutely loved as a child later on in life, it was the same case with Monster Squad and Tron. I loved the style of the movie and how bizarre it is in conception, there's just no way for an adult to watch a kids movie without being bored to tears by the story and lack of character depth. I always liked the ending credit sequence:
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 4, 2021 12:35:34 GMT
I always liked the ending credit sequence: Yeah, that one was ridiculously catchy and awesome at the same time. A shame we never got to see the sequel. But I guess these kind of movies never had the potential of reaching out, to a much larger audience at the time. However, it seems to have found its way to a very loyal group of fans over the years, and I am glad I finally caught up with it myself.
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