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Reply #30 posted 03/31/06 11:25am

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Anx said:

sextonseven said:



I just didn't want this thread to be too predictable.


that's what being a good iconoclast is all about!


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Reply #31 posted 03/31/06 12:58pm

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A neo-classic, at least in my mind:

The Man Who Wasn't There



Not just because it's the first time I noticed Scarlett Johansson in that way.



Or because I realized Billy Bob Thornton is a god of acting.

It's because every performance in this film is so effin' dead on. I love that it's forgotten by everybody; even thought the Coen Bros made it, no one ever mentions it. It's like my Private Joy. This film is the best representation of depression and melancholy that I've ever seen.
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Reply #32 posted 03/31/06 1:01pm

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Perhaps more predictable choices:

The Third Man
Notorious
Maltese Falcon
Shadow of a Doubt
Psycho
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Reply #33 posted 03/31/06 1:03pm

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u2prnce said:

The Man Who Wasn't There
Scartlett Jo, Billy Bob & James Gando!
Great flick.
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Reply #34 posted 03/31/06 2:03pm

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Reply #35 posted 03/31/06 2:11pm

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Face in the Crowd--yup.
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Reply #37 posted 03/31/06 2:14pm

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a few years ago we were forced to watch that in class. I just didn't see what was so great about it.
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Reply #38 posted 03/31/06 2:17pm

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AnckSuNamun said:

cborgman said:



a few years ago we were forced to watch that in class. I just didn't see what was so great about it.



heresy!
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Reply #39 posted 03/31/06 2:17pm

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u2prnce said:[quote]

lilgish said:



Face in the Crowd--yup.


which is my fav movie.
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Reply #40 posted 03/31/06 2:18pm

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AnckSuNamun said:



a few years ago we were forced to watch that in class. I just didn't see what was so great about it.



heresy!


I didn't like it at first, but then I saw it film class and realized how great it is by dissecting it. Still love it.
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Reply #41 posted 03/31/06 2:19pm

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u2prnce said:

lilgish said:



Face in the Crowd--yup.


which is my fav movie.


And my pick--The Man Who Wasn't There--is my favorite overall movie as well.
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Reply #42 posted 03/31/06 2:23pm

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I didn't wanna give away the title to this one. Anyone recognize it?

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Reply #43 posted 03/31/06 2:24pm

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u2prnce said:

I didn't wanna give away the title to this one. Anyone recognize it?



Breathless ?
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Reply #44 posted 03/31/06 2:25pm

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AnckSuNamun said:

cborgman said:



a few years ago we were forced to watch that in class. I just didn't see what was so great about it.


Every film class is forced to watch it. lol I had the same response, but over the years can appreciate it as a masterful work of cinema. I think one thing is, it's hard to relate to a decrepit hermit tycoon...so emotionally it always felt detached. Shot construction is amazing though and the overall arc...and the great beginning... "rosebud..." lol
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Reply #45 posted 03/31/06 2:25pm

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lilgish said:

u2prnce said:

I didn't wanna give away the title to this one. Anyone recognize it?



Breathless ?
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that's what I was going to say...
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Reply #46 posted 03/31/06 2:30pm

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Hmm... Some Like It Hot is one of 'em! Jack Lemmon is hilarious lol


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Reply #48 posted 03/31/06 3:56pm

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heartbeatocean said:

lilgish said:



Breathless ?
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that's what I was going to say...


Yes it is, although I just realized I violated the subject of the thread. It is most certainly NOT an American movie. That film has some great dialogue. Plus, the girl in Breathless makes my list of old movie stars I'd like to sleep with boff
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Reply #49 posted 04/01/06 6:28am

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u2prnce said:

A neo-classic, at least in my mind:

The Man Who Wasn't There



Not just because it's the first time I noticed Scarlett Johansson in that way.



Or because I realized Billy Bob Thornton is a god of acting.

It's because every performance in this film is so effin' dead on. I love that it's forgotten by everybody; even thought the Coen Bros made it, no one ever mentions it. It's like my Private Joy. This film is the best representation of depression and melancholy that I've ever seen.
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Thanks for the recommendation.

If we're going to include "modern" classics then I'll mention this one:


Ed Wood (1994)
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Reply #50 posted 04/01/06 6:45am

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sextonseven said:

u2prnce said:

A neo-classic, at least in my mind:

The Man Who Wasn't There



Not just because it's the first time I noticed Scarlett Johansson in that way.



Or because I realized Billy Bob Thornton is a god of acting.

It's because every performance in this film is so effin' dead on. I love that it's forgotten by everybody; even thought the Coen Bros made it, no one ever mentions it. It's like my Private Joy. This film is the best representation of depression and melancholy that I've ever seen.
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Thanks for the recommendation.

If we're going to include "modern" classics then I'll mention this one:


Ed Wood (1994)


Oh, I definitely feel ya on this one. Bill Murray's deadpans are priceless in that. I'm a big Johnny Depp fan, too. I don't think we can count Sin City because it has plenty of color in it and it's just kinda good(not great), but maybe b & w movies will be en vogue again. clapping
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Reply #51 posted 04/01/06 6:49am

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u2prnce said:

sextonseven said:



Thanks for the recommendation.

If we're going to include "modern" classics then I'll mention this one:


Ed Wood (1994)


Oh, I definitely feel ya on this one. Bill Murray's deadpans are priceless in that. I'm a big Johnny Depp fan, too. I don't think we can count Sin City because it has plenty of color in it and it's just kinda good(not great), but maybe b & w movies will be en vogue again. clapping


Oh man, I thought 'Good Night And Good Luck' was fantastic!
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Reply #52 posted 04/01/06 7:23am

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u2prnce said:



Oh, I definitely feel ya on this one. Bill Murray's deadpans are priceless in that. I'm a big Johnny Depp fan, too. I don't think we can count Sin City because it has plenty of color in it and it's just kinda good(not great), but maybe b & w movies will be en vogue again. clapping


Oh man, I thought 'Good Night And Good Luck' was fantastic!


I watched part of that and it was quality, but it also felt like a film you watch in your high school journalism class. Like part of a homework assignment or something. Guess I better go back to it and give it another shot. I didn't really give it a fair chance.
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Reply #53 posted 04/01/06 8:36am

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brownsugar said:

imitation of life



God, yes!
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Reply #54 posted 04/01/06 8:38am

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I love and fear this movie...won't watch it late at night... disbelief
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Reply #55 posted 04/01/06 8:41am

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Reply #56 posted 04/01/06 8:45am

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worship
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Reply #57 posted 04/01/06 8:47am

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She's coming to get you, Shanna!



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Reply #58 posted 04/01/06 8:49am

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CarrieMpls said:



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Reply #59 posted 04/01/06 8:49am

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A Place in the Sun.




The Misfits



Raging bull.

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