I have it as an MP4. I might be in need of an off site backup.Hattie Jaques is too briefly, I had Hell Drivers on video years ago not seen it for ages
Classic BW films
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Drago
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Adrian still has a thing for Hattie Jacques 
NorthernDave
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If anyone wants to catch the classic that is Hell Drivers, it is on Talking Pictures (Sky 343 / Freeview 81) at 7pm on Thursday and again at 9pm on Saturday.
Poacher
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Then there's a couple of surrealist classics from Bunuel/Dali;
L'Age d'Or (aka Big Gate) and Un Chien Andalou (aka A Dog on the Bog)
L'Age d'Or (aka Big Gate) and Un Chien Andalou (aka A Dog on the Bog)
Ron-da-Valli
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Peggy Cummings is still with us. 90 years young.
Profpointy
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When I first saw Seven Samurai, whilst acknowledging its clear quality I did think maybe it was a touch slow, and Magnificent Seven more entertaining. Saw Seven Samurai again a good few years later, and it seemed perfectly paced yet over too soon. One of those perfect films. Kurosawa must have the highest masterpiece count of anyone I can think of. Hugely influencial and copied many of them too.
That said, Magnificent Seven is very good fun.
"that won't keep us out" says the bandit refering to various ramshackle barriers the Seven have put up. "they're not to keep you out, but to keep you in"
threebikesmcginty
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Yeah, I like Magnificent Seven too.
MontyVeda
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Metropolis certainly does... the 'making of' is far superior to the film itself.
jefmcg
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Profpointy
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And yet, the "realistic" things to come has dated, but the more fantastical, and maybe silly even, Metropolis seems timeless.
I love both. Arthur Bliss's stunning music for Things to Come is quite something too - especially "building the new world". I'd bought the record after hearing a snippet long before I saw the entire film. Who can resist an orchestral suite with a movement entitled "attack on the moon gun"
Wells' book "the shape of things to come " is a bit of a slow read compared to "war of the worlds" or "the time machine" but well worth the effort
gavroche
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Tell her to go on YouTube. There are lots of full length BW films there for free.
Yellow Fang
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Dambusters.
It's for your missus though. Hmm, how about The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Charles Laughton?
Actually, the David Lean version of Great Expectations is pretty good.
It's for your missus though. Hmm, how about The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Charles Laughton?
Actually, the David Lean version of Great Expectations is pretty good.
jefmcg
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Anything by David Lean .
Oh, and from upthread , anything by or featuring Orson Wells .
Or directed by men with women's names . . . Carol Reed and Billy wilder
