Classic old films

[accountantpete]

A 1960's greats include

School For Scoundrels
The Swimmer
Carry On Up The Khyber

 

[MichaelW2]

The Wild Bunch
Cross of Iron
Railway Children

I spot a theme.

 

[MichaelW2]

Film 4 are screening some classic Hong Kong martial arts movies. I've never seen them before, but they are really good. King Boxer and One Armed Swordsman join my list of splendid motion pictures.

 

[swee'pea99]

Big thumbs up for It's A Wonderful Life, Casablanca and Kind Hearts & Coronets - all re-seen and massively enjoyed recently.

Have to say I watched the Maltese Falcon recently too, and was amazed how crap it was. Really clunky, and tho' the villainous villains are quite villainous, in a rather pantomime sort of way, the central romance that supposedly drives the whole thing is as flat as piss on a plate. The woman by whom our Humph is so supposedly smitten has all the charisma and sexual allure of a donor kebab. Compare the unspeakably superb 'To Have & Have Not'. "You how to whistle, don't you? You just put your lips together and blow."

 

[Hitchington]

He was.....

So he was, haha

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

The Wild Geese
The Bridal Path (with the wonderful Bill Travers)
Any film with Alistair Sim

 

[MichaelW2]

Any film in which Dear Dear Dickie plays a snivelling coward.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Roman Holiday.

Its got Audrey Hepburn, Vespas, Moto Guzzi and Italy in it.

And what about Bicycle Thieves ? No Audrey Hepburn but Italy, bikes, a heart breaking story and great acting from non actors IIRC.

 

[MontyVeda]

If anyone fancies a bit of classic wartime drama, The Cruel Sea and Went The Day Well are both on the box this week.
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Went The Day Well is excellent... if anyone hasn't seen it, make sure you do.

I'll give The Well (1951) a shout whilst I'm here... just watch it, and try to avoid reading the synopsis/plot details beforehand... the way it unravels and kicks off is fantastic

 

[Illaveago]

Ice Cold in Alex is one of my favourites. I am often found half way up a hill cranking the vehicle up in reverse , plugs out, on the starting handle.

Carry Grant and Audrey Hepburn films are also good.

Bullet with Steve McQueen has a story and a very good car chase.

 

[Illaveago]

If you love the sound of Merlins and the best flying scenes it's got to be Battle of Britain.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

'Classic' is a strange notion in many ways. Classic doesn't mean 'old', it's more a retrospective judgement about quality, right? So you need some time and a critical eye. I don't see why films form the 1980s can't be 'classics' - the 80s did finish more than 25 years ago and that's plenty of time to look back - however, my problem with the 1980s is that it was a pretty terrible period for cinema, particularly in comparison to the previous decade (bearing in mind that decades don't really reflect cultural periods anyway).

I could provide a list of my fav films but it would be too long and wouldn't really say anything about the reasons why I like them. So I'll only drop in this scene from Korda's excellent, The Third Man, which features one of the real geniuses of cinema, Orson Welles, better known as a Director but also an actor of tremendous power - just look at the subtlety of his facial expressions in this scene, which when combined with the delivery, script cinematography and lighting, adds up to something unforgettable:

 

[Oldbloke]

The Sting
Cabaret
Godfathet
Papillon
Forrest Gump

Not that olde but classics for me

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

Night Of The Demon (1957)

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

'Classic' is a strange notion in many ways. Classic doesn't mean 'old', it's more a retrospective judgement about quality, right? So you need some time and a critical eye. I don't see why films form the 1980s can't be 'classics' - the 80s did finish more than 25 years ago and that's plenty of time to look back - however, my problem with the 1980s is that it was a pretty terrible period for cinema, particularly in comparison to the previous decade (bearing in mind that decades don't really reflect cultural periods anyway).

I could provide a list of my fav films but it would be too long and wouldn't really say anything about the reasons why I like them. So I'll only drop in this scene from Korda's excellent, The Third Man, which features one of the real geniuses of cinema, Orson Welles, better known as a Director but also an actor of tremendous power - just look at the subtlety of his facial expressions in this scene, which when combined with the delivery, script cinematography and lighting, adds up to something unforgettable:

But the 80s did give us the classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off.