Films you saw as a kid and redisovered

[pjd57]

Excellent film - from my home patch.
Skilfully skirts the risk of sentimentality.
And rather remarkably, despite some key southerners involved in its production, it really captures the environment.
(some might say lots of grey and damp
I often cycle past the place where the final scene was shot.

That scene with hundreds of children coming to see " Jesus " is a fantastic bit of work.
Rarely bettered.

 

[randynewmanscat]

Barbarella - 1h 38 mins of "who gives a damned about a story line" with some scenes shot on the same set as Ice Station Zebra (I suspect).

Disney's The Black Hole - I went to see it 5 times in a week- not for the dodgy acting or poor story line though, but for the soundtrack (which I once owned on cassette - purchased from a Woolworth's opposite the cinema).

Dark Star - Cowboys in Space and bombs with AI - what could go wrong ? An underrated film in the sci-fi genre (for a John Carpenter film) - time for a remake ?

Them (1954) - It's the army fighting giant ants FFS - What else do you want ???? 20/10

My mates grandad directed "Barbarella".

 

[randynewmanscat]

"Saturday Night Sunday Morning", I watched it last night and probably last saw it in 1970. Dated yes, but enjoyable. "Silent Running" I watched last Autumn, not seen that since I had all my own teeth and hair. The subject matter and story is certainly not dated.

 

[Blue Hills]

My mates grandad directed "Barbarella".

Roger vadim of jane fonda threesome fame?
Tho an odd twist for a thread on childhood films.

 

[Blue Hills]

"Saturday Night Sunday Morning", I watched it last night and probably last saw it in 1970. Dated yes, but enjoyable. "Silent Running" I watched last Autumn, not seen that since I had all my own teeth and hair. The subject matter and story is certainly not dated.

Read a book by mark kermode over christmas. One of his favourite films. Reduces him to tears apparently.

 

[randynewmanscat]

Roger vadim of jane fonda threesome fame?
Tho an odd twist for a thread on childhood films.

Ask Threevok (upthread). Someone else mentions "In Bruges"! Yes Roger Vadim, a family tree that takes some getting your head around. My mates grandma is the French actress who got her face on the French postage stamps for a few years as "Marianne".

 

[randynewmanscat]

Read a book by mark kermode over christmas. One of his favourite films. Reduces him to tears apparently.

Yes he is a big fan of "Silent Running" when he's not busy talking about "The Exorcist". Was the book a good read?

 

[Blue Hills]

Not all of it but I would recommend it. I like him as a critic. Yes he considers the exorcist a masterpiece and in fact i think says it is the best film ever made. I remember the hoo ha about it as a kid but have never seen it. In line with the theme of this thread, he also writes about a very unknown film which really affected him as a kid, which he then, with much trepidation, programmed for a film fest he was involved him. Apparently he was also, slightly to his embarrassment, reduced to blubbering again, just like the first time he saw it.

 

[randynewmanscat]

Not all of it but I would recommend it. I like him as a critic. Yes he considers the exorcist a masterpiece and in fact i think says it is the best film ever made. I remember the hoo ha about it as a kid but have never seen it. In line with the theme of this thread, he also writes about a very unknown film which really affected him as a kid, which he then, with much trepidation, programmed for a film fest he was involved him. Apparently he was also, slightly to his embarrassment, reduced to blubbering again, just like the first time he saw it.

I was going to ask what the film was but you did the right thing in not saying. I think I will read his book, he can be very dry to listen to but I do like his passion for films.

 

[Blue Hills]

This was the book.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hatchet-Jo...8&qid=1547485303&sr=8-4&keywords=mark+kermode

>>do like his passion for films.

Yes, he strikes me as honest. Not afraid to like stuff that might be seen as populist while having an appetite for what used to be called "art films". Wears his heart on his sleeve. Kinda wonder what he might have thought of Melody.

 

[randynewmanscat]

This was the book.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hatchet-Jo...8&qid=1547485303&sr=8-4&keywords=mark+kermode

>>do like his passion for films.

Yes, he strikes me as honest. Not afraid to like stuff that might be seen as populist while having an appetite for what used to be called "art films". Wears his heart on his sleeve. Kinda wonder what he might have thought of Melody.

Thanks Blue. Melody with baby face Mark Lester?

 

[Blue Hills]

Thanks Blue. Melody with baby face Mark Lester?

Yes - it's the film that started the thread.

 

[randynewmanscat]

Yes - it's the film that started the thread.

Oh god yes it was!

 

[Blue Hills]

Oh god yes it was!

No probs - kinda impressed that you know the film.

 

[randynewmanscat]

No probs - kinda impressed that you know the film.

I very much enjoy the movies, my liking for that film comes via my appreciation of Alan Parkers work.