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bob f.
Old Love
USA
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 Posted - 08/11/2008 : 01:11:30
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rocket.......Lugosi was burried in his Dracula cape. another movie was, "Bride Of The Monster". 1955 ,with Tor Johnson and Bela Lugosi. Octopus monster was a rubber PROP, and victim actors had to hold the tentacles and whip them around to fake the octopus attack!
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caryne
Old Love
United Kingdom
1520 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2008 : 11:53:13
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I love Ed Wood. Actually, I really feel for him, 'Plan 9' whilst not being an epic, was nowhere near as bad as people make out. It's entertaining hokum and there's nothing wrong with that, I have seen many films that deserve much more to be on the 'Worst Ever' film list.
On the subject, sort of, of horror, "Gods and Monsters" is a great film, about the life of James Whale who did the 1930's Frankenstein films and the like. |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
9876 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2008 : 18:40:40
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"Sunset Boulevard" last night on TCM. Good movie.
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Allan
Old Love
USA
560 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2008 : 16:05:41
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I really like 60's films. Blow up, Zabriskie Point, The Trip, Psyche Out, Elvira Madigan, Zachariah, and Ciao Manhattan (Edie Sedgwick). I wish I could get my hands on more Warhol films...I do remember seeing Trash when it came out-pretty bizarre. I'd love to see Chelsea Girls
BTW-'Edie American Girl' by Jean Stein is quite a book. Edie was one of the first femme fatales IMHO.
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Rob Dudda
Fourth Love
United Kingdom
131 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2008 : 16:19:04
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Originally posted by Allan
I really like 60's films. Blow up, Zabriskie Point, The Trip, Psyche Out, Elvira Madigan, Zachariah, and Ciao Manhattan (Edie Sedgwick). I wish I could get my hands on more Warhol films...I do remember seeing Trash when it came out-pretty bizarre. I'd love to see Chelsea Girls
BTW-'Edie American Girl' by Jean Stein is quite a book. Edie was one of the first femme fatales IMHO.
Allan
I found a DVD of Zachariah in a bargain bin a few years back for £1.49 
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DaveyTee
Fourth Love
United Kingdom
238 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2008 : 17:10:58
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Originally posted by Allan
I really like 60's films......
Have you tried "If....", made in 1968 and probably my favourite film from the 60s? It regularly features in lists of the Top 20 British films of all time and its blend of subversion and surrealism captures the spirit of the late 60s admirably. Directed by Lindsay Anderson, it gave Malcolm MacDowall his screen debut and the pair went on, of course, to make "Clockwork Orange" among other films.
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caryne
Old Love
United Kingdom
1520 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2008 : 17:57:58
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Originally posted by DaveyTee
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Originally posted by Allan
I really like 60's films......
Have you tried "If....", made in 1968 and probably my favourite film from the 60s? It regularly features in lists of the Top 20 British films of all time and its blend of subversion and surrealism captures the spirit of the late 60s admirably. Directed by Lindsay Anderson, it gave Malcolm MacDowall his screen debut and the pair went on, of course, to make "Clockwork Orange" among other films.
DT
'Clockwork Orange' was made by Stanley Kubrick not Lindsay Anderson, though it did, of course, star Malcolm McDowell. Anderson did, however, make other films with McDowell, namely O Lucky Man and Britannia Hospital, the films, with If, being known as the 'Mick Travis Trilogy'. |
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DaveyTee
Fourth Love
United Kingdom
238 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2008 : 19:16:05
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Yes, of course you're right, Caryne - stupid mistake on my part. Have you seen either O Lucky Man or Britannia Hospital? For a long time neither were available on DVD, but I see that both now are and am tempted to purchase them.
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caryne
Old Love
United Kingdom
1520 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2008 : 20:30:32
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Originally posted by DaveyTee
Yes, of course you're right, Caryne - stupid mistake on my part. Have you seen either O Lucky Man or Britannia Hospital? For a long time neither were available on DVD, but I see that both now are and am tempted to purchase them.
DT
Yes, I have seen them all the Anderson/McDowell films, prefer O Lucky Man to Britannia Hospital but all worth seeing. You can get all three pretty cheaply here
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/qid=1226431498/ref=sr_kk_2?ie=UTF8&search-alias=dvd&field-keywords=lindsay%20anderson |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
9876 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2008 : 22:16:23
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1980 & 1990's hardly qualify as classic movie era....but some movies seem to become instant classics.
Off-beat, with social commentary, satirical humor, and action......
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
The Fifth Element
& Blade Runner
Lighter fare but all have a place somewhere in my heart & DVD library.
Not sure why, but they do.
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DaveyTee
Fourth Love
United Kingdom
238 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2008 : 22:17:53
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Thanks, Caryne - I've already got "If...." but have now ordered the other two from the source you recommended.
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caryne
Old Love
United Kingdom
1520 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2008 : 23:18:01
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Originally posted by lemonade kid
1980 & 1990's hardly qualify as classic movie era....but some movies seem to become instant classics.
Off-beat, with social commentary, satirical humor, and action......
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
The Fifth Element
& Blade Runner
Lighter fare but all have a place somewhere in my heart & DVD library.
Not sure why, but they do.
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Harvey & I warm ourselves in these golden moments.
We came as strangers - soon we have friends. ---Elwood P Dowd
Can anything be defined as a classic until it has stood the test of time? Films that are considered 'classic' now, obvious example Citizen Kane and The Night of the Hunter, were not at all approved of in their time. No doubt stuff from the 90's and more recent years will be considered 'classic' in years to come? |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
9876 Posts |
Posted - 12/11/2008 : 15:19:30
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Originally posted by caryne
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Originally posted by lemonade kid
1980 & 1990's hardly qualify as classic movie era....but some movies seem to become instant classics.
Off-beat, with social commentary, satirical humor, and action......
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
The Fifth Element
& Blade Runner
Lighter fare but all have a place somewhere in my heart & DVD library.
Not sure why, but they do.
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Harvey & I warm ourselves in these golden moments.
We came as strangers - soon we have friends. ---Elwood P Dowd
Can anything be defined as a classic until it has stood the test of time? Films that are considered 'classic' now, obvious example Citizen Kane and The Night of the Hunter, were not at all approved of in their time. No doubt stuff from the 90's and more recent years will be considered 'classic' in years to come?
True. I was being facetious about instant classics.  I think the line for for me is drawn at the end of the 60's for movies that have stood the test of time. Movies made after that?
We'll see........
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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
9876 Posts |
Posted - 14/11/2008 : 04:10:40
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Actually, there are movies that were released in the 60's, 70's and beyond that are classics that have endured and likely will. (I didn't name 60's movies because there are too many that truly are classics already!)
What are some of your favorite movies that you think will endure to become true classics!!
(I didn't say anything about getting real...just what you think! )
The Godfather Saga
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Field of Dreams
Dances With Wolves
Soylent Green (yes, really, because of Edward G)
Starman
Michael
Support Your Local Sheriff
A Christmas Story
Fried Green Tomatoes
Sleuth
The French Connection
Unforgiven
My all -time favorite movie from any decade...."To Kill A Mockingbird" 
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markk
Old Love
USA
803 Posts |
Posted - 15/11/2008 : 00:00:21
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A great list Kid. I concur with Mockingbird.
But Your Local Sheriff ?? certainly puzzles me. I did see it, but remember little. Did you slip that in to see if anyone was paying attention. |
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Let's talk Classic & favorite Movies! Yours?!
