What are some of your favorite old movies

[Videoskooter]

Oh-I must say that I am an absolute oldie-freak:

- The wizzard of Oz.
- The Italian Job (the Michael Caine-original).
- Bullit with Mr. Steve McQueen.
- Escape from Alcatraz.
- Vanishing point
- Saturday night fever
- Shaft (the three original ones)
- The holy grail
- Get Carter (original)
- Fantasia I & II

And unbeatable and eternally " The Godfather Trilogy".

Favourite actor: Mr. Al Pacino
Favourite actress: Annabella Sciorra

[dfc99bb]

In no particular order-

GoodFellas (1990)
Godfather-1 (1972)
Godfather-2 (1974)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Raging Bull (1980)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Chinatown (1974)
Casablanca (1942)
Animal House (1978)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

[Boodikka]

The Goddess' fave oldie has to be LA GRANDE ILLUSION by Renoir.

I also love noirs: DETOUR (the greatest no-budget film, ever!) and DOA (the Edmond O"Brien classic, not that 80s piece of shit) are my favorites.

Best adventure films: THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, IVANHOE, the '48 THREE MUSKETEERS, MASTER OF BALLANTRAE, and THE FIGHTING O'FLYNN...anything with excessive swordplay gets the nod, since I fenced in school. :)

[judydoggie]

I am so surprised that nobody herein mentioned "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane!" Was it not the late, great Frank Houlihan who'd insert choice bits of dialogue therefrom into his mixes -- he was the first to do this -- and then everyone started getting into it. (Emulation is the finest form of flattery, anyhow.) One needn't be gay nor straight nor asexual to enjoy a good cat-fight, after all.

Among other favorites, what about "The Return of the Pink Panther." Is it just me, or is the scene in the hotel room with Peter Sellers, the parrot, the obese maid and the vacuum cleaner an absolutely hysterical classic.

And how many of you East-Coasters recall the midnight showings of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" at the 8th Street playhouse in the Village? I don't think there was a single soul at any of those shows who wasn't tripping on something.

- Paul, a.k.a. Judydoggie

[efunk_adelic]

Originally Posted by judydoggie

I am so surprised that nobody herein mentioned "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane!"


Among other favorites, what about "The Return of the Pink Panther."

both of these movie rock!


1 Million Years BC (dinosaur movie) forgot the real title :oops: w/ Rachel Welch..... also a movie by her called (I think) Fantastic Voyage????

[paul]

Hey Boodi.
Seems along with your taste for horror fillms, you lean towards older 1930s-1950s movies. Any particular reason. Hmm, I'm patient which means I can wait several weeks for your reply

[Nano]

My ten best:

-Apocalypse now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
-Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
-Los olvidados (Luis Buñuel, 1950)
-Vivre sa vie (Jean-Luc Godard, 1962)
-Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
-Rumble Fish (Francis Coppola, 1983)
-The state of things (Wim Wenders, 1982)
-The clockwork orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
-Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1940)
-Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950)


Now, these are 10 I don't get tired of seeing. Always keep with them when I find them on TV. My ten faves:

-Kotch (Jack Lemmon, 1971)
-La nuit du Varennes (Ettore Scola, 1982)
-Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
-Le rayon vert (Eric Rohmer, 1986) (in fact, any Eric Rohmer movie)
-Baisers volés (Francois Truffaut, 1969) (or any other of the Antoine Doinel series)
-any Godfather movie (Francis Ford Coppola)
-New York, New Yorkk (Martin Scorsese, 1977)
-Good fellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
-Out of the past (Jacques Tourneur, 1946)
-Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)

On the last ten years, I cried two times going to the movies: once with Central Do Brasil (Walter Salles) and the other with Fearless (Peter Weir, 1993). This last one was something really messy, and I still cry when I catch it on TV! :oops: Man, that ain't fair!

[judydoggie]

Dear Nano:

Very interesting that you picked "New York, New York" as one of your all-time favorite movies. Ms. Minelli and Mr. Scorsese could be seen in the company of Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell and crony Roy Cohn with some regularity on their trips to New York during the filming of this Scorsese opus. The film was notorious for being plagued with delays and budget overruns due to star and director's penchants for cocaine and the nightlife in general. The slightest bit of research on this film will reveal a sordid story that even Hollywoods best screenplay writers couldn't concoct.

Paul - a.k.a. Judydoggie

[Boodikka]

Paul, the Goddess will SMACK you!

I know that I have a bias towards older films, and the truth is that cinema started a long slide downhill in the '80s...and it doesn't appear to being close to recovering. I'd rather watch a low-budget '70s horror gem like LEMORA, THE LADY DRACULA than watch crap like WRONG TURN or the repellant HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES (someone should put out a hit on Rob Zombie, seriously). Then we have the most horrific, shocking, gut-churning contemporary films ever made: anything starring Hillary Duff :o! The horror, THE HORROR!

[Mixmachine]

Actually I'm surprised no one mentioned "Gone with the wind" here, I've seen it a dozen times at least and plan to again now that a fully loaded restored edition was released.

I also like old 40's and 50's flicks, I've been re-watching as many as I can on DVD as nothing beats watching this classics in all their original glory without commercial interruptions or edits, and since I never saw any of them in movie theaters is like a new experience for me. The "Big Sleep" with Bogart and Bacall is next...

Anyone that enjoys serious artistic film making now and then should check out "Trois Couleurs, Blue, White, Red” , by Polish Director Kieslowski, I can't believe I never saw this flicks until recently, I had to watch all three of them a couple of times to soak up all the missed details; Also another surprisingly small film but outstanding and very original was "Donnie Darko" this one will also linger for days as you try to make sense of the surprising ending.

And what is the deal with 'Mildred Pierse”? As far as I can tell is film noir told from a woman's point of view, or Am I missing something?

[paul]

Originally Posted by Boodikka

Paul, the Goddess will SMACK you!

I know that I have a bias towards older films, and the truth is that cinema started a long slide downhill in the '80s...and it doesn't appear to being close to recovering. I'd rather watch a low-budget '70s horror gem like LEMORA, THE LADY DRACULA than watch crap like WRONG TURN or the repellant HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES (someone should put out a hit on Rob Zombie, seriously). Then we have the most horrific, shocking, gut-churning contemporary films ever made: anything starring Hillary Duff :o! The horror, THE HORROR!

A smack coming from you aint all bad Boodi 8)

In general I do agree that the quality of the movies like music started going down hill in the '80s.

[Videoskooter]

The best horrormovies are still "Female Vampire", "Virgin amongst the living dead" and "Vampyros Lesbos". They had an atmosphere that was really unique and Lina Romay and Soledad Miranda were gorgeous women IMO.

I've forgotten an old favourite of mine: "Barbarella". Spacy, weird, groovy and sexy!

[Nano]

Mixmachine: yes, Kieslowski is great (Blue particularly, and la Binoche is trés belle). And GWTW of course is spectacular. My favorite moment is when Gable says to Vivien Leigh that he will change sides and fight for the South, with the Atlanta fire in the background. She asks him why and he quips: "I like lost causes" or something like that (saw it translated on TV). I like to quote that line...

Judydoggie: I read an article by Peter Biskind (later used in his book Easy riders, raging bulls) where it's told NYNY and The Last Waltz were made and edited at the same time (apparently, cocaine made Marty believe that he could). During this time he lived in the same house with Robbie Robertson. They basically put down all the blinds and kept seeing movies in Marty's private projector, ignoring if it was day or night. :o
There's a famous photo in Studio 54 with Liza, Betty Ford and Liz Taylor all severely thrashed, I guess it's from that time. And I read in John Belushi's bio that De Niro was also doing coke at the time and he was very close to Belushi on his last days at the Marmont. So NYNY must have been all white! :)
It's interesting how you can make a map of drug relationships in Hollywood and the music biz at the time, just reading recollections of the stars...
BTW, I choose NYNY for its jazz value overall.

[Mixmachine]

Originally Posted by Videoskooter

I've forgotten an old favourite of mine: "Barbarella". Spacy, weird, groovy and sexy!

http://bellsouthpwp.net/m/i/mixmach/...la_CJ%26CO.jpg :P

[markydefad]

Favorite movies....hmmmm

ANNIE HALL
CABARET
THE WOMEN
(yeah, I'm a big strapping homo) :P
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
BOOGIE NIGHTS
SWEPT AWAY (Wertmuller, NOT Madonna, puh-leeeze) :roll:
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (it's all about AUDREY!!!)
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (yeah, I know...but it gets me!!)
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
JAWS

Oh, I need something with Cary Grant...

BRINGING UP BABY (with Kate Hepburn)
TO CATCH A THIEF (with Grace Kelly)
and CHARADE (with the sublime AUDREY HEPBURN!!!)

oh, and A CHRISTMAS STORY for Christmas Eve viewing and THE WIZARD OF OZ, of course. :D

oh and some comedies:

WAITING FOR GUFFMAN
ELECTION
ANIMAL HOUSE, for starters.

Oh wait, I gotta add...

ROSEMARY'S BABY (priceless movie especially for Ruth Gordon) Oh and that reminds me of HAROLD & MAUDE!!! Another must-see. :D :D :D

Amd how could I forget THE GRADUATE??? :oops: