Classic movies
Anyone here love classic movies?
I'm not talking about a modern classic, iether. I'm talking about movies made back when before scientists invented colour: where the world was still, literally, black and white. Well, movies that had colour added later are okay. Oh, and made pre-1990
Recommend, recommend.
So...uhhh....I'll start with the 1933 version of King Kong, which was quite a thrill, really, once I got into it. I will also recommend Hitchcock's version of Psycho, Dr. Strangelove, and the uncut version of Touch of Evil.
Yeah, I haven't seen many. Not the movie-watcher I used to be.
Recommend 'er.
I'm not talking about a modern classic, iether. I'm talking about movies made back when before scientists invented colour: where the world was still, literally, black and white. Well, movies that had colour added later are okay. Oh, and made pre-1990
Recommend, recommend.
So...uhhh....I'll start with the 1933 version of King Kong, which was quite a thrill, really, once I got into it. I will also recommend Hitchcock's version of Psycho, Dr. Strangelove, and the uncut version of Touch of Evil.
Yeah, I haven't seen many. Not the movie-watcher I used to be.
Recommend 'er.
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Dr Starangelove was made in the 70's wasn't it?
I'm drawing a blank for recommendations right now but in my own defense, I only got about 2 hours of sleep.
I would say Dracula with Bela Lugosi is a good one. I also liked 'The Black Pirate' [1928 - originally filmed in color] with Douglas Fairbanks, although it is admittedly a little cheesy and not for everyone. Good for true pirate lovers though.
I'll throw in both B&W versions of Treasure Island that I've seen as well, I haven't seen the silent one though.
Anyway, I'm not the biggest movie buff, but I do have a greater than usual appreciation for the classics, thanks to my parents. Some of my favorites are The Apartment, Charade, and Some Like it Hot, just off the top of my head. I'm also a decent Hitchcock fan, my favorites being Rear Window, North by Northwest, and The Birds.
And I sort of hate to mention it here, but everyone must see Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. If you've never heard of it, the entire movie is basically Steve Martin acting against scenes from classic black and white movies, and the whole thing is absolutely brilliant.
And...I own Casablanca, but I've never seen it...
Casablanca has been referenced so much in popular culture that by the time I finally saw it, I weirdly felt like I'd seen some parts before... especially Rick's airport speech, I could almost recite it verbatim.
The Marx Brothers
The Ritz Brothers
Wheeler and Woolsey
The Three Stooges
Abbott and Costello
The Great Gildersleeve
W.C. Fields
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
Fibber McGee and Molly
Jerry Lewis
Dean Martin
Frank Sinatra
Cary Grant
I also recommend anything by Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, etc.
Also a lesser known but fabulous comedy, I recommend the original Ladykillers with Alex Guinness, as well as the Pink Panther movies. I could go on and on about classic movies, I just love em. I adore them. They're my favorites.
I also had a disc of a bunch of Banned WWII Propaganda Shorts I torrented which are pretty fun
Well, one can seldom go wrong with Metropolis, but I trust you are looking for old - not ancient. Might I recommend Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious? It is possibly my most favorite black and white film where the actors talk.
What, not "The Fountainhead"?
Forget the film, there's a book for people who aren't philistines. There are differences between the novel and the film, differences that can lead to parasitism. You simply cannot abridge Ayn Rand's work, it can't be done!
How can you, for example, remove Wyland's contemplation of suicide? It was a recurring theme? How can you relegate Keating and Toohey to minor roles? Don't even get me started on the ending, you sniveling worm. Why would they butcher a cornerstone of Objectivist theory? I know why.
You see, friend, the parasites in Hollywood - with their bowing to censorship and praise of the Left - have long sought to steal the sweat of men's brows. It is for this reason that Hollywood could never dream of filming the Fountainhead accurately... and why they can never hope to capture Atlas Shrugged or Anthem.
I'll second this. Damn movie makes you want to change your life.
If we're talking about Metropolis, I'd like to remind everyone that 25 minutes of footage have been found, bringing the film back to almost its full original length. It restores a lot of the side plots and other elements that have not been seen since the Berlin premiere, as UFA's cut was done to make it more commercially viable. It's not going to be available on DVD and Blu-Ray until November, but it is currently enjoying a limited theatrical run. If you're in a city that is getting a showing, you're doing a disservice by not seeing it and I envy you greatly.
German expressionism is a great period for silent films. Metropolis is one of those films, though he didn't consider it to be his greatest work. That honor he gave to M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Moerder. In the same era of filmmaking, there's also The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu, and The Last Laugh.
Away from German films, one of my favorite films ever is Jean Renoir's "La Grande Illusion"/"The Grand Illusion". It's a World War I film that has always touched my heart, and so many films made since owe a great deal to it in terms of influence, especially 1963's "The Great Escape".
Anyone who likes pirates HAS to watch Errol Flynn pirate movies. Those films set the groundwork for damn near everything pirate-related. Our beloved Monkey Island video games got a lot of influence from these.
Oh man, I could go on for hours about movies, but nobody would care and it would draw attention from the major highlights.
Dr Strangelove
The lone ranger
Also.
Yeah, I thought about putting lesser known in quotes, but figured that would be a little over the top. At any rate, I tend to imagine that when most people think Kurosawa they tend to think samurai films.
Yay! Another Errol Flynn enthusiast! Usually, when I mention him, people just look at me like I'm a crazy person, especially when I point out all the scenes in Pirates of the Caribbean that were lifted directly out of Captain Blood.
Well, I see some of the most popular ones have been mentioned already.
Hmm, what to recommend? Okay, here's a few:
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Uninvited (1944)
Golden Earrings (1947)
Harvey (1950)
Stagecoach (1939)
Rebecca (1940)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Sometimes it's easier to just post actors, because the way the studio system worked all of them made 100s of films, many did 6 or 7 a year. They produced so many, it's almost unfathomable.
Edit: Errol Flynn was amazing, I agree!
Did you actually play Bioshock?
Played it? I lived it, good sir. Do not presume you know more of my philosophies than I do. Now then, having your silence on the question of my survival - would you kindly disregard this inconsistency in the point I'm trying to make?
I tried watching Captain Blood but I only got about 15 minutes into it because I decided to watch treasure island and the black pirate instead...
I should give it another shot.
I also like Dr. Strangelove, a lot in fact, but I don't think I made that very clear... Just pointed out that it's not as old as someone might think...
You should. The Sea Hawk is also quite good.:D
If I ever get my Netflix account running again, which I should someday, then I surely will.
Most of them was based on the books written by the Danish writer Morten Korch. Those typical old classics where you are at a farm, and there is the evil landlord and his daughter, and a young man trying to win her heart, horses and that sort of thing.
I disregard nothing! Particularly inconsistencies...except when I do.
Geddit? Huh? Eh? Huh?
...stuff you all
Yes they're all Clint Eastwood
Buster Keaton movies are great. He made lots of Chaplin-like comedy shorts and feature length films during the silent film era. He's well known for doing extremely dangerous stunts. The most famous example is when he had the facade of a building fall at him. URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsyRhRR5Iu4"]youtube[/URL There were of course little in the ways of special effects at that time, most things were done in camera - and Keaton did his own stunts.
Several of his movies are public domain by now, so you'll find complete movies on YouTube (examples here and here)