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Isolation Recreation - The Old Films Thread
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Cracking choices. I'll also add Double Indemnity and The Postman Always Rings Twice (the original version with Lana Turner)FSLN1 said:I will nominate the Maltese Falcon or the Big Sleep for lovers of hard bitten private eye fiction.1 -
It was PQ17 but that's a minor detail. I've just finished reading a book about Tirpitz which was, of course, the reason the convoy was told to scatter. Or perhaps it could be said the reason was a sick and soon to die Dudley Pound losing his nerve - the intelligence he had didn't say Tirpitz was definitely at sea. Whichever, it must have been awful for the sailors on the merchantmen knowing they were sailing on to near certain death.FSLN1 said:CharltonKerry said:If you like a war film, The cruel sea kicks off at 2 on BBC 2Also an Ealing Studio film although very much removed from their standard comedies.My grandfather went on one of the Russian convoys, the one that left after the doomed QP17 convoy, I remember some of the harrowing soiries and sense of sheer terror that the sailors went through. I've read the book it was based and while the film has some grim moments the book is a bit grimmer. It's also one of the few films about WWII that gets under the stiff upper lip way that British and Allied servicemen and women are usually portrayed.
I guess you mean harrowing stories, not harrowing soiries.0 -
Brief Encounter is probably my favourite film. Just an absolute classic. Charming, moving. British cinema at its very best.
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Was on recently and watched it again. Its definitely a classic.Chunes said:Brief Encounter is probably my favourite film. Just an absolute classic. Charming, moving. British cinema at its very best.1 -
Kind Hearts and Coronets is on Talking Pictures TV this evening at 5:50pm
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aliwibble said:Kind Hearts and Coronets is on Talking Pictures TV this evening at 5:50pm
Yes I am recording it, lovely film0 -
One thing I like about old films is the location shots which are redolent of a bygone age yet bring back memories.
Talking Pictures is often worth a look. Last night I stumbled across a film with a young Helen Mirren in it called Age of Consent. Suffice to say she was very easy on the eye when younger and is not bad now.1 -
One for you @Off_it?AddicksAddict said:I quite liked The Mouse that Roared but Passport to Pimlico is a far better film.
If we're going really old, Jean Vigo's L'Atalante. Black and white AND subtitles. Serious cinephile points.0 -
The original Miss Marple movies.
Have them all.
Brilliant.3 -
Margaret Rutherford is superbKBslittlesis said:The original Miss Marple movies.
Have them all.
Brilliant.2 -
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Isn’t she & I love her hubby too!stonemuse said:
Margaret Rutherford is superbKBslittlesis said:The original Miss Marple movies.
Have them all.
Brilliant.2 -
May I suggest The Omega Man - very topical, and starring Charlton Heston.
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If we're talking old B&W films then I give you 'Goodbye Mr Chips'.
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Hell Drivers (1957)
A cast that reads like who's who. Brilliant film.4 -
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest.
In the Heat of the Night
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Atlantic City
Dances with Wolves
The English Patient
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It’s a times like this I wish I’d purchased some old Abbott & Costello movies.
I might just go & have a wee looksee what’s available.0 -
Some more classic black and white films:I'm all right JackCarlton Brown of the FOSchool for scoundrelsThe Green Man1
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All Laurel & Hardy films.
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The man who would be king
Michael Caine and Sean Connery2 -
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Many of these were beautifully lit. Slightly OTT, but greatly added to the atmosphere.stonemuse said:
This is the box set I have, it’s superb:stonemuse said:Lawrence of Arabia
Clive of India
On the Waterfront
Anything from Ealing Studios ... there are some great box sets available
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Ladykillers
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Man in the White Suit
The Magnet
Passport to Pimlico
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Whisky Galore
Champagne Charlie
Dead of Night
The Maggie
Scott of the Antarctic
Nicholas Nickleby
Went The Day Well
It Always Rains on Sunday1 -
An obvious choice, sorry, but one of my favourite old films is The Apartment with Jack Lemon and Shirley McLaine.
First time I watched, one possibly drunken Christmas, I had to leave the room, right before the end because it all seemed so sad.
Second time I watched a little longer...
Some Like it Hot is again probably too obvious a choice for this thread, but it's hugely timeless, and still a great watch.
My other favourite is Alexander's Ragtime Band. I first saw it at the NFT in about '82, and was knocked out that such an old movie could still be so relevant today. I was in a band at the time, and some of the details about the mechanics of a band struggling with lack of money, and inter band relationships causing problems, certainly resonated with me.
Great music too, and a terrific ending.1 -
That’s a great film.Afternoon Delight said:Hell Drivers (1957)
A cast that reads like who's who. Brilliant film.0 -
I think @Bedsaddick should set up a film of the day thread for those of us that are “working” from home.0
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I’m working tomorrow then I’m off for 6 days ( or more is we go on lockdown) . I’ll see what I can do .DaveMehmet said:I think @Bedsaddick should set up a film of the day thread for those of us that are “working” from home.3 -
The Blue Lamp...... earlier tonight on talking pictures. 👍3
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One of my all time favourites.Baldybonce said:The man who would be king
Michael Caine and Sean Connery1 -
Oh yes James loved the apartment, don't forget Fred Mac Murray part as the slime-ball.JamesSeed said:An obvious choice, sorry, but one of my favourite old films is The Apartment with Jack Lemon and Shirley McLaine.
First time I watched, one possibly drunken Christmas, I had to leave the room, right before the end because it all seemed so sad.
Second time I watched a little longer...
Some Like it Hot is again probably too obvious a choice for this thread, but it's hugely timeless, and still a great watch.
My other favourite is Alexander's Ragtime Band. I first saw it at the NFT in about '82, and was knocked out that such an old movie could still be so relevant today. I was in a band at the time, and some of the details about the mechanics of a band struggling with lack of money, and inter band relationships causing problems, certainly resonated with me.
Great music too, and a terrific ending.
Also reminded me of another brilliant film Plaza Suite a trilogy starring Walter Matthau.0 -
Walter Matthau was great - The Odd Couple, The Front Page, Charlie Varrick.JohnfromNorfolk said:
Oh yes James loved the apartment, don't forget Fred Mac Murray part as the slime-ball.JamesSeed said:An obvious choice, sorry, but one of my favourite old films is The Apartment with Jack Lemon and Shirley McLaine.
First time I watched, one possibly drunken Christmas, I had to leave the room, right before the end because it all seemed so sad.
Second time I watched a little longer...
Some Like it Hot is again probably too obvious a choice for this thread, but it's hugely timeless, and still a great watch.
My other favourite is Alexander's Ragtime Band. I first saw it at the NFT in about '82, and was knocked out that such an old movie could still be so relevant today. I was in a band at the time, and some of the details about the mechanics of a band struggling with lack of money, and inter band relationships causing problems, certainly resonated with me.
Great music too, and a terrific ending.
Also reminded me of another brilliant film Plaza Suite a trilogy starring Walter Matthau.
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Talking Pictures CH81 all day long.
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