The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger for The Archers. Stars Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr and Anton Walbrook.
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger for The Archers. Stars Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr and Anton Walbrook.
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Oliver Twist 1948 directed by David Lean and stars John Howard Davies in title role with Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, Kay Walsh and Anthony Newley.
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BFI channel/amazon
Now Noel Cowards in which we serve
BFI channel
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American Gods series1
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, 1986
Roman Polanski's classic film 'Repulsion' is just starting on London Live! Very creepy!
Some great lines in that 'can I use her underwear to make soup?' :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Superb film! Catherine Denerve is superb as the beautician descending into eventual lethal personal neuroses and hallucination. The hallucinations are especially disturbing.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Yeah, not seen it for years. It has kinda aged a bit but still enjoyed it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Not my cuppa tea tbh. I have enough nightmares of my own without importing any more lolQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
You'd love this then Grant!
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Dug my copy out yesterday. John Carpenter's joint best movie in my opinion.
lol... no thankee sir. Prefer pleasant stuff now.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
John Carpenter is not my most favourite director.
Nor mine, but this is a good film.Quote:
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For me his reputation rests on Dark Star, the original Escape From New York, and The Thing. At the time no-one was doing that sort of thing as well as he was. I like 'They Live' as well, despite the fact that it deserved a better budget and script.Quote:
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The Last reake of Beau Geste 1977. Marty Feldan directs and stars.. also with Michael York, Ann-Margret, Peter Ustinov, James Earl Jones and Trevor Howard.
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I'd forgotten about 'Dark Star'. :doh: (But I still don't think much of 'The Fog' or 'Halloween'.)Quote:
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The Final Countdown - 1979
What if a modern era aircraft carrier, in this case the Nimitz, ended up back in WW2. Interesting film, well acted and with nice real planes and ships, not a lot of model work.
If you like the idea of that then John Birmingham's Axis of Time trilogy is worth reading - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_of_Time
In the Mouth of Madness is a very good film.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
I like The Thing, first Halloween and They Live. The Fog is a nice film, much of its charm for me is in Adrienne Barbeau and her lovely voice.
Paleface starring bob Hope and Jane Russell
Blimey! It must be forty years since I saw that.Quote:
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quite good for a light laugh. jane had some figureQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Joe Kidd (1972) directed by John Sturges and stars Clint Eastwood and Robert Duvall.
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Me, Myself & Irene(2000) stars Jim Carrey and Renee Zellweger.
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not seen that for years... hilarious film
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet ...Our Man in Havana.(2004) always a good chuckle
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I loved that series when it was shown on TV.
At the moment I wading through the Bergerac police series set in Jersey.
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quite liked Bergerac :)
now watching Sunday Matinee.. ZULU (1964) on 50th anniversary Blu-ray
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borrowed from the boy:)
they are firing at will again... poor old Will:lol:
Interesting that Michael Caine gets sole billing on the blu ray box when the star was Stanley Baxter. Caine was almost unknown when the film was made.
Probably because most folk under fifty wouldn't know who Stanley Baker was. (Stanley Baxter was the Irish comedian by the way :))Quote:
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Yup, box office, and no truth will be allowed to interfere with the moneymaking. Private Hook was a recipient of the VC and of good conduct pay... In actual fact Private Hook was a Methodist lay preacher, and a God-fearing person. He wasn't a drunkard. His family and regiment were furious about the portrayal.
Wasn't he Scottish?Quote:
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our Stanley was indeed... from Glasgow:lol: one of the funniest guys ever along with Chick Murray and Billy ConnollyQuote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Ah. He was.Quote:
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Tonite's Double Bill was:
'Glengarry Glenross' (1992)
First saw this a few years prior to being unexpectedly offered a job in sales. I took it out of curiosity to see if sales was anything like it is portrayed in this film. It turned out it was exactly like it is portrayed in this film. I lasted about 4 years. Adapted from the David Mamet play, the all-star cast informally referred to it as 'Death Of A Fucking Salesman' due to the amount of profanity. Aside from that, though this film has a great atmosphere about it. A must see if you've never come across it.
'Time Bandits' (1981)
I recall being in London in 1981 and in the Tube there were hundreds of posters for this film lining the escalators. It's not often mentioned anymore which is a shame because it is really a minor classic of British film. An imaginative youth leading a buttoned down suburban life is unexpectedly taken on an adventure through time by a band of dwarfs. Sounds a bit like 'The Hobbit' but it's nothing like that at all. And no-one in the history of film, not even Morgan Freeman, does a more convincing God than old Sir Ralph does in this.
Life (Blu ray)
Pretty good alien on the loose story. Nothing that new, but well made, good acting and an interesting creature.
I have that, and yes it's an excellent Terry Gilliam film. Also agree about Ralph Richarson's 'God' (though Whoopie Goldberg's version in one of the Muppet movies deserves an honourable mention, as does Alanis Morissette's brief portrayal in 'Dogma').Quote:
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Kill, Kihachi Okamoto, 1968. Criterion Collection DVD [313]
"In this pitch-black action comedy...a pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with gangsters. But when both men discover the wrongdoings of the nefarious clan leader, they side with a band of rebels who are under siege at a remote mountain cabin. Based on the same source novel as Akira Kurosawa’s 'Sanjuro', Kill! playfully tweaks samurai film convention, borrowing elements from established 'swordplay' classics and seasoning them with a little Italian western."
Illustrates the impressive use made of the widescreen format by many Japanese directors.
Interesting, I will keep my eyes out for that one. Last really good Samurai film I saw was Hara-Kiri Death of a Samurai. This for me was an amazing film and very moving.Quote:
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If you liked Takashi's remake Neil, you might like the original by Masaki Kobayashi 'Harakiri' [1962]. If that suits have a look at his 'Samurai Rebellion' [1967]. Both films are cinematic adaptations of works by Yasuhiko Takiguchi. I greatly admire Kobayashi's work, and particularly his imperative that we have a moral duty to resist injustice while at the same time being fully aware that such resistance is ultimately futile. See also Kobayashi's epic triptych 'The Human Condition' [1959-1961], based in part on pacifist and socialist Kobayashi's own experience in the Imperial Japanese Army during WW2.
Thank you John for the suggestions. I will look into them.Quote:
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Unbroken (Film 4)
What an amazing story - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbroken_(film)
Capricorn1 (1977) BFI player....
I have this on dvd too but its packed away.
good film; Elliott Gould as the reporter, with James Brolin, Sam Waterston and O. J. Simpson as the astronauts.
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As beloved by conspiracy theorists who believe the Americans never went to the Moon.Quote:
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lol, yes but as they didnt get away with it, it kinda showed a complex conspiricy would be probably near impossible to keep secret for ever. But no impossible as little isQuote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Poirot Appointment with death Series 11 ep 4
Quatermass and the Pit - BBC original TV serial. (You Tube)
Fabulous and in many ways better than the Hammer film, though I like that a great deal.
Dunkirk
Went and saw this last night and its an interesting film, small scale, mainly focussed on a few characters, spitfire pilots, a small boat owner and the boats very young civilian crew, two soldiers, one French one British and a Naval commander. Its in places harrowing, moving but somewhat understated and matter of fact. There is plenty of drama and action and yet its not an epic film or a typical gung ho action film. Worth seeing and very well done.
Not seen it but hope to. Like the original film