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  • December 13, 2016 at 10:10 am #60923
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    Have you seen the 7 Samurai, the long version? (not hard to find).

    Some of the greatest old movies IMO. It’s a long list with no particular ranking and I stopped when I got tired.

    All About Eve (1950)
    The African Queen (1951)
    Chinatown (1974)
    The French Connection (1971)
    The Maltese Falcon (1941)
    Raging Bull (1980)
    Dr. Strangelove (1964)
    American Graffiti (1973)
    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
    Fargo (1996)
    Double Indemnity (1944)
    Doctor Zhivago (1965)
    North By Northwest (1959)
    Rear Window (1954)
    GoodFellas (1990)
    The Searchers (1956)
    Taxi Driver (1976)
    Rashômon (1951)
    M (1931)
    12 Angry Men (Twelve Angry Men) (1957)
    Cool Hand Luke (1967)
    Mean Streets (1973)
    A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
    Battleground (1949)
    Glory (1989)
    Yojimbo (1961)
    The Hustler (1961)
    The Big Sleep (1946)
    My Darling Clementine (1946)
    The Philadelphia Story (1940)
    Brazil (1985)
    Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
    East of Eden (1955)
    In the Heat of the Night (1967)

    December 14, 2016 at 1:57 pm #61044
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    I have seen less than half of them, and I watched the older ones on TV when I was a lot younger. Of the movies on that list, my favorite is Brazil. It’s like Terry Gilliam looked 30 years into the future and wrote that.

    December 14, 2016 at 2:15 pm #61049
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    I’ve seen all of them except “My Darling Clementine”.

    And i aint watchin My Darling Clementine.

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    December 14, 2016 at 3:32 pm #61057
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    wv wrote:

    I’ve seen all of them except “My Darling Clementine”.

    And i aint watchin My Darling Clementine.

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    You don’t know what it’s about I bet.

    from the wiki

    My Darling Clementine is a 1946 American western film directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp during the period leading up to the gunfight at the OK Corral. The ensemble cast also features Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt, and Ward Bond.

    The film is generally regarded as one of the best Westerns made by John Ford and one of his best films overall.

    December 14, 2016 at 4:19 pm #61066
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    zn wrote:

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    The film is generally regarded as one of the best Westerns made by John Ford and one of his best films overall.

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    December 14, 2016 at 4:51 pm #61070
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    My Darling Clementine was featured on an episode of MASH.

    I’ve seen 16 of those movies. My favs from your list are Dr. Strangelove, Goodfellas, A Fish Called Wanda and Glory.

    December 14, 2016 at 6:50 pm #61088
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    The Hustler and The Seven Samurai are favorites and The Ghost and Mrs Muir (black and white) and Dracula 1931.

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    December 14, 2016 at 7:20 pm #61094
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    Agamemnon wrote:

    The Hustler and The Seven Samurai are favorites and The Ghost and Mrs Muir (black and white) and Dracula 1931.

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    I had a crush on Mrs Muir.

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    December 14, 2016 at 9:00 pm #61100
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    Agamemnon wrote:

    The Hustler and The Seven Samurai are favorites

    Two of my favorite movies.

    ***

    Fast Eddie: Fat man, you shoot a great game of pool.
    Minnesota Fats: So do you, Fast Eddie.

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    Villager: How can we find a samurai to protect us if we can pay with only rice?
    Gisaku: Find hungry samurai.

    ***

    [While Heihachi is chopping wood with his sword]
    Gorobei Katayama: You’re good.
    Heihachi Hayashida: Yeah, yeah. But I’m better at killing enemies.
    Gorobei Katayama: Killed many?
    Heihachi Hayashida: Well — it’s impossible to kill ’em all, so I usually run away.
    Gorobei Katayama: A splendid principle!

    December 14, 2016 at 9:41 pm #61103
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    Seen 19 of them only.

    My favorites:

    Chinatown
    Fargo
    Cool Hand Luke
    Showgirls
    The Hustler

    December 14, 2016 at 10:01 pm #61104
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    Zooey wrote:

    Seen 19 of them only.

    My favorites:

    Chinatown
    Fargo
    Cool Hand Luke
    Showgirls
    The Hustler

    You’ve never watched any Kurosawa?

    You must fix that.

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    December 14, 2016 at 11:10 pm #61108
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    I have seen 7 Samurai, and Ran, and Rashomon.

    I liked them all.

    December 14, 2016 at 11:18 pm #61109
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    Zooey wrote:

    I have seen 7 Samurai, and Ran, and Rashomon.

    I liked them all.

    Yeah I think I misread you there.

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    Katsushiro: Is he really a samurai?
    Kambei Shimada: Only in his mind

    December 14, 2016 at 11:26 pm #61110
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    No swimming pools in Kurosawa.

    December 15, 2016 at 1:15 am #61112
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    Zooey wrote:

    No swimming pools in Kurosawa.

    Very bad for glass.

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    December 15, 2016 at 7:46 am #61114
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    Yes–I saw about 17 of them.

    “Cool Hand Luke” is my favorite from that list. I actually own the DVD and I may have watched that film 10 times. It’s one of the most quotable films I’ve ever seen: “What we’ve got here is…failure to communicate”. “Nobody can eat 50 eggs”. And that car wash scene? Oooooohhhh….that car wash scene.

    But many outstanding films on the list. Some of the gritty 1970s films are my favorite. Films like “The French Connection” and “Taxi Driver” were shot on the streets. They felt REAL.

    There’s only one film on the list that I’ve seen and although it’s considered a classic I never liked it. “Chinatown” bores the hell out of me. I’ve tried it a couple of times. I’m just not a fan. The acting is great. I just find it a very boring film.

    Anyway, back to “Cool Hand Luke”:

    "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. " Philip K. Dick

    December 15, 2016 at 10:25 am #61120
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    Chinatown (1974)
    The French Connection (1971)
    Raging Bull (1980)
    American Graffiti (1973)
    Fargo (1996)
    Doctor Zhivago (1965)
    GoodFellas (1990)
    Taxi Driver (1976)
    12 Angry Men (Twelve Angry Men) (1957)
    In the Heat of the Night (1967)

    December 15, 2016 at 12:37 pm #61122
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    I will be watching Cool Hand Luke again tomorrow.

    It’s part of the final on the anti-hero/huck finn unit. CHL is a great anti-hero. And all that messianic imagery makes it great for English lit types.

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