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Title: The Big Sleep Genre: Whodunnit/Comedy Actors/Directors: Bogart and Bacall, Howard Hawks Dir. Hugely comic, darkly noir, great lines from Raymond Chandler and others.
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"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger's acting is second to none and without doubt the best acting I've ever seen, talk about two actors bouncing of each other.
As an added bonus you get to hear Ray Charles doing what he does best, singing.
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If you can't be arsed with that Brian try "No Country For Old Men" the baddest MOFO of all baddest MOFO'S steals the show
Llewelyn Moss: " If I don't come back, tell mother I love her. "
Carla Jean Moss: "Your mother's dead, Llewelyn".
Llewelyn Moss: "Well then I'll tell her myself."
My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.
Midnight Run Genre: Action/Comedy Director: No idea Stars: Robert DeNiro Why: It should be corny rubbish, but the plotting and dialogue are great, loads of entertaining characters and genuinely funny.
Honourable mention - 48HRS, Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte.
The French Connection Dir, William Friedkin Gene Hackman, Roy Sheider Gritty, edge of your seat, NY 70s scene at it's best (worst).
All The Presidents Men Dir. Alan Paluka Redford, Hoffman The best suspense-filled political thriller of all time
LA Confidential Dir. Curtis Hanson Crowe, Space, Pearce, DeVito, Basinger Brutal LA vice/drug cop film, with subtlety, twists and brilliant brilliant characters.
'Dead Mans shoes' '2001 a space odyssey' 'VideoDrome' 'Meantime' by mike leigh 'intersteller' 'Tony(london serial killer)' 'morvern callar' 'sideways'
i can watch all of these films in infinite combinations in infinite computations as they symbolise the elements that create truth and beauty . they wont let you down bri.
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The Duke Of New York. A-Number One.
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"Life of Brian" Monty Python/Terry Jones Brian is a minor Everyman Jesus-type who dies for his revelations because everybody around him is hilariously self-centred, stupid and useless.
Big shout for 2001 Sp Odd of course but also for massively unsung Sideways - blissful roadtrip stag do film funny, tender, with a great soundtrack. Spent a few days in Sonoma wine country as a result of it (already had the Saab 900 classic!).
Ps. For those with kids aged from about 8+, try and find the ghost story 'The Amazing Mr Blunden' (Dir. Lionel Jeffries. Diana Dors, Lionel Naismith, Lynne Frederick). Wonderful eerie stuff.
i also saw the stage play of 'sideways'. Magic!. ;-)
me and the mrs can watch it over and over. Paul Giamatti is fantastical.
edit. i think '2010' is the most under rated movie of all l time .. this scene as 'bowman' changes from his normal physical self to a higher being and then to an embryo is breathtaking.
another edit must add 'cruising' a 1980 crime film written and directed by William Friedkin' on the seedy hedonistic gay nightlife of new york and an unhinged serial killer . al pacino stars
"Triumph of the Will" Propaganda/Documentary Hitler and Nazis/Leni Riefenstahl The call to Germany to embrace Hitler and National Socialism; an as-it-happened, crystallised moment of time in 1934 before Hitler revealed his true agenda: continental war and mass subjugation.
(No, I'm not a nazi. "Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!" Oh, that reminds me of another one...)
True Romance Very underrated film with some great cameos, especially Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper. Great soundtrack and fall in love with Patricia Arquette everytime I see it.
Other go to movies are The Searchers, if its on I watch it. Favourite line 'that'll be the day'
One of my favs-- Grosse Pointe Blank Action, light black quirky comedy, satirical John and Joan Cusack, Minny Driver, Dan Ackroyd, Alan Arkin
Good Chemistry between John Cusack and Minnie Driver. Joan Cusack at her oddball best. Quirky and different. God one liners and witty lines Makes you think twice about going to school reunions. Excellent 80s nostalgia soundtrack.
I usually can't stand Dan Ackroyd, which is kind of perfect for this movie, because his character is supposed to be annoying :).
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