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I've been binging on British cinema these last couple of weeks, re-watching old favourites and catching up on a couple that I'd always meant to get to but never quite managed to.
What's everybody's favourites? I'll throw mine in later on, but for now I don't want to lead the witness, y'r honour.
I'll be bookmarking this thread and adding to it occasionally.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
Perhaps massively betraying my political biases but Brassed Off and Pride. A Thatcher idolising Tory I play rugby with even cried at the end of Pride.
And this bit in Brassed Off gives me chills every time
"This band behind me'll tell you that that trophy means more to me than owt else in the whole world. But they'd be wrong! Truth is, I THOUGHT it mattered. I thought that MUSIC mattered. But does it bollocks? Not compared to how people matter. Us winning this trophy won't mean bugger-all to most people. But us *refusing* it - like what we're going to do now - well, then it becomes news, doesn't it?
You see what I mean. That way, I'll not just be talking to myself, will I? Because over the last ten years, this bloody government has systematically destroyed an entire industry. OUR industry. And not just our industry - our communities, our homes, our lives. All in the name of "progress". And for a few lousy bob. I'll tell you something else you might not know, as well. A fortnight ago, this band's pit were closed - another thousand men lost their jobs. And that's not all they lost. Most of them lost the will to win a while ago. A few of them even lost the will to fight. But when it comes to losing the will to live, to breathe, the point is - if this lot were seals or whales, you'd all be up in bloody arms. But they're not, are they, no, no they're not. They're just ordinary common-or-garden honest, decent human beings. And not one of them with an ounce of bloody hope left. Oh aye, they can knock out a bloody good tune. But what the f*ck does that matter?
And now I'm going to take my boys out onto the town. Thank you."
If you like the lefty political ones....
Made in Dagenham Billy Elliott Kes I, Daniel Blake
Peterloo also looks good.
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Best British Films on 10:39 - Sep 10 with 2680 views
A bridge to far Battle of Britain Zulu Hyena Layer cake The firm ( Gary oldman) Mcvicar Sexy beast The Italian job Nil by mouth Where eagles dare Wild geese Return of the pink panther
And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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Best British Films on 11:59 - Sep 10 with 2605 views
Probably not one for everyone but there's a film from 2011 called Weekend about two gay guys who meet on a Friday before one of them is about to move to America, and it is just one of the most sumptuous, agonising yet beautiful films I've ever seen. I ugly cried at the end
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Best British Films on 12:04 - Sep 10 with 2591 views
Best British Films on 10:39 - Sep 10 by Antti_Heinola
We're all tough old football lads aren't we? But Brief Encounter is still fantastic. There, I've said it. And The Red Shoes.
Some people poke fun at the plummy accents in Brief Encounter but it's a treat to hear people enunciating correctly. Where I live everyone seems to sound like a bit player in Eastenders.
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Best British Films on 12:11 - Sep 10 with 2581 views
Best British Films on 12:04 - Sep 10 by colinallcars
Some people poke fun at the plummy accents in Brief Encounter but it's a treat to hear people enunciating correctly. Where I live everyone seems to sound like a bit player in Eastenders.
The bit where Celia Johnson chases after Trevor Howard just as the express train thunders through is one of the best images of emotional drive ever. A real thrill.
Best British Films on 15:14 - Sep 10 by longbottom
Anything with Alex Guinness in. Also 'The Blue Lamp' and 'The night my number came up' spring to mind.
Good thread this.
Yes longbottom.
Any louche Notting Hill addled Old Hippy Druggie's about on LFW? This Wednesday 12th September filmed and celebrated in Powis Square W11 is the 50th anniversary free event of the release of decadent 'Performance' with Mick Jagger and James Fox
Charming innocent favourites:
Brilliant Richard Attenbrough 23 year old film acting debut as sinister Brighton catholic gangster Pinkie:
Stanley Holloway's got the right idea! I endorse Alfred P Doolittle's outlook
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'I'm 18 with a bullet.Got my finger on the trigger,I'm gonna pull it.."
Love,Peace and Fook Chelski!
More like 20StoneOfHoop now.
Let's face it I'm not getting any thinner.
Pass the cake and pies please.
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Best British Films on 20:32 - Sep 10 with 2268 views
some good films listed...i'd add quadrophenia, scum and breaking glass late 70s early 80s london and many came thru to be film regulars.... add mcvicar....long good friday. the many ealing comedies, war classic and the "confessions" films !!
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Best British Films on 20:52 - Sep 10 with 2241 views
Zulu keeps getting mentioned. It’s a film that if you watch the first 10 minutes you’re hooked. The Blue Lamp is great for the car chase around West London as it was then and as some of it was when I first went to see the RRRs. Full Metal Jacket was made in Britain.
Strong and stable my arse.
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Best British Films on 23:26 - Sep 10 with 2168 views
Best British Films on 23:15 - Sep 10 by johncharles
Zulu keeps getting mentioned. It’s a film that if you watch the first 10 minutes you’re hooked. The Blue Lamp is great for the car chase around West London as it was then and as some of it was when I first went to see the RRRs. Full Metal Jacket was made in Britain.
Essex Marshes
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Best British Films on 10:13 - Sep 11 with 2074 views
Best British Films on 19:55 - Sep 10 by Beckenhamhoop
Three great films that I hadn’t seen mentioned so far.
The Whicker Man. The man who would be King In which we serve...corny but makes my chest swell with pride and my eyes tear up.
I would have mentioned brilliant The Man Who Would be King, but I wasn't sure it counted - i.e. directed by John Huston, produced by John Foreman (both American of course), but I guess as it was shot at Pinewood (and a few other places) and features three fantastic British actors - Connery, Caine and Plummer - it counts....
Still find films coming to mind.....Yangste Incident, It Always Rains On Sunday, The Tenth Man, Sparrows Can't Sing. The Frightened City, The Statement, The Long The Short And The Tall etc etc.
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Best British Films on 11:59 - Sep 11 with 2040 views
Not seeing many 'modern' films here. From the 90's onwards you could take your pick from;
Trainspotting Shaun of the Dead This is England 28 Days Later Attack the Block Ex Machina In Bruges Sing Street Casino Royale The Guard (OK that's Irish but still, it should make everyones best ever list) Four Lions
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ask Beavis I get nothing Butthead
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Best British Films on 12:14 - Sep 11 with 2025 views
Not seeing many 'modern' films here. From the 90's onwards you could take your pick from;
Trainspotting Shaun of the Dead This is England 28 Days Later Attack the Block Ex Machina In Bruges Sing Street Casino Royale The Guard (OK that's Irish but still, it should make everyones best ever list) Four Lions
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There are a couple more on that list you need to call out as Irish as well Simmo!
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