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09 Jul 2012, 5:19 pm

The Wizard of Oz


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09 Jul 2012, 5:31 pm

Anything by Hitchcock, Kubrick, of witch my personal favourite is Clockwork, I have to give one to DePalma's Scarface and Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.



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16 Jul 2012, 8:01 am

Unforgiven
No Country For Old Men
Fight Club
Singin' In The Rain


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16 Jul 2012, 8:22 am

Kyle thanks for No country for old men, I'm going to counter with....

Fargo
The Big Lebowski
Miller's Crossing


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16 Jul 2012, 1:33 pm

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How Could I have forgotten The Wild Bunch ? That movie changed violence on film forever.


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Also, I'd just like to clarify my thoughts on Fist Full of Dollars vs. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly....


The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is a good movie and great art, but the often overlooked Fist Full of Dollars defined an entire genre... So many good films, including The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly , would not exist if not for Fist Full of Dollars .

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In a similar vein, I might recommend El Mariachi

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104815/



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16 Jul 2012, 2:25 pm

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Gone With The Wind (which I concede grudgingly - racist, cracker movie)


Consider when it was made. 1937 - 1938. There were Jim Crow laws still in effect then. Many people alive at the time were born during the Civil War and the Reconstruction period which followed. The country was racist to the bone (and it still is to some degree). The main difference between then and now is we are shagrined and ashamed of being racist (these days). In 1939 people were racist in a way that was as natural as breathing. They were scarcely aware of it.

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16 Jul 2012, 2:28 pm

El Mariachi was amazing! I also liked Once Upon A Time In America.


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16 Jul 2012, 2:32 pm

ruveyn wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Gone With The Wind (which I concede grudgingly - racist, cracker movie)


Consider when it was made. 1937 - 1938. There were Jim Crow laws still in effect then. Many people alive at the time were born during the Civil War and the Reconstruction period which followed. The country was racist to the bone (and it still is to some degree). The main difference between then and now is we are shagrined and ashamed of being racist (these days). In 1939 people were racist in a way that was as natural as breathing. They were scarcely aware of it.

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Yes - I know. But that doesn't mean I have to approve of it.

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16 Jul 2012, 2:38 pm

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Yes - I know. But that doesn't mean I have to approve of it.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Approval is irrelevant. Things were as they were, good, bad or indifferent.

By the way, Rhett Butler as portrayed by Clark Gable was the antithesis of a know nothing Southern racist. He was savy and cynical and no Kentucky Colonel. If the rebs had been as smart as Rhett Butler there never would have been a Civil War.

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16 Jul 2012, 4:36 pm

ruveyn wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Yes - I know. But that doesn't mean I have to approve of it.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Approval is irrelevant. Things were as they were, good, bad or indifferent.

By the way, Rhett Butler as portrayed by Clark Gable was the antithesis of a know nothing Southern racist. He was savy and cynical and no Kentucky Colonel. If the rebs had been as smart as Rhett Butler there never would have been a Civil War.

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I agree about Rhett Butler's portrayal in the movie, 100%. But I understand that after the war, he joined the KKK in the book.

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16 Jul 2012, 5:53 pm

The original Hellraiser, for quite possibly being the most erotic romantic film ever made.

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17 Jul 2012, 7:33 am

I wanted to nominate some non-English Language films

Three Colours Trilogy - Three Colours Blue; Three Colours White; Three Colours Red (Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski)

Ghost in the Shell (Dir. Mamoru Oshii)

Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources (Dir. Claude Berri)

Battle Royale (Dir. Kinji Fukasaku)



Also for special mention

The Hidden Fortress (Dir. Akira Kurosawa - in part the inspiration behind the R2D2 and C3P0 characters in Star Wars)

Spirited Away (Dir. Hayao Miyazaki)



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17 Jul 2012, 7:46 am

High Noon
Shane
Star Wars
Inherit the Wind.
A Fistfull of Dollars.
Alien
Back to the Future.



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17 Jul 2012, 9:52 am

NeueZiel wrote:
The original Hellraiser, for quite possibly being the most erotic romantic film ever made.

"Come to..Daddy"

LOL, Clive Barker is great! If I find out that Clive is involved in a project, I know I will have to see and become obsessed with the project.


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18 Jul 2012, 3:05 am

Battleship Potemkin
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
The Wizard of Oz
The Virgin Spring
Dr. Strangelove
Easy Rider
A Clockwork Orange
Pelle the Conqueror
The Tin Drum
Jean de Florette
Manon des sources

and now for something completely different...
Monty Pythons Holy Grail
Plan Nine From Outer Space
National Lampoons Vacation



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18 Jul 2012, 3:29 am

I haven't seen any of the following listed yet, so here they are.

Annie Hall
Platoon
Marathon Man
All The President's Men
Wall Street


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