GREAT MOVIES

Dear friends,
 
Maybe this topic has already been initiated somewhere else on this site, I don't know.
 
These last days I have seen 2 great movies:
Canvas (director unknown) and
especially Clint Eastwood's Changeling (based on a true story). You have to see this!!!
 
I have seen hundreds of movies since I was a teenager. Here are some favorites:

1. Bergman http://homevideo.about.com/od/topdvds/tp/aBergmanMoviesa.htm

2. Fellini
http://www.amazon.com/Fellinis-Movies-in-Alpahbetical-Order/lm/1LXCQLY0WZ45T

3. Pasolini Accatone/The gospel according to St. matthew

4. Tarkovsky http://www.leechvideo.com/tag/tarkovsky/3/
Stalker/Andrei Rublev/Nostalgia/Sacrifice

5. Taviani Brothers Padre Padrone

6. Antonioni http://www.littlerabbit.com/antonioni/index.html

7. Lean Brief Encounter/Bridge on the River Kwai/Doctor Zhivago/Ryan's Daughter/ A Passage to India/Lawrence of Arabia

8. Capra http://classicfilm.about.com/od/actorsanddirectors/tp/9-Frank-Capra-Movies.htm

9. Chabrol http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chabrol
(all movies!)

10. Sautet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Sautet

11. Kurosawa
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Kurosawa
Seven Samurai/Dersu Uzala/Ran/Ikiru

12. Saura http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Saura
Anna y los lobos/Cria Cuervos

13. Truffaut
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Truffaut
Jules et Jim/La Nuit Am�ricaine

14. Into the great silence
http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s1910423.htm

15. Stellet Licht http://www.stelletlicht.com/

16. Derek Jarman Caravaggio

17. Frank Darabont The Green Mile http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120689/

18. Frank Darabont The Shawshank Redemption

19. Richard Attenborough Gandhi

20. Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings

21. Robert Zemeckis Forrest Gump

22. Martin Scorsese Taxi Driver

23. Steven Spielberg Schindler's List/Saving Private Ryan

24. Gabriel Axel Babette's Feast

25. Lasse Halstr�m Chocolat and other movies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasse_Hallström

26. F.F. Coppola The Godfather

27. Mel Gibson The Passion/Braveheart

28. Istvan Szabo Mephisto

29. Carol Reed The Third Man

30. Neil Jordan The End of the Affair

31. Orson Welles Citizen Kane

32. Michael Curtiz Casablanca

33. Bruno Nuytten Camille Claudel

34. Marcel Carn� Les Enfants du paradis

35. Werner Herzog Nosferatu/Aguirre

36. Roman Polanksi Chinatown

37. Charles Chaplin Citylights a.o.

38. Luis Bunuel Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie

39. Jen-Luc Godard Bande � Part

40. Stanley Kubrick Barry Lyndon/Space Oddyssey 2001

41.Rainer Werner Fassbinder Berlin Alexanderplatz

42.Alain Resnais Mon oncle d' Am�rique/Hiroshima, mon Amour

...

Fred (Ostend/Belgium)

There are seemingly few people interested in movies here...
 
Well, here is still another one you have to see:
 
Clint Eastwood 'Gran Torino'.
Great movie of one of the really great American directors
tmho! He is getting better and better...
 
greetings,
Fred

I have not seen 'Gran Torino',
dear Fred,
but thanks to 'netflix'
I did see 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' this weekend . . .
such a beautiful story
of triumph over adversity,
that I ordered the book on Amazon.
 
sparrow

everything counts... ♥

Dear Sparrow,
 
I have read something on 'the Diving Bell and the Butterfly'.
It must be very good! I know the painting work of Schnabel, but didn't know he is also an film director. Tonight Iwill look at it. It will be a consolation in my own suffering and isolation.
 
PAX,
Fred

'The Diving Bell and The Butterfly'
cannot help but
inspire gratitude
even in the most unhappy,
or lonely heart
with love . . .
sparrow

everything counts... ♥

Dear Fred,
 
I LOVE movies, but too many to mention! I shall have to give it some thought.
 
Jude

Love is the only way

Thinking about it, I recently borrowed "The Diving Bell and The Butterfly" from the library. It was quite an exceptional film.
 
Jude

Love is the only way

Fred
" Big Fish" is a lovely film.
Glenys

Having watched "Educating Rita" again last night I would definitely put this in the 'great movie' category. I'm a massive fan of Julie Waters anyway. Not a fan of Michael Caine, but I think this is the best movie he's made and he was perfect for the part.
The soundtrack music, 'Rita's Song' always makes me cry! It hits the spot, and was going through my head all night. Of course, it was the first thing I looked for on YouTube this morning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlDEKNTbT7o
 
 

Love is the only way

I am glad you liked 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly',
Jude . . .
I haven't seen 'Educating Rita' for years~
must take another look!
   ♥

everything counts... ♥

"Educating Rita" is very very English! It has the class system described very well, and seeing it with new eyes I saw lots of new things in it.....little cameos. For instance, Rita's husband is a bit of a characature (not sure if I've spelt it right...I couldn't find it in my dictinary) but unfortunately only too commonplace.
 
Jude

Love is the only way

Hi Fred.
 
i like educationg rita.  i saw it about three weeks ago on the tv.
 
i too am a fan of julie walters.  i think she is great in the film billy eliot annd then shes in my asll time favourite movie just now - mamma mia!!!! 

Dear Eleanor,
I haven't seen "Mamma Mia" yet. I expect I will have to wait for it to be on TV.
 
Yes, "Billy Elliot" another great film!
 
I've just remembered another Julie Walters film which I enjoyed, called "My Beautiful Son." She's just is one of the very best we've got isn't she?
 
Jude

Love is the only way

yes she is one if the best actors we have in the UK.
 
i have watched billy eliot so mant times but i never get tired of it.  have you seen Julie Walters in the film buster?  shes great in that too!
 
shes good in mamma mia too.  i hope mthey will get it on tv asap because its one of those films thaat however sad you are if helps uplifts you too.

Yes, I've heard that about Mama Mia. Everyone seems to like it.
I haven't seen the film Buster yet.
 
Jude

Love is the only way

Caricature. [I do this to help... I mean well]

Does anyone like the great movies made by disney.  i have two favourites just now - finding nemo and beauty and the beast.
 
 
 

I am now re-discovering Disney movies! The great ones of my childhood were Snow White and Bambi of course....and Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland, and.......
mm! I think I like Disney movies.
 
Jude

Love is the only way

i  love alice in wonderland.  my favourite bits are the unbirthday party with the mad hatter.  i also lover the cheshire cat - hes so funny.

Dear friends,
 
I didn't look at this thread for some time.
Thanks for 'Mamma Mia'. I don't know it...
Billy Eliot must also be very good, according to a colleague of mine and you all.
Did you see  other Daldry films such as The Hours and The Reader? Great!
Yoiu have to see also 'Odette Toutlemonde' by  http://www.eric-emmanuel-schmitt.com/en/portrait_details_en.php?oesec_id=2&portrait_id=2 a famous spiritual fiction writer who lives in Brussels and made his firts movie: hilarious and amusing!
 
Greetings,
Fred