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Post by rick on Dec 14, 2016 6:57:47 GMT -5
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Post by erik on Dec 14, 2016 9:30:22 GMT -5
Getting THE BIRDS onto the registry must be making Hitchcock smile mischievously somewhere. This was, along with PSYCHO, one of his most chilling and ultimately disturbing films, especially because of that uneasy and ambiguous final shot of a world covered in hundreds of millions of avian predators.
All around, though, quite a good list. The folks there do their homework (IMHO).
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2016 12:54:18 GMT -5
The Breakfast Club?
I like it, but..
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 14, 2016 15:19:50 GMT -5
I've only seen two of these movies and The Birds is the only one I remember anything about. Any recommendations on any of these?
An alphabetical listing of the films newly joining the registry this year:
1. Atomic Cafe (1982)
2. Ball of Fire (1941)
3. The Beau Brummels (1928)
4. The Birds (1963)
5. Blackboard Jungle (1955)
6. The Breakfast Club (1985)
7. The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
8. East of Eden (1955)
9. Funny Girl (1968)
10. The Lion King (1994)
11. Lost Horizon (1937)
12. Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
13. Paris Is Burning (1990)
14. Point Blank (1967)
15. The Princess Bride (1987)
16. Putney Swope (1969)
17. Rushmore (1998)
18. Solomon Sir Jones films (1924-28)
19. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
20. Suzanne, Suzanne (1982)
21. Thelma & Louise (1991)
22. Time and Dreams (1976)
23. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
24. A Walk in the Sun (1945)
25. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2016 16:56:42 GMT -5
Sure..
Atomic Cafe is a very interesting documentary on US Govt on the wonders of the atom (particularly the atomic bomb).
Blackboard Jungle is a period piece, and one of the first films to deal with juvenile delinquency as a consequence of neglect of the public school system.
Point Blank is kind of a modern day stylish 'film noir' with an iconic performance by Lee Marvin; recommended.
Putney Swope (if you can find it) is a cult classic, and a great example of late 60s 'guerilla filmmaking'; it may seem dated now, but still some memorable scenes, the 'fake commercials' alone are worth the price of admission.
Steamboat Bill is the first screen appearance of Mickey Mouse, worth seeing if that fact is important to you.
Thelma and Louise was one of the top films of the decade, and a feminist slant on the classic road movie. Both Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon and the controversial ending are now iconic.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit was innovative in mixing animation and live action along with some comment on the Hollywood film industry, worth a look.
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Post by erik on Dec 14, 2016 19:18:24 GMT -5
Quote by robertaxel:
Yes, I'm not sure about that one. It reminds me too much of my teen years in high school during that time (mid-to-late 1980s), when I felt like an outcast. I never could identify with "The Brat Pack".
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Post by rick on Dec 15, 2016 4:06:27 GMT -5
I've only seen two of these movies and The Birds is the only one I remember anything about. Any recommendations on any of these? Rob, are you pulling our collective legs? You always say you are a big Barbra Streisand fan. You must have seen "Funny Girl." You don't remember this ? -- OR |
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Post by rick on Dec 15, 2016 4:11:09 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 15, 2016 5:23:33 GMT -5
Nope, never seen all but two of them. I did see Yentl. If I didn't see a movie in my living room by the time I was ten I probably didn't see it. There are a few exceptions. (Linda Ronstadt FM, Pirates, La Pastorela) In the past 16 years I have only seen two movies. Farenheit 9/11 and An Inconvenient Truth (I saw the movie and the live presentation with Al Gore). I fall asleep at movies so I don't bother and I haven't had a tv for a long time either. Not since Dan Rather was fired from CBS for telling the truth about Bush being AWOL during the Vietnam War. I do try to watch documentaries. Love youtube. I am more of a non-fiction type of person so most movies don't interest me.
I figured that when I got old and retired that I could spend my time reading and watching movies but it hasn't turned out that way. I never planned on being so busy.
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