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longship

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1. Just a few.
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 10:49 PM
Mar 2014

A Hitch 50's trilogy.
Rear Window -- beautiful, Stewart and Kelly, with Thelma Ritter chewing the scenery.
North by Northwest -- a favorite of mine. Simply wonderful.
Vertigo -- a stunning flick. Dark and troubling.

Bergman: Wild Strawberries -- a beautiful film.

Koyaanisqatsi -- what can one say?

LOTR trilogy -- well, one has some guilty pleasures.
The Matrix -- more of same

Dr. Strangelove -- flawless.

My Man Godfrey -- Powell and Lombard, and an astounding support cast, script.

Hopscotch -- Matthau and Glenda Jackson. Fun! Everybody chewing scenery.

Some 50's SciFi/Horror.

When Worlds Collide -- interesting.
The Day the Earth Stood Still -- one of the best of the genre ever.
Gog -- Woof, woof. Yup. It's a dog.
The Blob -- Steve McQueen.
Earth versus the Flying Saucers -- Sat matinee fare, but Harryhausen.

TV

The Lathe of Heaven -- PBS's first TV movie. From LaGuin's novel. Hard to get.
Very good considering low budget. Close to the novel.

The Ascent of Man -- one of the best science from 70's. Dr. "Bloody" Bronowski.
Foyle's War -- the entire seven seasons. PBS donor premium. Love it.

Just a few. longship Mar 2014 #1
Wow! I actually have The Lathe of Heaven, too! scarletwoman Mar 2014 #2
Criterion. longship Mar 2014 #5
About once a year or so, I'll splurge on a Criterion Collection movie. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #7
My Criterions brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #8
IMHO, Godfrey belongs in every movie lover's library :) brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #12
"The Defenestration of Carlo" <== alternative title longship Mar 2014 #13
Way Too Many To List brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #3
Quite the collection! Let's see, we have Princess Bride and Big Lebowski in common. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #6
Forgot to add, "The Last Place on Earth" - 1985 BBC TV mini series, broadcast on PBS. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #4
I own Lebowski too ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2014 #9
The Big Lebowski seems to appeal to all tastes - your list is certainly VERY different from mine, scarletwoman Mar 2014 #14
The movies are own are generally "party films" ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2014 #21
Ah well. Since my youngest left the nest, I live alone. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #22
My "essentials" collection Little_Wing Mar 2014 #10
Oh wow - I forgot Coppola's "Dracula"! That's another one I have in my own collection. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #15
Gary Oldman is such a great Dracula Little_Wing Mar 2014 #17
Oh yes! He's an amazing actor no matter who he plays. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #19
Yes, Mohicans is violent and not very authentic in its native people's portrayal Little_Wing Mar 2014 #26
Oldman was a great villain in Leon: The Professional brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #23
Agreed, Giamatti is very good and so versatile Little_Wing Mar 2014 #25
At the risk of beating a dead horse... brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #27
Have missed it, but on my list of "should watch" films Little_Wing Mar 2014 #28
Four jumped off the page for me brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #11
It would be interesting to do a poll and find out how many people DON'T have Lebowski on their scarletwoman Mar 2014 #16
Liam & Jessica Lange had incendiary chemistry in Rob Roy roaw n/t Little_Wing Mar 2014 #18
OMG, yes! I cannot tell you how many times I fantasized about that scene at the Standing Stones... scarletwoman Mar 2014 #20
I think you may have misconstrued my feelings for Rob Roy brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #24
Oh, don't mind me. I just got carried away. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #30
One that I had to have was Bette Davis's Beyond the Forest, only it's not on DVD. valerief Mar 2014 #29
Action Movies jim601 Mar 2014 #31
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