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  • #31
    Re: Your Choice For Best Black and White Movie Ever Made

    it was good for a laugh anyway DMNY

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    • #32
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      Originally posted by magicghost2977 View Post
      well excuuuuse me...

      le truffaut bla bla bla

      apparently someone doesn't get all 5 versions of the Spice network...
      Ya...Just read my post above and pay for the subscription.
      Thanks.
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      • #33
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        Originally posted by magicghost2977 View Post
        it was good for a laugh anyway DMNY
        It was...I was wondering what the hell is this guy talking about...intestine...ahhh crap!
        A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to articulate human relationships.
        Gore Vidal

        "Aisatsu Yori Ensatsu"
        Money is better than compliments.


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        • #34
          Re: Your Choice For Best Black and White Movie Ever Made

          I'm probably the only person who actually prefers black and white to color. It has something to do with bringing the storyline to the forefront.

          But let me add a movie I haven"t seen mentioned yet:

          "To Kill a Mockingbird"

          But my personal favorite is "La Dolce Vita"

          "Until the Lion writes his own story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter." -African Proverb

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          • #35
            Re: Your Choice For Best Black and White Movie Ever Made

            "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE" because it has such human warmth, humour, romance ... yet it isn't afraid of going down the dark path for a while too. It elevates you without pretending there isn't sadness and heartache out there too ... just that people can pull together and heal more than they can give pain. Hope and hopelessness, but finally Hope.

            And it's one of those movies you grow up watching and you think 'how bogus movies were back then" ... and then one day you see it again and it hits you: "My God ... that was a deep, beautiful movie. And it's a window into another time, and another time's spirit ... and yet it's timeless."

            And ... yeah ... when and why did they stop making movies like that?

            When did it become so "uncool" to make a movie full of innocence and humanity and hope?
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            • #36
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              on a serious note... I cast my vote for Bergman's "The Seventh Seal"

              still remains one of the greatest influences on me as a writer and aspiring filmmaker...

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              • #37
                Re: Your Choice For Best Black and White Movie Ever Made

                Originally posted by DMNY View Post
                Fritz Lang's Metropolis.
                I rented Metropolis the other week and was bored to tears within minutes. I was never big on silents anyway, although I do like Chaplin and the other comics of his time. But watching a silent picture drama was just too much to handle.

                Have to say though, this movie has probably the coolest movie posters of all time.

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                • #38
                  Re: Your Choice For Best Black and White Movie Ever Made

                  Have to say though, this movie has probably the coolest movie posters of all time.
                  Well, that's what Lang was really going for.
                  Last edited by haunted; 01-23-2007, 01:57 AM.

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                  • #39
                    Re: Your Choice For Best Black and White Movie Ever Made

                    Originally posted by haunted View Post
                    Well, that's what Lang was really going for.
                    when did he say, or even imply, that was what lang was going for?
                    "everything a writer learns about the art and craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. in the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say."

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                    • #40
                      Re: Your Choice For Best Black and White Movie Ever Made

                      He didn't.

                      Do you have a follow-up question?

                      Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.
                      It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.
                      -- Potter Stewart

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                      • #41
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                        Originally posted by haunted View Post
                        He didn't.

                        Do you have a follow-up question?
                        i think it speaks for itself at this point.
                        "everything a writer learns about the art and craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. in the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say."

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                        • #42
                          Re: Your Choice For Best Black and White Movie Ever Made

                          Yes, I believe you do think that.

                          Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.
                          It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.
                          -- Potter Stewart

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                          • #43
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                            Originally posted by Adam Isaac View Post
                            My full list:

                            Sunset Boulevard
                            Double Indemnity
                            The Big Sleep
                            Casablanca
                            Treasure of the Sierra Madre
                            Night and the City
                            Touch of Evil
                            Kiss Me Deadly
                            T-Men
                            The Lady Eve
                            Seven Samurai
                            Yojimbo
                            Rashoman
                            The 400 Blows
                            The Hustler
                            A Streetcar Named Desire
                            On the Waterfront
                            Notorious
                            In a Lonely Place
                            Little Caesar
                            Angels With Dirty Faces
                            T-Men
                            The Lady In the Lake
                            Murder, My Sweet
                            Out of the Past
                            Some Like It Hot
                            The Apartment
                            This is a great list. I'm with pull back reveal in adding, Philadelphia Story and Roman Holiday, and someone else for adding Dr. Strangelove and Hairy for adding Harry...

                            I'd like to add something completely different, but still B&W: La Jetee. I'd also like to add The Thin Man and The 39 Steps. Okay, this really is impossible. And Rebecca. Jeez. And Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte.
                            "I believe that discrimination exists in Hollywood, but ... its much less of an obstacle then poor writing, poor marketing, poor networking and being a whiny little bitch." -- JKK

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                            • #44
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                              Originally posted by Priya View Post
                              This is a great list. I'm with pull back reveal in adding, Philadelphia Story and Roman Holiday, and someone else for adding Dr. Strangelove
                              Hey! That was me too.

                              Kudos on 39 Steps and Rebecca.

                              Looking through my own movie collection for other B&Ws I couldn't live without (in addition to those on Adam's list), how about Gaslight, Hud and Eraserhead. They're not the best, but boy, can't imagine them in color either. And Last Picture Show (would not have worked at all in color), Wings of Desire and Stranger Than Paradise. And Paper Moon.

                              I'm surprised no one's mentioned Schindler's List. Do the color scenes disqualify it?

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                              • #45
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                                Originally posted by cvolante View Post
                                Schindler's List
                                Oops. Sorry cvolante, missed that. Someone needs to alphabetize what's on here already. Get an RSS feed going.

                                Idea for next "Your Choice for Best" thread: Talkies.

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