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Allhallowsday
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« on: March 20, 2018, 02:58:31 PM »
Sometimes, against advice, filmmakers in Hollywood might get serious and it DOES work.  Case in point:

BONNIE & CLYDE (1967) Still holds up great, still revoltingly violent, depressingly fatalistic, great performances and a completely functioning, pointed screenplay.  Lots of smart decisions that un-date the movie... 

... like... film it in black and white!  It'll be novel (like a few memorable pix of that era).  Of course, that would have sunk this movie, which was supposed to be contemporaneous.  Also, the explosive noise of the gunfire - it's too loud!  Badly mixed!  Wuh-RONG!  The sound is one of the highlights of this great film. 

When did HOLLYWOOD get SERIOUS and RIGHT? 
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« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2018, 08:29:39 PM »
It's a Wonderful Life - This movie could've come off as overdone very easily, but Fank Capra was used to this sort of sentimental story, so he gave it just the right touch. Aside from that, it's just a well crafted film, with good cinematography & realistic sets.
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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2018, 10:33:46 PM »
12 Angery Men - Well acted character study about men in a jury, and the importance of getting it right. Good cinematography, intensity from story, not action or suspense. They had an advantage; it's a remake of a high-quality teleplay.
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« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2018, 05:49:24 AM »
The stranger.  Maybe the first. Movie to tackle the hunt for fugitive Nazis it was pretty damn serious abd good.
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« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2018, 04:00:26 PM »
night of the hunter.
  this movie STILL can give me nightmares, and that is NOT an easy thing to do.
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« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2018, 05:21:24 PM »
Quote from: 316zombie on March 21, 2018, 04:00:26 PM
night of the hunter.
  this movie STILL can give me nightmares, and that is NOT an easy thing to do.


Well if ou do come from. Neptune I imagine it would be hard to chill you...
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« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2018, 06:49:40 PM »
excuse me? wanna try that in american english?
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« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2018, 10:47:34 PM »
NONE of these are realistic-HALLOWS- BONNIE and CLYDE was VERY  made up.


This movie-and I have never really said it before-has had more impact on my life than any. Beacue more than any film it captures the felling I felt as a child-watching the Manson trail on TV didn't scare me- I identifyied with the girls who were lost in the trail.

Yeah-I'm crazy.

I own this movie. I've always owned this movie.

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"Yeah Aint it groovy?"

If you want to about of my morbid fasination- see the film that I think is almost a bible to me-here it is-

Small | Large


I USED to think Manson was the man. Because I was so anti every f**king thing.

I don't believe in Manson any more. I don't believe in anything.
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« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2018, 11:15:38 PM »
Quote from: RCMerchant on March 22, 2018, 10:47:34 PM
NONE of these are realistic-HALLOWS- BONNIE and CLYDE was VERY  made up...
And your point, Einstein?  Fictionalized no doubt, it is a MOVIE, hell.  And, a very good one.  It takes itself seriously and it works. 
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