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| billyweeds |
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| Not having been a fan of A Single Man or Firth therein (I preferred him in Bridget Jones's Diary), I was blown away by his King George. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:44 pm |
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Befade wrote: Probably the 2 different brothers is ordinary (I guess I'd better remember to see the Toby McGuire/Jake Gyllanhal film) But Amy Adams up against ......did you say 7 sisters and a mother......crushing!
A lesser man would have been Adam Sandler's character in Punch-Drunk Love. If only he'd had a brother... |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:33 am |
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Quote: In any case, I found it lovely, an old-school confection with unexpected heft, quite up to the hype and not just because Colin Firth effortlessly sustains a titanic, Olivier-level technical virtuosity that neatly bookends with his preternatural, Redgrave-tinged total inhabiting of Mr. Ford's 2009 Isherwood adaptation
I love the way Inla packs half an article into a single sentence. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:22 am |
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A Single Man didn't do anything for me, but I recently saw I Am A Camera which is a pretty terrific film about the young Isherwood.
Just loved the bit with the shoe thrown out the window. I replayed that scene a few, laughing each time.
I would be interested if we had a British specialty forum. I feel like my knowledge of Brit filmage is somewhat limited and haphazard. Over the last year or so, I've seen 3 British films which are probably easily on my Top Ten British film list, if I were capable of making such a thing.
Seance on a Wet Morning, which I've raved about.
I Am A Camera
All Night Long, an ambitious jazz retelling of Othello, with real jazz musicians such as Charles Mingus and Dave Brubeck as part of the filmament.
I guess the rest of the list would include:
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Third Man
Odd Man Out
and maybe another Carol Reed (The Fallen Idol?)
Edit: Also, probably some early Hitchcock, such as The Lodger. Maybe Blackmail and The Lady Vanishes too. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:52 am |
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Kind Hearts and Coronets is one of the few movies with a racist element that genuinely shocks me. I guess because no one prepared me for it. But when he's in jail at the end, and he and his girlfriend talk calmly about the "10 Little Niggers," it just repulses me. And by a reverberating effect, makes me hate the whole movie.
I Am a Camera is, to my mind, a pretty terrible movie. But I have to watch it occasionally just because Julie Harris is the best Sally Bowles ever. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:59 am |
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Joe Vitus wrote: Kind Hearts and Coronets is one of the few movies with a racist element that genuinely shocks me. I guess because no one prepared me for it. But when he's in jail at the end, and he and his girlfriend talk calmly about the "10 Little Niggers," it just repulses me. And by a reverberating effect, makes me hate the whole movie.
I Am a Camera is, to my mind, a pretty terrible movie. But I have to watch it occasionally just because Julie Harris is the best Sally Bowles ever. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:16 am |
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I have completely blanked on the racist element in Kind Hearts and Coronets, probably because the movie is so damned great that it seems irrelevant. And Joan Greenwood's Sabina gets my vote as one of the sexiest characters ever to grace a film.
As for "Ten Little Niggers," that was the original title of "Ten Little Indians," so blame Britain, or Agatha Christie, or someone, but not the makers of KHAC.
gromit--You must add Room at the Top to your Brit list if you haven't done so already, and the Alastair Sim A Christmas Carol, and several of the early Alec Guinness comedies, and...oh, don't get me started. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:43 am |
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| I don't know when they changed the name but we had Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians in our house when I was just a kid. Probably even before KHaC. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:00 am |
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marantzo wrote: I don't know when they changed the name but we had Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians in our house when I was just a kid. Probably even before KHaC.
It was changed when it crossed the Atlantic.I don't know when the alternate title And Then There Were None was adopted. Maybe when the movie came out. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:03 am |
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Syd wrote: marantzo wrote: I don't know when they changed the name but we had Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians in our house when I was just a kid. Probably even before KHaC.
It was changed when it crossed the Atlantic.I don't know when the alternate title And Then There Were None was adopted. Maybe when the movie came out.
I'm pretty sure that's it. The novel and play are still called Ten Little Indians, though. You can still find the novel under the title Ten Little Niggers on ebay, probably. Certainly it exists. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:18 am |
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| Yeah, after I wrote that post it occurred to me that it probably had the name change when it came to North America. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:27 am |
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jeremy wrote: Quote: In any case, I found it lovely, an old-school confection with unexpected heft, quite up to the hype and not just because Colin Firth effortlessly sustains a titanic, Olivier-level technical virtuosity that neatly bookends with his preternatural, Redgrave-tinged total inhabiting of Mr. Ford's 2009 Isherwood adaptation
I love the way Inla packs half an article into a single sentence.
Had the same thought -- and I heartily agree with Inla's appraisal...just saw TKS last night. A film with real heart, and a strong ring of truth often missing from historical drama. Glad I saw this in theater, as I was pleasantly stunned by the interiors -- I don't always pay enough attention to sets, but this film pulled me into them and made me want to linger. When wallpaper is made interesting, you know the DP and set designers are doing good work. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:27 pm |
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Quote: I would be interested if we had a British specialty forum
Okey, dokey: I've just jumped on the Mike Leigh bandwagon. I liked All or Nothing more than Another Year and am setting out to see all his films. (I have seen Naked, Secrets and Lies, Happy-Go-Lucky.)
And the PBS shows and actors: Doc Martin, and.........
All the Harry Potters.
Just no British comedy please.......and don't sneak in anything Irish... |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:31 pm |
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Quote: When wallpaper is made interesting,
Ah, Yes, Bart.........that is my main qualifier for a great film.
Anyone see Madamoiselle Chambon? There was some wallpaper scraping in that film. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:56 pm |
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Befade wrote: I've just jumped on the Mike Leigh bandwagon. I liked All or Nothing more than Another Year....
Did you review Another Year? I missed it if so. Please link. |
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