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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 12/31/06 9:46am Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "My Darling Clementine" 1946
	Next: "The Stranger" (1946) USA; 95 min. B & W Languages: English Director: Orson Welles Producer: Sam Spiegel Screenplay: Anthony Veiller, Victor Trivas, Decia Dunning Photography: Russell Metty Music: Bronislau Kaper Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, Loretta Young, Philip Merivale, Richard Long, Kostantian Shayne Welles directed this movie to prove he could do a straight commercial picture. He only directed and starred; he didn't write it, perhaps fortunately. In Callow's biography, they note that portions of this film were cut, and they may have made it more explicible.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/1/07 11:36am Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Stranger" 1946
	Next: "La Belle et la Bete" (1946) France; 96 min. B & W Languages: French Director: Jean Cocteau Producer: Andre Paulve Screenplay: Jean Cocteau, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont Photography: Henri Alekan Music: Georges Auric Cast: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parely, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair At the end of this film, Greta Garbo is famously said to have exclaimed "Give me back my Beast!" A famous non-Disney version, which I haven't seen.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 1/1/07 8:07pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "La Belle et la Bete" (1946)
	The Stranger is a heck of a movie to look at. It's not perfect, but it's pretty entertaining. I once read a story (perhaps apocryphal) that Agnes Moorhead was originally slated to play the Robinson part, the dogged government agent tracking Welles. Now that would have been incredible to see. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/2/07 7:13pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "La Belle et la Bete" (1946)
	Next: "The Big Sleep" (1946) USA; 114 min. B & W Languages: English Director: Howard Hawks Producer: Howard Hawks, Jack L. Warner Screenplay: William Faulkner, from the novel by Raymond Chandler Photography: Sidney Hickox Music: Max Steiner Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone, John Ridgely Famous film noir. In the original version, the plot made not the slightest bit of sense. Nobody cared, while Bogart and Bacall were on the screen, exchanging quips. Martha Vickers, playing Bacall's amoral younger sister, is the recipient of one of the great lines in movies: "She tried to sit on my lap while I was standing up." Fantastic.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 1/2/07 8:22pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Big Sleep" (1946)
	At one point, Bacall snipes at Bogart for his manners. He responds with, "I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them long winter evenings." If that doesn't make you want to watch this movie, nothing will. The plot makes sense; I know . . .I took ten minutes after the fade to black and figured out a workable chronology. It omits the 'detective explains things' scene, which is the reason everyone believes it makes no sense. Regardless, it's entertaining and brilliant. A great cast. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/4/07 8:21pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Big Sleep" (1946)
	Next: "The Killers" (1946) USA; 105 min. B & W Languages: English Director: Robert Siodmak Producer: Mark Hellinger Screenplay: Anthony Veiller, from a story by Ernest Hemingway Photography: Elwood Bredell Music: Miklos Rozsa Cast: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker The story of a man who waits passively for his executioners is told in flashback, and Edmond O'Brien becomes (with the audience) a spectator.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/5/07 7:47pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Killers" (1946)
	Next: "A Matter of Life and Death" (1946) UK; 104 min. B & W Languages: English Director: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressberger Producer: George R. Busby, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressberger Screenplay: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressberger Photography: Jack Cardiff Music: Alan Gray Cast: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron, Richard Attenborough, Marius Goring, Roger Livesey The Archers again. Haven't seen this one, but it sounds a bit like "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" but hopefully, better.
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soitscometothis Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 1/6/07 4:38am Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "A Matter of Life & Death" (1946)
	A Matter of Life and Death is a favourite movie of mine. There are some very good visuals throughout the movie, the acting is good (I don't think Niven was ever bad in any role he took), and the story interesting. One of The Archers' best films. It's also known as Stairway to Heaven in the U.S. -----signature----- I am not an eel popsicle. Art: http://boards.theforce.net/Fan_Art/b10020/17816752/?21 Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/6/07 6:23pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "A Matter of Life & Death" (1946)
	Next: "Great Expectations" (1946) UK; 118 min. B & W Languages: English Director: David Lean Producer: Anthony Havelock-Allen, Ronald Neame Screenplay: Anthony Havelock-Allen, Ronald Neame, David Lean Photography: Guy Green Music: Walter Goehr, Kenneth Pakeman Cast: John Mills, Anthony Wager, Jean Simmons, Valerie Hobson, Alec Guinness, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie The best part is the first section, when the film seems like Dickens' novel miraculously come to life; it can't quite sustain this, nor is Mills well cast (he's too old, for old thing).
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/7/07 1:22pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Great Expectations" (1946) - Date Edited: 1/7/07 8:35pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Next: "Notorious" (1946) USA; 101 min. B & W Languages: English/French Director: Alfred Hitchcock Producer: Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay: Ben Hecht Photography: Ted Tetzlaff Music: Roy Webb Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Raines, Leopoldine Kostantin David O. Selznick oversaw the package--the same as "Spellbound"--of Bergman, Hecht and Hitchcock, and developed the story, but then, needing money, sold the package to RKO and let Hitchcock produce it himself. The book notes that "even David Thomson, Selznick's biographer, says that the film is as good as it is because Selznick wasn't there to ruin it." And you can say that again. And again. Grant is a spymaster who controls Bergman, the daughter of an unrepentant Nazi, who wants atone for her father's actions. Under Grant's direction she marries Claude Raines, who is in a group of Nazis in South America. Raines has one of his finest roles, as the shorter, older man who loves the radiant Bergman but can't compete with cold-blooded Cary Grant. (Some real-life echoes here, perhaps, as Hitchcock had a mad crush on his leading lady.) Suffice to say, you will see why. Grant's good, too, as he always is for Hitchcock. Fantastic.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 1/7/07 8:29pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Notorious" (1946)
	Bergman is beyond brilliant in this film and the always excellent Claude Rain is stellar, sympathetic in a strange way. Grant is all simmering darkness, one of his best performances, perhaps as close as he ever came to a real heavy. This is one of Hitch's best and most twisted films; it's dark, grim, sick in a lot of ways. And, yes, as always, I must mention that 'fried chicken' scene; sexiest makeout scene to date, I think, and it was 1946. Hitch was a genius; and Bergman doesn't hurt either. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/8/07 9:11pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Notorious" (1946) - Date Edited: 1/8/07 9:14pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Next: "Black Narcissus" (1946) UK; 100 min. B & W Languages: English Director: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger Producer: George R. Busby, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger Screenplay: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, from the novel by Rumer Godden Photography: Jack Cardiff Music: Brian Easdale Cast: Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jean Simmons, Flora Robson I resisted seeing this movie for a long time; I'm not that interested in nun movies. Mistake. Along with sumptuous colour photography and astonishing art direction--it's set in northern India, and looks it. But it was shot in London. You'd never know it. The story is about a group of nuns invited by a local maharajah to open a school and clinic in a deserted building that once housed a harem (complete with explicit murals). The film details the culture clash without taking sides, but then the nuns, one by one, start to unravel, each reduced to their innermost desires. Kathleen Byron gives a terrific performance as the mad Sister Ruth, and Deborah Kerr is a gorgeous camera subject, as redheads always are in the Archer films. There is more sex in this film than many a porn film, though there isn't a graphic scene in the movie. The film is extremely weird, but fascinating.
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JohnWesleyDowney Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 1/8/07 9:16pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Black Narcissus" (1946) - Date Edited: 1/8/07 9:21pm (3 edits total) Edited By: JohnWesleyDowney
	I resisted seeing this movie for a long time; I'm not that interested in nun movies. Mistake. Along with sumptuous colour photography and astonishing art direction--it's set in northern India, and looks it. But it was shot in London. You'd never know it. I stumbled into this awhile back on cable. Very glad I did. Boy, I could have written this EXACT same paragraph. This is an incredible movie. Awesome photography and an absolutely amazing job of illusion/art direction...I would have NEVER guessed in a million years it wasn't shot on location. Deborah Kerr did her job well. Michael Powell was a tremendously talented filmmaker.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/9/07 10:10pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Black Narcissus" (1946)
	Next: "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) USA; 130 min. B & W Languages: English Director: Frank Capra Producer: Frank Capra Screenplay: Philip Van Doren Stern; Frances Goodrich Photography: Joseph Biroc and Joseph Walker Music: Dmitri Tiomkin Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Gloria Grahame, Thomas Mitchell Over-exposure to this film has caused me to loathe it. That may be unfair, so I will say no more.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 1/10/07 3:53pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946)
	I've only seen it twice; I steer clear of annual viewings. Maybe that's why I still like it. Regardless, I do like it. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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