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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/17/07 7:19pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Odd Man Out" (1947)
	Next: "The Bicycle Thief" (1947) Italy; 93 min. B & W Languages: Italian Director: Vittorio De Sica Producer: Guiseppi Amato, Vittorio De Sica Screenplay: Cesare Zavattini, Susa D'Amico, Oreste Biancoli, Vittorio De Sica, Adolfo Franci, Geraldo Gueirreri Photography: Carlo Montuori Music: Allessandro Cicogninni Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola The hero gets his bicycle out of hock when his wife pawns the bedsheets. With the bicycle, he gets employment; then the bike is stolen. He and his son traverse Rome, looking for the missing bike, encountering all make and manner of men and women. The book: "[It] contains what is possibly the greatest depiction of a relationship between a father and a son in the history of the cinema...set aside a film like "Life is Beautiful" (1997), provides some notion of how mainstream world cinema and its relation to reality has been infantilized over the past half century." And...yeah. I'm now very eager to see this film.
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Erk Registered: Aug '01	Date Posted: 1/18/07 2:59am Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Bicycle Thief" (1947)
	One of the best films of all time. I'd put it in the top 20. A bit of trivia; in italian the title is plural 'bicycle thieves' which makes sense once you've seen it. -----signature----- "One man can change the world with a bullet in the right place." Mick Travis, If.... Blast. They've removed my icon. U S A ! U S A ! U S A !
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/18/07 8:03pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Bicycle Thief" (1947)
	Next: "Letter From an Unknown Woman" (1948) USA; 86 min. B & W Languages: English Director: Max Ophuls Producer: John Houseman Screenplay: Howard Koch, Stefan Zweig, from the latter's novel Photography: Franz Planer Music: Daniele Amfitheatrof Cast: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians Louis Jourdan, playing a concert pianist and philanderer, arrives home after a bender and is handed a letter, which reads..."By the time you read this, I will be dead." This is one of Ophuls' Hollywood films. It has a very European feel, though, and his direction is extremely assured, and the performances good. Fontaine's character is so caught up in romanticism, she sacrifices her life to it, in a most peculiar way. Jourdan is then faced with a choice...
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/20/07 10:15pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Letter From an Unknown Woman" (1948 )
	Next: "The Secret Beyond the Door" (1948) USA; 99 min. B & W Languages: English Director: Fritz Lang Producer: Fritz Land, Walter Wanger Screenplay: Rufus King, Silvia Richards Photography: Stanley Cortz Music: Miklos Rozsa Cast: Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Ann Revere, Barbara O'Neill The first of Lang's "more cryptic, preverse" movies of the late 40's and 50's (which include "Rancho Notorious" and "Moonfleet"). According to the book, Redgrave "is a tormented-genius architect who has build a house of 'felicitous rooms' each the reconstructed scene of a grisly, psychosexual murder." I begin to see why I've never seen this one on television.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/21/07 10:38am Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Secret Beyond the Door" (1948 )
	Next: "Force of Evil" (1948) USA; 78 min. B & W Languages: English Director: Abraham Polonsky Producer: Bob Roberts Screenplay: Abraham Polonsky, Ira Roberts, from the latter's novel "Tucker's People" Photography: George Barnes Music: David Raskin Cast: John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor A stylized poetic film that prefigures (according to the book) "Badlands." I've seen it, and frankly it didn't seem to be that way to me. A film noir, yes. Polonsky's career was shattered by the blacklist shortly thereafter.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 1/21/07 6:19pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Force of Evil" (1948 )
	Michael Redgrave is a good actor; I bet that movie would be awesome. Never saw Force of Evil; I always get it confused with Touch of Evil. -----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: 1/22/07 6:32pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Force of Evil" (1948 )
	Next: "Xiao Cheng Zhi Chun" (1948) ("Spring in a Small Town") China; 85 min. B & W Languages: Mandarin Director: Fei Mu Producer: None Listed Screenplay: Li Tianji Photography: Li Shengwai Music: Huang Yijin Cast: Cui Chaoming, Li Wei, Shi Wu The book describes this movie as 'a masterpiece of Chinese cinema' that has been recently been rediscovered. Haven't seen it, but it sounds very interesting.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/23/07 7:32pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Xiao Cheng Zhi Chun" (1948 )
	Next: "Red River" (1948) USA; 133 min. B & W Languages: English Director: Howard Hawks Producer: Charles K. Feldman, Howard Hawks Screenplay: Borden Chase, Charles Schnee Photography: Russell Harlan Music: Dmitri Tiomkin Cast: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan, John Ireland The book describes this movie as "Mutiny on the Bounty" in the West, and Hawks' tribute to John Ford. Whatever. It's a damned entertaining movie, and the cast rises to the occasion.
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BAR_BAR_DRINKS Registered: Apr '03	Date Posted: 1/23/07 10:00pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Red River" (1948 )
	i like that film. Wayne is really good as he goes off the deep end. -----signature----- Do I dare disturb the universe? "You can't win. But there alternatives to fighting" Obi-Wan Kenobi "I shall do what I must, Obi-Wan" Qui-Gon Jinn "Life at best is bitter sweet"_Jack "King" Kirby "I KNOW, Dad. Happens to me all the time" Indy
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/23/07 10:05pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Red River" (1948 )
	It's definitely a dry run for "The Searchers"
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/24/07 7:52pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Red River" (1948 )
	Next: "Rope" (1948) USA; 80 min. B & W Languages: English Director: Alfred Hitchcock Producer: Sidney Bernstein Screenplay: Hume Cronym, Arthur Laurents, from the play "Rope's End" by Patrick Hamilton Photography: William A. Skall, Joseph A. Valentine Music: David Buttolph Cast: James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Cedric Hardwicke, Constance Collier The Loeb-Leopold case by Hitchcock; a pair of college students (Dall and Granger) kill a classmate on a whim; they hide his body in their apartment, and entertain their professor (Stewart), the victim's parents and several other people to dinner. Hitchcock experimented with continuous takes, in order to get a stage-like performance. They don't intrude on the action. Dall and Stewart rise to the occasion.
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TheBoogieMan Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Nov '01	Date Posted: 1/24/07 9:10pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Rope" (1948 )
	A great film. Not quite on par with, say, Rear Window, but definitely a great selection of Hitchcock genius. Stewart is excellent.
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StarDude Registered: Nov '01	Date Posted: 1/24/07 11:55pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Rope" (1948 )
	To me, this movie displays Hitchcock's technical skills. The movie is comprised of, like, 7 shots all seamly transitioned into one another. -----signature----- It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 1/25/07 1:48pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Rope" (1948 )
	His idea was a film in one continuous shot. Cameras at his disposal would only allow for something like ten to twelve minutes though, so he generally zooms in on someone's back and then transitions to the next shot. Most directors doing a movie like this would get so lost in the experiment that they would forget to actually have a good movie. Not Hitchcock; not only does the gimmick work, the film works too. -----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: 1/25/07 9:34pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Rope" (1948 )
	Next: "The Snake Pit" (1948) USA; 108 min. B & W Languages: English Director: Anatole Litvak Producer: Robert Brassler, Anatole Litvak, Darryl Zanuck Screenplay: Millen Brand, Frank Partos, from the novel by Mary Jane Ward Photography: Leo Tover Music: Alfred Newman Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Leo Genn, Marks Stevens, Celeste Holme Olivia de Havilland stars as a psychotic woman who is incarcerated in a mental hospital. She fights her way back after facing her past. Haven't seen this one, but the book says that it's very good, and compares well to other movies on the same subject.
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