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DAR Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 7/19 8:26pm Subject: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) 12. City Lights (1931)
	I suppose if I want to end my aversion to silent films Keaton and Chaplin would be a good place to start. Star Wars really what more need to be said. The Searchers and Chinatown I have to see. Hate 2001. Find terribly boring. Loved On the Waterfront one of my favorites. And I just saw Sunset Boulevard a few months back and it's quickly becoming an all time favorite. -----signature----- Packers prediction 12-4 Actual 5-4
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The_Face Title: Ex-Manager Registered: Feb '03	Date Posted: 7/29 9:27am Subject: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) 12. City Lights (1931)
	10. The Wizard of Oz (1939) Principal Cast: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Frank Morgan Director: Victor Fleming Position 10 Years Ago: 6 (-4) Previous 10: Singin' in the Rain Plot Synopsis: In this charming film based on the popular L.Frank Baum stories, Dorothy and her dog Toto are caught in a tornado's path and somehow end up in the land of Oz. Here she meets some memorable friends and foes in her journey to meet the Wizard of Oz who everyone says can help her return home and possibly grant her new friends their goals of a brain, heart and courage. (imdb) My Take: I think it's a good movie, certainly, but I'm not as in love with it as many. It may have to do with the fact that I didn't grow up with it. -----signature----- "Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." - E.L. Doctorow
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 7/29 4:44pm Subject: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) 10. "The Wizard of Oz"
	insert pretentious rant here Well, I just saved us all a lot of time, I think. -----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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JohnWesleyDowney Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 7/29 5:24pm Subject: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) 10. "The Wizard of Oz" - Date Edited: 7/29 5:30pm (2 edits total) Edited By: JohnWesleyDowney
	Thank you. A side note about this amazing film. I own the super duper deluxe special edition "last one they're ever gonna make" definitive DVD. It's got some amazing documentary material on there, and a lot of it. But none more amazing than a documentary on the technical effort to restore the film to it's original condition for this DVD. The technicians who worked on the digital restoration of the Wizard of Oz were all keenly aware of the film's iconic status and the skills and technology they brought to the process were just staggering. I was, as the British say, gobsmacked by the effort they put into it. The original film negative that rolled through the camera on the set and the original print are the most protected film archive material in history. Tremendous effort has gone into preserving it. It is very rarely taken from it's vault. The restoration used the original Technicolor three strip process as it's source, and was able to repair the damage over the decades in such a way that the dirt, scratches and inevitable deterioration damage were fixed but those repairs did not change the original intent of the lighting and color choices of 1938. In fact, it restored the visual information that was scanned to optimum, pristine condition. They also did a lot of work on the sound, which was pretty primitive back in those days. The film probably looks and sounds better today than it did in theatres in 1939. It was pretty breathtaking to watch. Some of the detail of the actor's makeup is now clearly visible and that's really remarkable. -----signature----- Namaste.
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The_Face Title: Ex-Manager Registered: Feb '03	Date Posted: 8/10 9:27am Subject: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) 10. "The Wizard of Oz"
	Rogue 9. Vertigo (1958) Principal Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes Director: Alfred Hitchcock Position 10 Years Ago: 61 (+52) Previous 9: On the Waterfront Plot Synopsis: John "Scottie" Ferguson is a retired San Francisco police detective who suffers from acrophobia and Madeleine is the lady who leads him to high places. A wealthy shipbuilder who is an acquaintance from college days approaches Scottie and asks him to follow his beautiful wife, Madeleine. He fears she is going insane, maybe even contemplating suicide, because she believes she is possessed by a dead ancestor. Scottie is skeptical, but agrees after he sees the beautiful Madeleine. (imdb) -----signature----- "Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." - E.L. Doctorow
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 8/10 12:02pm Subject: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) 9. "Vertigo" (1958)
	A huge flop upon release, now held to be Hitchcock's best movie by many. Dreamscape with figures. Stewart gives a quite extraordinary performance as a raging fantasist--he wasn't even nominated for an Oscar (!!!!) Novak also delivers her best performance as a woman who is made over--twice. She knew how that felt, Hollywood, you know. Wonderful score & photography. Leave your logic at home.
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corran2 Registered: May '06	Date Posted: 8/10 2:27pm Subject: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) 9. "Vertigo" (1958)
	James Stewart's best performance, probably. I didn't like this one the first time I watched, but now I realize why. Hitchcock painted such a brillant picture of Stewert's obsesion, and it hits close to my emotions that I couldn't feel good watching this. Bernard Hermann's second best score(after Psycho), and brillant performances from both Barbara Bel Geddes and Kim Novak. I think it is flawed, but still a masterpiece. -----signature----- Then my life felt as if it had been the length of one breath, one heartbeat.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 8/10 2:38pm Subject: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) 9. "Vertigo" (1958)
	I think Hitch's best movie, Stewart's best performance and Hermann's best score. It is, obviously, one of my very favorite movies. It's one of several in serious competition for best of all time, in my mind; it has, since I first saw it, years and years ago, never once slipped out of my personal top five. That long walk up the stairs at the end is like a marathon. Killer, mean, surreal; this is what movies could be, if everyone was a genius. -----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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Ambassador Cara Jade Registered: Oct '99	Date Posted: 8/10 11:41pm Subject: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) 9. "Vertigo" (1958)
	Easily one of Hitchcock's more "psychedelic" efforts, but I think it really adds to the tone. Vertigo is one of my favorite Hitchcock films, although Rear Window takes the top spot for me. But Vertigo has such a dark feel to it that you just have to appreciate. It's just so bizarre to see James "Everyman" Stewart go to such an insane place. You never expect it. Definitely one of his finest performances. -----signature----- Yeah, I have my own icon. Visit the Callista Fans Thread http://boards.theforce.net/eu_community/b10194/23653771/p1
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 8/11 7:10am Subject: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) 9. "Vertigo" (1958)
	It was one of five films that Hitchcock actually owned, and it was withdrawn from circulation a long time, until his daughter arranged for a re-release.
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The_Face Title: Ex-Manager Registered: Feb '03	Date Posted: 8/20 8:27am Subject: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) 9. "Vertigo" (1958)
	8. Schindler's List (1993) Principal Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Embeth Davidtz Director: Steven Spielberg Position 10 Years Ago: 9 (+1) Previous 8: On the Waterfront Plot Synopsis: Oskar Schindler is a vain, glorious and greedy German businessman who becomes unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp. (imdb) -----signature----- "Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." - E.L. Doctorow
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 8/20 12:33pm Subject: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) 8. Schindler's List (1993)
	Oh, here we go again. Based on an excellent book, and very well cast and directed, this movie, IMO, was a misfire.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 8/20 2:17pm Subject: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) 8. Schindler's List (1993)
	And in my opinion, not a misfire. And I absolutely guarantee that if some of those folks from the other threads start showing up in here and trying to make a big debate out of this . . . I will not participate. -----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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DarthBoba Registered: Jun '00	Date Posted: 8/21 7:31am Subject: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) 8. Schindler's List (1993) - Date Edited: 8/21 7:32am (1 edits total) Edited By: DarthBoba
	Excellent, excellent film, especially with Fiennes as the villain. His scene where he attempts to justify raping Helen on the grounds that she's not human to her is one of the most terrifying things I've ever seen. His scene where he wants to keep her "and grow old together" is incredibly creepy as well. Liam is pretty good in this, too, as a hero who initially doesn't want to be a hero and actually starts off the movie as a very unlikeable person. To convincingly change that much in the space of what, three or so hours is truly impressive. -----signature----- Only a Prime can defeat Vader and his Emperor.
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Jabbadabbado Title: Senate Floor Manager Registered: Mar '99	Date Posted: 8/21 8:41am Subject: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) 8. Schindler's List (1993)
	Fiennes at any rate does his best to rescue the movie from its Spielbergian sentimentality. Today the NYT compared Christopher Walz's Jew hunting Nazi in Inglourious Basterds favorably to Fiennes' Goeth in Schindler's List, which I consider to be very high praise. -----signature----- "As a Chicago sports fan you get used to disappointment."
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