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CALLING ALL SPILL MEMBERS! Need input for new column: 365 CLASSIC FILMS 365 DAYS!!!!
Hey Spill Members,
After a bit of time away from the Spill network, in order to complete college and summer work, a little itch in the back of my mind has continued to push me to return to movie reviewing. But after taking a step back, I have realized something about my understanding of cinema.
In terms of awareness of classic films, it sucks.
Maybe it was being mired between everything from Twilight:New Moon and The Dark Knight, but it has been very difficult for me to get an idea of what it really means to be a timeless (or at the very least, continuously entertaining) film. In retrospect, I have not paid enough attention to films from before my time of reviewing film (specifically, 2005-2010). And maybe that fixation on the present is an issue for some reviewers here too.
So starting on New Year's Day, I am beginning a column called "365 CLASSIC FILMS, 365 DAYS!" It will involve a review of one classic (due to iconic content, great performances, or maybe just being fun to watch after many decades) film each day, every day. It would hopefully give new exposure to old films that maybe some members have forgotten about over the years. And it could be a cool way to start a new type of examination of films we simply think of as "classic" but never really looked at closely before.
And admittedly, I have not seen more classic films than I would like to admit. Among the first few films on the list for 2011 already:
Ghostbusters
Casablanca
12 Angry Men
Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part 1
Night of the Living Dead
Jaws
Almost Famous
Mr. Deeds Goes to Washington
Dracula (the original)
Nosferatu
Love Actually
E.T.
Neverending Story
Back to the Future (Thanks, Rick G!)
You get the idea, I have missed a lot. But hopefully, this will set things right. So that is why I am turning to YOU, Spill members. If you have any films that you think should be part of this column, let me know through comments below or on my profile page. And if some of your friends on Spill or elsewhere have any ideas, have them leave a message too.
By the end of November, I hope to have a preliminary list created for the Spill community to see. Until then, hope to hear your ideas soon. Let the heckling for never seeing the beams cross begin, LOL...
Peace, Ian Clemente
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Comment by Catalina on October 21, 2010 at 4:22pm -
I may get a lot of hell for this, but Gone With The Wind (please don't throw things at me everyone, I love the movie), Becket (Richard Burton, Peter O'toole), Zulu (Richard Burton), Hawaii (1966 movie), Misfits (1961 movie), Escape from Alcatraz (1979 movie), Dirty Harry (of course). Thats it from me :-)
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Comment by Liquid on October 21, 2010 at 12:49pm -
A good place to start is Best Picture winners and nominees over the last 20 years. Throw in a few best actor and actress perfomances here and there and that'll get you about a third of the way there. Then look to classics that are typically snubbed at the oscars but nonetheless fan favorites. Here's a few of my all time favs.
Shawshank Redemption
Braveheart
Unforgiven
American History X
The Lion King
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Ninja Scroll
Vampire Hunter D
Aliens
Terminator
Rocky
Rambo
Kick Ass
Full Metal Jacket
The Abyss
The Mask of Zorro
I Am Sam
And finally, it might sound a little weird but look for movies with 3 or more sequels and watch the first one. As bad as the sequels might be, sometimes (and I really mean sometimes) the sequels were made mostly because the first in the series had at least something to work with. (i.e. Saw, Scream, Matrix)
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Comment by Waggleton P. Tallylicker on October 21, 2010 at 10:20am -
Dog Soldiers
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Comment by BadAss Knives on October 19, 2010 at 9:28pm -
The Vikings with Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis, a classic. How about Stand by me, no not Lean on me with Morgan Freeman, speaking of - Shawshank Redemption.
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Comment by PrinceCharming on October 19, 2010 at 8:28pm -
I strongly recommend these, in no particular order
The seven samurai
Alien
Schindler's list
Pulp Fiction
The seventh seal
Dances with wolves
Apocalypse now
Blade Runner
The Truman show
The Maltese Falcon
Full metal jacket
Raiders of the lost ark
The Terminator
Mulholland drive
A night at the opera
A clockwork orange
Dirty Harry
Heat
The usual suspects
Dark City
Fight club
Ghost dog
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Comment by Nolan Vanoy on October 19, 2010 at 7:37pm -
Psycho, the birds, vertigo
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Comment by Jordan on October 19, 2010 at 5:56pm -
The Third Man
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Comment by hoosierartist on October 19, 2010 at 4:53pm -
try the seven faces of dr lao... its has tony randall in 7 different roles and is an often underseen and unknown gem !!!
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Comment by My Name on October 19, 2010 at 4:39pm -
Oh! And It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
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Comment by Denis McElwaine on October 19, 2010 at 11:51am -
Roxie Hart
His Girl Friday
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