Old movies you've only seen recently...

[Electrode]

I saw this for the first time, on a big screen, Friday night. The Revelations inspired first trip scene was insane. Where are my floaters at?

I just read the book. The entire film being shot in first person POV, with mirror shots to change it up once in a while, was interesting. Montgomery, also the director, doing Marlowe's voice over was funny without intent at moments, but I could see how this would be "revolutionary" by '40s standards.

 

[batmon]

 

[dukeofdelridge]

I watched Barton Fink last night and my mind is still blowed. LOVED IT!

 

[rootlesscosmo]

Finally peeped Rosemary's Baby last night. Not scary, but entertaining.

 

[batmon]

rootlesscosmo said:Finally peeped Rosemary's Baby last night. Not scary, but entertaining.




Yeah, its more creepy than scary.

 

[ppadilha]

rootlesscosmo said:Finally peeped Rosemary's Baby last night. Not scary, but entertaining.




The Tenant is good too. Same vibe, but creepier and more disturbing IMO.

 

[FSNS]

Been awhile since I've seen it back in the 90s, but I wanted to show my girlfriend a film that's shot entirely in one room. Extremely hard to make.

 

[spc]

"To Catch A Thief"





"Serpico"





"Vertigo"





so dope !

 

[magnetic]

 

[Electrode]

I realized that I haven't seen many movies from the 80s (compared to, say, the 40s and 70s), so I have been on a John Carpenter kick recently. I've already seen "Assault On Precinct 13" and "Escape From New York" years back, but never "The Thing", "Big Trouble In Little China" (guilty confession: the trailer to this scared me as a little kid), "They Live" or "Prince Of Darkness". I'm just finishing up the latter. This shit is great.

 

[white_tea]

rootlesscosmo said:Finally peeped Rosemary's Baby last night. Not scary, but entertaining.




^^^ Obvs doesn't have kids





Seriously though, the ending of that film is truly the most frightening of all - the motherly instinct to want to nurture the spawn of the devil? I picked up the Criterion Collection on Blu-ray of the movie last year, upgrading my VHS.








I finally saw Badlands last weekend, after previously seeing all of Malick's other films (aside from his latest). It really helped inform his later films and interesting to see how much of Badlands you see in films by other people - the part in Wes Anderson's Moonlight Kingdom with the two kids dancing seems like homage in retrospect, to name one example.

 

[ppadilha]

Electrode said:"The Thing", "Big Trouble In Little China", "They Live".




dude.





duuuuuuuuuuuuude.





:necessary:





was just talking about John Carpenter at lunch today. His movies rule. Once you've seen them, watch the Kurt Russell movies with the commentary, he's hilarious.

 

[Hollafame]

Don't know if it qualifies as "old", but just recently watched Gangs of New York....DDL absolutely kills it!





:killin_it:

 

[HarveyCanal]

HOLLAFAME saidon't know if it qualifies as "old", but just recently watched Gangs of New York....DDL absolutely kills it!





:killin_it:




"I'll festoon my bedchamber with his guts."

 

[bassie]

white_tea said:rootlesscosmo said:Finally peeped Rosemary's Baby last night. Not scary, but entertaining.




^^^ Obvs doesn't have kids





Seriously though, the ending of that film is truly the most frightening of all - the motherly instinct to want to nurture the spawn of the devil?




It was so well done. Not too heavy-handed or cartoony.


I think her growing isolation and panic/fear about not being able to get any help was what has always struck me. The doctor's office and then her very pregnant self in the phone booth...oh gosh.





I recently saw Killer Joe. It was what it was. Where did Gina Gershon go in her mind for that scene I wonder.

 

[ketan]

bassie said:I recently saw Killer Joe. It was what it was. Where did Gina Gershon go in her mind for that scene I wonder.




Sensational but interesting (and unique). I saw that at TIFF... Gina and others were at the screening but I can't remember much of anything that was said. See 1:55 here - she goes into what it was like filming that scene:





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I've probably plugged this here before, but Bug is the other Friedkin/Letts collabo and it totally rocks my world.

 

[DB_Cooper]

Just saw the original Thomas Crowne Affair, and it was quite good. Excellent 1968 vibes. Sexiest chess evar committed to film.

 

[HarveyCanal]

DB_Cooper said:Just saw the original Thomas Crowne Affair, and it was quite good. Excellent 1968 vibes. Sexiest chess evar committed to film.







Great movie right there. I've only seen it once, so thanks for reminding me that it's time for a re-watch.

 

[vintageinfants]

i'm certain i didn't give it the watch it deserved however many years ago i saw it for the first time, but rewatching all of the hitchcocks' over the last month has vaulted this little number into the top 3:

 

[ketan]

^ i love Rope.





so spill the beans on your ranking. this is very important.