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The 20 Greatest Black-and-White Films Ever Made
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| Chris Kent
Posted on 02/12/2011 9:19:45 AM PST by JoeProBono
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To: Migraine
"The Bedford Incident" American actors Sidney Poitier (2nd from L) and Richard Widmark (3rd from L) on the set of the 1965 film "The Bedford Incident," directed by American director James B. Harris.
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02/12/2011 9:48:43 AM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: gorush
No casablanca? I remember watching it and counting the times they used shadows to depict action (for instance, when Bogart goes to the safe. And all the palm plants shadowed against the walls. Not the same in color.
By the way, I saw the original “feather” Top Hat dress that Ginger Rogers wore. Fred Astaire hated it - you can see the feathers flying around while they dance, but it really doesn’t show up in the black and white. It is really sky blue, not white.
I always wonder what color so many of the original dresses are. I remember reading an article by Edith Head, that so many of the dresses were not the same color you think - they would test them in black and white, to see how the color “read” on the screen.
For instance, the “Jezebel” dress where Betty Davis was supposed to wear a red dress to the ball - they found the color that “screamed” red was really a brown.
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02/12/2011 9:50:31 AM PST
by
I still care
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To: ixtl
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02/12/2011 9:50:59 AM PST
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sjmjax
(Politicans are like bananas - they start out green, turn yellow, then rot.)
To: JoeProBono
Speaking of Poitier - Lilies of the Fields.
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02/12/2011 9:52:08 AM PST
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BufordP
("Drink me if you can't take a joke." -- Kool-aid)
To: I still care
Very interesting. Thank you.
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02/12/2011 9:52:18 AM PST
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: popdonnelly
I was thinking of that one myself. I just saw it over Christmas while deployed at a navy base overseas. I was stunned by the artwork of the sewer chase.
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02/12/2011 9:53:57 AM PST
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wbarmy
(I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
To: popdonnelly
Hi, popdonnelly:
Orson Welles loved his entrances into a film. The Third Man has possibly the best as a smiling Harry Lime is revealed from the shadows.
Great writing as well when Harry leaves Holly at the base of the Ferris Wheel after his famous off hand 'Cookoo Clock' comment. Which Welles ad libbed off the cuff.
Jack.
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02/12/2011 9:54:40 AM PST
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Jack Deth
(Knight Errant and Resident FReeper Kitty Poem /Haiku Guy)
To: BufordP
To Kill a Mockingbird
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02/12/2011 9:55:17 AM PST
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JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
The 20 Greatest Black-and-White Films Ever Made
Young Frankenstein
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02/12/2011 9:57:08 AM PST
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aruanan
To: Third Person
To: popdonnelly
The Third Man
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02/12/2011 9:58:32 AM PST
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JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
How could “The Longest Day” be left off?
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02/12/2011 9:58:39 AM PST
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Past Your Eyes
(I'd get it myself but I don't have any thumbs.)
To: JoeProBono
Ha ha. I didn’t see YF at 23! How about Shoeshine?
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02/12/2011 9:59:17 AM PST
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aruanan
To: Jonah Johansen
La Strada as well as Fellini’s 8 1/2, which is surely the most thematically complex and photographically masterful films he ever made.
I am biased - I have seen all of the “great films” but 8 1/2 still stands out as a singular masterpiece.
By the way... Who directed Casablanca? Anyone know without googling? Anyone? ...Anyone?
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02/12/2011 9:59:39 AM PST
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golux
To: JoeProBono
Hitchcock's "Notorious", starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. BTW, "Casablanca" sux.
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02/12/2011 10:00:32 AM PST
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
To: Past Your Eyes
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02/12/2011 10:02:06 AM PST
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Past Your Eyes
(I'd get it myself but I don't have any thumbs.)
To: King Moonracer
Casablanca, Forbidden Planet????The latter is not a black-and-white film, and would indeed have suffered greatly had it been filmed as such.
Regards,
To: Jack Deth
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02/12/2011 10:03:01 AM PST
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JoeProBono
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To: Jack Deth
The script is great. You sort of live Holly Martins’ nightmare along with him. You don’t know what’s going to happen next.
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02/12/2011 10:03:12 AM PST
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popdonnelly
(If Obama improves education, who'll vote for him?)
To: JoeProBono
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