Posted on 02/17/2023 9:37:25 PM PST by Saije
In the ‘60 when I was in college the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, just off Hahvud Squayah ran CasaB continuously to the exclusion of all else for at least a decade. Only God knows how many prints they wore out.
It’s right up there for me..
The best is:
“The Best Years of Our Lives”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAfM_1RirWY
I don’t know what is the greatest film ever made, but Casablanca is right up there in the Top Ten, IMO...
Not necessarily the best, but surely one of the greatest.
AMEN. “The Best Years of Our Lives” gets my vote for #1 !
One of the most incredible assemblies of actors in film history, and made even better by the longtime rumor (more than that, I think) that some of the dialogue was “made up as they went along.” It’s still fresh, and moving, and pretty much everything you might want it to be.
Bogart and Bergman are both fantastic. And Claude Rains is just perfect. More than anyone, he deserved the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. He’s a gem.
I would add that second-place in my Best Supporting Actor pantheon is Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in “Tombstone.” It truly is a stain on Hollywood that he wasn’t even nominated.
“Casablanca” is very high on the list, but I would put “Kings Row” above it.
Thanks for that link. I’ve been on a kick of watching old movies on youtube that I haven’t ever watched but are much aclaimed.
“Breaker Morant” and “Zulu” for starters and both were great.
IIRC I recall a documentary about directors that served in WWII creating war effort films, and one of them after the war did “The Best Years of Our Lives” because of the impact that the war had on him. (I might be wrong, but...)
Zulu
They were prohibited from filming at night on a real runway, due to the war, and had to film in a studio - hence the work around.
What did Isla ever see in him?
“Here’s looking at you, kid”
My favorite simple part of the movie, so telling, is the old couple
“what watch? Such much!!”
Breaker Morant
“Shoot straight you bastards!”
Third favorite movie.
Coming to the theaters March 5 and 8.
https://www.fathomevents.com/series/fathoms-big-screen-classics
This is a movie that should be watched on the big screen. Get your tickets while the best seats are available.
Good but not best
GOAT movie ping
i like the original “manchurian candidate” more.
you didnt understand the movie....
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