Twists! Music! Architecture!
Added 2019-08-22 18:00:02 +0000 UTCOn a recent Classic Movie Night I watched The Third Man from 1949. At first I thought: Okay, perfectly fine. Then we hit a decent twist and I think: Ooh, we're getting there. Then I ended up really enjoying it! The camera angles and artistic direction is beautiful - the architecture, the sets, the music, the cinematography, all wonderful.
For some reason, I find old films really hard to follow along with the dialogue sometimes - this one included - but overall, a great one!
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The original Thirty Nine Steps is another one worth watch, and of course Casablanca., oh and The African Queen, and For an old gangster movie The Roaring Twenties, although when i say old i suppose a film like Chinatown is old now but also another brilliant film. I'll stop now, oh all right one more try We're No Angels.
Arthur Gatward
2019-08-27 10:07:03 +0000 UTCAs a Uni student many years ago I use to do classic Saturday afternoon movies on the sofa bed- to much drink, junk food the night before, late getting up if at all & watch the classic movies on BBC2 in bed like North by Northwest, The Maltese Falcon, Touch of Evil which has for the time a very long opening scene one camera, no cuts, effects, sweeping street shot - Classics are very restful without all the cgi. effects, explosions multiple cuts and camera angels all in 10 seconds.
Ian
2019-08-23 00:07:06 +0000 UTCThink it might be the language itself. In some ways it sounds more formalized than today's dialogue and the vernacular isn't all the same . I also speak "desi/street" Gujarati. If someone was to speak in formalized Gujarati to me, I would have a hard time understanding them for sure. Hey ho, just my opinion.
Shadow of Light
2019-08-22 21:53:33 +0000 UTCsorry u hated it:(
Tom
2019-08-22 18:38:14 +0000 UTCit's a real cracker. I still own my DVD copy along with a couple of other black & white classics.: 'High Noon' and 'On the Waterfront'
David O
2019-08-22 18:35:25 +0000 UTC
