tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21965880.post116671720885679975..comments2023-06-24T07:38:49.017+00:00Comments on blog by Sam Bailey: Films I really ought to have seen...Sam Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08182028766740453433noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21965880.post-1166780117231867602006-12-22T09:35:00.000+00:002006-12-22T09:35:00.000+00:00Batman & RobinBattlefield EarthCannon & Ball's The...Batman & Robin<BR/>Battlefield Earth<BR/>Cannon & Ball's The Boys In Blue<BR/>Super Mario Brothers<BR/>Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (the Adam Sandler remake, obviously)<BR/>the list is endless...<BR/><BR/>In all seriousness, lots of 'classics' come to mind, but I think I sat next to you in a lecture theatre every friday morning for a year watching my favourite ones (12 Angry Men, Strangers On A Train, etc).<BR/><BR/>But if you've really got to die one day, don't do it without seeing 'Dog Day Afternoon' or 'Sullivan's Travels'.Adehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714491664641823079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21965880.post-1166738549598977852006-12-21T22:02:00.000+00:002006-12-21T22:02:00.000+00:00Himmel über BerlinTil the End of the WorldVertigoR...Himmel über Berlin<BR/>Til the End of the World<BR/>Vertigo<BR/>Rear Window<BR/>Gattaca<BR/>Breakfast at Tiffany's<BR/>Quadrophenia<BR/>The Cook the Thief his Wife and her Lover<BR/>Straight Story<BR/>The Green Mile<BR/><BR/>(ooh this is fun!!)Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13521507693700480534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21965880.post-1166721509726792532006-12-21T17:18:00.000+00:002006-12-21T17:18:00.000+00:00Agree with all of the ones above. And here's my re...Agree with all of the ones above. And here's my reccos off the top of my head... <BR/> <BR/>The obvious Sight and Sound/stroky-chin-film-buff movies that are actually really good: <BR/>Citizen Kane<BR/>Lawrence of Arabia<BR/>The Battleship Potemkin<BR/>Vertigo<BR/>Throne of Blood<BR/>The Sorrow and the Pity<BR/>The Third Man<BR/>Godfathers Part I and II<BR/>L'Atalante<BR/>Rashomon<BR/><BR/>My personal list:<BR/>Any and all Billy Wilder movies<BR/>(The best, in my opinion, are The Apartment, Sunset Blvd, Some Like It Hot, and, as mentioned above, Double Indemnity) <BR/>Fantastic film noirs: The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon Chinatown <BR/>Ed Wood<BR/>ET<BR/>His Girl Friday<BR/>Talk To Her<BR/>Yojimbo<BR/>Toy Story 2 :) <BR/>Sleeper <BR/><BR/>Erm, and there are lots more but can't think of them right now. Will do! :)Rachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984576552881680856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21965880.post-1166718728708777402006-12-21T16:32:00.000+00:002006-12-21T16:32:00.000+00:00Contact (Jodie Foster/Zemeckis)Dangerous Liaisons ...Contact (Jodie Foster/Zemeckis)<BR/>Dangerous Liaisons (Malkovic et al)<BR/>Cinema Paradiso<BR/>Whisky Galore<BR/>Star Wars (well that <I>would</I> be unforgiveable...! :-) )<BR/>Barbarella<BR/>Street of Crocodiles<BR/>Amores Perros<BR/>City of God<BR/>Forbidden Planet<BR/>Plan 9 from Outer Space<BR/>Eraserhead<BR/>Jacob's LadderRobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13521507693700480534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21965880.post-1166717694624057742006-12-21T16:14:00.000+00:002006-12-21T16:14:00.000+00:00Hell, I'm a film journalist, and I haven't seen ei...Hell, I'm a film journalist, and I haven't seen eight of them. Still, there are some in there that are unforgivable.<BR/><BR/>We'll have to sort this out in the New Year, Sam...troutiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11203105952935506564noreply@blogger.com