JefCostello
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Burton and Taylor in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
I'm not even sure that they were acting in that movie.
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Yes, it was a great decade for the master Bunuel.
As for Fellini, there are some (like myself) who would argue that his films after 8 1/2 were a complete mess. The only exceptions I'd make for that are Amarcord and Roma.
1960 is special in that several foreign films came out that year which caused a boom in the 60's which became the Golden Age of foreign cinema.
L'Avventura is in my opinion the ultimate masterpiece of that year. The use of landscape, scenery, photography, space and architecture in that movie is unlike anything else I've ever seen. Not my favorite Antonioni movie, but certainly his best.
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Elizabeth Taylor / Hedy Lamarr / Gene Tierney
Marilyn Monroe
Audrey Hepburn
Grace Kelly
Brigitte Bardot
Natalie Wood
Vivien Leigh
Claudia Cardinale
Ornella Muti
Catherine Zeta-Jones
That would probably me my list of classic screen beauties. As you can see, my number 1 spot would be tied between three women.
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I wonder if Warner Brothers actors like Bogart, Cagney, Robinson and Garfield would make it?
How about musical stars like Astaire and Kelly? They don't make musicals anymore.
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1. L'Avventura
2. La Dolce Vita
3. Breathless
4. Psycho
5. The Apartment
6. Le Trou
7. Rocco and His Brothers
8. Purple Noon
9. Inherit the Wind
10. Peeping Tom
11. Spartacus
12. The Magnificent Seven
13. Eyes Without a Face
14. The Virgin Spring
15. Two Women
Edited by: JefCostello on Aug 16, 2010 8:20 PM
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The title is from Hamlet.
I think it fits this film perfectly.
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David Bowie.
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Gene Tierney's beauty in that movie is almost frightening and it hypnotizes me each time I see that film, to the point where I immediately want more after it's over. She's like a drug.
Also, I've never seen another film with so many flowers in it. They're practically in every scene, even seen in reflections in mirrors. The film is pervaded with flowers.
Truly a unique and unforgettable movie experience.
My only complaint is that after Ellen dies, the film becomes dead as well, and we're left listening to Vincent Price screaming in the courtroom like an idiot. The cinematography in the courtroom is stunning, but without Tierney, the intensity of the film is over by that point.
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A Streetcar Named Desire - Vivien Leigh
Bus Stop - Marilyn Monroe
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf - Richard Burton/Elizabeth Taylor
In a Lonely Place - Humphrey Bogart
Last Tango in Paris - Marlon Brando
Edited by: JefCostello on Aug 12, 2010 7:44 PM
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I still feel like Mickey Rooney will win one soon.
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She's not a critic. She's supposed to be a movie star.
How would she feel if someone in her line of work called her a pompous British **** for her selfish comments?
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OK, I admit I was wrong. He was married to both Gene and Hedy. I couldn't believe my eyes when I read up on it, because I always thought he married Rita Hayworth and Gene Tierney.
How about that? Married to the two most beautiful women ever. Why didn't he marry Liz Taylor?
In my opinion, this guy may have Roger Vadim beat. Although, Vadim had Bardot, Deneuve and Fonda when they were young.
But still. Married to Gene and Hedy? That's insane.
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If you don't have anything good to say about someone, just don't say anything at all.
Obviously, Emma Thompson has never heard of that saying.
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Easily Alain Delon!
Followed closely by James Dean.
Bogart and Wayne as heartthrobs? Very strange.
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I'm sure this Emma chick thinks there are things she can do that Audrey can't, but there are a lot of things Audrey could do on the screen that Emma can't either.
Audrey had the kind of on-screen charm and screen presence that is not taught in a formal acting school in Cambridge.
If Emma doesn't think that's acting, than she's obviously too far in her own forest to see the trees.
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Never been one of my favorite directors, however, there's no denying that he made tons of great films and had a huge influence on film history. There are only about five or six total films of his that I really like, so this should be easier for me than some.
1. The Searchers
2. Mogambo
3. My Darling Clementine
4. The Grapes of Wrath
5. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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While Emma was at it, why didn't she bash any other classic film stars for being untalented?
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I think you're thinking of Rita Hayworth.
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Alphaville is a sci film film, so what exactly was the location shooting you speak of there?
As for Godard, I forgot to mention my favorite film of his, Contempt. Capri particularly looks amazing in that film.
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Remember when Elizabeth Hurley called Marilyn Monroe fat, or something like that?
That caused a lot of commotion as well. Is this just more British snobbery towards Hollywood legends?
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I wouldn't sue her for battery in the first place. She'd be suing me.
She insulted one of my favorite actresses to build up her own performance, and yeah I'm a little **** off about it. It's classless towards the profession and very arrogant on her part. Self righteous as well.
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But she's not and will never be a screen legend, and insulted one of the best ever. It's not like Liz Taylor dissing Audrey, which I could at least live with as one great star disliking another.
There are classic film actresses I like who weren't great actresses, but Audrey isn't one of them.
This is just some self righteous Shakespearian British star acting like she's much better than someone else because of her formal acting training or some Cambridge crap like that. Give me a freaking break.
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I don't know who Emma Thompson is, but if she was here right now, I'd punch her in the face regardless of age or gender.
I agree about My Fair Lady not being one of Audrey's best moments, but to say that she couldn't act is ****, especially coming from a nobody.
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I was just thinking of some films that have gorgeous on location shoots which do a magnificent job of showing off the place where they?re filmed.
Some movies will use a setting just to have a setting, while others will treat the setting as almost being a character in itself. The latter category of films is what this list is about. You?re welcome to share more, and I?m sure I?ll think of others myself which I forgot.
Vertigo
Lawrence of Arabia
Claire?s Knee
Roman Holiday
L?Avventura
The Trouble with Harry
The Searchers
Aguirre: Wrath of God
To Catch a Thief
Summertime
Walkabout
Days of Heaven
The Bridge on the River Kwai
steaming mad over true grit remake.
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Coen Brothers seem to be running out of ideas if they're making a True Grit remake.
I guess there's holier Westerns that they could butcher, but it still seems pointless.