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Kurosawa is great! Did You Know? Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch was also looslely based on Seven Samurai.

Interesting facts about JFK and Jacquie O. The last film JFK saw was Lawrence of Arabia. Jacquie O's favorite film was Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad.

I agree the greatest cast is definitely the cast of Citizen Kane. However, some other great ensemble casts are The Godfather & The Godfather Part II Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, and Jackie Brown. I also loved the casts of M*A*S*H & Blazing Saddles. And perhaps the only cast to rival that of Citizen Kane: the cast of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.

I forgot to mention that they should show more silent films as well. Sunday at midnight just doesn't cut it. I could go for a nice dose of Chaplin in the mid afternoon, or a shot of D.W. Griffith in the early evening. Or wake to find some Erich von Stroheim, or Sergei Eisenstein, or Robert Weine, or F.W. Murnau. THey seriously don't show enough silent films.

Just one question: Where in the hell does Tom Cruise fit into the equation? Secondly, If my reference to bad cinema as riff raff offended you, I'm sorry. However, a bad film is a bad film no matter when it was made. Pulp Fiction is a classic film, and will be remembered for a good long while. It truly disheartens me to see people like you posting messages. There are too many people in my generation who believe that if a film was made before 1980 it is not worth watching. Like wise there are people out there like you who think that If a film was made after 1960 it is not worth watching. When in fact, there are great films on both sides of the spectrum. All I'm saying is that TCM should strive to show its viewers truly classic films as opposed to films that have merely been labeled classic because they are old. Age does not make a film classic. Quality Does.

A Clarification: riff raff of the golden age- with this phrase I am referring to the films that are the equivalent of films such as Gigli or The Bride of Chucky. I'm refering simply to terrible films; not "hidden gems." These films are not on DVD for a reason. They are simply not fit for viewing by any self-respecting cinephile. P.S. I was not refering to Beauty for Sale. I have seen it and it was decent. P.P.S. Why wouldn't the TCM crowd enjoy Pulp Fiction? It is a classic film.

Although you do make a good point that the films I have mentioned are on DVD, however these films are very seldom shown on television. And they are all most certainly classics. Essentially what I'm saying is that a film being a "classic" has absolutely nothing to do with it's age, but it's quality and importance in the history of film. Let's face it there are some truly terrible films shown on TCM simply because they were filmed in the golden age of Hollywood. However, they are so terrible that to call them classic is a slap in the face to truly classic films from the same era such as Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, or Lawrence of Arabia. Essentially they need to mix it up more and weed out the riff raff, by adding in more "modern" (for lack of a better term) classics and foreign film classics. If given a choice between a John Wayne western filmed before Stagecoach or a modern masterpiece such as Schindler's List; I'd rather see Schindler's List. (Too my knowledge Schindler's List has been on television possibly one time.) It's not like I want them to go AMC and start showing crappy 80's films like Fright Night.

I think TCM should show more foreign films. And add in classics from the 80's and 90's more often. Suggested foreign films 1.)Seven Samurai 2.)The 400 Blows 3.)The Triumph of the Will 4.)The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 5.)8 1/2 6.)Eat Drink Man Woman Suggested classics from the 80's & 90's 1.)Amadeus 2.)Pulp Fiction 3.)The Silence of the Lambs 4.)Schindler's List 5.)E.T. 6.)Indiana Jones Trilogy 7.)Star Wars Trilogy

My favorite Hitchcock films are Rope, Vertigo, Psycho, & the film that North by Northwest was a remake of; The 39 Steps.

My favorite "newspaper" film is the greatest film ever; Citizen Kane!