Bressonfan
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I tried, but couldn't come up with a single list so here's one list for the golden years of the past and one for more recent times. Bear in mind that both are single dimensional where everyone is listed for beauty only:
10. Linda Darnell
9. Dorothy Dandridge
8. Joan Collins
7. Rita Hayworth
6. Elizabeth Taylor
5. Audrey Hepburn
4. Hedy Lamarr
3. Grace Kelly
2. Gene Tierney
1. Sophia Loren
10. Jane Seymour
9. Aishwarya Rai
8. Gong Li
7. Paz Vega
6. Jessica Alba
5. Catherine Zeta Jones
4. Salma Hayek
3. Angelina Jolie
2. Monica Bellucci
1. Halle Berry
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1. Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
2. Life of Oharu (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1952)
3. Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu, 1949)
4. Landscape in the Mist (Theo Angelopoulos, 1988)
5. Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955)
Or if the list was intended for U.S. releases:
1. The General (Buster Keaton, 1927)
2. Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947)
3. The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)
4. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934)
5. Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock, 1943)
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The following in no particular order:
Gone with the Wind
A Streetcar Named Desire
Network
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
2001: A Space Odyssey
Gentleman's Agreement
Giant
The Producers
Titanic
In the Heat of the Night
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I loved the commercial, keep up the good work TCM. The use of alternative rock music for a soundtrack is refreshing. I've been a fan of TCM since the beginning and appreciate the creative promotions, more importantly the inclusion of spotlight features such as the Janus Films on this month are LONG overdue. Classic films are by no means made only in the USA. TCM has shown many great foreign films on their World Cinema slot, but rarely in prime time which makes this month very special indeed. Bravo
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As a kid, I would look forward to the weekends where the local networks would run B&W films in the morning hours. The line up was mostly westerns and gangster films with an occasional film noir in the mix. I was hooked, particularly with the gangster films that included Cagney and/or Bogart. In the early 90's, I started watching foreign films at the local movie theater and became very interested in classic world films as well. I've watched TCM since the beginning and I couldn't be happier with the programming over the years. Keep up the great work TCM, you've done a great job in expanding the horizons of classic film lovers as well bringing in new younger generations of fans.
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The final scene in Au hasard Balthazar, where the donkey lies down and is surrounded by a field of sheep was quite memorable for me.
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Favorite Films
Au Hasard Balthazar
The Life of Oharu
La Dolce Vita
Wild Strawberries
Umberto D.
Favorite Actors
Robert Mitchum
Robert De Niro
Marcello Mastroianni
Joel McCrea
Cary Grant
Favorite Actresses
Barbara Stanwyck
Audrey Hepburn
Teresa Wright
Sophia Loren
Irene Dunne
Favorite Directors
Robert Bresson
Kenji Mizoguchi
Alfred Hitchcock
Ingmar Bergman
Billy Wilder
If you meant for this list to include only Hollwood films.....
Favorite Hollywood films
Sunrise
The General
The Lady Eve
The Night of the Hunter
Shadow Of A Doubt
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All Time Top 10 which are all foreign films:
Au Hasard Balthazar (Bresson)
The Life of Oharu (Mizoguchi)
La Dolce Vita (Fellini)
Wild Strawberries (Bergman)
Umberto D. (De Sica)
Dekalog (Kieslowski)
In the Mood for Love (Wong)
Tokyo Story (Ozu)
Ordet (Dreyer)
Ikiru (Kurosawa)
Top 10 Hollywood films:
Sunrise (Murnau)
The General (Keaton)
The Lady Eve (Sturges)
The Night of the Hunter (Laughton)
Shadow Of A Doubt (Hitchcock)
Stagecoach (Ford)
Citizen Kane (Welles)
It Happened One Night (Capra)
Out of the Past (Tourneur)
The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler)
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Make Way For Tomorrow - Leo McCarey directed both this film and The Awful Truth in 1937, he won Best Director that year for The Awful Truth, he was reported to have said that he had won for the wrong film.
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From what Warner is announcing, there will be 2 sets released in 2006:
JOHN FORD COLLECTION Scheduled to include THE LOST PATROL, THE INFORMER, CHEYENNE AUTUMN, MARY OF SCOTLAND, and SERGEANT RUTLEDGE.
FORD/WAYNE COLLECTION Scheduled to include a restored, Ultra Resolution two-disc SE of The SEARCHERS plus STAGECOACH (two-disc), THE LONG VOYAGE HOME, WINGS OF EAGLES, FORT APACHE, THEY WERE EXPENDABLE, SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON, and THE THREE GODFATHERS.
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I don't agree that TCM is trying to appeal to a younger crowd; rather it's more of a case where TCM is offering programming that expands the horizons of its viewers, regardless of age. TCM has become very popular with other studios and distributors outside of their own vast library, screening world classic films from Janus Films and Hollywood classics from studios like 20th Century Fox and others. My point is, TCM is gaining popularity and increasing it's viewer numbers, which is a far different situation than AMC which if you recall didn't have as extensive a library of films (often aired key films 2 or 3 times a day), TCM had more to do with AMC changing their format, just by being better at what they do.
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Great lineup of films, I'm particularly looking forward to Film Noir Vol. 3 set. I hope it rebounds a bit from the slight letdown of Vol. 2 which IMO should not have included Dillinger (more appropriate for Gangster Vol. 2 set) or Clash By Night (more a drama than noir), but the set is very good because of Born To Kill and The Narrow Margin, two top notch noirs. The TCM Archive Forbidden Hollywood Collections is wonderful news, nice to see these films get the attention they deserve. If I recall correctly Warner planned to release a Jean Harlow box set in 2006 as well.
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In The Mood For Love
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Rather than choose my favorite film Au hasard Balthazar, I would go with a great comedy just to keep my spirits up. Something like The Lady Eve or Ball of Fire.
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Sounds like the film you described about the blind girl is Happy Times a film by Yimou Zhang who coincidently is the director of the first Chinese film that I saw Raise the Red Lantern which stared the incredible actress Li Gong. In addition to Raise the Red Lantern, I would recommend To Live a film also by Yimou Zhang and starring Li Gong. My highest praise goes to the great film In the Mood for Love by director Kar Wai Wong, it's a wonderful film with great performances by Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung. In the Mood for Love is so good that its one of my top 10 favorite films of all time. Other fine films directed by Kar Wai Wong include Days of Being Wild, Chungking Express, Fallen Angels, and 2046.
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Strictly on sex appeal:
Past: Gene Tierney, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, and Sophia Loren.
Present: Monica Bellucci, Maggie Cheung, Halle Berry, and Salma Hayek.
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Mitchum was one of my all time favorite actors. I wait patiently for a DVD box set of his films to be released. As for my favorite it would have to be Out of the Past which I consider the finest film noir ever made. His films with Jane Russell sizzle with great screen chemistry as well.
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A few (not including foreign films) that I look forward to seeing released:
Angel Face (1952)
Big Steal, The (1949)
Christmas in July (1940)
Cluny Brown (1946)
Fallen Angel (1945)
Great McGinty, The (1940)
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
His Kind of Woman (1951)
Holiday (1938)
Holiday Affair (1949)
Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948)
Macao (1952)
Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Phantom Lady (1944)
Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
Westerner, The (1940)
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I just recently saw Good Night, and Good Luck which I enjoyed quite a bit. Clooney did a great job in his director debut and David Strathairn's performance is oscar worthy.
TCM's Most Influential list!
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Great list, I have no problems with any of the films as they fit the bill as "most influential" to a tee. I'm particularly happy to see the foreign films that were included, TCM has been very progressive through the years and it makes me happy to see this continue. A few others off the top of my head would have been:
Shadows - John Cassavetes
The General - Buster Keaton
Sunrise - F.W. Murnau
Paths of Glory - Stanley Kubrick
Wild Strawberries - Ingmar Bergman