CaveGirl Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 A movie I often recommend to friends, which is not talked about much anymore is "House of Games" from 1987. The first movie directed by the great David Mamet and also written by him, it stars Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna. It has twists and turns galore and is a real psychological gem. Here's the IMDB listing:A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men. Please share a film that you think is great, but forgotten that others might enjoy. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Attack and Retreat or Italiani Brava Gente (1964) is a film that I have been trying to find for quite some time now. It's an Italian WWII film by Giuseppe de Santis and it stars Arthur Kennedy and Peter Falk. I saw a dubbed version of this in my teens and at the time I thought it was excellent. I'm curious if I would still think so. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinemaInternational Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 House of Games is excellent. From around the same era, I would like to offer up Shirley Valentine from 1989. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarjoe Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 I offer up Mister Buddwing (1966) is a gem, James Garner plays an amnesiac who wakes up in Central Park with just a few possible clues in his pockets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Night People starring Gregory Peck which I have been able to see only once due to it rarely airing on television. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whistlingypsy Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 A movie I often recommend to friends, which is not talked about much anymore is "House of Games" from 1987. The first movie directed by the great David Mamet and also written by him, it stars Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna. It has twists and turns galore and is a real psychological gem. CG, although I agree with you that the film is, indeed, a psychological gem, I have always thought the material would have fared better in different hands. Yes, I know, David Mamet directed and co-wrote the screenplay, and therein lies the problem for me. My threshold for tolerance regarding Mamet is so low I can't sit through anything else he was attached to, as director or writer, and the less said about Lindsay Crouse the better (more merciful). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 The 1982 English comedy EXPERIENCE PREFERRED . . . BUT NOT ESSENTIAL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 The 1982 English comedy EXPERIENCE PREFERRED . . . BUT NOT ESSENTIAL. I don't know this movie so I shall look for it, Kingrat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 I offer up Mister Buddwing (1966) is a gem, James Garner plays an amnesiac who wakes up in Central Park with just a few possible clues in his pockets. I have seen that movie and it is a great one not given as much credit as deserved. Thanks, Cigarjoe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 House of Games is excellent. From around the same era, I would like to offer up Shirley Valentine from 1989. "HOG", OMG! What a wonderful David Mamet film. Only saw "SV" once but remember it fondly. Thanks, CI! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 CG, although I agree with you that the film is, indeed, a psychological gem, I have always thought the material would have fared better in different hands. Yes, I know, David Mamet directed and co-wrote the screenplay, and therein lies the problem for me. My threshold for tolerance regarding Mamet is so low I can't sit through anything else he was attached to, as director or writer, and the less said about Lindsay Crouse the better (more merciful). That's very interesting, WG. I've never thought of having anyone else at the helm, and wonder who you would choose since you're not into DM. Just curious, do you not like Lindsay Crouse in this film, or in anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 That's very interesting, WG. I've never thought of having anyone else at the helm, and wonder who you would choose since you're not into DM. Just curious, do you not like Lindsay Crouse in this film, or in anything? Well CG, I can tell ya in my CASE anyway, the ONE thing that always bothered me about that otherwise fascinating film IS Lindsay's "staccato" and emotionless line delivery in it. And yeah, I know she's supposed to be playing a repressed shrink in it, but that line delivery of hers in this film always grates on my ears whenever I watch it. (...love everything else about HOUSE OF GAMES, though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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