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In Reply to: RE: Films worth a second look posted by jimdgoulding@yahoo.com on July 12, 2009 at 21:12:20
Two brit comedies . . Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's Bedazzled and The Wrong Box with a brilliant cameo by Peter Sellers. They were made in the 60's and the latter only recently made it to DVD. And a third, Local Hero, a tender comedy with a funny Burt Lancaster if you can believe that.A handful of others: The Quiet American- a love story for old men and commentary on modern day colonialism; Lone Star (John Sayles is a fine writer/director, IMO, and his The Brother From Another Planet is a hoot); Atlantic City, a Louis Malle movie also with Burt Lancaster it just so happens and Susan Sarandon in her first (I think) movie.
Worth a first look if you haven't seen them.
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As someone whose best friend had a father who was a French chef and owned a locally famous restaurant, I always found this film charming. If you like Bedazzled and The Wrong Box, you should look for it.I've always had a soft spot for The Wrong Box - along with its score - but few have seen it. TWB also features a very young and handsome Michael Caine. Bedazzled, of course, is a classic.
I was lucky enough to see Peter Cook and Dudley Moore live on stage in one of their touring shows: "Good Evening". They were side splittingly hilarious. I laughed til I hurt.
The Quiet American got generally favorable ift somewhat mixed reviews when it came out, yet it is among my favorite adpatations of Graham Greene, featuring yet another wonderful performance from Michael Caine
Local Hero is one of those small films that often pops up on people'
s fave lists.Sayles is one of the only true independent filmmakers in the US. I have seen all his films, and I think Lone Star is a masterpiece. I'm also very fond of Matewan and Eight Men Out (not least because I'm IN EMO).
Malle's Atlantic City is another masterpiece, another great turn by Lancaster. I think only someone very wise could have made this film.
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The Dancer Upstairs- Directed by John Malkovich with Javier Bardem in the lead. He plays an anti terrorist police captain in Equador (my best guess as it really never says) with an attraction for his daughter's ballet teacher. And the plot doth thicken. See this and you'll know why the Coen Brothers were so intent on getting him for No Country. I mean this actor oozes cha-ris-ma. And Malkovich gets a really fine performance from him. In english, mostly. What spanish there is has subtitles.
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The Year of Living Dangerously. On cable today where I'm at. Anybody out there?
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