Have you not seen 'The King of Marvin Gardens'? Bruce Dern, Jack Nicholson; very dark deep film. I was quite obsessed with America as a boy (born in 71) so love American films from that era, especially if set in New York.70's...oh well then..
The 50's was a great era...sort of something very significant ending in Holywood, with those massive american soul searching novels (like 'mockingbird) being replaced by the 60's NEW of movies like The graduate. Still for me it was still an exploration into who we are. John Wayne again appears as my unlikely hero in that role, this time in 'The Searchers', and whilst that and '12 angry men' have the USA looking to see if they know what this world is about to bring and who they are, the new generation then launched James Dean in 'Rebel without a cause'. 3 Films that everyone might see to help put that decade in perspective.
Then ofc the 60's landed.
Since that was 'my time' ofc I am biased but so many timeless and brilliant films came out of the 60's that picking a few classics is near impossible, but...
'IF'. Just watch it for Malcolm McDowell.
'True grit'. Not for John Wayne this time but his female teen co-star who shines through all the big names around her. Kim Darby.
'Hombre' with Paul Newman. Brilliant end to the cowboy era.
Jack Lemmon's best film IMO. 'The apartment'. How did this happen in the same decade as 'The graduate'? Sometime in the mid 60's Hollywood shifted!
'Breakfast at Tiffany's'.
Dustin H again. 'Midnight Cowboy'.
And then in '67, but feels like it should have been '57, 'Look who's coming to dinner'.
And as for the 70's...
For me, 70's was the start of the violence era. Taxi Driver, Apocolypse Now, The Deerhunter, Clockwork Orange.
We'd never seen so much blood and gore
Anyway this was less to my taste so I sifted the decade for a bit of enduring subtlety!
'Harold and Maude'. Possibly in my top 5 films of all time.
'Annie hall'. Allen's best film for me.
'The life of Brian'. had to be.
'The french connection'. Perfect cop movie. Brilliant performance by Gene Hackman.
'Clockwork Orange'. What you can do when censorship rules loosen.
and, one of the best films of all time IMO. 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'. How brilliant is Jack Nicholson when he cares about the film he's in?
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With some historic shots inside and outside the great old Atlantic City hotels (Traymore etc.) that were demolished soon afterwards to make room for T***p casinos. At least one of the plots is still a car park, I believe.
It really captures the fading era of Atlantic City
'The man who haunted himself' is on this evening on Talking Pics TV, 5pm, apparently it is Roger Moore's best performance. This has potential & I am recording it. Honourable me tion must go to the 1979 version of 'A lady vanishes', massive cast & excellent cameo from Arthur Lowe.
It's been ages since I saw it, but it's briliant.
'American Graffiti'. Actually once seen both John Milners '32 coupe and Paul Le Mat at a car show. In Sweden!
Nobody mentioned 'Ladykillers'? The real 1950's one, of course.
Every Stanley Kubrick one. Except 'Spartacus'.
'Old Mother Riley' series. Just joking.
I am just coming to the end of the minor classic 'The Nanny', stars Bette Davis & Wendy Craig. Just when I thought this cannot get much better up pops Alfred Burke as a scene stealer. Yes, Alfred Burke & Bette Davis shared a really key scene, Mr Burke blows her off the screen.
The Deerhunter is magnificent, it's actually three films in one, the wedding scene is about 50 minutes long as is absolutely fantastic, I went to see it with my wife-then girlfriend on it's release.
Some great movies around that time, Kramer Vs Kramer & The Way We Were just to name another two.
The wedding scenes[edit]
St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio. Site of the wedding scene.
The wedding scenes were filmed at the historic St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.[6] The wedding took five days to film. St. Theodosius' Father Stephen Kopestonsky was cast as the priest at the wedding.[18] The reception scene was filmed at nearby Lemko Hall. The amateur extras lined up for the crowded wedding-dance sequences drank real liquor and beer.[29] The scenes were filmed in the summer, but were set in the fall.[18]To accomplish a look of fall, individual leaves were removed from deciduous trees.[30][31] Zsigmond also had to desaturate the colors of the exterior shots, partly in camera and in the laboratory processing.[31][32]
The production manager asked each of the Russian immigrant extras to bring to the location a gift-wrapped box to double for wedding presents. The manager figured if the extras did this, not only would the production save time and money, but the gifts would also look more authentic. Once the unit unwrapped and the extras disappeared, the crew discovered to their amusement that the boxes weren't empty but filled with real presents, from china to silverware. "Who got to keep all these wonderful offerings," wrote Deeley "is a mystery I never quite fathomed."[29]
Cimino originally claimed that the wedding scene would take up 21 minutes of screen time. In the end, it took 51 minutes. Deeley believes that Cimino always planned to make this prologue last for an hour, and "the plan was to be advanced by stealth rather than straight dealing."[33]
At this point in the production, nearly halfway through principal photography, Cimino was already over budget, and producer Spikings could tell from the script that shooting the extended scene could sink the project.[6]
Some great movies around that time, Kramer Vs Kramer & The Way We Were just to name another two.
The wedding scenes[edit]
St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio. Site of the wedding scene.
The wedding scenes were filmed at the historic St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.[6] The wedding took five days to film. St. Theodosius' Father Stephen Kopestonsky was cast as the priest at the wedding.[18] The reception scene was filmed at nearby Lemko Hall. The amateur extras lined up for the crowded wedding-dance sequences drank real liquor and beer.[29] The scenes were filmed in the summer, but were set in the fall.[18]To accomplish a look of fall, individual leaves were removed from deciduous trees.[30][31] Zsigmond also had to desaturate the colors of the exterior shots, partly in camera and in the laboratory processing.[31][32]
The production manager asked each of the Russian immigrant extras to bring to the location a gift-wrapped box to double for wedding presents. The manager figured if the extras did this, not only would the production save time and money, but the gifts would also look more authentic. Once the unit unwrapped and the extras disappeared, the crew discovered to their amusement that the boxes weren't empty but filled with real presents, from china to silverware. "Who got to keep all these wonderful offerings," wrote Deeley "is a mystery I never quite fathomed."[29]
Cimino originally claimed that the wedding scene would take up 21 minutes of screen time. In the end, it took 51 minutes. Deeley believes that Cimino always planned to make this prologue last for an hour, and "the plan was to be advanced by stealth rather than straight dealing."[33]
At this point in the production, nearly halfway through principal photography, Cimino was already over budget, and producer Spikings could tell from the script that shooting the extended scene could sink the project.[6]