[ASTRO] Re: James F's Top Films of all Time

[Michael Kepler <kepler@metro1.com>]

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Wow, reading everyone's lists has been an educational adventure.
Lots of greats I forgot (like Akira), and lots of things I'm going 
to have to try to find on tape and watch.

For what it's worth, I'd just like to point out that our U.K.
listee here apparently has no significant appreciation for anything
produced outside of the United Kingdom and it's territories.
(Hong Kong was presumably still British territory when the belowmentioned
Hong Kong films were made.) 

Doesn't the U.K. audience get to see any films produced elsewhere?
I thought it was just France that was artisticly protectionist.

British xenophobia aside, I trust the impeccable taste of _any_ astro-listee
and will seek out the works of Powell and Pressburger.  Besides, I
don't want to be too harsh on Sir James since he seems to be the only
listee into really old movies as much as I am.

Please put your flamethrowers back on safety.  This is just yet another
of my misguided attempts at "good natured ribbing".

Mookie 

On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, James F. Ferguson wrote:

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> (2nd Time of Sending I don't think it reached the list last time)
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> If anyone is interested......in no particular order then:
>  
> Firstly four movies by the greatest film makers who have graced this (or 
> any other) planet:  
> 1. "A Matter Of Life and Death" - Powell & Pressburger (UK 1946). 
> Fantasy/Drama staring David Niven.
> 2. "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" - Powell & Pressburger (UK 
> 1945). histo-drama staring Roger Livesey
> 3. "The Black Narcissus" - Powell & Pressburger (UK 1951). Drama staring 
> Debbra Kerr. 
> 4. "Peeping Tom" - Michael Powell (UK 1962). Classic Thriller; amazing; 
> and banned for a couple of years !
>  
> In reality you could pick ANY Powell & Pressburger / Archers film and 
> put it in this list. These guys made films that inspire awe. Honourable 
> mentions should go to a few of their war-time propaganda films that 
> managed not to be too blindly pro-war "The Boys in the Backroom", "One 
> of our Aeroplanes is Missing" and "The Canterbury Tales". 
>  
> Other fave films, and a couple of Brit-comedy classics:
> 5. "The Rebel" - Robert Day (UK 1960). Comedy staring Tony Hancock...!
> 6. "Passport To Pimlico" - Henry Cornelius (UK 1948). Comedy.  
> 7. "The Third Man" - Carol Reed (UK 1951). Drama/Thriller
>  
> A couple of Hong Kong movies:
> 8. "Hard Boiled" - John Woo (Hong Kong 1988). John Woo Thriller. ' Nuff 
> said - body count in the 1000's.
> 9. "Crime Story" - Kirk Wong (Hong Kong 1993). Thriller. Jackie Chan 
> plays it serious. Also realesed as "Police Story IV" 
>  
> And finally:
> 10. "2001: A Space Odyssey" Stanley Kubrick (UK 1971)
>  
> Cheerio, 
>  
> James F.
>  
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