RichE Wrote:"THE HAND OF NIGHT" (US TV TITLE: "BEAST OF MOROCCO")
Years ago I wrote a piece on this film for a fanboy rag because it vanished from tv screens, working without a computer at the time and having part of the film on a grainey tv broadcast copy. At any rate, despite the shoddy production budget, it was actually a very intelligent movie starring William Sylvester, Diane Clare, Aliza Gur. A retelling the Persian story of Ormazd and Ahriman-Ahura Mazda-Light and Dark. Before they withdrew it, I managed to buy a copy from Sinister Cinema on vhs (later transferring it to DVD) and my opinion stood firm that this was a nice little almost forgotten gem! Nice location use of Morocco.

"DEVILS OF DARKNESS" not a bad little vampire flick starring William Sylvester and Hubert Noel and "WITCHCRAFT" with Lon Chaney jr. Both on DVD from the MGM MIdnite Movie series!

RichE Wrote:When I started this thread I wanted to include as many old favorites that aren't horror/scifi. My tastes run from not only to fantasy related but serious dramas to comedies to docudramas.

Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Friday morning, I was shelving books. And one of them was CASABLANCA--THE SCREENPLAY. I played some scenes back in me moind, and asked me roight hand mon, Grady, who knows =all= about film, "There are films as =good= as CASABLANCA, but is there one =better=?" Grady said, "No. It's perfect."

The Nazis were playing WACHT AM RHEIN. Victor Laszlo commands, "Play THE MARSEILLAISE--PLAY IT!" And the bandleader looks up to Rick, who nods...

As powerful a scene, in its way, as the matchless last scene of Charles Chaplin's CITY LIGHTS.

ImDeranged Wrote:The Great Dictator - Chaplin always was great at physical but in this one his word play alone is worth it for repeated viewings. Bacteria & Tomania invade Osterlich

Dr Strangelove :Or..... again wordplay make this a repeat viewing classic. The names of the characters alone can make me laugh : Merkin Muffley, Col. 'Bat' Guano, Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson

Brazil : I see something new each time I see it... then again each time I see it seems to be a new edit or alternate version.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels : each time I see it it's like visiting an old friend. But then again you should meet my old friends.

The Godfather (all)- I even include 3. They are some of the ONLY films that get better w/ each viewing. After 10 + times of watching I still end up seeing something new in them each time I watch.

Jean de Florette / Manon of the Springs - French movies that blew my mind the first time I saw them. 5 viewings later they're still great.

The Hudsucker Proxy - The Coen Brothers movie that nobody ever talks about. Yet the one that I've seen the most- ok Big Lewboski is close and I include that in the list too. But HP has so many great moments. If anyone hasn't seen it run and get it. BTW if you watch it imagine Bruce Campbell as Clark Kent next to Jennifer Jason Leighs' Lois Lane. It's also a tribute to Frank Capra and Preston Sturges films.

They Live- I'd call it a guilty pleasure if it wasn't so cool.

This is Spinal Tap- One of the few movies I can jump in at any scene and watch from that point. Almost every other movie even if I've seen it a dozen times I'll want to watch from the beginning.

Sid & Nancy - Not accurate but a great movie.

Natural Born Killers - Every actor in this movie gives a career highlighting performance.

There are dozens more but that's a good stopping point (for now at least)