She was one of Hitchcock’s favourites, but which of her films are your favourite? Please select your top FIVE.
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Notorious, Gaslight, Stromboli, Autumn Sonata (for which I forgot to vote), Spellbound.
Never been a fan of Casablanca, which wasn’t directed in anyway interesting for its time (compare it to films by Welles, Mankiewicz, Wilder or Wyler).
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It’s got some great dialogue though, don’t you think? And a wonderful cast – imagine how it would have turned out with the originally planned leads, Ann Sheridan and Ronald Reagan.
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I give you that. Not a film I rewatch or show new cinephiles
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I agree with the second part – you can very much tell it’s based on a play so that makes it feel less cinematic in some ways. What are some filmy you like to show budding cinephiles (apart from all the Avengers and Captain America flics of course ;-)?
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Elephant. It’s short, instant, memorable and has very accessible cinematography
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Cough, wouldn’t have anything to do with the look of a certain actor, coiugh!
I’ve just never been a Gus v Sant fan.
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Not all GVS but huge fan of his early work all the way to the amazing Last Days and Paranoid Park. I do consider Elephant top 3 this century. Last but by no means least I usually show films to hot twinks so, yeah… I often show Cabaret or Honoré’s Love Songs too
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Haha I’ll usually start off with Cabaret, Vertigo or Beautiful thing!
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Vertigo? Poor choice the film drags with all the stalking especially if it’s not a huge cinema fan. Rear Window works much better and it has exquisite cheeky dialogues for a romantic evening
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That’s funny I find the exact opposite; Rear window is another film I find technically well done but a bit cold (well, of course; it does the Grace Kelly…). I’ve always had guys connect with Vertigo, partly because it’s got two big appealing themes – obsession and the whole dress someone up/transformation theme.
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We obviously dont date the same guys
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Well we figured that out a long time ago!
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Also. Im not that big a Vertigo fan and find Rear Window and Psycho better
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Psycho is great, too; Anthony Perkins is amazing and it also has the voyeurism theme – plus I love that it’s in b&w! Did you watch Bates Motel?
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Nah didnt care for it. Not big on series not big on prequels and there’s only one Perkins
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I was surprised how good it was; I also usually dislike prequels but have gotten really into series (on average much prefer them over films these days). There were always some filler episodes but overall great storyline plus it was a really great cast, especially the dynamic between Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga. Also some eye candy with Max Thieriot and Nestor Carbonell.
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New cinephiles are difficult to select for.
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Depends. But I date a lot of younger guys, and they grow up with Netflix so, yeah…
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I guess they are used to trying another film if the first 10 minutes does not get them hooked. I hope their attention span is longer in other departments….
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well my current 16yo is still a cinema goer and on Netflix watched Irishman entirely 😉
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I respectfully disagree…Casablanca is one of the most perfect films of all time in my opinion. Very carefully crafted and tells a very complex story about accountability during a time of global crisis. And the vichy bottle at the end is a brilliant touch! 😀 It may not have any flashy directorial tricks, but is that a bad thing? It is a bit regrettable that cinemas show it every year on Valentine’s Day, which reduces the film to its romance narrative when it’s so much more… I could go on…but I won’t! 🙂
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Difficult choice; one of my favorite and one of the all-time great actresses – a legend who is not known as a glamour queen. I picked Casablance, Spellbound (for some reason Notorious never captivated me that much – maybe because there seem to be a lot of similarities with one of my all-time favorite films, Gilda?), Orient Express and two some will probably see as hokey, the charming Bells of St. Mary’s and The Inn of the 6th Happiness, one of the few great adventure films with a female lead. Some great films missing from the list like The visit and TV’s A woman called Golda.
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I have some catching up to do! I have seen at least seven of these, but really liked them all. I have The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, but not seen it yet. My two favourites, by far, are Murder on the Orient Express and the criminally underrated Under Capricorn. Gaslight, Casablanca and Notorious made up the rest of my five.
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I will never get your love for Under Capricorn – but looks like someone else has rated it in their top 5, too!
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Perhaps it is time to give it another go? I was expecting so little because it has a reputation, so was very pleasantly surprised when I saw it.
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I think similar to our discussion re Farhadi and Todos los saben this is a case of the director being a fish out of water. Might have worked quite well with Sirk as director, Lana Turner and, much as I love Joseph Cotten, a male lead who’s a little more rugged.
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Ha! I think I might have been the other one! Partly because I haven’t seen most of the other films, and also, as far as I remember it was alright. She was probably one of the best things in it…Since then I watched Cactus Flower, which is a good fun sex comedy, but otherwise I’m really behind on my watching of Ingrid Bergman films…
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There’s no such thing as too many Ingrid Bergman films – she really is one of the few actresses who managed to be down-to-Earth as well as glamourous. Julia Roberts Is a bit like that; they glammed her up in quite a few movies but she always seemed real, too.
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That is one of the great things about these polls, they are good reminders of actors/actresses who do not get mentioned much nowadays. Doing this poll reminded me that I need to read her biography which I have had for ages!
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The Donald Spoto one? It’s good!
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Yes! Just been upstairs and got it as I was not sure if it was that one or not. 🙂
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I am glad I am not alone in my appreciation of Under Capricorn. I think I had seen so many bad reviews that I was expecting it to be a chore to watch like Jamaica Inn, but I really did like it. And the cast is great 🙂
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I have quite a lot of catching up to do with 40’s and 50’s, so I voted for the only film I’ve seen from the list and that’s Casablanca. 😛
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