What are your favourite old movies?

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There are many, but I recommend three movies, all of which are almost no longer watched today.

The first is “La Strada” by Fellini, best seen with subtitles so to get the complete emotional impact. It holds the record for the Most Recommonded Movie by Priests over the years.

The second is “Derzu Uzala” by Kurosawa, also best seen with subtitles. (BTW, both these movies have very little dialogue, so the reading is rather easy). The movie will seem long by today’s standards, but at one point it was in the top ten most recommended movies by the Vatican, and I certainly concur with that.

And finally, and this shows my prejudice for the Japanese, since I was a missionary there for five years, I recommend “24 Eyes” a movie done around 1939. Almost NO ONE has seen it here, and it used to be hard to get. The last time I looked you could get it only through Netflix. It is one of the most “G” rated and charming movies out there, and absolutely and totally about Japanese way of seeing things. I pray that anyone who sees this movie, that there hearts go out in compassion to those who differ from us, yet seen as really good people.
 
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Gertabelle:
When I was in high school, I think I saw and least six stage productions of “Godspell.”
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I graduated high school in 1974, do they still make the kids attend stage plays?
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I graduated high school in 1985, and every stage play or musical I ever saw was my own choice, my own money to buy the ticket, my own family or group of friends attending with me.

I have no idea what they make high school students do these days. I teach elementary music.
 
High Noon, Enter the Dragon, Heat, The Lion King, and Demolition Man, are my favorites from that time period.
 
😂 Demolition Man! That movie cracked me up – “enhance your calm.” 😂 I use that phrase almost daily!
 
If we were studying a particular play in school and a production was happening of that same play we’d definitely have an exxursuon to go see it.

Local companies surely put on some productions based on what was on the high school syllabus for that year - not all of them were popular plays by any means. Offering diacounts for students waa a good way to get backsides on seats.

Sometimes, for example, the school might get the drama students/buffs together and organise an excursion to see something.
 
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Dlee said:
😱 The Bad Seed

Such a creepy little thriller. Loved that movie. I also like the request at the end not to reveal the ending to those who haven’t seen the movie yet – a very early “spoiler alert” request. 😂
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There is a similar written request at the end of Les diaboliques by Henri-Georges Clouzot, but that film and its various remakes are so famous that I rather doubt there is anyone left who doesn’t know the twist. Same with Hitchcock’s Psycho.
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If anyone is interested, Life With Father is on TCM tonight. I love this one!
 
Amadeus: 1984
The Sound of Music: 1965
Willy Wonka: 1971
The Wizard of Oz: 1939
Star Wars (all of them)
Back to the Future (all of them)
Terms of Endearment: 1983
Jesus of Nazareth: 1977
This Boy’s Life: 1993
Grease: 1978
Lethal Weapon: 1987
Indiana Jones (Raiders & the Last Crusade)
The Blue Bird : 1940
 
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Amadeus: 1984
The Sound of Music: 1965
Willy Wonka: 1971
The Wizard of Oz: 1939
Star Wars (all of them)
Back to the Future (all of them)
Terms of Endearment: 1983
Jesus of Nazareth: 1977
This Boy’s Life: 1993
Grease: 1978
Lethal Weapon: 1987
Indiana Jones (Raiders & the Last Crusade)
The Blue Bird : 1940
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Good Lord. There are only two movies on this list that were not filmed during my lifetime. I’m so old… :cry:
 
1963 Disney film; “The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh.”

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Fritz Lang’s “M” is incredible and still so relevant. It’s incredibly shot and the themes and questions it asks are still something to consider today, 80 or so years later.

For funnier things I love Bob Hope, I grew up watching those. The Princess and the Pirate, and Paleface are still quoteable from memory.
 
How is 1999 old? Are we calling Terminator 2 and the Lion King classic movies now? (Checks own age… starts digging grave… nvm). In terms of movies that are actually old, I like Cool Hand Luke and the Jungle Book
 
The Lion in Winter!

Katherine Hepburn
Peter O’toole
Anthony Hopkins

I know most of the words!
And of course I love the Lord of the Rings.
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The Lion in Winter!

Katherine Hepburn
Peter O’toole
Anthony Hopkins

I know most of the words!
And of course I love the Lord of the Rings.
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It’s been ages since I’ve seen that movie, but it is awesome. Katharine Hepburn was always one of my favorite actors. 😃

In my mind I’ve always connected this movie with A Man For All Seasons about St Thomas More. I know they’re completely different, but I just haven’t watched many monarch movies in my lifetime.

I just found out yesterday that it took 400 for St Thomas More to be canonized! Four hundred years between his death and his being declared a Saint – and what a great Saint he is! Ora pro nobis…
 
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