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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
Well, I've seen her in a few bombs too, but that is another story.
I remember the scene with the servants; great stuff. They made it seem like she was trapped in a prison where the guards could pretend she was the warden. I loved the train station scene towards the end too. Anyway, bottom line for me is it was an unforgettable character.
So, just as a random question (I may take you up on an answer if you have one), what movie would you recommend under the following conditions:
1.) You think its a great movie;
2.) Nobody below the age of (45?) appreciates it, except you;
3.) At some point, either audiences, critics or the academy loved it.
Well, not nobody, but you know... barely anybody.
Anything come to mind?
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I originally misunderstood the question to be "any movies that old folks don't know/don't like?" That's because I'm having a senior moment.
So my original answer is below. As phrased, I'd go with
HIS GIRL FRIDAY. The definitive 'reporter-meets-escaped con, reporter-hides-escaped con-in-rolltop desk' story. This movie (and other Howard Hawks comedies) were a major influence on the Coen brothers.
GREAT MOVIES UNKNOWN BY OLDSTERS:
#3: American Movie. This is a documentary that does what documentaries are supposed to do: you feel certain that you know Mark Borschardt, and his friends, and his family, and his crazy dream to make Coven (pronounced COH-ven) and his other nutty horror films. Impossible to pick a favorite character in this movie, but crazy rich miser uncle guy and best-friend Mark are two great ones.
#2: Repo Man. I haven't seen it for ten years, but from what I remember, it's chock-full of brilliant strangeness. Captures on film what I often felt as a young str8 -- that the world is vicious and crooked place, a puzzle to be solved by clues unknowingly residing in the few.
#1: The Killer. John Woo's masterpiece. Love, friendship, loyalty, betrayal, bullets. Chow Yun Fat kicks ass. Danny Lee and Sally Yeh play their parts to perfection (how sad that I didn't even have to look up their names). One of the uber-bad guys looks just like the guy who killed Pacino in Scarface. An ending not to be believed. And a little-known fact; the dubbed version is better than the subtitled one.
