Posted by Temsonic on 03/09/06 13:27

"Quagmire aka DinZ" <dinsddy74@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:m_ydnZS6Kcnqj43ZRVnyrg@brightview.com...
> "Temsonic" <dim.sp@miau.diolch> wrote in message
> news:rDTPf.74131$494.62233@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
>>
>> "Gunther Gloop" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:4795prFegi9pU1@individual.net...
>>> Is it my newsreader or have there been just 7 posts made to uk.media.dvd
>>> all day (now 8)?
>>>
>>> That must be a record.
>>>
>>> ...I see Blu-Ray and HD-DVD is coming around April. It's a pity there is
>>> no obvious one to buy... apart from the LG dual-format player I heard
>>> about of course.
>>>
>>> Here's hoping that'll pick things up around here. ...I'm looking forward
>>> to Syriana on HD (released same time as the dvd -in May I think). ...Not
>>> that I'll have a HD player by then I'd guess.
>>>
>>> -Kevin.
>>
>> ...And from that subject line there was me thinking it was going to be
>> the title of one of your new Michael Winterbottom DVD's ;)
>>
>> Well, if you want to discuss some filums, you could do worse than point
>> me in the direction of some decent stuff in two areas I want to explore
>> I've never previously got around to.
>>
>> The first one is a HUGE category - old black & white films. Believe it or
>> not, prior to last week I couldn't have named you one pre-60's film I'd
>> watched in it's entirety. Quite how I managed to get to 31 without having
>> seen any I'm not sure, but I recently read an article on DVD Times
>> (http://tinyurl.com/zncpq) that made me realise it's probably about time
>> I gave it a go.
>>
>> I started with two obvious choices, Casablanca (because it's such a
>> cultural reference point, everyone knows parts of the dialogue even if
>> they don't realise they do) and last night I watched All About Eve, which
>> I picked up on impulse because I liked the box (shallow, me?) I thought
>> both were mind blowingly good. The scripts just sparkle, there's no break
>> for an action sequence or some OTT special effects, it's just dialogue
>> and characters, and so different to what Hollywood has become today.
>>
>> Can you suggest some other _must see_ B&W stuff? I'd rather steer clear
>> of silent movies for now, they're a whole different ball game and quite
>> an acquired taste, but anything with a level of scriptwriting and style
>> that can match up to those two? I think I might rather English language
>> films to begin with, but feel free to suggest anything with subtitles as
>> well.
>
> Frank Capra movies should sit nicely with what you want

Now you mention him, I did see and enjoy half of It's A Wonderful Life last
time I noticed it was on TV. Think I'll save that one and get it a bit
closer to Christmas :)

[Back to original message]