This is very true. It was a big eye-opener to realize that none of today's culture war is new, particularly vis-a-vis complexities of sex and gender and their associated roles, that these conflicts were was just suppressed for a long time due to blatant art censorship and enforced by media monopoly.
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if you are sick of westerns than this is the western for you. It's an anti western. It's also fantastic. Not quite pre 1970 but close.
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Just got to list a few black and white films I've seen that are good.
The Apartment is really good. It's a time capsule of the time and timeless at the same time.
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I think John Ford gets overlooked. I believe Kurosawa even lists him as one of his major influences.I want to second North By Northwest, as it's one of my all time favorite movies (top 5).
Old movies that I could (and probably have) watch over 10 times:
The Caine Mutiny
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.Stalag 17
It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.Kurosawa is the most influential director prior to Spielberg (who lists him as an influence) and is more than just Samurai stuff, but Kagemusha is still my favorite by him (it's not an action movie, really). The Bad Sleep Well is his best contemporary setting movie (it may be hard to find, I have it on my HD but dunno how best to share it):Has anyone really not seen this? I feel like it's on the same level as Gone with Wind, but maybe not.Lawrence of Arabia
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.Same as above, has anyone not seen this movie? Maybe the best in it's genre. (I guess this breaks the 1970 threshold too, oops):Chinatown
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal...
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I would also rate The Searchers as the best American western ever made, with The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance coming in second.
Probably, they are defiantly neck and neck for impactful movies. I'm not a huge movie geek in that way, but it seems that when people talk about Kurosawa they talk about the revolutionary things he did in film making more than just about any other director.
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Mist got a little rambunctious with the date. I think you can find wonderful movies before the birth of the Blockbuster, which is either 1975 or 1977. The blaxpoitation era also had some great movies. Even if you don't like black people.
70's movies are totally different. Tonally, stylistically, even the people themselves changed. That's why I cut it off at 1970.
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I'm not sure why that is, but Jaws 1975 is considered the first blockbuster film. Gone With The Wind isn't considered either. And you have some overlap from the 60s style to the 70s style and even vice versa. Good bad and Ugly I always thought was a 70s movie.
I think it was the one I was in maybe first or second grade, I used to just listen to various cassette tapes that my parents had, and one of them was The Sting soundtrack. If I had to guess it was probably something my mom had because we had piano and she used to play.
