1950s, 1960s cinema, what's worth checking out?

[jugemscloud]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043137/ - Winchester 73 one of my favourite westerns

[Skykid]

Kitano was great in the 80s and early 90s, but I've basically ignored him after the abortion that is Brother.

Omfg so strongly this. That movie... is epic bad.

I dunno, Japan seems to really lose it some time in the 80s for live-action stuff in my opinion.

No doubt about it. I still sit down and entertain other people's opinions by occasionally forcing myself to watch Japanese movies, and the one's that aren't a complete barrel load of fuck thinking they're cleverly masquerading as art when actually failing due to the law of tryhard, do resonate with me. But for every Shall We Dance and Memories of Matsuko there's a Mushishi, Lily Chou Chou, Versus or Casshern out to kill me a little inside and rob me of a perfectly good 2 hours of life.

Even Nakashima comes back with angst ridden over emoting nonsense like Confessions to sully my respect for him.

I don't even think Mike is all that tbh. I like Audition, mainly its first half only, and although Ichi had interesting elements it really all amounts to total garbage by the wrap up.

And some come with the highest recommendations, and I find they're basically okay, passable movies. I mean, are these great by Japanese standards only, or comparative to the rest of the world? Twilight Samurai springs to mind: after all that praise I thought I was getting a movie of some depth and virtuosity. Instead it was an okay feudal drama of slow pace with a lead who can't act for toffee that amounted to very little on the grand movie richter scale.

And the less we say about Gunhed the better. If I was the art designer I would have taken out a contract on the director's life.

[Jonathan Ingram]

The World of Kanako, Nakashima's next project after Confessions, seems to be done in the same dreadful style.

Many of Miike's best works are from the 90s, but overall the quality of his output has improved over the past decade. He is no longer as wildly inconsistent as he used to be nor is he likely to put out glorified pornography anymore.

[lilmanjs]

I see Hitchcock mentioned in here. Get that crap out of here. I'm not asking for the obvious classic cinema. Besides, I've seen most of his output from the decades in question a few times over already. Japan lost it somewhere in the late 80s, and early 90s as far as mainstream being worth watching. Still some good stuff from time to time these days, but mostly its not all that great(this coming from someone who watches J-Dramas, lol). About the only director that I've seen stuff of from the 80s that was good is Juzo Itami. Mainly for both of the A Taxing Woman movies.

[Obiwanshinobi]

Ewa chce spać (my latest co-worker is a lot like the Eve of this film), Císařův pekař a pekařův císař, Kiss Me Deadly, Johnny Guitar, The Battle of the Rails (1946 - funny how the French made the single best film of its ilk), Ivan's Childhood, The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (avoid the US dub if you can), The Exterminating Angel, The Wages of Fear...

[Skykid]

I see Hitchcock mentioned in here. Get that crap out of here.

"Crap"?

Jesus.

Perhaps you should change the thread title to be more specific, everyone's been guessing ever since you opened it.

[CMoon]

I see Hitchcock mentioned in here. Get that crap out of here.

"Crap"?

Jesus.

Perhaps you should change the thread title to be more specific, everyone's been guessing ever since you opened it.

Yup. That shocking revelation you didn't know what the OP was looking for in the first place.

Speaking of which, I don't really get the 'classic cinema' phrase anymore. There's a time those words made sense to me, and now it doesn't. Good direction, good acting, good script...that's all that really matters to me. I tossed out Sunset Blvd earlier because it is a hyper modern film from 1960. Kane, despite being over used as a reference point IS overused because it is also hyper modern, and what, is it from 1941?

Imagine someone on here saying they aren't interested in talking about 'classic videogames'

[Acid King]

Yup. That shocking revelation you didn't know what the OP was looking for in the first place.

Speaking of which, I don't really get the 'classic cinema' phrase anymore. There's a time those words made sense to me, and now it doesn't. Good direction, good acting, good script...that's all that really matters to me. I tossed out Sunset Blvd earlier because it is a hyper modern film from 1960. Kane, despite being over used as a reference point IS overused because it is also hyper modern, and what, is it from 1941?

Imagine someone on here saying they aren't interested in talking about 'classic videogames'

I do understand the sentiment though because Hitchcock's output, along with Orson Welles, is kind of a gimme when it comes to classic American movies. Fritz Lang and Otto Preminger deserve love too.

[Aguraki]

Che? (what?) by polanski.
1972 but still loved that movie,its weird and hypnotic.

le clan des siciliens (The Sicilian Clan) 1969
one of my fav movies,great cast allover

[lilmanjs]

Once again, this is pretty much a catch all for throwing out movies everyone likes from the 50s and 60s. Hitchcock isn't crap. Its just I'm pretty sure everyone here has seen his stuff.

[Acid King]

What about the 40's? Kiss of Death, Double Indemnity, Postman Always Rings Twice, I Wake Up Screaming, This Gun for Hire, The Dark Corner...

[lilmanjs]

What about the 40's? Kiss of Death, Double Indemnity, Postman Always Rings Twice, I Wake Up Screaming, This Gun for Hire, The Dark Corner...

well, wouldn't that change the thread to being just about classic cinema period? If people want that, I can change the thread about classic cinema of any decade.