Well, I'd like YOU to see Otley
If you can find it, that is.
Done!
I love 21st Century cinema and silent films more than any thing. I took a look at your top 100 film list to try and give you a movie you might enjoy. Firstly I must say your top 100 is amazing. A lot of different types of films. I am impressed. I am glad you have a Satyajit Ray film there as well.
Thanks for the compliment! I wish Ray's films would get released here in good versions. I haven't seen anything but the Apu trilogy. I'll probably watch worm's favorite (
Churulata) soon, though.
I will give a few films and you can choose. Chances are you have already watched the American films I am giving you.
The Big Parade (It is one of my top 5 films. I was so over whelmed when I saw it on TCM Asia a few years ago)
Scarface (1932) (I love Gangster films and this is my favorite of the genre and also has my favorite actor in Muni)
I am a Fugitive from the Chaingang (Muni again)
Pyaasa (Guru Dutt's iconic Indian film. Perhaps the greatest hindi film ever. They watched it for the bollywood marathon and really loved it)
Interiors (Woody Allen is one of my favorite directors and I loved this film. I gave it a 10/10. It is a hurt wrenching drama which fills you completely.)
Bolwieser (Well I can't find the longer version any where. I will try the German embassy which has 350 German films when I want to rewatch this but the version I did watch was exceptional as well. Fassbinder btw.)
Lady Chatterley (This movie shows pure passion like I have never seen on cinema. The lead actor was compared to Brando and it is a very special film)
Bari Theke Paliye (Ritwik Ghatak's film which preceded Trauffat's 400 Blows. 400 Blows is a favorite of yours, so you might like this. It is a great film)
Ordet (The best film ever on the subject of faith. Cannot be surpassed)
That's enough choices I hope.
I've already seen
The Big Parade and
Scarface.
The Big Parade just missed making my Top 100, in fact. I think I really liked
Scarface, too, but I should revisit it. I may have seen
Interiors, too, but I can't even remember for sure. I think I've always been a little wary of it because it sounds like Woody Allen trying to make a Bergman film, and I'm always just like, "You know, I'd rather just watch a Bergman film by Bergman."
Ordet is high up on my list of things I want to see, so that's a great choice. But I'm also really keen to see one of Ghatak's films, and
Bari Theke Paliye sounds lovely.
Pyaasa, too, sounds like something I should really check out and something that I might never get around to without a dictation.
Lady Chatterley (it's the 2006 French film, right?) doesn't appeal to me as much, but maybe that's all the more reason I should watch it. I can't find the tv version of
Bolweiser (aka,
The Stationmaster's Wife, for those following along), but I could definitely watch the theatrical version. I definitely need to see more Fassbinder.
So, like always, I'm torn about what to watch. I'm probably drawn most towards
Bari Theke Paliye, but I leave the final choice up to you.
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