C&W is my least favorite of the major Bergmans but is by far the best movie on this list.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 April 2014 15:33 (ten years ago) link
I can't stand AG.
The music is too good?
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 April 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link
Cries and Whispers is another one of Bergman's horror-not-horror movies, and compliments the Exorcist quite well.
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 10 April 2014 15:39 (ten years ago) link
If you've never seen The Exorcist, don't do it now if it shows up at a rep theater. The audience will push all of your "laughing at 'quaint'/dated stuff" buttons.
Morbs laughs at every horror movie, so it'll even out. (And The Exorcist certainly deserves some laughter.)
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 10 April 2014 15:39 (ten years ago) link
good horror movies usu provoke laughter! Snoozing more likely at the nongood.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 April 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
I know we've discussed it before, but I continue to be stymied by how ludicrously successful The Sting was at the B.O.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 10 April 2014 15:44 (ten years ago) link
THAT movie making $744,342,900 in today dollars.
Redford/Newman as the Vince Vaughn of their day, The Sting being their Wedding Crashers.
― That's So (Eazy), Thursday, 10 April 2014 15:47 (ten years ago) link
It was the hordes of secret Harold Gould fans that really pushed it over the top.
― bi-polar uncle (its OK-he's dead) (Phil D.), Thursday, 10 April 2014 15:48 (ten years ago) link
even harder to believe that Glenda Jackson won two Oscars
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 April 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
For all its humble aims, The Sting is a well-crafted enetertainment with two huge male stars, sort of like... oh, nothing today.
(also making their second and last film together, after a big hit 4 years previously -- an eternity today)
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 April 2014 15:59 (ten years ago) link
Man that second Jackson win was some bullshit, but the BP nod means something about that movie struck a chord. It may be the most dated of any '70s BP nominee.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 10 April 2014 16:00 (ten years ago) link
Butch Cassidy = $589,158,100 in today$
what's A TofC really about? I don't recall.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 April 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
IIRC, it's like a feature length BBC episode of Maude.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 10 April 2014 16:03 (ten years ago) link
the year's Best Actress nominees are the decade's weakest, no?
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 April 2014 16:04 (ten years ago) link
Streisand would've won if she hadn't already.
How did they manage to nominate C&W, and not Liv? Not a big enough solo part, I guess.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 April 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
she was nominated for The Emigrants and F to F though (is the latter the only unavailable major Bergman?)
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 April 2014 16:14 (ten years ago) link
It's on DVD-R I think.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 10 April 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
"unavailable" has replaced "rescreen" in my Lordlexicon
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 April 2014 16:25 (ten years ago) link
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― Inside Lewellyn Sinclair (cryptosicko), Thursday, 10 April 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
for one of the Top 5 or so movies of the decade The Sting has really fallen off the radar compared to the rest of the big hitters (Jaws, Exorcist, Grease, Godfather etc). still an amazing movie though by God.
― piscesx, Thursday, 10 April 2014 16:34 (ten years ago) link
The theatrical cut of Bergman's Face to Face is out on pressed DVD through Olive Films. They licensed it from Paramount, who may have blocked the release of the TV version over here.
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 10 April 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link
Also: Since Clem hasn't shown up yet, can I just...
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2XU0Hd5SvV0/UiLgmFkoBuI/AAAAAAAAGXw/9ifJTtgH3yo/s1600/mean-streets-poster.jpg
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 10 April 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link
have never seen that poster -- lol map is way too south
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 April 2014 18:52 (ten years ago) link
My anglo/narrative nominees:
BadlandsThe Long GoodbyePaper MoonScoreThe Wicker Man
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 10 April 2014 18:53 (ten years ago) link
xp It's actually a poster made for a film society: http://designyoutrust.com/2009/12/final-cult-movie-poster/
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 10 April 2014 18:54 (ten years ago) link
I don't trust em to find Little Italy
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 April 2014 18:55 (ten years ago) link
American Graffiti easily. Cries and Whispers (couldn't make it to a screening a couple of weeks ago) and The Excorcist are very good. Saw The Sting once, never thought about seeing it a second time. Have never thought about seeing A Touch of Class a first time. Mean Streets ahead of AG, but for me, not lopsided. I'd probably rather watch AG than The Long Goodbye, although it's close.
― clemenza, Thursday, 10 April 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
My fave anglo film of that year (Scenes from a Marriage is dated 1973, but I don't think it premiered theatrically that year, at least not in North American) is actually Heavy Traffic. Really like Paper Moon and The Wicker Man too. Somehow, I have never seen The Long Goodbye.
― Inside Lewellyn Sinclair (cryptosicko), Thursday, 10 April 2014 21:33 (ten years ago) link
*North America
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 21 April 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link