REVEALED-THE ILX TOP 75 FILMS OF THE 1950s

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20. Hiroshima mon Amour
Alain Resnais, 1959
POINTS: 129
VOTES: 5
#1s: 1

COMMENTS:

To paraphrase Barthes “what's terrible about narrative is that it makes the monstrous viable.”

― Kevin John Bozelka

hiroshima mon amour: c/d?

I was going to say, the exception to my assertation above would be Faye Dunaway's every line in Mommie Dearest and Edith Massey's every line in Desperate Living.

All About Eve is like oxygen to me. Take it away and I die. Huff too much of it and it makes me high. I've seen it about 50, 60 times and I could watch it right now and then again immediately afterward.

Btw, that's my comment quoting from Uninvited which, repeating myself for the billionth time, features THE best analysis of the film I've ever read (particularly because it addresses how the film compels so many of us to keep watching the thing).

give me George Sanders' tongue.

Morbs, don't get randy.

If anyone was wondering, hiroshima's #1 broke the points tie w/Eve.

I was going to say, the exception to my assertation above would be Faye Dunaway's every line in Mommie Dearest and Edith Massey's every line in Desperate Living.

I think I found husband #2.

KJB & EH: butterfies in heat

Top 20 locks?

Touch of Evil
Kiss Me Deadly
NxNW
Rear Window

flies, not fries

xp

The last time I saw AAE, I didn't even mind Hugh Marlowe so much.

Morbs: Crustmeister in seclusion

if there is a Vertigo backlash, you will all pay.

The last time I saw All About Eve I didn't even mind the hair that fluttered in the gate for two seconds.

I love it when your hair flutters in the gate, Miss Caswell.

A dull cliche!

mudflinger

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19. Rio Bravo
Howard Hawks, 1959
POINTS: 134
VOTES: 7
#1s: 1

COMMENTS:

“Wayne and Dickinson's scenes are a great sex comedy by themselves.”

--Dr. Morbius

“Thank you, Fred Zinnemann!”

― Kevin John Bozelka

"Wayne, Dino, Hawks, Angie, WALTER FUCKING BRENNAN! What's not to love?"

― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain)

"When I'm getting serious about a girl, I show her Rio Bravo and she better fucking like it." - Quentin Tarantino
― Justyn Dillingham

BONUS FEATURE

The best line(s)* in All About Eve comes IMMEDIATELY AFTER the most famous line. A crisp two dollar bill to whoever gets it.

Hint: It's a GENIUS back and forth.

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18. Paths of Glory
Stanley Kubrick, 1957
POINTS: 135
VOTES: 6
#1s:0

COMMENTS:

"Now you got the edge on him."

--Dr. Morbius

BONUS FEATURE

Kevin darling!

well those 2 butch entries put a stop to THAT

Pretty much. I still haven't finished Rio Bravo.

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17. Ikiru
Akira Kurosawa, 1952
POINTS: 140
VOTES: 5
#1s: 0

COMMENTS:

“I enjoyed this film. The bit where they are cutting from one department to another was great. Very sad film, yet quite heart-warming at the same time. The wake dragged a little, and I loved the way all the guys from the office vowed to change, but by the next day they were the same as usual.”

― jel

“Ikiru - very nice, kind of shows kurosawa's limitations tho. the 'poetry' is a bit blunt, but that's also part of its charm
i suppose.”

― ryan

“this is awesome. a very strangely constructed film. structured almost like a dialectical argument. very moving.”

― amateur!!st

BONUS FEATURE

sorry, guys, but Ikiru's only inspired a couple of decent naps.

It'd be nice if that were the only Kurosawa in the top 20, but there are at least two more, aren't there?

well those 2 butch entries put a stop to THAT

Hey I voted for Rio Bravo! It's the greatest thing Fred Zinnemann ever did in his life.

Rio Bravo was my number one. I love how it manages to give showcases to all of its stars without hurting the plot whatsoever.

In A Lonely Place my number two - yeah some of the writing's corny, and the soundtrack is a bit intrusive as well. But apart from Bogart and Grahame, I value the gorgeous shots of the main character's house and the hills (one of the great LA movies, deffo) and...it's sort've lame to hold up taboo breaking as a reason to like a movie, but I do like how absolutley ruthless the movie is in making you love Bogart without giving you any confidence at all that he is not a psychopath and possible murderer (when the resolution comes, of course, it doesn't matter anymore.) One of the most comvincing anti-heroes ever.

I think the german stuff in Hiroshima Mon Amour is quite powerful but overall I'm not too keen on all those scenes of Riva walking around being pensive. Definitley didn't make me want to check out Duras. There's a latter (and ok, more conventional, who cares) Resnais that I really love, though - On Connait La Chanson.

Love Paths Of Glory, too.

Hey I voted for Rio Bravo! It's the greatest thing Fred Zinnemann ever did in his lif

HOWARD HAWKS, YOU INFIDEL

Wasn't Hawk's decision to film Rio Bravo as an answer to High Noon loaded with a pretty nasty political subtext? At any rate, Rio Bravo's the better movie, sure, but High Noon has its charms. Tex Ritter, for one.

xpost Alfred I think Kevin was zinging the Zinneman.

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16. Kiss Me Deadly
Robert Aldrich, 1955
POINTS: 153
VOTES: 6
#1s: 0

COMMENTS:

“”Now listen, Mike. Listen carefully. I'm going to pronounce a few words. They're harmless words. Just a bunch of letters scrambled together. But their meaning is very important. Try to understand what they mean….””

― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain)

“When the devil takes your soul from the back of your head, he also takes the suitcase from Kiss Me Deadly.”

― Dr Morbius

Will Hitchcock pull a top-10 hat trick?

And that's it for today. I'll drop 15-1 on Super Tuesday the 18th.

Daniel, I don't want Zinnemann's name anywhere near Hawk's (except when discussing "From Here to Eternity").

Why would anyone vote for anything even conceptually connected with Zinnemann?

Katy Jurado is the best thing in High Noon.

yes, Zinnemann was an ideal candidate to sanitize Eternity.

The Sundowners is worth a glance.

Julia and The Member of the Wedding are well-acted.

(esp by V Redgrave and Ethel Waters)

BORING! Back to All About Eve territory"

Fave (campy) line from Mommie Dearest: "Tear down that bitch of a bearing wall and put a window where it (godlike emphasis) OUGHT to be!"

Fave Edith line from Desperate Living: Haven't seen it in years but "Rob my safety deposit box" off the top of my head." Mink Stole has the best lines in this, though.

so this is gaythread now?

I'm wondering if there'll be many foreign films in top 15, you xenophobes.

Um, I voted for Hiroshima Mon Amour, cookie! But Hollywood owned the 1950s.

WE HAVE OFFICIALLY FORCED OUT AN AGGRIEVED MAJORITY.

Lovin' the caps today, Soto!

So gays wish it was still the 1950s? Who knew?

um, wha?

Cinematically speaking, et al.

Or maybe gays just like poles.

What??? Are you okay, EH?

I'm not the one who reckoned this poll was being owned by the gays, is what I'm saying.

Ah ok.