amner
16th May 2003, 11:56
In no particular order apart from numerical:
1. 10 Rillington Place
If you think that dear Dickie Attenborough is just some propped up old luvvie, watch this. Sweaty and terrifying. John Hurt gives the best rabbit-caught-in-headlights performance of all time.
2. North by Northwest
So good, just wonderful. Can there be anyone who doesn't like this? Best seen at the movies. The crop dusting sequence is amazing on the big screen.
3. The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Val Guest directed some great stuff in the early 60s. This is a brilliantly atmospheric piece of sci-fi. First rate British thesps work their collective socks off in a wordy film that today's CGI boys would ruin totally.
4. 28 Days Later
Superior reworking of the Romero-led genre. The suddenly clear subtext that the rest of the world hates the Brits at the end, is a rather bleak joke at our expense, but played very well.
5. Serpico
God I hate George Lucas. We used to go and see films like Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon all the time. After '77 we get Armageddon. You can just see him up at Coppola's house with Scorsese and the rest, sulking in the corner, thinking 'Christ, I'll never be this good'.
6. Taxi Driver
See?
7. L'Été meurtrier
I've fancied Isabelle Adjani for years. Top notch thriller, this.
8. Les Diaboliques (the '55 one)
Possibly the best ending to a thriller ever. Out-Hitchcocks Hitchcock. Sensational stuff.
9. Fargo
Ah, great movie. I love the Coen brothers, me.
10. Miller's Crossing
Told you I loved the Coen brothers. "All in all not a bad guy - if looks, brains and personality don't count." Heck, I coulda stuck a dozen Coen brothers movies in here.
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1. 10 Rillington Place
If you think that dear Dickie Attenborough is just some propped up old luvvie, watch this. Sweaty and terrifying. John Hurt gives the best rabbit-caught-in-headlights performance of all time.
2. North by Northwest
So good, just wonderful. Can there be anyone who doesn't like this? Best seen at the movies. The crop dusting sequence is amazing on the big screen.
3. The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Val Guest directed some great stuff in the early 60s. This is a brilliantly atmospheric piece of sci-fi. First rate British thesps work their collective socks off in a wordy film that today's CGI boys would ruin totally.
4. 28 Days Later
Superior reworking of the Romero-led genre. The suddenly clear subtext that the rest of the world hates the Brits at the end, is a rather bleak joke at our expense, but played very well.
5. Serpico
God I hate George Lucas. We used to go and see films like Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon all the time. After '77 we get Armageddon. You can just see him up at Coppola's house with Scorsese and the rest, sulking in the corner, thinking 'Christ, I'll never be this good'.
6. Taxi Driver
See?
7. L'Été meurtrier
I've fancied Isabelle Adjani for years. Top notch thriller, this.
8. Les Diaboliques (the '55 one)
Possibly the best ending to a thriller ever. Out-Hitchcocks Hitchcock. Sensational stuff.
9. Fargo
Ah, great movie. I love the Coen brothers, me.
10. Miller's Crossing
Told you I loved the Coen brothers. "All in all not a bad guy - if looks, brains and personality don't count." Heck, I coulda stuck a dozen Coen brothers movies in here.
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