Watch everything you can…..it’ll be new to you at your age, but undoubtedly you’ll come back to these classics again in the future, and understand more. I vividly recall a series on PBS in the 70s (my teens) [I think it was called Film Classics and I’m pretty sure it was hosted by Charles Champlain, film critic) and many of those films were, and still are, the cornerstones of Janus and Criterion. As a teeenage kid in Kansas with no access to traditional art house films, that series changed my life.
and p.s. — don’t miss out on Cocteau (La Belle et La Bete, especially I think you’d like) and for an off-Criterion recommendation, Jack Clayton’s The Innocents (based on Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw) — between the screenplay in part by Truman Capote, the amazingly intense performance by Deborah Kerr, and the astonishing cinematography by Freddie Francis (in black and white Cinemascope!), it’s a film that will also scare you big-time……
Watch the Dennis Potter mini-series THE SINGING DETECTIVE (not the Robert Downey film), considered by many to be among the best things ever on television.
I’ve put in as many search terms as I can think of in google, and can’t find the info. What were the laserdiscs that Criterion put out (or maybe it was a subsidiary of Criterion?) that contained groups of shorts — futuristic, likely produced in the 50s, that were about (as I recall) housewives with new ovens, that kind of thing. I had these when I had the lasers, but I can’t remember what they were called. I’m almost certain they were put out by Criterion as I remember the covers and that typical boxed picture on the cover, with the title above or below….
in particular for me, Freddie Francis’ b/w Cinemascope photography for the Jack Clayton THE INNOCENTS, with Deborah Kerr. Still breaktaking today for me.
To add my vote, repeating some —
Bava’s BLACK SUNDAY
Roeg’s DON’T LOOK NOW
Jack Clayton’s amazing THE INNOCENTS, with Deborah Kerr, Pamela Franklin, and that amazing Freddie Francis photography.
Robert Wise’s THE HAUNTING
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Watch everything you can…..it’ll be new to you at your age, but undoubtedly you’ll come back to these classics again in the future, and understand more. I vividly recall a series on PBS in the 70s (my teens) [I think it was called Film Classics and I’m pretty sure it was hosted by Charles Champlain, film critic) and many of those films were, and still are, the cornerstones of Janus and Criterion. As a teeenage kid in Kansas with no access to traditional art house films, that series changed my life.
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12-year old asking... over 3 years ago
and p.s. — don’t miss out on Cocteau (La Belle et La Bete, especially I think you’d like) and for an off-Criterion recommendation, Jack Clayton’s The Innocents (based on Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw) — between the screenplay in part by Truman Capote, the amazingly intense performance by Deborah Kerr, and the astonishing cinematography by Freddie Francis (in black and white Cinemascope!), it’s a film that will also scare you big-time……
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TV SHOWS over 3 years ago
Watch the Dennis Potter mini-series THE SINGING DETECTIVE (not the Robert Downey film), considered by many to be among the best things ever on television.
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Help! What were those Criterion laserdiscs that contained futuristic 50s shorts? almost 3 years ago
I’ve put in as many search terms as I can think of in google, and can’t find the info. What were the laserdiscs that Criterion put out (or maybe it was a subsidiary of Criterion?) that contained groups of shorts — futuristic, likely produced in the 50s, that were about (as I recall) housewives with new ovens, that kind of thing. I had these when I had the lasers, but I can’t remember what they were called. I’m almost certain they were put out by Criterion as I remember the covers and that typical boxed picture on the cover, with the title above or below….
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Best Cinematographers almost 3 years ago
in particular for me, Freddie Francis’ b/w Cinemascope photography for the Jack Clayton THE INNOCENTS, with Deborah Kerr. Still breaktaking today for me.
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Help me find some good horror films almost 3 years ago
To add my vote, repeating some —
Bava’s BLACK SUNDAY
Roeg’s DON’T LOOK NOW
Jack Clayton’s amazing THE INNOCENTS, with Deborah Kerr, Pamela Franklin, and that amazing Freddie Francis photography.
Robert Wise’s THE HAUNTING
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