• on the waterfront - 1954, staring marlon brando. "I coulda had class, I coulda been a contender." winner of 8 academy awards
• a place in the sun - elizabeth taylor and montgomery clift. i would easily put clift in the same category as brando and james dean. love the sad ending. 6 academy awards
• roman holiday - one of audrey hepburn's first major roles. full of light hearted humor, vespa riding around rome, and anything but a story book ending
• it happened one night - i think this movie made me fall in love with the 30s. at least the surreal hollywood version
• rattle & hum - this is basically a 72 minute U2 music video. but its in black and white so it counts.
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ok, one of my favorite movies of all time is a movie called midnight with don ameche and claudette colbert. it's referred to as a "screwball comedy." are you into comedies? come over and watch it one of these days. i'll make you some tea. :P
And my response in no particular order but top five:
• Control, A film by anton corbijn on ian curtis of Joy division
• Dead Man, a weird western by Jim Jarmusch featuring johnny depp
• Harakiri,the best samurai movie i have seen to date.
• a splendor in the grass, a crazy love story
• the white mane, Albert Lamorisse directs this movie about a boy and a horse
I need to see some more black and white movies before I can evaluate your decisions appropriately. But, as things stand now, I think I can trust your judgment.
i am a big fan of Memento. though it's not shot entirely in B&W...
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