[net.movies] More Favorites

pag@hao.UUCP (Peter Gross) (10/06/83)

Some of my favorites (no particular order):

Out of the Past		Robt. Mitchum and Kirk Douglas classic film noir
Palm Beach Story	Preston Sturges madcap masterpiece
Diva			Recent French arty new wave suspense film
Cutter's Way		Jeff Bridges and Dennis Hopper give it their all
Murmur of the Heart	Louis Malle classic
Lonely are the Brave	Kirk Douglas as the last of the cowboys, hunted
			by 4-wheelers and copters
The American Friend	Wim Wenders film noir with Dennis Hopper and Nicholas
			Ray
Rancho Deluxe		Love the scene where they blast daddy's Lincoln with a
			buffalo rifle -- Slim Pickens steals the show
Dr. Strangelove		Speaking of Slim .....
Solaris			Only SF film I have ever really liked
Lady from Shanhai	Pre-rotundity Orson Welles -- fantastic final scene in
			House of Mirrors
Thief			James Caan steals diamonds to Tangerine Dream syntho-pop

Comments on any of these?
--peter

annej@hammer.UUCP (Anne Jacko) (10/07/83)

Cutter's Way starred Jeff Bridges and John Heard, not JB and Dennis 
Hopper.  Granted, Heard *looked* more like Dennis Hopper than
himself in the movie, but credit where credit is due and all that.
Lisa Eichorn (sp?) was good as Heard's (Cutter's) wife, too.

-- Anne Jacko, Tektronix