what what your favorite 1960's movies?

[filfoster]

I Love it but was sad that Bullitt seemed dated when I introduced my younger daughter and her steady to it, this past summer. Still, the young man is now a fan of 'The King of Cool'. Hope he treats my daughter better than Mr. McQ did most-no, all- of his wives.

 

[2jakes]

I Love it but was sad that Bullitt seemed dated when I introduced my younger daughter and her steady to it, this past summer. Still, the young man is now a fan of 'The King of Cool'. Hope he treats my daughter better than Mr. McQ did most-no, all- of his wives.

I have no respect for any man that abuses a woman...even the "King of Cool".

 

[Fading Fast]

I have no respect for any man that abuses a woman...even the "King of Cool".

Agreed 100% percent, which is why I try not to learn about the private lives of the actors I like - I just want to enjoy their on-screen persona and not know all the ugly stuff about their personal lives.

"Bullet" is dated - and still enjoyable - but almost all old movies are to a point. One has to have some sense of the social norms and conventions of the time to appreciate the movies of a period. Rick's insouciance and sarcasm in "Casablanca" is only impressive and fresh if one realizes that everybody hadn't become insouciance and sarcastic then as they are today.

My girlfriend and I cringe at the way some men treated women in the old movies, but we remind ourselves to not be so self-righteous as that was the norm of the time and some of the things we think are right and smart today, will look dated, old-fashion and, probably, immoral fifty years from now.

That is why pre-code movies are so neat - a lot of the values and conventions of those movies are closer to the ones we have today than the movies from '34 and later when the code was enforce.

 

[LizzieMaine]

The most important thing to remember about actors is that they were acting. If we think we know them from their screen images, we don't.

 

[1mach1]

I have always liked Bullitt, but without the car chase, it's kinda vanilla. Remember the fax scene? It was in real time, watching a fax come through (in 1968). Ouch!

 

[2jakes]

The most important thing to remember about actors is that they were acting. If we think we know them from their screen images, we don't.

Working in this business, the majority of the time is spent waiting to set up for the next scene.
You are in a select group of people all day everyday for a long period of time.

I know Mr. James Garner was a gentleman.
I cannot say the same for the King of Cool !





( just my 2 ¢ )

 

[1mach1]

The most important thing to remember about actors is that they were acting. If we think we know them from their screen images, we don't.

My sister and I met Andy Griffith in Yellowstone Park when we were 8 and 9, respectively. We had lost our parents. We stayed with him and his wife for about 30 minutes before our parents found us. He and his wife were good people. We even held his hands.

 

[Greyryder]

Working in this business, the majority of the time is spent waiting to set up for the next scene.
You are in a select group of people all day everyday for a long period of time.

I know Mr. James Garner was a gentleman.
I cannot say the same for the King of Cool !





( just my 2 ¢ )

Garner had the cooler car, too.

 

[ChiTownScion]

McQueen and Garner: a lead in to me declaring my favorite 60's film: The Great Escape. Yeah, I know that the escape from Stalag Luft III was a British and Commonwealth operation, and that the American characters were created so that we Americans could "relate" to the plot... but it's a terrific film.

 

[filfoster]

I think it's interesting that Garner and McQueen were good friends. I recall reading in one of the nice write ups after Garner's death, that he viewed McQueen as 'sort of a delinquent younger brother'. Their personal lives seem to have been strong contrasts.

 

[Stearmen]

McQueen and Garner: a lead in to me declaring my favorite 60's film: The Great Escape. Yeah, I know that the escape from Stalag Luft III was a British and Commonwealth operation, and that the American characters were created so that we Americans could "relate" to the plot... but it's a terrific film.

Actually, there were Americans who helped dig the tunnels for The Great Esacape! Just before the escape, the Germans decided to transfer all the Americans to another camp.

 

[Stearmen]

Not the best 60s movie by a long stretch, but I like it, and it was iconic. [video=youtube;bYsztoaU9Ls]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYsztoaU9Ls[/video]

 

[HoosierDaddy]

'Then Came Bronson' was a weekly TV series. I don't think I missed an episode. Good show back then.
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[Stearmen]

'Then Came Bronson' was a weekly TV series. I don't think I missed an episode. Good show back then.
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It was a movie first, Monday, March 24, 1969.

 

[filfoster]

'Then Came Bronson' was a weekly TV series. I don't think I missed an episode. Good show back then.
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I used to watch that too. It was on roughly the same era as Run For Your Life with Ben Gazzara, wasn't it?

I recall reading somewhere that Michael Parks was kind of a 'tool' to work with which limited his career.

 

[stevew443]

"One Two Three" (1961) -- James Cagney, no less, as one of The Boys From Marketing, rampagaing thru West Berlin. The mind boggles.

LizzieMaine,
The wife and I just watched One Two Three and I can see why you love it. The pacing was phenomenal. Cagney was on the top of his game in this film. Of course many of the references would be lost on today's generation, but what a great movie.

 

[Fading Fast]

LizzieMaine,
The wife and I just watched One Two Three and I can see why you love it. The pacing was phenomenal. Cagney was on the top of his game in this film. Of course many of the references would be lost on today's generation, but what a great movie.

I know you addressed your comment to Lizzie - and she, I am sure, knows more about it than I do - but I am glad you enjoyed it. It is the movie that made me go back and watch earlier Cagney movies. As you said the pacing was insane - how did he learn and deliver all that dialogue so well and so fast?

 

[stevew443]

I know you addressed your comment to Lizzie - and she, I am sure, knows more about it than I do - but I am glad you enjoyed it. It is the movie that made me go back and watch earlier Cagney movies. As you said the pacing was insane - how did he learn and deliver all that dialogue so well and so fast?

Cagney was perfect in that role. I would never have thought he could pull off comedy so well. My favorite Cagney film is White Heat, but One Two Three could easily become my 2nd favored Cagney film.

 

[LizzieMaine]

It's actually the picture that drove Cagney into retirement -- he realized he no longer enjoyed putting up with that kind of workload, and didn't make another picture until 1981.

 

[Fading Fast]

It's actually the picture that drove Cagney into retirement -- he realized he no longer enjoyed putting up with that kind of workload, and didn't make another picture until 1981.

Since he carried the entire movie and learned the equivalent dialogue of three movies, it's no wonder he felt the burden of the work load. I knew you'd have some cool info about him / the movie.