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10th July 2005, 03:21 PM
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Genre : Thrillers/Suspense/Drama
Topic started by vj on Mon Jun 7 20:09:03 .
Lets discuss this genre in which Hollywood really has produced some very good films.
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vj (@ boun*) on: Mon Jun 7 20:11:58
I was not too much into this but my interest has been flamed after watching a movie called 'The Usual Suspects' .. A very good movie with some amazing screenplay and plot that makes you want to watch the movie till the end.. Isnt this we want from a movie? The best part about such movies is that there is minimal emotional involvement which actually enhances the pleasure of watching it
So please tell me about more such well-made movies
Vijay
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nalini (@ 169.*) on: Tue Jun 8 16:11:30
This is my favourite genre in movies!
And yes, Usual Suspects was a great movie; LA Confidential was a slick one. I absolutely love old Hitchcock movies. If you are a mystery/suspense buff, his "Dial M for Murder" and "Rope" are a must watch. Not whodunnits, but quite gripping. An interesting tidbit about the latter - the whole movie was filmed in one room in one shot/take with the camera just panning the entire scene for an hour and a half from beginning to end. The recent Perfect Murder was a not-so-good remake of Dial M for Murder.
Will be back with more later....
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Ramji (@ 205.*) on: Wed Jun 9 13:55:42
psycho.... the scene where the police inspector goes through the Hotel register and Bates is looking over chewing gum which is all Perkins the actor needs to show his nervousness and Hitchcock the Director needs for effect.
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bb (@ dial*) on: Thu Jun 10 01:35:32
unfortunately, the psycho sequels didn't live upto expectations.. psycho itself was based on a real life guy called eddie gein. i think it also inspired the movie "the texas chainsaw massacre".
my fav is hannibal lector of silence of the lambs.
how about anatomy of a murder?
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Sai (@ ppp-*) on: Sat Jun 12 23:22:08
Some of the old classics in this genre that I would recommend are:
Orson Welles "Touch of Evil". Some of the shots in this movie are outstanding. A great role by Orson Welles himself and a good, solid plot.
Billy wilder's "Double Indemnity" is another great movie. Billy Wilder's way of narrating a story is unique whether it is drama or comedy. BTW, does he have the maximum number of academy award nominations for sreenplay or is it Woody Allen ?
China Town is another movie that comes to my mind. Great performances by Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.
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Ramji (@ 205.*) on: Thu Jun 17 16:10:12
"Birds" by Hitchcock. the scene where the school teacher is sitting on a roadside bench. It is so quiet, we see the birds landing one by one on the overhead elec line behind her. everything is so quiet until suddenly..... that's Hitchcock.
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bb (@ comp*) on: Sun Jun 20 04:39:41
the sequel to silence of the lambs, hannibal is out and promises to be made into a film soon
birds is a wonderful movie ,as ramji said it is hitchcock at his best.
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vj (@ ppp-*) on: Sun Jun 20 13:18:15
watched L.A confidential .. as nalini had said very slickly taken! what was amazing was the way it recreated the film-noir milieu , taking us back to the 1950's..left wondering why Kim bassinger was even considered for an award? and Woody Allen has 13 nominations for screenplay ( I think he won a few) awhile Wilder had 10. This category is called 'Screenplay written diresctly for the screen' ..!
Vijay
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Sai (@ ppp-*) on: Fri Jun 25 14:51:26
Talking about film noir (btw, why is it called
so ? ) and Woody Allen, the movie "Bullets over Broadway" comes to my mind. This movie of course does not belong to the milieu that we are discussing here, but, I guess its ok to talk about it. An added incentive for this movie is that Woody Allen does not appear on screen This movie, I think was nominated for original screenplay. Pulp fiction got the Oscar for best
original screenplay that year (1994).
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