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Post by Mattsby on Mar 28, 2018 21:26:53 GMT
I’ve somehow missed a lot of his filmography. About to do some catching up! He’s traversed (successfully) many genres and I usually like to bring up about Hawks how he directs dialogue. And you know what Altman said, regarding overlapping dialogue….: “People say oh you started that, I didn’t start that. Howard Hawks started that.”
My current favorites....
Rio Bravo (my riiifle my ponyy 'n mee)
Twentieth Century
The Big Sleep
Your favs? Underrateds? Thoughts?
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 28, 2018 21:58:27 GMT
I still don't understand what happens in the plot of The Big Sleep, and I've seen it a billion times, lol. I don't even care because it just looks great and the dialog is great but honestly it gives me a headache.....
I love Bringing Up Baby though - though I think over the years its gone a revision in thinking and that it's considered overrated or stupid.......I find it an all-time screwball comedy and I just said I didn't get The Big Sleep so I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed anyway.....
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Post by Viced on Mar 28, 2018 22:02:58 GMT
Rio Bravo
Only Angels Have Wings
Red River
The Big Sleep
El Dorado
Have a shitload more to see though....
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Post by Kings_Requiem on Mar 28, 2018 22:05:30 GMT
The Big Sleep
Only Angels Have Wings
To Have and Have Not
His Girl Friday
Sergeant York
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Post by idioticbunny on Mar 29, 2018 1:15:34 GMT
Still have quite a lot to see from him, but even when I didn't love his films, I loved the approach he took to directing each of them. Such an underrated director in terms of just how versatile he could be, but he really excels best in comedy (and with Cary Grant in his films). My top five:
01. His Girl Friday.
02. Scarface (1932).
03. Only Angels Have Wings.
04. The Big Sleep.
05. Twentieth Century.
And while Bringing Up Baby was one of my least favorite films of the 1930s, I truly admire his direction (it was mostly the script that I didn't like). He brought so much energy to it, as did Grant and Hepburn, that it's such a shame I didn't like it more. Thankfully, he brought that same energy to His Girl Friday which has an infinitely better script, in my opinion, and is one of my favorite films of the 1940s.
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Post by jimmalone on Mar 30, 2018 8:08:22 GMT
1. Rio Bravo
2. The Big Sleep
(both are probably in my Top 20 of all time)
3. His Girl Friday
4. El Dorado
5. Sergeant York
HM: To Have and Have Not, Red River
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Post by countjohn on Mar 31, 2018 4:14:34 GMT
Bringing Up Baby
Scarface
Sgt. York
The Big Sleep
His Girl Friday
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Apr 3, 2018 2:02:03 GMT
Rio Bravo
His Girl Friday
The Big Sleep
Only Angels Have Wings
Red River
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Post by getclutch on Apr 25, 2018 3:55:30 GMT
Bringing Up Baby
Red River
Scarface
To Have and Have Not
Rio Bravo
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