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Post by Mattsby on Jan 19, 2018 1:01:56 GMT
About to catch up and dive thru some of his work, curious MAs favorites? I watched The Heiress last night thru TCM, which is such an engrossing, terrifically written, well acted film; completely controlled by Wyler. Plays greatly from a feminist perspective too.... Otherwise, I've only seen a couple others. I know, Viced I know - The Collector is coming up next for me. Top 5? Underrateds? Have at it.
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Post by stephen on Jan 19, 2018 1:03:44 GMT
1. The Best Years of Our Lives 2. Ben-Hur 3. The Heiress 4. Detective Story 5. The Collector
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Post by Viced on Jan 19, 2018 1:11:54 GMT
I also need to see more... but for now:
The Collector Roman Holiday The Best Years of Our Lives The Heiress The Big Country
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Post by pickpocket on Jan 19, 2018 2:42:57 GMT
You're in for a treat. He's a very consistent director and he treads various genres with ease. He might not neatly fit among the 'auteurs,' but his flexibility is actually quite refreshing.
The major ones have already been mentioned so I'll just give a shout-out to some other gems:
The Good Fairy - Criminally underseen. One of the most charming romantic comedies of the 1930s. Gives the likes of Lubitsch and Leisen a run for their money. Carrie - Superb performance from Laurence Olivier. Anyone who thinks he's too stagey should see this, where he really digs deep and carves a more introspective character. Film itself is non too shabby and has a lot to comment on adultery, hypocrisy and conformism. How to Steal a Million - Super fun caper. Hepburn and O'Toole are delightfully charming. Escapism at its finest.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jan 19, 2018 3:44:23 GMT
THE LITTLE FOXES Ben-Hur The Best Years of Our Lives
All top tier Hollywood. Doesn't get better.
Friendly Persuasion and Roman Holiday ain't bad. And apparently he directed a 1950's Carrie and I know it's not the same, but now I have this image of what Carrie would look like in the 1950's and it scares the shit out of me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 4:09:02 GMT
01. The Best Years of Our Lives 02. The Heiress 03. Dodsworth 04. Dead End 05. Jezebel
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Post by stephen on Jan 19, 2018 4:11:23 GMT
Friendly Persuasion and Roman Holiday ain't bad. And apparently he directed a 1950's Carrie and I know it's not the same, but now I have this image of what Carrie would look like in the 1950's and it scares the shit out of me. Teresa Wright or bust.
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Post by countjohn on Jan 19, 2018 4:29:59 GMT
Roman Holiday How to Steal a Million The Heiress The Best Years of Our Lives The Children's Hour
HM for Wuthering Heights
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Post by getclutch on Jan 19, 2018 6:41:10 GMT
The Best Years of Our Lives The Heiress Dead End The Collector Ben-Hur
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Post by jimmalone on Jan 19, 2018 9:15:50 GMT
I liked nearly every movie I've seen of his, but have seen only like a dozen of his films.
Mrs. Miniver Ben Hur The Children's Hour The Big Country Friendly Persuasion
HM: Roman Holiday, Jezebel
Really want to see The Best Years of Our Lives
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Post by pacinoyes on Jan 19, 2018 10:49:15 GMT
No order :
Best Years of Our Lives The Heiress The Collector The Desperate Hours Detective Story
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Post by demille on Jan 19, 2018 12:21:18 GMT
Dodsworth (1936) The Big Country (1958) The Little Foxes (1941) Detective Story (1951) The Heiress (1949)
I've been meaning to see The Best Years of Our Lives for ages. I've never been a big fan of Ben-Hur.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 18:14:10 GMT
Dodsworth (1936) The Big Country (1958) The Little Foxes (1941) Detective Story (1951) The Heiress (1949) I've been meaning to see The Best Years of Our Lives for ages. I've never been a big fan of Ben-Hur.The Best Years of Our Lives is a beautiful movie. The finest Best Picture winner. Also, nice to see some Dodsworth love!
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Post by idioticbunny on May 22, 2018 21:32:44 GMT
I've only seen six of his films, but working my way through the '50s right now so I'm sure to see more. He's made two I consider masterpieces (one possibly in my top 30 films of all-time), the others range from great to meh. I think he exceeds best when handling character pieces rather than genre/period films.
01. The Best Years of Our Lives. 02. The Good Fairy. 03. Roman Holiday. 04. The Heiress. 05. Wuthering Heights.
The only other I've seen is The Westerner which I didn't like much. I only particularly like the first three I listed here. Still need to see Ben-Hur the most out of all his films probably.
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Post by Kings_Requiem on May 22, 2018 21:42:02 GMT
Mrs. Miniver The Letter The Best Years of Our Lives Roman Holiday The Little Foxes
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Post by jimmalone on Oct 1, 2019 17:28:00 GMT
I liked nearly every movie I've seen of his, but have seen only like a dozen of his films. Mrs. Miniver Ben Hur The Children's Hour The Big Country Friendly Persuasion HM: Roman Holiday, Jezebel Really want to see The Best Years of Our Lives
Oh, do yourself a favor and run to see The Best Years of Our Lives! It's a truly great film that profoundly captures the immediacy of World War II, because of the connections to the war its creative talents had, and because the country had just lived through the homefront experience of the war. As I've written elsewhere:
First, it was written as a novella by novelist MacKinlay Kantor, who was a war correspondent during the war. It was then adapted to the screen by playwright/screenwriter Robert E. Sherwood, who served as the Director of the Office of War Information from 1943 until the end of the war.
William Wyler volunteered from 1942 to1945 to serve as a Major in the U.S. Army Air Forces and directed a pair of documentaries: The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944), about a Boeing B-17 and its crew, and Thunderbolt! (1947), highlighting a P-47 fighter bomber squadron in the Mediterranean.
Wyler filmed The Memphis Belle at great personal risk, flying over enemy territory on actual bombing missions in 1943. On one flight, he lost consciousness from lack of oxygen. His cinematographer Harold J. Tannenbaum, a First Lieutenant, was shot down and died during the filming. Working on Thunderbolt! Wyler was exposed to such loud noise that he passed out. When he awoke, he found he was deaf in one ear. Partial hearing with the aid of a hearing aid eventually came back years later. Wyler returned from the War a disabled veteran.
Harold Russell lost both hands in 1944 when he was an Army instructor training pilots in North Carolina, and a defective fuse detonated an explosive he was handling while making a training film, resulting in him receiving two hooks to serve as hands.
Myrna Loy, at the outbreak of the War, all but abandoned her acting career to focus on the war effort and work closely with the Red Cross. She was so outspoken against Hitler that her name appeared on his blacklist. She also helped run a Naval Auxiliary canteen and toured frequently to raise funds.
All that, added to the facts that the war ended on 9/2/1945, and the film was made during 1945/46 and premiered on 11/21/1946 certainly gave it a sense of immediacy to the audiences who had lived through the war shortly before. (I believe it has that same immediacy for those who see it today, even if they don't understand why.)
[Can't recommend this film strongly enough!]
Well, you made many words for nothing Since I wrote my post I have seen The Best Years of Our Lives twice already. Definitely a must see and a great movie. Actually I'd probably rate it as Wylers best.
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Post by stephen on Oct 1, 2019 17:34:56 GMT
Well, you made many words for nothing Since I wrote my post I have seen The Best Years of Our Lives twice already. Definitely a must see and a great movie. Actually I'd probably rate it as Wylers best.
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Post by jimmalone on Oct 1, 2019 18:47:49 GMT
Well, you made many words for nothing Since I wrote my post I have seen The Best Years of Our Lives twice already. Definitely a must see and a great movie. Actually I'd probably rate it as Wylers best. Then I'm so glad I wrote them elsewhere and just copied them here. Hope you at least found them interesting, as I think they are so relevant to the film. And I'm glad you saw the film and love it like I do. I would definitely rate it as Wyler's best.
(Guess I ought to think twice about spending too much time when bumping old threads.)
Yeah, I definitely found them interesting. Thank you.
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