Forgotten movie masterpieces?
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I scrolled back a few pages but saw nothing like this in the threads currently active, so forgive me if this has been done to death already.
What "forgotten masterpieces" has anyone rediscovered lately?
I'm not so much after a list of movies you've not watched in a while but can remember and are aware of. More any movies that had slipped from your conscious memory but you have either re-found them (maybe on the EPG on your TV box) or been watching something else and the title was mentioned or you suddenly recalled the movie because an actor was in something else.
What started this off in my head was watching 'Discovering Film' on Sky Arts last night. S14 E6 was about John Malkovich, and I was genuinely shocked at the number of fabulous movies he's made that I either never saw at the time, or I'd entirely forgotten about. The one in particular that kicked off the thought of looking for a thread, or starting a new one, was the 1992 version of 'Of Mice And Men'. Malkovich is on great form as Lennie and Gary Sinise (who also produced and directed the movie) shines as George.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105046/
How could I have forgotten this? Just watching the clips on this documentary TV show were enough for memories of it to flood back, and now I need to find it and re-watch it.
So. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Randomly rediscovering a film they had always thought was a masterpiece, but somehow they'd forgot about it entirely?
What "forgotten masterpieces" has anyone rediscovered lately?
I'm not so much after a list of movies you've not watched in a while but can remember and are aware of. More any movies that had slipped from your conscious memory but you have either re-found them (maybe on the EPG on your TV box) or been watching something else and the title was mentioned or you suddenly recalled the movie because an actor was in something else.
What started this off in my head was watching 'Discovering Film' on Sky Arts last night. S14 E6 was about John Malkovich, and I was genuinely shocked at the number of fabulous movies he's made that I either never saw at the time, or I'd entirely forgotten about. The one in particular that kicked off the thought of looking for a thread, or starting a new one, was the 1992 version of 'Of Mice And Men'. Malkovich is on great form as Lennie and Gary Sinise (who also produced and directed the movie) shines as George.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105046/
How could I have forgotten this? Just watching the clips on this documentary TV show were enough for memories of it to flood back, and now I need to find it and re-watch it.
So. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Randomly rediscovering a film they had always thought was a masterpiece, but somehow they'd forgot about it entirely?
Edited by yellowjack on Tuesday 7th December 14:28
Panned by everyone at the time and sadly it hasn't been suddenly re-appraised at all but I still say
Ryan's Daughter [ 1970 ] is a masterwork.
Filmed in 70mm it's an ideal candidate for a full restoration and a Blu-Ray release but the only Blu-Ray DVD is an
[ unofficial presumably ] Spanish import version.
Ryan's Daughter [ 1970 ] is a masterwork.
Filmed in 70mm it's an ideal candidate for a full restoration and a Blu-Ray release but the only Blu-Ray DVD is an
[ unofficial presumably ] Spanish import version.
Others may completely disagree, and my other half things it's as boring as f
k, but I think This Happy Breed is one of the outstanding films of the 20th century.
Written and directed by Noel Coward, a blatant piece of war propoganda, and nothing happens, but it's my favourite film bar none.
k, but I think This Happy Breed is one of the outstanding films of the 20th century.Written and directed by Noel Coward, a blatant piece of war propoganda, and nothing happens, but it's my favourite film bar none.
A few weeks back I was going through some old CDs and DVDs looking to clear out and drop in at the charity shop. I saved a couple to watch this weekend that I hadn't watched for years. On Sunday I watched Legend of the 1900 starring Tim Roth. I had forgotten about the film but it is a masterpiece.
jimmythingy said:
A few weeks back I was going through some old CDs and DVDs looking to clear out and drop in at the charity shop. I saved a couple to watch this weekend that I hadn't watched for years. On Sunday I watched Legend of the 1900 starring Tim Roth. I had forgotten about the film but it is a masterpiece.
Agreed, I immediately thought of that film when reading the thread title.Brilliant film
sociopath said:
Others may completely disagree, and my other half things it's as boring as fk, but I think This Happy Breed is one of the outstanding films of the 20th century.
Written and directed by Noel Coward, a blatant piece of war propoganda, and nothing happens, but it's my favourite film bar none.
It's a letter mum, from France.k, but I think This Happy Breed is one of the outstanding films of the 20th century.Written and directed by Noel Coward, a blatant piece of war propoganda, and nothing happens, but it's my favourite film bar none.
Disgusting!
coppernorks said:
Yes, I agree, the dozens of British movies in the war years just get lumped in together as feelgood or propaganda but there
were many fine movies made.
Went The Day Well is a favourite, but at the time it was a cheap, throwaway second feature.
Wonderful film:-were many fine movies made.
Went The Day Well is a favourite, but at the time it was a cheap, throwaway second feature.
Went the day well?
We died and never knew.
But, well or ill,
Freedom, we died for you.
Went the day well?
When you go home,
Tell them of us and say,
“For your tomorrows,
These gave their todays”.
“When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today”
'The Ten Commandments.' 1956 (220 Minutes)
Epic in the biggest sense of the word and has been fully restored recently.
Magnificent cast and beautifully shot. Thousands of extras and huge sets.
4k uhd blu-ray available.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ten_Commandments...
Epic in the biggest sense of the word and has been fully restored recently.
Magnificent cast and beautifully shot. Thousands of extras and huge sets.
4k uhd blu-ray available.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ten_Commandments...
Will Hay is generally forgotten today. Two of his (not only there are more) which I love are Ask A Policeman and and Oh, Mr Porter!
Pleased to see that TP screens a lot of British (and American) forgotten films.
The Land That Time Forgot was on a while back, it's no classic but a good story, should be remade.
Pleased to see that TP screens a lot of British (and American) forgotten films.
The Land That Time Forgot was on a while back, it's no classic but a good story, should be remade.
As a big fan of anything kitsch (Rocky Horror being the gold standard), I rediscovered these two gems recently.
https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bcca...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057449/
https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bcca...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057449/
peterperkins said:
'The Ten Commandments.' 1956 (220 Minutes)
Epic in the biggest sense of the word and has been fully restored recently.
Magnificent cast and beautifully shot. Thousands of extras and huge sets.
4k uhd blu-ray available.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ten_Commandments...
One of my favourite films, with a superb cast...the parting of The Red Sea was state of the art in the 1950's.Epic in the biggest sense of the word and has been fully restored recently.
Magnificent cast and beautifully shot. Thousands of extras and huge sets.
4k uhd blu-ray available.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ten_Commandments...
Joshua (John Derek) was married to Bo Derek for many years.
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