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I’m really into James Cagney, no one matches his powerful acting in terms of body language, I think. Humphrey Bogart is a close one…
Laydback, could you recommend me some movies?
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Seen Public Enemy yet? Without a doubt, my most favorite performance and film by Cagney.
Bogart-Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Got robbed of an Oscar nom)
Bogie also spent the majority of his early career playing baddie henchmen, but his biggest breakout was in Petrified Forest which is a fantastic film overall.
Before I show my list I just want to say that most movies made in this era are heavy in story and character unlike most films that are coming out today which are saturated with flat one-dimensional characters and heavy on CGI, I haven’t been in a movie theatre in quite some time for these reasons. But of course there are a few exceptions like 3:10 To Yuma and the new Paul Haggis movie “In The Valley of Elah”. Oh, I like Sin City and all but that movie has started a shit load of graphic novel adaptations, it’s really starting to annoy me, they all look the same for fuck sake! Okay that’s enough anger on my part here’s my top ten list:
1)Casablanca
2)For Whom The Bell Tolls (Bergman plays Maria - great performance!)
3)The Maltese Falcon
4)The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
5)The Grapes Of Wrath
6)Somebody Up There Likes Me (I saw this on TCM and my god is this boxing film great! I liked it better than Raging Bull it’s really a great film guys, you should check it out! Paul Newman is the man)
7)White Heat (gotta love Cagney)
8)On The Waterfront
9)The Searchers
10)Lifeboat (It’s a little narrowminded but still a great film by Hitchcock)
I’m not going to settle anymore for the awful nonsense that is playing in theatres today like Saw 4 and all those graphic novel adaptations, not when there are so many great films out there.
I just watched Detour yesterday. I love that one. Treasure of the Sierra Madre is on my Top 10 List of All Time Favorites. Its a perfect film to me. Ive watched it so many times.
