Best movie of the 60's?

[Jasonite]

I've tried to acknowledge that there are only 10 choices possible by only listing 9 and leaving the 10th open for Other choices, so feel free to list them here.

Out of this list my first choice would be Lawrence of Arabia, closely followed by 2001...#'s 4 and 5 on my all-time Best list.



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[tbone]

I gotta go with The Apartment. One of my favorite Wilder films just behind Sunset Blvd.

[Fergus]

2001. It tops all films in my opinion.

[Grebdron]

To Kill A Mockingbird. One of the best stories and one of the best movies ever made.

[dannywalker17]

2001 is my top choice, while to kill a mockingbird would be second. i loved the novel and TKAM the movie was excellent as well.

[notchreturns]

The Graduate for me.

[Jasonite]

Originally posted by dannywalker17
2001 is my top choice, while to kill a mockingbird would be second. i loved the novel and TKAM the movie was excellent as well.


Danny you're from Edmond? Do you know of Shannon Miller then?


J

[CheekyShepherd]

My vote goes for other.

My favourite film of the swinging '60's was Oliver!. I watch it every Christmas and it always fills me with spirit!

[charliebobo]

Mmhhh... I can never decide if I like TKAM or Lawrence Of Arabia more... I guess I'll vote for Lawrence Of Arabia

Good list by the way

[the movie guy]

To Kill a Mockingbird. I've seen it four times - the most of any black and white movie. Good shit. (I love that oximoron.)

[Cyclonus]

2001

[Nate6]

2001, obviously.





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[Jasonite]

2001 is an incredibly brilliant movie I think, but if you watch, Lawrence of Arabia is even a little more layered....the more you watch it, the less you truly understand the main character--I've never encountered anything like it. Lean reveals the main character's humanity and flaws, but in doing so simultaneously wraps him in his own mythos, it's genius. In terms of cinematography it's a bit better, with numerous filmmakers calling the mirage sequence alone the greatest miracle ever captured on film. Originality-wise it's the first non-French film to include direct cuts (such as when he blows out the match and it cuts to the sunrise) and sounds introduced in a scene that link it to the next (such as hearing the sound of a train before you see the scene with the train in it), again a first in cinema. Then of course there's the acting, what a frickin' cast! Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Claude Rains, good God! Half of the cast was nominated! Another thing (sorry to go on here) is this film is totally timeless..there's nothing to indicate that this fim was shot in the 60's--it could've been shot in the 30's, or 1999 and you couldn't tell the difference. Again, a very minor complaint is you can tell from a couple of the costumes and hair that 2001 was shot in the 60's. They're both incredibly grand sweeping movies (far more than To Kill a Mockingbird, but simultaneoulsy managing to stay just as intimate), but as much as I think Kubrick was a genius, Lean was a bit greater. England seems to agree, naming their BAFTA directing award after him (Him, not Hitchcock or anyone else). The ending is the most complex of any Lean film, and is certainly up there with 2001's, truly challenging the audience to THINK, and try to come down from the emotional ride.


Jasonite

[bigred760]

Again, gotta go with the Wild Bunch (just look to the left there).
On the list, Psycho is my fave.

[blankpage]

I voted for Hitchock's brilliant masterpiece Pyscho.

[JackRabbitSlim]

OTHER: The good, the bad and the ugly

[Just Jack]

To Kill a Mockingbird, followed by Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (damn it has no votes!)

[bankholdup]

Other: Bonnie & Clyde

[Jasonite]

I have to admit that I'm surprised Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and A Man For All Seasons haven't received any votes....I think they're both brilliant films.



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[Strider]

Definitely 2001, one of my fav films, and truly one of the best films ever made.

Strider

[Buck Turgidson]

Strangelove, followed, oh so closely, by Bonnie and Clyde.

1962-75 is my favorite period in Cinematic history. The cuffs got taken off, and people got really creative and adventurous for a while. Then Jaws (a movie that I love, don't get me wrong), made $100 Million + and then two years later, George Lucas sounded the death knell for the period and ushered in the money grubbing era we live in now.

It's not that good films don't get made now, and no crap was made then, but studios were willing to take chances then that in today's bottom-line obsessed atmosphere, don't get taken.

[Jasonite]

Originally posted by Buck Turgidson
Strangelove, followed, oh so closely, by Bonnie and Clyde.

1962-75 is my favorite period in Cinematic history. The cuffs got taken off, and people got really creative and adventurous for a while. Then Jaws (a movie that I love, don't get me wrong), made $100 Million + and then two years later, George Lucas sounded the death knell for the period and ushered in the money grubbing era we live in now.

It's not that good films don't get made now, and no crap was made then, but studios were willing to take chances then that in today's bottom-line obsessed atmosphere, don't get taken.

These are excellent points, which probably not that many people have thought about. Jaws and Star Wars (both of which I LOVE) pretty much changed the whole focus behind why movies are made. Because remember before Jaws came out, the highest-grossing movie of all time was Godfather (part 1 or 2, can't remember). Then Jaws broke the $100 million barrier, and Star Wars did even better, Raiders of the Lost Ark came out, and ET beat them all in '82, so of course Hollywood shifted its focus to effects- and thrills-laden films rather than serious cinema. And since it's unbelievably tough to match the quality of these films, is it any wonder most people grew up watching movies with style and no substance?


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[Watermelon Man]

Easy Rider

[Hannibal21]

The Graduate is one of the best comedies ever made. Although Psycho would be my favorite out of that list.

[ColinM]

I'd say Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which is sadly missing from your list. :(

[Jerk Shapiro]

Originally posted by Strider
Definitely 2001, one of my fav films, and truly one of the best films ever made.

Strider

Dizzito.

[Annie Hall]

The Graduate was my vote. Brilliant comedy and great investigation into the human condition.


..."human condition"...haha...great stuff...

[Sugar Magnolia]

I'll give you a hint: Giant Space Baby.

[QUENTIN]

Originally posted by Sugar Magnolia
I'll give you a hint: Giant Space Baby.

Yeah, I love The Sound of Music too...

[Dude]

The Graduate
Papillion
Bonnie & Clyde
Good/Bad/Ugly
Planet of the Apes
Midnight Cowboy
Manchurian Candidate
The Hustler
The Haunting
Elmer Gantry
The Odd Couple
Cool Hand Luke

[screamer581]

I have to go with one of the best films of all time, 2001.

[janesworld]

Other: Planet of the Apes

[TheMovieMinor]

C'mon people, what happened to West Side Story, the best of da 60's man.