An Exercise in Choosing a Film

losthorizon

Every month I buy two films. I go to the Cinema regularly as well. I have a system of doing it. I buy an old film one month and a new film the next month and I have my random films. Random films I choose by picking a year out of a hat (from the 1900s to now). I also have Cannes Winnners, Baftas, Oscar winners, Universal Monster Movies, Horror Movies, Capra, Hitchcock and Val Lewton films in there as well.


So if people could suggest a film from each decade from the 1930s onwards and maybe two directors. The Rule is you cant have a Halliwell Four or Three star film

A reason would be good as well for picking that film. I have a fair few films as well.

I have a lot of 1930s films especially from the begining of that decade.

I think we are talking 10 decades and two directors.

Watching films randomly has turned out to be a great education and enjoyment. Films I would never normally have watched I have sat down and fell in love with. Most recently "It Happened one Night". The Frank Capra film which in my opinion is better than Its a Wonderful Life.It has such a cracking relationship between Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert

Interesting idea. I'm not familiar with Halliwell Four or Three star film.

Picking a film from each decade from the 1930s onwards and maybe two directors would be a tall order for me. I'll start from the present and work backwards :pac:

losthorizon

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Interesting idea. I'm not familiar with Halliwell Four or Three star film.

Picking a film from each decade from the 1930s onwards and maybe two directors would be a tall order for me. I'll start from the present and work backwards :pac:

It used to be a Film Guide before they died out. Leslie Halliwell himself died in 1989 and the guide continued for about another 12 years. My only quibble with him was he had no truck with modern films. Great reviewer of films though and could dismantle or praise a film in one or two lines. http://www.lesliehalliwell.com/