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by movieman
November 9th, 2007, 6:51 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Shhhhh! It's Time to Pick Your Bestavorite Silents!
Replies: 353
Views: 89223

De dødes tjern

Hi, Chris! Thank you for your comments! De Dødes Tjern (1958) or Pond of the Dead is a norwegian horror/suspense movie. It certainly isn't particularly horriffic to me nowadays, but it was when I was younger. It is generally regarded as one of the best Norwegian movies ever made. And still, no DVD r...
by movieman
November 9th, 2007, 5:15 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Shhhhh! It's Time to Pick Your Bestavorite Silents!
Replies: 353
Views: 89223

Some other movies I love which has been mentioned (or not)

The Ten Commandments (1956) Written on the Wind (1956) No Sirk films on the lists. Maybe they're considered female weepies, but the cinematography is beautiful (picture compositions, colors, symbolic use of colors and so on...) Man Without a Star (1955) Jeanne Crain is wonderful in this one... and K...
by movieman
November 9th, 2007, 4:24 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Shhhhh! It's Time to Pick Your Bestavorite Silents!
Replies: 353
Views: 89223

25 favourite movies

25 favourite movies (in no particular order) This is a hard task…: 1. Psycho (1960) 2. The Night of the Hunter (1955) 3. Out of the Past (1947) 4. White Heat (1949) 5. Rosemary’s Baby (1968) 6. North by Northwest (1959) 7. Night of the Demon (1957) 8. Warlock (1959) 9. Repulsion (1965) De dødes tjer...
by movieman
November 9th, 2007, 3:30 pm
Forum: Sci-fi and Horror
Topic: Mario Bava, Master of Smoke and Rich Color Palettes
Replies: 23
Views: 12191

La Frusta e il corpo aka The Whip and the Body (1963)

I've watched two Bava films: "Black Sunday" and "The Whip and the Body". "Black Sunday" I'd say is overrated. It may be a bit better with Italian dubbing, but it's overrated the same. It doesn't flow as gracefully as "Whip and...". TWATB is one of my favourite...
by movieman
November 9th, 2007, 11:05 am
Forum: Classic Film on DVD
Topic: "Run for the Sun" (1956) (Jungle movie) Spanish DV
Replies: 1
Views: 2350

I forgot to mention that the DVD also includes a Spanish soundtrack. :wink:

Mr. Even
by movieman
November 9th, 2007, 11:01 am
Forum: Classic Film on DVD
Topic: "Run for the Sun" (1956) (Jungle movie) Spanish DV
Replies: 1
Views: 2350

"Run for the Sun" (1956) (Jungle movie) Spanish DV

This review was previously posted in "The Richard Widmark Fan Club" on Yahoo! Groups (this posting is slightly edited to meet the policies of this forum: "Run for the Sun" (1956) was released on DVD, in Spain, back in 2004. The title is: "Huida hacia el Sol" with "...
by movieman
November 9th, 2007, 10:23 am
Forum: Film Noir and Crime
Topic: Night of the Hunter
Replies: 15
Views: 7441

This is a favourite of mine too! I love the cinematography, which was done by Stanley Cortez. This is also one of Mitcum's best acting performances. I haven't seen "Cape Fear" so I can't make a comparison. When I first saw this one, about two years ago, in a cinema in Oslo, I saw it twice....