Post #106666 by thejab on Fri, Aug 6, 2004 12:53 PM

*On 2004-08-06 10:24, Satan's Sin wrote:*Favorite "non-famous" movie -- and one well worth rooting out -- is "Tension" (1949), a very tight, hard film noir about love, murder, adultery and revenge. Really excellent. Rarely seen.

They just showed "Tension" on TCM (last month was "Crime Wave" month). I taped it - it's a keeper. Another great rare noir they showed: "Border Incident" starring Ricardo Montalban and directed by Anthony Mann. They ran several noir films directed by Mann last month, including "Desperate" and "Railroaded!".

http://www.filmmonthly.com/Noir/Articles/BorderIncident/BorderIncident.html

My top 5 is mainly based on movies that had the biggest impact on me on first viewing, and I can watch them over and over again:

American Graffitti (George Lucas) - it started my interest in the music, clothes, cars, etc. of the 50s when I saw it at the drive-in in 1973

2001 (Stanley Kubrick) - the most stylish movie in history

Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder) - the sexiest movie in history

Quadrophenia (Frank Roddam) - I was just a Who fan with long hair going to see this at the theatre in 1979. I came out totally obsessed with the mod movement and soon after I cut my hair, bought a Lambretta, and started wearing old suits.

The Grapes of Wrath (John Ford) - my favorite movie about a time in US history and about overcoming adversity.