Post #51666 by tikivixen on Wed, Sep 17, 2003 12:36 PM

"La Strada" and "Dr. Strangelove" are classics I'd recommend everyone watch at least once. Strangelove also has perhaps my favorite line of dialogue of all time:

"Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"

Peter Sellers...ahhh. A wonderful, obscure 60's film with him I just love is "The Party". But "Lolita" is his finest hour. SO creepy. James Mason was never better, and if you like him you should also check out "Georgy Girl", Lynn Redgrave's big star-making flick from '66, I think, and a totally enjoyable 60's London time capsule too.

Also, for Roddy McDowell fans, "Lord Love A Duck" is funny and weird. Likewise, seeing Anthony Perkins twist his "Psycho" typecasting into knots as serial killer Tuesday Weld's hapless boyfriend in "Pretty Poison" is HILARIOUS. Very sick film.

My favorite oddity of all, probably, is "Peeping Tom", a psychokiller film from 1960 directed by Michael Powell, the esteemed co-director of the classic "The Red Shoes". (Actually, I would recommend ANYTHING by Powell and his long-time collaborator, Emeric Pressburger. Their movies are totally of their era--usually wartime and post-war Britain--yet they are totally original, charming, far-out and magically off-kilter.)

Anyway, "Peeping Tom" is very subversive in its study of voyeurism and desire, and most importantly, it has a terrific, queasily disturbing sense of humor. Great performances too. I might add, it's apparently Martin Scorsese's favorite film. At least, he's said so quite often.