Favourite Films

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Originally Posted by Graham Breeze

Yes well this is a heavier discussion but it is accepted that the so-called "art-house" market for foreign (ie subtitled) films for UK cinema release has collapsed over the decades.

Sight & Sound (which I have subscribed to since 1964) publishes box office returns for such films and they are pitiful. The days when people would flock to see the films of Antonioni, Truffaut, Bergman, Godard et al are long gone and London (where l lived for 8 years) has seen the collapse of cinemas catering for that now long-gone market.

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Sight & Sound has just printed UK box office takings for 2016 for "Arthouse" films. Only one film in a foreign language took more than £0.5million and that was Pedro Almodovar's Julieta which took £1.3million. An excellent and thought provoking film that persuaded, say, 100,000 people to see it?

The Revenant took £23million.

Perhaps people like bears.:)

never watched any harry potter movie

Why have we not talked about Free Solo yet?

I still can’t decide if I like Alex or Sanni best??

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Originally Posted by millipede

Why have we not talked about Free Solo yet?

I still can’t decide if I like Alex or Sanni best??

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Free Solo?

Have I ever told you that you have a refined and sophisticated taste in the finer things in life?

If you have not seen it, Marvellous is on television on Wednesday 1st July.

A fantastic film.

Toby Jones stars in the life story of Newcastle-under-Lyme resident Neil Baldwin.

Football related but an interest in football is not required to enjoy!

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Originally Posted by Graham Breeze

Sight & Sound has just printed UK box office takings for 2016 for "Arthouse" films. Only one film in a foreign language took more than £0.5million and that was Pedro Almodovar's Julieta which took £1.3million. An excellent and thought provoking film that persuaded, say, 100,000 people to see it?

The Revenant took £23million.

Perhaps people like bears.:)

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Strangely we watched Julieta this weekend. Very fine, though I have always had a soft spot for Almodovar's films. Much better that most Hollywood trash. Luckily my friend John had seen it so we discussed it whilst running the Ilkley Skyline on Sunday.

watched Cool Hand Luke at the weekend.

Hardly the high-brow films posted above, but a classic...

Also... Sherlock Holmes, Pursuit to Algiers... from 1947 i believe!

Rambo
Die Hard
Jaws
Any given Sunday
Great Escape

Can watch any of the above on a regular basis.

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Originally Posted by Travs

watched Cool Hand Luke at the weekend.

Hardly the high-brow films posted above, but a classic...

Also... Sherlock Holmes, Pursuit to Algiers... from 1947 i believe!

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I do like the Plastic Jesus song �� he plays on his banjo.

The Sting (1973, Paul Newman, Robert Redford) was on last night. Great stuff!