I love The Lost Weekend; I think Ray Milland did a great job - not the usual debonair Milland or 'young Dr. Kildare'-type Milland. I also love what Steve Martin did with clips from it in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid ("It's in the sugar bowl, Ray!")
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"One of Walt Disney’s timeless classics (and his own personal favorite), this animated coming-of-age tale of a wide-eyed deer’s life in the forest has enchanted generations since its debut nearly 70 years ago. Filled with iconic characters and moments, the film is filled with beautiful images, the result of extensive nature studies by Disney’s animators. Its realistic characters merged human and animal qualities in the time-honored tradition of folklore and fable, enhancing the movie’s resonating, emotional power. Treasured as one of film’s most heart-rending stories of parental love, Bambi also has come to be recognized for its eloquent message of nature conservation."
So perhaps it's on the list because it was Walt's fave. I also think they were looking to add an animated film to the Registry. I'm sure there are others among the 575 films now on the Registry, though.
I saw Bambi on the big screen when I was a little kid.
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As a lover of film noir, I was glad to see the great Fritz Lang film, 'The Big Heat,' listed. We've managed to acquire (from Amazon UK) most of Lang's American films, and we regard him as an auteur and one of the outstanding directors.
I, too, love film noir, and The Big Heat is among my favorites. I love the spare yet eloquent early part of the film portraying the relationship between Glenn Ford's character and his wife - the sipping from the same beer glass, the sharing the same steak for dinner, etc. I've never seen anything quite like it in film for portraying, in a few short scenes, the tenor of an entire relationship. It's superbly done, and then ... she's dead, blown up in a car bomb meant for him. Contrast those few tender scenes with Gloria Grahame, later in the film, showing Ford what happened to one side of her face. I think she wisecracks about it, too, at one point. Typical Grahame; excellent of Lang to capitalize on that.
I adore Lang, as well. I love M and Metropolis. It sickens me that Lang - and so many others - had to leave Germany when Hitler came to power. It's wonderful, though, that Lang could continue as a filmmaker in the US and achieve auteur status here, as well as in Germany. One bittersweet quote I've seen attributed to him upon his having to leave Germany is, "I miss walking down the street and being called 'Meister' ". Egotistic, certainly; but then, he had a lot to back up that egotism.
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I liked Tom Cruise in 'Knight and Day,' which is very silly but also very entertaining. He's also good in 'The Firm,' and 'A Few Good Men,' in which I think he does his best work. But, the fact is that you go to see a Tom Cruise movie because you want to see Tom Cruise portraying somebody, and not for any other reason.
An actor like Jake Gyllenhaal actually becomes whoever he is portraying. Good recent examples of this are the films 'The Day After Tomorrow' and 'Source Code.' The guy is terrific.
Tom Hanks is a very good actor, and I thought he was great in 'The Terminal,' 'Road To Perdition' and 'Cast Away.' But my personal all-time favourite of his is 'Sleepless in Seattle.' I love that movie.
I think you take movies more seriously than I do. I did like Tom Hank's serious portrayal of the army captain in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN :quite intense. I own scads of his movies.
Tom Cruise is a "matinee idol". Oh yes............And I luv TOP GUN.
I liked Tom Cruise in 'Knight and Day,' which is very silly but also very entertaining. He's also good in 'The Firm,' and 'A Few Good Men,' in which I think he does his best work. But, the fact is that you go to see a Tom Cruise movie because you want to see Tom Cruise portraying somebody, and not for any other reason.
An actor like Jake Gyllenhaal actually becomes whoever he is portraying. Good recent examples of this are the films 'The Day After Tomorrow' and 'Source Code.' The guy is terrific.
Tom Hanks is a very good actor, and I thought he was great in 'The Terminal,' 'Road To Perdition' and 'Cast Away.' But my personal all-time favourite of his is 'Sleepless in Seattle.' I love that movie.
We've seen a few of them. But most of the titles are unknown to me. I'd have to agree that 'Bambi' and 'Silence of the Lambs' seem like strange choices.
As a lover of film noir, I was glad to see the great Fritz Lang film, 'The Big Heat,' listed. We've managed to acquire (from Amazon UK) most of Lang's American films, and we regard him as an auteur and one of the outstanding directors.
I never much cared for 'Forrest Gump,' considering it kind of sickly sweet. But 'Hester Street' is a wonderful, incredibly realistic film. The director, Joan Micklin Silver, also directed that wonderful 1988 film, 'Crossing Delancey,' which is one of our family's favourites.
'The Lost Weekend' is a downer. Yes, anything directed by Billy Wilder is certainly worthy of note, and Ray Milland does a good job of portraying the loser alcoholic, but all in all the film is very depressing. And I just don't care for depressing movies.
As a lifelong lover of anything Gershwin, I saw 'Porgy and Bess' many years ago and have tried ever since to find it again, with no luck.
We've got a DVD copy of the 1953 'War of the Worlds,' and we consider it vastly superior to the recent Tom Cruise remark. Dakota Fanning spends the whole film screaming, which gets to be very irritating, and Cruise is, as in all of his films, one-dimensional.
Some of us like Tom Cruise : I own several of his movies on DVD--COCKTAIL is a hoot.
Luv Tom Hanks, too, and am glad FORREST GUMP was chosen. We also own the Bubba Gump shrimp cookbook. Apparently Tom Hanks is the most highly paid actor of his generation.
For me movies are mostly entertainment. My daughter and I intend to see WAR HORSE soon.
We've seen a few of them. But most of the titles are unknown to me. I'd have to agree that 'Bambi' and 'Silence of the Lambs' seem like strange choices.
As a lover of film noir, I was glad to see the great Fritz Lang film, 'The Big Heat,' listed. We've managed to acquire (from Amazon UK) most of Lang's American films, and we regard him as an auteur and one of the outstanding directors.
I never much cared for 'Forrest Gump,' considering it kind of sickly sweet. But 'Hester Street' is a wonderful, incredibly realistic film. The director, Joan Micklin Silver, also directed that wonderful 1988 film, 'Crossing Delancey,' which is one of our family's favourites.
'The Lost Weekend' is a downer. Yes, anything directed by Billy Wilder is certainly worthy of note, and Ray Milland does a good job of portraying the loser alcoholic, but all in all the film is very depressing. And I just don't care for depressing movies.
As a lifelong lover of anything Gershwin, I saw 'Porgy and Bess' many years ago and have tried ever since to find it again, with no luck.
We've got a DVD copy of the 1953 'War of the Worlds,' and we consider it vastly superior to the recent Tom Cruise remark. Dakota Fanning spends the whole film screaming, which gets to be very irritating, and Cruise is, as in all of his films, one-dimensional.
