FILMS ( not just for Robb )

Great authors from the UK

Len Deighton, Alistair Maclean, John Le Carre, Jeffrey Archer, Terry Pratchett,.

3 times Oscar winner Wallace & Gromit - hard to get more British than that!

A few extras:

the third man - probably the best british film of all

we need an ealing comedy - kind heart and coronets is probably the best all-round film, the script is superb, and we brits do like a black comedy

we need some powell and pressburger - i guess a matter of life and death feels most british

nic roeg is one of our best directors of the last 50 years, the set in italy don't look now sneaks in over the set in australia walkabout

barry lyndon is probably more typical - and better - than clockwork orange

more recently we have steve mcqueen (hunger over 12 years), lynn ramsay (we need to talk about kevin is better, i guess morvern callar is more british), and jonathan glazer (not seen his latest, but can have under the skin and secksy beast)

hitchcock is the greatest british director, and we can certainly have any of his films before he moved out to the states, so the 39 steps and the lady vanishes are in

in terms of horror the wicker man is obvious, as is the innocents, witchfinder general is still quite shocking, as is kil list, not sure if we count 10 rillington place, feels very seedy and british

the naked civil servant was a tv film, but is incredibly british, and features arguably our greatest film actor in john hurt

and my personal addition is the films of will hay, possibly the greatest british comic actor (i'm ignoring stan laurel, and i don't care for chaplin)

I can honestly day that there is not a specific genre of film I prefer. It could be a Hollywood blockbuster, a low-budget movie, some obscure 'foreign language' film etc.

You can get great ones, just as equally you can get rubbish ones.

Sometimes it's nice to watch a deep film, sometimes nice to leave your brain at the door for a couple of hours.

I guess what I don't like is when people get a bit up themselves, whether it be films, food preferences etc - people like different things, shouldn't be shamed for it.

comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 30 minutes ago
A few extras:

the third man - probably the best british film of all

we need an ealing comedy - kind heart and coronets is probably the best all-round film, the script is superb, and we brits do like a black comedy

we need some powell and pressburger - i guess a matter of life and death feels most british

nic roeg is one of our best directors of the last 50 years, the set in italy don't look now sneaks in over the set in australia walkabout

barry lyndon is probably more typical - and better - than clockwork orange

more recently we have steve mcqueen (hunger over 12 years), lynn ramsay (we need to talk about kevin is better, i guess morvern callar is more british), and jonathan glazer (not seen his latest, but can have under the skin and secksy beast)

hitchcock is the greatest british director, and we can certainly have any of his films before he moved out to the states, so the 39 steps and the lady vanishes are in

in terms of horror the wicker man is obvious, as is the innocents, witchfinder general is still quite shocking, as is kil list, not sure if we count 10 rillington place, feels very seedy and british

the naked civil servant was a tv film, but is incredibly british, and features arguably our greatest film actor in john hurt

and my personal addition is the films of will hay, possibly the greatest british comic actor (i'm ignoring stan laurel, and i don't care for chaplin)



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Some excellent choices there Don, I agree with almost all.

comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 19 seconds ago
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 30 minutes ago
A few extras:

the third man - probably the best british film of all

we need an ealing comedy - kind heart and coronets is probably the best all-round film, the script is superb, and we brits do like a black comedy

we need some powell and pressburger - i guess a matter of life and death feels most british

nic roeg is one of our best directors of the last 50 years, the set in italy don't look now sneaks in over the set in australia walkabout

barry lyndon is probably more typical - and better - than clockwork orange

more recently we have steve mcqueen (hunger over 12 years), lynn ramsay (we need to talk about kevin is better, i guess morvern callar is more british), and jonathan glazer (not seen his latest, but can have under the skin and secksy beast)

hitchcock is the greatest british director, and we can certainly have any of his films before he moved out to the states, so the 39 steps and the lady vanishes are in

in terms of horror the wicker man is obvious, as is the innocents, witchfinder general is still quite shocking, as is kil list, not sure if we count 10 rillington place, feels very seedy and british

the naked civil servant was a tv film, but is incredibly british, and features arguably our greatest film actor in john hurt

and my personal addition is the films of will hay, possibly the greatest british comic actor (i'm ignoring stan laurel, and i don't care for chaplin)



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Some excellent choices there Don, I agree with almost all.
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I haven't seen all I mean

comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 13 hours, 47 minutes ago
comment by Tyranny of the majority (SE85) (U21241)
posted 3 minutes ago
Snatch
Lock Stock
28 Days Later
Shaun of the Dead
Legend
Layer Cake
Trainspotting
A Clockwork Orange
The Gentlemen
In Bruges


I believe 1 or 2 of the above are British-American films but in my opinion that still qualifies them.
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Yay, I've seen 3 of that list!
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9 for me, only The Gentleman to go

comment by newWAYNEorder nWo nDubz (U23264)
posted 28 minutes ago
comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 13 hours, 47 minutes ago
comment by Tyranny of the majority (SE85) (U21241)
posted 3 minutes ago
Snatch
Lock Stock
28 Days Later
Shaun of the Dead
Legend
Layer Cake
Trainspotting
A Clockwork Orange
The Gentlemen
In Bruges


I believe 1 or 2 of the above are British-American films but in my opinion that still qualifies them.
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Yay, I've seen 3 of that list!
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9 for me, only The Gentleman to go
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I'm jealous. I'd love to be able to watch The Gentlemen for the first time again. Amazing film.

Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunman, Hugh Grant and Colin Farrell are all absolutely brilliant in it.

comment by Tyranny of the majority (SE85) (U21241)
posted 57 minutes ago
comment by newWAYNEorder nWo nDubz (U23264)
posted 28 minutes ago
comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 13 hours, 47 minutes ago
comment by Tyranny of the majority (SE85) (U21241)
posted 3 minutes ago
Snatch
Lock Stock
28 Days Later
Shaun of the Dead
Legend
Layer Cake
Trainspotting
A Clockwork Orange
The Gentlemen
In Bruges


I believe 1 or 2 of the above are British-American films but in my opinion that still qualifies them.
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Yay, I've seen 3 of that list!
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9 for me, only The Gentleman to go
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I'm jealous. I'd love to be able to watch The Gentlemen for the first time again. Amazing film.

Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunman, Hugh Grant and Colin Farrell are all absolutely brilliant in it.
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The series was better though.

One just for you Robb.
The chant of Jimmy Blacksmith