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British Cinema (II)
Hobson's Choice / The Sound Barrier [DVD] [1952]Hobson's Choice / The Sound Barrier [DVD] [1952]
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Another great David Lean film & his last British one proper; Charles Laughton is great here...
The Long Good Friday [VHS] [1979]The Long Good Friday [VHS] [1979]
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A fun Londoncentric take on Little Caeser which nods to the IRA and Thatcher and features actors you will know from stuff like Brush Strokes & Casualty! Hoskins' greatest performance...
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning [DVD] [1960]Saturday Night And Sunday Morning [DVD] [1960]
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Classic which stars the lovely Albert Finney- file alongside Billy Liar, A Kind of Living & A Taste of Honey...
This Sporting Life (DVD) [1963]This Sporting Life (DVD) [1963]
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Richard Harris at the centre of Lindsay Anderson's classic; like Get Carter, it features Alf Roberts!
The Servant [DVD] [1963]The Servant [DVD] [1963]
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Another wonderful Dirk Bogarde performance with a script from Harold (pause) Pinter...
The English Patient [VHS] [1997]The English Patient [VHS] [1997]
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Despite Mingella's other films- how could he put an 80s Miles LP in The Talented Mr Ripley?- I still dream of being trapped in a desert storm with Kristin Scott Thomas. Swoon...
Don't Look Now [VHS] [1973]Don't Look Now [VHS] [1973]
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Donald Sutherland. Julie Christie. Perfect editing...why did they put the murderous dwarf on the sleeve of this though? Do they want to give away that shock ending or something?
Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life / The Life Of Brian / The Holy Grail [VHS] [1974]Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life / The Life Of Brian / The Holy Grail [VHS] [1974]
All three MP-films: The Life of Brian, The Holy Grail & The Meaning of Life in that order. The Holy Grail is very Pasolini & predicts Terry Jones latest TV series!
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night [1964] [DVD]The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night [1964] [DVD]
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The only Beatles film I really liked more than just for the music; the influence of the French New Wave is more than apparent...
The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash [VHS] [1978]The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash [VHS] [1978]
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Very, very funny & up there with This is Spinal Tap; the Magical Mystery Tour mickeytake is better than the original!
Hammer Horror Resurrected Box Set [DVD] [1966]Hammer Horror Resurrected Box Set [DVD] [1966]
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Hammer Horror, as Kate Bush would say; mainly for Plague of the Zombies...
One Day in September [DVD] [1999] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]One Day in September [DVD] [1999] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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Brilliant documentary on terrorism during the German Olympics in the year I was born- as great as Ken Burns approach to the docu-form...
Christie Malry's Own Double Entry [DVD] [2000]Christie Malry's Own Double Entry [DVD] [2000]
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Based on B.S. Johnson's great novel & with a soundtrack by Luke Haines- why was this film buried???????
Get Carter [1971] [DVD]Get Carter [1971] [DVD]
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Overrated perhaps?- nice soundtrack & I love him reading Farewell My Lovely on the train- a nod to a scene in Godard's Alphaville?
Odd Man Out [DVD] [1946]Odd Man Out [DVD] [1946]
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Classic from Carol Reed featuring the simply super James Mason; almost as great as The Third Man & definitely overlooked...
3 Classic Hitchcock Films - The 39 Steps / The Lady Vanishes / Secret Agent [DVD] [1935]3 Classic Hitchcock Films - The 39 Steps / The Lady Vanishes / Secret Agent [DVD] [1935]
The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, The Secret Agent- the first two undoubted classics from Hitch: the joys of DVD...
O Lucky Man! [VHS] [1973]O Lucky Man! [VHS] [1973]
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Lindsay Anderson's follow-up to If... featuring much of the same cast, the music of Alan Price & a big nod to Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress...
Straw Dogs [1971] [DVD]Straw Dogs [1971] [DVD]
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Sam Peckinpah's Cornish Western featuring many a face familiar to British TV. Great, despite its sadism and the problematic scene with the lovely Susan George...
The Wicker Man [VHS] [1973]The Wicker Man [VHS] [1973]
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Again, overrated- a nasty, more pretentious take on Hammer Horror; the DVD has an extra scene at the opening...
Ealing Comedy DVD Collection - The Ladykillers/Kind Hearts and Coronets/The Lavender Hill Mob/The Man in the White Suit [1955]Ealing Comedy DVD Collection - The Ladykillers/Kind Hearts and Coronets/The Lavender Hill Mob/The Man in the White Suit [1955]
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Another lovely DVD-set, you've never had it so good! The Ladykillers is my favourite here, the perfect Sunday afternoon film...
Defence Of The Realm [DVD] [1985]Defence Of The Realm [DVD] [1985]
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Almost a British take on The Conversation (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)- great fun & lovely downbeat end. Plus it stars Denholm Elliott! You heard me!!!
The Ploughman's Lunch [VHS] [1983]The Ploughman's Lunch [VHS] [1983]
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Scripted by novelist Ian McEwan & the kind of caustic political engagement you just can't get from Richard Curtis...The cinematic equivalent of Costello's Beyond Belief, I feel...
A Man For All Seasons [DVD] [1966]A Man For All Seasons [DVD] [1966]
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One of the great cinematic depictions of history...
28 Days Later ... [DVD] [2002]28 Days Later ... [DVD] [2002]
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The first hour or so is great- pity about the whole Christopher Eccleston-subplot. Nice use of Godspeed You Black Emperor! & a film that shows I wasn't alone reading James Herbert's Domain...
Lawrence of Arabia - Two Disc Set [DVD] [1962]Lawrence of Arabia - Two Disc Set [DVD] [1962]
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Again, overrated- has to be seen on the big screen on opium to really appreciate it. Definitive version...