I’m finding that the narrative quality of movies from 15-30 years ago is superior to what we have today. And rediscovering and rewatching them can often be just as good as seeing them for the first time.
I hadn't thought of the movie Gallipoli for at least twenty years until I wrote my post on Churchill.
My wife and I watched it Saturday night without multi-tasking or dozing, pretty much the highest praise I can offer.
Gallipoli
Peter Weir’s beautiful and heartbreaking story of two Australian youths sent to fight in an awful battle in an awful war. Much of the movie is lighthearted and joyous and set in Australia and Egypt, with gorgeous scenery as the background for the development of a great friendship.
It all seems so remote from the war. Which makes the last part all the more wrenching.
Call for Your Recommendations in the Comments
You can recommend any movie of course, but I’m really looking for ones that are not obvious and may have slipped most of our minds.
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What type of films do you particularly take interest in?
'Now, Voyager'. Bette Davies at her most luminous. "Don't let's ask for the moon, Jerry. We have the stars." Cue music.
'A Touch of Class' Glenda Jackson and George Segal being funny/sophisticated.
'Perfume' Not as good as the book, but Ben Wishaw....
"Sunset Boulevard'. Of course.
'The Third Man'. because Orson Welles. And it's just weird.