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Recommend me a fantastically well shot old film to watch tonight

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I hope everyone is having a great Labor Day. This evening I'd like to enjoy a great old movie with my family. One that is considered a lighting and shooting cinematic masterpiece (prefer B&W but color is fine!). It must be available on Netflix streaming or on Amazon Prime stream (for free viewing hopefully). Any genre is fine! Maybe not a super sad movie as I've been out of work since March and not feeling good about myself lately.

Dave
 
What about modern classically shot film?

Tetro


Battistella
 
I can't believe NetFlix doesn't have Citizen Kane. Shameful.
 
Thanks to all! So far "The Bicycle Thief" is the only one Netflix offers via streaming. Have to check Amazon Prime for the others.
 
LOL....my six year old will be watching with me. Please don't get my wife angry at me-- she's been yelling at me enough lately!

Dave
 
Tetro is available to stream. Looks good. My 6 yr old is enjoying trying to read the subtitles for The Bicycle Thief. He's reading well!

Dave
 
All the above, and just the tip of the iceberg: Casablanca (1942), Gone With The Wind (1939), Singin' In The Rain (1952), Psycho (1960), The Maltese Falcon (1941), Rebel Without A Cause (1955). For more great titles, check out the AFI top 100: http://www.afi.com/100Years/movies.aspx Enjoy!
 
Dave Osbun said:
Tetro is available to stream. Looks good. My 6 yr old is enjoying trying to read the subtitles for The Bicycle Thief. He's reading well!

Dave
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One could watch and understand that film without reading the subs. :smile:
 
if a six year old will be watching, I'd go for the 400 BLOWS

or, for another approach, maybe a couple of vintage comedies like THE GREAT RACE or IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD.
 
I have seen Mad Mad World........very VERY entertaining!

Dave
 
Sunrise (1927) (Dir. F.W. Murnau, DP: Charles Rosher, Karl Struss)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) (Dir. Dreyer, DP: Rudolph Mate)
It Happened One Night (1934) (Dir. Frank Capra, DP: Joseph Walker)
A Night at the Opera (1935) (Dir. Sam Wood, DP: Merritt B. Gerstad)--just for fun
The Wizard of Oz (1939) (Dir. Victor Fleming & King Vidor, DP: Harold Russon)
Grapes of Wrath (1940) (Dir. John Ford, DP: Gregg Toland)--maybe not, given your current situation
The Philadelphia Story (1940) (Dir. George Cukor, DP: Joseph Ruttenberg)
Casablanca (1942) (Dir. Michael Curtiz, DP: Arthur Edeson)
The Big Sleep (1946) (Dir. Howard Hawks, DP: Sidney Hickcox)
Notorious (1946) (Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, DP: Ted Tetzlaff)
Oliver Twist (1948) (Dir. David Lean, DP: Guy Green)
Rashomon (1950) (Dir. Akira Kurosawa, DP: Kazuo Miyagawa)
The African Queen (1951) (Dir. John Huston, DP: Jack Cardiff)
Shane (1953) (Dir. George Stevens, DP: Loyal Griggs)
Rear Window (1954) (Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, DP: Robert Burks)
Seven Samurai (1954) ( Dir. A. Kurosawa, DP: Asakazu Nakai)
And from the Author of Painting with Light: The Big Combo (1955) (Dir. Joseph H. Lewis, DP: John Alton)
 
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