Favourite black&white movies

[Oreka Bailoak]

I'm a huge fan of classic movies.

My personal favorite is Casablanca. It really captures the whole ambiance of the fast changing 1940's better than any movie I've ever seen. Set in the North African city of Casablanca as it switches government during the war.

In World War II Casablanca, Rick Blaine, exiled American and former freedom fighter, runs the most popular nightspot in town. The cynical lone wolf Blaine comes into the possession of two valuable letters of transit. When Nazi Major Strasser arrives in Casablanca, the sycophantic police Captain Renault does what he can to please him, including detaining Czech underground leader Victor Laszlo. Much to Rick's surprise, Lazslo arrives with Ilsa, Rick's one time love. Rick is very bitter towards Ilsa, who ran out on him in Paris, but when he learns she had good reason to, they plan to run off together again using the letters of transit. Well, that was their original plan....

Add to that the fact that it's rated number 17 of the greatest movies of all time on IMDB with a score of 8.8!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/

If you're not in the mood for that you can't go wrong with Charlie Chaplin Modern Times.

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[Aemma]

Awesome choices Good People, keep 'em coming! And thank you!

Thx for the full movie btw E.! They're calling for a severe storm here tomorrow I may just watch it then over a steaming cup of coffee!

I looove Casablanca btw! Bogart ftw!

[Zankapfel]

I'm about to kill this thread with my awful choices ... but you asked, Aemma!

Metropolis



Battleship Potemkin



Triumph of the Will



Citizen Kane



Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie des Grauens



Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari



1933's Alice In Wonderland



Un Chien Andalou



Oliver Twist



Dinner At Eight ♥

[Comte Arnau]

Lol. Yeah, all those films are mere Scheisse.

[Zankapfel]

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They are all brilliant films in my opinion. I am a visual creature.
What I meant by my choices being awful, was that they're not usually the kind of films people would choose from that era, because there are so many glamorous, romantic ones that are far more popular.

[Comte Arnau]

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They are all brilliant films in my opinion. I am a visual creature.
What I meant by my choices being awful, was that they're not usually the kind of films people would choose from that era, because there are so many glamorous, romantic ones that are far more popular.

German Expressionism is brilliant, no doubt about it.

[Eldritch]

Thx for the full movie btw E.! They're calling for a severe storm here tomorrow I may just watch it then over a steaming cup of coffee!

Fritz Lang is a giant. I might as well have included any other one of his pre-Hollywood productions here (not that there's anything wrong with the films he made in America, either). Most casual film audiences probably have no idea how massively influential he is.

M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder starts a bit slow, but hold on for the long, legendary scene in the end.