Desert Island Films ......movies, not TV offerings.

[salymap]

I've only had four so far so one more - I Know Where I'm Going- with Roger Livesey and ??

[Anna]

I've only had four so far so one more - I Know Where I'm Going- with Roger Livesey and ??

Wendy Hiller. I have a boxed set of Powell & Pressburger films. Perfect for wet Sunday afternoons.

[Northender]

Wendy Hiller. I have a boxed set of Powell & Pressburger films. Perfect for wet Sunday afternoons.

..better than a succession of séances?

[amateur51]

Wendy Hiller. I have a boxed set of Powell & Pressburger films. Perfect for wet Sunday afternoons.

I watched P&P's A Canterbury Tale recently and really enjoyed it but none of my viewing companions did. P&P's stock is at rather a low ebb at the mo, it appears

[amateur51]

..better than a succession of séances?

Not seen that in a while

[salymap]

I watched P&P's A Canterbury Tale recently and really enjoyed it but none of my viewing companions did. P&P's stock is at rather a low ebb at the mo, it appears

I might look for that P&P box. I love most of their films, the Canterbury Tale is great IMO, lovely shots of the parts I used to visit and the Glue Man story nicely dotty.

[amateur51]

I might look for that P&P box. I love most of their films, the Canterbury Tale is great IMO, lovely shots of the parts I used to visit and the Glue Man story nicely dotty.

Exactly salymap and some wonderful camerawork which, if it were from a French or Italian director would be hailed as the work of a genius

[Richard Tarleton]

I watched P&P's A Canterbury Tale recently and really enjoyed it but none of my viewing companions did. P&P's stock is at rather a low ebb at the mo, it appears

Though A Matter of Life and Death seems to hold its own...

[mercia]

I think Black Narcissus is my fave of P & P, with West Sussex [apparently] playing the part of the Himalayas

[eighthobstruction]

Seven Samuria
High Noon
Bringing up Baby
Paris Texas
Apoclypse Now
The Five Obstructions.....Lars Von Trier....(clue to my avatar there)
Manon de Source
Candy (1968)
Pleasantville

[Angle]

This is my list for today - there could be a different one tomorrow (but I shall not post it):

Les Diaboliques - a superb psychological war against its audience

Some Like it Hot or almost any other Marilyn film

Alexander Nevsky - especially for its music and the magnificence of the Battle on the Ice

Midnight Express, which has deterred me from holidaying in Turkey to this day

Cages aux folles - but for heaven's sake NOT the American version

Dinner For One - a masterpiece of comedy

Entertaining Mr Sloan or anything with Beryl Reid

Oh Mr Porter or The Lady Vanishes



Don de Liverpool

[Richard Tarleton]

Dinner For One - a masterpiece of comedy

Very popular with our German friends - shown every New Year apparently....

[salymap]

Very popular with our German friends - shown every New Year apparently....

I'm sure I've seen it on British TV years ago. It's worth a revival surely.

[Angle]

Here it is :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1v4BYV-YvA

but it 's better without the audience

[Angle]

and here is a better version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVd_VLO9xcc&feature=related