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Posted at December 27, 2013, 6:13 pm:


According to the Radio Times, you should name drop these films...

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Casablanca
Alternative: Citizen Kane

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
Alternative: Nosferatu (1922)

Blade Runner
Alternative: 2001

A Matter of Life and Death
Alternative: The Red Shoes

Build my Gallows High
Alternative: The Big Sleep

La Dolce Vita
Alternative: Bicycle Thieves

High Noon
Alternative: The Searchers

Rear Window
Alternative: Psycho

The Hidden Fortress
Alternative: Rashomon

Bonnie and Clyde
Alternative: Easy Rider

Bringing Up Baby
Alternative: His Girl Friday

The Hills Have Eyes
Alternative: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Un Chien Andalou
Alternative: L'Age d'Or

Armageddon
Alternative: Con Air

Heaven's Gate
Alternative: Dances with Wolves

Annie Hall
Alternative: Manhattan

Singin' in the Rain
Alternative: An American in Paris

Paths of Glory
Alternative: A Few Good Men

Performance
Alternative: Blowup

Bride of Frankenstein
Alternative: Dracula (1931)

Blackboards
Alternative: The Apple

The Day the Earth Stood Still
Alternative: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Pulp Fiction
Alternative: Reservoir Dogs

Shoah
Alternative: Nuit et Brouillard

Winter Light
Alternative: The Silence

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(I've seen at least half of them - which makes me half a blaggy film buff i guess).

It woulda been more interesting if i'd copied his justifications for each choice. But i'm not gonna do that . Feel free to play guess-the-justification tho


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Replies:

What? No Breakfast Club, or Braveheart.

Hey, Armageddon's in there.

I read the article, they've hit the hot spots mostly i suppose.

Armageddon? Er.

armagedon?? what about Shawshank Redemption

midnight express is also "classic" material


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