Bicycle Thieves - Timeless classic. What's yours?

Posted by: Tony2011 on 21 March 2013

I watched this old classic a couple of hours ago and am always marvelled by its photography and timeless story telling. World cinema were at their best during the 60's IMHO although there were some good releases thought out the 70's, 80's, 90's and so on. I am sitll particularly fond of films produced during the 50's and 60's era maily due to the "noir" photography.. Any other fans of  that period?

KR

Tony

Posted on: 21 March 2013 by Fabio 1

Me,Tony

Posted on: 21 March 2013 by Blueknowz

I agree with you about The Bicycle Thieves.

And add

Posted on: 21 March 2013 by Fabio 1

Have you ever watched "L'armata Brancaleone"?Sorry don't want to get on Google to find out the English title,by the way main actor was Vittorio Gassmann.

Posted on: 21 March 2013 by Fabio 1

Ok I just made it.The title was (or were)" For Love and Gold" or "The  Incredible Army of Brancaleone"

Posted on: 21 March 2013 by Blueknowz

Posted on: 21 March 2013 by Fabio 1
Originally Posted by Blueknowz:

Thanks a lot Blueknowz!I love that film.


 

Posted on: 21 March 2013 by Tony2011

Another contender...

Posted on: 22 March 2013 by naim_nymph

 

Made in 1966

A near perfect blend of fairy tale, horror and comedy.

On location 'snowy' parts filmed in the Alps.

Excellent + music score too.

One of those films i can watch again and again : )

 

I agree the best films were made in the 1950s and 1960s

Something about capturing the grubby real atmosphere of realism?

The 1970s brought more sleazy acting, wobbly scenery, and warm saturated colour.

The 1980s to up to present day give us the exploding helicopters, machine guns, special effects and fashion conscious super model actors far too young to fit the part or able to look correct in the role...

 

But I over-generalize,

there are exceptions to the rule I know,

and I could contradict myself without trying very hard : )

 

Debs

 

Posted on: 22 March 2013 by Kevin-W
Originally Posted by naim_nymph:

 

I agree the best films were made in the 1950s and 1960s

Something about capturing the grubby real atmosphere of realism?

The 1970s brought more sleazy acting, wobbly scenery, and warm saturated colour.

The 1980s to up to present day give us the exploding helicopters, machine guns, special effects and fashion conscious super model actors far too young to fit the part or able to look correct in the role...

 

But I over-generalize,

there are exceptions to the rule I know,

and I could contradict myself without trying very hard : )

 

Debs

 

You certainly do over-generalise Debs. Be careful, that series of generalisations is so off-beam and inaccurate, you're beginning to stray into Engelbert territory. And who wants to be Engelbert?

 

Most of the great films were made in the period 1910 to about 1950.

 

They would include:

The Passion of Joan of Arc

La Regle du Jeu

Citizen Kane

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Third Man

Haxan

Bicycle Thieves

La Grande Illusion

The Magnificent Ambersons

Greed

Sunrise

Nosferatu

Partie de Campagne

The Thief of Baghdad

Earth

Arsenal

Alexander Nevsky

Vampyr

Mikael

La Marseilles

Casablanca

Broken Blossoms

Haxan

Twentieth Century

The Cheat

Gone With The Wind

Orphans of The Storm

The General

Battleship Potemkin

Mother

Rome: Open City

Public Enemy

His Girl Friday

Bringing Up Baby

All About Eve

Grapes of Wrath

The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp

I Know Where I'm Going

The Maltese Falcon

The Red shoes

A Matter of Life and Death

Black Narcissus

Notorious

39 Steps

La Chienne

Boudou Sauve des Aux

Kino Pravda

Man with a Movie Camera

Double Indemnity

Un Chien Andalou

L'Age d'Or

Cabinet of Dr Caligari

Chimes at Midnight

Public Enemy

Scarface

Metropolis

39 Steps

I Know Where I'm Going

The Wind

The Crowd

Pandora's Box

Napoleon

La Roue

The Big Parade

City Lights

The Gold Rush

Safety Last

Faust

Way Down East

Fooloish Wives

Blind Husbands

Tol'able David

The Wedding March

Zemlya

The Golem

Joyless Street

The Last Laugh

Queen Christina

 

etc etc and so it goes on

 

That is not to say that no good films were made after 1950, as quite patently there were. But to say the best films were made in the 1950s and 60s is rubbish.

Posted on: 22 March 2013 by Jon Myles

A Matter Of Life And Death anyone?

And made, I believe, before 1950. Still beautiful, still enchanting.

Even more interesting for a Naim forum is that it was called Stairway To Heaven in the US.

Did Led Zeppelin pouch that title?

Posted on: 22 March 2013 by Kevin-W
Originally Posted by Jon Myles:

A Matter Of Life And Death anyone?

And made, I believe, before 1950. Still beautiful, still enchanting.

Even more interesting for a Naim forum is that it was called Stairway To Heaven in the US.

Did Led Zeppelin pouch that title?

It was made in 1946. And it was in my list, along with five other P&P films

Posted on: 22 March 2013 by fatcat

"noir" photography.

 

They don't come more noir than the Jean Luc Godard classic Alphaville.

 

On the cycling theme, Jaques Tati's classic Jour de fete.

 

 

Posted on: 22 March 2013 by EAROTICA
I was born in 81 an personally think films of my era are the best. I used to get bored watching my dads black and white films. I do like some older films. I don't like that many films that have come out over the last few years. I guess it's an age thing and my children will be saying how rubbish my films are when the time comes.