Best products from r/classicfilms
We found 23 comments on r/classicfilms discussing the most recommended products. We ran sentiment analysis on each of these comments to determine how redditors feel about different products. We found 21 products and ranked them based on the amount of positive reactions they received. Here are the top 20.
1. A Year of Hitchcock: 52 Weeks with the Master of Suspense
- Used Book in Good Condition
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2. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
- Used Book in Good Condition
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3. Objects of Desire: conversations with Luis Bunuel
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7. Roger Ebert's Book of Film: From Tolstoy to Tarantino, the Finest Writing From a Century of Film
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8. The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era
University of Minnesota Press
10. The Miracle (1959) [VHS]
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11. Too Late for Tears (Newly Restored) [Blu-ray/DVD]
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13. Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection [Blu Ray]
- Alfred Hitchcock - The Masterpiece Collection - 14-Disc Box Set ( The Birds / Family Plot / Frenzy /
- Alfred Hitchcock - The Masterpiece Collection - 14-Disc Box Set
- The Birds / Family Plot / Frenzy / The Man Who Knew Too Much / Marnie / Rear Window / Saboteur / Sha
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14. Alfred Hitchcock: The Classic Collection Notorious / Rebecca / Spellbound [Blu-ray]
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15. Shame (Special Edition)
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17. My Lunches with Orson: Conversations between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles
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I'm currently working my through the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die in sequential order (up to about 1952 now) and it's been a magnificent education I have thoroughly enjoyed.
Bit hard work at the very very early stages, but I found so many amazing films that are straight into my all-time favourites. And a love of silent film I never knew I had.
Unlike other posts here, I think it's good to do sequentially, because you see the advancement of the medium and techniques, how influences spread, etc etc.
I've also been trying to see as many as possible actually in cinemas (re-releases, repertory stuff, festivals etc) and would recommend that.
I also like to tick them off on https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/1001+movies+you+must+see+before+you+die/?sort=year
They have other lists that I intend to get into as well.
A good documentary series and book is Mark Cousins' The Story of Film, though he is very much 'foreign = good, Hollywood = bad' so be aware of that
My Last Sigh is BRILLIANT. If you enjoyed that I'd also highly recommend a book titled Objects of Desire - it is a series of interviews with Bunuel wherein he talks about as openly as you'll ever find about his life, films and career. Good stuff.
The interviewers even credit Bunuel as a co-author because he went back and approved and edited everything included in the final published text.
Good stuff. Hitchcock was a master and his cameo appearances were always fun. Among other things, this book outlines every cameo appearance (along with a few debatable appearances), including explanations of how/why he pulled some of them off. The way in which he made an appearance in the very, very underrated Lifeboat -- which takes place entirely in a single lifeboat! -- is pretty awesome.
Per what everyone else is saying: watch the longest version you can. The movie uses the time wisely, and while it IS a bit silly in certain regards and themes, it's overall a wonderful sci-fi movie.
If I were going to recommend a purchase, this blu-ray from Kino is where I'd point you. =)
I love her too! There is also a great book recently published about her, makes a nice coffee table book! http://www.amazon.com/Edith-Head-Fifty-Year-Hollywoods-Greatest/dp/0762438053/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323121296&sr=8-1
$10 to watch on Amazon - not necessarily all that much if amortized over forever :)
That's to own viewing rights - i.e. you can watch anytime and as many times as you want.
Or to rent: $3 on Youtube or Google Play
Roger Ebert's Book of Film is an anthology with a lot of great writing about Old Hollywood (and New as well). And since they're mostly excerpts, the good ones will make you want to read the full books.
I’ve read a fair amount of books on the studio era, but none have lived up to the brilliant “The Genius of the System”
https://www.amazon.com/Genius-System-Hollywood-Filmmaking-Studio/dp/0816670102/ref=nodl_
Not sure if this is appropriate here, but I've made a few of these types of videos turning photographs from the mid-1800's into "films."
Film-like looped animated sequence I created of seven photographs of John Wilkes Booth posing with two unidentified men, possibly actors, said to be taken in 1861. The images were probably meant to be used as promotional material for an unknown theatrical production. Photograph source.
The context of the photographs I think might be found in the book "John Wilkes Booth Himself," which is said to have many rare photographs of Booth, but second hand copies cost more than 300 dollars as there were only 1000 copies of the book printed.
GIF Version.
It is available on Blu-ray.
So is The Strange Love of Martha Ivers.
Slightly off topic, but Notorious isn't on the nicely priced Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection, $44 for 14 films. It is on the more expensive 3-film set with Rebecca and Spellbound, $50 for 3 films, used.
Anyone know why that 3-film set is so pricy?
Shame. One of the best war films of all time.
https://www.amazon.com/Oxford-History-World-Cinema/dp/0198742428/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1537394015&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Oxford+History+of+World+Cinema
It's from My Lunches with Orson
The one and only Busby Berkeley.
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Nosferatu
No DVD?
Edit: Just realised this is a British DVD. Still, who doesn't have a region free player these days?