The MoFo Top 100 of the 60s: Countdown

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08-05-15

I haven't seen The Great Escape, but my aunt recommended it to me recently! (Alien and Star Wars are one of her favourites in case you're wondering)

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is my favourite Nichols film (I've only seen this and The Graduate, Wit and Wolf, though). It's a

film.

PS: I just found a film called Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf. (Jesus...) At first I thought it's a porn parody, but it is not! Looks like a cheap comedy to me!

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08-05-15

Great Escape at 30th? You kidding me?

I had this down as a definite Top 10 entry!
Was in 17th on my own list though.

1. Definitely, maybe even Top 10
2. Definitely Top 10
3. Maybe, possibly in the 30s
4. Definitely
5. Definitely
6. The Innocents (1961) - 32nd
7. Definitely, maybe even Top 10
8. Maybe, possibly in the 30s
9. The Haunting (1963) - 42nd
10. True Grit (1969) - 69th
11. Definitely Top 10
12. Definitely Top 10
13. Maybe, possibly in the 30s
14. Peeping Tom (1960) - 33rd
15. Cape Fear (1962) - 84th
16. Probably not now we�re within the Top 40
17. The Great Escape (1963) - 30th
18. Maybe, possibly in the 20s
19. Probably not now we�re within the Top 40
20. Easy Rider (1969) - 38th
21. Definitely, maybe even Top 10
22. Definitely Top 10
23. Definitely
24. Pretty sure it�ll make it, maybe Top 20
25. Probably not now we�re within the Top 40

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Originally Posted by Iroquois

Resident Evil: Retribution was my one-pointer

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Save the Texas Prairie Chicken

08-05-15

I seriously considered "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", but it just seemed to stay in my top 30 instead. I thought it would maybe appear higher on this list, though.

But I did have "The Great Escape" on my list. It was #24 for me (although I should have placed it a little higher). I was very happy to see it make an appearance today.

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mark f

Bright light. Bright light. Uh oh.

08-05-15

The Great Escape has a terrific cast and generates some great suspense, but I always think of Steve McQueen, his baseball and the motorcycle. I didn't vote for it. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was my #3. This is from my mafo MoFo Top 100.

Originally Posted by mark f

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Mike Nichols, 1966)

Elizabeth Taylor (Martha) and Richard Burton (George) give two of the greatest performances in screen history in Mike Nichols' brilliant film debut. I consider Edward Albee's awesome play to be the culmination of everything Tennessee Willaims accomplished. Williams trailblazed the eccentric, yet totally-honest characters which are present in this amazing film, which is also of a higher-cinematic quality than all of its forebears. The younger couple, played by Sandy Dennis and George Segal, get trapped in the older couple's web soon enough and find it difficult not to try to add to the situation while trying to extricate themselves.

This film pushed the envelope for frankness and language in American films, and thus was semi-responsible for the MPAA. Yet, the MPAA is better than the Hays Code, so it shouldn't be attacked for that. Most of my films, at the higher echelon of my list, are pretty damn unique, and they either created a new world for films to be made in or, at least, appreciated. Even when that's not true, they are so far away from what's considered normal films nowadays, that they should all get your attention.

Most of the film is shot on one set, but once again, what somebody might consider uncinematic is turned into a major asset by Nichols and his cast. Many of the greatest surprises in the film involve the camera moving away, if only for a few seconds, and when it returns, it completely blows your mind. The brutal honesty of two couples' relationships has rarely been brought out into the open before or since. In that way, when the film almost turns fantastic at the end, it actually deepens the tragedy and significance of everything which has come before. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Probably every normal, loving human being should be, but that still means that no one can afford to miss all of this film's truths and humor.

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08-05-15

Originally Posted by The Rodent

Great Escape at 30th? You kidding me?
I had this down as a definite Top 10 entry!

Welcome to the site Rodent. I think you will like it here.

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