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Sleeping in EQ · 08-29-2007, 07:55 PM

classic films from which students can select (and then do a report).

What films do you think belong on such a list? (I have my ideas, but I want the list to be pretty comprehensive)

MikeWaters · 08-29-2007, 07:57 PM

Lawrence of Arabia.

cougjunkie · 08-29-2007, 08:27 PM

a few that we had to watch in film class in college.

Citizen Kane
Vertigo
Casablanca
Frankenstein
indiana jones the first one

Sleeping in EQ · 08-29-2007, 09:04 PM

All the films mentioned so far are a go!

DrumNFeather · 08-29-2007, 09:06 PM

12 Angry Men...the original?

ute4ever · 08-29-2007, 09:10 PM

What class? What will the context of the report be about?

Sleeping in EQ · 08-29-2007, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ute4ever

What class? What will the context of the report be about?

It's a course that broadly surveys media. They'll be writing about these films from a "historical-cultural" framework.

DirtyHippieUTE · 08-29-2007, 09:34 PM

Gone with the Wind
Star Wars
North by Northwest
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Manchurian Candidate (the old version)
The French Connection
The Deer Hunter
Easy Rider
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Blazing Saddles
When Harry Met Sally
Ghostbusters
Arsenic and Old Lace
Caddyshack

UteStar · 08-29-2007, 09:50 PM

Philadelphia Story

Airplane--seriously, when you think of all of those films that came out of that, well, its pretty remarkable.

The Thin Man (the original of that series)--mysteries, love, etc.

Archaea · 08-29-2007, 10:00 PM

Apocalypse Now
Equus
Vanilla Sky
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
North by Northwest
Rear Window
A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
A Clockwork Orange
Saving Private Ryan
All Quiet on the Western Front

08-29-2007, 07:55 PM	#1
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	I'm compiling a list of "must see" classic films from which students can select (and then do a report). What films do you think belong on such a list? (I have my ideas, but I want the list to be pretty comprehensive) __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

08-29-2007, 08:27 PM	#3
cougjunkie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 5,741	a few that we had to watch in film class in college. Citizen Kane Vertigo Casablanca Frankenstein indiana jones the first one __________________ LINCECUM!

08-29-2007, 09:04 PM	#4
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	All the films mentioned so far are a go! __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

08-29-2007, 09:06 PM	#5
DrumNFeather Active LDS Ute Fan Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nantucket : ) Posts: 2,566	12 Angry Men...the original? __________________ "It's not like we played the school of the blind out there." - Brian Johnson.

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Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	Apocalypse Now Equus Vanilla Sky One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest North by Northwest Rear Window A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof A Clockwork Orange Saving Private Ryan All Quiet on the Western Front __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

08-29-2007, 07:57 PM	#2
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Lawrence of Arabia.

08-29-2007, 09:10 PM	#6
ute4ever I must not tell lies Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,103	What class? What will the context of the report be about?

08-29-2007, 09:34 PM	#8
DirtyHippieUTE Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 1,151	Gone with the Wind Star Wars North by Northwest Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid The Manchurian Candidate (the old version) The French Connection The Deer Hunter Easy Rider Yankee Doodle Dandy Blazing Saddles When Harry Met Sally Ghostbusters Arsenic and Old Lace Caddyshack

08-29-2007, 09:50 PM	#9
UteStar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,817	Philadelphia Story Airplane--seriously, when you think of all of those films that came out of that, well, its pretty remarkable. The Thin Man (the original of that series)--mysteries, love, etc.