I just watched a couple of Buster Keaton films on one DVD "The General", "The Cop", and "The Playhouse". These were actually better than any comedy I've seen this year. Intentionally or not, Lord of the Rings references a couple of scenes in "The General" and Benny Hill would not have a career without "The Cop". Almost every non-risque comedy bit is found in these shorts and movies. I dunno if Buster Keaton was the innovator for any of these bits but it's kind funny how almost nothing we see in movies these days is new.
The only black and white film I've ever seen is "It's a Wonderful Life" The only Xmas tradition I have is to watch that movie at home alone, with all the lights shut off, every Xmas eve.
The only one I actually sat through all of was one I was forced to watch in a college history class - Birth of a Nation. It was horrible.
That's amazing to me. I watch black & white films all the time. My all-time favorite movie is in black & white (Arsenic & Old Lace). I couldn't tell you which was the last one I watched, but I watch Black & White movies often. The one I probably watched most recently was "Sullivan's Travels". I watched that again recently.
I was thinking of watching that - it's always on lists of *great American films*. What was wrong with it?
Favorites as a child. The Day the Earth Stood Still Frankenstein Creature of the Black Lagoon King Kong THEM Incredible Shrinking Man Moby Dick Treasure Island Damn, to many to list.
That was the reason my prof supposedly made us watch it. To start with, it's not only black and white but also silent, and I'm somewhat of an impatient person. The fact that it was a rally movie for the Klan back in the 20's doesn't get it any points with me either. There's one famous scene in it that I'm sure you will recognize where a white girl is being chased by a black soldier though the woods and she completely overdramatizing the whole thing. I tried to explain that scene to my parents a couple of weeks ago, and they had no clue what I was talking about. I'm sure though if they or any of you were to watch the movie they/you would recognize the scene.
