I've seen more than a few of them, not quite half though. I'm really surprised to see Interior. Leather Bar. on there. I know Kermode loves it, I've heard him talk about previously, and it is an interesting film but it's far from essential, more of a curio.

I think I'll make a quick excel sheet with the list and see which ones I can watch over the next few months.

I've seen six good ones and one pathetic one.

spill the beans :nod:

I've seen about 20.:rolleyes:

14 from that list for me. Symptoms is on the must watch list.

I've seen...

Bad Timing (1980)
La Belle et la Bête (1946)
Black Narcissus (1947)
Capricorn One (1977)
Un chien andalou (1928)
The Company of Wolves (1984)
Countess Dracula (1971)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Dogtooth (2009)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Face (1997)
Fitzcarraldo (1981)
Godzilla (1954) - J harkers hated one!
Hands of the Ripper (1971)
The Ipcress File (1965)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Lodger (1927)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Mother (2009)
Nosferatu (1979)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Rashomon (1950)
Red Road (2006)
The Red Shoes (1948)
Symptoms (1974)

I wonder if it was Mark Kermode himself who chose the '50 Films Every Film Fan Should Watch'

If it was him, why has he not mentioned 'The Exorcist'?

I thought that was a title he regularly described as being 'one of the greatest films of all time'

I was expecting it in there as I don't know of another critic who gushes over it as much as he does

I presumed because they were all BFI related films, mainly British productions, rather than Hollywood movies.

For the record i've seen 26 and own 18 of the films listed.

I just bought one of them today. :lol:

Which one did you buy?

I'll stick a pic up when i've taken the dog on a quick walk. See if you can spot it. :nod:

Another addtion to Flipside coming in June:

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I've seen

The Company of Wolves
Countess Dracula
The Elephant Man
Godzilla
The Lady Vanishes
Nosferatu
Symptoms

For my money Gozilla is rubbish. Countess Dracula isn't one I rate that highly either though its infinitely better than Godzilla.

Pretty much spot on. :nod:

Sacrilege :wise:

On which count Rob?

GOJIIIIIRA!!!!:welcome:

Maybe you're confused. I mean the 1954 b&w one is crap. Not the fun Roland Emmerich movie.

It is. It's as if they wanted to make a film about Japanese woes following WW2 then thought 'Hang on, no one wants to watch this, lets stick a monster in there as an allegory instead'.

Yup. Its about 90 mins long and about 87 mins of it is a bunch of Japanese guys having a chinwag in a shed.

You make it sound better than it actually is.

The other three minutes don't amount to much either.

I really like Godzilla :behindsofa:

The first (and only) time I watched the 1954 version of Godzilla I wasn't a fan. I have been meaning to give it another go at some point though.

Don't forget that there are two versions of the original Godzilla

There is the 1954 Japanese version, 'Gojira', which was then re-edited, re-cut, partly re-filmed and released in America in 1955 as 'Godzilla: King Of The Monsters'. A lot of the Japanese footage was removed, and an entire plot featuring Raymond Burr was added

Was there a third cut where all the footage of Godzilla was taken out but the Raymond Burr stuff wasn't put in? Might be the one I've seen. Some Japanese folk chatting in a shed.

The Criterion has both versions.

Upcoming BFI slate:

Jul 24th: The Orchard End Murder (1980)
Jul 24th: Peppermint Soda (1977)
Jul 24th: J'accuse (1938)

Aug 21st: My Beautfiul Laundrette (1985)
Aug 21st: Life is Sweet (1990) (includes A Running Jump (2012) short)

Sep 18th: Ken Loach Boxset: Raining Stones, Riff Raff and Ladybird Ladybird

Really looking forward to The Orchard End Murder (specs below):

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How weird. I was only reading about this the other day as i was checking out the profiles for the cast of Robin of Sherwood which i've now seen two of the three series, as Clive Mantle (Little John) is in this.

I too will be blind buying The Orchard End Murder.

How are you liking Robin of Sherwood? Is Clannad growing on you yet? :D

I do like it, very mystical, sometimes it doesn't really feel like Robin Hood as such.

Also no. Clannad really grates i'm afraid.

I've not watched Robin of Sherwood since it first aired when I was a kid, I used to love it :nod:

:laugh:

:tsk:

Glad you like it though. As mentioned previously the music really makes it more special, at least to me.

I was the same until I bought the first two seasons on Blu in one of Network's sales a couple of years ago.

Great choice for release.:nod:

As is the Loach set and My Beautiful Laundrette to sit alongside THE FIRM,LETTER TO BREZHNEV,RITA SUE AND BOB TOO,THE CRYING GAME,PSYCHOMANIA,PENDA'S FEN,BLACK PANTHER,MAN OF VIOLENCE to name but a few of their great British films.:nod:

Really looking forward to picking up this upcoming Flipside release:

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Some decent BFI deals on Amazon at the moment. I have everything I want already, but for the likes of Psychomania, Symptoms and Sleepwalker, £7.99 is a steal. Quite a lot of BFI titles are £7.99 at the moment, worth giving Amazon a browse.

Damn you Baka! :lol:

I have Symptoms and Sleepwalker, but now Psychomania will be mine too - ordered!

I didn't realize The Orchard End Murders was only 48 mins.

£15 for under an hour. That can wait.