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Billy Liar and other 60s filmic treats
Has anyone seen it?
I bought it a few weeks ago after hearing it was really brilliant.
It wasn't what I expected. It seemed like it was years and years ahead of the other early 60s films I've seen, in terms of acting and plot etc... probably in that everyone has realistic accents, and not much really happens.
Although it didn't turn me on drastically, I thought it was pretty good. I've been recommended to get 'Darling' with Julie Christie. And also 'Blowup'.
I really want to see Blowup. Is it good?
I was just raving about Billy Liar the other day
it's genuinely very funny isn't it? I think I love Tom Courtenay.
I agree about 'Billy Liar'
Prole is a big fan. I did enjoy it immensely but it didn't have the huge impact on me that lots of French films from the same era had.
Darling is witty and cool, but I saw it ages ago and all I can remember is - well - Julie Christie. Alongside Dirk Bogarde's pipe. I might be imagining the pipe...
Blow Up is fantastic! There's certain scenes that are unforgettable and remain in your mind forever, but some of it's very obscure and confusing... Worth it just for the bit with Jane Birkin and Gillian Hills:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElkGU5Bw7KE
if...
is awesome!
I thought 'if'
was alright, but it didn't really hold me for long enough.
Also, one of those 'the 150 best films ever' on Channel4 showed me the end scene BEFORE I'd seen the film. Horrific.
All these films mean the world to me
in a really fey way the reason I 'bettered' myself was from seeing Billy Liar when I was 17 on Channel 4
A MAN CAN LOOOSE HIMSELF IN LONDON!
oi SHADDERS!
SNSM is grimly wonderful. Its relentless and its the surly sibling of Billy Liar
Courteney is lost in a dream world, but Finney is trapped in a real one. That's how I read it in a layman's way.
A Kind of Loving is beautiful as well. Barstow is an underrated writer.
And of course my fave film ever is Kes followed by Billy Liar followed by SNSM
if we're talking 'grim up noourth' kitchen sink sixties
then you'll need to see a taste of honey, son's and lovers, this sporting life, cathy come home, look back in anger as well as the films already mentioned.
I want to see A Taste of Honey,
if not solely for the fact its my favourite song on Please Please Me.
also
morrisey lifted quite a lot of 'material from 'a taste of honey for numerous smith's songs.
do not under any circumstances watch any peter greenaway films!!!! (opinion solely based on 'the cook, the thief blah blah blah', one of the most godawful movies i've ever seen).
I love The cook...
and it's not 60's.
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is another one. It's not bad. I'm not such a big fan of the kitchen sink dramas. I'd much rather watch something like If... , which I thought was a breath of fresh air.
One of our tutors showed us a clip from Round the Mulberry Bush which you might wanna check out.
Billy Liar
is one of my all-time favourite films...but the book is even better. Well worth checking out if you can find a copy.
To be honest, I've read most of the kitchen sink plays/novels that Morrissey worships, but have never bothered following them to celluloid...like, I didn't enjoy reading The Loneliness Of A Long Distance Runner - does the film do it more justice?
Billy Liar is also win because of the whole Yo La Tengo writing a song about it thing (see also: Help!).