Movies I wish I made

Beautifull, intense and uncharacteristically serious for Almadovar. Almadovar creates a world of music, colour, passion and flawed love stories.

Pulpy, beautiful, creepy, strange, fantastic; I urge you all to see it.

I honestly think that this is the best film I have ever seen. Beautifull, intense and very claustrophobic. It will shake you up.

One of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. The whole film feels like some beautiful dream, filled with perfume, music and magic.

I don't think I've ever been totally satisfied by a vampire film. Vampires are such an appealing and romantic subject matter to me that I've never quite felt that one has met it's full potential. This film has.

An eery, gothic nightmare. No other vampire film I have seen has achieved its atmosphere so effectively as this. None. Everything contributes to the over bearing feeling that something is wrong, from the very first frame. To me this film is beyond comparison with Nosferatu. Great. More people should see it.

AMAZING! I love this movie. Almost makes Kill Bill seem like total plaigiarism. Stylish, passionate, brutal and deadly. Great plot, extraordinary performances, and visuals that look like anime come to life set this kung fu movie above the usual b grade trash. Any fan of Kill Bill needs to see this movie. The similarities aren't only in plot and theme, but in the amazing style. A rare gem.

I will love this until I die.

I love this movie. Definitely lives up to its reputation as the ultimate Depression musical. I had seen 42nd Street and thought that this one would be a slightly more scandolous version of the same thing, but it is so much more.

The musical numbers are great and very creative (like all of Busby Berkeley's musical numbers). My Forgotten Man may very well be the most beautiful, effective and politically revelant song to ever appear in a Hollywood musical, while Pettin' in the Park may be the most openly sexual number you will ever see in Classic Hollywood. Of course all of these numbers have the inventive sets, costumes and staging that are forever linked to Busby Burkeley, but in the case of the Shadow Waltz song he seems to have reached a new height in bizarre spectacle (and I mean this as a compliment).

The cast is made up largely of the familiar faces of this genre who are all very good. Ruby Keeler may be the one exception to this. She can't sing, her dancing doesn't have much grace and her acting is rather pitiful, but you can't help but like her. She is forever the hopeful little chorus girl, and though she may be an odd choice for a leading lady, her vulnerability gives her an enduring charm. Joan Blondell is one actress who I can in no way make a complaint about. She makes every line meaningful. Her recitation of My Forgotten Man is one thing I will never forget. She holds together the plot beautifully, and manages to add a little sincere emotion to her tough talking character. A great show.

I love this movie. Katharine Isabelle is so perfect as Ginger. She's so sexy and evil at the same time, like a Barbara Steele for our generation.

I love how the werewolf legend is used as a sexual metaphor for puberty. What happens to ginger is really just an exaggerated version of what all teenagers go through. Instead of just feeling like she's turning into a monster, she really is.

I think this is definitely one of the best horror movies/ black comedies/ teen movies I have ever seen.

A great noir. I have never seen Gene Tierney be so soulful, though she is not really a lead. All of the performances are great, except for one, in my opinion. I found Richard Widmark completely ridiculous as the doomed hero, which I felt marred the beauty of the rest of the film.
Visually the film has the gritty black and white feel of many of Kazan's films, but still has some of the usual 40's Hollywood gloss in many sequences. The plot is wonderfully dark, just the way I like it. A real noir.

So much fun. Inventive, and completely irreplacable. Halloween's my favourite.

This film is so dated, and campy that it is impossible to escape its charm. I could watch it over and over, and sometimes I do. I love Joan Blondel.

This is a great film. Robert Mitchum has never been better than here, as the fantastically creepy preacher/murderer. Shelley Winters is great, as usual. This is also probably one of Lilian Gishe's best parts, though she has had quite a few. The great aspect of this film, which separates it from every other 50's thriller, is the bedtime story feel of the whole film. You feel like a helpless child watching this film. It is a shame that it is the only film Charles Laughton ever directed.

Beautifull, and strangely haunting. Isabelle Huppert is flawless as the hopelessly passive, young French girl who cannot hold the attention of her intellectual boyfriend.

This movie is just too cool. Everything about the film has been altered by the director for Bava to create his own ideal gothic horror setting. Just as romantic as it is creepy, this film guarantees the highest in atmosphere.

Weird and fun. It doesn't get much more twisted than this. Bette Davis' career climaxes in her role as the cruel, demented Baby Jane.

Beautifull and dreamlike, yet realistic and imperfect.