Your favorite movies of 1957
A very good year for movies. Four of my personal favorites:
Witness for the Prosecution
Paths of Glory
Twelve Angry Men
Sweet Smell of Success
The Seventh Seal
Wild Strawberries
12 Angry Men
The Cranes Are Flying
A Face In The Crowd
Paths of Glory
Il Grido
Le Notti Bianche
The Nights of Cabiria
Sweet Smell of Success
Throne of Blood
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Andy Griffith is very good in A Face in the Crowd
shareHe's too hyper there, howie. Burns solid straight white hot for the entire running time.
There's no contrast to contrast.
12 Angry Men
Stands up fine. Showed it a lot in JHS/HS.
Cocksure Fonda (I do believe he produced this) is a bit of a pain in-the-ass, but, Cobb takes everybody with him. Begley tries to keep up, but, Cobb will have none of it. He's a conflagration.
Robert Webber, almost beautiful he is so freaking new there.
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Paths of Glory
First time I ever heard the term "degenerate" used in a motion picture. "What, what'd he call him?"
Goes quick. They get on with it & do not let up.
A year before Kubrick had used Timothy Carey (one of the doomed) in "The Killing" as the race horse assassin at the home stretch.
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Both fine movies, and a fine performance by Kirk Douglas, speaking of, "Ace in the Hole" is for me, Billy Wilder's best. .. I know Kirk's favorite (and possibly his best role) is "Lonely Are The Brave" which probably has more relevance today (liberty, non-conformity, modern decadence).
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