Schlesingers best movie?


I would say yesy by far? Its a modern masterpiece, anyone can come up with a better schlesinger movie?

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The only two Schlesinger films that I liked were Midnight Cowboy (by far his best movie) and Day of the Locust. Wasn't one of his last films some trash with Madonna?

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sadly yes :(

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I looked over Schlesinger's filmography, there are several movies that I forgot that he had directed. Marathon Man was also a good film, and there were several others that I enjoyed at the time (e.g. The Falcon and the Snowman, etc) but just didn't find sufficiently memorable to go back and watch again decades later.

I'm still guessing that Midnight Cowboy is going to be the film that he's remembered for, with perhaps either Day of the Locust or Marathon Man as a distant second. Some of the others are good for what they are but unlikely to make anyone's list of all-time classics.

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Absolutely agreed, Marathon man was also a good, but i would not want to watch it twice although i loved it. Midnight cowboy is such a masterpiece, it will remain his best movie i guess, at least in my opinion, thx for the nice conversation by the way Edward

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im just watching sunday bloody sunday for the first time its amazing to, i recommend it if you havent seen it

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im just watching sunday bloody sunday for the first time its amazing to, i recommend it if you havent seen it


I've seen it, as I recall the acting was top-notch all around, but the story and characters just didn't do very much for me.

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you are right i finished the movie now , and it went downhill after 30 mins or so, the story was already told and it got a bit boring after that.

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Easily his best film.

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He also directed Billy Liar, which is considered one of the greatest British films.

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I think The Day of the Locust is really great too, but it doesn't get the accolades that Midnight Cowboy does. The Day of the Locust has one of the most memorable scenes ever in movie history.

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