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Hi folks,

I don`t get as much time to watch my favourite films as I used to, but I did watch Get Carter the other day (and actually watched it again later with the director`s commentary - that`s really been a long time!)

I`ve grown really cynical about new films, as nine times out of ten I don`t enjoy the way they`re shot, the camera tricks, the CGI etc. I may just be old, but when I see fast-moving scenes and heightened sound effects, I know that usually the director is trying to hide something rather than accentuate a great camera shot, and it completely throws me out of my suspension of disbelief.

So, going back to Get Carter, can anyone recommend some pre-1990s films that I might enjoy? It doesn`t necessarily have to be a crime drama, or thriller, but rather just something gritty and (dare I say it?) old-fashioned by today`s standards.

If anyone wants to discuss Caine`s Get Carter, that`d be interesting, too!

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Some suggestions... if you haven't seen them.

Das Boot
The Flight of the Phoenix
Once Upon a Time in America
The Wickerman
The Haunting
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid


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I watched that for the first time relatively recently and enjoyed it.

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
The Godfather
Logan`s Run
Planet of the Apes
Harvey
Taxi Driver

But then you`ve probably seen all of those?

I hated the Wicker Man and Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, by the way. Didn`t feel that either had aged well at all.

Definately Das Boot, but found the TV series easier to handle in chunk form (1995 BBC2 just after the daughter was born) as I fell asleep during ITV broadcast of the film starting at 1am???????



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And another serious classic for you (but again I`m sure you`ll have seen this).......The Third Man.

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