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#1 2013-12-22 10:42:58
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Top 10 Stylish Films
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#2 2013-12-22 11:03:07
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Re: Top 10 Stylish Films
Off the top of my head: A Bout De Souffle. However you may need seperate men's and women's lists; Seberg is nothing special in this film.
Also, Cassavetes' clothes in Rosemary's Baby are outstanding.
I agree with La Dolce Vita, but the men's clothes in Thomas Crown are good but not amazing imo, the women's styles are average at best (although Dunaway is very attractive), and the film itself is a total bore.
The rest I've not seen or have seen so long ago that I have little recollection. Talk Ivy has a number of film threads full of classic American and some European style.
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#5 2013-12-22 12:08:12
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Re: Top 10 Stylish Films
I wouldn't put this movie in any Top 10, but this thread reminds me that I recently watched The Last Picture Show, which was Jeff Bridges' first major role. For those into the James Dean, blue jeans, workwear, Red Wing boots kind of thing, this movie is a gold mine. Movie was made in '71 but is set in the early '50s. The set design and wardrobe is spot on and captures the era exquisitely. Great soundtrack too.
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#6 2013-12-22 12:31:33
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Re: Top 10 Stylish Films
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#7 2013-12-22 13:02:42
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Gangster Number 1.
Suits by Mark Powell.
"I didn't need a drink, I was drunk on the smell of Italian leather".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sim6Bxt_kkk
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#8 2013-12-22 13:24:36
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#9 2013-12-22 13:51:51
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^That's a great film, I watched it the night before I made my great escape to Rio, believe it or not!
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#11 2013-12-22 18:42:58
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#13 2013-12-22 22:05:56
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The scene when he "gets down to business" has had quite a bit chopped out of it. Lenny drifts in and out of consciousness with the camera shot though his eyes as different tools come into play. He takes a few ciggie breaks during the slow murder. Truly horrific but all in context of the story line of the ruthlessness to gain control, to be gangster number 1. The return of Freddie represents the brevity of what he has become (hence the shock when he asks Eddy who he's rather kill if he had to; him or Freddy). The fact that Freddie doesn't shoot him confirms his own doubts of himself. Theres much more to the film than the violence.
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#14 2013-12-23 02:58:25
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Re-reading this thread, I realize that you're all just on about the clothes. Oh Dear!
#17 2013-12-23 04:35:21
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"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#18 2013-12-23 04:58:30
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That was the golden age of film making. So many classics from the late 60s and 70s (although for male style, films from the previous decades are better). I rewatched Midnight Cowboy last night, which is another amazing classic (imo), and from around the same period. Whether it would be classed as stylish though is debatable.
Back to the OP: Godfather 2.
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#19 2013-12-23 05:02:04
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Some may disagree, but I would add Body Heat.
The woman in In the Mood for Love looks amazing, although the men look so so and I found the film as a whole dull (to the point where I didn't make it to the end).
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#20 2013-12-23 11:01:52
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#21 2013-12-23 11:10:04
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebZ-MzRswRU&noredirect=1
#23 2013-12-24 07:03:15
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I watched Deadfall (1968) with Michael Caine last night... Whoa! What a fuckin' film!
I've never seen it before, in fact I'd never even heard of it until a few days ago.
People harp on about The Italian Job, Alfie, Get Carter; but this for me is by far the best out of all the aforementioned..
Cars, clothes, scenery, women; the whole shaboodle....
Do watch if poss?
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#24 2013-12-24 07:19:00
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^Put that on the list. I haven't seen it either.
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#25 2013-12-24 07:26:12
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For Caine also see the underrated The Black Windmill too.