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THE FOUNTAINHEAD
Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey & Henry Hull.
1949.
I defy you to find more angst!
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The Bad and the Beautiful.
Lots of emoting, especially in the scene where Kirk Douglas rejects Lana Turner and she drives off hysterically (her driving is a bit over the top.)
Speaking of over the top, the title theme always raises my pulse with excitement. Wonderful score work by David Raksin.
There was always something about Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster and Charlton Heston's acting that seemed gritty and projected out of the screen.
I would like to add not so much the movie, (although excellent) but the climatic scene from "All About Eve" when George Sanders slowly engages Anne Baxter in conversation, then exposes and confronts her deception. And as far as I can remember, the soundtrack is not as memorable as TBATB.
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Here are a few that came to mind – I love all of them:
Johnny Guitar
Blood Simple
Home from the Hill
Letter from an Unknown Woman
The Krays
Burnt Money
Obsession
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Another film thats comes to (my) mind is 1983 Scarface.
1. the characters are full of angst, remorse
- The characters are almost caricatures with some scenes intentionally or non-intentionally hilarious. But there were many hot and edgy Al Pacino moments, especially at the climax.
2. the story is STRONG
- The direction by Brian De Palma and script by Oliver Stone is very entertaining, bottom line.
3. you care what is going on
- No, just about all the characters are unsympathetic and despicable, which I had to laugh at except for Tony Montana's sister and mother. So I did not care one twit, but at the same time completely engaged.
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Thats easy --
one of my favorite films --
IMITATION OF LIFE (1958) directed by Douglas Sirk
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many of today's audience probably would just laugh ... -
I know i did, esp. when thousands of mourners turned up at the maid's funeral
brm
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