Hi Kat,

I have seen many movies and the ones that I like stick out like shiny diamonds.

Midnight Cowboy was written by a great guy and a wonderful writer named Waldo Salt.
He collaborated with Earl Robinson on a musical about the building of the subway system in New York called "Sand Hog". Too bad what happened to Voigt.

Waldo was a mentor of mine in folk music although he probably didn't know it.

Wild Strawberries and Seventh Seal remain for me. I love Bergman.

Some acting tour de forces: Viva Villa with Wallace Beery.

I have tastes with which many would disagree. I adored "The Golden Compass" and
"The Road to Wellville".

Most Hollywood movies (which I've seen on TCM) are poorly written, stiffly acted
and always leave a bad taste in my mouth when they are done.

I don't like Traffaut. Hitchcock for me is a complete waste of time.

Alain Renais' Hiroshima Mon Amor was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
You can't show those pictures in a story-line without being horrified. It made the story irrelevant.

Olivier's Hamlet wasn't bad. Citizen Kane is always worth seeing once. The Battle of Algiers is an important lesson for US foreign policy.

I loved "The King of Hearts" with Alan Bates.


Well, there's "City Lights" and "Modern Times" and I love anything with Laurel and Hardy in it.

"Grapes of Wrath". "Wizard of Oz".

(For me, Cabaret worked better as a film than it did onstage. "Westside Story"..terrible...just the opposite if you saw the stage production).

There are some interesting movies (not that I would call great) such as "Salt of the Earth".
"The God's Must Be Crazy".

Seen any good movies ? Not really. They don't make 'em like the above any more.

I have to confess being pulled into Scorcese's "Taxi Driver" and "Mean Streets" but I can't honestly say I liked 'em.

BTW, Woody Allen's movies are cloying like a bad taffy. (My opinion, of course).

Frank