Monday, June 30, 2008

film noir and just plain classics

when i am in a creative slump and dont know how to draw my way out of a paper bag , i turn to movies to inspire me . the contrasts of black and white classics like vertigo , and casablanca always invoke my artistic intentions .here are a few classics films you must see

Rebecca , is a classic movie from 1940 directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Breakfast at Tiffany's , Audrey Hepburn is cooler than cool in this 1961 Blake Edwards movie

The Maltese Falcon , Humphrey Bogart 1941 John Huston

Dark Passage , with Humphrey Bogart again and Lauren Bacall 1947 a Delmer Daves movie

Harvey , James Stewart 1950 a mystical movies of pookah's (large rabbits)

Cape Fear , Robert Mitchum and Greggory Peck fight it out in this classic thriller from 1962

The Night of the Hunter , Robert Mitchum again in a creepy movie with Shelly Winter 1955

Don't Bother to Knock , with Marilyn Monroe from 1952 with Anne Bancroft a must watch

Niagra , with Marilyn Monroe a murder scheme unravels in this classic tale of deceit 1953

Sabrina , Audrey Hepburn 1954 girl likes boy , boy doesnt notice girl , girl becomes woman

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