Best Films of the 40's

Submitted by AfterHours on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 17:21
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  1. 9.5/10
  2. Citizen Kane-Welles (1941)

  4. 9/10
  5. The Magnificent Ambersons-Welles (1942)

  7. 8/10
  8. The Lady From Shanghai-Welles (1947)

  10. 7.5/10
  11. The Great Dictator-Chaplin (1940)
  12. It's A Wonderful Life-Capra (1946)
  13. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre-Huston (1948)
  14. The Big Sleep-Hawks (1946)
  15. Children of Paradise-Carne (1945)
  16. The Bicycle Thief-DeSica (1948)
  17. Late Spring-Ozu (1949)
  18. The Red Shoes-Powell/Pressburger (1948)
Zacharyyy09/21/2010

You ought to add Alexander Hammid to the directing credit for Meshes Of The Afternoon-- it was a collaboration between both Deren and him (her husband at the time, I think). I read somewhere that Hammid actually got pretty sore about everyone just thinking Deren was behind everything in Meshes.

Also goddamn I still need to see more Welles.

And as for suggestion: Late Spring (1949) by Yasujiro Ozu. He's like the Japanese Frank Capra, sorta. One f the most heartbreaking movies I've seen. Most peopel go for Tokyo Story, but I always felt like that one was a bit "stiff" compared to Late Spring which had a more free sense of movement while Tokyo Story was probably more technically polished.

AfterHours09/22/2010

Well Tokyo Story was amazing and I keep hearing about my need to see Late Spring so...

Thanks for the tip on Hammid...I'll put in a few minutes of research to make and then decide on that

Regarding Welles: inimitable, his films are mind-blowing without initially seeming to be trying to do so