I suppose I forgot Children of Paradise, a beautiful film with a wonderful anecdote about Arletty, its female star. She was tried for treason after WW2 ended, mainly sleeping with German officers, and said "My soul is French but my ass is universal." Not exactly a Tokyo Rose or Axis Sally.....
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On Jul 14, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Halvard Johnson wrote:
> Of recent films: Brothers; No Country for Old Men; Before the
> Devil Knows You're Dead.
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> Of less recent ones: Dr. Strangelove; The Last Seduction;
> Kontroll
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> Among many many others.
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>> Just wondering what people regard as their favourite films, a question I
>> loathe, hence I'm asking it. On Facebook I put 'Ivan the Terrible' and
>> 'It's
>> a Wonderful Life'. I thought they'd make a nice couple.
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