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Great list, and I'm glad you didn't do the snobbish

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In Reply to: Desert Island Weekend posted by afilado on March 15, 2007 at 22:52:44:

eschewing of Hollywood.
I see you're a Michael Caine fan: Ipcress File is unknown to modern audiences and that shouldn't be. I think it and "Spy Who Came in From the Cold," with Burton and that great German actor who was considered the finest German Shakespearian actor of his time (Oscar Werner) are the two best spy films--I place "The Third Man" and several Hitchcock films in another category.
I think Sterling Hayden's finest performances were in that early Kubrick film and in the Elliot Gould vehicle, "The Long Goodbye."
Your list has reminded me of many old favorites so...yeah, I'm going to have to revisit them.
Thanks.

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Re: Great list, and I'm glad you didn't do the snobbish - afilado 10:30:35 03/16/07 (1)
I could go to the movies with you. Your comments about "The Spy...", Burton, Werner, Hayden, Hitchcock could have come out of my mouth.
Gould is another overlooked one, I believe. I'll add "Mash" to make it an even 30.
I'm sure you're aware that Sterling Hayden was a fine writer?
- Sterling certainly well-played a writer in "The Long Goodbye;" I believe - tinear 15:32:00 03/16/07 (0)
  his character was modeled on Papa Hemingway.

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