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Great Expectations (1946)
I still love this movie after 30 years
I saw this movie by coincidence in TV 30 years ago (I am 56). And it just dragged me in. Great scenes I will never forget. The old black and white images are crisp and clear even with today's standards. Some scenes are so vivid that I almost feel that I have been there.
I dared viewing it again today. I was a bit afraid that it had lost some if its glory. But no. This gem still shines. I have never seen any of the later remakes and I doubt its worth the effort. A perfect movie needs no remake.
And even now, 30 years later, I am still in love with the young Estella.
And isn't it amazing. One of my other favorites was made the same year. "It's a Wonderful Life" can still make me cry.
De ofrivilliga (2008)
Very touching
I was really surprised by this film. It consists of 5 independent stories and though they are completely different they share something common to human beings. Well "Short Cuts" was great and I can really recommend "Fyra nyanser av brunt" in the same genre. But "De ofrivilliga" has something extra. I bet you can recognize some of the awkward situation described in this film.
It's pretty annoying with the strange camera angles and it's a bit like the habit of using too many close-ups that some directors use. But to some extend it makes sense. You learn to focus on the situation and the interaction instead of the people in the scenes.
And I really must say that it's fantastic how a writer can invent the strange incidents in the film. I keep thinking - this must have happened for someone in real life. No one can have that wild an imagination.