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[skygiants]

So yesterday while doing my bookstore volunteering, I spent quite a lot of time sorting through old VHS tapes that people had donated, with the perhaps predictable result that I now have an overwhelming urge to organize a giant Classic Film marathon party, complete with popcorn and fancy cocktails and a makeshift red curtain constructed out of old sheets around the tv, and maybe a costume requirement for good measure.

Sadly, I do not think I know enough people in the New York area who love old movies like I do to organize such a party in reality. Also I suspect I will not even have enough time to indulge myself in such a marathon for a while. (For my satisfaction, it has to be a marathon with time and foodstuffs properly set aside for marathoning; it is nowhere near as much fun otherwise.)

Instead, I will indulge my cravings by asking you guys to talk to me about old movies that you love, perhaps regardless of actual quality! I exercise my power as Owner of the Journal and disallow anything that came out more recently than the 1980's. (With the random exception of Ladyhawke, because that was one of the cassettes I sorted yesterday and now I have a craving to rewatch that too. That was 1980's, right?) Black-and-white is best!

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[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

:D! Oh, I can think of an old movie I love. I adore Cocteau's La Belle et la Bête. It is just pretty. Disney's animation can't get anywhere near the pure gorgeousness of Cocteau's black-and-white castle. And I love, love, love how Belle is disappointed at the final transformation.

[skygiants]

Oh man, I have heard of it and never seen, and I so should. (Possibly I should schedule it up for some time when I am reading more Angela Carter, as I have also been meaning to do!)