Is "Its a wonderful life" the best black and white

>>81749721
I quite like David Lynch's black and white films but for ones from the time I would say it's a toss up between It's a Wonderful Life and the original King Kong for me.

>>81749721
It's one of the best, that's for sure. I really like Arsenic and Old Lace, even though it's not that good.

>>81749721
kane my man

>>81750051

this

People will call you a pleb for putting Citizen Kane above all, but it really is the greatest movie ever made.

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>>81749721
It's probably up there.
There's too many black and white films to pick though.

>>81750107
Second poster here. I forgot about Citizen Kane.

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>>81750051
>>81750107
I really wish people would just sit down and watch it to enjoy rather than thinking "This SHOULD be the best movie ever made!"

While not the best, I enjoyed
Breathless
The Thin Man
The Third Man
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Maltese Falcon (Man)
(Man from) Casablanca

>>81749721
Not even close. It's iconic and great in its way but pretty schmaltzy. There's tons. Check out. The Rules of the Game, 8 1/2, some Bergmans, The General, The Philadelphia Story, 400 blows, Jules and Jim

>>81749721
I'd say Lang's Metropolis.

>>81750196
I feel like people telling me it was the best was what made me disagree that it was the best.

That, and I really liked Casablanca.

Young Frankenstein

>>81750209
>Breathless
I don't care if I'm a pleb, this movie taught me a lot about foolish love and attraction.

>>81749721
Not even best Capra tbqh.

Also, The Magnificent Ambersons
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La Notte
Shanghai Express
Last Year In Marienbad
Day Of Wrath
The Cranes are Flying
Andrei Rublev
Foolish Wives
Design for Living
Crucified Lovers
Birth of a Nation
Our Hospitality

>>81749721
That would be Casablanca. Wonder Life probably second. Third, dunno, third man.

>>81749721
No, but apparently it's the only one you've ever seen

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>>81750818
>Not even best Capra tbqh.
What would you say is?

>>81751139
Kinda obvious, but It Happened One Night (not the guy you're replying to)

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>>81751139

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>>81750209
>The Third Man
The Fourth Man
The Fifth Man
The Sixth Man
The Seventh Man
The Eighth Man
The Ninth Man
The Tenth Man
The Eleventh Man
The Twelfth Man
The Thirteenth Man
The Fourteenth Man
The Fifteenth Man
The Sixteenth Man
The Seventeenth Man
The Eighteenth Man
The Nineteenth Man
The Twentieth Man
The Twenty-First Man
The Twenty-Second Man
The Twenty-Third Man
The Twenty-Fourth Man
The Twenty-Fifth Man
The Twenty-Sixth Man
The Twenty-Seventh Man

>>81749721
It might be

Love that movie

>>81749721
"black and white" is not a movie genre
"black and white" doesn't refer to a particular era of cinema
"black and white" is irrelevant to film classification

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>>81749721
I love It's a Wonderful Life, but Vivre Sa Vie is my favorite B&W film

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Is "robocop" the best color movie of all time?

>>81750107

Kane is great not because of its cinematography but because its a movie about a man based on what people think of him and the mystery of his character.

>>81751542
Kane is great for multiple reasons, like all great pieces of art

>>81749721
It's great. But I personally like 12 Angry Men more.

>>81751351
actually, the light/shadow play, and other cinematography aspects can make a film "a good b&w film" because of how the film uses the monochrome to play with the image and what it conveys or whatever

second, you understood OP perfectly so don't act retarded

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No.

>>81749721
Jimmy Stewart has like 8 better movies

>>81751681
I came here to post this. One of the greatest movies ever made.

>>81751992
>>81751681
watch more bergman, he has much better films

>>81752035
Recommendations?

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>>81751256
I love Barbara, but I still haven't seen it.

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>>81752051
Persona's his best IMO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpc3TKhS6MU

>>81752051
Wild Strawberries
Faith Trilogy
Autumn Sonata
Virgin Spring
Fanny And Alexander
Scenes of a Marriage
Vargtimmen

>>81752209
Well good thing I hit Update, because you got it. You play a great game of pool, fat man.

>>81749721
mad max fury road black & chrome
also like half the movies akira kurosawa ever made?

>>81752454
kys

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Il Sorgere (1929) is 10x better

>>81752511
Uh, you don't get to bring friends

>>81751450
Yes

>>81751450
It's called a movie of color, you insensitive ass

i like stalag 17 myself. it'smy fav black n white

8 1/2 is literally the only answer

>>81749721
>i know kung-fu

>>81751847
I'm glad I'm not alone here.
To be fair, I haven't seen Kane.
This movie was my intro to Kurosawa too.