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Most "daring" movies f all time
By:Oscar
Date: Sunday, 27 April 2008, 11:33 am
Date: Sunday, 27 April 2008, 11:33 am
How many of these have you seen? Do you agree that they were/are daring? Wh/ I'll chime in myself in a day or so...maybe today...
Premiere magazine chose 100 movies that “shook the world,” because filmmakers dared to be ridiculous, offensive, or even unpopular, and still created classic films.
Here are is a sampling of films that made the list:
“Airplane!” (1980)
“Badlands” (1973)
“The Birds” (1963)
“Blazing Saddles” (1974)
“Blue Velvet” (1986)
“The Conversation” (1974)
“Dirty Harry” (1971)
“Do the Right Thing” (1989)
“Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (1982)
“Freaks” (1932)
“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” (1966)
“The Hustler” (1961)
“Last Tango in Paris” (1973)
“Mean Streets” (1973)
“Metropolis” (1926)
“My Brilliant Career” (1979)
“Night of the Living Dead” (1968)
“Nosferatu” (1922)
“The Piano” (1993)
“Pink Flamingos” (1972)
“Raising Arizona” (1987)
“Repulsion” (1965)
“Reservoir Dogs” (1992)
“Shaft” (1971)
“Sullivan's Travels” (1941)
“The Thin Blue Line” (1988)
“Trainspotting” (1996)
“Walkabout” (1971)