Some Like It Hot

[chani]

Joe-Tony Curtis-Junior: Why would a guy marry a guy ?

Daphne-Jack Lemmon: Security.


What was meant to be a joke in a hilarious maracas scene (Lemmon's morceau de bravoure)has become strangely a response full of wisdom nowadays as many rights and privileges are tied to marriage.

But damnit weren't Marilyn's outfits daring in that movie, smutty even! Her dresses made her look almost topless which is funny considering her conversation with Daphne/Lemmon about breasts on the beach!

ETA for stealing a new meme from spacedoutlooney



This is a list of the 100 greatest films according to the Americab Film Institute...Did they know that there's movies outside the USA and there are also great foreign films? Besides many missing titles, I don't agree with the ranking (How could Modern Times be behind Rocky ?) but well...

Bold means I saw it, italics means I saw some of it.

1.CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2.CASABLANCA (1942)
3.GODFATHER, THE (1972)
4.GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5.LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6.WIZARD OF OZ, THE (1939)
7.GRADUATE, THE (1967)
8.ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
9.SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
10.SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
11.IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
12.SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
13.BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (1957)
14.SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
15.STAR WARS (1977)
16.ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17.AFRICAN QUEEN, THE (1951)
18.PSYCHO (1960)
19.CHINATOWN (1974)
20.ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
21.GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (1940)
22.2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23.MALTESE FALCON, THE (1941)
24.RAGING BULL (1980)
25.E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
26.DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27.BONNIE & CLYDE (1967)
28.APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
29.MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30.TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31.ANNIE HALL (1977)
32.GODFATHER PART II, THE (1974)
33.HIGH NOON (1952)
34.TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35.IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36.MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37.BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE (1946)
38.DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
39.DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
40.NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
41.WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
42.REAR WINDOW (1954)
43.KING KONG (1933)
44.BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (1915)
45.STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (1951)
46.CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (1971)
47.TAXI DRIVER (1976)
48.JAWS (1975)
49.SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
50.BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51.PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE(1940)
52.FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53.AMADEUS (1984)
54.ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
55.SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (1965)
56.M*A*S*H(1970)
57.THIRD MAN, THE (1949)
58.FANTASIA (1940)
59.REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
60.RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
61.VERTIGO (1958)
62.TOOTSIE (1982)
63.STAGECOACH (1939)
64.CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
65.SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (1991)
66.NETWORK (1976)
67.MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (1962)
68.AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN (1951)
69.SHANE (1953)
70.FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (1971)
71.FORREST GUMP (1994)
72.BEN-HUR (1959)
73.WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74.GOLD RUSH, THE (1925)
75.DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76.CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77.AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78.ROCKY (1976)
79.DEER HUNTER, THE (1978)
80.WILD BUNCH, THE (1969)
81.MODERN TIMES (1936)
82.GIANT (1956)
83.PLATOON (1986)
84.FARGO (1996)
85.DUCK SOUP (1933)
86.MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
87.FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
88.EASY RIDER (1969)
89.PATTON (1970)
90.JAZZ SINGER, THE (1927)
91.MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92.PLACE IN THE SUN, A(1951)
93.APARTMENT, THE (1960)
94.GOODFELLAS (1990)
95.PULP FICTION (1994)
96.SEARCHERS, THE (1956)
97.BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98.UNFORGIVEN (1992)
99.GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

Comments

[prophecygirrl.livejournal.com]

I love old movies, and Some Like it Hot is a favorite. Haven't seen it in a while though -- that line does jump out at you, doesn't it?

And yes, I remember being scandalized by Marilyn's outfilts when I saw the movie for the first time at age of 11. Scandalized, and traumatized with the belief that I would never be able to fill out a dress in quite the same way (happily, that prediction was not true - but I was a late bloomer).

Not sure how they got past the censors.

[candlelightfrot.livejournal.com]

You haven't seen:

29.MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30.TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
33.HIGH NOON (1952)
40.NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
42.REAR WINDOW (1954)
89.PATTON (1970)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even if you don't like American Westerns, High Noon is the one Western to see. If you have a lazy weekend go out and rent one of those, especially North by Northwest (see if you recognize the scene that is supposed to be in Indiana). And see Rear Window and Mr Smith just to watch Jimmy Stewart act again (along with The Philadelphia Story), god, I love that man's work.

There's not many on that list I haven't seen.

[jamalov29.livejournal.com]

'Some like it hot' is one of my favorite movie. The maracas scene was priceless! And the dialogues between T.Curtis and J.Lemmon made me laugh so hard.

How are you doing? I've read your post about your friend and his 'Buffy coming out'.;-) It's nice that you could have a conversation in RL on the merits of this incredible show.
I 'm still emotionally invested in it , and i don't see another series holding the same appeal.