- Four movies I could watch over and over.
It’s impossible to mention only four! I recommend strongly these ten:
A PASSAGE TO INDIA






A Passage to India (1984)
Directed by David Lean, based on the novel of the same name by E. M. Forster, published 1924.
Cast: Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox, Alec Guinness.
I love this film and it's my preferred ! I found a beautiful and complete site about "A Passage to India", with many photos, plot, script, locations, links, etc.
The music in this film is composed by Maurice Jarre and it is very beautiful. If you want to hear the music, go to http://www.epdlp.com/films.php?film=p% and click on "Passage a la India". This is a great site and it's worthy a visit.
The film is set in colonial India in 1924. Adela Quested (Judy Davis), a sheltered, well-educated British woman, arrives in the town of Chandrapore, where she hopes to experience "the real India". Here she meets and befriends Dr. Aziz (Victor Banerjee), who, despite longstanding racial and social taboos, moves with relative ease and freedom amongst highborn British circles.
THE STRAIGHT STORY

The Straight Story (1999)
Directed by David Lynch
Cast: Richard Farnsworth and Sissy Spacek
The Straight Story is based on a real event in the life of a real person. Alvin Straight (1921-1996) lived quietly until he went on an unusual journey that put him in the spotlight. The Laurens resident took a 240-mile road trip -on a lawn mower. At 73, Straight wanted to see his brother, Henry, whom he hadn't spoken to for almost a decade.
I love so much this film and there is beautiful quotes about family and old age:
Alvin: I'd give each one of 'em a stick and, one for each one of 'em, then I'd say, 'You break that.' Course they could real easy. Then I'd say, 'Tie them sticks in a bundle and try to break that.' Course they couldn't. Then I'd say, "That bundle... that's family."
Alvin Straight: You don't think about getting old when you're young... you shouldn't.
Cyclist #1: Must be something good about gettin' old?
Alvin Straight: Well I can't imagine anything good about being blind and lame at the same time but, still at my age I've seen about all that life has to dish out. I know to separate the wheat from the chaff, and let the small stuff fall away.
Cyclist #2: So, uh, what's the worst part about being old, Alvin?
Alvin Straight: Well, the worst part of being old is rememberin' when you was young.
To hear original soundtrack (sample) go to:
http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=3856932
THE ADVENTURE OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT

The Adventure of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Directed by Stephan Elliott
Cast: Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce.
To hear original soundtrack (sample) go to:
http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=3821601
THE SHELTERING SKY

The Sheltering Sky (1990)
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Paul Bowles, author
Cast: Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott.
The music is marvelous and it's composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Go to: http://www.epdlp.com/films.php?film=c% and click on "Cielo Protector, El".
A hint: to hear a sample of the CD "A Day in New York", Brazilian Music, with Ryuichi Sakamoto, go to:
http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=3906451
MOONSTRUCK

Moonstruck (1987)
Directed by Norman Jewison
Cast: Cher , Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia, Olympia Dukakis ,
Danny Aiello.
To hear original soundtrack (sample) go to:
http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=3813738
THE WHALES OF AUGUST

The Whales of August (1987)
Directed by Lindsay Anderson
Cast: Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern.
STANNO TUTTI BENE

Stanno tutti bene (1990) (Everybody's Fine)
Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Michèle Morgan, Valeria Cavalli.
CARO DIARIO
Caro Diario , 1994
Directed by Nanni Moretti
Cast: Nanni Moretti
To hear original soundtrack (sample) go to:
http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=3861590
ONCE AROUND

Once Around (1991)
Directed by Lasse Hallström
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss , Holly Hunter, Danny Aiello, Gena Rowlands
WITNESS

Witness (1985)
Directed by Peter Weir
Cast: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas.
To hear the music by Maurice Jarre, go to:
http://www.epdlp.com/compbso.php?id=573 and click on "Unico Testigo"
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