On The Beach

[Alendar]

Did you see both versions? Which did you like best?
I just watched it again; it is truly timeless. The original, I mean. The music is perhaps the most stirring of older films. Waltzing Matilda captures the melancholy so well. The crash of music at the end seems Hollywoody, but maybe not. The irony is well played, nothing is over the top, except by today's standards. Gregory Peck is a master of subtlety.

Thoughts?

I saw the recent one, too, and it was more graphic and dark, but I recall liking it.

[WS]

This is a great film. I saw newer (Australian?) version too but of course how can one not love the old one? That great scene with Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr. SO poignant!

[Alendar]

Is this the right film? I thought this picture was from another movie.

WS said:

This is a great film. I saw newer (Australian?) version too but of course how can one not love the old one? That great scene with Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr. SO poignant!

[Alendar]

From Here to Eternity, that's it! I think, not up to Googling yet. Its not even 3 yet.

WS said:

This is a great film. I saw newer (Australian?) version too but of course how can one not love the old one? That great scene with Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr. SO poignant!

[Lily Roth]

I liked Fred Astaire's character.....the whole race car driver persona......such a different kind of part for him,almost dark!
Anthony Perkins character was intense also....the young family man so torn apart by his love for his wife and child.
I didn't know there was a remake?