Nominate "Two for the road" for the 2011 National Film Registry!

...or any movie at least 10 years old and “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” But please consider Two for the road (Stanley Donen, 1967).

The other day I found a post about These Amazing Shadows, a documentary written and directed by Paul Mariano and Kurt Norton about the National Film Registry. The American movies that are included in this registry are preserved in the Library of Congress, so the NFR is a big deal.

Well, Paul Mariano was interviewed in different sites and when asked if he had favorite films to be chosen for the NFR this year, he said:

"Two for the Road with Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney, I adore it. It’s such an incredible film, a great script, wonderful actors, but it also speaks to the issue of what a marriage is all about, a fantastic relationship and a fantastic film."

And also said:

"Obviously, I put my favorite film in the world, which is Two for the Road. It is a 1969 Stanley Donen film with Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney. I absolutely adore that film. I can remember seeing it back in 1969 and I had gotten married the year before in 1968 and it spoke to me, as George would say. It spoke to me about what a marriage is. It’s this kind of bantering semi-fighting, but in a very romantic way. I’ve always loved that film. I don’t believe that there are any Stanley Donen films in the registry and that is a shame because he was an incredibly good director."

That's so cool, Mr. Mariano. I love Two for the road too! I remember I watched it over and over again. It feels so human, it has so many intense and realistic moments, such a wonderful performances by Audrey and Albert, such marvelous music by Henry Mancini and a simply touching script by Frederic Raphael. It also has an interesting and ahead of its time way of telling the story continuously using flashbacks. If you don't think it was ahead of its time, you just have to read the New York Time review from 1967, which at some point stated:

"So mixed up are her [Audrey's character] memories and so erratic is the continuity Mr. Donen and Mr. Raphael have devised for this helter-skelter film that it isn't quite clear at what point continuation beyond the flight to southern France breaks free of recollection, or where the past and coming events merge. In other words, it becomes uncertain who is carrying the narrative ball."

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Top 25 actores clásicos favoritos (parte 1)

25. Melvyn Douglas 
(Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg)

Papel favorito:  el del atento caballero que le enseña a reír a la Garbo en "Ninotchka".

24. Christopher Plummer 
(Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer)

Papel favorito: el estricto Capitán Von Trapp en "The sound of music".

23. Marlon Brando 
(Marlon Brando, Jr.)

Papeles favoritos:  quien pudo haber sido un contendiente en "On the Waterfront" & el polaco abusivo de " A Streetcar Named Desire"

 22. Laurence Olivier 
(Laurence Kerr Olivier)

Papeles favoritos: Heathcliff de "Wuthering Heights", el marido que esconde un secreto a la inocente Joan Fontaine de "Rebecca", Hamlet de "Hamlet" & el del escritor dado a juegos mentales en "Sleuth".

21. Rex Harrison 
(Reginald Carey Harrison a.k.a. 'Sexy Rexy')

Papeles favoritos: el del fantasma de un marinero en "The ghost and Mrs. Muir" & el de Henry Higgins en "My fair lady".

20. Richard Burton 
(Richard Walter Jenkins)

Papeles favoritos:  el del apasionado ex religioso y guía turístico en "The night of the iguana", el chalado (ya, en verdad estas personas no estaban bien) marido de Liz Taylor en "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", el del ángel de la muerte en "Boom" (yo debo ser una de las pocas personas a la que le interesó esta película) & Marco Antonio en "Cleopatra".

19. Albert Finney

Papeles favoritos:  el del esposo a punto de divorciarse de Audrey Hepburn en "Two for the road" & el del detective en "Murder on the Orient Express".

18. Burt Lancaster 
(Burton Stephen Lancaster)

Papeles favoritos: el del estafador con suerte en "The Rainmaker" & el del "familiar" texano de Audrey Hepburn-de-origen-indio en "The Unforgiven".

17. Jack Lemmon 
(John Uhler Lemmon III)

Papeles favoritos: el del noble empleado enamorado en "The apartment", el del empresario que se enamora en medio de un funeral en "Avanti!" & el del noble policía enamorado de una prostituta en "Irma La Douce".

16. William Holden 

(William Franklin Beedle, Jr.)

Papeles favoritos: el del joven acompañante de una antigua estrella en "Sunset Boulevard", el del soldado sospechoso de ser infiltrado en "Stalag 17", el del aventurero que llega a revolucionar un vecindario en "Picnic" & el del guionista cabreado de la vida en "Paris when it sizzles".

15. Fred MacMurray
(Fredrick Martin MacMurray)
Papeles favoritos: el de pretendiente comprensivo en "Alice Adams", el del abogado compasivo con la Stanwyck en "Remember the night", el de enamorado de la Lombard manicurista en "Hands across the table", el de secretario de Rosalind Russell en "Take a letter darling", el de pediatra que se casa con la Dietrich en "The lady is willing", el de vendedor de seguros con plan malévolo junto a la Stanwyck en "Double indemnity".

 14. James Stewart 

(James Maitland Stewart)

Papeles favoritos:  el del fotógrafo copuchento de "Rear window", el del buen hombre al borde del suicidio en "It's a wonderful life", el del empleado abnegado en "The shop around the corner", el del joven de familia conservadora que se casa con una bailarina en "Vivacious lady", el del padre que busca a su hijo raptado en "The Man Who Knew Too Much" &  el buen hombre que tiene un amigo conejo gigante invisible en "Harvey".

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