
"Giant squid were once thought a figment of the imagination. A sea captain in the 19th century was ridiculed as unsuitable to be in command of a ship for his claim of their existence."

"Ah, yes, 80% of known unknowns. But maybe there are further unknown unknowns!"

"Well done for promoting Fred. My own faves : Band Wagon, Top Hat, Swing Time, Funny Face."

"You may be interested in the Albanian book The Palace of Dreams by Kadare"

"Thanks for the work :) I do wish there was more interest here and generally in international films, beyond Hollywood Most films are not in English and there are loads of goodies to be discovered in t"

"Good stuff, you've put work into this. I think the following fit the bill: Alice in the Cities, Teacher's Pet, Foreign Correspondent, Shock Corridor"

"Ah, Kylemore abbey :) I had been thinking of doing an Irish list/gallery, but maybe I'll just do Connemara, where we stayed on one lovely holiday, or wider Galway/Mayo area too. We also stayed in Kerr"

"An excellent actress, my own favourite The Pumpkin Eater. She is great in The Graduate as well, completely different from her real life character being terrified as an interviewee on the Wogan Show: s"

"I'm very glad, and thanks for your ongoing appreciation :) I must admit I didn't know much about Saturn's moons but of course it's a beautiful planet"

"La Dolce Vita is a fine film, but 1960. My own list for 1961: http://www.listal.com/list/films-of-my-birth-year"

"Yeah there are and you've done well to gather them, I was gonna do a top 10"

"Good work! I was thinking of doing a selective list of Venice films :)"

"Yeah, I found them after I did the others and was thinking of doing a separate surfing dogs list :)"

"Ha, yes :) I could think of worse places to be"

"I was Assistant d'Anglais at Verdun in 1981-2 and I've long been an admirer of French films :) Japanese even more so, but those are the 2 greatest national cinemas, i.m.o Oh as a feminist you may be "

"Thanks for following that list. I hope you may find some others of my French lists of interest: http://www.listal.com/list/my-french-lists . Maybe you could kindly suggest some possible additions to t"

"Welsh actors and actresses: http://www.listal.com/list/welsh-actors-and-actresses 100 Great Britons: http://www.listal.com/list/great-britons-personal-selection"

"Interesting little set. My football lists : http://www.listal.com/list/my-football-lists"

"France has had a great cinema tradition, as you know. A pity French films (and other international classics) aren't as well known and successful as American. My own French faves: http://www.listal.com"