classically simple yet...

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2017)

A friend asking me to recommend one classic oldie. The first title that popped into my mind was 12 ANGRY MEN (1957). It's not even my favorite, it has no female cast, there are no action scene, definitely no special effect: just 12 men in a room.
But the plot is so riveting you don't even want to pause the DVD for a pipi break. The movie is on the very short list of works defined as 'classical' in the Aristotelian sense for respecting the three unities which make up a classical masterpiece - unity of action, unity of time, unity of place.
The drama was first adapted to the stage and then to the screen in 1957 and 1997; my preference goes to the 1957 version because of the stellar performance given by Henry Fonda, nominated for both a Golden Globe and a BAFTA (won) in 1958.
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