Gone with the Wind. I don't necessarily like it but it's on all the time. Photograph: Kobal
When they slowly suffocate in the pit in How Green Was My Valley. I grew up surrounded by coal mines so it was a steady fear. Photograph: Kobal
When Humphrey Bogart commands the band to play La Marseilles in Casablanca. It's a wonderfully defiant gesture against the Germans. He was a good-hearted cynic with guts. Photograph: Kobal
When Michael has his brother Fredo killed at the end of The Godfather Part II. The absolute shameless brutality. Fredo was a pretty harmless bugger. Photograph: Kobal
When the soldier stretches out his hand to a butterfly at the end of All Quiet On the Western Front. And then he's shot dead. He's been searching for something beautiful in the filth and he's denied it. The whole sadness of war in a nutshell. Photograph: Kobal
When they sing Springtime for Hitler in The Producers. The Gene Wilder version I prefer, rather than the remake. It's the incongruity that makes it funny. Photograph: Kobal
The harsh beauty of Monument Valley in The Searchers Photograph: Kobal
Sidney Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon. He was so funny playing up to Bogey. He's your classic villain. Photograph: Kobal
Humphrey Bogart. A solitary man, not burdened with political correctness. He played great guys with lots of guts. For my generation he was everything a hero should be. I suppose nowadays you'd call him cool. Photograph: Kobal
Taxi Driver. But people are forever describing the plot to me. Photograph: Kobal
