A Casual Favorite Movies / Films List

[Kullervo]

anyone who likes Clockwork Orange should have a look at Funeral Parade of Roses.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Funeral-Parade-Roses-bara-Soretsu/dp/B000FOT6YW/ref=sr_1_1/202-6321677-2959036?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1185309786&sr=1-1

Apparently Kubrick liked it very much and it influenced his film in some ways.

Thanks for the link, sidoze, that goes straight to my queue.

BTW, I have had Satantango sitting on my computer for several months now — I just haven't built up the courage to watch it yet.

[Papy Oli]

A few old French movies :

- Les Tontons Flingueurs
- L'Armée des Ombres
- Le Samourai
- Le Cercle Rouge
- Le Salaire de la Peur

and a couple of favourites :

- Bullitt
- The Big Lebowski
- O Brother where Art Thou ?

[sidoze]

BTW, I have had Satantango sitting on my computer for several months now — I just haven't built up the courage to watch it yet.

well 7 hours is a lot of time to dedicate to a film. Brace yourself for the sheer mindbending slowness of it all.

- L'Armée des Ombres
- Le Cercle Rouge

I've seen these two, enjoyed both though Ombres seemed the much more important--and depressing--film. Le Samourai hasn't been released in the UK. I have two more Melville films arriving tomorrow: Leon Morin, Pretre, and Le Doulos. Also lined up for this month: Les Enfants Terribles, Bob Le Flambeur and Un Flic.

[Bogey]

I forgot a few that I enjoy starring Bing:

Going My Way
The Bells of St. Mary's
and
White Christmas

[mahlertitan]

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

just that one? what about the original? A Shot in the Dark? The Return? The revenge?

Sellers is God!

[Bogey]

Dracula (Bela Lugosi, Frank Langella, Jack Palance, and the Christopher Lee/Peter Cushing ones, for various reasons)

I always knew you had a bit of "Hammer" in you JW!  Nothing like catching one of these on a Friday night as a kid wedged between a Vincent Price and Godzilla flick. 

[Robert]

just that one? what about the original? A Shot in the Dark? The Return? The revenge?

Sellers is God!

Maria Cabrelli anyone??

[SonicMan46]

I really do not know were to begin this list, for many I find good..................
A Christmas Carol, from which I have many version, but the one with George C Scott I find best

Harry - I agree completely w/ your first statement above!  I have about a 1000 DVDs (approximately 2/3 bought & 1/3 'burned' off the TCM channel), and more to buy or burn!  Comin' in late to this thread and hard to really make a 'short' list, so will start w/ the recommendation above, i.e. A Christmas Carol by Dickens, just a classic story w/ multiple film versions over the decades (and I've seen them all multiple times), but I must agree w/ Harry - George C. Scott is impossible to beat in this role IMO - this is the only version that I own, and feel no need for another - watch this yearly @ the holiday season - 

[mahlertitan]

Maria Cabrelli anyone??

Camp Sunshine......

[Drasko]

Maria Cabrelli anyone??

Gambrelli, I believe

[Iago]

1. Sophies Choice
2. A Man for All Seasons
3. Since You Went Away
4. Mrs. Miniver
5. Now Voyager
6. Sea Hawk, Sea Wolf, Adventures of Robin Hood
7. Rebecca
8. Kitty Foyle
9. Godfather II
10. Dr. Zhivago
11. North by Northwest
12. Captains from Castile
13. Oklahoma
14. Sound of Music
15. Red River

[Kullervo]

6. Sea Hawk, Sea Wolf, Adventures of Robin Hood

Flynn is great!

[S709]

BTW, I have had Satantango sitting on my computer for several months now — I just haven't built up the courage to watch it yet.

Me too! Along with Werckmeister harmóniák, Öszi almanach, Panelkapcsolat, Szabadgyalog and Családi tüzfészek.

I quite liked Tarr's short segment for "Visions of Europe": the enormous queue, the music, and especially the faces. A tiny gem.

As for the original question, I am not quite sure as I don't know very much about films yet, but Barry Lyndon would certainly make the list.

[sidoze]

Me too! Along with Werckmeister harmóniák, Öszi almanach, Panelkapcsolat, Szabadgyalog and Családi tüzfészek.

Could you let me know how The Outsider is? We don't have that 3-pack in the UK

I quite liked Tarr's short segment for "Visions of Europe": the enormous queue, the music, and especially the faces. A tiny gem.

Well you get a lot of that in his films, watching folk walk--with or without the camera tagging along--for long periods, sometimes up to 5 minutes I'd say.

[jwinter]

just that one? what about the original? A Shot in the Dark? The Return? The revenge?

Sellers is God!

Oh yes, I enjoy most of them, I was just trying to keep it down to a manageable list.  I'm actually not all that enamoured of the original, though, I thought A Shot in the Dark was much better.  I agree that Sellers was brilliant -- heck, I even check now and then to see if they've released his last Fu Manchu movie on DVD yet (a true guilty pleasure... just the thought of him strolling about with that lawn mower is priceless...)

I always knew you had a bit of "Hammer" in you JW!  Nothing like catching one of these on a Friday night as a kid wedged between a Vincent Price and Godzilla flick. 

Yes indeed!   Let me share how big of a geek I am -- as I speak, my laptop is ripping episodes of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea to watch on my iPod... 

[Bogey]

Yes indeed!   Let me share how big of a geek I am -- as I speak, my laptop is ripping episodes of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea to watch on my iPod... 

Well, I will see "your geek" JW and raise it one as I am the proud owner of the soundtrack to Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. 

PS: Have you seen the below JW.  Got a couple for a friend....not too bad.  Here is a sample of one that is out, and they plan to make more:

http://www.amazon.com/40-years-of-the-Avengers/dp/B000FJSA2G/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-7134284-2880939?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1185379226&sr=1-1

[bhodges]

Well, I will see "your geek" JW and raise it one as I am the proud owner of the soundtrack to Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. 

OK, OK, I confess: I like that show, too.   

--Bruce

[S709]

Could you let me know how The Outsider is? We don't have that 3-pack in the UK

Well you get a lot of that in his films, watching folk walk--with or without the camera tagging along--for long periods, sometimes up to 5 minutes I'd say.

Certainly! Anyway I don't think the 3-pack is available here either -- at least I've never seen it anywhere. I just have DivX versions of the 3 films from eMule...  someone was kind enough to convert them.


I'll attempt to put together a little favorites list:

Kubrick's Barry Lyndon - already justified quite a lot in previous posts! A classic.

Bergman's Winter Light - beautiful in every way, the conversations, the subtle imagery...

Herzog's Lessons of Darkness - an otherwordly creation even though it is a documentary (on the oil fires of Kuwait after the 1991 war). Perfect music choices too (including Part's Stabat Mater).

A quite different choice: Mann's 1995 Heat -- I like the bleakness, the coldness of the characters and so on, less so the gunfights and the 'action movie' stuff -- although those are really well done too for that kind of thing.

And I still like a lot about Alien and The Matrix I must admit...

[bhodges]

A quite different choice: Mann's 1995 Heat -- I like the bleakness, the coldness of the characters and so on, less so the gunfights and the 'action movie' stuff -- although those are really well done too for that kind of thing.

After seeing Mann's Collateral (2004) I bought the DVD of Heat but haven't watched it yet.  Some of the sequences in Collateral are quite impressive, not to mention fun.  I thought the gunfight in the nightclub was one of the best edited scenes I'd seen in years.

--Bruce

[Haffner]

his last Fu Manchu movie on DVD yet (a true guilty pleasure... just the thought of him strolling about with that lawn mower is priceless...)

"Rock it Fu Man, Rock it Fu Man-CHU!"