Six favourite films (Movies)

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nodogen

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August 13, 2017, 09:06:52 AM Last Edit: August 13, 2017, 09:10:48 AM by nodogen
2001: A Space Odyssey
Koyaanisqatsi / Powaqqatsi
Birdman
Downfall
There will be Blood
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Spineur

#361
August 13, 2017, 09:36:11 AM
Quote from: nodogen on August 13, 2017, 08:55:07 AM
This thread reminds of some great films....
Lots of fantastic films indeed.  Among them, there are impressive films and directors (Tarkovsky, Bergman) who made mostly depressive films disconnected from reality.  No matter how great directors there are, I just could not keep them in my final cut.

nodogen

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August 13, 2017, 09:43:29 AM
Quote from: Spineur on August 13, 2017, 09:36:11 AM
Lots of fantastic films indeed.  Among them, there are impressive films and directors (Tarkovsky, Bergman) who made mostly depressive films disconnected from reality.  No matter how great directors there are, I just could not keep them in my final cut.

Yes. I could have had Solaris in, a very disquieting film.

North Star

#363
August 13, 2017, 09:49:14 AM
Roma citta aperta (Rossellini)
Les yeux sans visage (Franju)
Pickpocket (Bresson)
Le Cercle Rouge (Melville)
Seven Samurai (Kurosawa)
Hunger (McQueen)
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

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nodogen

#364
August 13, 2017, 11:39:15 PM
For various reasons I haven't seen many films over the last few years. One main reason is that my local cinemas specialise in Hollywood films aimed at brain-damaged teenagers (and I'm not in that demographic).

vandermolen

#365
August 14, 2017, 01:45:21 AM
Today's List:

2001: A Space Odyssey
It's a Wonderful Life
Double Indemnity
The Cruel Sea
Little Miss Sunshine
War and Peace (Bondarchuk)
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Karl Henning

#366
August 14, 2017, 02:48:00 AM
Birdman is a fabulous film.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

nodogen

#367
August 14, 2017, 11:51:16 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 14, 2017, 02:48:00 AM
Birdman is a fabulous film.

Knocked me out at the cinema and every time since.

Great drumming too!

Karl Henning

#368
August 17, 2017, 03:04:38 AM
Quote from: α | ì Æ ñ on August 17, 2017, 01:13:52 AM
What do you think of Brazil?  :)

Love it.  It was, in fact, the first Gilliam (ex-Python) film I ever saw.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Christo

#369
August 17, 2017, 10:43:37 PM
Quote from: Christo on April 10, 2008, 06:01:45 AMAn easy one:

Tarkovsky, Offret (the Sacrifice)
Tarkovsky, Mirror
Tarkovsky, Nostalghia
Tarkovsky, Andrei Rublev
Tarkovsky, Stalker
Tarkovsky, Solaris
Don't change a winning horse.
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

nodogen

#370
August 18, 2017, 02:59:50 AM
Darn it, I forgot Cabaret, Schindler's List and The Matrix.

Now what are my favourite six?????

nodogen

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August 25, 2017, 09:37:23 AM
Quote from: α | ì Æ ñ on August 25, 2017, 02:02:19 AM
They're actually all really great films in their own right! The Matrix sequels ruined the fun for me but the first was pretty great  :)

Good grief yes. By the end of the third one I wanted to kill myself just to put an end to it. Should have been disciplined and stuck to one; mega influential, bursting with ideas and a great basis for amateur philosophising. ☺️

North Star

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August 25, 2017, 09:48:00 AM
Quote from: nodogen on August 25, 2017, 09:37:23 AM
Quote from: α | ì Æ ñ on August 25, 2017, 02:02:19 AM
They're actually all really great films in their own right! The Matrix sequels ruined the fun for me but the first was pretty great  :)
Good grief yes. By the end of the third one I wanted to kill myself just to put an end to it. Should have been disciplined and stuck to one; mega influential, bursting with ideas and a great basis for amateur philosophising. ☺️


"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

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bwv 1080

#374
August 25, 2017, 10:32:38 AM
Six fav war movies

All Quiet on the Western Front (70s version)
Beneath Hill 60
Come and See
Downfall
Letters from Iwo Jima
Stalingrad

bwv 1080

#375
August 25, 2017, 10:39:59 AM
Six fav horror flicks

The Shining
The Witch
Legend of Hell House
Dawn of the Dead
Let the Right One In
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

TheGSMoeller

#376
August 31, 2017, 03:54:47 PM
Quote from: α | ì Æ ñ on August 31, 2017, 02:56:35 PM
The Witch

Black Phillip was robbed of an Oscar nomination.

Also, if I made a list of my favorite films of the this decade, The Witch would definitely be included.

Karl Henning

#377
January 23, 2018, 07:04:19 AM
Hoy, Sarge.  While I meant the following comment:

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 16, 2008, 07:46:56 AM
SIX WOODY ALLEN FILMS

Manhatten
Annie Hall
Hannah and Her Sisters
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Love & Death
Play It Again, Sam

Okay! I am giving Annie Hall a fresh chance!

. . . I did just now note:

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 16, 2008, 07:46:56 AM
SIX WAR FILMS:

Castle Keep
Gettysburg
Zulu
The Bridge at Remagen
Apocalypse Now Redux
A Bridge Too Far

Your having specifically mentioned Redux has me looking forward to it now.

Also, glad to find someone else who thinks so well of The Fifth Element.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Christo

#378
January 23, 2018, 12:40:23 PM
Quote from: Christo on April 10, 2008, 06:01:45 AM
An easy one:

Tarkovsky, Offret (the Sacrifice)
Tarkovsky, Mirror
Tarkovsky, Nostalghia
Tarkovsky, Andrei Rublev
Tarkovsky, Stalker
Tarkovsky, Solaris
Nailed it.  ;D
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

LKB

#379
January 26, 2018, 10:16:28 AM
This thread just caught my eye, so:

2001: A Space Odyssey

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Airplane

The Sound of Music


I have other favorites, but if l had to choose six for that proverbial desert island, that's my list.  8)
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