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vandermolen

April 10, 2008, 01:44:52 AM
This is the last of my "six favourite" threads for the time being:

2001 A Space Odyssey

Dead of Night

The Name of the Rose

Excalibur

It's a Wonderful Life (corny, I know)

Goodbye Mr Chips (original version with Robert Donat)
"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).

J.Z. Herrenberg

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April 10, 2008, 01:48:42 AM
Mulholland Drive

Vertigo

Psycho

Ivan the Terrible

Lord of the Rings

Ben-Hur
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato

val

#2
April 10, 2008, 02:03:23 AM
"Il Vangello secondo Matteo" (Pasolini)

"Night of the hunter" (with Robert Mitchum)

"Ran"  (Akira Kurosawa)

"Modern Times"  (Chaplin)

"Picnic at Hanging Rock"  (Peter Weir)

"Mr. Klein"  (with Alain Delon)

vandermolen

#3
April 10, 2008, 02:14:46 AM
Quote from: val on April 10, 2008, 02:03:23 AM
"Il Vangello secondo Matteo" (Pasolini)

"Night of the hunter" (with Robert Mitchum)

"Ran"  (Akira Kurosawa)

"Modern Times"  (Chaplin)

"Picnic at Hanging Rock"  (Peter Weir)

"Mr. Klein"  (with Alain Delon)

Night of the Hunter is a terrific film. The only one directed by Charles Laughton. Robert Mitchum is truly sinister as the deranged priest.
"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).

vandermolen

#4
April 10, 2008, 02:17:50 AM
Quote from: Jezetha on April 10, 2008, 01:48:42 AM
Mulholland Drive

Vertigo

Psycho

Ivan the Terrible

Lord of the Rings

Ben-Hur

I don't know Mulholland Drive but the others could all be added to my favourites list, especially Ben Hur and Ivan the Terrible. Others that come to mind are The Seventh Seal, Casablanca, Double Indemnity.
"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).

J.Z. Herrenberg

#5
April 10, 2008, 02:27:33 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on April 10, 2008, 02:17:50 AM
I don't know Mulholland Drive but the others could all be added to my favourites list, especially Ben Hur and Ivan the Terrible. Others that come to mind are The Seventh Seal, Casablanca, Double Indemnity.

'Mulholland Drive' is by David Lynch - it's a very Hitchcockian film, sometimes frightening, always absorbing, with dazzling twists. It resembles a complex novel that you can interpret in many ways. I think it is a masterpiece.
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato

rubio

#6
April 10, 2008, 02:57:44 AM
Quote from: Jezetha on April 10, 2008, 02:27:33 AM
'Mulholland Drive' is by David Lynch - it's a very Hitchcockian film, sometimes frightening, always absorbing, with dazzling twists. It resembles a complex novel that you can interpret in many ways. I think it is a masterpiece.

I just love Mulholland Drive, and basically most of what David Lynch has done. So here's my list (but this is a very difficult task):

1. Mulholland Drive (superb atmosphere and highly original)

2. Lord of the Rings (massive and the ultimate in film as entertainment)

3. Clockwork Orange (pure brilliance about ultra-violence)

4. Life is Beautiful (a combination of laughter and tears that is unique)

5. Godfather 2 (beautifully stylistic movie)

6. Schindler's List (I need one film related to the war on this list)

Many films are really close to these six!

"One good thing about music, when it hits- you feel no pain" Bob Marley

ChamberNut

#7
April 10, 2008, 04:23:51 AM
Jaws

The Exorcist

2001:  A Space Odyssey

Apocalypse Now: Redux

A Clockwork Orange

The Shining

DavidRoss

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April 10, 2008, 04:35:18 AM Last Edit: January 13, 2011, 04:42:30 AM by DavidRoss
Quote from: vandermolen on April 10, 2008, 01:44:52 AM
This is the last of my "six favourite" threads for the time being:
Too bad.  These seem more worthwhile than disputing the relative rankings of Elgar & Dittersdorf.  I learn more about whose general tastes are more sympathetic to my own--thus who's musical recommendations might carry more weight--and might pick up suggestions for interesting books, films, and...?

Six favorite films (not necessarily "most" favorite):

Casablanca
8 1/2
Walkabout
The Professional
Full Metal Jacket
The Shawshank Redemption
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

MN Dave

#9
April 10, 2008, 05:06:19 AM
Citizen Kane
2001
A Clockwork Orange
The Exorcist
Raising Arizona
Lord of the Rings

ChamberNut

#10
April 10, 2008, 05:11:02 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on April 10, 2008, 04:23:51 AM
Jaws

The Exorcist

2001:  A Space Odyssey

Apocalypse Now: Redux

A Clockwork Orange

The Shining

Six really isn't enough.  So many great films I love that haven't mentioned, and it just feels wrong not to list some of them:

The Pianist

Shawshank Redemption

Magnolia

Barry Lyndon

Good Fellas

American Beauty

Kullervo

#11
April 10, 2008, 05:25:44 AM Last Edit: April 10, 2008, 05:30:47 AM by Corey
There's been a thread like this, but it's time we had a new one for the members that have joined since.

Mine:

Blade Runner
Forbidden Games (Jeux Interdits)
L'argent
Ran
Spirit of the Beehive
Woman in the Dunes

Movies that may eventually be candidates but have yet to stand the test of time:

Umberto D.
Rififi
The Conformist

vandermolen

#12
April 10, 2008, 05:37:01 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on April 10, 2008, 04:35:18 AM
Too bad. 

Six favorite films (not necessarily "most" favorite):

Casablanca
8 1/2
Walkabout
The Professional
Full Metal Jacket
The Shawshank Redemption

OK David, I shall reconsider! certainly I get a better response to these than my postings on Myaskovsky, Klauss Egge and Havergal Brian  ;D
"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).

DavidRoss

#13
April 10, 2008, 05:45:03 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on April 10, 2008, 05:11:02 AM
Six really isn't enough.  So many great films I love that haven't mentioned, and it just feels wrong not to list some of them:

The Pianist
Shawshank Redemption
Magnolia
Barry Lyndon
Good Fellas
American Beauty
Except for the last, those are all faves of mine, too! & love Blade Runner, Ran, & The Conformist.  (In fact, I love virtually everything by these three directors!)
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

Hector

#14
April 10, 2008, 05:58:25 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on April 10, 2008, 01:44:52 AM
This is the last of my "six favourite" threads for the time being:

2001 A Space Odyssey

Dead of Night

The Name of the Rose

Excalibur

It's a Wonderful Life (corny, I know)

Goodbye Mr Chips (original version with Robert Donat)

Have you not been to the cinema since 'The Name of the Rose'?

Here's half a dozen Hollywood films for your delectation:

Boogie Nights;

I 'Heart' Huckabees;

The Bourne Ultimatum;

Fargo;

Happiness;

The Silence of the Lambs.

Christo

#15
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
... 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

MN Dave

#16
April 10, 2008, 06:03:38 AM
Quote from: Hector on April 10, 2008, 05:58:25 AM
Have you not been to the cinema since 'The Name of the Rose'?

Here's half a dozen Hollywood films for your delectation:

Boogie Nights;

I 'Heart' Huckabees;

The Bourne Ultimatum;

Fargo;

Happiness;

The Silence of the Lambs.



Oh yeah. The Silence of the Lambs.

karlhenning

#17
April 10, 2008, 06:07:09 AM
Impossible.  Partly because I don't tend to 'fasten' to films the way I am apt to with music;  partly because I do enjoy a great many, so that a half dozen do not really break ahead of the pack.

MN Dave

#18
April 10, 2008, 06:08:35 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 10, 2008, 06:07:09 AM
Impossible.  Partly because I don't tend to 'fasten' to films the way I am apt to with music;  partly because I do enjoy a great many, so that a half dozen do not really break ahead of the pack.

Yeah, I chose randomly. I'm more interested in books and music.

Keemun

#19
April 10, 2008, 06:39:31 AM
Here is my list:

The Godfather
Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
Casablanca
El Dorado
Pulp Fiction
Star Wars (original trilogy)

Honorable Mentions:

Monty Python and the Holly Grail
Reservoir Dogs
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. - Ludwig van Beethoven
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