We had a few of these on the old board, and thought it would be nice to have one here. This thread will probably be short lived, but nice to have when considering movies that one may want to look into or be reminded of. No limit on the list, and categorize them as you see fit.
In no particular order:
Bogey
Casablanca
Maltese Falcon
Treasure of Sierra Madre
Key Largo
Big Sleep
Hitch
Rope
Rear Window
North by Northwest
Other oldies
Sweet Smell of Success
Sunset Blvd.
Rio Bravo
The Third Man
Citizen Kane
Great Escape
Ten Commandments
12 Angry Men
My Fair Lady
Wizard of Oz
On The Waterfront
To Kill a Mockingbird
In the newer line
October Sky
Glory
The Dish
Alien
Das Boot
The Usual Suspects
Thomas Crown Affair remake
Rocky
The Untouchables
Pulp Fiction
Very new, but too early to judge for sure
Master and Commander
The Aviator
Guilty Pleasures
The Planet of the Apes run
The Connery Bonds
Universal Monster flicks
Most of Eastwood's westerns and Dirty Harry runs
Why no African Queen in the Bogey section?
Quote from: erato on July 23, 2007, 12:30:35 PM
Why no African Queen in the Bogey section?
Almost threw it on, but then the floodgates would have truly opened for that section.... ;D
Welles:
Citizen Kane
Lady From Shanghai
Othello
Mr. Arkadin (aka Confidential Report)
Touch of Evil
The Trial
F is For Fake
Fellini
I Vitteloni
La Strada
Le Notti de Cabiria
La Dolce Vita
8 1/2
Satyricon
Amarcord
Roma
Rossellini
Open City
Flowers of St. Francis
Robert Bresson
Journal of a Country Priest
Pickpocket
Au Hasard Balthazar
Pasolini
Gospel According to St. Matthew
Guilty Pleasures
Any film noir movie from the 40's through the 50's.
My 3 favorites movies right now:
La Dolce Vita
Amadeus
Toy Story
- Rope, Rear Window, Psycho - Hitchcock
- Profondo Rosso, Suspiria - Dario Argento
- Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo/Once upon a time in America/C'era una volta il West - Sergio Leone
- Uccellacci e Uccellini/Salò - Pasolini
- Full Metal Jacket, Clockwork Orange, Paths of Glory, Shining - Kubrick
- In nome del popolo italiano - Dino Risi
- Ragazzi fuori - Marco Risi
- Taxi Driver - Scorsese
- The Godfather, Apocalypse Now - Coppola
- A streetcar named desire - Kazan
...
Comedy:
City Slickers
Zorro: The Gay Blade
A Hard Days Night
Airplane
Drama:
Apollo 13
Amadeus
Action:
The Living Daylights
Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade
Science Fiction:
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Battlestar Galactica (the first one)
Totally Stupid Film That No One Has Ever Heard Of:
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Some nice lists here...
This is mine, but it is very subject to change and not at all engraved in stone, because that would just be too expensive. I don't really think I've seen enough movies to begin to pick favorites, so this list is more movies that I really like. Directors are in parentheses.
Winter Light (Bergman)
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Buñuel)
Lawrence of Arabia (Lean)
Au Hasard, Balthasar (Bresson)
It Happened One Night (Capra)
Vertigo (Hitchcock)
Diary of a Country Priest (Bresson)
Sansho the Bailiff (Mizoguchi)
Orphée (Cocteau)
Amadeus (Forman)
Three Colors trilogy (Kieslowski)
Barry Lyndon (Kubrick)
Metropolis (Lang)
Intolerance (Griffiths)
How Green Was My Valley (Ford)
Edipo Re (Pasolini)
Blade Runner (Scott)
Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky)
Sunset Blvd (Wilder)
Murder, My Sweet (Dmytryk)
Ashes and Diamonds (Wajda)
Solyaris (Tarkovsky)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Nichols)
Kwaidan (Kobayashi)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Kershner)
The Colour of Pomegranates (Paradjanov)
Babette's Feast (Axel)
Alright then, here we go:
Casablanca
To Have and to Have Not
The Big Sleep
Maltese Falcon
All About Eve
Sound of Music (well, it had to be there)
Sunset Blvd
A Streetcar Named Desire
The House of Games (Mamet)
Proof (for the mathematician in me)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Six Degrees of Seperation
The Glass Menagerie
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Hamlet 2000
Toy Story I
Pride and Prejudice
Ocean's Eleven (the original)
Monty Python Films
Quote from: Bogey on July 23, 2007, 12:07:51 PM
Rope
Still haven't seen this one. This must be remedied.
Nearly forgot,
To Sir, With Love ;)
Quote from: Kullervo on July 23, 2007, 10:23:28 PM
Still haven't seen this one. This must be remedied.
I believe you will enjoy it Kull....a lot. Be sure to watch the extras as well. Great stuff....great filmmaking IMO.
Quote from: hornteacher on July 23, 2007, 08:09:05 PM
Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade
I actually liked this one the best out of the three.
Quote from: Bogey on July 23, 2007, 10:36:28 PM
I actually liked this one the best out of the three.
Over Temple of Doom! :o
Quote from: Kullervo on July 23, 2007, 09:13:41 PM
Some nice lists here...
This is mine, but it is very subject to change and not at all engraved in stone, because that would just be too expensive. I don't really think I've seen enough movies to begin to pick favorites, so this list is more movies that I really like. Directors are in parentheses.
Here are some that jumped out at me Kull:
Vertigo (Hitchcock)
Loved the "look" and the location/settings, however the story was a bit like walking in mud for me. I do need to give this another try.Metropolis (Lang)
A great looking film that I am yet to make it all the way through in one sitting.Blade Runner (Scott)
Very underated IMO....maybe Ford's best work.Murder, My Sweet (Dmytryk)
One of the best noirs ever. Probably should have put it on my list.Babette's Feast (Axel)
Great call! Just be sure to have a nice spread of food before popping it in. :)
Quote from: Steve on July 23, 2007, 10:39:17 PM
Over Temple of Doom! :o
An unwatchable movie IMHO.
Quote from: Steve on July 23, 2007, 10:08:41 PM
Alright then, here we go:
Casablanca
To Have and to Have Not
The Big Sleep
Maltese Falcon
A Streetcar Named Desire
You are a man of very high taste Steve....however, I am yet to see A Streetcar Named Desire.
Quote from: Bogey on July 23, 2007, 10:46:19 PM
An unwatchable movie IMHO.
however, I am yet to see A Streetcar Named Desire.
Rectify that as soon as possible. Are you familiar with Mamet?
Quote from: Kullervo on July 23, 2007, 09:13:41 PM
The Colour of Pomegranates (Paradjanov)
I've wanted to see this for quite some time. Unfortunately my UK rental company doesn't offer US releases, so like L'Avventura I'll have to buy it and hopefully it'll be worth it (I'm sure it will).
Some of my favorite movies (at least those I remember now):
Pasolini / Il Vangello secondo Matteo
Bergman / Looking for the Truth (don't know if this is the right title in English)
Marcel Carné / Les visiteurs du soir
The remains of the day (don't remember the director's name, but it is with Anthony Hopkins)
Orson Wells / Macbeth
The night of the hunter (with Robert Mitchum)
Client Eastwood / Unforgivable
"Monsieur Klein", with Alain Delon
Quote from: Bogey on July 23, 2007, 10:46:19 PM
An unwatchable movie IMHO.
I found "Temple of Doom" quite watchable and fun! BTW, they just started shooting the 4th IJ movie.
I really do not know were to begin this list, for many I find good.
The Draughtman's Contract was always a favourite, the best film Peter Greenaway made.
The Vampire Killers, from Polanski is high on my list too.
A Christmas Carol, from which I have many version, but the one with George C Scott I find best.
And from thereon countless titles, so many good films were made.
Quote from: Harry on July 24, 2007, 02:01:57 AM
The Draughtman's Contract was always a favourite, the best film Peter Greenaway made.
I have to emphatically agree. One of my favorite films, too. What does the Dutch (or Flemish?) landscape architect say in that one scene in which they meet him outside and he says a few sentences while meaningfully staring into the distance? I always wanted to know that but could never figure out what he says.
Will toss the bugger in the player one of these days and tell you. Last time I saw it was Christmas 2004, so I remember that he spoke in Dutch, but not what.
Mine mostly seem a little on the quirky side....with a few musicals thrown in. As an added bonus, they are in alphabetical order ;D
Adaptation
The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Amadeus
Amelie
Annie Hall
Being John Malkovich
The Big Lebowski
Boogie Nights
Bottle Rocket
Brazil
Cabaret
Donnie Darko
Dr Strangelove
Edward Scissorhands
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fargo
Fight Club
Ghost World
Harold and Maude
I Heart Huckabees
Lantana
Life of Brian
Little Shop of Horrors (musical)
Lost in Translation
The Man With Two Brains
The Matrix
Memento
Muriel's Wedding
The Party (Peter Sellers)
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pleasantville
Pulp Fiction
Punch-Drunk Love
Requiem for a Dream
Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
The Rutles All You Need is Cash
Stand By Me
Strictly Ballroom
This is Spinal Tap
Trainspotting
Waiting for Guffman
Welcome to the Dollhouse
West Side Story
Withnail and I
I have to go against the grain and say I really can't get into many of the older movies, the acting seems so wooden and the dialogues are so stilted. I've never been able to figure out why "Citizen Kane" is supposed to be so great .... maybe it's just me ???
I forgot
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Forman
and
Where Eagles Dare, the one with Clint Eastwood.
Star Wars movies (all six) are my absolute favorites. They surpass effortlessly everything else I have seen. The way George Lucas transfers his vision on silver screen is extraordinary. Especially the newer Star Wars movies are very underrated.
Schindler's List is the best work by my favorite director.
A.I. is the second best work by my favorite director. Unlike Schindler's List, this is a very underrated movie. The ending is amazing. When I watch this movie I feel Kubrick and Spielberg optimized it for me. This movie has also a stunning score by John Williams.
I love all movies by Spielberg and Lucas. The ones mentioned above are my all time favorites. Indiana Jones Trilogy, E.T., Encounters of the Third Kind, Munich and Saving Private Ryan are the stronger Spielberg.
Map of the Human Heart by Vincent Ward is one relatively unknown masterpiece. This is a war movie with a very crazy romantic twist.
Mulholland Drive is the movie where Lynch got all his strange ideas and fixations right. The results is just amazing when that happens to a talented and eccentric movie maker.
My favorite Kubrick are The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut and 2001: A Space Odyssey. My favorite Polanski are Rosemary's Baby, Bitter Moon and The Ninth Gate. I love all Tati's movies but Playtime is the best. Blake Edward's Pink Panther movies have a place in my heart. They are very uneven thou.
Brazil by Terry Gilliam is simply an absurd masterpiece.
The Piano Teacher is the only movie by Haneke I have seen but it's brilliant!
One Hour Photo by Mark Romanek is amazingly good. Robin Williams' performance is stunning.
Irreversible contains unbelievably brutal and long scenes without cuts. Hollywood will never produce this kind of movies.
Audition is my favorite Takashi Miike work.
I love Far East horror movies. Favorites include The Grudge I & II (remakes too), Shutter, A Tale of Two Sisters, The Eye I & II, Into the Mirror, One Missed Call and Phone. Especially South Korea produces good movies.
Contact is my favorite Zemeckis movie. What Lies Beneath is a damn good thriller and Back to the Future trilogy is very entertaining.
The Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan.
Buster Keaton's best is The General.
Most of the pre-70's movies I find uninteresting or just mediocre. I haven't found many older movies that blow my mind. Similarly, I find most of the new "blockbuster" effect movies very boring. I want art in my movies.
Quote from: Steve on July 23, 2007, 10:39:17 PM
Over Temple of Doom! :o
Temple of Doom is enjoyble, but it is no doubt the weakest of the 3.
Quote from: 71 dB on July 24, 2007, 05:05:53 AM
Star Wars movies (all six) are my absolute favorites. They surpass effortlessly everything else I have seen. The way George Lucas transfers his vision on silver screen is extraordinary. Especially the newer Star Wars movies are very underrated.
the first three are legendary, the quality of the last three are inconsistent at best.
Quote from: 71 dB on July 24, 2007, 05:05:53 AM
Schindler's List is the best work by my favorite director.
A classic, very well made film.
Quote from: 71 dB on July 24, 2007, 05:05:53 AM
My favorite Kubrick are The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut and 2001: A Space Odyssey
Mine are (in no particular order): 2001: A Space Odyssey, Dr.Stranglove, Lolita, A Clockwork Orange
Quote from: 71 dB on July 24, 2007, 05:05:53 AM
Brazil by Terry Gilliam is simply an absurd masterpiece.
Absurd, but highly fascinating, also a all time favorite of mine
Movies that I gave an 8 or above on IMDB:
"Band of Brothers" (2001) (mini) 10
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 10
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (V) 10
The Godfather (1972) 10
The Godfather: Part II (1974) 10
Cidade de Deus (2002) 9
A Clockwork Orange (1971) 9
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 9
Forrest Gump (1994) 9
Guizi lai le (2000) 9
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001) (TV) 9
Saving Private Ryan (1998) 9
Schindler's List (1993) 9
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 9
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 9
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) 9
Ángel exterminador, El (1962) 8
"Beethoven" (2005) (mini) 8
"The Elegant Universe" (2003) (mini) 8
"Man vs. Wild" (2006)
"Red Dwarf" (1988) 8
The 51st State (2001) 8
Airplane! (1980) 8
Akira (1988) 8
Amantes del Círculo Polar, Los (1998) 8
Back to the Future (1985) 8
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) 8
Brazil (1985) 8
The Butterfly Effect (2004) 8
Cet obscur objet du désir (1977)
Charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Le (1972) 8
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) 8
Dead Poets Society (1989) 8
Du shen (1989) 8
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) 8
Fong Sai Yuk (1993) 8
Gone with the Wind (1939) 8
Good Will Hunting (1997) 8
Goodfellas (1990) 8
Huo Yuan Jia (2006) 8
Immortal Beloved (1994) 8
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8
Jing wu ying xiong (1994) 8
Jiu pin zhi ma guan: Bai mian Bao Qing Tian (1994) 8
Lolita (1962) 8
(infernal affairs)Miu gaan diy III: Chung gik miu gaan (2003) 8
(infernal affairs) Mou gaan dou (2002) 8
(infernal affairs) Mou gaan dou II (2003) 8
Murder by Death (1976) 8
The Natural (1984)
One Hour Photo (2002) 8
The Paper Chase (1973) 8
Pride & Prejudice (2005) 8
The Producers (1968) 8
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) 8
Scarface (1983) 8
Shiqi sui de dan che (2001) 8
A Shot in the Dark (1964) 8
Sik san (1996)
Tian xia wu zei (2004) 8
Titanic (1997) 8
The Untouchables (1987) 8
Viridiana (1961) 8
Voie lactée, La (1969) 8
Xi chu bawang (1994) 8
Xiao ao jiang hu zhi Dong Fang Bu Bai (1992) 8
Yangguang Canlan de Rizi (1994) 8
You hua hao hao shuo (1997) 8
Zwartboek (2006) 8
Amadeus
Jaws
Rocky
Song of Bernadette
The Shining
Evil Dead
The Exorcist
Our Lady Of Fatima
Last House on the Left
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Quote from: MahlerTitan on July 24, 2007, 05:22:58 AM
the first three are legendary, the quality of the last three are inconsistent at best.
A classic, very well made film.
Many say that. People think they understand fully Lucas because they like episodes IV-VI. However, Lucas' creativity was limited by technology and Lucas in his own words was able to do about 50 % of what he had in mind. The newer movies are made with the help of better technological possiblities and Lucas feels having been able to transfer 90 % of his vision on silver screen. Episodes IV-VI do not require technologically as much as episodes I-III (that's why Lucas made VI first). The newer movies are very futuristic in regards of movie making. People seem to need time to get used to them and see their strenghts. As a huge fan of Lucas I think I really understand the man and his art.
Quote from: MahlerTitan on July 24, 2007, 05:22:58 AMMine are (in no particular order): 2001: A Space Odyssey, Dr.Stranglove, Lolita, A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange is very good.
Dr. Stranglove didn't hit me.
Lolita I haven't seen.
Quote from: 71 dB on July 24, 2007, 05:46:19 AM
A Clockwork Orange is very good. Dr. Stranglove didn't hit me. Lolita I haven't seen.
I am not suprised that you didn't like Dr. Stranglove, it's a dark comedy that is more accessible to American audiences.
You have to check out Lolita, but be warned, the title is somewhat misleading, the movie should really be called "Sellers".
Quote from: sidoze on July 24, 2007, 12:17:56 AM
I've wanted to see this for quite some time. Unfortunately my UK rental company doesn't offer US releases, so like L'Avventura I'll have to buy it and hopefully it'll be worth it (I'm sure it will).
This seems to be the only Paradjanov that's available on DVD. I found Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors on a torrent site, so I'd recommend trying those. I have a feeling you will really like him, but he's definitely not everyone's cup of tea.
Quote from: 71 dB on July 24, 2007, 05:05:53 AM
My favorite Kubrick are The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Eyes Wide Shut over Barry Lyndon? :o
I still think BL is the greatest movie ever made
(http://www.stottshot.com/barrylyndon3.jpg)
Quote from: Kullervo on July 24, 2007, 06:24:10 AM
Eyes Wide Shut over Barry Lyndon? :o
I couldn't stand Eyes Wide Shut, but I thought Clockwork Orange, BL, and The Shining are absolutely brilliant, particularly the last two.
Quote from: Kullervo on July 24, 2007, 06:24:10 AM
Eyes Wide Shut over Barry Lyndon? :o
Yes. I don't get Barry Lyndon.
Quote from: MahlerTitan on July 24, 2007, 05:27:13 AM
The Paper Chase (1973) 8
Now there is a blast from the past that rarely gets mentioned....nice call. John Houseman....what a voice. I enjoyed the tv show as well.
Quote from: Bogey on July 24, 2007, 07:36:41 AM
Now there is a blast from the past that rarely gets mentioned....nice call. John Houseman....what a voice. I enjoyed the tv show as well.
for some mysterious reason, I enjoy that movie immensely, i never get tired of watching it over and over again....
Quote from: Kullervo on July 24, 2007, 06:24:10 AM
Eyes Wide Shut over Barry Lyndon? :o
Wow, I've never seen Barry Lyndon before... Maybe, I should change that.
Quote from: Steve on July 24, 2007, 07:56:28 AM
Wow, I've never seen Barry Lyndon before... Maybe, I should change that.
any film by the great Kubrick is worth watching, especially his later works.
Quote from: Steve on July 24, 2007, 07:56:28 AM
Wow, I've never seen Barry Lyndon before... Maybe, I should change that.
It is worth at least one viewing for its technical aspects alone, and specifically, the photography. Since Kubrick wanted to film the entire thing in natural light, Zeiss developed some ultra-fast lenses to accommodate the low light levels. So the interior scenes,
shot in nothing but candlelight, have an amazing magic and realism, since they give you a very good idea of how people saw interiors before the dawn of electricity.
--Bruce
Quote from: bhodges on July 24, 2007, 08:09:15 AM
It is worth at least one viewing for its technical aspects alone, and specifically, the photography. Since Kubrick wanted to film the entire thing in natural light, Zeiss developed some ultra-fast lenses to accommodate the low light levels. So the interior scenes, shot in nothing but candlelight, have an amazing magic and realism, since they give you a very good idea of how people saw interiors before the dawn of electricity.
--Bruce
There is one shot in particular that I thought was amazing. Barry's wife is sitting in a chair with her baby and older son, none of them moving — it looks like a painting.
Quote from: MahlerTitan on July 24, 2007, 08:01:58 AM
any film by the great Kubrick is worth watching, especially his later works.
I really liked Clockwork Orange :)
Quote from: 71 dB on July 24, 2007, 05:05:53 AM
Star Wars movies (all six) are my absolute favorites. They surpass effortlessly everything else I have seen. The way George Lucas transfers his vision on silver screen is extraordinary. Especially the newer Star Wars movies are very underrated.
I want art in my movies.
If you want art in your movies, how can you have such a high opinon of Star Wars?
Quote from: Kullervo on July 24, 2007, 08:12:55 AM
There is one shot in particular that I thought was amazing. Barry's wife is sitting in a chair with her baby and older son, none of them moving — it looks like a painting.
Yes! It's like you're looking at something by Vermeer -- that has suddenly come alive.
--Bruce
Quote from: Don on July 24, 2007, 08:14:25 AM
If you want art in your movies, how can you have such a high opinon of Star Wars?
Because no other movie has as much art in them as Star Wars. ;)
Quote from: Steve on July 24, 2007, 08:13:29 AM
I really liked Clockwork Orange :)
I love Clockwork Orange, no matter how many times i watch this film, i always manage to find something new.
Quote from: bhodges on July 24, 2007, 08:09:15 AM
It is worth at least one viewing for its technical aspects alone, and specifically, the photography. Since Kubrick wanted to film the entire thing in natural light, Zeiss developed some ultra-fast lenses to accommodate the low light levels. So the interior scenes, shot in nothing but candlelight, have an amazing magic and realism, since they give you a very good idea of how people saw interiors before the dawn of electricity.
--Bruce
Yes, the candlelight shots are impressive.
Good thread- I'm always concerned to have seen the most important films, and I have a list I want to get hold of.
The most important film ever made is The Wicker Man (1972), closely followed by The Devils (1971); third place I'd give to Apocalypse Now Redux (1979).
Quote from: Sean on July 24, 2007, 08:36:10 AM
Good thread- I'm always concerned to have seen the most important films, and I have a list I want to get hold of.
The most important film ever made is The Wicker Man (1972), closely followed by The Devils (1971); third place I'd give to Apocalypse Now Redux (1979).
I love
The Wicker Man, it has a very unique feel and the music rocks. I haven't seen
The Devils, but I've heard it's really bizarre. I don't think it's available on DVD here. It has music by David Munrow, right?
An interesting interview with Kubrick on Barry Lyndon, where he talks about the music and that he took direct inspiration from period paintings:
Did you have Schubert's Trio in mind while preparing and shooting this particular scene?
No, I decided on it while we were editing. Initially, I thought it was right to use only eighteenth-century music. But sometimes you can make ground-rules for yourself which prove unnecessary and counter-productive. I think I must have listened to every LP you can buy of eighteenth-century music. One of the problems which soon became apparent is that there are no tragic love-themes in eighteenth-century music. So eventually I decided to use Schubert's Trio in E Flat, Opus 100, written in 1828. It's a magnificent piece of music and it has just the right restrained balance between the tragic and the romantic without getting into the headier stuff of later Romanticism.
You also cheated in another way by having Leonard Rosenman orchestrate Handel's Sarabande in a more dramatic style than you would find in eighteenth-century composition.
This arose from another problem about eighteenth-century music -- it isn't very dramatic, either. I first came across the Handel theme played on a guitar and, strangely enough, it made me think of Ennio Morricone. I think it worked very well in the film, and the very simple orchestration kept it from sounding out of place.
...
You are well-known for the thoroughness with which you accumulate information and do research when you work on a project. Is it for you the thrill of being a reporter or a detective?
I suppose you could say it is a bit like being a detective. On Barry Lyndon, I accumulated a very large picture file of drawings and paintings taken from art books. These pictures served as the reference for everything we needed to make -- clothes, furniture, hand props, architecture, vehicles, etc. Unfortunately, the pictures would have been too awkward to use while they were still in the books, and I'm afraid we finally had very guiltily to tear up a lot of beautiful art books. They were all, fortunately, still in print which made it seem a little less sinful. Good research is an absolute necessity and I enjoy doing it. You have an important reason to study a subject in much greater depth than you would ever have done otherwise, and then you have the satisfaction of putting the knowledge to immediate good use. The designs for the clothes were all copied from drawings and paintings of the period. None of them were designed in the normal sense. This is the best way, in my opinion, to make historical costumes. It doesn't seem sensible to have a designer interpret -- say -- the eighteenth century, using the same picture sources from which you could faithfully copy the clothes. Neither is there much point sketching the costumes again when they are already beautifully represented in the paintings and drawings of the period. What is very important is to get some actual clothes of the period to learn how they were originally made. To get them to look right, you really have to make them the same way. Consider also the problem of taste in designing clothes, even for today. Only a handful of designers seem to have a sense of what is striking and beautiful. How can a designer, however brilliant, have a feeling for the clothes of another period which is equal to that of the people and the designers of the period itself, as recorded in their pictures? I spent a year preparing Barry Lyndon before the shooting began and I think this time was very well spent. The starting point and sine qua non of any historical or futuristic story is to make you believe what you see.
http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/interview.bl.html
Thanks, most interesting! True, the costuming in Barry Lyndon is part of its effect as well. And interesting comments about the challenges of using 18th-century music and the solutions he found.
--Bruce
Quote from: Tancata on July 24, 2007, 08:41:12 AM
I love The Wicker Man, it has a very unique feel and the music rocks. I haven't seen The Devils, but I've heard it's really bizarre. I don't think it's available on DVD here. It has music by David Munrow, right?
The most important contribution is from Peter Maxwell Davies, whose score is among the best things he's done; the opening music with the King dancing is from Praetorius's Terpsichore (if I remember). I used to have the Wicker Man film music, some of the best ever written, by Paul Giovanni and using some fascinating Celtic scales, and intelligent and subversive lyrics.
Quote from: Steve on July 24, 2007, 07:56:28 AM
Wow, I've never seen Barry Lyndon before... Maybe, I should change that.
You won't regret watching
that 'un,
Steve!
Quote from: Sean on July 24, 2007, 09:07:49 AM
The most important contribution is from Peter Maxwell Davies, whose score is among the best things he's done; the opening music with the King dancing is from Praetorius's Terpsichore (if I remember). I used to have the Wicker Man film music, some of the best ever written, by Paul Giovanni and using some fascinating Celtic scales, and intelligent and subversive lyrics.
I have the Wicker Man soundtrack. It's great, and I love the way it includes some of the key moments of dialogue from the film. I think it's David Munrow directing the Praetorius at the start - I heard an interview with Russell where he said he thought Munrow wrote that music, but he was probably being ignorant.
Tancata, thanks for that. I'm a bit obsessed with The Wicker Man and have quite a few pages of analysis on it- I might start another thread on it if I can do a bit of proofreading.
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.
Hmm, I haven't seen Barry Lyndon either, I'll have to check Blockbuster at some point.
Some of my personal faves, not terribly artistic but what the heck...
The Lion in Winter (and you think your family is dysfunctional... ;D )
Lawrence of Arabia
Casablanca
The Big Sleep
The Maltese Falcon (though Mary Astor may be the single most annoying woman in the history of movies)
The Empire Strikes Back (original theatrical cut - accept no substitutes $:))
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Blade Runner
Alien
Dr. Strangelove
Richard III (Ian McKellen)
King Lear (Olivier's last role)
Hamlet (Derek Jacobi, BBC -- not sure if this & the above qualify as "movies")
The Searchers
Vertigo
Excalibur (all the Wagner and Orff had a huge musical influence on me as a young fellow)
Kelly's Heroes
The Lord of the Rings
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Superman
about 1/2 of the James Bond movies
Dracula (Bela Lugosi, Frank Langella, Jack Palance, and the Christopher Lee/Peter Cushing ones, for various reasons)
Quote from: bwv 1080 on July 24, 2007, 06:30:25 AM
I still think BL is the greatest movie ever made
luckily for us great films come along quite often. This one arrived 13 years ago and, provided people can sit through it, will last as long as any ( ;) ).
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Quote from: sidoze on July 24, 2007, 12:45:38 PM
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.
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 ?
Quote from: Kullervo on July 24, 2007, 01:01:02 PM
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.
Quote- 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.
I forgot a few that I enjoy starring Bing:
Going My Way
The Bells of St. Mary's
and
White Christmas
Quote from: jwinter on July 24, 2007, 12:49:18 PM
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
just that one? what about the original? A Shot in the Dark? The Return? The revenge?
Sellers is God!
Quote from: jwinter on July 24, 2007, 12:49:18 PM
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. ;D
Quote from: MahlerTitan on July 24, 2007, 03:28:04 PM
just that one? what about the original? A Shot in the Dark? The Return? The revenge?
Sellers is God!
Maria Cabrelli anyone??
Quote from: Harry on July 24, 2007, 02:01:57 AM
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 - ;D
Quote from: Robert on July 24, 2007, 04:10:23 PM
Maria Cabrelli anyone??
Gambrelli, I believe
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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
Quote from: Iago on July 24, 2007, 10:58:17 PM
6. Sea Hawk, Sea Wolf, Adventures of Robin Hood
Flynn is great!
Quote from: Kullervo on July 24, 2007, 01:01:02 PM
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.
Quote from: Xantus' Murrelet on July 25, 2007, 06:29:28 AM
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 :(
Quote
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.
Quote from: MahlerTitan on July 24, 2007, 03:28:04 PM
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...) ;D
Quote from: Bogey on July 24, 2007, 04:04:07 PM
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. ;D
Yes indeed! ;D 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... :-[ 8)
Quote from: jwinter on July 25, 2007, 07:18:42 AM
Yes indeed! ;D 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... :-[ 8)
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
Quote from: Bogey on July 25, 2007, 08:03:04 AM
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. ;D
--Bruce
Quote from: sidoze on July 25, 2007, 07:16:44 AM
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... :)
Quote from: Xantus' Murrelet on July 25, 2007, 08:56:04 AM
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
Quote from: jwinter on May 17, 1970, 07:42:47 PMhis last Fu Manchu movie on DVD yet (a true guilty pleasure... just the thought of him strolling about with that lawn mower is priceless...) ;D
"Rock it Fu Man, Rock it Fu Man-CHU!"
Well, I own a lot of musicals - below is a list of 20 which are probably some of my favorites - :D
42nd Street (1933)
A Star is Born (1954)
An American in Paris (1951)
Band Wagon, The (1953)
Caberet (1972)
Court Jester, The (1955)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Gigi (1958)
High Society (1956)
Love Me Tonight (1932)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Music Man, The (1962)
My Fair Lady (1964)
On the Town (1949)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Sound of Music, The (1965)
Top Hat (1935)
Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Of course, the list could be extended, e.g. plenty of more good Astaire & Rogers; how about the Marx Brothers (as musicals?); animated features, e.g. I love 'Beauty & the Beast'; and those films w/ 'some' singing, like the many Bing Crosby films, mentioned already by Bill. So, just a short list that 'spans' a lot of decades! ;) :)
I inadvertently omitted "How Green Was My Valley" from my original list.
It belongs very near or AT the top.
Every time I see it, that film absolutely "kills" me.
Quote from: Iago on July 25, 2007, 11:06:43 AM
I inadvertently omitted "How Green Was My Valley" from my original list.
It belongs very near or AT the top.
Every time I see it, that film absolutely "kills" me.
I didn't leave it out of mine. God that's a good movie.
Quote from: SonicMan on July 25, 2007, 10:49:41 AM
Well, I own a lot of musicals - below is a list of 20 which are probably some of my favorites - :D
42nd Street (1933)
A Star is Born (1954)
An American in Paris (1951)
Band Wagon, The (1953)
Caberet (1972)
Court Jester, The (1955)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Gigi (1958)
High Society (1956)
Love Me Tonight (1932)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Music Man, The (1962)
My Fair Lady (1964)
On the Town (1949)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Sound of Music, The (1965)
Top Hat (1935)
Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Of course, the list could be extended, e.g. plenty of more good Astaire & Rogers; how about the Marx Brothers (as musicals?); animated features, e.g. I love 'Beauty & the Beast'; and those films w/ 'some' singing, like the many Bing Crosby films, mentioned already by Bill. So, just a short list that 'spans' a lot of decades! ;) :)
Very impressive list,
SonicMan. Were you able to track most of these down on DVD? If so, where? I find it difficult to locate DVDs of my favourite, lesser known, musicals. :)
Quote from: SonicMan on July 25, 2007, 10:49:41 AM
Well, I own a lot of musicals - below is a list of 20 which are probably some of my favorites - :D
42nd Street (1933)
A Star is Born (1954)
An American in Paris (1951)
Band Wagon, The (1953)
Caberet (1972)
Court Jester, The (1955)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Gigi (1958)
High Society (1956)
Love Me Tonight (1932)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Music Man, The (1962)
My Fair Lady (1964)
On the Town (1949)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Sound of Music, The (1965)
Top Hat (1935)
Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Of course, the list could be extended, e.g. plenty of more good Astaire & Rogers; how about the Marx Brothers (as musicals?); animated features, e.g. I love 'Beauty & the Beast'; and those films w/ 'some' singing, like the many Bing Crosby films, mentioned already by Bill. So, just a short list that 'spans' a lot of decades! ;) :)
Printing list now to update my queue. Thanks Dave.
This is so difficult, making a list like this -- somehow even harder to whittle it down than a list of favorite composers or pieces.
Cabaret - For many years, my favorite film, not that I like Ms. Minnelli particularly, but for Bob Fosse's steely direction.
The Silence of the Lambs - Maybe the best thriller ever.
Nights of Cabiria - Fellini at his most intense, moving, and sad.
Rosemary's Baby - OK, maybe this is the best thriller ever... ;D.
Cries and Whispers - An amazing group of actors, photographed like a painting come to life.
Nashville - My favorite of many from Robert Altman, with his signature overlapping dialogue.
Chinatown - Fantastic, literate, socially conscious screenplay, with everything else following right along.
The Importance of Being Earnest - My favorite comedy, nonstop funny.
Blade Runner - Great sci-fi premise, and scenic design that influenced dozens of films afterward.
Alien - I still remember the first time I saw this, when the friend with me almost passed out.
And others...
The Fly (Cronenberg) - Grisly but with brilliant, touching performance by Jeff Goldblum.
Vertigo - Had to pick one Hitchcock, and this one has that score.
Minority Report - Another great sci-fi premise, with an amazingly edited opening scene.
All About Eve - A screenplay to hold in awe with performances to match.
Annie Hall - Another great comedy of an entirely different type.
2001: A Space Odyssey - Despite advances in special effects its mystery holds up remarkably well.
Blue Velvet - As if someone had tapped into your dream world and put it onscreen.
Rocco and His Brothers - My favorite Visconti film...operatic in scope.
Grand Illusion - Great in many ways...
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Just saw this again recently. Perhaps a chuckle rather than a guffaw, but I love it.
--Bruce
Quote from: bhodges on July 25, 2007, 12:42:49 PM
This is so difficult, making a list like this -- somehow even harder to whittle it down than a list of favorite composers or pieces.
[Minority Report - Another great sci-fi premise, with an amazingly edited opening scene.
--Bruce
Great movie Bruce....totally agree. Check out Williams' score for this. One of his best efforts IMO.
PS: Got PM and thanks! :)
Quote from: Bogey on July 25, 2007, 12:59:58 PM
Great movie Bruce....totally agree. Check out Williams' score for this. One of his best efforts IMO.
And I'll agree with that! Williams' score is one of the film's many assets. (Love so many of the scenes: the doctor (Lois Smith) in her greenhouse...Cruise chasing his eyeballs down the hallway...the little robot "spiders" that scan people's eyes... :D)
--Bruce
Quote from: James on July 25, 2007, 01:07:33 PM
some random faves...
aviator (2004)
texas chainsaw massacre part 2 (1986)
the fly (cronenberg) (1986)
toxic avenger (1985)
black christmas (1974)
frenzy (1972)
night of the living dead (1968)
Wow, what a list! (And I can't believe someone else actually rates the Cronenberg so highly!) And I must have seen
Frenzy five or six times...underrated Hitchcock...tense and also quite funny.
--Bruce
Quote from: MahlerTitan on July 24, 2007, 04:50:13 PM
Camp Sunshine......
Bingo you know your stuff.... my personal fave.....
Quote from: James on July 25, 2007, 01:07:33 PM
some random faves...
aviator (2004)
Made my list as well....I beleive that DiCaprio, at some level, funded the movie.
As a bit of trivia, Martin Scorsese was the voice of the projectionist and in appeared in another scene. Kind of Hitch like here! :)
Quote from: Steve on July 25, 2007, 11:35:14 AM
Very impressive list, SonicMan. Were you able to track most of these down on DVD? If so, where? I find it difficult to locate DVDs of my favourite, lesser known, musicals. :)
Steve - actually, I own all of those on the list in DVD format - I have my DVDs (includes standard films, musicals, animated features, & documentaries) in an Access database, so I simply went through the 'musicals section' and picked out some of my favorites (out of interest, I also had an IMDB window opened w/ their 'top' musicals list - nearly all of these were on that list). Not sure about the 'lesser known' musicals that you mention, but provide a list & maybe we can help? :D
Quote from: Bogey on July 25, 2007, 12:29:13 PM
Printing list now to update my queue. Thanks Dave.
Bill - after the 'musicals' list, I was goin' to start back in the '30s w/ some of my favorites from this decade, and just advance per decade - seems like the 'old' movies are not being mentioned as much, so I see a 'role' here for myself; but I might generate a 'second' 20 musicals list - there are SO MANY! ;D Dave
I'm rather partial to Gritty, 1970s, Urban Crime Dramas. (http://www.amazon.com/Gritty-1970-s-Urban-Crime-Drama-s/lm/R15NI65I3NYI4S/ref=cm_lm_byauthor_title_full/103-6469067-9262259)
Heres a list of my collection on Amazon :)
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on July 25, 2007, 02:37:11 PM
I'm rather partial to Gritty, 1970s, Urban Crime Dramas. (http://www.amazon.com/Gritty-1970-s-Urban-Crime-Drama-s/lm/R15NI65I3NYI4S/ref=cm_lm_byauthor_title_full/103-6469067-9262259)
Heres a list of my collection on Amazon :)
And the music on some those is priceless Chris.
Quote from: Bogey on July 25, 2007, 02:45:15 PM
And the music on some those is priceless Chris.
Agreed Bill. I also have a list on Amazon of my collection for those as well.
Did you give me a
helpful vote? ;)
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on July 25, 2007, 02:47:18 PM
Agreed Bill. I also have a list on Amazon of my collection for those as well.
Did you give me a helpful vote? ;)
Done. :)
For those interested in my previous post of musicals, I had a little time @ lunch today to come up w/ a 'second' twenty from my database; ratings explanation: * from Maltin & # from Videohound (4* & 4# are their tops); most of the musicals in the previous list rated 3+ to 4, so this is 'second tier' but still a lot of entertaining films. Again, the Marx Bros could be included (in either list), a bunch of 'Broadway Melody' flicks were made but this '40 version is one of the best (Eleanor Powell's dancing is phenomenal - she keeps up w/ Fred Astaire easily IMO); I have a bunch more, both on commercial DVD & burned, but these 40 should keep anyone busy for a while - enjoy! ;D
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) (3* 3#)
Auntie Mame (1958) (3+* 3#)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (3* 7.3/10 IMDB)
Damm Yankees (1958) (3* 3#)
Easter Parade (1948) (3+* 3+#)
Follow That Fleet (1936) (7/4/10 IMDB)
Funny Face (1957) (3+* 3#)
Gentlemen Prefer Blonds (1953) (3* 3#)
Great Ziegfeld, The (1936) (3+* 3+#)
Holiday Inn (1942) (7.5/10 IMDB)
Kiss Me Kate (1953) (3+* 3#)
Love Me or Leave Me (1955) (3+* 3#)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) (4* 3#)
Oliver (1968) (3+* 3+#)
Pajama Game, The (3+* 3+#)
Pal Joey (1957) (3* 3#)
Producers, The (1968) (3+* 3+#)
Seven Little Foys, The (1955) (3* 3#)
Silk Stockings (1957) (3* 3#)
Swing Time (1936) (4* 3#)
Quote from: bhodges on July 25, 2007, 09:02:09 AM
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.
I haven't seen
Collateral but it certainly seems worth seeing !
I noticed the
Heat soundtracks has Ligeti's Cello Concerto -- I don't remember hearing it in there, but it's possible! :o
Quote from: Xantus' Murrelet on July 26, 2007, 04:49:35 PM
I haven't seen Collateral but it certainly seems worth seeing !
It is, believe us! ;)
Thanks to the use of digital cameras this movie contains beautiful night shots.
Hello,
Here goes, in no particular order:
Perdita Durango
Shine
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon
Hero (2002)
Kung Fu Hustle
Reservoir Dogs
Jackie Brown
Bullitt
Rio Bravo
Shawshanks Redemption
Flight of the Phoenix (1965) (Never mind James Stewart, it's Hardy Kruger who's astonishing!)
Im Juli
Sophie!
Suzie Washington
Feel free to comment.
LOL
Phaedrus
Quote from: sidoze on July 25, 2007, 07:16:44 AM
Could you let me know how The Outsider is? We don't have that 3-pack in the UK :(
I finally watched
The Outsider and I'll try to give some thoughts without giving away too much content:
This is totally different from
Damnation and I wouldn't have guessed this was Tarr except for a few hints.
The style is a very 'realistic', 'intrusive' up-close hand-held camera as if looking into the thoughts of the characters, and the generally crappy lives they lead and work they do.
There are a few priceless moments (a bleak but funny discussion of working with some awful machinery, a tense argument shouted over discoteque noise, a Party committee dictating silly work policy and the workers' quietly helpless reactions, and many more...).
I liked a lot of the conversations as well, but there is little of the philosophical kind, it is mostly 'real' and I suppose this can feel like a sort of documentary on life in Hungary during the early 80s at times. And of course there are those lovely dancing parties which serve as a diversion from the above-mentioned things. :D
It is worth seeing for sure!
Quote from: Bogey on July 23, 2007, 10:43:36 PM
Murder, My Sweet (Dmytryk) One of the best noirs ever. Probably should have put it on my list.
I should give that a viewing .........
QuoteBabette's Feast (Axel) Great call! Just be sure to have a nice spread of food before popping it in. :)
xplain
Just about any heist flick.
I also find Chungking Express the most viewed out of my tiny DVD collection. It's one I could watch anytime.
Allan
Brian's Five Favorite Movies
1. The Producers (1968)
2. Awakenings
3. Juno
4. Monty Python's Life of Brian
5. West Side Story
HONORABLE MENTION The Pianist, Young Frankenstein, most Columbo TV movies
As you can see, after two viewings in the past three weeks 'Juno' has catapulted to the number three spot on my rather arbitrary list. What remains to be seen is if, after a few more viewings, it will be able to claw its way to number one. I consider it possible, though unlikely.
Quote from: Dm on January 16, 2008, 08:27:37 PM
I should give that a viewing .........
Absolutely. Corey would definitely concur. For noire reviews, including a direct link to this this one, I would rec. here:
http://noiroftheweek.blogspot.com/2007/12/murder-my-sweet-1944.html
Babette's Feast (Axel) Great call! Just be sure to have a nice spread of food before popping it in.
Quote from: Dm on January 16, 2008, 08:27:37 PM
xplain
The meal preparation "sequence" is unforgettable.
Great movie IMO.
Quote from: Bogey on January 17, 2008, 08:51:34 PM
Absolutely. Corey would definitely concur. For noire reviews, including a direct link to this this one, I would rec. here:
http://noiroftheweek.blogspot.com/2007/12/murder-my-sweet-1944.html
I would!
Looking at my old list I would revise it by paring it down a bit and adding a few.
Winter Light (Bergman)
Au Hasard, Balthasar (Bresson)
Vertigo (Hitchcock)
Sansho the Bailiff (Mizoguchi)
Orphée (Cocteau)
Barry Lyndon (Kubrick)
Blade Runner (Scott)
Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky)
Mirror (Tarkovsky)
Sunset Blvd (Wilder)
Murder, My Sweet (Dmytryk)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Nichols)
Babette's Feast (Axel)
Woman in the Dunes (Teshigahara)
Ran (Kurosawa)
All That Heaven Allows (Sirk)
Nice to see this thread revived, by the way. Reminds me I need to start watching movies again.
I know that this is an old thread, but I figured I would offer my favorites:
1. Three Colors: Blue (Keislowski)
2. Blue Velvet (Lynch)
3. Memento (Nolan)
4. Persona (Bergman)
5. Come and See (Klimov)
6. Rope (Hitchcock)
7. I Stand Alone (Noe)
8. Bigger Than Life (Ray)
9. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Allen)
10. The Battle of Algiers (Pontecorvo)
Quote from: Zizekian on July 05, 2012, 05:06:50 PM
I know that this is an old thread, but I figured I would offer my favorites:
1. Three Colors: Blue (Keislowski)
2. Blue Velvet (Lynch)
3. Memento (Nolan)
4. Persona (Bergman)
5. Come and See (Klimov)
6. Rope (Hitchcock)
7. I Stand Alone (Noe)
8. Bigger Than Life (Ray)
9. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Allen)
10. The Battle of Algiers (Pontecorvo)
Wonderful list, especially for
Three Colors: Blue (Keislowski) and
Crimes and Misdemeanors (Allen) ;D
I didnt even know about this thread, thanks for reviving it. I'll have to contribute.
I tried this the last time thread was around but couldn't get the list under 30 something titles, which is silly big. Might give it another shot.
Quote from: Zizekian on July 05, 2012, 05:06:50 PM
I know that this is an old thread...
Reviving the dead is a sometime miraculous thing. You'll get no grief from us. It's fun to look back and see where we were years ago. I wonder if I'll agree with my list now.
Sarge
Hm, seems I have not posted to this thread?
What not to include? Must keep it casual . . . .
Roman Holiday
The In Laws (the original, though I much like the re-make, too)
The Lady-Killers (the original, haven't seen the re-make)
Much Ado About Nothing (could have selected almost any of Branagh's; Emma Thompson as Beatrice seals it)
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Brazil
Twelve Monkeys
Laura (Otto Preminger)
Charade
The Blues Brothers
Indiscreet
Vertigo
The Big Sleep
Arsenic and Old Lace
A Night at the Opera
Dr Strangelove
Moonstruck
This Is Spinal Tap
Oh, I had better stop now . . . .
I just read through the thread and here are a few of my casual favorites I didn't see mentioned already:
American Graffiti (George Lucas)
Body Double (Brian De Palma)
Jacob's Ladder (Adrian Lyne)
Lady in the Water (M. Night Shyamalan)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel Coen)
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (J. Lee Thompson)
Quote from: karlhenning on July 06, 2012, 05:05:49 AM
Hm, seems I have not posted to this thread?
What not to include? Must keep it casual . . . .
Roman Holiday
The In Laws (the original, though I much like the re-make, too)
The Lady-Killers (the original, haven't seen the re-make)
Much Ado About Nothing (could have selected almost any of Branagh's; Emma Thompson as Beatrice seals it)
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Brazil
Twelve Monkeys
Laura (Otto Preminger)
Charade
The Blues Brothers
Indiscreet
Vertigo
The Big Sleep
Arsenic and Old Lace
A Night at the Opera
Dr Strangelove
Moonstruck
This Is Spinal Tap
Oh, I had better stop now . . . .
Gilliam, Hitchcock and The Marx Brothers...good company.
Amadeus
The Avengers
Being There
Birdy
Blade Runner
The Blues Brothers
The Buddy Holly Story
Citizen Kane
A Clockwork Orange
Close Encounters...
Crumb
Dawn of the Dead
Enter the Dragon
The Exorcist
Freaks
Ghost World
The Grapes of Wrath
In Cold Blood
Iron Man
Island of Lost Souls
John Carter
Lord of the Rings
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Princess Bride
Psycho
Raising Arizona
Re-Animator
Rear Window
The Seven Samurai
The Silence of the Lambs
Taxi Driver
The Thing (80s)
This is Spinal Tap
2001...
Quote from: MN Dave on July 06, 2012, 08:35:05 AM
...John Carter...
Now there's a bold one. I keep meaning to pick up the DVD -- I've loved the stories since I was a kid. I assume from your selection that it doesn't overly Disney-fy Burroughs?
Quote from: jwinter on July 06, 2012, 09:57:40 AM
Now there's a bold one. I keep meaning to pick up the DVD -- I've loved the stories since I was a kid. I assume from your selection that it doesn't overly Disney-fy Burroughs?
You need to see it. An ERB fan will dig it.
Cool, I will definitely check it out. :)
I think I could only ever come up with a casual list, never a formal one. I'm sure I left some off.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
The Fifth Element
Blade Runner
Alien
Aliens
The Terminator
Terminator 2
Ghostbusters
12 Monkeys
The Matrix
Pulp Fiction
Inglorious Basterds
The Godfather
Apocalypse Now
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
Dr Strangelove
2001
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
Fight Club
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Airplane!
Blazing Saddles
The Big Lebowski
Monty Python and The Holy Grail
The Dark Knight
Die Hard
Die Hard with a Vengeance
The Fly (1986)
Forest Gump
Back to the Future
Saving Private Ryan
Quote from: MN Dave on July 06, 2012, 08:35:05 AM
Re-Animator
...
The Thing (80s)
Good choices, indeed. Haven't seen Re-Animator in over twenty years. I remember it being a hoot. John Carpenter's The Thing is one of the best horror flicks ever. A few years ago my teenage son (then 13), who claimed to be inured to all things scary by video games, watched it. Wouldn't you know it, video games did not prep him for the movie. The crawling head and the chest opening up and biting off arms are apparently still quite shocking. Great stuff.
I shoulda probably wedged a Batman movie into my list. :)
Quote from: jwinter on July 06, 2012, 10:04:58 AM
Cool, I will definitely check it out. :)
Definitely a dvd rental since it was in the theater for about 20 seconds....which was about 30 seceonds too long IMO. Man, they lost their shirts on this one. I am betting that Andrew Stanton won't sniff a live action movie ever again. Guess its time for him to return to his Nemo formula....which ain't much better. I did not take it in because Mars looked as if it were filmed on earth in a desert....which it was! >:D
Quote from: MN Dave on July 06, 2012, 01:40:39 PM
I shoulda probably wedged a Batman movie into my list. :)
If you are talkin' the Adam West full length feature from '66, I am in!
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Quote from: Bogey on July 06, 2012, 02:02:54 PM
Definitely a dvd rental since it was in the theater for about 20 seconds....which was about 30 seceonds too long IMO. Man, they lost their shirts on this one. I am betting that Andrew Stanton won't sniff a live action movie ever again. Guess its time for him to return to his Nemo formula....which ain't much better. I did not take it in because Mars looked as if it were filmed on earth in a desert....which it was! >:D
How can you criticize it if you haven't even seen it?
Quote from: Bogey on July 06, 2012, 02:06:36 PM
If you are talkin' the Adam West full length feature from '66, I am in!
Lucky you brought that shark repellent!
Quote from: MN Dave on July 06, 2012, 02:52:38 PM
How can you criticize it if you haven't even seen it?
Well, I did not need to see Disney's animated Tarzan to know that it was not up to snuff with ERB's books, and this one seemed at the same level based on previews alone. If you have access to the best CGI folks and cannot make Mars look like anything but the stretch of desert between Las Vegas and CA, then I probably am not going to bite.
In fact, you are the first person I have heard praise the picture that was familiar with the books, which I must say has me a bit curious....because you read cool stuff. ;D
Quote from: karlhenning on July 06, 2012, 04:32:06 PM
Lucky you brought that shark repellent!
Holy Dickens! A classic line, chum! :D
Quote from: Bogey on July 06, 2012, 06:59:00 PM
If you have access to the best CGI folks and cannot make Mars look like anything but the stretch of desert between Las Vegas and CA, then I probably am not going to bite.
When it took them one hundred years to make it, I'm not going to let something like that stop me.
8 1/2 (1963)
Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Chungking Express (1994)
The Sacrifice (1986)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
Wings of Desire (1987)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The King of Comedy (1983)
Nosferatu the Vampyre - Herzog(1975)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Amadeus (1984)
Shadows and Fog (1991)
Lady Vengeance (2005)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Holy Mountain (1973)
The Color of Pomegranates (1968)
Contempt (1963)
Alphaville (1965)
The Fountain (2006)
Ran (1985)
Inland Empire (2006)
Heat (1995)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Good Bye, Dragon Inn (2003)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
Metropolis (1927)
L'Atalante (1934)
Interesting list, Greg. Many of these I have not seen.
Quote from: Bogey on July 07, 2012, 05:05:00 AM
Interesting list, Greg. Many of these I have not seen.
I had the fortune of living near a few movie rental stores and independent theaters with great foreign film selections while growing up. It was a great discovery that there are other countries making films of equal or better quality than America. ;D
More than one on Greg's list which I've long meant to watch.
Short and long lists
Carne - Les Enfants du paradis
Kubrick - Barry Lyndon
Melville - Le Samourai
Wong Kar Wai - In the Mood for Love
Kalatozov - The Cranes are Flying
Huszarik - Szindbad
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Resnais - L'annee derniere a Marienbad
Kobayashi - Harakiri
Rivette - La Belle Noiseuse
Carol Reed - The Third Man
Sternberg - The Docks of New York
Leone - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Greenaway - The Falls
Herzog - Stroszek
Leigh - Naked
Ophuls - Le Plaisir//Madame de ...
Welles - Chimes at Midnight
Fellini - La Dolce Vita//I Vitelloni//8 1/2
Visconti - Senso
Ozu - Late Spring
Vertov - Man with a Movie Camera
Tarkovsky - Rublev
Lubitsch - Shop Around the Corner
Sautet - Un Coeur en hiver
Rocha - Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol
Bergman - Cries and Whispers//Persona
Wilder - The Apartment
Quote from: Drasko on July 07, 2012, 05:50:37 AM
Short and long lists
Carne - Les Enfants du paradis
Kubrick - Barry Lyndon
Melville - Le Samourai
Wong Kar Wai - In the Mood for Love
Kalatozov - The Cranes are Flying
Huszarik - Szindbad
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Resnais - L'annee derniere a Marienbad
Kobayashi - Harakiri
Rivette - La Belle Noiseuse
Carol Reed - The Third Man
Sternberg - The Docks of New York
Leone - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Greenaway - The Falls
Herzog - Stroszek
Leigh - Naked
Ophuls - Le Plaisir//Madame de ...
Welles - Chimes at Midnight
Fellini - La Dolce Vita//I Vitelloni//8 1/2
Visconti - Senso
Ozu - Late Spring
Vertov - Man with a Movie Camera
Tarkovsky - Rublev
Lubitsch - Shop Around the Corner
Sautet - Un Coeur en hiver
Rocha - Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol
Bergman - Cries and Whispers//Persona
Wilder - The Apartment
Great list, Drasko. I just recently purchased the Greenaway collection of his earlier and short films, have yet too watch them.
Have you seen
Man with a Movie Camera with Michael Nyman's new score?
Of course, looking back I'm now upset I didn't include any of Guy Maddin's films, so...
The Heart of the World (2000) - the only short film I would add.
Brand Upon the Brain! (2006)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on July 07, 2012, 05:55:06 AM
Great list, Drasko. I just recently purchased the Greenaway collection of his earlier and short films, have yet too watch them.
I love his short films. Often prefer them to features.
QuoteHave you seen Man with a Movie Camera with Michael Nyman's new score?
No, I have some old local plain-vanilla release with no soundtrack whatsoever. I do have Germand DVD on my shopping list and that has a Nyman plus two more scores.
http://www.absolutmedien.de/main.php?view=film&id=1107
QuoteOf course, looking back I'm now upset I didn't include ...
... Pasolini's Edipo Re, Bertolucci's Spider's Stratagem, Almodovar's All about my Mother, Godard's Une femme est une femme, Norstein's Tale of Tales, Jancso's Round Up .... you can go mad like that
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on July 07, 2012, 05:02:12 AM
The Fountain (2006)
Knew I'd forget some. An absolutely brilliant film.
I also forgot to mention Children of Men the first time around.
Quote from: Todd on July 07, 2012, 08:17:35 AM
I also forgot to mention Children of Men the first time around.
Another good one, Todd. The car scene shot in one take is brilliant.
Quote from: Todd on July 07, 2012, 08:17:35 AM
Knew I'd forget some. An absolutely brilliant film.
I also forgot to mention Children of Men the first time around.
I love this movie's use of Penderecki's
Threnody, as well as the movie in general!