A Casual Favorite Movies / Films List

[S709]

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! 

[71 dB]

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.

[Phaedrus]

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

[S709]

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.

It is worth seeing for sure!

[BachQ]

Murder, My Sweet (Dmytryk) One of the best noirs ever.  Probably should have put it on my list.

I should give that a viewing .........

Babette's Feast (Axel) Great call!  Just be sure to have a nice spread of food before popping it in. 

xplain

[toledobass]

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]

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.

[Bogey]

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.  

xplain

The meal preparation "sequence" is unforgettable.  Great movie IMO.

[Kullervo]

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.

[Zizekian]

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)

[TheGSMoeller]

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) 

I didnt even know about this thread, thanks for reviving it. I'll have to contribute.

[Drasko]

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.

[Sergeant Rock]

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

[Karl Henning]

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 . . . .

[Szykneij]

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)

[TheGSMoeller]

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.

[Ataraxia]

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...

[jwinter]

...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?

[Ataraxia]

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.

[jwinter]

Cool, I will definitely check it out.