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CloseFriend, watch 8˝. It was my first Fellini and so far the only one I think lives up to his reputation. Then again you enjoyed Amarcord so I don't know what to say.FitFortDanga posted:Oh thank god, I thought I was the only one who didn't go gaga over Babette's Feast. Wuthering Heights wasn't in any way outstanding but everything in it was very good and enjoyable. Good performances, good photography, enjoyable, if unoriginal, story, etc. It was all done with obvious talent and was a pleasure to watch even if it's unlikely to leave a lasting impression. I really want to see Buńuel's version now, though, since I can see him doing great things with this story. Updated list: Tales of Hoffman After my second viewing of The Red Shoes I was really excited to watch this but I quit after 5 minutes when I realized I just wasn't ready for cinematic opera, no matter how well shot. I think maybe now, a couple of years later, I might be willing to give this another shot. Sans toit ni loi I bought the Criterion Varda boxset the week it came out, all excited after loving Cleo from 5 to 7 and then proceeded to not watch any of it. Vidas Secas Another highly regarded film I keep putting off because I fear it's really depressing. Ryan's Daughter I love Lean, but this film's reputation , combined with its length aren't particularly enticing. On the other hand I liked Heaven's gate so who knows. Underworld (1927) This is considered a pretty seminal crime film and von Sternberg's direction is always enjoyable. Ballad of Narayama Imamura, another director I've seen shamefully little from. This Sporting Life Only seen If... from Lindsay Anderson, liked it quite a bit. The Saragossa Manuscript I hear this is really good. Flesh and the Devil I need some more Garbo in my life. A Nightmare on Elm Street Never seen this, not a fan of slasher movies but I'm curious. For the hell of it, here's what I've seen so far: Last Tango In Paris 7.5/10 , Lola Montes 8.5/10 , First Blood 8.5/10 , Lolita 8.5/10 , The New World 8.5/10 , The Decalogue 9.5/10 , Neotpravlennoye pismo 10/10 , A Passage to India 8.5/10 , Yi-Yi 8.5/10 , The Last Emperor 7.5/10 , In a Year with 13 Moons 8.5/10 , The Big Red One 8.5/10 , Les Vampires 9.5/10 , Ballad of a Soldier 9.5/10 , Chelsea Girls 7.5/10 , Kin-Dza-Dza 9/10 , My Life as a Dog 8/10 , The Man who Fell to Earth 8/10 , Red Beard 8.5/10 , Satantango 9/10 , Napoleon 10/10 , Faces 9/10 , Godzilla 7/10, Olympia I 9.5/10 II 8.5/10 , Bad Day at Black Rock 9/10, Soy Cuba 9.5/10, Ossessione 8/10, Greed 10/10, Hoop Dreams 9.5/10, The Burmese Harp 9.5/10 , Éloge de l'amour 6.5/10 , Woodstock 7.5/10 , Die Nibelungen Siegfried 9/10 Kriemhild 8.5/10, Ceddo 10/10 , Wrath of Khan - 7/10 , Shoah 9/10 , City of Sadness 8.5/10, Fires on the Plain 9/10 , Berlin Alexanderplatz 9/10 , Heima 6.5/10 , Angels with Dirty Faces 8.5/10 , Juliet of the Spirits 7/10 Kings of the Road 8.5/10 , Farewell My Concubine 7.5/10 , Dodesukaden 10/10 , The Shootist 7/10 , Goodbye Lenin 9.5/10 , La hora de los hornos 9/10 , The Traveling Players 5/10 , Reds 9/10 , Werckmeister Harmonies 9/10 , Five Fingers of Death 8/10 , Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler 9/10 , Ong-bak 7.5/10 , The Devils 8.5/10 , Nostalghia 8/10 , Killer's Kiss 8.5/10 , Koyaanisqatsi 8.5/10 , Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo 9.5/10 , The Cove 9/10 , America, America 8.5/10 , Pour la suite du monde 5/10 , Lilja 4-ever 9/10 , The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover 7/10 , Burma VJ 8.5/10 , The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 8.5/10 , Europa '51 9/10 , The Killers 9/10 , The Killers 7/10 , Pursued 8.5/10 , Pelle the Conqueror 8/10 , Brink of Life 9/10 , Fear and Desire 4/10 , The Naked Spur 6/10 , Stroszek 8.5/10 , Beau Travail 8/10 , Kanal 9/10 Field of Dreams 6/10 , Mishima 7/10 , Novecento 7/10 , A Face in the Crowd 9/10 , Floating Weeds 8.5/10, Heaven's Gate 8.5/10 , Days and Nights in the Forest 9/10 The War of The Worlds 6.5/10 , Fallen Angels 9/10 , The Crucified Lovers 8.5/10 , Sanxia haoren 8.5/10 , Fantomas 8.5/10 , The Ballad of Cable Hogue 9.5/10 , <---> 6/10 , The Devil and Daniel Webster 8.5/10 , Basic Instinct 8/10, Babette's Feast 5/10 , Wuthering Heights 8/10
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PeacefulAnarchy, you get The Saragossa Manuscript. I definitely preferred the Hawks Scarface to the De Palma one. By a long shot, in fact. It helped that it wasn't interminably long, but I genuinely enjoyed the morality play aspect to it. The violence is nearly all off-screen but it's really tense at points. 01. Harvey - One of those "you haven't seen this?!" type of films, I think. 02. Pandora's Box - Owned it for yonks, never watched it, I am a terrible person. 03. Red Psalm - A while ago I became hugely interested in Jancso and grabbed about five of his films but I've only watched one of them since. I am a fool. 04. I Know Where I'm Going! - Powell & Pressburger rule. (mostly) 05. Damnation - Swappin' Almanac out for another Tarr. 06. La Chienne - There's a load of Renoirs that I haven't seen, embarrassingly enough. No real excuse either. 07. Orpheus - Slightly wary because Cocteau seems a bit of a git, but I did really like La Belle et la Bete so who knows? 08. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kidd - I'm ready for another Peckinpah! 09. Foolish Wives - Never seen a Stroheim. This is very shameful now that I think about it. 10. Day for Night - There's a load of Truffauts I haven't seen that I feel guilty about, but this is the biggest one. Seen: Almanac of Fall, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Z, The Wild Bunch, Scarface
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Schmuck of Ages, go with Harvey. Once Upon a Time in the West was what I would expect from Leone, but more epic and beautiful. Fonda, Cardinale, and Bronson were great, as expected. It did get a little difficult to follow at some points, which left me kind of bored, but it never felt as long as it's running time. I'm going to need to watch it again to fully appreciate it, though, so for now: 4/5. 1. Requiem for a Dream - I need to see more of the recent "classics" 2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - Should really get to this eventually 3. Spartacus - One of the last Kubrick films I haven't seen 4. Hiroshima Mon Amour - Apparently next to Breathless and The 400 Blows in starting the New Wave, and I've seen the other two and enjoyed them 5. Masculin, féminin - Love Godard, this is a random one I haven't seen 6. sex, lies, and videotape - Probably an important film to watch 7. Almost Famous - Always used to confuse this with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Natural Born Killers and I have no idea why, but I've seen the other two by now 8. Notorious - I'm definitely a Hitchcock fan/I'm definitely a Cary Grant fan 9. Boogie Nights - I guess I'm just really bad with films after 1990 10. Easy Rider - Really should have seen this by now Watched: Dawn of the Dead - 3.5/5; Adaptation - 4/5; Sullivan's Travels - 3.5/5; Touch of Evil - 5/5; Once Upon a Time in the West - 4/5
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PDMChubby posted:Schmuck of Ages, go with Harvey. Since you just watched Once Upon a Time in the West lets switch it up. Watch Boogie Nights. The cast is amazing and hey, ya know, boobs. -- Well, I finally got around to watching The Sting. About 2/3 through I realized I had seen the ending to this movie before somewhere. Still, overall a great movie. Newman and Redford are charismatic as all hell and you can really see how much this movie influenced heist movies that came after it. 4.5/5 -- My list, based on Roger Ebert's top-scored movies on netflix: 1)Seven Samurai - My dad is obsessed with samurai stuff so it's odd I haven't seen this already growing up, but there ya go. 2)Downfall - To be honest I think I never rented this because I felt weirded out renting a movie with a big picture of Hitler on the front of it at a movie store. 3)The Wrestler- I've thought the directors other movies were interesting, haven't gotten around to this one yet. 4)Jaws - I've seen Jaws 2 and I guess I always thought the original would be just as lame. Prove me wrong. 5)This is Spinal Tap - Seems right up my alley, but never gotten around to watching it. 6)12 Angry Men - Classic that I haven't gotten a chance to see yet. 7)Cool Hand Luke - All I really know about this movie is someone eats a lot of hard boiled eggs or something. 8)Rocky - Yeah... 9)The Exorcist - I started watching this with my friends on Halloween but they got bored and we ended up watching The Human Centipede instead. Kinda wanted to see the rest of it though. 10)Jackie Brown - I think this is the only Tarantino movie I haven't seen yet. Watched: The Sting - 4.5/5
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Flippycunt You're watching Seven Samurai because everyone should. Amelie was infectiously charming. I don't think I've ever found myself smiling so much while watching a movie. I'm not sure what else to say; it was beautiful and funny and just... a great film watching experience. Oh, and Audrey Tatou is adorable. Here's my updated list: 2.Grand Illusion - I bought it during a one of the criterion sales. I often make random blind buys during the sales to "broaden my horizons". also it was going out of print. 3.Late Spring - I love Ozu, I have a few of his movies but for whatever reason I never watched this one. 4.The Red Shoes - See no.2, I passed it up several times because I thought a movie about ballet wouldn't interest me, but everyone says it's wonderful. The Barnes & Noble employee kind of talked me into it during the last sale. 5.Fanny & Alexander - I love Bergman, just got this during the last sale. It just seems daunting at 5 hours. 6.Lawrence of Arabia - Bought this after I saw Bridge on the River Kwai for the first time I just had to get more of David Lean's classics. But I never got around to watching it. 7.Cape Fear - Bought this because I love Night of the Hunter and Robert Mitchum. 8.Force of Evil - I love noir and this was highly recommended by people on this board as well as on some "best noir" lists. 11.Double Life of Veronique - Another Criterion blind buy, Kieslowski sounds like a director whose work I would enjoy. And I figured I couldn't go wrong for a first exposure than the only one of this films that was released by Criterion. 12.Paths of Glory - I love Kubrick as well as Kirk Douglas, Seemed like a no-brainer as a blind buy goes. 13. Brazil - I love Terry Gilliam and I've seen most of his movies. but not this one, which is supposed to be his masterpiece. And it seems like something I would enjoy immensely. I don't know, Sometimes I put off some films because they are too hyped up in my mind and I'm worried they can never live up to the expectations I have set for them. Watched So Far: Woman in the Dunes, The Bicycle Thief, Amelie. GonzoIsKing fucked around with this message at 01:26 on Dec 6, 2010 |
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Gonzo, watch Brazil. Only one way to learn if it'll live up to the hype. I finished The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, and I liked it so much more than I expected to. The running time certainly put me off at first, but I wasn't bored once. It was confusing at the beginning. Because of the accents I had no clue what was going on, but got used to them eventually. 4/5 1. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu: I saw bits of this a few years ago, and have been wanting to see the whole thing for a while. 2. Grizzly Man Another doc that's supposed to be good, but the guy just seems really annoying. It's Herzog so I'm sure I'll like it. 3. The Red Shoes Continuing my P&P marathon, and I've heard nothing but good things about this one. 4. Gates of Heaven First Errol Morris doc, need to see it. 5. Lost Highway: I love Mulholland Drive, but I've heard that this isn't nearly as good. 6. Das Boot: Don't know too much about it, other than that there are multiple versions/cuts. Which version is best to watch? 7. Downfall: Just haven't gotten around to it. 8. A Shot in the Dark: I didn't like The Pink Panther, but I've heard that this is much, much better. 9. La Dolce Vita I like 8 1/2, but I'm not sure if this would be worth the running time. 10. Europa: I've seen almost all of Lars von Trier's work besides The Idiots (unfortunately not available on Netflix) and this. Not ashamed anymore: Lawrence of Arabia 4.5/5, The Battle of Algiers 2/5, Toy Story 2 3.5/5, Sherman's March 3.5/5, His Girl Friday 4/5, Last Year at Marienbad 3/5, M 4/5, Stolen Kisses 3/5, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 4/5
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TenSpadesBeTrump, you get Lost Highway. It's only not as good as Mulholland Drive in the same way Super Mario Bros. 2 isn't as good as Super Mario Bros. 3. That is to say, it's still great. Crank up the volume for the first act, though; it's nearly all whispering. I hated that part because I absolutely despise the sound of whispering and "low talking," but that's a personal thing, so you should be fine. Peaceful Anarchy posted:CloseFriend, watch 8˝. It was my first Fellini and so far the only one I think lives up to his reputation. Then again you enjoyed Amarcord so I don't know what to say. In any case, you were right about 8˝ being Fellini's best movie. Holy crap, it was awesome! I loved it! I'm not gonna lie; I don't feel like I entirely "got" it. I did pick up on the obvious themes involving director's block, Catholicism, and the women in his life. I don't think I picked up on all the subtext, though. (I'm not and I wasn't raised Christian, so with both Fellini and Bergman I don't think I get the entirety of their religious themes.) I've heard this film is a response to The Seventh Seal, and I did catch that. The title was a nice coincidence in that direction too.  Where The Seventh Seal's ending was somber, depressing, and vaguely uncomfortable, this film's ending was jovial, positive, and uplifting. It's the first film I've seen in a long time where the credits rolled and I actually did feel like I was waking up from a dream. As far as I'm concerned, that feeling is the best metric in the universe for a good movie.The 400 Blows: I do not know a thing about this movie, nor have I seen any Truffaut. I need to rectify that. American Graffiti: I always wanted to see George Lucas' work before his Star Wars success made him all fat and happy. Plus, there's something about Mort Drucker's poster that makes me 2-3 times as interested in it. Au Revoir Les Enfants: I've heard a lot of good things about this movie, but I don't know much about it except the basic plot. Carlito's Way: I've seen as many mob movies as any self-respecting 20-something American male, but not only have I not seen this one, but somehow I managed not to know anything about this movie except that it stars Pacino. Casino: I've been meaning to watch this movie forever; never got around to it. Do the Right Thing: The only Spike Lee film I've seen is Inside Man. I did love that movie on the surface level, but I had a big problem with it... I thought the way he handled anti-Arab racism in that movie was a total cockup. That's a pretty big strike against a director who fancies himself on the forefront of contemporary race issues. Still, as with Woody Allen, I think he's one of those guys where once I see the "right" movie of his I'll love him. Kagemusha: Kurosawa wins my heart more with every film. I've seen 8, which for his filmography is just getting started. The Natural: I always hear the greatest things about Redford, but I haven't seen much stuff with him in it. Levinson's hit-or-miss with me. Serpico: Another Pacino movie I feel like I should have seen by now. Where Eagles Dare: The thing that stuck with me about Inglourious Basterds is that I felt like Tarantino was assuming the viewer knows a lot about war movies that I didn't. So I went on a World War II binge, but I didn't get to this movie.
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Do the Right Thing for you, CloseFriend! Harvey was good. Not necessarily brilliant, but good. I can barely think of what to say about it, to be honest. It ticked all the right boxes without (for me) truly excelling. But it was charming enough. This is such an inept review. 01. Judgment at Nuremberg - Autistic need to eventually finish IMDB Top 250 + it sounds pretty good. 02. Pandora's Box - Owned it for yonks, never watched it, I am a terrible person. 03. Red Psalm - A while ago I became hugely interested in Jancso and grabbed about five of his films but I've only watched one of them since. I am a fool. 04. I Know Where I'm Going! - Powell & Pressburger rule. (mostly) 05. Damnation - Swappin' Almanac out for another Tarr. 06. La Chienne - There's a load of Renoirs that I haven't seen, embarrassingly enough. No real excuse either. 07. Orpheus - Slightly wary because Cocteau seems a bit of a git, but I did really like La Belle et la Bete so who knows? 08. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kidd - I'm ready for another Peckinpah! 09. Foolish Wives - Never seen a Stroheim. This is very shameful now that I think about it. 10. Day for Night - There's a load of Truffauts I haven't seen that I feel guilty about, but this is the biggest one. Seen: Almanac of Fall, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Z, The Wild Bunch, Scarface, Harvey
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Schmuck of Ages You get Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid Brazil Was very good, visually interesting and filled with interesting characters. Which is what I've come to expect from Gilliam. I have a few minor quibbles about some of the actions of the main characters not being logical and the fact that the love interest character wasn't really developed at all but these are minor quibbles and I still enjoyed the hell out of it. Here's my updated list: 2.Grand Illusion - I bought it during a one of the criterion sales. I often make random blind buys during the sales to "broaden my horizons". also it was going out of print. 3.Late Spring - I love Ozu, I have a few of his movies but for whatever reason I never watched this one. 4.The Red Shoes - See no.2, I passed it up several times because I thought a movie about ballet wouldn't interest me, but everyone says it's wonderful. The Barnes & Noble employee kind of talked me into it during the last sale. 5.Fanny & Alexander - I love Bergman, just got this during the last sale. It just seems daunting at 5 hours. 6.Lawrence of Arabia - Bought this after I saw Bridge on the River Kwai for the first time I just had to get more of David Lean's classics. But I never got around to watching it. 7.Cape Fear - Bought this because I love Night of the Hunter and Robert Mitchum. 8.Force of Evil - I love noir and this was highly recommended by people on this board as well as on some "best noir" lists. 11.Double Life of Veronique - Another Criterion blind buy, Kieslowski sounds like a director whose work I would enjoy. And I figured I couldn't go wrong for a first exposure than the only one of this films that was released by Criterion. 12.Paths of Glory - I love Kubrick as well as Kirk Douglas, Seemed like a no-brainer as a blind buy goes. 14.Ivan's Childhood - The only Tarkovsky I have that I haven't watched. I'm not sure why...just never got around to it. I love all his other films that I have seen: Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Sacrifice, Stalker. Watched So Far: Woman in the Dunes, The Bicycle Thief, Amelie, Brazil,
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GonzoIsKing, you get Paths of Glory because I too love Kubrick and just watched it for the first time recently. You'll be upset you didn't see it sooner. Boogie Nights was less than I expected; I guess I expected more originality. I liked it, I just found the "biopic" angle that it had a little unoriginal and uninteresting and it really took me out of the film; thankfully it was less present for the last half hour or so. I also felt like the comedy really shined over the drama, though some scenes were pretty intense. The scenes with the minor characters seemed to be the best overall, mostly those with Don Cheadle, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was utterly hilarious. It was quite funny at parts, and the scene with Cheadle's character in the donut shop and the shootout near the end with Wahlberg and Reilly and the drug guys were particularly amazing. Also, probably one of the best ensemble cast in a film ever. I enjoyed it, I just feel like I missed something big. 3.5/5. 1. Requiem for a Dream - I need to see more of the recent "classics" 2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - Should really get to this eventually 3. Spartacus - One of the last Kubrick films I haven't seen 4. Hiroshima Mon Amour - Apparently next to Breathless and The 400 Blows in starting the New Wave, and I've seen the other two and enjoyed them 5. Masculin, féminin - Love Godard, this is a random one I haven't seen 6. sex, lies, and videotape - Probably an important film to watch 7. Almost Famous - Always used to confuse this with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Natural Born Killers and I have no idea why, but I've seen the other two by now 8. Notorious - I'm definitely a Hitchcock fan/I'm definitely a Cary Grant fan 9. City of God - I know absolutely nothing about it, but apparently it's one of the best films of the 00s or something I don't know 10. Easy Rider - Really should have seen this by now Watched: Dawn of the Dead - 3.5/5; Adaptation - 4/5; Sullivan's Travels - 3.5/5; Touch of Evil - 5/5; Once Upon a Time in the West - 4/5; Boogie Nights - 3.5/5 PDMChubby fucked around with this message at 07:20 on Dec 9, 2010 |
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PDMChubby, you get one of my favorite movies of all time, Almost Famous. Don't worry; you won't confuse it with either of those movies after you're done. I just finished Do the Right Thing and I loved it. It was a really well-told story, beautifully shot. The thing that really impressed me about it was that it reminded me of a radically different movie, Gilbert Grape, in that both seem to have a world that lives and breathes both before and after we see it. It ends on a real downbeat, and you can tell there are characters who are changed in very negative ways once it's run its course. It's still a great film that's a lot of fun to watch. I don't think the Rosie Perez dance number aged all that well, but you have to cut 1989 a break. I also watched The 400 Blows out of sheer curiosity and I loved that film too. I really didn't expect to like Truffaut as much as I did. I particularly liked the way Truffaut evoked sympathy for a young man who isn't perfect, but is more of a victim than anyone wants to believe. I think that's a very realistic part of being a teenager, and Truffaut showed it perfectly. American Graffiti: I always wanted to see George Lucas' work before his Star Wars success made him all fat and happy. Plus, there's something about Mort Drucker's poster that makes me 2-3 times as interested in it. Au Revoir Les Enfants: I've heard a lot of good things about this movie, but I don't know much about it except the basic plot. Beauty and the Beast: (Cocteau) I've been inching my way through Criterion's DVD releases. This one's next. Carlito's Way: I've seen as many mob movies as any self-respecting 20-something American male, but not only have I not seen this one, but somehow I managed not to know anything about this movie except that it stars Pacino. Casino: I've been meaning to watch this movie forever; never got around to it. Death to Smoochy: A little more recent than I usually try to post, but I've repeatedly heard this film touted as the ultimate black comedy. I don't get it, but I haven't seen it either. Kagemusha: Kurosawa wins my heart more with every film. I've seen 8, which for his filmography is just getting started. The Natural: I always hear the greatest things about Redford, but I haven't seen much stuff with him in it. Levinson's hit-or-miss with me. Serpico: Another Pacino movie I feel like I should have seen by now. Where Eagles Dare: The thing that stuck with me about Inglourious Basterds is that I felt like Tarantino was assuming the viewer knows a lot about war movies that I didn't. So I went on a World War II binge, but I didn't get to this movie.
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I'll go ahead and recommend Casino, it's basically Goodfellas 2.0 but contains a handful of great scenes and the De Niro/Pesci combination is always terrific. So, here's the brief skinny on my life: I am 'between jobs' and basically have nowt but spare time until the new year. As such, I have plenty of spare time to watch some films in my backlog and that seems as good a reason as any to finally get into this thread. Here are my films: The Apartment: Had this forever, never got round to watching it. I'm a big fan of comedies with heart, and I'm told The Apartment is a big influence on the styles of comedy I enjoy. Citizen Kane: I've held back on watching this simply because I almost feel like I don't know enough about its significance to truly enjoy it. Seinfeld Isn't Funny syndrome, if you will. But hey, now I have the time to actually research it first! The Godfather Trilogy: Pretty much the pop culture osmosis mentioned in the OP, really. Infernal Affairs Trilogy: I fuckin' love The Departed, and keep meaning to get into foreign films. This seems like as good a place as any to start. 8 1/2: I'm scared to loving death that I just won't 'get' this movie, pretty piss-poor excuse not to watch something I know, plus as I said above I'm trying to broaden my horizons, as it were. The Man With No Name trilogy: Picked these up for cheap at a second-hand place, just haven't got round to watching them all yet. I do want to get into Westerns a bit more, though. Unforgiven: Having only recently started to watch Eastwood's most recent films, I'm trying to get into the back catalogue. The Hustler: From what I've read about Paul Newman, he was a loving awesome guy and to my eternal shame I've never seen a Paul Newman film (unless you count Cars). Good place to start? Gone With The Wind: More pop culture osmosis, I suppose. Plus this is the 3-disk edition, and the extras look terrific. Why haven't I watched this DVD?? Adrianics fucked around with this message at 13:29 on Dec 10, 2010 |
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Adrianics, I'm giving you The Hustler, one of the first Newman movies I saw Double Indemnity was a very well constructed movie. I liked the idea of revealing the culprit at the beginning, leaving you instead to find how the plan went wrong, as it always does. I really enjoyed it. 1) Dracula (Legosi)- haven't seen many of the universal Monsters and I should start 2) Serpico- my last major Pacino work to see 3) 8 1/2- gotta start somewhere with Fellini 4) Fitzcarraldo- starting in on Herzog 5) The Getaway- i'm finishing up my Steve McQueen list 6) The Insider- the last Michael Mann film I've yet to see 7) 2046- loved In the Mood For Love, never got to this, it's sister film 8) Singin' In the Rain- it never really piqued my interest but I keep hearing how good it is 9) Requiem for a Dream- I've put this off as long as possible, now it's time I guess 10) She Wore A Yellow Ribbon- working my way up to The Searchers Watched: Blade Runner, Seven Samurai, Lawrence of Arabia, Alien, Breathless, Forbidden Planet, Night of the Living Dead, Days of Heaven, Bonnie and Clyde, Stagecoach, Once Upon a Time in the West, Blue Velvet, Bullet in the Head, The Shining, Jackie Brown, Mulholland Drive, The Godfather Part 2, The Right Stuff, The Big Sleep, My Darling Clementine, The Seventh Seal, Le Samourai, Vertigo, Le Cercle Rouge, Dog Day Afternoon, Double Indemnity
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Requiem for a Dream for Mistletoe Donkey! I'm in a complete Aronofsky love-in at the moment and I can't resist recommending it. Ben-Hur was a real struggle to get through, to be honest. It is just the sort of film that would have put me off investigating pre-70's classic cinema if it had been picked for me earlier in this thread - luckily I know better now. The first hour went by pretty fast & I enjoyed it to a degree but by the time he was travelling back to his home I was bored stiff. Don't get me wrong, the naval battle and the chariot race were great but for me it just felt like a poo poo-load of money had been thrown at a story which didn't deserve it, it feels so outdated. About half an hour of this film was people embracing each other really awkwardly & Heston came across as really fake and unlikable (I liked him in Soylent Green more, this is a film where he called all the women "furniture"). This has put me right off the 1925 film, but oh well! 1. Intolerence (1916, D.W. Griffith) I've recently become really interested in early-cinema and although I don't have the patience to deal with Birth of a Nation I realise that D.W. Griffith was pretty important to the development of cinema and would like to see at least one of his films, Intolerance seems to have a message which is the polar opposite of Birth of a Nation so it seems to be a natural choice. 2. Destiny (1921, Fritz Lang) I like the synopsis of the story and want to see as much Lang as I can. 4. Gone With the Wind (1939, Victor Fleming) Until very recently I had this and Casablanca lumped into the same "old romantic film I don't really need to see" box in my head - after watching the greatness that is Casablanca I fear that this may not actually be worth my time. It's like the Danny DeVito to the Arnold Schwarzenegger in Twins... or is it? 14. Bronenosets Potyomkin (Battleship Potemkin) (1925, Sergei M. Eisenstein) I'm not sure if I'm going to enjoy it if what I read is correct but I'm more than willing to give it a chance considering how highly regarded it is. 15. Shadow of a Doubt (1943, Alfred Hitchcock) I mean to watch every Hitchcock film. 16. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927, F.W. Murnau) I've only ever seen Nosferatu from Murnau but I'm well aware that he is considered as one of cinemas greatest directors & it seems like this is the obvious choice to see some more of his work. 18. The Public Enemy (1931, William A. Wellman) I've never sat through an old Warner Brothers gangster movie & I think it's fair to say I've been missing out. 20. The Thin Man (1934, W.S. Van Dyke) It just sounds entertaining as hell. 22. Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922, Benjamin Christensen) Seems a very interesting film, some creepy screen-caps have been about all I know of it's imagery but it's definitely strange to me that a film about the history of witchcraft was made at this time. 23. La Strada (1954, Federico Fellini) Seems like the obvious place to start with Fellini! Seen: 7. Rashômon - 8/10, 3. The 39 Steps - 8/10, 9. The Killing - 9/10, 6. Citizen Kane - 8/10, 11. Gojira (Godzilla) - 7/10, 8. A Streetcar Named Desire - 9/10. 5. The Grapes of Wrath - 9/10, 13. La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) - 8/10 17. Stagecoach - 7/10 19. Sullivan's Travels - 5/10 12. Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog) - 8/10 21. It Happened One Night - 6/10 10. Ben-Hur - 4/10.
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BisonDollah posted:Ben-Hur was a real struggle to get through, to be honest. It is just the sort of film that would have put me off investigating pre-70's classic cinema if it had been picked for me earlier in this thread - luckily I know better now. The first hour went by pretty fast & I enjoyed it to a degree but by the time he was travelling back to his home I was bored stiff. Don't get me wrong, the naval battle and the chariot race were great but for me it just felt like a poo poo-load of money had been thrown at a story which didn't deserve it, it feels so outdated. About half an hour of this film was people embracing each other really awkwardly & Heston came across as really fake and unlikable (I liked him in Soylent Green more, this is a film where he called all the women "furniture"). This has put me right off the 1925 film, but oh well! Ben Hur is a mediocre film with some great moments, the silent version is a bit better but it's still way too long so you're not missing out on much beyond the chariot race.
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BisonDollah, you get La Strada. I enjoyed Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid almost as much as The Wild Bunch - it's packed with a lot of the same riffs on growing old and being an irrelevance to the world around you. As a musician who had nothing to do with this film said, the times they are a'changin'. I liked the ongoing feeling of inevitability to it, the quiet acceptance of death (interspersed with quick painful bangs of violence). Reading up on the production of it, I also liked that Peckinpah had instated what I felt was really good about the film - that Garrett and Billy knew right from the start where it was leading, right from the moment they (re)met. 01. Judgment at Nuremberg - Autistic need to eventually finish IMDB Top 250 + it sounds pretty good. 02. Pandora's Box - Owned it for yonks, never watched it, I am a terrible person. 03. Red Psalm - A while ago I became hugely interested in Jancso and grabbed about five of his films but I've only watched one of them since. I am a fool. 04. I Know Where I'm Going! - Powell & Pressburger rule. (mostly) 05. Damnation - Swappin' Almanac out for another Tarr. 06. La Chienne - There's a load of Renoirs that I haven't seen, embarrassingly enough. No real excuse either. 07. Orpheus - Slightly wary because Cocteau seems a bit of a git, but I did really like La Belle et la Bete so who knows? 08. McCabe & Mrs. Miller - Replaced Pat Garrett with another 70s Western. 09. Foolish Wives - Never seen a Stroheim. This is very shameful now that I think about it. 10. Day for Night - There's a load of Truffauts I haven't seen that I feel guilty about, but this is the biggest one. Seen: Almanac of Fall, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Z, The Wild Bunch, Scarface, Harvey, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
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McCabe and Mrs. Miller, for you. It's one of my favorite movies, and was also recommended to me by this thread. Hope you like it as much I do. So,Ordet was heartbreaking and beautiful. I loved the really vibrant cinematography, and how each shot was really well framed. It seemed like they had more the mindset someone taking (really beautiful) photographs, as opposed to filming a movie. I also loved the subject matter. Religion, faith, doubt have always been the more fascinating subjects to me to explore, and I love the way Dreyer presented it. New List: Sunrise Just recently found out about this movie, and it has not yet made it up my Netflix. La Dolce Vita Fellini is becoming one of my favorite directors. The Gold Rush Continuing my Chaplin journey. L'Avventura I've never seen any Antonioni, but I'm finding I really like Italian film from this period. Contempt Never had any interest in Godard until recently. Intolerance I guess I just haven't gotten around to it yet? North by Northwest I've seen parts of this before, and know the basic story. The Apartment I'm a fan of most of the people involved in this one, not sure why I haven't watched it yet. Au Hasard Balthazar A movie about a donkey? I'm hesitant to say the least. Pather Panchali I've always had a thing for Indian literature, so I supposed I should give cinema a try. Finally watched: Lawrence of Arabia, Annie Hall, Vertigo, Braveheart, Battleship Potemkin, It's a Wonderful Life, Tokyo Story, The Bicycle Thief, Rashomon, Night of the Hunter, La Grande Illusion, City Lights, The Grapes of Wrath, The General, Les Enfants Du Paradis, Dr. Strangelove, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Seven Samurai, Breathless, Apocalypse Now, The 400 Blows, The African Queen, A Fistful of Dollars, The Seventh Seal, The Rules of the Game, Andrei Rublev, The Conformist, Ugetsu, The Wild Bunch, Jules et Jim, Modern Times, L'Atalante, La Strada, Persona, Rio Bravo, Wild Strawberries, Ordet
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tokillthesunflower posted:The Apartment I'm a fan of most of the people involved in this one, not sure why I haven't watched it yet. I like this one. Rebecca - For the first 1.5 hours it felt like I was watching a modern adaptation of Jane Eyre but then it shifted into a little more realistic story. This movie just oozes romance for the first hour. Once the reveal happened near the end I felt like it dragged a little. And the way the movie ends was another similarity to Jane Eyre. I just checked and saw that Joan Fontaine played Jane Eyre 4 years later..that's funny. Also watched Hotel Rwanda - Reminded me of Schindler's List but this one felt a little repetitive. Not very many likable people on either side of this conflict. I don't know if it was because of the PG-13 rating or the way it was shot but it felt like a made-for-TV movie. For the subject matter PG-13 cannot suffice. New IMDb List: #20 Toy Story 3 The final frontier. This is now on DVD and is the only one I haven't seen in the top 50. I saw the first two in theaters and liked both of them. I also recall watching the first one again in high school on a big screen in a computer art class. There were a lot of naysayers saying "not this stupid kids movie" but by the end everyone was into it. #73 The Prestige - I heard about this being good but I've developed a jaded skepticism over the years about most highly rated new movies because frankly they usually don't deliver. Maybe if it's reached this high it's worth a look. #78 Cinema Paradiso - Seen it cutdown a lot in this thread. I've been saving this for a rainy day. #89 The Great Dictator - I think I read about this in a textbook once. #96 The Maltese Falcon - I saw some of this on TV long ago and the ending was spoiled for me. I know it has some famous quotes. #106 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Never felt like watching this one. Is this a "feel good" political movie? #112 Slumdog Millionaire - Seems to be lauded. Plot really didn't pique my interest. #114 Princess Mononoke - This could be good. I like this kind of animation these days. #118 No Country for Old Men - Sounds like a good title for an ageist anti-medicaid/medicare/social security documentary. But I don't think that's what this is about. #120 Touch of Evil - Saw a little of it on TV once. Can't remember much.
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Zogo You get Princess Mononoke. This film is one of the few exceptions to the "anime is poo poo" rule. Paths of Glory was very good. It was surprisingly focused for a Kubrick movie. There were no shots/scenes that didn't move the plot forward. Very powerful anti-war message, great performances. Top notch. Here's my updated list: 2.Grand Illusion - I bought it during a one of the criterion sales. I often make random blind buys during the sales to "broaden my horizons". also it was going out of print. 3.Late Spring - I love Ozu, I have a few of his movies but for whatever reason I never watched this one. 4.The Red Shoes - See no.2, I passed it up several times because I thought a movie about ballet wouldn't interest me, but everyone says it's wonderful. The Barnes & Noble employee kind of talked me into it during the last sale. 5.Fanny & Alexander - I love Bergman, just got this during the last sale. It just seems daunting at 5 hours. 6.Lawrence of Arabia - Bought this after I saw Bridge on the River Kwai for the first time I just had to get more of David Lean's classics. But I never got around to watching it. 7.Cape Fear - Bought this because I love Night of the Hunter and Robert Mitchum. 8.Force of Evil - I love noir and this was highly recommended by people on this board as well as on some "best noir" lists. 11.Double Life of Veronique - Another Criterion blind buy, Kieslowski sounds like a director whose work I would enjoy. And I figured I couldn't go wrong for a first exposure than the only one of this films that was released by Criterion. 14.Ivan's Childhood - The only Tarkovsky I have that I haven't watched. I'm not sure why...just never got around to it. I love all his other films that I have seen: Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Sacrifice, Stalker. 15.The Conformist - I am a sucker for great cinematography and everything I hear about this film makes me want to see it more and more. Watched So Far: Woman in the Dunes, The Bicycle Thief, Amelie, Brazil, Paths of Glory,
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I was going to recommend Lawrence of Arabia, but that's someone else's job, so watch The Conformist, it really is striking. We got at least 2 feet of snow here today, so I figured I'd marathon through some movies since I ain't going anywhere. The Apartment was fantastic. It was a lot raunchier at first than I thought it would be, then it got way darker than I thought it would be. The script was incredibly well written, and Wilder has great style and a great attention for detail. The entire cast was superb, it's hard to single out any one actor, even the supporting cast were fantastic in their roles (especially Mickey the jockey's wife, she was hilarious.) It was an absolute delight, viewing wise. (I have a terrible feeling I'm going to start doing that in my everyday life.) New List: Sunrise Just recently found out about this movie, and it has not yet made it up my Netflix. La Dolce Vita Fellini is becoming one of my favorite directors. The Gold Rush Continuing my Chaplin journey. L'Avventura I've never seen any Antonioni, but I'm finding I really like Italian film from this period. Contempt Never had any interest in Godard until recently. Intolerance I guess I just haven't gotten around to it yet? North by Northwest I've seen parts of this before, and know the basic story. Au Hasard Balthazar A movie about a donkey? I'm hesitant to say the least. Pather Panchali I've always had a thing for Indian literature, so I suppose I should give cinema a try. The Leopard I know absolutely nothing about this movie. That being said, should I watch the English version or Italian Version? Finally watched: Lawrence of Arabia, Annie Hall, Vertigo, Braveheart, Battleship Potemkin, It's a Wonderful Life, Tokyo Story, The Bicycle Thief, Rashomon, Night of the Hunter, La Grande Illusion, City Lights, The Grapes of Wrath, The General, Les Enfants Du Paradis, Dr. Strangelove, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Seven Samurai, Breathless, Apocalypse Now, The 400 Blows, The African Queen, A Fistful of Dollars, The Seventh Seal, The Rules of the Game, Andrei Rublev, The Conformist, Ugetsu, The Wild Bunch, Jules et Jim, Modern Times, L'Atalante, La Strada, Persona, Rio Bravo, Wild Strawberries, Ordet, The Apartment
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tokillthesunflower posted:North by Northwest I've seen parts of this before, and know the basic story. This movie is pretty fun, just don't take it too seriously. 8 1/2 was excellent, though it didn't really blow me away. I feel this is a movie that needs to be seen multiple times. I loved the interweaving of reality, fantasy, and memory. Honestly, I don't know what else to say. I just need to watch this again at some point, I think I'll like it a lot more with a second viewing. 1. Amadeus - Sounds great but the story and setting doesn't really pique my interest. 2. Raiders of the Lost Ark - Only seen parts of it on TV. Seems weird that I've never seen it in full. 3. A Streetcar Named Desire - Well, I have seen the Simpsons episode that was based on this... 4. Ikiru - All 3 Kurosawa movies that I've seen so far have been excellent. I would like to see more. 5. The Wild Bunch - I do like violent westerns! 6. Boogie Nights - Supposed to be a great Scorseseish movie, it sounds like something I would enjoy. 7. The General - Apparently one of Buster Keaton's best, this would also be the oldest movie that I will have seen. 8. The Lady Vanishes - More Hitchcock. 9. M - It has a very compact title, doesn't it? 10. Pickpocket - Another French movie that I don't know much about. Watched: The Seventh Seal, Moon, Barton Fink, The Thin Blue Line, Cool Hand Luke, Citizen Kane, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Goodfellas, Casablanca, City Lights, Seven Samurai, The Bicycle Thief, Do the Right Thing, The Battle of Algiers, On the Waterfront, Wild Strawberries, The Trial, Adaptation, Unforgiven, Annie Hall, The 400 Blows, Diabolique, Mulholland Dr., Dirty Harry, The 39 Steps, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, 8 1/2
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Atheistdeals.com posted:Boogie Nights Lost Highway was interesting. At first I was trying to figure out what was going on, but eventually realized that it would be impossible on a first viewing. So I relaxed and let myself enjoy it, and it got much better. The mystery man was creepy, and his scenes alone almost reached the uneasiness of Mulholland Drive. That being said, Mulholland Drive is too similar to this, and still so much better (mostly just because Naomi Watts' performance is far better than any one here), that if I ever had to choose between which one to watch again, MD would win easily. 4/5 I also saw Gates of Heaven. Not what I was expecting from Morris, although I should have known that from the subject matter. It doesn't have his "reenactment" style he started in The Thin Blue Line and used throughout his career. The interviewees weren't quite eccentric or interesting enough. This is more in line with Fast, Cheap & Out of Control, in that it explores the profession of these people, and gives them a chance to explain their odd personal philosophies that they learn from their jobs. 3/5 1. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu: I saw bits of this a few years ago, and have been wanting to see the whole thing for a while. 2. Grizzly Man Another doc that's supposed to be good, but the guy just seems really annoying. It's Herzog so I'm sure I'll like it. 3. The Red Shoes Continuing my P&P marathon, and I've heard nothing but good things about this one. 4. Inland Empire So how does this compare to Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive? 5. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid The only Peckinpah I've seen is Straw Dogs, plus this has Dylan. 6. Das Boot: Don't know too much about it, other than that there are multiple versions/cuts. Which version is best to watch? 7. Downfall: Just haven't gotten around to it. 8. A Shot in the Dark: I didn't like The Pink Panther, but I've heard that this is much, much better. 9. La Dolce Vita I like 8 1/2, but I'm not sure if this would be worth the running time. 10. Europa: I've seen almost all of Lars von Trier's work besides The Idiots (unfortunately not available on Netflix) and this. Not ashamed anymore: Lawrence of Arabia 4.5/5, The Battle of Algiers 2/5, Toy Story 2 3.5/5, Sherman's March 3.5/5, His Girl Friday 4/5, Last Year at Marienbad 3/5, M 4/5, Stolen Kisses 3/5, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 4/5, Lost Highway 4/5, Gates of Heaven 3/5
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TenSpadesBeTrump, I'm tempted to recommend Inland Empire since I'm a Lynch nut, but I don't think it's as good as Lost Highway or Mulholland Drive (aside from some choice incredible moments, it's a very difficult film) so you get Downfall. IE next time. I finally, FINALLY watched The Apartment, it was absolutely great. Like tokillthesunflower I was surprised at how serious it became - I was totally expecting a kind of goofy comedy the whole way through. Jack Lemmon was perfect in that role, and the classic things look really bad for him, then a super tense moment, then an uplifting turnaround to a happy ending was awesome. Just a drat enjoyable movie. Adhesion posted:Touch of Evil: Welles is one of those important filmmakers that I've only seen one or no films by (guess which one in this case), which is probably going to be a recurring theme here.
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Late Spring was predictably wonderful. That first interior shot, 3 feet off the ground from the next room, was so classically Ozu that I immediately felt captivated and weirdly comfortable. Terrific. Adhesion, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly New List: Soldier of Orange The length sort of keeps me away from it, but I've always been interested. Two-Lane Blacktop This is supposed to be like a drive-in classic, right? I like those. Portrait of Jennie Love that Joe Cotton The Docks of New York More like the cocks of New York, right guys? Vivre sa vie I just really like the DVD cover. I really like some Godard and want to straight-up murder him other times (Made in USA). Yesterday Girl Kluge is my biggest gap in the German New Wave. The American Friend I've never gone deep enough into the Wenders catalog. Les rendez-vous d'Anna The only one in the Chantal Akerman Eclipse set I haven't gotten around to yet. Little Fugitive I've seen bits of it, but never got around to the whole thing. It's charming and kinda sorta invented American independent cinema, so I guess I should get up on it. The Endless Summer This oughta keep me warm this winter. Finished from this thread: Au Hasard Balthazar (8/10), In the Mood for Love (8.5/10), La Dolce Vita (6.5/10), Anatomy of Murder (9/10), The Grand Illusion (9/10), Ben-Hur (8.5/10), Gone with the Wind (9/10), Black Orpheus (8/10), The Departed (4/10), Midnight Cowboy (5/10), The Red Shoes (9.5/10), Harvey (8.5/10), M. Hulot's Holiday (7.5/10), Trouble in Paradise (8/10), Ugetsu Monogatari (8/10), All That Heaven Allows (9.5/10), Blow-Up (8/10), If... (8/10), The Bad & The Beautiful (7.5/10). Autumn Sonata (9/10), Harold and Maude (3.5/10), L'Atalante (8/10), Anticipation of the Night (8.5/10), Cleo from 5 to 7 (8/10), Wavelength (7/10), Saddle the Wind (7/10), Partie de campagne (7.5/10), My Neighbor Totoro (7/10), Shadows (8/10), Odd Man Out (8/10), Don't Look Now (8/10), Dead Ringers (7.5/10), Written on the Wind (8.5/10), My Winnipeg (8/10), On Dangerous Ground (8.5/10), The King of Comedy (8.5/10), Berlin Express (7/10), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (8.5/10), 3 Women (8.5/10). Harakiri (9.5/10), Zelig (7.5/10), Veronika Voss (7.5/10), Late Spring (8/10)
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Soldier of Orange is a pretty cool name, so I'll choose that one for you. North by Northwestwas well-made and well-acted, but I found myself rather disinterested in the characters about halfway through. It was a fun romp, but that's about it. New List: Sunrise Just recently found out about this movie, and it has not yet made it up my Netflix. La Dolce Vita Fellini is becoming one of my favorite directors. The Gold Rush Continuing my Chaplin journey. L'Avventura I've never seen any Antonioni, but I'm finding I really like Italian film from this period. Contempt Never had any interest in Godard until recently. Intolerance I guess I just haven't gotten around to it yet? Au Hasard Balthazar A movie about a donkey? I'm hesitant to say the least. Pather Panchali I've always had a thing for Indian literature, so I supposed I should give cinema a try. The Leopard I know absolutely nothing about this movie. That being said, should I watch the English version or Italian Version? Greed Really interested to see this, mostly because of its history. Finally watched: Lawrence of Arabia, Annie Hall, Vertigo, Braveheart, Battleship Potemkin, It's a Wonderful Life, Tokyo Story, The Bicycle Thief, Rashomon, Night of the Hunter, La Grande Illusion, City Lights, The Grapes of Wrath, The General, Les Enfants Du Paradis, Dr. Strangelove, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Seven Samurai, Breathless, Apocalypse Now, The 400 Blows, The African Queen, A Fistful of Dollars, The Seventh Seal, The Rules of the Game, Andrei Rublev, The Conformist, Ugetsu, The Wild Bunch, Jules et Jim, Modern Times, L'Atalante, La Strada, Persona, Rio Bravo, Wild Strawberries, Ordet, The Apartment, North by Northwest
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tokillthesunflower watch Greed, one of the best I saw from this thread. The Saragossa Manuscript is a great film with great stories and beautiful imagery. My only complaint is that when you have 5 or 6 layers of people telling a story within a story it all gets kind of confusing. That confusion fits pretty well with the surreal atmosphere, though, so it's not all that big an issue and things make enough sense that I was never really lost. It reminded me of a Buńuel film with the playful dark comedy tone and as mentioned earlier the the imagery is often fantastic in every sense of the word. This one I'll almost certainly love more the second time, when I can enjoy the details without worrying so much about the big picture. Updated list: Tales of Hoffman After my second viewing of The Red Shoes I was really excited to watch this but I quit after 5 minutes when I realized I just wasn't ready for cinematic opera, no matter how well shot. I think maybe now, a couple of years later, I might be willing to give this another shot. Sans toit ni loi I bought the Criterion Varda boxset the week it came out, all excited after loving Cleo from 5 to 7 and then proceeded to not watch any of it. Vidas Secas Another highly regarded film I keep putting off because I fear it's really depressing. Ryan's Daughter I love Lean, but this film's reputation , combined with its length aren't particularly enticing. On the other hand I liked Heaven's gate so who knows. Underworld (1927) This is considered a pretty seminal crime film and von Sternberg's direction is always enjoyable. Ballad of Narayama Imamura, another director I've seen shamefully little from. This Sporting Life Only seen If... from Lindsay Anderson, liked it quite a bit. Flesh and the Devil I need some more Garbo in my life. A Nightmare on Elm Street Never seen this, not a fan of slasher movies but I'm curious. The Public Enemy This is the one with the grapefruit in the face, right? That's all I know about it. For the hell of it, here's what I've seen so far: Last Tango In Paris 7.5/10 , Lola Montes 8.5/10 , First Blood 8.5/10 , Lolita 8.5/10 , The New World 8.5/10 , The Decalogue 9.5/10 , Neotpravlennoye pismo 10/10 , A Passage to India 8.5/10 , Yi-Yi 8.5/10 , The Last Emperor 7.5/10 , In a Year with 13 Moons 8.5/10 , The Big Red One 8.5/10 , Les Vampires 9.5/10 , Ballad of a Soldier 9.5/10 , Chelsea Girls 7.5/10 , Kin-Dza-Dza 9/10 , My Life as a Dog 8/10 , The Man who Fell to Earth 8/10 , Red Beard 8.5/10 , Satantango 9/10 , Napoleon 10/10 , Faces 9/10 , Godzilla 7/10, Olympia I 9.5/10 II 8.5/10 , Bad Day at Black Rock 9/10, Soy Cuba 9.5/10, Ossessione 8/10, Greed 10/10, Hoop Dreams 9.5/10, The Burmese Harp 9.5/10 , Éloge de l'amour 6.5/10 , Woodstock 7.5/10 , Die Nibelungen Siegfried 9/10 Kriemhild 8.5/10, Ceddo 10/10 , Wrath of Khan - 7/10 , Shoah 9/10 , City of Sadness 8.5/10, Fires on the Plain 9/10 , Berlin Alexanderplatz 9/10 , Heima 6.5/10 , Angels with Dirty Faces 8.5/10 , Juliet of the Spirits 7/10 Kings of the Road 8.5/10 , Farewell My Concubine 7.5/10 , Dodesukaden 10/10 , The Shootist 7/10 , Goodbye Lenin 9.5/10 , La hora de los hornos 9/10 , The Traveling Players 5/10 , Reds 9/10 , Werckmeister Harmonies 9/10 , Five Fingers of Death 8/10 , Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler 9/10 , Ong-bak 7.5/10 , The Devils 8.5/10 , Nostalghia 8/10 , Killer's Kiss 8.5/10 , Koyaanisqatsi 8.5/10 , Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo 9.5/10 , The Cove 9/10 , America, America 8.5/10 , Pour la suite du monde 5/10 , Lilja 4-ever 9/10 , The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover 7/10 , Burma VJ 8.5/10 , The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 8.5/10 , Europa '51 9/10 , The Killers 9/10 , The Killers 7/10 , Pursued 8.5/10 , Pelle the Conqueror 8/10 , Brink of Life 9/10 , Fear and Desire 4/10 , The Naked Spur 6/10 , Stroszek 8.5/10 , Beau Travail 8/10 , Kanal 9/10 Field of Dreams 6/10 , Mishima 7/10 , Novecento 7/10 , A Face in the Crowd 9/10 , Floating Weeds 8.5/10, Heaven's Gate 8.5/10 , Days and Nights in the Forest 9/10 The War of The Worlds 6.5/10 , Fallen Angels 9/10 , The Crucified Lovers 8.5/10 , Sanxia haoren 8.5/10 , Fantomas 8.5/10 , The Ballad of Cable Hogue 9.5/10 , <---> 6/10 , The Devil and Daniel Webster 8.5/10 , Basic Instinct 8/10, Babette's Feast 5/10 , Wuthering Heights 8/10 , The Saragossa Manuscript 9.5/10
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Soldier of Orange lost its momentum early. It's a weird kind of almost-comedy in which the resistance is Hogan's Heroes incompetent. It's very Verhoeven except for the fact that it's restrained to a fault. The most interesting guy is a Jewish boxer who leaves early on. Nobody else kept my interest as well. It's funny to watch Hauer in Dutch and English, because at this point in his career he was a much better actor in his native language. PA, The Public Enemy. It's the grapefruit one. New List: Battleground This is apparently peerleesly realistic for the era. Two-Lane Blacktop This is supposed to be like a drive-in classic, right? I like those. Portrait of Jennie Love that Joe Cotton The Docks of New York More like the cocks of New York, right guys? Vivre sa vie I just really like the DVD cover. I really like some Godard and want to straight-up murder him other times (Made in USA). Yesterday Girl Kluge is my biggest gap in the German New Wave. The American Friend I've never gone deep enough into the Wenders catalog. Les rendez-vous d'Anna The only one in the Chantal Akerman Eclipse set I haven't gotten around to yet. Little Fugitive I've seen bits of it, but never got around to the whole thing. It's charming and kinda sorta invented American independent cinema, so I guess I should get up on it. The Endless Summer This oughta keep me warm this winter. Finished from this thread: Au Hasard Balthazar (8/10), In the Mood for Love (8.5/10), La Dolce Vita (6.5/10), Anatomy of Murder (9/10), The Grand Illusion (9/10), Ben-Hur (8.5/10), Gone with the Wind (9/10), Black Orpheus (8/10), The Departed (4/10), Midnight Cowboy (5/10), The Red Shoes (9.5/10), Harvey (8.5/10), M. Hulot's Holiday (7.5/10), Trouble in Paradise (8/10), Ugetsu Monogatari (8/10), All That Heaven Allows (9.5/10), Blow-Up (8/10), If... (8/10), The Bad & The Beautiful (7.5/10). Autumn Sonata (9/10), Harold and Maude (3.5/10), L'Atalante (8/10), Anticipation of the Night (8.5/10), Cleo from 5 to 7 (8/10), Wavelength (7/10), Saddle the Wind (7/10), Partie de campagne (7.5/10), My Neighbor Totoro (7/10), Shadows (8/10), Odd Man Out (8/10), Don't Look Now (8/10), Dead Ringers (7.5/10), Written on the Wind (8.5/10), My Winnipeg (8/10), On Dangerous Ground (8.5/10), The King of Comedy (8.5/10), Berlin Express (7/10), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (8.5/10), 3 Women (8.5/10). Harakiri (9.5/10), Zelig (7.5/10), Veronika Voss (7.5/10), Late Spring (8/10), Soldier of Orange (7/10)
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penismightier - you get Vivre sa vie Stray Dog was a nice crime movie. The first part of the movie was nice and light and had some pretty funny bits to it. About midway through there was a pretty serious tone shift and things got pretty serious and dark. It did well with the darker tone, though. Kurosawa could definitely handle those different senses of things. I also knocked a couple of other movies off of my list. Vivre sa vie was a good Godard. Very much in line with Breathless and Pierrot le fou, although I think it earns some bonus points for how well he was able to handle a female protagonist. The format, being broken up into different segments, worked well too. The Haunting was pretty neat. Definitely had some nice scares to it. Also did a very good job in being ambiguous as far as whether anything supernatural was going on. It was also cool seeing Russ Tamblyn from West Side Story and Twin Peaks Updated list: Scarlet Street - NOIRVEMBER Band of Outsiders - Some more Godard here. This is one that's interested me for a while. Bad Education - I like the Almodovars I've seen and I've been meaning to see this one for a while, but I just never got around to it. I vitelloni - Probably the biggest Fellini that I haven't seen, so I might as well throw this in here. Intolerance - Have to see if Griffith managed to redeem himself at all. Stagecoach - I'm a bit lacking when it comes to westerns, or John Ford for that matter. Destiny - old Lang silent I've been meaning to see for a few years. It's on Netflix Instant, though, so I can finally get around to it. Faust - Murnau's silent. I've seen a few other Murnaus and this one has appealed to me for a while, but the length has kept me away from it. Glengarry Glen Ross - I don't have a ton of experience with Mamet but what I've seen has been pretty good. From what I understand this movie's supposed to be pretty great. The Brood - I love Cronenberg but this one has eluded me so far. Seen - Breathless, Pink Flamingos, Do the Right Thing, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Downfall, Fitzcarraldo, Z, Spartacus, The Elephant Man, Scenes from a Marriage, Audition, Three Colors Trilogy, Stalker, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, El Topo, Belle de jour, The Piano Teacher, Apocalypse Now, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Babel, Shoot the Piano Player, La dolce vita, The Birth of a Nation, Man with a Movie Camera, L'age d'or, The Rules of the Game, Stroszek, Rosemary's Baby, Through a Glass Darkly, Bride of Frankenstein, The Thin Blue Line, Even Dwarfs Started Small, The Godfather, The Idiots, The Godfather Part II, Vivre sa vie, Stray Dog, The Haunting
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dotCommunism, you get Glengarry Glen Ross because it's a great movie about the American nightmare. I finally saw Sátantángo and it was even better than I had hoped. Some parts were deeply unnerving while others were frankly hilarious and everything was memorable. At any rate, it didn't feel at all like it was 450 minutes long. This is perhaps even the best movie I've ever seen. (5/5) quote:1. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, I need to see something by Parajanov and I guess this is the place to start. Seen: Notorious (5/5), The Manchurian Candidate (4/5), The Man Who Fell To Earth (3/5), Andrei Rublev (5/5), The Leopard (5/5), Eyes Wide Shut (5/5), Sátantángo (5/5).
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MonkeeKong normally I wouldn't recommend something I haven't seen, but your list is like a highlight reel of highly regarded films I found underwhelming, so I give you Marketa Lazarova a film I've heard of but don't really know much about. The only other one I haven't seen on your list is Cat on a Hot Tin Roof which I too have owned for ages without watching. The Public Enemy is good, but I can't deny my disappointment at some aspects. While better than most of its contemporaries this suffers from the sound editing problems that many early sound films do, making a lot of the line delivery stilted and containing its fair share of dead air(though it covers this up with music cues). The grapefruit scene was underwhelming and the story as a whole felt stilted, like one big extended montage. Even with these complaints it was an enjoyable gangster film and it's got a great ending. Updated list: Tales of Hoffman After my second viewing of The Red Shoes I was really excited to watch this but I quit after 5 minutes when I realized I just wasn't ready for cinematic opera, no matter how well shot. I think maybe now, a couple of years later, I might be willing to give this another shot. Sans toit ni loi I bought the Criterion Varda boxset the week it came out, all excited after loving Cleo from 5 to 7 and then proceeded to not watch any of it. Vidas Secas Another highly regarded film I keep putting off because I fear it's really depressing. Ryan's Daughter I love Lean, but this film's reputation , combined with its length aren't particularly enticing. On the other hand I liked Heaven's gate so who knows. Underworld (1927) This is considered a pretty seminal crime film and von Sternberg's direction is always enjoyable. Ballad of Narayama Imamura, another director I've seen shamefully little from. This Sporting Life Only seen If... from Lindsay Anderson, liked it quite a bit. Flesh and the Devil I need some more Garbo in my life. A Nightmare on Elm Street Never seen this, not a fan of slasher movies but I'm curious. The Blue Kite Only just noticed this looking through IcheckMovies films I haven't seen. I know nothing about it. For the hell of it, here's what I've seen so far: Last Tango In Paris 7.5/10 , Lola Montes 8.5/10 , First Blood 8.5/10 , Lolita 8.5/10 , The New World 8.5/10 , The Decalogue 9.5/10 , Neotpravlennoye pismo 10/10 , A Passage to India 8.5/10 , Yi-Yi 8.5/10 , The Last Emperor 7.5/10 , In a Year with 13 Moons 8.5/10 , The Big Red One 8.5/10 , Les Vampires 9.5/10 , Ballad of a Soldier 9.5/10 , Chelsea Girls 7.5/10 , Kin-Dza-Dza 9/10 , My Life as a Dog 8/10 , The Man who Fell to Earth 8/10 , Red Beard 8.5/10 , Satantango 9/10 , Napoleon 10/10 , Faces 9/10 , Godzilla 7/10, Olympia I 9.5/10 II 8.5/10 , Bad Day at Black Rock 9/10, Soy Cuba 9.5/10, Ossessione 8/10, Greed 10/10, Hoop Dreams 9.5/10, The Burmese Harp 9.5/10 , Éloge de l'amour 6.5/10 , Woodstock 7.5/10 , Die Nibelungen Siegfried 9/10 Kriemhild 8.5/10, Ceddo 10/10 , Wrath of Khan - 7/10 , Shoah 9/10 , City of Sadness 8.5/10, Fires on the Plain 9/10 , Berlin Alexanderplatz 9/10 , Heima 6.5/10 , Angels with Dirty Faces 8.5/10 , Juliet of the Spirits 7/10 Kings of the Road 8.5/10 , Farewell My Concubine 7.5/10 , Dodesukaden 10/10 , The Shootist 7/10 , Goodbye Lenin 9.5/10 , La hora de los hornos 9/10 , The Traveling Players 5/10 , Reds 9/10 , Werckmeister Harmonies 9/10 , Five Fingers of Death 8/10 , Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler 9/10 , Ong-bak 7.5/10 , The Devils 8.5/10 , Nostalghia 8/10 , Killer's Kiss 8.5/10 , Koyaanisqatsi 8.5/10 , Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo 9.5/10 , The Cove 9/10 , America, America 8.5/10 , Pour la suite du monde 5/10 , Lilja 4-ever 9/10 , The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover 7/10 , Burma VJ 8.5/10 , The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 8.5/10 , Europa '51 9/10 , The Killers 9/10 , The Killers 7/10 , Pursued 8.5/10 , Pelle the Conqueror 8/10 , Brink of Life 9/10 , Fear and Desire 4/10 , The Naked Spur 6/10 , Stroszek 8.5/10 , Beau Travail 8/10 , Kanal 9/10 Field of Dreams 6/10 , Mishima 7/10 , Novecento 7/10 , A Face in the Crowd 9/10 , Floating Weeds 8.5/10, Heaven's Gate 8.5/10 , Days and Nights in the Forest 9/10 The War of The Worlds 6.5/10 , Fallen Angels 9/10 , The Crucified Lovers 8.5/10 , Sanxia haoren 8.5/10 , Fantomas 8.5/10 , The Ballad of Cable Hogue 9.5/10 , <---> 6/10 , The Devil and Daniel Webster 8.5/10 , Basic Instinct 8/10, Babette's Feast 5/10 , Wuthering Heights 8/10 , The Saragossa Manuscript 9.5/10 , The Public Enemy 7.5/10
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Peaceful Anarchy, you get This Sporting Life Requiem for a Dream left me emotionally wrung out. Very powerful, very intense. I liked how Aronofsky never let you get settled, always keeping you on edge. One of the best movies I think thats come out in the last decade, but drat, I don't feel myself anxious to revisit it anytime soon. 1) Dracula (Legosi)- haven't seen many of the universal Monsters and I should start 2) Serpico- my last major Pacino work to see 3) 8 1/2- gotta start somewhere with Fellini 4) Fitzcarraldo- starting in on Herzog 5) The Getaway- i'm finishing up my Steve McQueen list 6) The Insider- the last Michael Mann film I've yet to see 7) 2046- loved In the Mood For Love, never got to this, it's sister film 8) Singin' In the Rain- it never really piqued my interest but I keep hearing how good it is 9) The General- my silent film experience is lacking, so let's start here 10) She Wore A Yellow Ribbon- working my way up to The Searchers Watched: Blade Runner, Seven Samurai, Lawrence of Arabia, Alien, Breathless, Forbidden Planet, Night of the Living Dead, Days of Heaven, Bonnie and Clyde, Stagecoach, Once Upon a Time in the West, Blue Velvet, Bullet in the Head, The Shining, Jackie Brown, Mulholland Drive, The Godfather Part 2, The Right Stuff, The Big Sleep, My Darling Clementine, The Seventh Seal, Le Samourai, Vertigo, Le Cercle Rouge, Dog Day Afternoon, Double Indemnity, Requiem for a Dream
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Mistletoe Donkey, watch Singing In The Rain. It made me happy, and I'm sure it will be a suitable antidote for Requiem For A Dream. The Hustler: So, so glad I was turned to this film by the thread. Just so endlessly classy and absorbing, a great tale of personal sacrifice, dreams that simply aren't worth it and what it means to be a man. 5/5 NEW LIST: The Apartment: Had this forever, never got round to watching it. I'm a big fan of comedies with heart, and I'm told The Apartment is a big influence on the styles of comedy I enjoy. Citizen Kane: I've held back on watching this simply because I almost feel like I don't know enough about its significance to truly enjoy it. Seinfeld Isn't Funny syndrome, if you will. But hey, now I have the time to actually research it first! The Godfather Trilogy: Pretty much the pop culture osmosis mentioned in the OP, really. Infernal Affairs Trilogy: I fuckin' love The Departed, and keep meaning to get into foreign films. This seems like as good a place as any to start. 8 1/2: I'm scared to loving death that I just won't 'get' this movie, pretty piss-poor excuse not to watch something I know, plus as I said above I'm trying to broaden my horizons, as it were. The Man With No Name trilogy: Picked these up for cheap at a second-hand place, just haven't got round to watching them all yet. I do want to get into Westerns a bit more, though. Unforgiven: Having only recently started to watch Eastwood's most recent films, I'm trying to get into the back catalogue. Sunset Boulevard: I love stories about the seedy side of Hollywood, and I keep hearing this is up there with the best. Gone With The Wind: More pop culture osmosis, I suppose. Plus this is the 3-disk edition, and the extras look terrific. Why haven't I watched this DVD?? I have now seen: The Hustler (5/5)
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Adrianics You get Unforgiven. The Conformist - What a beautiful film. The cinematography is incredible. I think I'll need to watch it again. I understood the story but I didn't fully understand the main character and his motivations. But heck, when you tell a story that beautifully I can't help but love it. No matter what it is. Bravo. Bravo I say. Here's my updated list: 2.Grand Illusion - I bought it during a one of the criterion sales. I often make random blind buys during the sales to "broaden my horizons". also it was going out of print. 3.Late Spring - I love Ozu, I have a few of his movies but for whatever reason I never watched this one. 4.The Red Shoes - See no.2, I passed it up several times because I thought a movie about ballet wouldn't interest me, but everyone says it's wonderful. The Barnes & Noble employee kind of talked me into it during the last sale. 5.Fanny & Alexander - I love Bergman, just got this during the last sale. It just seems daunting at 5 hours. 6.Lawrence of Arabia - Bought this after I saw Bridge on the River Kwai for the first time I just had to get more of David Lean's classics. But I never got around to watching it. 7.Cape Fear - Bought this because I love Night of the Hunter and Robert Mitchum. 8.Force of Evil - I love noir and this was highly recommended by people on this board as well as on some "best noir" lists. 11.Double Life of Veronique - Another Criterion blind buy, Kieslowski sounds like a director whose work I would enjoy. And I figured I couldn't go wrong for a first exposure than the only one of this films that was released by Criterion. 14.Ivan's Childhood - The only Tarkovsky I have that I haven't watched. I'm not sure why...just never got around to it. I love all his other films that I have seen: Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Sacrifice, Stalker. 15.Werckmeister Harmonies - Heard a lot about Bela Tarr and I'm ready to dive in. I'm going to work my way up to Satantango. Watched So Far: Woman in the Dunes, The Bicycle Thief, Amelie, Brazil, Paths of Glory, The Conformist, GonzoIsKing fucked around with this message at 00:15 on Dec 16, 2010 |
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GonzoIsKing, I've only seen the shorter version of Fanny & Alexander -- supposedly the inferior one but I still enjoyed it immensely. Perhaps you can choose this one if you find the TV version too long. Also the proper title of the Tarr film is Werckmeister Harmonies. Archyduke is exactly right when he said Love & Death is a perfect balance of slapstick and intellectual Woody Allen. I enjoyed looking for the subtle references to Bergman (the references to Dostoevsky novels, not so much -- that conversation was way too artificial) and think there was even a reference to Battleship Potemkin (the soldier who gets shot through his glasses); then, you have some good physical comedy reminiscent of Chaplin. Diane Keaton is also a joy to watch - one of the best and most expressive actresses we have in both comedy and drama. New List: 1. The Holy Mountain - Already have this downloaded and it looks visually amazing. 2. Cinema paradiso - don't know anything about it other than it's rated quite high on IMDB 3. All About Eve - It's on every best-of list. 4. Rebecca - one of the major Hitch films I haven't seen 5. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans - I have no idea what this is about, but it sounds intriguingly abstract. 6. The Philadelphia Story - Stewart, Grant & Hepburn, how could it be bad? 7. Repulsion - always wanted to see this. Catherine Deneuve. 8. Germany, Year Zero - I clicked on a random page on TSPTD and saw this and realized I've never seen a Rossellini film. 9. Viridiana - I have not really enjoyed any Bunuel film i've seen but i'll keep trying him, as a fan of surrealism in general. 10. Man with a Movie Camera - I've been studying Russian culture lately and need to see more of the greats. Watched: City Lights, The Grapes of Wrath, Stalker, Blazing Saddles, Days of Heaven, The Best Years of our Lives, High & Low, It Happened one Night, Le Samourai, Love & Death
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^^^^ Arturo, see The Philadelphia Story (BTW, if you want to see a good film actually in Russian, try 12 - it's a modern, Russian take on 12 Angry Men) Watched Taxi Driver. It was a good early Scorsese/DeNiro film, but I didn't think it was awesome. Some awesome shots though. 8/10 Of the top 50 in IMDB, I need to see the following: 4. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 13. Seven Samurai 18. City of God 21. Once Upon a Time in the West 32. Sunset Blvd. 37. Apocalypse Now 39. American Beauty 40. American History X 45. Amelie 46. Alien 48. Lawrence of Arabia 50. Spirited Away mombot fucked around with this message at 22:18 on Dec 15, 2010 |
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Guess what you're getting picklejars, it's Lawrence of Arabia. Though your whole list is really good. This Sporting Life was really good, an adept character study with a slightly different spin on the 60s British New Wave. With great performances and a very raw feel it captivated me a lot more than I expected. The only thing that threw me off was the nonlinear timeline which I thought I was following fine until the ending threw me for a loop. It still works really well but I don't think that helps the film in any way. Updated list: Tales of Hoffman After my second viewing of The Red Shoes I was really excited to watch this but I quit after 5 minutes when I realized I just wasn't ready for cinematic opera, no matter how well shot. I think maybe now, a couple of years later, I might be willing to give this another shot. Sans toit ni loi I bought the Criterion Varda boxset the week it came out, all excited after loving Cleo from 5 to 7 and then proceeded to not watch any of it. Vidas Secas Another highly regarded film I keep putting off because I fear it's really depressing. Ryan's Daughter I love Lean, but this film's reputation , combined with its length aren't particularly enticing. On the other hand I liked Heaven's gate so who knows. Underworld (1927) This is considered a pretty seminal crime film and von Sternberg's direction is always enjoyable. Ballad of Narayama Imamura, another director I've seen shamefully little from. Flesh and the Devil I need some more Garbo in my life. A Nightmare on Elm Street Never seen this, not a fan of slasher movies but I'm curious. The Blue Kite Only just noticed this looking through IcheckMovies films I haven't seen. I know nothing about it. Baby Face I was really eager to see this a few years ago when the uncensored print was discovered, but I never got around to it. For the hell of it, here's what I've seen so far: Last Tango In Paris 7.5/10 , Lola Montes 8.5/10 , First Blood 8.5/10 , Lolita 8.5/10 , The New World 8.5/10 , The Decalogue 9.5/10 , Neotpravlennoye pismo 10/10 , A Passage to India 8.5/10 , Yi-Yi 8.5/10 , The Last Emperor 7.5/10 , In a Year with 13 Moons 8.5/10 , The Big Red One 8.5/10 , Les Vampires 9.5/10 , Ballad of a Soldier 9.5/10 , Chelsea Girls 7.5/10 , Kin-Dza-Dza 9/10 , My Life as a Dog 8/10 , The Man who Fell to Earth 8/10 , Red Beard 8.5/10 , Satantango 9/10 , Napoleon 10/10 , Faces 9/10 , Godzilla 7/10, Olympia I 9.5/10 II 8.5/10 , Bad Day at Black Rock 9/10, Soy Cuba 9.5/10, Ossessione 8/10, Greed 10/10, Hoop Dreams 9.5/10, The Burmese Harp 9.5/10 , Éloge de l'amour 6.5/10 , Woodstock 7.5/10 , Die Nibelungen Siegfried 9/10 Kriemhild 8.5/10, Ceddo 10/10 , Wrath of Khan - 7/10 , Shoah 9/10 , City of Sadness 8.5/10, Fires on the Plain 9/10 , Berlin Alexanderplatz 9/10 , Heima 6.5/10 , Angels with Dirty Faces 8.5/10 , Juliet of the Spirits 7/10 Kings of the Road 8.5/10 , Farewell My Concubine 7.5/10 , Dodesukaden 10/10 , The Shootist 7/10 , Goodbye Lenin 9.5/10 , La hora de los hornos 9/10 , The Traveling Players 5/10 , Reds 9/10 , Werckmeister Harmonies 9/10 , Five Fingers of Death 8/10 , Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler 9/10 , Ong-bak 7.5/10 , The Devils 8.5/10 , Nostalghia 8/10 , Killer's Kiss 8.5/10 , Koyaanisqatsi 8.5/10 , Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo 9.5/10 , The Cove 9/10 , America, America 8.5/10 , Pour la suite du monde 5/10 , Lilja 4-ever 9/10 , The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover 7/10 , Burma VJ 8.5/10 , The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 8.5/10 , Europa '51 9/10 , The Killers 9/10 , The Killers 7/10 , Pursued 8.5/10 , Pelle the Conqueror 8/10 , Brink of Life 9/10 , Fear and Desire 4/10 , The Naked Spur 6/10 , Stroszek 8.5/10 , Beau Travail 8/10 , Kanal 9/10 Field of Dreams 6/10 , Mishima 7/10 , Novecento 7/10 , A Face in the Crowd 9/10 , Floating Weeds 8.5/10, Heaven's Gate 8.5/10 , Days and Nights in the Forest 9/10 The War of The Worlds 6.5/10 , Fallen Angels 9/10 , The Crucified Lovers 8.5/10 , Sanxia haoren 8.5/10 , Fantomas 8.5/10 , The Ballad of Cable Hogue 9.5/10 , <---> 6/10 , The Devil and Daniel Webster 8.5/10 , Basic Instinct 8/10, Babette's Feast 5/10 , Wuthering Heights 8/10 , The Saragossa Manuscript 9.5/10 , The Public Enemy 7.5/10 , This Sporting Life 8.5/10
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Wow, Peaceful Anarchy has a movie I've actually seen. You get A Nightmare On Elm Street. I can't guarantee you'll like it but it's a fun movie and everyone should see it at some point. Anyways, I finally managed to fit M into my schedule. I had some trouble trying to watch it in one sitting though. Still, the final trial scene was brilliant and easily the best part of the film. In general the whole movie was a lot more enjoyable once the chase is actually on for Lorre. 7/10 #5 There Will Be Blood - My friend loves this movie and is constantly telling me to watch it. #7 Goldfinger - I've never seen a Connery Bond movie and for this I feel terrible. In fact, any of them will do but this is the one I hear the most about. #9 High Fidelity - This is the movie everybody tells me I'll love and are kind of shocked I haven't seen it. #15 The Godfather - It's on Netflix instant now, I really have no excuse for this one. #16 Bonnie & Clyde - I bought this one awhile back and just haven't watched it. #17 Seven Samurai - I enjoyed Rashomon and for a film with such praise I should probably watch it. The run time was a little off putting but I do want to see it. #20 Terminator 2: Judgment Day - My nerd cred is suffering. #21 The Seventh Seal - Been meaning to start with Bergman for awhile. Also, I want to know how that chess game ends. #23 Mulholland Dr. - Let's give Lynch another go. #24 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - I haven't watched a western in a while and this has been on my to do list for a long time. Seen so far: #10 Pan's Labyrinth, #11 The Wild Bunch, #3 The Warriors, #13 Chinatown, #6 Dr. Strangelove, #8 American History X, #12 Barton Fink, #2 Apocalypse Now, #1 Eraserhead, #4 The Maltese Falcon, #19 Annie Hall, #14 Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, #22 Casablanca, #18 M
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TrixRabbi,you've got a lot of good ones, but let's go with The Seven Samurai. I loved it when i had to watch it earlier and I want to return the favor. Singin' In The Rain was the embodiment of pure entertainment. What a fun, fun film. I think it's the first Gene Kelly film I've seen. I love every thing about it, the choreography, the music. I had a big smile on my face the whole time. 1) Dracula (Legosi)- haven't seen many of the universal Monsters and I should start 2) Serpico- my last major Pacino work to see 3) 8 1/2- gotta start somewhere with Fellini 4) Fitzcarraldo- starting in on Herzog 5) The Getaway- i'm finishing up my Steve McQueen list 6) The Insider- the last Michael Mann film I've yet to see 7) 2046- loved In the Mood For Love, never got to this, it's sister film 8) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid- the last major Newman film I have to see 9) The General- my silent film experience is lacking, so let's start here 10) She Wore A Yellow Ribbon- working my way up to The Searchers Watched: Blade Runner, Seven Samurai, Lawrence of Arabia, Alien, Breathless, Forbidden Planet, Night of the Living Dead, Days of Heaven, Bonnie and Clyde, Stagecoach, Once Upon a Time in the West, Blue Velvet, Bullet in the Head, The Shining, Jackie Brown, Mulholland Drive, The Godfather Part 2, The Right Stuff, The Big Sleep, My Darling Clementine, The Seventh Seal, Le Samourai, Vertigo, Le Cercle Rouge, Dog Day Afternoon, Double Indemnity, Requiem for a Dream, Singin' In The Rain
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Mistletoe Donkey posted:1) Dracula (Legosi)- haven't seen many of the universal Monsters and I should start Recently saw Serpico for the first time. Great film so watch that. 1) Barry Lyndon 2) Hannah and her Sisters 3) Eraserhead 4) Heat 5) Jan Svankmajer - Neco z Alenky (Alice) 6) Mulholland Drive 7) Evil Dead 8) Touch of Evil 9) Raising Arizona 10) To catch a thief rangi fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Dec 16, 2010 |
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Rangi, I'm guessing you either forgot that you already got started in this thread or you really really didn't want to watch Annie Hall.
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