All-time favourite films
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Topic: All-time favourite films
Posted By: Larkstongue41
Subject: All-time favourite films
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 10:43
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Aside from music, cinema is probably my favourite form of artistic expression. I was curious as to know what people who relatively have the same taste as I do musically like in movies, so I'd like to start a discussion about cinema in general on this forum. It can develop in anything whether it be cinematography, directing styles, plot structures, etc. I'll start this off (unoriginally) by posting my top 10 all-time favourite films. Here it is (in a loosely arranged order): 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey 2. Eraserhead 3. A Clockwork Orange 4. The Tree of Life 5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 6. El Topo 7. Lawrence Of Arabia 8. Aguirre: The Wrath of God 9. It's Such a Beautiful Day 10. Eyes Wide Shut Keep in mind this list could change any day. I have seen most of these films a long time ago. Here are movies I watched recently that I found excellent: Upstream Colour, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Synechdoque: New York, Mommy, Trainspotting, Yojimbo, American Beauty, Days of Heaven and Monthy Python: The Holy Grail. As you can see, I particularly like the directing style of Stanley Kubrick. Other directors I am especially fond of include David Lynch, Terrence Malick, Charlie Kaufmann, Orson Welles and a few others. I personally like pretty much anything in terms of plot from emotional/inspiring (Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, Tree of Life...), to "mindbending" (Primer, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead...), with historical/socially important (Paths of Glory, A Clockwork Orange, The Great Dictator, Lawrence of Arabia...) and from more traditional entertainment movies (Vertigo, Godfather, Taxi Driver) to clever comedy. But what I prefer above all is films that I consider to be "pure art" (this surely is confusing, I know, this is pretty subjective) like most Kubrick films. The perfect blending of the events, the visuals, the soundtrack, the lighting, the camera movement, etc. sometimes create absolutely stunning scenes. I am talking about the ape discovering how to use tools in 2001, Charles Foster Kane walking through a mirror-walled corridor during his downfall in Citizen Kane and the famous Odessa stairs scene from Eisenstein's The Battleship Potemkin among many others. I was not planning on writing this much, but hopefully all this will get a discussion going  . Don't hesitate to suggest me anything you think I might like!------------- "Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar." |
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Posted By: Darious
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 12:19
I took a look at my collection for any titles that would be of interest to fellow progger. How about getting some more from Hitchcock, as he certainly is the one not to be overlooked: costumes, indoors aesthetics, close-ups, light.. It's not all only about an intelligent plot. Vertigo is an absolute stunner, agree, but check out this killing scene from Topaz: http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/276841/Topaz-Movie-Clip-You-Cannot-Judge.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/276841/Topaz-Movie-Clip-You-Cannot-Judge.html It's a masterpiece. Emotional/inspiring: Little Big Man with Dustin Hoffman. Read Glenn Taylor's The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart then for a fully satisfying finish. Pure art: more from Terrence Mallick, the master of light. Thin Red Line and, to me the best and the latest work of his - To the Wonder. Then Koyaanisqatsi followed by Baraka. So called "noir": Payback, Triplets of Belleville, add to this A Scanner Darkly, why not. Talking about animations, try not to overlook Grave of the Fireflies from Studio Ghibli. It will leave deep scars on your self. If you're up for a challenge and have a little bit of time, reach for Walkabout. Enjoy. ------------- Writing about truth is a little bit like getting your dick out in public and hoping no one laughs (Steve Hogarth) |
Larkstongue41 wrote:Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 12:39
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I like the films you've listed, Larks. Stanley Kubrick is a particular director of mine, partially because he has the eye of a cinematographer and composes his shots so beautifully. A favourite director of mine partially due to lush, beautiful cinematography is Zhang Yimou, especially for Red Sorgum, Raise the Red Lantern and Ju Dou. If you have yet to see the Tarkovsky films Solaris (makes an interesting companion piece in a way to 2001) and Stalker, I would recommend them. Kieslowski is another favourite of mine, though I know one person here who generally has very similar tastes to mine who dislikes The Three Colours Triogy: Blue, White and Red. The films are beautiful and very artistic. Oliver Oliver is another favourite of mine by a Polish born director. I admire Lars von Trier, and particularly like The Element of Crime. Since we're fellow Canadians, a few of my favourite films from Canadian directors are Denis Arcand's Jesus of Montreal, David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers, Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter, and Don McKellar's Last Night. Not for the cinematography, but I would recommend O Lucky Man to someone who likes A CLockwork Orange. And I imagine that you have seen Terry Gilliam's Brazil, which is brilliant. For a long time I was mostly into non-English language films, though I don't see as many of those now. I went through a Spanish, French, German, Chinese and Japanese phase. I'm a big fan of Wim Wenders for the artiness. In modern films I loved Under the Skin, which I would highly recommend, and there's a film called the Bothersome Man from Norway that is a particular favourite of mine. Oh, and I'm not ashamed to mention that I love Zardoz. Soundtrack is also very important to me in a great many films. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 13:18
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I'm also a Kubrick fan, but never liked 2001, great moments but long boring passages 1.- Clockwork Orange 2.- Blade Runner 3.- Godfather I 4.- Silence of the Lambs 5.- Pasqualino Seven Beauties 6.- Lawrence of Arabia 7.- The Shinning 8.- Dr Strangelove 9.- Lord of the Rings I (Extended version) 10.- Excalibur ------------- 
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 13:20
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Favorite is complicated. These have gotten under my skin in one way or another - and stayed there: Providence (Alain Resnais) Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Herzog) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene) The Shining (Kubrick) Andrei Rublev + Stalker (Tarkovsky) Wild Strawberrys + Fanny and Alexander (Bergman)Mulholland Drive (Lynch) Life of Brian + the other two Python movies (Terry Gilliam) Anrichrist + Melancholia (Von Trier) The Jerk (Steve Martin/Carl Reiner) Jules et Jim (Truffaut) Songs From The Second Floor + A Swedish Love Story (Roy Andersson) Profondo Rosso (Argento) Inserts (John Byrum) It Follows (David Robert Mitchell) -That's fifteen directors (but 20 films). Could have added plenty more but gotta stop at some point. I like all the canadian directors/movies Logan mentions quite a bit and like to add/reccomend Léolo, directed by the Montreal-based Jean-Claude Lauzon. If Logan meant me: oh yes a strong dislike towards Three Colours Trilogy but I loath The Double Life of Veronique even more.
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 13:23
| ^forgot Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch) - and perhaps even Ghost Dog. |
Posted By: ColonelClaypool
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 13:56
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Movies I never tire of watching: Blues Brothers Fifth Element Platoon Band of Brothers (tv-series, but the best show ever made) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly/A Fistful of Dollars/For A Few Dollars More Star Wars, original trilogy Once Were Warriors Shawshank Redemption One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest American History X Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels/Snatch ------------- With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince. With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D. and you still have the frog you started with. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 13:57
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I forgot about Léolo, I liked that a lot too -- some very memorable scenes in that film. And yes, I was thinking of you. I didn't like the Double Life of Veronique much either, and actually have not wanted to see the Three Colours Trilogy again in many years (my favourite was White for its black comedy) as I wrote a paper on it that was very stressful to prepare. I like Jim Jamusch films considerably, and my favourite of his is Mystery Train. Generally I used to mainly watch what is often called Art House film, but more recently I have been watching more genre films -- weird sci-fi and fantasy. I appreciate the strange. Quite recently I saw a film I liked a lot called High-Rise. One of my favourite directors that I neglected to mention is Peter Greenaway, especially for Drowning by Numbers and I'ma big fan of Jean-Pierre Jeunet for Delicatessan, City if Lost Children and Amelie, and those come very highly recommended. Another modern film that would make my list is Pan's Labyrinth and I liked one called Time Crimes a lot. And I really enjoyed Never Let Me Go, based on a book I love. And I also love 70s horror/sci-fi such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Donald Sutherland (that film made a really big impression on me as a kid). ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 14:12
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1. My Cousin Vinny ------------- |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 14:26
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^ what a great one that was.... mine.. pretty well set in granite as all but one are stone cold classics and modern films are generally for sh*t and not worth the time.. and damn sure not the money haha 1. Blade Runner 2. Doctor Zhivago 3. The Wild Bunch 4. Blazing Saddles 5. Melancholia ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 14:31
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A Clockwork Orange The Shining Eyes Wide Shut Eraserhead Rabbits Gummo Kids Pi Black Swan
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 14:39
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There so many of them, but pressed for time I'll always answer with these 5: 1. Godfather I 2. Godfather II 3. Nosferatu 1979 4. Nosferatu 1922 5. Nixon If I had time I could elaborate a really gigantic list but these are 5 ------------- 
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 14:40
Generally, okay.... Still want to say, although I know and like many more classic films, I think that there are many great modern films, although it does seem to require more digging than it used to (the internet sure helps). Here in Vancouver we have a pretty good film festival, so I have discovered some great for me ones that way. Critics were divided on this one, but I loved it. And even when it comes to mainstream cinema I think we have had some really good ones over the last decade. I'm a long-time James Bond buff, and would put Casiono Royale and Skyfall up there with the best of them. Back to classics, this time a cult classic, as I keep on thinking of my favourites, and this one is very deserving of a special nod: The original Wicker Man. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 15:34
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All work in progress, but... Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men Robert Bresson's [... hmm, Pickpocket at the moment, but I'd leave the slot open, just in case] Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey Dan Pița's and Mircea Veroiu's Nunta de piatră (The Stone Wedding) Jean-Luc Godard's Week End Ingmar Bergman's [...hmm, Persona at the moment, but I'd leave the slot open, just in case] Béla Tarr's Satantango Jafar Panahi's Dayereh (The Circle) Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood Sentimental favourites Eric Rohmer's Le genou de claire (Claire's Knee) Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon Ridley Scott's Alien Bob Fosse's All That Jazz Akira Kurosawa's Dreams Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous Stephen Daldry's The Hours Mike Nichols' Angels in America Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis Modern movies I'd consider highly praiseworthy or overwhelming sentimental favourites without the need to put them on the kubrickian/bergmanian/bressonian/kurosawan etc. pedestal Park Chan-wook's Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Tomas Alfredson's Let the Right One In Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank Eugene Green's A religiosa portuguesa (The Portuguese Nun) Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth Abbas Kiarostami's Copie conforme (Certified Copy) Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive Nuri Birge Ceylan's Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da (Once Upon A Time in Anatolia) Michael Haneke's Amour Pablo Larrain's No Clio Barnard's The Selfish Giant Denis Villeneuve's Enemy Thomas Vinterberg's Jagten (The Hunt) ------------- 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 15:38
yeah... I sort of walked into that didn't I Lumping mainstream Hollywood sh*t with the undergrand indie stuff------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Guy Guden
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 15:57
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Too many... THE DEVILS (Ken Russell) PERFORMANCE (Cammell & Roeg) CITIZEN KANE (Welles) THE UNINVITED (best ghost film from 1944) M. HULOT'S HOLIDAY (Tati) ROMEO AND JULIET (1968 Zeffirelli) LOLITA (Kubrick) DOCTOR STRANGELOVE... (ditto) 2001, A Space Odyssey. (ditto, ditto) FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956) and... JASON & THE ARGONAUTS KING KONG (1933) SHANGHAI EXPRESS (1932) (Dietrich & Wong) DRACULA (1931) WINGS OF DESIRE (Wenders) LOCAL HERO (Bill Forsyth) BLOW-UP BLACK SUNDAY (Bava) & seriously,folks... PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE
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Posted By: doompaul
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 15:57
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Posted By: MillsLayne
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 16:43
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My absolute favorite is Fight Club. One of those few times where I felt like the movie was better than the novel (and it was a great novel!) and also captured the feel of the book perfectly, from the casting to the cinematography, and most importantly, the soundtrack. Perfect in every way. After that, I have a few favorites that I watch on a regular basis: Trainspotting A Scanner Darkly Aliens Akira Ghost In The Shell Rush Clerks Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind Drive ------------- http://gamercards.exophase.com/xbox/user/MillsLayne/" rel="nofollow">  ht |
Posted By: doompaul
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 16:44
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 17:46
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The Godfather The Godfather II Monty Python The Holy Grail Seven Samurai Lincoln Rocky Gran Torino Patton The Empire Strikes Back The Outlaw Josey Wales In the Heat of the Night |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 18:09
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Lawrence of Arabia The Godfather I and II Monty Python and the Holy Grail The Lion in Winter The Name of the Rose The Quiet Man Adventures of Robin Hood (1939) Arsenic and Old Lace Blade Runner Amadeus ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 19:20
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2. The Thin Red Line ------------- |
Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 19:39
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Dr Strangelove
Oh & Iron Sky ------------- "Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes" and I need the knits, the double knits! |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 19:39
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1- Remains of the Day 2- To catch a Thief 3- North by Northwest 4- The Train 5- Judgment at Nuremberg 6- L'Aveu 7- Failsafe 8- Forbin-the Colossus project 9- The Keep 10- Dave ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 19:45
Forbin-the Colossus project - very cool ------------- "Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes" and I need the knits, the double knits! |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 19:54
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Wayyyy too much seriousness in these lists Dumb & Dumber  -------------   
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 19:56
Yes, a classic B movie with a non-Hollywood ending (aka=toast, as the final words are NEVER, repeated for impact). Also the Keep , very murky and super B-movie ! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Date Posted: October 27 2016 at 20:22
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My Favourite B movie would be Wasp Woman or Cave Women on Mars ------------- "Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes" and I need the knits, the double knits! |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 28 2016 at 08:39
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3. Gaz Bar Blues ------------- |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: October 28 2016 at 10:15
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The Three Stooges -- Kook's Tour ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: October 28 2016 at 10:38
"Just when I thought you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this... and totally redeem yourself!" Clever comedy, emotional/ inspiring, stunning scenes, and especially "pure art", that's Dumb and Dumber in a nutshell. ;) ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: October 28 2016 at 10:54
not a bad list. I did not see "The Tree of Life", "It's Such a Beautiful Day" and "Eyes Wide Shut" yet, and anyway I would only choose one movie per director, so two Kubrick movie have to go ("A Clockwork Orange", though that was a tough decision, and "Eyes Wide Shut"); I would replace them with 4 other movies: "Rashomon" by Akira Kurosawa, "Night of the Hunter" by Charles Laughton, "M" by Fritz Lang and "The Birds" by Alfred Hitchcock. "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Eraserhead" would not be on my list either; they would be replaced with "Repulsion" by Roman Polanski and "Day for Night" by François Truffaut. -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 28 2016 at 11:01
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: October 28 2016 at 12:16
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Incomplete list in a random order: Solaris (Tarkovsky) Week End (Godard) Eraserhead (Lynch) Buffalo '66 (Gallo) Boy Meets Girl (Carax) After Hours (Scorsese) Le maman et la putain (Eustache) Le feu follet (Malle) Muriel (Resnais) Betty Blue (Beineix) Série noire (Corneau) The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (Cassavetes) Suspiria (Argento) The Beyond (Fulci) Basket Case (Henenlotter) Psychos in Love (Bechard) Thundercrack! (McDowell) Gwendoline (Jaeckin) Touche pas à la femme blanche! (Ferreri) The Honeymoon Killers (Kastle) City of Fear (Lerner) Les héroïnes du mal (Borowczyk) Kutya éji dala (Bódy) Lucifer Rising (Anger) Entr'acte (Clair) L'Atalante (Vigo) Im Lauf der Zeit (Wenders) Der siebente Kontinent (Haneke) Stroszek (Herzog) Heaven and Hell (Kurosawa) |
Posted By: BunBun
Date Posted: October 30 2016 at 16:26
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In no Particular Order, this is my top ten 1. Playtime (1967) 2. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) 3. The Night Porter (1974) 4. The Mummy (1999) 5. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966) 6. Sorcerer (1977) 7. In the Heat of the Night (1967) 8. The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly (1966) 9. The Fugitive (1993) 10. Blade Runner (1982) More Favorites... Mel Brooks: Young Frankenstein/ Blazing Saddles/ Spaceballs Tati: Mon Oncle/ Mr. Hulot's Holiday/ Traffic All the Roger Moore 007 Bond Films John Wayne Flicks: Rio Bravo/ The Searchers/ Stagecoach/ Horse Soldiers Andrei Tarkovsky: Solaris/ Stalker Dirk Bogarde Flicks: Despair/ The Servant/ Death in Venice Rod Steiger Flicks: The Pawn Broker/ The Loved One/ Duck, You Sucker The Hospital (1971) The Ascent (1977) Brazil (1985) Le Diner De Cons (1998) The Shadow (1994) The Band Wagon (1953) On Dangerous Ground (1951) The Hunt for Red October (1990) French Connection 2 (1975) (Honestly, I enjoy this one more than the original) Going Postal (2010) Wings of Desire (1987) A New Leaf (1971) The Running Man (1987) The Bed Sitting Room (1969) A Woman Under the Influence (1974) L'Emmerdeur (1973) That actually turned out to be a lot of flicks, so ill just end there |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 30 2016 at 18:10
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5. Life of Pi ------------- |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: October 31 2016 at 07:40
I consider "Le salaire de la peur" (English title "The Wages of Fear") by Henri-Georges Clouzot from 1953 to be much better than the 1977 remake "The Sorcerer" by William Friedkin. the characters have much more background in the original, the actors are better and the suspense is almost unbearable. here a link to a direct comparison: I agree with the reviewer that "The Wages of Fear" is the far better movie, but I don't agree with his assessments that the beginning is too long and the ending is b***s**t; both are perfectly right for me. I totally agree with his opinion on "The Sorcerer" though; it is a very bad remake (as remakes usually are, with the odd exception) ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: October 31 2016 at 09:47
Wow, there must be some magic connection between prog and Stanley Kubrick!
Great choice! I thought I am the only one around here who knows this film! I have also read the book by Artur London, and the film is an extremely good adaption of the book. The film captures precisely the disturbing atmosphere of the book. It is definitely in my top 11-20. Here my top 10: 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey 2. Wall-E 3. Dr. Strangelove 4. A Clockwork Orange 5. Missing 6. To Be Or Not To Be 7. Bringing Up Baby 9. Pulp Fiction 9. Once Upon a Time in the West 10. Galaxy Quest ------------- http://theprogressiveweb.blogspot.de" rel="nofollow - Visit me in Second Life to talk about music. |
Posted By: BunBun
Date Posted: October 31 2016 at 12:46
I think we had this discussion before. Anyways, I saw Wages of Fear before I saw the remake and I enjoy Sorcerer a lot more than the original. I think the pacing is better, the tension is there for me in the remake and not the original. I feel the characters desperation and I love the dirty, gritty look of Sorcerer. I will give the video a watch, but I'm going to be off to work soon so I'll have to watch it later. |
Posted By: Larkstongue41
Date Posted: October 31 2016 at 14:47
I can understand that doing it like this is probably more representative, but I have such a Kubrick bias that I could not resist putting at least A Clockwork Orange. I'd be lying if I said i did not consider Full Metal Jacket, Barry Lyndon and Dr. Strangelove as well
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Posted By: MillsLayne
Date Posted: October 31 2016 at 16:54
Sorry, forgot Moon. ------------- http://gamercards.exophase.com/xbox/user/MillsLayne/" rel="nofollow"> ht |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: October 31 2016 at 17:11
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I first watched Sorcerer and then, at a different occasion, Le salaire de la peur. I'd definitely say the original is better, but I wouldn't exactly say Sorcerer is a "bad remake" - just like, curiously, Friedkin's remake of 12 Angry Men is not unpleasant either (even though any attempt to replicate that original should normally be foolery). There are some good, even gripping parts in Sorcerer (for me, the tree segment more than the bridge one), the prologue is an interesting expository design (although pretty much in the B-movie style ballpark) and you have the TD soundtrack too (which may seem flimsly compared to their 70s stuff, but trust me, it's pretty much up there with a few others, despite their extensive OST work over decades). Le salaire de la peur also made me very interested - although I haven't expanded so far - in Clouzot. I get the feeling that his Inferno is right up there with Jodorowski's Dune in the category of masterful films that were never accomplished - at least the documentaries on each of them are so jawdropping, it inspired me to believe it. BunBun's list also reminded me I forgot to place Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on my sentimental list. -------------
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Posted By: Wirebender
Date Posted: December 16 2016 at 11:45
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A good friend turned me onto this movie: What We Do In The Shadows Fantastic. |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: March 01 2018 at 13:29
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Harry and Tonto La Strada Nashville They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Network One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest The Battle of Algiers Treasure of the Sierra Madre A Woman Under The Influence Buffalo '66 La Grande Illusion Mr. Deeds Goes To Town |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: March 01 2018 at 13:39
It's A Wonderful Life!  I'll have a think about more choices another day, but The Blues Brothers, Spinal Tap, Holy Grail, Dark Star, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz spring to mind initially for humour. I'll go all intellectual and pretentious another day  ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: March 02 2018 at 05:38
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Wow, favorite movies. I'll pick the ones I'm mostly likely to watch if I see them on TV. There are many, many more movies that I enjoy. Die Hard Shawshank Redemption Airplane Airplane 2 Monty Python and the Holy Grail Blazing Saddles Spaceballs Them The Thing (original) Dirty Harry Star Trek 2 Star Wars (eps 4, 5, 6) Holiday Inn White Christmas The Dirty Dozen The Longest Day The Big Red One Kelly's Heroes Patton The Great Escape Where Eagles Dare Midway (I've had a thing for war movies since I was a kid) I'm sure I'm forgetting more ------------- We all dwell in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: March 05 2018 at 05:54
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I just saw this, and it blew my mind.. And it's all on YouTube! Ana-ta-han |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: March 06 2018 at 23:02
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Some of mine: All Three Colours (From Kieslowski) the Double Life of Veronique Pulp Fiction Babel All About My Mother Breaking the Waves the Kid (from Chaplin)
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Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 13:33
I think I might have "the Double Life of Veronique" on my DVR, etc... Thanks for the recommendation! |
Posted By: ProfPanglos
Date Posted: March 15 2018 at 12:30
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Ostrov Avalon Kontroll After the Wedding Force Majeure The Princess and the Warrior Run Lola Run Blade Runner Midnight Express The Game Scarface Chariots of Fire |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: March 15 2018 at 15:05
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Ive mentioned about twenty titles a couple of years ago but I think I got a new favorite ...or two. Check it out. Incredible stuff. (well maybe not if you're in the mood for Godfather I or II) |
Posted By: Larkstongue41
Date Posted: March 23 2018 at 10:56
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Updated top 10. Limited to one per director: 2001: A Space Odyssey 8½ Werckmeister Harmonies Andrei Rublev The Seventh Seal Aguirre, Der Zorn Gottes Eraserhead The Tree of Life Lawrence of Arabia Citizen Kane Honorable Mentions: Breaking the Waves Delicatessen The Grand Budapest Hotel El Topo La Grande Illusion A Bout de Souffle Ashes and Diamonds Yojimbo ------------- "Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar." |
Posted By: Larkstongue41
Date Posted: April 01 2018 at 09:42
Would you care to expand on that? I just watched the trilogy and thought it was good at the very least. The first entry, Blue, was a disappointment. The plot is decent, it looks good (above average) visually but the long fade outs interrupting a dialogue at several instances in the film ruined it all for me. I get the intention of the director but the result is not effective at all. White was good yet not memorable. But then I found Red to be very engaging and I like the message the film has to convey. So overall I have to say I liked the trilogy ------------- "Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar." |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: April 01 2018 at 09:57
and your post reminds me how much I loved that movie.. haven't seen it in many years. miss you Vic... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: April 01 2018 at 09:58
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Posted By: Blaqua
Date Posted: April 03 2018 at 15:32
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Am I the only one who includes D. Lynch's Dune on their top 10 list? Better watched after a warm-up with Iron Maiden 's prog metal To tame a land. |
Posted By: doompaul
Date Posted: April 03 2018 at 16:44
| The entire Thin Man series. |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: April 03 2018 at 22:45
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: April 04 2018 at 09:36
For me, the best is the Tangerine Dream concert with the movie, showing ALL of its music. It's one of the last things TD did before Edgar left us for another cosmic address! I agree that the original is much better than the 2nd one, but the music preference for me, is from the 2nd, even though in the film released it was cut up senseless, and you know there was a lot more in there that would probably make the remake a lot better. The hint of it comes from the TD concert in Australia with the film, showcasing ALL of the music they had created for the original film. I'm not sure how they fit the film properly into all pieces of music, and it would take a study too long to find out for me, and it is not one of my favorite films, although when it comes to music, I tend to look at the films differently. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: April 04 2018 at 10:02
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Hi, I had to look at my web pages to figure out what I had for "favorites", since for me, as a reviewer, that is a very hard choice to make, as there are so many different and distinct things to look at to make a personal favorite. I can't even list a Fellini, Antonioni, Bergman film in this list ... and thus I left my "honorable mentions" as part of the list. Bedazzled (Donen) Jubilee (Jarman) Performance (Roeg and Cammell) Prospero's Books (Greenaway) The Devils (Russell) Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring (Berri) La Belle Noiseusse (Rivette) Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Herzog) The Island on Bird Street (Kragh-Jacobson) Jesus of Montreal (Arcand) Journey of Hope (Koller) Carmen (Saura) The Fencing Master (Olea) Chimes at Midnight (Welles) The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeiosie (Bunuel) Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick) The Double Life of Veronique (Kieslowski) Goodness ... I had to miss so many other great films ... !!!! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Argos
Date Posted: April 04 2018 at 10:31
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Taxi Driver (Scorcese) Drive (Refn) Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino) Amadeus (Forman) Goodfellas (Scorcese) Pan's Labyrinth (Del Toro) Memories of Murder (Joon-ho) The Departed (Scorcese) The Godfather part 2 (Coppola) Your Name (Shinkai)
------------- "All the iron turned to rust; All the proud men turned to dust And so all things, time will mend So this song will end" |