alright, for those who do or do not know, i've taken it upon myself to compile a list of the 100 greatest films of all-time. because after all, what do studied critics and directors know that a teenage kid can't correct.

i've set a deadline for watching movies for the list at March 15. in between then and now, i'm gonna make a point to watch everything considered "great" or "classic" . . .and Celebrity Mole. so if you want to recommend a couple titles that you think it wise for me to see before the final version is decided upon, please suggest something now.

several things:

a)if i don't end up watching your movie, sorry, i probably couldn't get a copy without paying (i'm using the school library).

b)if i end up watching your movie and don't put it on my list, sorry, you have bad taste in films.

c)spare the joke, "dude, you gotta watch Dutch" posts.

d)i've seen most of the standard "classic" Citizen Kane-esque movies already.

e)thanks

for me to know what you've seen and what you haven't seen so this is really an excercise in futility. For all I know you've seen them all, but here are a few of mine that aren't entirely obvious:

Roshomon
The Third Man
Rear Window
Amarcord
Spartacus
Das Boot
Doctor Zhivago
Dead Man
Matewan
Wings of Desire

>for me to know what you've seen and what you haven't seen so
>this is really an excercise in futility. For all I know
>you've seen them all, but here are a few of mine that aren't
>entirely obvious:

still a recommendation, whether i've viewed them or not. could help someone else.

>Roshomon
>The Third Man
>Rear Window
>Amarcord
>Spartacus
>Das Boot
>Doctor Zhivago
>Dead Man
>Matewan
>Wings of Desire

thanks.

i had not seen all of those.

also going by your archived 'top 5' post

High and Low
La Haine
Ikiru

I know you've seen a lot since then so if you've seen em I'll try to think of some more

>also going by your archived 'top 5' post

only two of those i think stayed in my top ten.

>High and Low
>La Haine
>Ikiru
>
>I know you've seen a lot since then so if you've seen em
>I'll try to think of some more

Ikiru is on your list? Mine just came the other day and I haven't watched it yet. I haven't seen any other reviews on here so what did you think?

>Ikiru is on your list? Mine just came the other day and I
>haven't watched it yet. I haven't seen any other reviews on
>here so what did you think?

it was good but not great, so it disappointed me. however, the question was not posed to me, so carry on.

>it was good but not great, so it disappointed me. however,
>the question was not posed to me, so carry on.

other than it dragging a bit towards the end I think it's perfect. It really got to me. But hey it's your list kid

it's one of the most moving films I've ever seen.

But I guess it's not for everybody

thanks, I can't wait to see it. I am supposed to wait to watch it with a friend but she is going out of town for the weekend and I'm sure it will look VERY tempting just sitting there. I watched the trailer on the first disc and it really had me excited to see it but I think I will have to wait for next week sometime to see it.

Well, I reckon I've given you a lot of recommendations for this list over the past few months or so.

But hey, it won't hurt to add a few more!

And maybe I can also remind you of the importance of some previous recommendations. Ahem.

Here are some movies you ought to consider because I think they're good and might deserve a place on some kind of a list but then again who knows?:

(Note: it's possible you've seen some of these, and it's also possible that you've told me you've seen some of these, but I forgot)


Metropolis, M, You Only Live Once, Fury, The Big Heat - all directed by Fritz Lang.

Merchant Of Four Seasons, Marriage Of Maria Braun - both directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

The Great Dictator - Charles Chaplin.

The Asphalt Jungle - John Houston.

Force Of Evil - Abraham Polonsky

Johnny Guitar, The Lusty Men - both directed by Nicholas Ray

Sullivan's Travels - Preston Sturges

The Roaring Twenties, White Heat - both directed by Raoul Walsh.

A Woman Under The Influence - John Cassavetes

The Gunfighter, Jesse James - both directed by Henry King

Hamlet - Laurence Olivier

This Gun For Hire - Frank Tuttle

La Strada - Federico Fellini

The Garden Of The Finzi-Continis - Vittorio De Sica

Frankenstein - James Whale

Last Year At Marienbad - Alain Resnais

That'll do for now. When I think of some more I'll post them up.

>Well, I reckon I've given you a lot of recommendations for
>this list over the past few months or so.

yeah, how many times can you tell me to watch Home Alone? really now, you need to grow up and respect the medium.

>And maybe I can also remind you of the importance of some
>previous recommendations. Ahem.

that's all down and i'm about to bury my head in laserdiscs.

>Metropolis, M, You Only Live Once, Fury, The Big Heat - all
>directed by Fritz Lang.
>
>Merchant Of Four Seasons, Marriage Of Maria Braun - both
>directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
>
>The Great Dictator - Charles Chaplin.
>
>The Asphalt Jungle - John Houston.
>
>Force Of Evil - Abraham Polonsky
>
>Johnny Guitar, The Lusty Men - both directed by Nicholas Ray
>
>Sullivan's Travels - Preston Sturges
>
>The Roaring Twenties, White Heat - both directed by Raoul
>Walsh.
>
>A Woman Under The Influence - John Cassavetes
>
>The Gunfighter, Jesse James - both directed by Henry King
>
>Hamlet - Laurence Olivier
>
>This Gun For Hire - Frank Tuttle
>
>La Strada - Federico Fellini
>
>The Garden Of The Finzi-Continis - Vittorio De Sica
>
>Frankenstein - James Whale
>
>Last Year At Marienbad - Alain Resnais
>
>That'll do for now. When I think of some more I'll post
>them up.

arlighty then. *pushes deadline back* yeah, i had see a couple, but now will see a couple more. thanks.

>A Woman Under The Influence - John Cassavetes

I haven't seen many Cassavetes movies so when I saw this I was so impressed by the performances but disappointed in the movie (while I was watching). The thing is though that I have never stopped thinking about this movie ever since, and when I do, all I can think about is how great it is. Weird.

and my bad, I didn't notice you already mentioned White Heat. I should have known.

>Last Year At Marienbad - Alain Resnais

I really don't think I can bring myself to watch another one of this guy's movies

>>A Woman Under The Influence - John Cassavetes
>
>I haven't seen many Cassavetes movies so when I saw this I
>was so impressed by the performances but disappointed in the
>movie (while I was watching). The thing is though that I
>have never stopped thinking about this movie ever since, and
>when I do, all I can think about is how great it is. Weird.

I love this movie. There's so much to like about it. ***SPOILERS****


Like the scene where the whole family's at the dinner table and Gena Rowlands has just come back from the hospital. She asks her dad to "stand up for her" and he actually stands up! That's good movie!

This movie begs for a Criterion treatment. I got it on DVD but it's real old, you have to flip the disc over like a record halfway through. It's a drag.

Plus it's full screen, not letterboxed.

I did get to see it once letterboxed on IFC though, so I feel better now.

If you want to see more Cassavetes films that are somewhat similar in style to Woman Under The Influence, I would recommend "Opening Night" and "Minnie And Moskowitz". Both star Gena Rowlands too.

>
>and my bad, I didn't notice you already mentioned White
>Heat. I should have known.

That's okay. I almost didn't mention it myself cause I figured you would. Just so long as Little Ricky gets the point! lol.

>
>>Last Year At Marienbad - Alain Resnais
>
>I really don't think I can bring myself to watch another one
>of this guy's movies

This one's a little different than Hiroshima. It's weird too though. And intentionally confusing.

And surreal.

Try it out though.

It's good.

>I love this movie. There's so much to like about it.
>***SPOILERS****
>
>
>Like the scene where the whole family's at the dinner table
>and Gena Rowlands has just come back from the hospital. She
>asks her dad to "stand up for her" and he actually stands
>up! That's good movie!

I guess I just wasn't accustomed to his style. Like I said when thinking about it I think it's great lol. I'd really like to see it again soon.

>If you want to see more Cassavetes films that are somewhat
>similar in style to Woman Under The Influence, I would
>recommend "Opening Night" and "Minnie And Moskowitz". Both
>star Gena Rowlands too.

Cool I want to see more of his stuff. I've only seen Killing of a Chinese Bookie (which I liked but not that much)

>>>Last Year At Marienbad - Alain Resnais

>>I really don't think I can bring myself to watch another one
>>of this guy's movies
>
>This one's a little different than Hiroshima. It's weird
>too though. And intentionally confusing.
>
>And surreal.
>
>Try it out though.
>
>It's good.

Sounds like when my mom would try and convince me liver was just like steak.

>I guess I just wasn't accustomed to his style.

Yeah, there's lots of sreaming and the camera's always moving.

Sometimes it looks like Cassavetes is hitting his cameraman in the head with a bat and wherever the camera points while the guy's stumbling to the ground, that's the shot you get.

>Cool I want to see more of his stuff. I've only seen Killing
>of a Chinese Bookie (which I liked but not that much)
>

I haven't seen that one yet. I want to. And of the two I just mentioned above, you should see Minnie And Moskowitz first, before Opening Night.

Have you seen anything he's acted in?

>>Try it out though.
>>
>>It's good.
>
>Sounds like when my mom would try and convince me liver was
>just like steak.

One time when I was a little kid I was over at my grandmother's house. We ate what I thought was steak, but after we were done she says, "Guess what? You just ate a deer."

What?!?!? It was deer meat?

That's the type of thing that will scar you for life.

And if you're wondering . . . deer tastes like dead dreams. lol.

>>Sometimes it looks like Cassavetes is hitting his cameraman
>in the head with a bat and wherever the camera points while
>the guy's stumbling to the ground, that's the shot you get.

I was referring more to its lack of an actual plot

don't care much for the discussion that will follow your screening of these movies (y'all OKP movie geeks kill me with your elitism), buuuuuuuut anyway, here's a few:
- L'Avventura
- Yi Yi
- Double Indemnity (classic Wilder noir, you've prolly seen it already)
- Creature from the Black Lagoon (dope underwater scenes)
- Cesar et Rosalie (Claude Sautet). Romy Schneider is beautiful n/m
- Laissez Passer (Tavernier), a 2002 flick about moviemakers during the French occupation
- Branded to Kill (Suzuki): eff a Tarantino
- Kikujiro (Kitano): get into Kitano....now
- The Long Goodbye: great Phil Marlowe adaptation
- anything Ozu

You seem to know a good deal about movies, so sorry if you've already seen these

>don't care much for the discussion that will follow your
>screening of these movies (y'all OKP movie geeks kill me
>with your elitism), buuuuuuuut anyway,

yeah anyway, that wasn't necessary.

here's a few:
>- L'Avventura
>- Yi Yi
>- Double Indemnity (classic Wilder noir, you've prolly seen
>it already)
>- Creature from the Black Lagoon (dope underwater scenes)
>- Cesar et Rosalie (Claude Sautet). Romy Schneider is
>beautiful n/m
>- Laissez Passer (Tavernier), a 2002 flick about moviemakers
>during the French occupation
>- Branded to Kill (Suzuki): eff a Tarantino
>- Kikujiro (Kitano): get into Kitano....now
>- The Long Goodbye: great Phil Marlowe adaptation
>- anything Ozu
>
>You seem to know a good deal about movies, so sorry if
>you've already seen these

no, thank you for the recommendations, i hadn't seen them all.

i was planning on hitting up Ozu next.

>>don't care much for the discussion that will follow your
>>screening of these movies (y'all OKP movie geeks kill me
>>with your elitism), buuuuuuuut anyway,
>
>yeah anyway, that wasn't necessary.

hey, just my opinion. I didn't mean it as a knock on anyone, but it's just that when certain (read: arty) movies are discussed, it tends to fall in an elitist discussion, where anything Hollywood and recent sucks. I recommended those flicks because I enjoyed them, and you seem like you've seen a lot of movies (judging from your posts), but my fave movies are actually ET and Swingers, not really art-house fare, and I even saw 2 Fast 2 Furious in theater and kinda enjoyed it.
Elitism is only enjoying certain types of movies on the pretense that they are more intellectual.


>here's a few:
>>- L'Avventura
>>- Yi Yi
>>- Double Indemnity (classic Wilder noir, you've prolly seen
>>it already)
>>- Creature from the Black Lagoon (dope underwater scenes)
>>- Cesar et Rosalie (Claude Sautet). Romy Schneider is
>>beautiful n/m
>>- Laissez Passer (Tavernier), a 2002 flick about moviemakers
>>during the French occupation
>>- Branded to Kill (Suzuki): eff a Tarantino
>>- Kikujiro (Kitano): get into Kitano....now
>>- The Long Goodbye: great Phil Marlowe adaptation
>>- anything Ozu
>>
>>You seem to know a good deal about movies, so sorry if
>>you've already seen these
>
>no, thank you for the recommendations, i hadn't seen them
>all.

no problem, hope you like 'em

>
>i was planning on hitting up Ozu next.

please do so, asap

>Elitism is only enjoying certain types of movies on the
>pretense that they are more intellectual.

there's trash cinema elitists, B-movie elitists, sci-fi elitists... it's not based on the intellectual quality of the movies at all.

the anti-elitist elitist. Those cats who think they are somehow more well-adjusted human beings because they can appreciate modern commercial films for the crap they are.

Otherwise known as the "its just entertainment" elitists.

RED
Ora et labora

East of Eden
Smoke (seen this? it's like the good/mature Pulp Fiction)

uh... okay.

i've never seen Smoke. I just felt like saying that

>i've never seen Smoke. I just felt like saying that

Shame on you! Both Smoke & Blue in the Face are pretty good flicks. Lots of improv. I wouldnt put either 1 of them in the greatest films category tho.

what is the sequel to smoke i can't ever remember the name,but it has a lot of the same actors and it is all improvised? i can't remember for the world of me. even has live interviews with people about brooklyn. and madonna is in it and rupaul i believe.

.

some people say it's (much, much) better than the Godfather!

(okay, well, British people)

though you might want to limit this to American films to avoid the angry foreign hordes

and also Orson Welles's "The Trial." Mark this: BETTER camera work than both Touch of Evil and Citizen Kane.

Would that be a film based on the Kafka novel?

must get round to reading that

>though you might want to limit this to American films to
>avoid the angry foreign hordes

foreign film influence will be felt

>and also Orson Welles's "The Trial." Mark this: BETTER
>camera work than both Touch of Evil and Citizen Kane.

had planned on getting it.

Arguably the best martial arts film yet.

Mech

An often over looked Sammo Hung classic with a lot of heart and its fair share of blood.

Mech

I've recently realized how many classic or just plain great movies I've never seen and have set about to watch many of them. Here's Roger Egbert's list of his 100 greatest movies. Can't say I disagree or agree either way but I'm finding it a great starting point.

http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/greatmovies/

>I've recently realized how many classic or just plain great
>movies I've never seen and have set about to watch many of
>them. Here's Roger Egbert's list of his 100 greatest
>movies. Can't say I disagree or agree either way but I'm
>finding it a great starting point.
>
>http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/greatmovies/

thanks for the reminder.

thanks

usually after I see a movie that I think is great I have a habit of checking to see if they're on that list, then I'll read the review. Around 3 out of 4 times it's on there.

Only Angels Have Wings - Howard Hawks

Blood Of A Poet - Jean Cocteau

Stromboli - Roberto Rossellini

Paths Of Glory - Stanley Kubrick

The Best Years Of Our Lives, Wuthering Heights - both directed by William Wyler

The Awful Truth - Leo McCarey

The Bad And The Beautiful - Vincente Minnelli

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers - Don Siegel

Laura, Anatomy Of A Murder - both directed by Otto Preminger

Mildred Pierce - Michael Curtiz

The Public Enemy - William Wellman

Sahara - Zoltan Korda

Atlantic City - Louis Malle

Juliet Of The Spirits - Federico Fellini

Okay, that's it for now (again).

>Only Angels Have Wings - Howard Hawks
>
>Blood Of A Poet - Jean Cocteau
>
>Stromboli - Roberto Rossellini
>
>Paths Of Glory - Stanley Kubrick
>
>The Best Years Of Our Lives, Wuthering Heights - both
>directed by William Wyler
>
>The Awful Truth - Leo McCarey
>
>The Bad And The Beautiful - Vincente Minnelli
>
>Invasion Of The Body Snatchers - Don Siegel
>
>Laura, Anatomy Of A Murder - both directed by Otto Preminger
>
>Mildred Pierce - Michael Curtiz
>
>The Public Enemy - William Wellman
>
>Sahara - Zoltan Korda
>
>Atlantic City - Louis Malle
>
>Juliet Of The Spirits - Federico Fellini
>
>Okay, that's it for now (again).

maybe i should change deadline date to March 16, 2005.

if you could be so kind, from the ones in this post, could you narrow down the possible List worthy ones to about 10? and should these take precedent over those you've suggested before (Le Mystère Picasso and such)?

>if you could be so kind, from the ones in this post, could
>you narrow down the possible List worthy ones to about 10?

Okay, I'll try. But remember not every film I recommended is necessarily "top 10" material. But if I had to pick 10 especially noteworthy/listworthy films from my replies in this post I would go with:

Metropolis
M
You Only Live Once
Fury
The Big Heat

all by Fritz Lang. As I've mentioned before, Fritz Lang is one of my absolute favorite directors and these represent what I think are some of his best works. You shouldn't complete your list without looking into at least some of these. These are "top 10" material in my book.

After that, the best of what I mentioned here might include:

Mildred Pierce - by Michael Curtiz (who is most famous for directing Casablanca). It's got Joan Crawford in a great performance, a strong and dark visual atmosphere and an insightful social message to go with it. Michael Curtiz was a great talent. This film ranks high on any list.

Stromboli - by Roberto Rossellini. This film features what I personally think of as Ingrid Bergman's very best performance. That's reason enough for being listworthy. But it's got plenty more to be proud of too.

Force Of Evil - by Abraham Polonsky. Polonsky was a brilliant screenwrtier and was about to become a brilliant director. Shortly after this film, he was blacklisted for being a socialist. It ruined his career. This is one of his few films, and one of the best of its time. It's about the mob and the numbers racket, but it's actually Polonsky's giant metaphor (and harsh criticism) of the capitalist system. Stars John Garfield (you can't beat that).

Blood Of A Poet - by Jean Cocteau. This is a silent surrealist masterpiece by the great poet and filmmaker. It's kind of hard to put into words, but think of it as an attempt at documenting the working mind of a poet. It's wild.

since I'm about to hit number 10, I'll pick an underrated one (because you already know to look at Fellini films and Nicholas Ray films and Howard Hawks).

The Gunfighter - directed by Henry King. King was a great talent. This is my favorite of his films, and it stars Gregory Peck in one of his best performances. If someone asks you why Gregory Peck was a great actor, tell them to see this movie. It's about a gunfighter trying to give up the outlaw life, but his reputation follows him everywhere and no one seems willing to let him change or be anything except for what he's always been. Strong acting, a very strong social-political message, and brilliant photography and direction that's never flashy but always precise. . . it serves the story perfectly. See this film.

That should do it I guess. But don't overlook the other ones either.

>and should these take precedent over those you've suggested
>before (Le Mystère Picasso and such)?

No. See those first. . . the Fassbinder films, Tarkovsky's The Mirror, all that.

But I would put the Fritz Lang films on a high priority if I were you.

So there.

>Metropolis
>M
>The Big Heat

seen em

>You Only Live Once
>Fury

not available

>Mildred Pierce - by Michael Curtiz (who is most famous for
>directing Casablanca). It's got Joan Crawford in a great
>performance, a strong and dark visual atmosphere and an
>insightful social message to go with it. Michael Curtiz was
>a great talent. This film ranks high on any list.

seen it

>Stromboli - by Roberto Rossellini. This film features what
>I personally think of as Ingrid Bergman's very best
>performance. That's reason enough for being listworthy.
>But it's got plenty more to be proud of too.

not available

>Force Of Evil - by Abraham Polonsky. Polonsky was a
>brilliant screenwrtier and was about to become a brilliant
>director. Shortly after this film, he was blacklisted for
>being a socialist. It ruined his career. This is one of
>his few films, and one of the best of its time. It's about
>the mob and the numbers racket, but it's actually Polonsky's
>giant metaphor (and harsh criticism) of the capitalist
>system. Stars John Garfield (you can't beat that).

available


>Blood Of A Poet - by Jean Cocteau. This is a silent
>surrealist masterpiece by the great poet and filmmaker.
>It's kind of hard to put into words, but think of it as an
>attempt at documenting the working mind of a poet. It's
>wild.

not available

>The Gunfighter - directed by Henry King. King was a great
>talent. This is my favorite of his films, and it stars
>Gregory Peck in one of his best performances. If someone
>asks you why Gregory Peck was a great actor, tell them to
>see this movie. It's about a gunfighter trying to give up
>the outlaw life, but his reputation follows him everywhere
>and no one seems willing to let him change or be anything
>except for what he's always been. Strong acting, a very
>strong social-political message, and brilliant photography
>and direction that's never flashy but always precise. . . it
>serves the story perfectly. See this film.

sounds good, but not available

>That should do it I guess. But don't overlook the other
>ones either.

so i have a batch of other films culled from this post to hit tomorrow. then Ozu. then i'll hit up the ones available from the KF file here.

>>and should these take precedent over those you've suggested
>>before (Le Mystère Picasso and such)?
>
>No. See those first. . . the Fassbinder films, Tarkovsky's
>The Mirror, all that.

i'm upset Mother Kuster isn't at my ready. Mirror will be seen within the week.

>So there.

thank you kindly, comrade.

>The Best Years Of Our Lives>
>The Bad And The Beautiful - Vincente Minnelli
>Laura, Anatomy Of A Murder - both directed by Otto Preminger
>The Public Enemy - William Wellman

and I really like Paths of Glory but Im just not sure if it's "list worthy"

the others I haven't seen. I have Invasion of the Body Snatchers at home though. Just haven't watched it yet

For my money the best war film ever made. I'm no film scholar but that film had quite an impact on me.

>For my money the best war film ever made. I'm no film
>scholar but that film had quite an impact on me.

not List worthy in my estimation, but just an all around good movie.

if you were to take everyone's top 100 reccomendations and put them into a pool there would probably be about 4000 in there. To take these and somehow figure out what the top 100 is so subjective and impossibily arduous. It's a fun game to play but in the end any kind of definitive list of "Greatest . . . . of all time" omits so many amazing works. Anyway, enjoy the films, I respect your passion for the art.

>if you were to take everyone's top 100 reccomendations and
>put them into a pool there would probably be about 4000 in
>there. To take these and somehow figure out what the top
>100 is so subjective and impossibily arduous. It's a fun
>game to play but in the end any kind of definitive list of
>"Greatest . . . . of all time" omits so many amazing works.
>Anyway, enjoy the films, I respect your passion for the art.

every pool of people who've done such a list have been from a specified field. imdb.com wouldn't necessarily agree with Sight & Sound readers. Roger Ebert wouldn't necessarily see eye-to-eye with David Walsh. we all have our biases, special interests, needs, quirks, pet peeves, and such. in the end, in the disclaimer that shall precede the list, i will let it be known, although i may call it "the 100 greatest films of all-time," it still is only my opinion.

to repeat, " because after all, what do studied critics and directors know that a teenage kid can't correct."

yeah I agree. I love looking at diverse listings just to get a feel for how different films are received. I'd never attempt to undertake the task myself though, too much of a headache. So when you post this list we'll all be ready to bitch about why our favorites aren't on it and argue the merits of your selections. It shall be fun.

>and I really like Paths of Glory but Im just not sure if
>it's "list worthy"

Maybe not. . . or maybe SO!

>
>the others I haven't seen. I have Invasion of the Body
>Snatchers at home though. Just haven't watched it yet

Well if you don't think Paths Of Glory is listworthy, you sure as hell won't think Body Snatchers is. lol.

It's a b-level sci-fi, horror movie.

But it's so much more.

Can a b-movie get a spot on the top 100 of all time list?

I don't see why not.

And talk about a "social-political" message! That's all Body Snatchers is.

But I'll stop now so as not to ruin it for you.

>Well if you don't think Paths Of Glory is listworthy, you
>sure as hell won't think Body Snatchers is. lol.
>
>It's a b-level sci-fi, horror movie.
>
>But it's so much more.
>
>Can a b-movie get a spot on the top 100 of all time list?
>
>I don't see why not.

priority viewing?

>priority viewing?

No, not priority. I like it, but it's got nothing on many of the other films already recommended.

It's all up to whether or not you can see past its B movie characteristics and into the chewey social commentary center.

May not be listworthy to you.

Then again, it may be.

Either way, it's good.

agree with everything else though. Never imagined you would like a Don Siegel movie though.

>agree with everything else though. Never imagined you would
>like a Don Siegel movie though.

Don Siegel is okay by me.

I don't know most of his work though.

As for Paths Of Glory, I like it. You know I'm not a giant Kubrick fan to begin with. But to me, this is one of his more important films.

You really don't like it huh?

Oh by the way, I ordered a copy of Heartworn Highways. It should be here in a couple days. I'll post a review of what I think.

Country music rocks!!!!!!!

and it just didn't add up to much in the end for me.
Siegel gets pretty right wing at times (not to the point of becoming a bigot or anything), but then so did John Ford.

And I'm infuriated at Amazon.ca for changing heartworn highways from "ships in 24 hours" to "ships within 3 to 5 weeks". Bastards!

don't even know what to say about that. I didn't find it the least bit boring. Very solid anti war film IMO

since Friday mentioned Public Enemy. if you haven't seen it yet SEE IT!

Cagney was awesome in that. He was Joe Pesci before Joe Pesci was born.

>Cagney was awesome in that. He was Joe Pesci before Joe
>Pesci was born.

you just said a dirty word. time to edit before they catch you.

King Friday is a collective now?

Yeah.

I hate Joe Pesci.

A lot.

James Cagney is in my top 10 actors of all time list (were such a list actually to exist).

Pesci. . . I don't even know what to say about Pesci.

Only that I've never enjoyed a single performance he's given in any film ever.

He makes my skin crawl.

but good movies tend to bring that out in an actor.


>Pesci. . . I don't even know what to say about Pesci.

>Only that I've never enjoyed a single performance he's given
>in any film ever.

he's a psycopath 99% of the time.

One of the most influencial films ever.

others you should check out are:

THe Searchers

L' Avventura (You must have patience with this one)

The Bicycle Thief

Lady From Shangai

The Big Heat

Casablanca

Psycho

Le Mepris (Contempt)

Rome Open City

Seven Samurias

Godfather

Weekend (another Godard film that I find funny but has a powerful message behind it)

Manhattan

Vertigo

Some Like it Hot

400 Blows

Uh that's all I can think of right now but I should be able to come up with more.

>THe Searchers
>
>L' Avventura (You must have patience with this one)
>
>The Bicycle Thief
>
>Lady From Shangai
>
>The Big Heat
>
>Casablanca
>
>Psycho
>
>Le Mepris (Contempt)
>
>Rome Open City
>
>Seven Samurias
>
>Godfather
>
>Weekend (another Godard film that I find funny but has a
>powerful message behind it)
>
>Manhattan
>
>Vertigo
>
>Some Like it Hot
>
>400 Blows
>
>Uh that's all I can think of right now but I should be able
>to come up with more.

about 80% of those (might be) too

you just named my nu-well, nevermind

never mind.

>never mind.

Ok I didn't read this list over too carefully but I only saw I think three movies that I double posted, or are you talking abuot that Ebert list because I haven't looked at it yet.

I remembered some more though:

High Noon (I just like the fact that it's a real time movie)

Bonnie and Clyde

Out of the Past

Sunset Boulevard (I like a lot of noir stuff)

the one i'm making.

Breathless is already down on it, i'm just saying i agree.

Taste of Cherry - Abbas Kiarostami


"No one is so stupid as to directly imitate a film and directly copy someone else's success. This tells everyone that you have no creative ability, that you're an idiot. Even if you succeed, you're still an idiot." - Zhang Yimou

>Taste of Cherry - Abbas Kiarostami

available and willing, i shall.

.

KF recommended it too once.

it's at my school, so that's why i put a star next to it.

would the defense like to say something?

Taste Of Cherry is awesome.

That's all there is to it.

Maybe you would have liked it if Joe Pesci was in it or something.

I think it's incredible.

I also think his film Close Up and his film The Wind Will Carry Us are incredible.

Kiarostami is one of the best out there today.

Without a doubt.

You can have Scorsese and Gangs Of New York.

I'll take the axis of evil. Thank you very much.

please add this to your sig.

that line of yours is too classic to just go to waste

and yes If Joe Pesci would have got in that truck I would have enjoyed that movie immensely

>please add this to your sig.
>

I can't quote myself in my own sig.

That's not proper.

>and yes If Joe Pesci would have got in that truck I would
>have enjoyed that movie immensely

Why would Joe Pesci be in Iran though? I mean how far DO you have to go to hide a body these days?

>That's not proper.

*sigh* you Commies are no fun

>Why would Joe Pesci be in Iran though? I mean how far DO
>you have to go to hide a body these days?

SPOILER (sort of)

Well if he was there the movie would have had a real ending

>*sigh* you Commies are no fun
>

We are too! We have lots of fun.

We have great parties.

We play Pin The Tail On The Bourgeois

Spin The Sickle

Everything.

We suck at Monopoly though.

>>and yes If Joe Pesci would have got in that truck I would
>>have enjoyed that movie immensely
>
>Why would Joe Pesci be in Iran though? I mean how far DO
>you have to go to hide a body these days?

i bet it would have been better had John Hughes of Kieran Culkin been involved. i mean, these are fact, can't front on facts.

he's always in New York (except Casino)

L.A.

>he's always in New York (except Casino)

Home Alone (the first one) he was in Chicago. and Gone Fishin was about Florida, i think. 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag was set in the straigh-to-video aisle, saved costs that way.

>>
>i bet it would have been better had John Hughes of Kieran
>Culkin been involved. i mean, these are fact, can't front
>on facts.

You haven't even seen Taste Of Cherry have you?

>>>
>>i bet it would have been better had John Hughes of Kieran
>>Culkin been involved. i mean, these are fact, can't front
>>on facts.
>
>You haven't even seen Taste Of Cherry have you?

no, i haven't, but what film wouldn't be improved with the addition of those two guys?

>no, i haven't, but what film wouldn't be improved with the
>addition of those two guys?

Well don't listen to Doc and Mynoriti then.

They are the devil.

Taste of Cherry is an excellent movie.

And what movie wouldn't be improved with the addition of those two guys?

"Next Friday".

Because it's already perfect.

>And what movie wouldn't be improved with the addition of
>those two guys?
>
>"Next Friday".
>
>Because it's already perfect.

>Well don't listen to Doc and Mynoriti then.
>
>They are the devil.

Hell is where you can watch a tripple feature of Goodfellas, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull.

In heaven you have to watch Cries and Whispers on a 13 inch TV with foil paper on the antenna

>Hell is where you can watch a tripple feature of Goodfellas,
>Taxi Driver and Raging Bull.
>
>In heaven you have to watch Cries and Whispers on a 13 inch
>TV with foil paper on the antenna

That's not true. One time I had a near death experience and I went up to heaven and they had big TVs and all the Criterion titles and all the women looked like Bibi Andersson and Catherine Bell.

>That's not true. One time I had a near death experience and
>I went up to heaven and they had big TVs and all the
>Criterion titles and all the women looked like Bibi
>Andersson and Catherine Bell.

*downgrades King_Friday's opinion by 200 points*

>>That's not true. One time I had a near death experience and
>>I went up to heaven and they had big TVs and all the
>>Criterion titles and all the women looked like Bibi
>>Andersson and Catherine Bell.
>
>*downgrades King_Friday's opinion by 200 points*

No, Ricky I don't like JAG. But I *do* like Catherine Bell.

Besides, I heard you watch Walker Texas Ranger and try to do Karate chops in your kitchen.

>That's not true. One time I had a near death experience and
>I went up to heaven and they had big TVs and all the
>Criterion titles

What was playing? Armageddon?

.

but i looked it up, seems interesting. i probably won't get a chance to watch it soon, but i made a definite mental note.

and james taylor fans and beach boys fans and people who know how fuckin great Warren Oates was.

maybe not classic but i recommend it anyways. Based on a Conrad novel that people argue over the meaning of. Ridley Scotts first film. Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel.

have fun.

Since you guys have mentioned Resnais I figure you've seen Night and Fog. How did you guys ract to this movie when you first saw it? By the time it got to the mountains of women's hair I wasn't sure if I could take anymore, at least it's only a half hour.

>Since you guys have mentioned Resnais I figure you've seen
>Night and Fog. How did you guys ract to this movie when you
>first saw it? By the time it got to the mountains of women's
>hair I wasn't sure if I could take anymore, at least it's
>only a half hour.

As a film it's great. But you're right, parts of it are hard to watch. Like you said, the part with the women's hair was especially gruesome.

It's a rough one to take. But it should be seen far and wide.

I liked very much the ending. The narrator's last lines really shift a lot of responsibility onto the viewing audience to protect the future.

Definitely an important film.

couple of films i feel are pretty damn classic (or will be)...

requiem for a dream (modern classic)
in the mood for love (international classic, classic love story)
pulp fiction (modern classic)
lost in translation (classic love story)
eyes wide shut (people shit on kubrick for this, but fuck 'em)
irreversible (devastating, completely unique, compelling)
la dolce vita (the last scene is incredible)
battle royale (see it for the controversy)

but if there are any of these that you haven't seen, you should remedy that, post-haste

Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Searchers

Shadows

Bonnie and Clyde

Chinatown

Sunset Boulevard

Fantasia
Pinocchio
Sleeping Beauty

I'm trying to think of movies I've never heard you talk about so..

Five Easy Pieces

The Last Picture Show

The Apu Trilogy (ok thats 3 but time well spent)

The Last Detail

All About Eve

Paper Moon

The Hustler

M

Annie Hall (yeah you've likely seen it but since I just saw it recently I had to include it…and Manhattan too)

Cool Hand Luke

Ok I guess that's 14. whatever

I've seen Paper Moon about 6 times. Great one.

i now have another list, this time of "films to see." it's 19 titles long, plus some stuff i'm scheduled to watch in film class.

thank you for your recommendations, here and in prior times.

deadline:march 16th
list finalized and posted:march 18th (hopefully)

me and the VCR are gonna get really friendly now.


EDIT*-it's 22 titles, not just 19. don't want y'all to think i'm slacking.