“femme fatale”
this year – “the good, the bad and the weird” – it’s rare but please check it out, it’s a celebration of cinematic cinema. non-stop unbelievable scenes and shots, music and action
i just wanted to mention it after seeing all the negativity at the “worst of” thread. every year there are amazing films but people moan that nothing is good anymore without bothering to check it out… all this talk about the sad funeral of batman is so boring
cheers :)
ps. of the “serious drama” films i loved “summer hours” this year, not to forget it…
2001 , Nashville, The Third Man and Chinatown have given me a near-lifetime of enrichment. But (dare I say?) it’s Disney’s Pinocchio that truly tops my list. Through charmed childhood and awkward adolescence, into adulthood and the deaths of so many loved ones, it has been a constant friend – emotionally engaging, masterfully rendered and timelessly beautiful.
raging bull.
Band of Outsiders- Godard at his cinephile best:
“Franz did not know if the world was becoming a dream or a dream becoming the world.”
I’ll pick Sunrise. The most moving film I’ve ever seen. And I think the message of the film is forever meaningful coz it reminds us of the importance of curiosity, forgive and forget. Made in 1927, it is still profoundly compelling to me, so the 81 years is the proof that this film can undergo the test of time. Does anyone like Sunrise too?
Andrei Rublev, though Lost Highway has a special place in my heart. Good call on Dancer In the Dark as well.
Probably Lost in Translation. Though I can never turn down an opportunity to watch The Big Lebowski. Ever.
Miller’s Crossing
Hard to pick, but Bela Tarr’s Sátántangó was so intense that i keep coming back to it as other-worldly on a totally different level.
Casablanca
Waking Life, closely followed by The Thin Red Line and Limelight.
The Shining
Boondock Saints
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Breaks me up every time.
Breaking the Waves
Naked Lunch
the general, sancho dayu, seven samurai, diary of a country priest, grand illusion, pather panchali, viridiana, a day at the races, the new world, the royal tennenbaums, stalker, the rules of the game, andrei rubljev, dead man, the life of oharu, etc, etc, etc….
what a silly question!
I don’t really have the ability to slice down my list of favorites to just one grand film but I can say that my favorite modern vehicle exploitation film is The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
This is a horrible topic. I hate the person who made it (just kidding buddy, but it is horrible). The only reason I want to respond is because I saw a lot of great posts. I was surprised at seeing Barry Lyndon here a couple of times, definitely one of my favorite Kubrick flicks, and definitely underrated. I remember being at awe at the end, and really overwhelming by the orgy of images my eyes had just witnessed. If only Tom Jones had been shot in the same way.
My all time favorite: fuckkkkkkk…Ikiru, The Silence (Bergman), Metropolis, Prairie Home Companion/Nashville (tie), Citizen Kane, 8.5, im gonna stop
The Third Man.
Aida Valli, Zither music, and the Cuckoo Clock. ’Nuff sed.
The Godfather
Brazil, Seven Samurai, Casablanca, Bottle Rocket
The Empire Strikes Back.
Yeah, I went there.
Krzysztof Kieslowski’s, Trois couleurs: Bleu
One more for 2001: A Space Odyssey.
eyes wide shut
Godard’s Weekend or Seven Samurai
It’s impossible to have a favorite ten, or even a hundred films, not to mention a single one. Instead, I’ll list five of my utmost favorite films:
Collateral – Michael Mann.
A favorite director of mine, almost all of his works could have found Collateral ’s place instead
Le Samourai – Jean-Pierre Melville
My favorite director and my favorite film of his. Granted Army of Shadows is a greater work, but when Melville meets crime, the only thing left is stylish union in “cool”. But, like Mann, any of his films could replace this on my list.
L.A. Confidential – Curtis Hanson
The revisionist revisionist noir. Perhaps I’m showing my inability to like the classics, but of all the noirs I’ve seen (classic and/or neo-noir), this one is the most interesting, and consummately well photographed.
Menilmontant – Dimitri Kirsanoff
The greatest silent picture I’ve ever seen (which probably shows my inexperience more than anything else). The beauty of a story told entirely with images, but with the most dazzling cuts (better than Eisenstein, I think!) I’ve ever seen.
And finally…
Memento – Christopher Nolan
In addition to a favorite, one of the greatest of all pictures, I think. The structure is beautiful, writing memorable, and the direction brilliant. I could in fact be wildly wrong, but my love of this film still stands.
400 Blows. Can watch it infinitely.
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