Been on a Welles binge as of late. Been debating with myself whether to watch Chimes on Youtube or not.
I think it’s a masterpiece. It also has a lot of humor in it, which is sort of rare for Welles.
Great list, Justin.
Thanks Matt. What would your suggestions be?
I’m afraid I would make people angry if they took me up on any of the ones that would be on my list.
lol. That’s intriguing.
What the hell, here goes:
Barry Lyndon (Kubrick)
L’intrus (Claire Denis)
Bright Future (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
Les vampires (Louis Feuillade)
The Funeral (Abel Ferrera)
The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges)
Only Angels Have Wings (Howard Hawks)
The Crowd (King Vidor)
A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang)
Gabrielle (Patrice Chéreau)
Stroszek (Werner Herzog)
Last Life in the Universe (Pen-ek Ratanaruang)
Walker (Alex Cox)
The Wind Will Carry Us (Kiarostami)
Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
The Seventh Victim (Mark Robson)
Border Incident (Anthony Mann)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter (Frank Tashlin)
Lost Highway (David Lynch)
Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki)
as soon as possible… now!! Violent cop— Takeshi Kitano
The Apartment – Billy Wilder (http://www.theauteurs.com/films/1694)
Justin, considering the fact we might not be able to watch all of these films shortly, which ones shall we begin with?
Nice lists. Mine would be:
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (John Ford)
Ride the High Country (Sam Peckinpah)
Blood on the Moon (Robert Wise)
The Far Country (Anthony Mann)
Drunken Angel (Akira Kurosawa)
The Hospital (Arthur Hiller)
The Passion of Anna (Ingmar Bergman)
Chimes at Midnight (Orson Welles)
Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg)
Vivre Sa Vie (Jean-Luc Godard)
The Little Match Girl (Jean Renoir)
The Set-Up (Robert Wise)
Vampyr
M. Hulot’s Holiday
The Testament of Dr.Mabuse
Sullivan’s Travels
Hour of the Wolf
Wings of Desire
Touch of Evil
Amacord
Kanal
Naked City
Lost Weekend
Eraserhead
Miller’s Crossing
Pickpocket
Bothersome Man
Songs From The Second Floor
Kontrol
Knife in the Water
White on Rice
It’s Not Me, I Swear
It’s great all the Denis love we’re getting. She’s one of the best directors alive today.
I guess I should make a list? Or comment on someone elses?
Late Spring
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring
Maborosi
Pather Panchali
The Power of Kangwon Province
Vive L’Amour
The Puppetmaster
Mean Streets, too
Mathieu, any of them that appeal to you, I guess…
Justin -If you don’t mind me saying, this is a bit of a cop out as Mathieu is clearly after your personal favourites, in order of preference (say 1-5?)
These would also be of interest to me.
here’s mine…
beau travail
la dolce vita
van gogh
nanook of the north
regular lovers
au Hasard Balthazar
branded to kill
three times
open city
Naked City
Death of Mr Lazarescu
Lovers of the artic circle
Bohemian Life
Begotten
Lives of others
Justin Vicari
Amarcord
Ashes of Time
Beau Travail
The Bed You Sleep In
Chimes at Midnight
Effi Briest
Gertrud
The King of Comedy
Lancelot du Lac
Life of Jesus
Mean Streets
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Monkey Business (Hawks)
My Life to Live
Nazarin
Rocco and his Brothers
Romance
The Third Generation