YOU'VE COMMANDEERED THE CONTROLS OF A JUMBO OUTDOOR MOVIE SCREEN IN A MAJOR WORLD CITY...YOU CAN CHOOSE ONLY ONE MOVIE TO SAVE THE WORLD!
cannot go wrong with a Ritz Brothers film probably The Three Musketeers (1939)
This reminds me, I worked at a theater years ago as a projectionist. I mistakenly showed “Perfume: Story of a murderer” instead of “Charlotts Webb.” The audience was filled with pairs of children and parents. The strange thing was; no one said anything until that big orgy scene at the end. I had to face a bunch of crying children and angry adults. But they sat through nearly the entire film.
Anyway, one film: I think I would show Sion Sono’s “Suicide Club”. If possible though I would try to work in showing this short clip of Karl Hess from the doc “Anarchism in America.”
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
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cool topic, Id love to show something “unseen” but I’d have to go with an animation.
Thousands of people united under Millennium Actress sounds too good to resist.
“The Man with the Movie Camera” with the Cinematic Orchestra’s score
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Dennis…not “10” by Blake Edwards?
I think that scene with Dudley Moore and Bo Derek near the end (with Duds giving Bo a sarcastic “Jolly good!” in response to Bo’s monologue where she celebrates her sexual promiscuity) would prevent a lot of people making a mistake on New Year’s Eve.
Naturally, I’d go with “Network”…but you know, ironically, sadly, the response would be the same as in the film: millions chanting “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!”…then everyone goes “back to sleep”…and the passionate speech is turned into just another buzzphrase to sell soda pop, much like how the protest tunes of the 1960s are used to shill credit cards and no-run mascara.
I think the film would have a major impact upon the world if shown today to the right people, who might be looking for some type of wake-up call but just somewhat disheartened or unable to articulate their rage for themselves, but it’s difficult to have faith in what passes for humanity nowadays, with people less self-aware now than ever before.
“They Live” would be another one I think millions more people should witness. It has a simple message and it would really make people question the Madison Avenue mentality that pollutes the cities of our world.
Maybe Blade Runner.
if….
Once Upon A Time In The West. Sergio Leone knew.
Off the top of my head, I am going with Make Way for Tomorrow by Leo McCarey.
Maybe it will teach understanding and love towards others…or just bore them and make them hate old people even more.
Duck Soup
The Double Life of Veronique
and Duck Soup
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Imagine you’re in a major world city, say Los Angeles, London, Tokyo, what have you. There’s a large movie screen normally reserved for playing Madison Avenue drivel or some banal television programme. But it’s New Year’s Eve, tens of thousands have gathered in the public square a few hours in before the clock strikes midnight. You’ve commandeered the controls to the gigantic screen…and you’ve only two hours before the authorities find you and shut you down. This is your chance to show that ONE film that will change the world…something the masses would normally ignore or “not get”…it can be a mainstream film, for sure, a classic that needs reviving for today’s zombified audiences. But it MUST be under two hours…it can be a documentary, a dramatisation, an angry film, a feel good tearjerker…go on, do it now, before the SWAT team puts an end to your subversive act!