1. It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
2. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
3. Who Killed Davey Moore
4. Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
5. Spanish Harlem Incident
6. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues
7. Ballad of a Thin Man
8. Black Diamond Bay
9. Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat
10. The Mighty Quinn
I found the cow death in Jurassic Park to be a good one…it doesn’t really understand whats about to happen. And suddenly, we hear the Raptors, which up to this point have only been discussed at the archeological dig, and are finally introduced to a destroyed cradle which once held the cow. This scene is peppered with funny dialogue which wouldn’t be possible without the cow, but sadly is overlooked as a vehicle for introducing the Raptors.
David Mamet’s screenwriting ventures are pretty awsome since he’s a playwright. The Homicide re-release is really helping to rediscover him, he can write characters so fucking well.
As Director (He also screenwrote):
- Homcide
- House of games
- Wag the Dog
- Things Change (with the help of Shel Silverstien!)
Just Screenwriting:
- Glengarry Ross
- The Untouchables
- Ronin
- The Verdict
- Lakeboat
THE PIXIES
SONIC YOUTH
Gang of Four – Solid Gold
The Fall – Hex Induction Hour
Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me
The Replacements – Let it Be
The Feelies – Crazy Rhythms
Brian Eno – Ambient 4 On Land
Mission of Burma – Signals, Calls, and Marches
Echo & the Bunnymen – Porcupine
The Lounge Lizards – The Lounge Lizards
John Zorn – The Big Gundown
The Wipers – Youth of America
The Shining Soundtrack
NME C-86 Comp
One can’t go wrong with Charles Mingus. His entire career spanned many different genres but he really excelled as a Third Stream musician on albums like Black Saint and the Sinner Lady and Let My Children Hear Music.
As far as jazz in movies, some of my favorites:
American Splendor does Joe Maneri justice, playing a lot of Panoits Nine selections.
Elevator to the Gallows has great Miles Davis throughout
Anatomy of a Murder is the dame for Duke Ellington
Naked Lunch has an incredible Howard Shore-Ornette Coleman collaboration
John Zorn does many soundtracks, although his stuff with the Masada, Bar Kokhba, and Naked City are the best
The Sting does Scott Joplin and ragtime justice
Kansas City is a good Altman jazz film
jazz is always in there somewhere, even Fishing With John has some Lounge Lizards in it
Jazzaloha: Yes. Only problem is they are usually VERY independent, VERY small budget, and many times non-American. He does a lot of stuff for documentaries too.
‘Bicycle Thieves’
The final, pull-away shot in ‘Solaris’
Bill Murray wakes up to Sonny and Cher…again ‘Groundhog Day’
Chalk on Peter Lorre’s back ‘M’
Dead buy and lobotomized man in yellow suit to Julie Cruise’s Love Letters ‘Blue Velvet’
Sellers can walk OR Slim Pickens rides the bomb ‘Dr. Strangelove’
Winkies Coffee Shop in ‘Mulholland Dr.’
Jon Hurt Sells out to the rats ‘1984’
The fall in ‘Naked City’
The sex in ‘THX 1138’
Dr. Jeffery Wigand gets an email ‘The Insider’
Helicopter fly-by in ‘Missing’
Johnathan Pryce is still alive ‘Brazil’
“Make it 3 yards, motherfucker, and we’ll have an automobile race” ‘Two-Lane Blacktop’
Each of Kubrick’s films raises a new discussion, its hard to choose just one. He dipped into Sci-Fi, film nior, book adaptions, black comedy, horrror, and epics.
2001 was made in 1969…which is amazing. But Barry Lyndon, for me, was the greatest because of its ability to realize that era on screen, and by no means am I downplaying any of his other ones… they are all so good and this thread is an anomaly.
This thread rules…I think they’ve done Alexanderplatz and Tanner ‘88 very well and Fishing With John, which is one of my overall favorites in the whole collection, is fantastic. Despite this I’d sure like to see some more “accessible” TV shows brought to life again as long as they could provide the usual essays, press hype, extras, ect. Unless you’re German, get HBO, or were a total cult nerd/insomniac, Criterion probably introduced you to those aforementioned three, although there are other ways.
My top votes go to Northern Exposure, TV films Barbarians at the Gate and The Day After, and, from across the pond, the insanely Irish Troubled “Elephant” (by Alan Clarke), the insanely British “GBH”, and the insanely funny “Nuts in May”…of course Mike Leigh should just have a Play for Today box set or something.
I saw Assassination of Trotsky recently after getting into Losey watching The Prowler and The Servant, two films a friend recommended. As off-mark and mildly incongruent it may be called, I think the core subject matter is very, very ‘Losey-ian.’
Using The Prowler and The Servant as touchstones, he is studying the character of the voyeur, the home-invader, the underminer…Ramón Mercader serves to these well. Not only is he invading Trotsky’s home and confidants, but he is being invaded psychologically by his own mind and outside influences.
Plus, 32 years after the actual event happened, what good is the suspense: we already know Richard Burton (whose acting is done well in this film) will get an ice pick to the head; we know Trotsky is an enemy of the Soviet Union; we know why they’re in Mexico. I disagree that this is a film about the leftist-leanings too. Its not what’s penetrating Burton’s/Trotsky’s head, but what is penetrating Mercader’s/Delon’s.
Greatest Film Taglines of All TIme. over 2 years ago
“Attitude is Everything” To Wong Foo and Thanks For Everything Julie Newmar
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Greatest Police/Detective Movies (Crime Genre Part 1) over 2 years ago
Thin Blue Line
Robocop
LA Confidential
Twin Peaks anyone?
and even Clean, Shaven has a detective
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Greatest Gangster/Mafia Movies (Crime Genre Part 2) over 2 years ago
Road to Perdition
and any notable Edward G. Robinson performance
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THE TEN BEST BOWIE ALBUMS over 2 years ago
Hunky Dory hands down is the best one.
then Ziggy
Man Who Sold the World
Low
and finally Aladdin Sane
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10 Best Bob Dylan Songs over 2 years ago
1. It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
2. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
3. Who Killed Davey Moore
4. Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
5. Spanish Harlem Incident
6. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues
7. Ballad of a Thin Man
8. Black Diamond Bay
9. Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat
10. The Mighty Quinn
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you fav lines from the mouth of villians ? over 2 years ago
“Heineken, FUCK THAT SHIT, PABST BLUE RIBBON!!!” – Frank Booth
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Best War Movie(s) over 2 years ago
Ballad of a Soldier, Patton, and Full Metal Jacket all had interesting perspectives on war.
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Dead Cows-Even More Hilarious? over 2 years ago
I found the cow death in Jurassic Park to be a good one…it doesn’t really understand whats about to happen. And suddenly, we hear the Raptors, which up to this point have only been discussed at the archeological dig, and are finally introduced to a destroyed cradle which once held the cow. This scene is peppered with funny dialogue which wouldn’t be possible without the cow, but sadly is overlooked as a vehicle for introducing the Raptors.
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You choose the book to make into a film. Then choose the director. Go! over 2 years ago
The Giver, by Lois Lowry
Dir. Terry Gilliam
A young adult Utopian society novel although it is slated for a 2011 release with David Yates directing it
OR
Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night Time
Dir. David Lynch
Just for the fuck of it.
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Overlooked bodies of work over 2 years ago
David Mamet’s screenwriting ventures are pretty awsome since he’s a playwright. The Homicide re-release is really helping to rediscover him, he can write characters so fucking well.
As Director (He also screenwrote):
- Homcide
- House of games
- Wag the Dog
- Things Change (with the help of Shel Silverstien!)
Just Screenwriting:
- Glengarry Ross
- The Untouchables
- Ronin
- The Verdict
- Lakeboat
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Best Albums of the 1980s over 2 years ago
a few more:
THE PIXIES
SONIC YOUTH
Gang of Four – Solid Gold
The Fall – Hex Induction Hour
Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me
The Replacements – Let it Be
The Feelies – Crazy Rhythms
Brian Eno – Ambient 4 On Land
Mission of Burma – Signals, Calls, and Marches
Echo & the Bunnymen – Porcupine
The Lounge Lizards – The Lounge Lizards
John Zorn – The Big Gundown
The Wipers – Youth of America
The Shining Soundtrack
NME C-86 Comp
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Jazz Anyone? over 2 years ago
One can’t go wrong with Charles Mingus. His entire career spanned many different genres but he really excelled as a Third Stream musician on albums like Black Saint and the Sinner Lady and Let My Children Hear Music.
As far as jazz in movies, some of my favorites:
American Splendor does Joe Maneri justice, playing a lot of Panoits Nine selections.
Elevator to the Gallows has great Miles Davis throughout
Anatomy of a Murder is the dame for Duke Ellington
Naked Lunch has an incredible Howard Shore-Ornette Coleman collaboration
John Zorn does many soundtracks, although his stuff with the Masada, Bar Kokhba, and Naked City are the best
The Sting does Scott Joplin and ragtime justice
Kansas City is a good Altman jazz film
jazz is always in there somewhere, even Fishing With John has some Lounge Lizards in it
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Jazz Anyone? over 2 years ago
Jazzaloha: Yes. Only problem is they are usually VERY independent, VERY small budget, and many times non-American. He does a lot of stuff for documentaries too.
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I'd like to see your own lists of 100 most meaningful moments in cinema. over 2 years ago
Some of my personal favorites not yet mentioned:
‘Bicycle Thieves’
The final, pull-away shot in ‘Solaris’
Bill Murray wakes up to Sonny and Cher…again ‘Groundhog Day’
Chalk on Peter Lorre’s back ‘M’
Dead buy and lobotomized man in yellow suit to Julie Cruise’s Love Letters ‘Blue Velvet’
Sellers can walk OR Slim Pickens rides the bomb ‘Dr. Strangelove’
Winkies Coffee Shop in ‘Mulholland Dr.’
Jon Hurt Sells out to the rats ‘1984’
The fall in ‘Naked City’
The sex in ‘THX 1138’
Dr. Jeffery Wigand gets an email ‘The Insider’
Helicopter fly-by in ‘Missing’
Johnathan Pryce is still alive ‘Brazil’
“Make it 3 yards, motherfucker, and we’ll have an automobile race” ‘Two-Lane Blacktop’
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10 Best Bob Dylan Songs over 2 years ago
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll!
Rock and roll N T.hanks
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Greatest Police/Detective Movies (Crime Genre Part 1) over 2 years ago
Blade Runner….good call Vanessa
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Jazz Anyone? over 2 years ago
Aloha:
Spillane till death.
Big Gundown works too though.
the 50th Birthday Celebrations are awesome.
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Kubrick's Best Film... over 2 years ago
Each of Kubrick’s films raises a new discussion, its hard to choose just one. He dipped into Sci-Fi, film nior, book adaptions, black comedy, horrror, and epics.
2001 was made in 1969…which is amazing. But Barry Lyndon, for me, was the greatest because of its ability to realize that era on screen, and by no means am I downplaying any of his other ones… they are all so good and this thread is an anomaly.
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Is inconsistency a virtue? over 2 years ago
Two words: Robert. Altman.
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SHOULD THE CRITERION COLLECTION INCLUDE TELEVISION SHOWS? about 1 year ago
This thread rules…I think they’ve done Alexanderplatz and Tanner ‘88 very well and Fishing With John, which is one of my overall favorites in the whole collection, is fantastic. Despite this I’d sure like to see some more “accessible” TV shows brought to life again as long as they could provide the usual essays, press hype, extras, ect. Unless you’re German, get HBO, or were a total cult nerd/insomniac, Criterion probably introduced you to those aforementioned three, although there are other ways.
My top votes go to Northern Exposure, TV films Barbarians at the Gate and The Day After, and, from across the pond, the insanely Irish Troubled “Elephant” (by Alan Clarke), the insanely British “GBH”, and the insanely funny “Nuts in May”…of course Mike Leigh should just have a Play for Today box set or something.
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The Assassination of Trotsky - Joseph Losey 8 months ago
I saw Assassination of Trotsky recently after getting into Losey watching The Prowler and The Servant, two films a friend recommended. As off-mark and mildly incongruent it may be called, I think the core subject matter is very, very ‘Losey-ian.’
Using The Prowler and The Servant as touchstones, he is studying the character of the voyeur, the home-invader, the underminer…Ramón Mercader serves to these well. Not only is he invading Trotsky’s home and confidants, but he is being invaded psychologically by his own mind and outside influences.
Plus, 32 years after the actual event happened, what good is the suspense: we already know Richard Burton (whose acting is done well in this film) will get an ice pick to the head; we know Trotsky is an enemy of the Soviet Union; we know why they’re in Mexico. I disagree that this is a film about the leftist-leanings too. Its not what’s penetrating Burton’s/Trotsky’s head, but what is penetrating Mercader’s/Delon’s.
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