I Walked with a Zombie (1943) d. Jacques Tourneur Les yeux sans visage / Eyes Without a Face (1960) d. Georges Franju Carnival of Souls (1962) d. Herk Harvey Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) d. Philip Kaufman
and let me join in with so many: Greed The Magnificent Ambersons
TCM owns both of these titles and a restoration of Greed was completed in 1999. So what’s the hold-up?
Altman’s The Company (2003)? Totally! Also his Cookie’s Fortune (1999). These two are probably the best but least seen of his later work.
I attended two screenings of Cookie’s Fortune the week it opened, the first was a preview screening with free tickets and a very restless audience who booed it. Two days later I saw it with a paying audience who applauded at the end (something I NEVER see outside of festivals).
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937) Pinocchio (1940) Aladdin (1992) A Bug’s Life (1998) South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) Finding Nemo (2003) The Incredibles (2004) Wall-E (2008) Coraline (2009) Up (2009)
I thought Ratatouille looked great but the voice work is really rather weak (aside from the excellent work provided by Peter O’Toole) and, c’mon, it’s about a RAT in a KITCHEN! Yuk!
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Wow, Stage Fright? Even Hitch dismissed that one as failure (the reveal in the opening sequence underminds the rest of the movie).
Hitchcock, one of my favourites, made plenty of stinkers and I would be glad to see Vertigo taken down a notch or two. I actually think it is pretty good but certainly not deserving of it’s status as one of his greatest. (You are quite right to mention the misogynistic elements that are given full reign in late work such as Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds, Marnie) North by Northwest, Rear Window, Notorious(my personal favourite), Sabotage a.k.a A Woman Alone and The 39 Steps all have as good a claim as any to being his best work (yes, I also love The Lady Vanishes but it took me several viewings over many years before the penny dropped. In fact it was seeing the newer Criterion edition of it that turned me around.)
For what we pay for a Criterion disc they can afford to subtitle them in several languages, including the original tongue. It is standard practice in North America for the major companies to have the original language sub-titles (originally for the hearing-impaired) as well as others (french, spanish). Criterion has no excuse in this matter. They pad their discs with often marginal extras to justify their pricing but can’t afford comprehensive subtitling? Criterion, j’accuse!
Way Down East (1920) The Kid (1921) Orphans of the Storm (1921) Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) Nosferatu (1922) Our Hospitality (1923) Greed (1924) Sherlock Jr. (1924) The Navigator (1924) Battleship Potemkin (1925) The Gold Rush (1925) The General (1926) The Scarlett Letter (1926) Napolean (1927) Sunrise (1927) Wings (1927) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) The Wind (1928) Man with a Movie Camera (1929) Pandora’s Box (1929)
Blue Velvet
The Elephant Man
The Straight Story
Mulholland Dr.
Twin Peaks (pilot)
Eraserhead
Lost Highway
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Dune
Wild at Heart
INLAND EMPIRE (Exasperating, and possibly the most unpleasant 3 hrs I’ve ever endured in a movie theatre. He is one of my favourite directors but he really put me to the test with this one. I’ve meant to watch it again but just can’t seem to summon up the nerve to go through the unpleasantness all over again. However, I am heartened by the number of admirerers of IE I find on this site and hope to find out how mistaken I was should I ever get around to watching it again.)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash – Rolling Stones from Mean Streets
Like a Rolling Stone (live) – Bob Dylan and The Band from Life Lessons
Atlantis – Donovan from Goodfellas
Comfortably Numb (live) – Roger Waters featuring Van Morrison and The Band from The Departed
1939 has a great claim.
But for now, dealing with only the last decade I will go with:
1999
Anna and the King (Andy Tennant)
The Cider House Rules (Lasse Hallstrom)
In Dreams (Neil Jordan)
The Iron Giant (Brad Bird)
The Lost Son (Chris Menges)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Trey Parker)
The Straight Story (David Lynch)
Three Kings (David O. Russell)
Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh)
Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter)
Intolerance (1916) Greed (1924) Les enfants du paradis (1945) Spartacus (1960) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Il Gattopardo (1963) Red Beard (1965) The Godfather Part I & II (1972/1974) Reds (1981) The Right Stuff (1983) The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) Hamlet (1996)
Most consistent director? over 2 years ago
Akira Kurosawa and Orson Welles.
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Interested in restrained horror films over 2 years ago
I Walked with a Zombie (1943) d. Jacques Tourneur
Les yeux sans visage / Eyes Without a Face (1960) d. Georges Franju
Carnival of Souls (1962) d. Herk Harvey
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) d. Philip Kaufman
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Classic movies you can't get on d.v.d. over 2 years ago
ahh, Letter from an Unknown Woman
and let me join in with so many:
Greed
The Magnificent Ambersons
TCM owns both of these titles and a restoration of Greed was completed in 1999. So what’s the hold-up?
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OVERLOOKED OR UNDERRATED MOVIES over 2 years ago
Altman’s The Company (2003)? Totally! Also his Cookie’s Fortune (1999). These two are probably the best but least seen of his later work.
I attended two screenings of Cookie’s Fortune the week it opened, the first was a preview screening with free tickets and a very restless audience who booed it. Two days later I saw it with a paying audience who applauded at the end (something I NEVER see outside of festivals).
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Top Animated Films over 2 years ago
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)
Pinocchio (1940)
Aladdin (1992)
A Bug’s Life (1998)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Incredibles (2004)
Wall-E (2008)
Coraline (2009)
Up (2009)
I thought Ratatouille looked great but the voice work is really rather weak (aside from the excellent work provided by Peter O’Toole) and, c’mon, it’s about a RAT in a KITCHEN! Yuk!
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who's the greatest living director? over 2 years ago
Carroll Ballard b.1937
Chris Menges b.1940
Paul Greengrass b.1955
Alfonso Cuaron b.1961
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What do you think of Slant's 100 Essential Films? over 2 years ago
I Confess? I Confess? How can I give any credence to a list that contains I Confess?
(Unless that list is Worst Hitchcock Films)
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Best Docs on homeless and hobos over 2 years ago
Riding the Rails (1997) d. Lexy Lovell, Michael Uys
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What do you think of Slant's 100 Essential Films? over 2 years ago
Scorpiorising,
Wow, Stage Fright? Even Hitch dismissed that one as failure (the reveal in the opening sequence underminds the rest of the movie).
Hitchcock, one of my favourites, made plenty of stinkers and I would be glad to see Vertigo taken down a notch or two. I actually think it is pretty good but certainly not deserving of it’s status as one of his greatest. (You are quite right to mention the misogynistic elements that are given full reign in late work such as Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds, Marnie) North by Northwest, Rear Window, Notorious(my personal favourite), Sabotage a.k.a A Woman Alone and The 39 Steps all have as good a claim as any to being his best work (yes, I also love The Lady Vanishes but it took me several viewings over many years before the penny dropped. In fact it was seeing the newer Criterion edition of it that turned me around.)
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If you could award a Retroactive Oscar, to whom would it go? over 2 years ago
Being ignored by the Academy is no disgrace.
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americans and their dependence on subtitles over 2 years ago
For what we pay for a Criterion disc they can afford to subtitle them in several languages, including the original tongue. It is standard practice in North America for the major companies to have the original language sub-titles (originally for the hearing-impaired) as well as others (french, spanish). Criterion has no excuse in this matter. They pad their discs with often marginal extras to justify their pricing but can’t afford comprehensive subtitling? Criterion, j’accuse!
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Ridley Scott Overall over 2 years ago
…and expect the worst.
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Best Films from the 1920s over 2 years ago
Sooooooo many…but these would be my faves:
Way Down East (1920)
The Kid (1921)
Orphans of the Storm (1921)
Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922)
Nosferatu (1922)
Our Hospitality (1923)
Greed (1924)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
The Navigator (1924)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
The Gold Rush (1925)
The General (1926)
The Scarlett Letter (1926)
Napolean (1927)
Sunrise (1927)
Wings (1927)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)
The Wind (1928)
Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Pandora’s Box (1929)
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The Works of David Lynch, Best to Worst over 2 years ago
Blue Velvet
The Elephant Man
The Straight Story
Mulholland Dr.
Twin Peaks (pilot)
Eraserhead
Lost Highway
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Dune
Wild at Heart
INLAND EMPIRE (Exasperating, and possibly the most unpleasant 3 hrs I’ve ever endured in a movie theatre. He is one of my favourite directors but he really put me to the test with this one. I’ve meant to watch it again but just can’t seem to summon up the nerve to go through the unpleasantness all over again. However, I am heartened by the number of admirerers of IE I find on this site and hope to find out how mistaken I was should I ever get around to watching it again.)
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real life rear window over 2 years ago
“It’s like Rear Window meets Children of the Corn…”
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Help make The Auteurs totally awesome over 2 years ago
Am I the only one having problems uploading an avatar?
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Favourite Music Moments in Movies over 2 years ago
Scorcese rocks !
Jumpin’ Jack Flash – Rolling Stones from Mean Streets
Like a Rolling Stone (live) – Bob Dylan and The Band from Life Lessons
Atlantis – Donovan from Goodfellas
Comfortably Numb (live) – Roger Waters featuring Van Morrison and The Band from The Departed
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The Works of David Lynch, Best to Worst over 2 years ago
Dune is so totally a Lynch film!
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The Works of David Lynch, Best to Worst over 2 years ago
Well, yeah, that too. It’s a David Lynch film that sucks. Like Wild at Heart.
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The Works of David Lynch, Best to Worst over 2 years ago
Isn’t it available to view on this site?
Scratch that. Seems it is not. Sorry.
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Will AVATAR Outgross TITANIC? over 2 years ago
No film is grosser than Titanic.
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Favorite religious movies over 2 years ago
I thought that Stanely had already gone crazy a loooong time ago.
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The Works of David Lynch, Best to Worst over 2 years ago
Cooool ! 1,000,000 thanks Glemaud.
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3 Great Actors You'd Definitely Hangout With. over 2 years ago
Kiera Knightly
Scarlett Johansson
Jennifer Connelly
Do I have to explain why?
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3 Great Actors You'd Definitely Hangout With. over 2 years ago
Well, if Jean Harlow were around today so would I.
Sorry Kiera.
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3 Great Actors You'd Definitely Hangout With. over 2 years ago
Jean Harlow is way hotter than anybody. Ever.
Sorry Kiera.
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Favourite year for films over 2 years ago
1939 has a great claim.
But for now, dealing with only the last decade I will go with:
1999
Anna and the King (Andy Tennant)
The Cider House Rules (Lasse Hallstrom)
In Dreams (Neil Jordan)
The Iron Giant (Brad Bird)
The Lost Son (Chris Menges)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Trey Parker)
The Straight Story (David Lynch)
Three Kings (David O. Russell)
Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh)
Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter)
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3 Great Actors You'd Definitely Hangout With. over 2 years ago
Be nice, and a little respect for the dead.
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Which is the best Long Movie or Epic ever...? over 2 years ago
Intolerance (1916)
Greed (1924)
Les enfants du paradis (1945)
Spartacus (1960)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Il Gattopardo (1963)
Red Beard (1965)
The Godfather Part I & II (1972/1974)
Reds (1981)
The Right Stuff (1983)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Hamlet (1996)
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Favourite year for films over 2 years ago
Yeah, it’s been downhill ever since !
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