For me there are three, in different times of my life.
When I was—I don’t know—I was just a baby, it was with no doubt Disney’s Pinocchio. I was astonished with it…
then…
Rear window – I was 13 years old. since I saw it on a rainy sunday afternoon, it was like it had opened a gate on my brain, suddenly I became a film buff… and started to judge every film from the “pure cinema” Mr. Hitchcock taught me…
and then, the film that changed my life forever, and moves me the most is one some people wouldn’t believe…VERTIGO. every time I see it I become Jimmy Stewart and I fall in love with Kim Novak the same way he does. Hitchcock’s images and Herrmann’s wagnerian score are so perfect that I feel absorbed in the most tragic and beautiful of all my dreams…
me too!
a friend and I run a cineclub in our school and he said "I have one you won’t believe, you’re gonna watch this film tonight BUT don’t ask me what it is about, I’ll only tell you its called “come and see”
that afternoon I went to Imdb and read it was a soviet war movie (and I’m a sucker for war movies) so I went to the auditorium, and I was blown away!! the ending was truly powerful, I loved it…
at the end of the screening I told my friend how ashamed I was, I didn’t know anything about the existence of such impressive film!!
For Marionn: I also watched Fahrenheit 9-11 (?) and Bowling for Columbien (where he’s in) so?
AS AN ACTOR, he did superb films…
now for him, as a real person, I can’t say much… I didn’t know him personally..
For Jennifer Christensen:, he wasn’t in Spartacus (that was Kirk Douglas)
I’m writer and director, but only of short films.
right now I can’t find (but I’m looking) a good story for my first full lenght film.
I’d also love to find a good writing partner to give me a hand.
I just bought Get Carter, House of Games, The Conversation, The seventh victim and Tod Browning’s Dracula…
I think I’ll probably start tonight with ‘seventh victim’…
Salo
Straw dogs
Come and see
Peeping Tom
Freaks
The Collector
Repulsion
Rosemary’s Baby
Eraserhead
Shivers
Rabid
Videodrome
Naked Lunch
Triumph of the will
I stand alone
What ever happened to baby jane?
Haxan: witchcraft through the ages
Thriller: A cruel picture
Glen or Glenda
Persona
Un chien andalou
The exterminating angel
Possession (1981)
1. Carlito’s way
2. Carrie
3. Phantom of the paradise
4. Sisters
5. Blow out
6. Hi, mom
7. Body Double
8. Dressed to kill
9. The untouchables
10. Scarface
1. Taxi driver
2. Raging Bull
3. Goodfellas
4. The last temptation of christ
5. After Hours
6. The last waltz
7. Casino
8. Bringing out the dead
9. The color of money
10. Mean Streets
Some of my favorites. In no particular order (except for the first 2):
-ladri di biciclette
-vertigo
-chinatown
-city lights
-planet of the apes
-paths of glory
-the third man
-on her majesty’s secret service
-brazil
-one flew over the cuckoo’s nest
-cinema paradiso
-la strada
-rosemary’s baby
-the wild bunch
-the godfather part III
-blowout
-the asphalt jungle
-rififi
-das boot
-dead poet’s society
-carrie
-bonnie and clyde
-la haine
-2046 – very much like a vacuous and endless advertisement
-Babel – artificial and pretentious global ziggurat, cheap tearjerker
-Requiem for a dream – fatuous, over stylized, annoying montage, overall futility
-The Dark Knight
-The Matrix
I won’t even bother to comment this last two, I simply detest them….
I’m a die hard James Bond fan. which nobody seems to like around here…
and I also love some generally loathed De Palma films like Blow out and Obsession
ahhhh, and Hitchcock’s Family Plot….
I like the work of:
Nestor Almendros, Geoffrey Unsworth, Robert Burkes, John Alcott, Conrad Hall
Robert Krasker, Freddie Young, Gordon Willis, Vittorio Storaro…
fav opening scenes:
- Vertigo
- Citizen Kane
- Touch of Evil
- Once upon a time in the west
- Goldfinger
- 8 1/2
Other great scenes:
- the flying scenes of Sam Lowry in BRAZIL
- the odessa steps sequence in BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
- the train station shoot-out in THE UNTOUCHABLES
- Grace Kelly inside Raymond Burr’s apartment in REAR WINDOW
- CARLITO’S WAY chase across the subway and grand central station
– the final scene of VERTIGO, THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY, BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, BICYCLE THIEVES, THE THIRD MAN, CHINATOWN, THE SEARCHERS, THE CONVERSATION, THE ITALIAN JOB, i can’t think of anymore right now…
What are you watching now? about 5 years ago
Last I saw was tonight, “Idi i Smotri” (come and see)
and I have “Du rififi chez les hommes” for tomorrow…
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Which film has changed your life forever? about 5 years ago
For me there are three, in different times of my life.
When I was—I don’t know—I was just a baby, it was with no doubt Disney’s Pinocchio. I was astonished with it…
then…
Rear window – I was 13 years old. since I saw it on a rainy sunday afternoon, it was like it had opened a gate on my brain, suddenly I became a film buff… and started to judge every film from the “pure cinema” Mr. Hitchcock taught me…
and then, the film that changed my life forever, and moves me the most is one some people wouldn’t believe…VERTIGO. every time I see it I become Jimmy Stewart and I fall in love with Kim Novak the same way he does. Hitchcock’s images and Herrmann’s wagnerian score are so perfect that I feel absorbed in the most tragic and beautiful of all my dreams…
that’s why Hitch is my favorite director.
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What are you watching now? about 5 years ago
me too!
a friend and I run a cineclub in our school and he said "I have one you won’t believe, you’re gonna watch this film tonight BUT don’t ask me what it is about, I’ll only tell you its called “come and see”
that afternoon I went to Imdb and read it was a soviet war movie (and I’m a sucker for war movies) so I went to the auditorium, and I was blown away!! the ending was truly powerful, I loved it…
at the end of the screening I told my friend how ashamed I was, I didn’t know anything about the existence of such impressive film!!
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What are you watching now? about 5 years ago
I just saw Tod Browning’s “West of zanzibar”. starring Lon Chaney…it was slow, but interesting…
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Charlton Heston about 5 years ago
He was the quintessential hero in epic scale adventures. you did a great job, rest in peace.
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Your favorite Woody Allen's film? about 5 years ago
MANHATTAN. his most realized work yet.
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Charlton Heston about 5 years ago
For Marionn: I also watched Fahrenheit 9-11 (?) and Bowling for Columbien (where he’s in) so?
AS AN ACTOR, he did superb films…
now for him, as a real person, I can’t say much… I didn’t know him personally..
For Jennifer Christensen:, he wasn’t in Spartacus (that was Kirk Douglas)
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Which movies would you like to see on The Auteurs? about 5 years ago
Jules Dassin’ Rififi and night and the city
Huston’s the maltese falcon, the asphalt jungle…
Bresson’s A man escaped
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Who's looking for eachother? about 5 years ago
I’m writer and director, but only of short films.
right now I can’t find (but I’m looking) a good story for my first full lenght film.
I’d also love to find a good writing partner to give me a hand.
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When I say "A Perfect Film", What One Film Pops Into Your Head First? about 5 years ago
V-E-R-T-I-G-O
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What are you watching now? almost 5 years ago
I just bought Get Carter, House of Games, The Conversation, The seventh victim and Tod Browning’s Dracula…
I think I’ll probably start tonight with ‘seventh victim’…
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The Auteurs Quiz! almost 5 years ago
mmm… hope I’m right… Dalton Trumbo, Jules Dassin and Joseph Losey, I know these were blacklisted, don’t if all were blacklisted in 47’, though
Someone correct me please, I want to know about ‘the hollywood ten’
-In the 1972 Alfred Hitchcock film ‘Frenzy’ what famous composer was reprehended by Hitch and later fired, because he wanted a ‘less dramatic score’?
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What is Kubrick's Most Under-Appreciated Film? almost 5 years ago
His most under appreciated film is surprisingly his best, PATHS OF GLORY. one of my favorites…
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What are you watching now? almost 5 years ago
I just saw Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession…
weird Bergman/Polanski/Cronenberg-like artsy blood feast…
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Salò almost 5 years ago
I read that what DeSade wrote was even more disturbing than Pasolini’s film. gotta get that novel.
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Films that are better than the books that they are are based on almost 5 years ago
The Godfather
2001 a space odyssey
Goldfinger (yeah, I’m a Bond fan… so what)
Straw Dogs
Vertigo
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Disturbing Movies that You Love... almost 5 years ago
Too many to name…
Salo
Straw dogs
Come and see
Peeping Tom
Freaks
The Collector
Repulsion
Rosemary’s Baby
Eraserhead
Shivers
Rabid
Videodrome
Naked Lunch
Triumph of the will
I stand alone
What ever happened to baby jane?
Haxan: witchcraft through the ages
Thriller: A cruel picture
Glen or Glenda
Persona
Un chien andalou
The exterminating angel
Possession (1981)
Anything Fulci,
early Peter Jackson…
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K.U.B.R.I.C.K. over 4 years ago
1. Paths of Glory
2. The Killing
3. A Clockwork Orange
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What are the best Brian De Palma's films? over 4 years ago
My Top Ten
1. Carlito’s way
2. Carrie
3. Phantom of the paradise
4. Sisters
5. Blow out
6. Hi, mom
7. Body Double
8. Dressed to kill
9. The untouchables
10. Scarface
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Top Scorsese over 4 years ago
My top 10
1. Taxi driver
2. Raging Bull
3. Goodfellas
4. The last temptation of christ
5. After Hours
6. The last waltz
7. Casino
8. Bringing out the dead
9. The color of money
10. Mean Streets
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What are you watching now? over 4 years ago
Last seen: Marty (1955) with Ernest Borgnine. Excellent little movie.
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Most Traumatic or Dramatic Film Endings over 4 years ago
Some of my favorites. In no particular order (except for the first 2):
-ladri di biciclette
-vertigo
-chinatown
-city lights
-planet of the apes
-paths of glory
-the third man
-on her majesty’s secret service
-brazil
-one flew over the cuckoo’s nest
-cinema paradiso
-la strada
-rosemary’s baby
-the wild bunch
-the godfather part III
-blowout
-the asphalt jungle
-rififi
-das boot
-dead poet’s society
-carrie
-bonnie and clyde
-la haine
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Movie's you just don't like. over 4 years ago
-2046 – very much like a vacuous and endless advertisement
-Babel – artificial and pretentious global ziggurat, cheap tearjerker
-Requiem for a dream – fatuous, over stylized, annoying montage, overall futility
-The Dark Knight
-The Matrix
I won’t even bother to comment this last two, I simply detest them….
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What was the first Criterion movie you watched? over 4 years ago
Peeping Tom
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Films you love but most people hate. over 4 years ago
I’m a die hard James Bond fan. which nobody seems to like around here…
and I also love some generally loathed De Palma films like Blow out and Obsession
ahhhh, and Hitchcock’s Family Plot….
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The Great Cinematographers over 4 years ago
I like the work of:
Nestor Almendros, Geoffrey Unsworth, Robert Burkes, John Alcott, Conrad Hall
Robert Krasker, Freddie Young, Gordon Willis, Vittorio Storaro…
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What are you watching now? over 4 years ago
At last…I’ll be tonight at a screening, “witnessing” Sergio Leone’s Once upon a time in the west…
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Contemporary Film Noir over 4 years ago
Point Blank, Get Carter, Klute, The Conversation….
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What Is "Movie Hell" For You? over 4 years ago
No surprise here: Salo.
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BEST SEQUENCE OR SCENE FROM ANY FILM(CAN BE AN OPENING OR ANYTHING ELSE) over 4 years ago
fav opening scenes:
- Vertigo
- Citizen Kane
- Touch of Evil
- Once upon a time in the west
- Goldfinger
- 8 1/2
Other great scenes:
- the flying scenes of Sam Lowry in BRAZIL
- the odessa steps sequence in BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
- the train station shoot-out in THE UNTOUCHABLES
- Grace Kelly inside Raymond Burr’s apartment in REAR WINDOW
- CARLITO’S WAY chase across the subway and grand central station
– the final scene of VERTIGO, THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY, BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, BICYCLE THIEVES, THE THIRD MAN, CHINATOWN, THE SEARCHERS, THE CONVERSATION, THE ITALIAN JOB, i can’t think of anymore right now…
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