01. Mulholland Drive (Lynch)
02. Eyes Wide Shut (Kubrick)
03. The Double Life of Veronique (Kieslowski)
04. Rosemary’s Baby (Polanski)
05. Funny Games (Haneke)
06. Salo (Pasolini)
07. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer)
08. The Phantom of Liberty (Bunuel)
09. Drowning By Numbers (Greenaway)
10. Sweet Movie (Makavejev)
11. Pandora’s Box (Pabst)
12. Brewster McCloud (Altman)
13. Psycho (Hitchcock)
14. Love & Death (Allen)
15. Zodiac (Fincher)
16. Through a Glass Darkly (Bergman)
17. Talk To Her (Almodovar)
18. The Prestige (Nolan)
19. M (Lang)
20. Bicycle Thieves (de Sica)
Having only viewed it once, “Bicycle Thieves” still upsets me tremendously. I can’t take fathers getting humiliated in front of their children. That film ripped me open.
How about Catherine Breillat? She has directed several works based on her own novels. That’s a dream come true, I imagine, for a lot of directors, and a dreamily far-fetched one for a lot of women. That’s very, very admirable.
In many ways, “Snake Eater II: the Drug Buster”, which really explains itself. And yet, it’s an excellent party movie, has weirdly quotable moments all over it, and roughly once annually I look forword to breaking it out. If you run into it for $2, I urge you to have the experience, but no way is it worth more than that. It’s so horrible, it’s amazing.
“Juliet of the Spirits” was the first Fellini I saw, and I couldn’t imagine his work in black & white, which put me off “8 1/2” and “La Dolve Vita” for years and years.
1. Mulholland Drive (Winkie’s Diner)
2. Eyes Wide Shut (the mansions)
3. the Double Life of Veronique (wistfulness)
4. Rosemary’s Baby (tight plot)
5. Salo (the wedding)
6. the Passion of Joan of Arc (Falconetti)
7. the Seventh Continent (flushing money down the toilet)
8. Dead Ringers (gynocological instruments for operating on mutant women)
9. the Phantom of Liberty (the missing girl)
10. Zodiac (I am not Paul Avery)
There is a fabulously atmospheric, freaky film called “Star Time”, from around 92, I think, starring Michael St. Gerard. He plays a man named Henry who is disturbed and very vulnerable. His favorite TV show, a family-oriented sitcom, is canceled, and his therapist, a girl named Wendy who is his only human contact, goes on a vacation, and Henry contemplates suicide. A mysterious pulp-relic of a stranger intervenes and peps Henry up by telling him he’s destined for stardom, the route to which he pursues by murdering serially in the most alarmingly effective of creepy masks. It is not splattery or gorey in the least, and creates a horrible sense of isolation in the viewer. It deserves a wide audience, but it is pretty unavailable on VHS, let alone DVD.
Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection over 3 years ago
I vigorously second Brewster McCloud.
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My Top 20 Movies of All Time over 3 years ago
01. Mulholland Drive (Lynch)
02. Eyes Wide Shut (Kubrick)
03. The Double Life of Veronique (Kieslowski)
04. Rosemary’s Baby (Polanski)
05. Funny Games (Haneke)
06. Salo (Pasolini)
07. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer)
08. The Phantom of Liberty (Bunuel)
09. Drowning By Numbers (Greenaway)
10. Sweet Movie (Makavejev)
11. Pandora’s Box (Pabst)
12. Brewster McCloud (Altman)
13. Psycho (Hitchcock)
14. Love & Death (Allen)
15. Zodiac (Fincher)
16. Through a Glass Darkly (Bergman)
17. Talk To Her (Almodovar)
18. The Prestige (Nolan)
19. M (Lang)
20. Bicycle Thieves (de Sica)
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movies that shake you to the core over 3 years ago
Having only viewed it once, “Bicycle Thieves” still upsets me tremendously. I can’t take fathers getting humiliated in front of their children. That film ripped me open.
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John Waters over 3 years ago
Female Trouble is a masterpiece! All right Aunt Ida!
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SEX & LOVE IN CELLULOID: WHO FIRST, AND WHO LATELY, TURNED YOU ON? over 3 years ago
Louis Garrel in the Dreamers
Claudia Cardinale in 8 1/2
and it was all over
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ARE THERE STRONG & REALISTIC FEMALE CHARACTERS OUT THERE AND WHAT ARE FEMALE FILMMAKERS DOING TO ADVANCE THE FEMINIST CAUSE? over 3 years ago
How about Catherine Breillat? She has directed several works based on her own novels. That’s a dream come true, I imagine, for a lot of directors, and a dreamily far-fetched one for a lot of women. That’s very, very admirable.
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You choose the book to make into a film. Then choose the director. Go! over 3 years ago
Faulkner’s the Sound & the Fury – David Cronenberg or Terry Gilliam
Dennis Cooper’s the Sluts – Michael Haneke
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WHAT IS YOUR PICK FOR THE WORSE MOVIE EVER MADE? over 3 years ago
In many ways, “Snake Eater II: the Drug Buster”, which really explains itself. And yet, it’s an excellent party movie, has weirdly quotable moments all over it, and roughly once annually I look forword to breaking it out. If you run into it for $2, I urge you to have the experience, but no way is it worth more than that. It’s so horrible, it’s amazing.
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The scariest or most disturbing film you have EVER seen. over 3 years ago
A resounding “me third” on “Session 9”.
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IF WE IGNORE 81/2 AND DOLCE VITA, WHAT'D BE THE BEST FELLINI MOVIE? over 3 years ago
“Juliet of the Spirits” was the first Fellini I saw, and I couldn’t imagine his work in black & white, which put me off “8 1/2” and “La Dolve Vita” for years and years.
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Your 5 Favourite Directors over 3 years ago
1. David Lynch
2. Stanley Kubrick
3. Michael Haneke
4. Woody Allen
5. Luis Bunuel
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What's your Top 10? over 3 years ago
1. Mulholland Drive (Winkie’s Diner)
2. Eyes Wide Shut (the mansions)
3. the Double Life of Veronique (wistfulness)
4. Rosemary’s Baby (tight plot)
5. Salo (the wedding)
6. the Passion of Joan of Arc (Falconetti)
7. the Seventh Continent (flushing money down the toilet)
8. Dead Ringers (gynocological instruments for operating on mutant women)
9. the Phantom of Liberty (the missing girl)
10. Zodiac (I am not Paul Avery)
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What'd you think about Steve Buscemi ass Director? over 3 years ago
This thread title made me sob with laughter.
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Film quotes you love over 3 years ago
“I’m sorry, baby”
“It’s daddy, you shithead! Where’s my bourbon?”
- “Blue Velvet”
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too obscure for dvd? over 3 years ago
There is a fabulously atmospheric, freaky film called “Star Time”, from around 92, I think, starring Michael St. Gerard. He plays a man named Henry who is disturbed and very vulnerable. His favorite TV show, a family-oriented sitcom, is canceled, and his therapist, a girl named Wendy who is his only human contact, goes on a vacation, and Henry contemplates suicide. A mysterious pulp-relic of a stranger intervenes and peps Henry up by telling him he’s destined for stardom, the route to which he pursues by murdering serially in the most alarmingly effective of creepy masks. It is not splattery or gorey in the least, and creates a horrible sense of isolation in the viewer. It deserves a wide audience, but it is pretty unavailable on VHS, let alone DVD.
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Does anybody know anything about Robert Mitchum?!?!?!?!?!? about 3 years ago
Download April March’s song “Stay Away from Robert Mitchum”
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Favorite Novel of Yours which is dying to made into Film about 3 years ago
A raging second on “Sound & the Fury”
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