I used to work at a really fantastic video store, and we had some of the other Makavejev films on VHS (Man Is Not A Bird, Love Affair…, Innocence Unprotected), but I’ve never seen any other films from Yugoslavia from before the 90s. If anyone has any links or suggestions, beyond BWise’s reccys above, I’d consider ordering something, even if they are a different region coding. And I’d recommend finding a copy of the book entitled Politics, Art and Commitment in the East European Cinema, edited by David W. Paul, for a good introduction to the films and directors of Eastern Europe.
another great topic for discussion. I just hope that there will be sub-categories under each of these topics eventually instead of one long thread with 454 posts. Anyway, I found a copy of Minnie and Moskowitz on VHS and that’s another under-appreciated movie. It’s actually pretty enjoyable since it’s not nearly as heavy-going as some of the Criterion boxset films. I really think Gena R was the most talented actress of the period, and Seymour Cassel is woefully unknown by the great unwashed masses.
Tetsuo, the Iron Man
Inland Empire
Come And See (a very powerful film, should be a Criterion!)
Sweet Movie
the first third of A Clockwork Orange, especially if you saw it in the 70s
the last scene of Easy Rider
El Topo & Santa Sangre
A Zed and Two Noughts
Freaks
i think you’ll need some way of breaking topics, such as KUBRICK, into subcategories. Otherwise you’ll just have 654 posts about random Kubrick thoughts by any random poster, instead of posts on A Clockwork Orange in this sub-category, posts about 2001 here, books on Kubrick there, film festivals and news in another, you get the picture I hope.
a better topic might have been Who Here Doesn’t Cringe When Watching Nicholas Cage, especially in any movie he’s made in the last 15 years. Though he does get my vote for a great role in Wild At Heart.
Patrick Patrick, those clips were very funny. How can he even watch his own performances I wonder.
“Deckard uses the Voight-Kampff to test emotional reaction but shows little to no emotional reaction himself, and virtually no compassion for Rachel when he reveals to her that she is a replicant”
I think this might be more due to H Ford’s limitations as an actor.
Sweet Movie certainly was ‘hip’, whatever that means, long before the Criterion release. Anyone who hung out at art movie houses or halfway decent video stores or with friends who had a modicum of knowledge about ‘interesting’ or ‘far-out’ movies would have known about Sweet Movie long ago.
yeah, King Of The Road is on top here. Why is this movie unavailable in region 1 I just don’t understand. Though the 5 hour version of Until The End Of The World is right up there, in a globe-trotting road movie way, as well as most of the earlier movies Wenders made. Wild At Heart is another favorite along with of course Easy Rider and Thelma And Louise. I loved Lost In America; it’s too bad Albert Brooks doesn’t get more recognition for his genius. And how about the ultimate road movie that nobody’s seen yet, the film adaption of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. I can’t wait to see that, tho I’m kinda leary it will do the book justice.
yeah I’d definitely agree with Fernando, adding NOSTALGHIA to his list of Tarkovsky films, including MIRROR and STALKER (I love nearly all of Tarkovsky’s work, but I can’t quite get into THE SACRIFICE, maybe cuz it’s too sparse). LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD is available from Optimum World as a region 2 release, and it ought to be Criterion’d. I think WINGS OF DESIRE would be a perfect choice, as well as a lot more Soviet/Russian/Polish/Czech/Hungarian films. Kozintsev’s versions of HAMLET and KING LEAR are amazing. Surely some of Parajanov’s films would be welcome additions, as well as a few by Nikita Mikhalkov, regardless of his political views!
“Also, has anyone seen Kim Ki-Duk’s “Spring,Summer,Fall,Winter,…and Spring”? I just picked up the other day and might get around to watching it tonight.”
I love this movie. The images of the temple floating in the middle of the lake in the Korean mountain-scape are wonderful. I have a soft spot for any movie that delves deeply into Buddhism, such as WHY HAS BODHI-DHARMA LEFT FOR THE EAST by Bae Yong-kyon on Milestone, or even SIDDHARTHA by Conrad Rooks (which btw is pretty boring, but beautiful if you’re patient).
And why hasn’t anyone mentioned many of the fantastic movies by Zhang Yimou? HERO is fabulous, as well as most of the earlier Gong Li pictures, such as RED SORGHUM or JU DOU, both of which just cry out for a decent transfer (hint hint, Criterion). RAISE THE RED LANTERN or even TO LIVE or the recent HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS or CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER would be great additions to the collection.
I think some of you just haven’t been watching movies very long. David Lynch has been a major filmmaker for over 20 years, and in the 80s was among the most famous directors in the world. The buzz surrounding ERASERHEAD, which was one of the most sought after midnight movie cult classics ever, and the ELEPHANT MAN were astounding if you were paying attention in the early 1980s. Even DUNE had a huge media release, regardless of what anyone thought of the film itself. BLUE VELVET, TWIN PEAKS, and WILD AT HEART were among the greatest movies made during that time. It wasn’t until the malaise of media saturation set in with some of next few movies, which while at times excellent, were often considered simply weird for weirds sake, cuz they were Lynch movies. But with the return to form with INLAND EMPIRE, which is simply outstanding, it just confirms my view that he’s far from over-rated, but rather under appreciated, especially by those who didn’t experience his salad years firsthand. David Lynch will be remembered as one of the true mavericks of American cinema, even 100 years from now. It’s just too bad that not more artist/film makers can or are willing follow their muse no matter what path it takes them, regardless of the critics and the arm chair cineastes think.
This reminds me of the arguments I used to hear when people tried to cut down The Beatles as not very good either. It just showed how little they understood the place in history and the influence wielded by true groundbreaking artists that just don’t come around all that often. Unfortunately for Welles he was making movies to his own tune about 25 years too early, and the studios quickly cut him down to size, more so because of his lefty politics during a rah rah patriotic time. His enemies were just too overpowering and by the time the end of the 40s came along, he had to leave. Then with funding problems he was really unable to make many of the movies he really wanted, or they were again taken from him, such as DON QUIXOTE, MR ARKADIN, THE DEEP, and the last flameout of THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND. But I dare anyone to watch CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT or TOUCH OF EVIL and try to claim that Orson W was a one hit kid wonder.
But this is the greatest Sci Fi movie ever made, and up there at the top of the greatest movies also. I saw this at the Arclight in downtown LA in the original CinemaScope, and it was mind blowing. And I’ll guess I’ve seen this picture 100 times.
Simply amazing, a string of memories presented both visually and sonically, that reflect upon themselves, giving us a perfect feeling for the nostalghia of the film maker’s childhood. It really is cinema far beyond what most directors can hope to achieve.
I don’t think KINGS OF THE ROAD is available on a region 1 dvd. I’ve never seen a copy of LET IT BE by The Beatles, which was almost impossible to find on VHS. And I doubt we’ll ever see a release of the Bob Dylan movie RENALDO AND CLARA.
Bondarchuk’s WAR AND PEACE
Syberberg’s HITLER
Kieslowski’s DECALOG (and I like to think of TROIS COULEURS: BLUE, WHITE, and RED as one movie in a way)
Wender’s UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD, 5 hour cut
Gance’s NAPOLEON (long ago at the Majestic Theater in Madison, WI!)
I’ve never seen them but some of Andy Warhol’s movies are extremely long, like 8 hours of EMPIRE and 5 hours of SLEEP….both must be really boring.
MARKETA LAZAROVA is in the dvd player right now, I"m halfway through. It’s definitely better the more times you see it, since the story is so disjointed with flashforwards and flashbacks. Highly recommended for anyone who’s into medieval stories that look like they were filmed in the 1200s, like ANDREY ROUBLEV or THE SEVENTH SAMURAI.
I’d say one of the glaring answers is the 1939 Best Picture Oscar for GONE WITH THE WIND over these pictures – WUTHERING HEIGHTS, NINOTCHKA, OF MICE AND MEN, STAGECOACH, THE WIZARD OF OZ, DARK VICTORY, GOODBYE MR. CHIPS, LOVE AFFAIR, and MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON.
4:05 hours of turgid overwrought Hollywood glop. Geez I couldn’t wait for that picture to end……“Rhett, Rhett… Rhett, if you go, where shall I go? What shall I do?” Just go shoot yourself honey.
Another fantastic series of scenes in KANE is the three fades over breakfast when in about 10 seconds we get the entire disintegration of the marriage between Charles Foster Kane and his first wife. I can’t think of any other movie from the forties or before that has such breathtakingly exciting editing, and Eisenstein doesn’t count. Citizen Kane is the first truly modern film, imo.
La Double Vie de Veronique, the first Kieslowski movie I watched, just stunned me. The sepia tones, the gorgeous singing and lead performance, and the understated mystery let me know that this was the work of a master. For the longest time it wasn’t available on region 1, so when I finally got a Philips all region PAL/NTSC player I just knew I was going to plunk down some change to import this picture. It is still my favorite KK film, and I just love to see the joy in Irene Jacobs face when she’s singing in the rain. And the soundtrack by Z. Preisner is exquisite. Eastern European film making at its finest.
Planet of the Apes, since it actually is partly relevant to our Earth. Star Wars is great entertainment, especially the first one, but the whole series is really nothing more than rehashed westerns with flashy toys.
remember the Sacred Scrolls of the Apes?
“Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil’s pawn. Alone among God’s primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother’s land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death.”
How prophetic is that! :-)
The ending on the beach is one of the greatest plot twists ever filmed.
And just to be clear, we must be talking about the original, not that absurd complete waste of film remake with Mark Wahlberg or whatever the fuk his name was. That ending was so anti-climatic and downright boring. How could Tim Burton do that?
Apparently you can get Kings Of The Road as a German import and maybe also from the U.K. I would probably do that but I still have a Pacific Arts VHS copy that’s in pretty good shape. It will come out in region 1 sometime soon I bet, with the Wim Wenders boxsets.
dont’ forget too that when he made KANE he was all of 25 years old and even younger when he did FIVE KINGS and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. He was a child genius along the lines of Mozart who rubbed people the wrong way with his perceived superiority, arrogance, and leftwing politics. I recommend reading the 2 part biography written by Simon Callow to understand more of Welles’ greatness against all kinds of adversity thrown up by the studio system of forties and fifties.
Bond: “That’s a Smith and Wesson. And you’ve had your six.”
[shoots Dent twice]
Sean Connery, DR. NO (1962)
Bond: “Do you expect me to talk?”
Goldfinger: “No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!”
Sean Connery & Gert Frobe, GOLDFINGER (1964)
Bond: “Who are you?”
Pussy: “My name is Pussy Galore.”
Bond: “I must be dreaming.”
Sean Connery & Honor Blackman, GOLDFINGER (1964)
Bond: “That’s a nice little nothing you’re almost wearing!”
Tiffany: “I’ll finish dressing.”
Bond: “Oh please don’t, not on my account.”
Sean Connery & Jill St. John, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971)
Plenty: “Hi, I am Plenty.”
Bond: “Well of course you are.” (looking at her chest)
Plenty: “Plenty O’Toole.”
Fond: “Named after your father, perhaps?”
Sean Connery & Lana Wood, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971)
According to the co-scriptwriter Arkady Strugatsky, it’s in two parts because originally Tarkovsky shot the complete picture, then the film lab ruined almost all of the footage, and to get funding to re-shoot he had to submit to the authorities the idea that the film would be in two parts. Therefore he was able to get an extension to re-shoot the material. See
and spend a week or two exploring around nostalghia.com for one of the best Tarkovsky sites on the ’net.
a quote -
Swedish director Vilgot Sjöman: What was the film?! A political allegory?
Tarkovsky was silent.
Sjöman: Science fiction?
He smiled. “Science fiction, but without the science!”
novi film - the yugoslav new wave over 3 years ago
I used to work at a really fantastic video store, and we had some of the other Makavejev films on VHS (Man Is Not A Bird, Love Affair…, Innocence Unprotected), but I’ve never seen any other films from Yugoslavia from before the 90s. If anyone has any links or suggestions, beyond BWise’s reccys above, I’d consider ordering something, even if they are a different region coding. And I’d recommend finding a copy of the book entitled Politics, Art and Commitment in the East European Cinema, edited by David W. Paul, for a good introduction to the films and directors of Eastern Europe.
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JOHN CASSAVETES over 3 years ago
another great topic for discussion. I just hope that there will be sub-categories under each of these topics eventually instead of one long thread with 454 posts. Anyway, I found a copy of Minnie and Moskowitz on VHS and that’s another under-appreciated movie. It’s actually pretty enjoyable since it’s not nearly as heavy-going as some of the Criterion boxset films. I really think Gena R was the most talented actress of the period, and Seymour Cassel is woefully unknown by the great unwashed masses.
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Disturbing Movies that You Love... over 3 years ago
Tetsuo, the Iron Man
Inland Empire
Come And See (a very powerful film, should be a Criterion!)
Sweet Movie
the first third of A Clockwork Orange, especially if you saw it in the 70s
the last scene of Easy Rider
El Topo & Santa Sangre
A Zed and Two Noughts
Freaks
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newbie intro thread over 3 years ago
Mao, do we need to be Godard freaks too?
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Feedback over 3 years ago
i think you’ll need some way of breaking topics, such as KUBRICK, into subcategories. Otherwise you’ll just have 654 posts about random Kubrick thoughts by any random poster, instead of posts on A Clockwork Orange in this sub-category, posts about 2001 here, books on Kubrick there, film festivals and news in another, you get the picture I hope.
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Who else dislikes Nicolas Cage? over 3 years ago
a better topic might have been Who Here Doesn’t Cringe When Watching Nicholas Cage, especially in any movie he’s made in the last 15 years. Though he does get my vote for a great role in Wild At Heart.
Patrick Patrick, those clips were very funny. How can he even watch his own performances I wonder.
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Feedback over 3 years ago
I would also rather see who most recently posted on a topic instead of who created it. Then I could tell when someone replies to my post!
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Is Deckard a replicant? over 3 years ago
T writes:
“Deckard uses the Voight-Kampff to test emotional reaction but shows little to no emotional reaction himself, and virtually no compassion for Rachel when he reveals to her that she is a replicant”I think this might be more due to H Ford’s limitations as an actor.
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Perversity Is a Matter of Perspective over 3 years ago
Sweet Movie certainly was ‘hip’, whatever that means, long before the Criterion release. Anyone who hung out at art movie houses or halfway decent video stores or with friends who had a modicum of knowledge about ‘interesting’ or ‘far-out’ movies would have known about Sweet Movie long ago.
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YOUR FAVOURITE "ROAD MOVIE" ? over 3 years ago
yeah, King Of The Road is on top here. Why is this movie unavailable in region 1 I just don’t understand. Though the 5 hour version of Until The End Of The World is right up there, in a globe-trotting road movie way, as well as most of the earlier movies Wenders made. Wild At Heart is another favorite along with of course Easy Rider and Thelma And Louise. I loved Lost In America; it’s too bad Albert Brooks doesn’t get more recognition for his genius. And how about the ultimate road movie that nobody’s seen yet, the film adaption of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. I can’t wait to see that, tho I’m kinda leary it will do the book justice.
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection over 3 years ago
yeah I’d definitely agree with Fernando, adding NOSTALGHIA to his list of Tarkovsky films, including MIRROR and STALKER (I love nearly all of Tarkovsky’s work, but I can’t quite get into THE SACRIFICE, maybe cuz it’s too sparse). LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD is available from Optimum World as a region 2 release, and it ought to be Criterion’d. I think WINGS OF DESIRE would be a perfect choice, as well as a lot more Soviet/Russian/Polish/Czech/Hungarian films. Kozintsev’s versions of HAMLET and KING LEAR are amazing. Surely some of Parajanov’s films would be welcome additions, as well as a few by Nikita Mikhalkov, regardless of his political views!
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Age / Level of education? (An informal poll) over 3 years ago
45
MA-TESL
unemployed
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Best of Recent Asian Cinema over 3 years ago
“Also, has anyone seen Kim Ki-Duk’s “Spring,Summer,Fall,Winter,…and Spring”? I just picked up the other day and might get around to watching it tonight.”
I love this movie. The images of the temple floating in the middle of the lake in the Korean mountain-scape are wonderful. I have a soft spot for any movie that delves deeply into Buddhism, such as WHY HAS BODHI-DHARMA LEFT FOR THE EAST by Bae Yong-kyon on Milestone, or even SIDDHARTHA by Conrad Rooks (which btw is pretty boring, but beautiful if you’re patient).
And why hasn’t anyone mentioned many of the fantastic movies by Zhang Yimou? HERO is fabulous, as well as most of the earlier Gong Li pictures, such as RED SORGHUM or JU DOU, both of which just cry out for a decent transfer (hint hint, Criterion). RAISE THE RED LANTERN or even TO LIVE or the recent HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS or CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER would be great additions to the collection.
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David Lynch Overrated? over 3 years ago
I think some of you just haven’t been watching movies very long. David Lynch has been a major filmmaker for over 20 years, and in the 80s was among the most famous directors in the world. The buzz surrounding ERASERHEAD, which was one of the most sought after midnight movie cult classics ever, and the ELEPHANT MAN were astounding if you were paying attention in the early 1980s. Even DUNE had a huge media release, regardless of what anyone thought of the film itself. BLUE VELVET, TWIN PEAKS, and WILD AT HEART were among the greatest movies made during that time. It wasn’t until the malaise of media saturation set in with some of next few movies, which while at times excellent, were often considered simply weird for weirds sake, cuz they were Lynch movies. But with the return to form with INLAND EMPIRE, which is simply outstanding, it just confirms my view that he’s far from over-rated, but rather under appreciated, especially by those who didn’t experience his salad years firsthand. David Lynch will be remembered as one of the true mavericks of American cinema, even 100 years from now. It’s just too bad that not more artist/film makers can or are willing follow their muse no matter what path it takes them, regardless of the critics and the arm chair cineastes think.
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Controversial opinion: Orson Welles is not very good over 3 years ago
This reminds me of the arguments I used to hear when people tried to cut down The Beatles as not very good either. It just showed how little they understood the place in history and the influence wielded by true groundbreaking artists that just don’t come around all that often. Unfortunately for Welles he was making movies to his own tune about 25 years too early, and the studios quickly cut him down to size, more so because of his lefty politics during a rah rah patriotic time. His enemies were just too overpowering and by the time the end of the 40s came along, he had to leave. Then with funding problems he was really unable to make many of the movies he really wanted, or they were again taken from him, such as DON QUIXOTE, MR ARKADIN, THE DEEP, and the last flameout of THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND. But I dare anyone to watch CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT or TOUCH OF EVIL and try to claim that Orson W was a one hit kid wonder.
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What the...? What really means the ending over 3 years ago
Evolution is not simply darwinian.
But this is the greatest Sci Fi movie ever made, and up there at the top of the greatest movies also. I saw this at the Arclight in downtown LA in the original CinemaScope, and it was mind blowing. And I’ll guess I’ve seen this picture 100 times.
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F for Fake over 3 years ago
and the main character of course, ORSON WELLES as himself! Or the magician, I can’t be sure.
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Rate The Last Film You Watched over 3 years ago
Zerkalo, aka Mirror, by Tarkovsky.
Simply amazing, a string of memories presented both visually and sonically, that reflect upon themselves, giving us a perfect feeling for the nostalghia of the film maker’s childhood. It really is cinema far beyond what most directors can hope to achieve.
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Classic movies you can't get on d.v.d. over 3 years ago
I don’t think KINGS OF THE ROAD is available on a region 1 dvd. I’ve never seen a copy of LET IT BE by The Beatles, which was almost impossible to find on VHS. And I doubt we’ll ever see a release of the Bob Dylan movie RENALDO AND CLARA.
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The longest movie you've ever sat through over 3 years ago
Bondarchuk’s WAR AND PEACE
Syberberg’s HITLER
Kieslowski’s DECALOG (and I like to think of TROIS COULEURS: BLUE, WHITE, and RED as one movie in a way)
Wender’s UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD, 5 hour cut
Gance’s NAPOLEON (long ago at the Majestic Theater in Madison, WI!)
I’ve never seen them but some of Andy Warhol’s movies are extremely long, like 8 hours of EMPIRE and 5 hours of SLEEP….both must be really boring.
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What are you watching now? over 3 years ago
MARKETA LAZAROVA is in the dvd player right now, I"m halfway through. It’s definitely better the more times you see it, since the story is so disjointed with flashforwards and flashbacks. Highly recommended for anyone who’s into medieval stories that look like they were filmed in the 1200s, like ANDREY ROUBLEV or THE SEVENTH SAMURAI.
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most overrated oscar performances or robberies over 3 years ago
I’d say one of the glaring answers is the 1939 Best Picture Oscar for GONE WITH THE WIND over these pictures – WUTHERING HEIGHTS, NINOTCHKA, OF MICE AND MEN, STAGECOACH, THE WIZARD OF OZ, DARK VICTORY, GOODBYE MR. CHIPS, LOVE AFFAIR, and MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON.
4:05 hours of turgid overwrought Hollywood glop. Geez I couldn’t wait for that picture to end……“Rhett, Rhett… Rhett, if you go, where shall I go? What shall I do?” Just go shoot yourself honey.
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Controversial opinion: Orson Welles is not very good over 3 years ago
Another fantastic series of scenes in KANE is the three fades over breakfast when in about 10 seconds we get the entire disintegration of the marriage between Charles Foster Kane and his first wife. I can’t think of any other movie from the forties or before that has such breathtakingly exciting editing, and Eisenstein doesn’t count. Citizen Kane is the first truly modern film, imo.
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La Double Vie de Véronique over 3 years ago
La Double Vie de Veronique, the first Kieslowski movie I watched, just stunned me. The sepia tones, the gorgeous singing and lead performance, and the understated mystery let me know that this was the work of a master. For the longest time it wasn’t available on region 1, so when I finally got a Philips all region PAL/NTSC player I just knew I was going to plunk down some change to import this picture. It is still my favorite KK film, and I just love to see the joy in Irene Jacobs face when she’s singing in the rain. And the soundtrack by Z. Preisner is exquisite. Eastern European film making at its finest.
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Planet of the Apes or Star Wars? over 3 years ago
Planet of the Apes, since it actually is partly relevant to our Earth. Star Wars is great entertainment, especially the first one, but the whole series is really nothing more than rehashed westerns with flashy toys.
remember the Sacred Scrolls of the Apes?
“Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil’s pawn. Alone among God’s primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother’s land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death.”
How prophetic is that! :-)
The ending on the beach is one of the greatest plot twists ever filmed.
And just to be clear, we must be talking about the original, not that absurd complete waste of film remake with Mark Wahlberg or whatever the fuk his name was. That ending was so anti-climatic and downright boring. How could Tim Burton do that?
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YOUR FAVOURITE "ROAD MOVIE" ? over 3 years ago
Apparently you can get Kings Of The Road as a German import and maybe also from the U.K. I would probably do that but I still have a Pacific Arts VHS copy that’s in pretty good shape. It will come out in region 1 sometime soon I bet, with the Wim Wenders boxsets.
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Controversial opinion: Orson Welles is not very good over 3 years ago
dont’ forget too that when he made KANE he was all of 25 years old and even younger when he did FIVE KINGS and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. He was a child genius along the lines of Mozart who rubbed people the wrong way with his perceived superiority, arrogance, and leftwing politics. I recommend reading the 2 part biography written by Simon Callow to understand more of Welles’ greatness against all kinds of adversity thrown up by the studio system of forties and fifties.
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Film quotes you love over 3 years ago
how about some 007, from the original
Bond: “That’s a Smith and Wesson. And you’ve had your six.”
[shoots Dent twice]
Sean Connery, DR. NO (1962)
Bond: “Do you expect me to talk?”
Goldfinger: “No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!”
Sean Connery & Gert Frobe, GOLDFINGER (1964)
Bond: “Who are you?”
Pussy: “My name is Pussy Galore.”
Bond: “I must be dreaming.”
Sean Connery & Honor Blackman, GOLDFINGER (1964)
Bond: “That’s a nice little nothing you’re almost wearing!”
Tiffany: “I’ll finish dressing.”
Bond: “Oh please don’t, not on my account.”
Sean Connery & Jill St. John, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971)
Plenty: “Hi, I am Plenty.”
Bond: “Well of course you are.” (looking at her chest)
Plenty: “Plenty O’Toole.”
Fond: “Named after your father, perhaps?”
Sean Connery & Lana Wood, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971)
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Best Musicians Turned "Actors" over 3 years ago
Charlie Chaplin wrote music and scores for many of his movies.
Paul Robeson, for more than just being a great singer and actor. Very important lefty too….
and a personal favorite…
John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney, for A HARD DAY’S NIGHT.
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does anyone know why stalker is told in two parts? over 3 years ago
According to the co-scriptwriter Arkady Strugatsky, it’s in two parts because originally Tarkovsky shot the complete picture, then the film lab ruined almost all of the footage, and to get funding to re-shoot he had to submit to the authorities the idea that the film would be in two parts. Therefore he was able to get an extension to re-shoot the material. See
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~tstronds/nostalghia.com/TheTopics/Stalker/strugatsky.html
and spend a week or two exploring around nostalghia.com for one of the best Tarkovsky sites on the ’net.
a quote -
Swedish director Vilgot Sjöman: What was the film?! A political allegory?
Tarkovsky was silent.
Sjöman: Science fiction?
He smiled. “Science fiction, but without the science!”
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