Basically the same as any other person…
8 1/2
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
La Dolce Vita
Brazil
Next ones more personal…
Rushmore/Life Aquatic/Bottle Rocket (Anderson)
Alphaville
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Stranger Than Paradise/Down By Law (Jarmusch)
I go to a certain theater almost every week. A lot of the films on this site were introduced to me at that theater. Everybody who goes there appreciates film, so out of the 50+ times I’ve gone there, I’ve never once had to deal with some obnoxious people talking through the movie or whatever. I think it’s a really great experience seeing a film with a bunch of other people that also love it.
Besides, epic movies like 2001 or the good, the bad, and the ugly are just so much better on the big screen.
The first time I saw it I really liked it. After 4 or 5 viewings, though, I’ve noticed that I’m basically waiting for Ledger’s scenes. I feel like he’s the only part of the movie that really holds up after repeated viewings.
Série Noire – 8.5
Hadn’t heard of Patrick Dewaere until I had seen this, but his performance is amazing.
Watchmen – 7
Definitely not perfect. Had some pretty crappy scenes (hallelujah), but some pretty brilliant moments as well… (Opening credits, Rorschach, Manhattan on mars…)
Any wes anderson scenes, particularly the end credits in life aquatic. Or the dinner scene in rushmore… haha.
On a more epic scale i’d say the end scene of 2001 or the opening scene of once upon a time in the west.
If I had to pick a favorite it’d be the last scene in either 8 1/2 or la dolce vita. I love them both!
Easy Rider
Phantom of the Paradise
Now, Voyager
The Passionate Friends
Secret Beyond the Door
All Sean Connery 007’s
Night of the Iguana
Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Phantom Lady
Porco Rosso
Ruthless
Just got back from a double feature of Fistful of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More. What always strikes me about Sergio Leone’s films is how each main character always has their own distinct sound/instrument.
Clint Eastwood has whistling.
Charles Bronson has a harmonica
Lee Van Cleef has what i believe to be a mouth harp.
I know there are others sounds used (Eli Wallach, Jason Robards) but I can’t think of them.
Anyway, it’s interesting how this gives each character an added dimension. Each sound has it’s own personality, and we’ll automatically associate that sound with the certain character.
Any other thoughts on this? I’m sure Leone wasn’t the only one to use sound to such an extent, can anyone think of any directors who did something similar?
The greatest TV show ever!
I wouldn’t consider the middle episodes to be filler, with the exception of the 3 or so that don’t even take place in the Village.
Anyway, really amazing stuff. I’ve been obsessed with it since I was 8 or so and my parents rented them on VHS.
Empire all the way! I like Nausicaa a lot, but come on, Empire is one of the greatest sci-fi films ever.
Even if the two are “fantasy/adventure/sci-fi pictures with strong mythological underpinnings”, I don’t think they have enough in common to really compare them seriously.
Some of my favorite Bowie songs are the instrumentals on Low. Warszawa and Art Decade are amazing.
My top five with Bowie actually singing:
Heroes
Space Odyssey
Ashes to Ashes
Sound & Vision
Oh! You Pretty Things
I honestly find their styles to be too different for me to favor one. I love them both equally!
Truffaut’s films feel much like poems, whereas I think of Godard more as an essayist/novelist.
Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection over 3 years ago
Kiss me deadly, or something else by Robert Aldrich
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Last movie you saw and rate it over 3 years ago
Bonnie & Clyde – 10/10
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Here it is... Top 10 films of all time? over 3 years ago
Basically the same as any other person…
8 1/2
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
La Dolce Vita
Brazil
Next ones more personal…
Rushmore/Life Aquatic/Bottle Rocket (Anderson)
Alphaville
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Stranger Than Paradise/Down By Law (Jarmusch)
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Who do you read? over 3 years ago
100 years of solitude – gabriel garcia marquez ( i just started love in the time of cholera, same author )
l’étranger – albert camus
on the road – jack kerouac
1984 / animal farm – george orwell
do androids dream of electric sheep? or anything else by – philip k. dick
les misérables – victor hugo (currently half-way through)
lord of flies, catcher in the rye, fahrenheit 451, hitchhiker’s guide, etc…
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ALDRICH over 3 years ago
Why aren’t any of Aldrich’s films on this site?
Kiss me deadly would have to be my favorite. Hush, hush sweet charlotte is also pretty good, it’s the one he did right after baby jane.
I’m not sure if it’s in print but if you can find it check out The Last Sunset, I saw it in a theater, pretty interesting.
Some others:
Attack!
Vera Cruz
Apache
I have yet to see Dirty Dozen
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Best Films about or related to (primary) school over 3 years ago
Rushmore!!!
Wait is primary school everything before college, or just elementary school? Help.
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Importance of Seeing a Film in Theatres? over 3 years ago
I go to a certain theater almost every week. A lot of the films on this site were introduced to me at that theater. Everybody who goes there appreciates film, so out of the 50+ times I’ve gone there, I’ve never once had to deal with some obnoxious people talking through the movie or whatever. I think it’s a really great experience seeing a film with a bunch of other people that also love it.
Besides, epic movies like 2001 or the good, the bad, and the ugly are just so much better on the big screen.
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Anybody else hate the Dark Knight? about 3 years ago
The first time I saw it I really liked it. After 4 or 5 viewings, though, I’ve noticed that I’m basically waiting for Ledger’s scenes. I feel like he’s the only part of the movie that really holds up after repeated viewings.
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Last movie you saw and rate it about 3 years ago
400 Blows – 10
Série Noire – 8.5
Hadn’t heard of Patrick Dewaere until I had seen this, but his performance is amazing.
Watchmen – 7
Definitely not perfect. Had some pretty crappy scenes (hallelujah), but some pretty brilliant moments as well… (Opening credits, Rorschach, Manhattan on mars…)
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Films that are so bad...you gotta love them about 3 years ago
FLASH!!! AHHHH OHHHHHH… SAVIOR OF THE UNIVERSE!!!
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5 Favorite Film Entrances - Can anyone beat Arnie's debut in The Terminator? about 3 years ago
Charles Bronson w/ harmonica in Once Upon a Time in the West.
Darth Vader / Ben Kenobi / Han Solo / Emperor in Star Wars.
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favourite scene from any film about 3 years ago
Any wes anderson scenes, particularly the end credits in life aquatic. Or the dinner scene in rushmore… haha.
On a more epic scale i’d say the end scene of 2001 or the opening scene of once upon a time in the west.
If I had to pick a favorite it’d be the last scene in either 8 1/2 or la dolce vita. I love them both!
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Best Star Trek Film? about 3 years ago
the newest one is very good… VERY good.
wrath of khan takes a close second.
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Favorite auteurs missing from the profile selection box. almost 3 years ago
Raymond Bernard
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What is (are) your favorite frame(s)? Part Deux almost 3 years ago
8 1/2
Blade Runner
007
Bande à Part
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Bandslam or Antichrist? almost 3 years ago
Antichrist may have mutilated genitalia but if you see Bandslam it will mutilate your brain.
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Which movies would you like to see on The Auteurs? almost 3 years ago
Easy Rider
Phantom of the Paradise
Now, Voyager
The Passionate Friends
Secret Beyond the Door
All Sean Connery 007’s
Night of the Iguana
Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Phantom Lady
Porco Rosso
Ruthless
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2012? DO YOU BELIEVE IT? almost 3 years ago
I think December 31st, 2011 will be more interesting than 2012.
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Sergio Leone's Use of Sound almost 3 years ago
Just got back from a double feature of Fistful of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More. What always strikes me about Sergio Leone’s films is how each main character always has their own distinct sound/instrument.
Clint Eastwood has whistling.
Charles Bronson has a harmonica
Lee Van Cleef has what i believe to be a mouth harp.
I know there are others sounds used (Eli Wallach, Jason Robards) but I can’t think of them.
Anyway, it’s interesting how this gives each character an added dimension. Each sound has it’s own personality, and we’ll automatically associate that sound with the certain character.
Any other thoughts on this? I’m sure Leone wasn’t the only one to use sound to such an extent, can anyone think of any directors who did something similar?
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Sergio Leone's Use of Sound almost 3 years ago
Thanks, Geronimo. I’ll have to check that book out.
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Generation defining films? almost 3 years ago
Well Star Wars basically covers all the Generation X’ers, American, at least.
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Your Favorite Norah Jones Song... almost 3 years ago
Isn’t this kind of irrelevant?
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Your Favorite Norah Jones Song... almost 3 years ago
Jay Leighty, I guess you’re right.
Actually, I was about to go over to the porno thread and ruin the party there as well. ;)
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The Prisoner almost 3 years ago
The greatest TV show ever!
I wouldn’t consider the middle episodes to be filler, with the exception of the 3 or so that don’t even take place in the Village.
Anyway, really amazing stuff. I’ve been obsessed with it since I was 8 or so and my parents rented them on VHS.
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your fav. Spielberg film and why ? almost 3 years ago
I’m not really the biggest Spielberg fan, but Raiders might be the best adventure film ever.
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Films that are so bad...you gotta love them over 2 years ago
I’m bringing this thread back!
Just watched The Happening. Why didn’t they market it as a comedy? It’s was hilarious.
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THE TEN BEST BOWIE ALBUMS over 2 years ago
Howabout 8:
1. “Low”
2. “Heroes”
3. “Station to Station”
4. “Ziggy Stardust”
5. “Hunky Dory”
6. “Scary Monsters”
7. “Aladdin Sane”
8. “Young Americans”
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Nausicaa vs Empire Strikes Back? over 2 years ago
Empire all the way! I like Nausicaa a lot, but come on, Empire is one of the greatest sci-fi films ever.
Even if the two are “fantasy/adventure/sci-fi pictures with strong mythological underpinnings”, I don’t think they have enough in common to really compare them seriously.
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THE TEN BEST BOWIE ALBUMS over 2 years ago
Bowie’s songs? hmmm…
Some of my favorite Bowie songs are the instrumentals on Low. Warszawa and Art Decade are amazing.
My top five with Bowie actually singing:
Heroes
Space Odyssey
Ashes to Ashes
Sound & Vision
Oh! You Pretty Things
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Godard vs Truffaut; personal opinions? over 2 years ago
I honestly find their styles to be too different for me to favor one. I love them both equally!
Truffaut’s films feel much like poems, whereas I think of Godard more as an essayist/novelist.
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