There have been some really good ones in here.
I’ve really wanted to see “Taxidermia”, but being stuck in the middle of the Midwestern United States, I haven’t had the opportunity as of yet. Anyway, a movie that shook me to the core, for sure, was Bergman’s “Cries and Whispers”. So chilling, so disturbing, and so easy to place close to you, which is perhaps the most frightening aspect of the film.
Another that really messed with me was “Man Behind the Sun”. It’s pretty much pure garbage. Exploitation; shocking for the sake of the shock. But damn. It’s certainly shocking.
I have about 330 right now. I’m usually constantly buying them, but have had to take a break lately. I’m hoping to start up again soon. It is super addictive, and like many others have said already, I could never own as many as I’d like.
So, I’m sure there’s another post covering this topic on here already, but I can’t say I have the time to dig through all of these threads. So I’ll start another.
Simple: What are your favorite film performances of all time?
You can post however many you like, in whatever format you like.
Like so:
In no order
Top 10 male performances:
1. Min-sik Choi as Dae-su Oh, Oldboy (2003)
2. John Candy as Buck Russell, Uncle Buck (1989)
3. Bruce Campbell as Ashley “Ash” Williams, Evil Dead 2 (1987)
4. Robert DeNiro as Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver (1976)
5. Toshiro Milfune as Sanjuro Kuwabatake, Yojimbo (1961)
6. Charles Chaplin as Tramp, City Lights (1931)
7. Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth, Blue Velvet (1986)
8. Max Schreck as Graf Orlock, Nosferatu (1922)
9. Bill Murray as Steve Zissou, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
10. Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview, There Will Be Blood (2007)
Top 10 female performances:
1. Isabelle Huppert as Erika Kohut, La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher) (2001)
2. Ingrid Thulin as Ester, Tystnaden (The Silence) (1963)
3. Maria Falconetti as Joan of Arc, La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) (1928)
4. Brigitte Helm as Maria/Robot Maria, Metropolis (1927)
5. Ana Torrent as Ana, El Espíritu de la colmena (The Spirit of the Beehive)
6. Gena Rowlands as Mabel Longhetti, A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
7. Bette Davis as “Baby” Jane Hudson, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
8. Catherine Deneuve as Carole Ledoux, Repulsion (1965)
9. Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson, Double Indemnity (1944)
10. Irène Jacob as Veronique/Weronika, La Double vie de Véronique (The Double Life of Veronique) (1991)
Yeah, Lexie. It’s a shame more people aren’t familiar with that role.
There are some really great performances listed here.
NOEL- Very glad to see Mitchum in “Night of the Hunter” on there. Super chilling in that film!
NOEL- Yeah, I knew about history behind the movie going into it, but it was pretty upsetting that such a tragic event was re-told in such a disrespectful, tasteless way. I know the director, Tun Fei Mou, is Chinese, and it’s pretty obvious what he was trying to do with the film.
Another one I just thought of is “Picnic at Hanging Rock”. I’m not sure I can say that it “[shook] me to the core”, but it definitely chilled me to the core. That movie stayed with me for quite some time after first seeing it.
“There Will Be Blood” is a recent one that did the same thing to me that “Picnic at Hanging Rock” did.
Ah! No one’s mentioned Stanley Cortez’s work in “The Night of the Hunter”. Particularly the shot of Shelley Winters underwater and the scene where John and Ruby are floating down the river and Ruby is singing.
Someone a while ago posted “The Night of the Hunter”, which would be amazing. I know that there was supposed to be a SE R1 release of it last year, but it kept getting postponed. I’m not sure what the status of that is anymore, unfortunately.
I’m sure I could never completely narrow it down. These are just what have come to me recently.
Top 10 male performances:
1. Min-sik Choi as Dae-su Oh, Oldboy (2003)
2. John Candy as Buck Russell, Uncle Buck (1989)
3. Bruce Campbell as Ashley “Ash” Williams, Evil Dead 2 (1987)
4. Robert DeNiro as Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver (1976)
5. Toshiro Milfune as Sanjuro Kuwabatake, Yojimbo (1961)
6. Charles Chaplin as Tramp, City Lights (1931)
7. Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth, Blue Velvet (1986)
8. Max Schreck as Graf Orlock, Nosferatu (1922)
9. Bill Murray as Steve Zissou, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
10. Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview, There Will Be Blood (2007)
Top 10 female performances:
1. Isabelle Huppert as Erika Kohut, La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher) (2001)
2. Ingrid Thulin as Ester, Tystnaden (The Silence) (1963)
3. Maria Falconetti as Joan of Arc, La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) (1928)
4. Brigitte Helm as Maria/Robot Maria, Metropolis (1927)
5. Ana Torrent as Ana, El Espíritu de la colmena (The Spirit of the Beehive)
6. Gena Rowlands as Mabel Longhetti, A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
7. Bette Davis as “Baby” Jane Hudson, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
8. Catherine Deneuve as Carole Ledoux, Repulsion (1965)
9. Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson, Double Indemnity (1944)
10. Irène Jacob as Veronique/Weronika, La Double vie de Véronique (The Double Life of Veronique) (1991)
Boogieboy: According to criterionforum.org’s ongoing list, Criterion has confirmed a release for “The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, & Her Lover” via a newsletter, I think. Anyway, there’s no date yet, but supposedly it’s just a matter of time.
“I Was a Teenage Frankenstein / I Was a Teenage Werewolf” set. Those two were the first of a new kind of low-budget horror film.
E. Elias Merhige’s “Begotten” is another film I’d love to see Criterion put out.
The Epstein “Usher” isn’t included on the Kino Avant-Garde Vol. 1 set, or at least I could find it in any of the lists of films included in that set. According to the Kino website, the only two Epstein features that are included are “La glace à trois faces” and “Le Tempestaire”.
1. “Stalker (1979)”, by Andrei Tarkovsky
2. “Viskningar och rop (Cries and Whispers)” (1972), by Ingmar Bergman
3. “C’era una volta il West (Once Upon a Time in the West)” (1968), by Sergio Leone
4. “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” (1964), by Stanley Kubrick
5. “Freaks” (1932), by Tod Browning
6. “City Lights” (1931), by Charles Chaplin
7. “La passion de Jeanne d’Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc)” (1928), by Carl Th. Dreyer
8. “A Woman Under the Influence” (1974), by John Cassavetes
9. “Fa yeung nin wa (In the Mood for Love)” (2000), by Wong Kar-Wai
10. “Santa Sangre” (1989), by Alejandro Jodorowsky
movies that shake you to the core over 3 years ago
There have been some really good ones in here.
I’ve really wanted to see “Taxidermia”, but being stuck in the middle of the Midwestern United States, I haven’t had the opportunity as of yet. Anyway, a movie that shook me to the core, for sure, was Bergman’s “Cries and Whispers”. So chilling, so disturbing, and so easy to place close to you, which is perhaps the most frightening aspect of the film.
Another that really messed with me was “Man Behind the Sun”. It’s pretty much pure garbage. Exploitation; shocking for the sake of the shock. But damn. It’s certainly shocking.
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How Big Is Your DVD Collection? over 3 years ago
I have about 330 right now. I’m usually constantly buying them, but have had to take a break lately. I’m hoping to start up again soon. It is super addictive, and like many others have said already, I could never own as many as I’d like.
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the old dark house over 3 years ago
Great film! One of the best horror-comedies of all time. “A Bucket of Blood” is pretty great, too.
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Top performances of all time. over 3 years ago
So, I’m sure there’s another post covering this topic on here already, but I can’t say I have the time to dig through all of these threads. So I’ll start another.
Simple: What are your favorite film performances of all time?
You can post however many you like, in whatever format you like.
Like so:
In no order
Top 10 male performances:
1. Min-sik Choi as Dae-su Oh, Oldboy (2003)
2. John Candy as Buck Russell, Uncle Buck (1989)
3. Bruce Campbell as Ashley “Ash” Williams, Evil Dead 2 (1987)
4. Robert DeNiro as Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver (1976)
5. Toshiro Milfune as Sanjuro Kuwabatake, Yojimbo (1961)
6. Charles Chaplin as Tramp, City Lights (1931)
7. Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth, Blue Velvet (1986)
8. Max Schreck as Graf Orlock, Nosferatu (1922)
9. Bill Murray as Steve Zissou, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
10. Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview, There Will Be Blood (2007)
Top 10 female performances:
1. Isabelle Huppert as Erika Kohut, La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher) (2001)
2. Ingrid Thulin as Ester, Tystnaden (The Silence) (1963)
3. Maria Falconetti as Joan of Arc, La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) (1928)
4. Brigitte Helm as Maria/Robot Maria, Metropolis (1927)
5. Ana Torrent as Ana, El Espíritu de la colmena (The Spirit of the Beehive)
6. Gena Rowlands as Mabel Longhetti, A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
7. Bette Davis as “Baby” Jane Hudson, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
8. Catherine Deneuve as Carole Ledoux, Repulsion (1965)
9. Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson, Double Indemnity (1944)
10. Irène Jacob as Veronique/Weronika, La Double vie de Véronique (The Double Life of Veronique) (1991)
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Top performances of all time. over 3 years ago
Yeah, Lexie. It’s a shame more people aren’t familiar with that role.
There are some really great performances listed here.
NOEL- Very glad to see Mitchum in “Night of the Hunter” on there. Super chilling in that film!
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movies that shake you to the core over 3 years ago
NOEL- Yeah, I knew about history behind the movie going into it, but it was pretty upsetting that such a tragic event was re-told in such a disrespectful, tasteless way. I know the director, Tun Fei Mou, is Chinese, and it’s pretty obvious what he was trying to do with the film.
Another one I just thought of is “Picnic at Hanging Rock”. I’m not sure I can say that it “[shook] me to the core”, but it definitely chilled me to the core. That movie stayed with me for quite some time after first seeing it.
“There Will Be Blood” is a recent one that did the same thing to me that “Picnic at Hanging Rock” did.
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Criterions on the Cheap over 3 years ago
www.criteriondvd.com is pretty great.
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Best shot movie(s) and its cinematographer over 3 years ago
Pretty much any Tarkovsky film, absolutely.
“Santa Sangre”- Daniele Nannuzzi
“The Passion of Joan of Arc”- Rudolph Maté
“Buffalo ’66”- Lance Acord
Sven Nykvist really did no wrong, either.
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Best shot movie(s) and its cinematographer over 3 years ago
Ah, and:
“Metropolis”- Karl Freund, Günther Rittau, and Walter Ruttmann
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Best shot movie(s) and its cinematographer over 3 years ago
Ah! No one’s mentioned Stanley Cortez’s work in “The Night of the Hunter”. Particularly the shot of Shelley Winters underwater and the scene where John and Ruby are floating down the river and Ruby is singing.
Great stuff.
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection over 3 years ago
Someone a while ago posted “The Night of the Hunter”, which would be amazing. I know that there was supposed to be a SE R1 release of it last year, but it kept getting postponed. I’m not sure what the status of that is anymore, unfortunately.
Personally, I’d love to see:
Jodorowsky’s “Santa Sangre”
Tarkovsky’s “Stalker”
Mungiu’s “4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days”
Ferrara’s “Bad Lieutenant” and “Ms. 45”
Merhige’s “Begotten”
Clark’s “KIDS”
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection over 3 years ago
This one’s been said already, too, but it so desperately needs a Criterion release:
Polanksi’s “Repulsion”
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List the most exemplary acting performance(s) over 3 years ago
I’m sure I could never completely narrow it down. These are just what have come to me recently.
Top 10 male performances:
1. Min-sik Choi as Dae-su Oh, Oldboy (2003)
2. John Candy as Buck Russell, Uncle Buck (1989)
3. Bruce Campbell as Ashley “Ash” Williams, Evil Dead 2 (1987)
4. Robert DeNiro as Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver (1976)
5. Toshiro Milfune as Sanjuro Kuwabatake, Yojimbo (1961)
6. Charles Chaplin as Tramp, City Lights (1931)
7. Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth, Blue Velvet (1986)
8. Max Schreck as Graf Orlock, Nosferatu (1922)
9. Bill Murray as Steve Zissou, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
10. Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview, There Will Be Blood (2007)
Top 10 female performances:
1. Isabelle Huppert as Erika Kohut, La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher) (2001)
2. Ingrid Thulin as Ester, Tystnaden (The Silence) (1963)
3. Maria Falconetti as Joan of Arc, La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) (1928)
4. Brigitte Helm as Maria/Robot Maria, Metropolis (1927)
5. Ana Torrent as Ana, El Espíritu de la colmena (The Spirit of the Beehive)
6. Gena Rowlands as Mabel Longhetti, A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
7. Bette Davis as “Baby” Jane Hudson, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
8. Catherine Deneuve as Carole Ledoux, Repulsion (1965)
9. Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson, Double Indemnity (1944)
10. Irène Jacob as Veronique/Weronika, La Double vie de Véronique (The Double Life of Veronique) (1991)
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection over 3 years ago
Oh, and how about Woody Allen’s “Crimes and Misdemeanors”?
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection over 3 years ago
It would be neat to see a “I Was a Teenage Werewolf / I Was a Teenage Frankenstein” double feature release.
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection over 3 years ago
Boogieboy: According to criterionforum.org’s ongoing list, Criterion has confirmed a release for “The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, & Her Lover” via a newsletter, I think. Anyway, there’s no date yet, but supposedly it’s just a matter of time.
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Best title over 3 years ago
The Spirit of the Beehive
There Will Be Blood
I Drink Your Blood
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Last movie you saw and rate it over 3 years ago
Slumdog Millionaire- really good
The Seventh Seal- amazing, classic
Cowards Bend the Knee- not my favorite Maddin, but definitely good; quite entertaining
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Howzabout Some Horror on Criterion? over 3 years ago
“I Was a Teenage Frankenstein / I Was a Teenage Werewolf” set. Those two were the first of a new kind of low-budget horror film.
E. Elias Merhige’s “Begotten” is another film I’d love to see Criterion put out.
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SCIENCE-FICTION AS A GENRE - WHICH ARE THE BEST FILMS AND WHY? over 3 years ago
In recent times, WALL-E is a pretty stunning addition to the genre.
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Howzabout Some Horror on Criterion? over 3 years ago
Ah! How could I forget:
Larry Cohen’s “Q: The Winged Serpent”
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The scariest or most disturbing film you have EVER seen. over 3 years ago
Inland Empire.
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Scener ur ett Äktenskap over 3 years ago
Yep.
Just watched the episode “Paula”, and the scene of them in the bedroom up until they go to sleep is explosively and intensely engrossing.
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Remakes that improved on the original over 3 years ago
Cat People? Are you serious?
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Scener ur ett Äktenskap over 3 years ago
It’s also a shame that it was ruled ineligible for any Oscar consideration since it had already aired on television in Sweden.
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The Auteurs "Sight & Sound" Poll over 3 years ago
I’m in, definitely.
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The Auteurs "Sight & Sound" Poll over 3 years ago
JP Belmondo: If you’re going to start that brainstorming thread, could you post a link to it in this thread?
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Discussion of The Auteurs "Sight & Sound" over 3 years ago
@ Belmondo:
The Epstein “Usher” isn’t included on the Kino Avant-Garde Vol. 1 set, or at least I could find it in any of the lists of films included in that set. According to the Kino website, the only two Epstein features that are included are “La glace à trois faces” and “Le Tempestaire”.
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Discussion of The Auteurs "Sight & Sound" over 3 years ago
Alright, here’s my tentative top 10:
1. “Stalker (1979)”, by Andrei Tarkovsky
2. “Viskningar och rop (Cries and Whispers)” (1972), by Ingmar Bergman
3. “C’era una volta il West (Once Upon a Time in the West)” (1968), by Sergio Leone
4. “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” (1964), by Stanley Kubrick
5. “Freaks” (1932), by Tod Browning
6. “City Lights” (1931), by Charles Chaplin
7. “La passion de Jeanne d’Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc)” (1928), by Carl Th. Dreyer
8. “A Woman Under the Influence” (1974), by John Cassavetes
9. “Fa yeung nin wa (In the Mood for Love)” (2000), by Wong Kar-Wai
10. “Santa Sangre” (1989), by Alejandro Jodorowsky
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Most Prized Criterion in Your Collection? over 3 years ago
Yeah, the one that immediately pops into my head is the Cassavetes box set.
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