Lots of great ones already mentioned. For me, it would probably be these five:
1. Dead Man (1995, Jarmusch)
2. A Fistful of Dollars (1964, Leone)
3. Django (1966, Sergio Corbucci)
4. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966, Leone)
5. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969, George Roy Hill)
I definitely want to see more spaghetti westerns, but so far I’ve only seen those by Leone and a few by Corbucci. Corbucci is a lot of fun. Better than Leone in some ways even, and that’s really saying something. Corbucci’s The Great Silence is also top-notch.
I was too young when I first saw Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, so it really freaked me out. OK, I was 16, but still, that movie is intense. Over the next year so, I found myself responding to the question “Did you like A Clockwork Orange?” with a more positive answer every time. Eventually, I saw it again (multiple times) and it very well may be my favorite movie now.
Also, I didn’t really get Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits the first time around. I guess I thought it was too ridiculous. Subsequent viewings fixed that.
These are always tough, but enjoyable. I like lists. Not everything needs to be some sort of deep artistic discussion of the merits and faults of particular movies or directors or whatever. It can be a conversation starter, or just a simple topic all its own. So here’s mine:
1) A Clockwork Orange (1971, Kubrick)
2) Pierrot le fou (1965, Godard)
3) Taxi Driver (1976, Scorsese)
4) Psycho (1960, Hitchcock)
5) The Godfather (1972, Coppola)
6) A Woman Under the Influence (1972, Cassavetes)
7) Fitzcarraldo (1982, Herzog)
8) Punch-Drunk Love (2002, Paul Thomas Anderson)
9) Once Upon a Time in America (1984, Leone)
10) M (1931, Lang)
11) Into the Wild (2007, Sean Penn)
12) Yojimbo (1961, Kurosawa)
13) Fargo (1996, Joel and Ethan Coen)
14) La Jetee (1962, Chris Marker)
15) Pickup on South Street (1953, Samuel Fuller)
16) Lost Highway (1997, Lynch)
17) Ladri di Biciclette (1948, Vittorio de Sica)
18) Tirez sur le pianiste (1960, Truffaut)
19) Dead Man (1995, Jim Jarmusch)
20) Stop Making Sense (1984, Johnathan Demme)
I’m not sure which of his I’d consider the best, but Le Doulos (1962) is probably his most underrated. The complicated plot had me sucked in throughout, and I adored the two main characters, portrayed by Belmondo and Serge Reggiani. The feeling he created in that movie is superb.
These have each gotten me more than once:
When Adrien Brody comes out of the river in Darjeeling Limited.
When the younger sister comforts the recently-discovered-to-be-colorblind Paul Dano in Little Miss Sunshine.
When the old doctor steps over the foul line in Field of Dreams.
When Lee Pace almost dies in The Fall.
“I could have saved more.” in Schindler’s List.
When Sean Penn falls and smashes the cake in I am Sam, and a number of other moments in that one also.
A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick)
Pierrot le fou (Godard)
Taxi Driver (Scorsese)
Psycho (Hitchcock)
A Woman Under the Influence (Cassavetes)
The Godfather (Coppola)
Once Upon a Time in America (Leone)
Fitzcarraldo (Herzog)
M (Lang)
Pickup on South Street (Fuller)
Age / Level of education? (An informal poll) over 3 years ago
I’m 21, with 3 semesters left on my undergrad degree in history, with a minor in cinema.
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Best Westerns over 3 years ago
Lots of great ones already mentioned. For me, it would probably be these five:
1. Dead Man (1995, Jarmusch)
2. A Fistful of Dollars (1964, Leone)
3. Django (1966, Sergio Corbucci)
4. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966, Leone)
5. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969, George Roy Hill)
I definitely want to see more spaghetti westerns, but so far I’ve only seen those by Leone and a few by Corbucci. Corbucci is a lot of fun. Better than Leone in some ways even, and that’s really saying something. Corbucci’s The Great Silence is also top-notch.
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Films you hated at first but then... over 3 years ago
I was too young when I first saw Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, so it really freaked me out. OK, I was 16, but still, that movie is intense. Over the next year so, I found myself responding to the question “Did you like A Clockwork Orange?” with a more positive answer every time. Eventually, I saw it again (multiple times) and it very well may be my favorite movie now.
Also, I didn’t really get Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits the first time around. I guess I thought it was too ridiculous. Subsequent viewings fixed that.
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My Top 20 Movies of All Time over 3 years ago
These are always tough, but enjoyable. I like lists. Not everything needs to be some sort of deep artistic discussion of the merits and faults of particular movies or directors or whatever. It can be a conversation starter, or just a simple topic all its own. So here’s mine:
1) A Clockwork Orange (1971, Kubrick)
2) Pierrot le fou (1965, Godard)
3) Taxi Driver (1976, Scorsese)
4) Psycho (1960, Hitchcock)
5) The Godfather (1972, Coppola)
6) A Woman Under the Influence (1972, Cassavetes)
7) Fitzcarraldo (1982, Herzog)
8) Punch-Drunk Love (2002, Paul Thomas Anderson)
9) Once Upon a Time in America (1984, Leone)
10) M (1931, Lang)
11) Into the Wild (2007, Sean Penn)
12) Yojimbo (1961, Kurosawa)
13) Fargo (1996, Joel and Ethan Coen)
14) La Jetee (1962, Chris Marker)
15) Pickup on South Street (1953, Samuel Fuller)
16) Lost Highway (1997, Lynch)
17) Ladri di Biciclette (1948, Vittorio de Sica)
18) Tirez sur le pianiste (1960, Truffaut)
19) Dead Man (1995, Jim Jarmusch)
20) Stop Making Sense (1984, Johnathan Demme)
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Melville's best film? over 3 years ago
I’m not sure which of his I’d consider the best, but Le Doulos (1962) is probably his most underrated. The complicated plot had me sucked in throughout, and I adored the two main characters, portrayed by Belmondo and Serge Reggiani. The feeling he created in that movie is superb.
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Films that you love before you've even seen them. over 3 years ago
This is ludicrous.
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What film scenes really make you cry? over 3 years ago
These have each gotten me more than once:
When Adrien Brody comes out of the river in Darjeeling Limited.
When the younger sister comforts the recently-discovered-to-be-colorblind Paul Dano in Little Miss Sunshine.
When the old doctor steps over the foul line in Field of Dreams.
When Lee Pace almost dies in The Fall.
“I could have saved more.” in Schindler’s List.
When Sean Penn falls and smashes the cake in I am Sam, and a number of other moments in that one also.
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What's your Top 10? over 3 years ago
A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick)
Pierrot le fou (Godard)
Taxi Driver (Scorsese)
Psycho (Hitchcock)
A Woman Under the Influence (Cassavetes)
The Godfather (Coppola)
Once Upon a Time in America (Leone)
Fitzcarraldo (Herzog)
M (Lang)
Pickup on South Street (Fuller)
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3 Favourite Movies From 5 Favourite Directors over 3 years ago
Kubrick:
A Clockwork Orange
Full Metal Jacket
The Shining
Jim Jarmusch
Dead Man
Broken Flowers
Down by Law
Joel and Ethan Coen
Fargo
Barton Fink
O, Brother, Where Art Thou?
Werner Herzog
Fitzcarraldo
Aguirre
Rescue Dawn
Truffaut
Shoot the Pianist
The 400 Blows
Jules et Jim
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Editing Challenge almost 3 years ago
This is a great idea. Maybe someone would be willing to donate footage from an abandoned, old, or on-hiatus project. I’d definitely be down for this.
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