Into the Wild (2007) by Sean Penn… and Good Will Hunting (1997) by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck… are also coming of age films I liked.
There’s also Bridge to Terabithia (2006) by Gabor Csupio.
My very first animation film on a big screen was Panda and the Magic Serpent which had its debut in the US in 1961. Then followed Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, a UK film. I’m still into films with a British flavor and enjoy fantastic films like the recent Water Horse with a remarkable dragon in it. I’m not really sure how Sleeping Beauty affected me but I like visiting castles in Europe, even ones in ruin. :) I can’t think of a fifth film that left a strong impression on me when still a child… but I remember being thrilled/enchanted by Fantasia and Never Ending Story later on as a young adult. Edward Scissorhands is also a modern fairy tale that I enjoyed as an adult.
I was wondering if we can make requests/suggestions for films to be added to the library. If yes, I highly recommend The Band’s Visit which I saw on a large screen today. I don’t think this film really needs a large screen, though, and I would be interested in hearing what other people thought about it.
I recently watched The Band’s Visit (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret, 2007) by Eran Kolirin and liked it very much, enough to watch it again. I would also like to hear what other people thought about it.
- An Inconvenient Truth (2006) by Davis Guggenheim with Al Gore presenting the facts on global warming
- Manufactured Landscapes (2006) by Jennifer Baichwal
- Into the Wild (2007) by Sean Penn
- The Tin Drum (1978) by Günter Grass
- La Règle du Jeu (1939) aka Rules of the Game… by Jean Renoir
- The Night of the Hunter (1955) by Charles Laughton
These films all stunned me and I couldn’t stop thinking about them for a while… and they made me take both life and cinema more seriously.
The Man Who Planted Trees (L’Homme qui plantait des arbres) by Frédéric Back (1987) is at the top of my list which includes “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” and “Paprika”. “Sin City” probably deserves an honorable mention since it is based on comics.
This is irrelevant to the discussion but…the purpose of the thumb up and thumb down feature next to the posted reviews on the profile and the posted comments in the forum is not very clear to me. Is it tallying our response (positive or negative) to the comments posted? Anyway, I just read a response to another post of mine and I liked it, so I clicked on the thumb’s up icon. I think it’s probably as simple as that and I’m complicating things. Sorry.
Jeux interdits (1952) by René Clément… I remember watching this on television as a young prepubescent person and not understanding it very well but being nevertheless impressed by the story and identifying with the protagonists who are children.
Could anyone tell me what the difference is between vanguard cinema and avant-garde cinema? According to Wikipedia, ‘vanguard’ is English for the French term ‘avant-garde’… but I wonder if there is a difference between French perspective of avant-garde and the British/American perspective on vanguard.
I have a French friend who says My Neighbor Totoro is her favorite anime film. Obviously, from the comments above I can see that there are many anime films I haven’t even heard of… such as Danish Poet, Mind Game, Cat Soup, Back’s work, A Country Doctor, etc. I wonder what would be some of the criteria for categorizing them? Anyway, I would be very happy to watch more anime films, especially those recommended by the Auteurs Cinema.
1. The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton)
2. M le maudit (Fritz Lang)
3. Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
4. The Chocolate War (Keith Gordon)
5. Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
6. Throne of Blood (Kurosawa Akira)
I liked Lust, Caution… and I find the scene where the protagonist sings in Chinese for her lover at a Japanese restaurant particularly touching and remarkable.
Memorable Asian films for me are:
1) The Last Emperor (1987) by Bernardo Bertolucci … which came out 21 years ago… so not that recent.
2) Raise the Red Lantern (1991) by Zhang Yimou… which came out 17 years ago… so not very recent either.
3) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) by Ang Lee… still remember the bamboo grove scene as something quite beautiful
4) Lust, Caution (2007) by Ang Lee…
The Japanese films I know are not so recent either… e.g. Shall We Dansu? (1996) by Masayuki Suo
I’m not so sure how political it is but I recently watched The Band’s Visit (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret, 2007) by Eran Kolirin and felt that the interaction between the Israeli and Egyptian characters said a lot about the two countries with a long history of cultural affinities as well as political strife.
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) by Jamie Uys can be said to have changed my life by raising my awareness of ecology and global responsibility developed nations have towards linguistically and culturally vulnerable people in the third world. This film also influenced me to read A Mantis Carol (1975), a short novel by Sir Laurens van der Post based on his own life.
I watched it on a big screen and thought it was wonderful. I’m rarely moved to tears while watching a film and avoid melodramas but this one made me cry and I still like it. In fact, it is one of my favorite films… but I would have to watch it again to be able to comment on the cinematography. Of course, the camera’s eye adopts the visual perspective of the protagonist, which makes the viewers identify more with the protagonist and his struggle despite the fact that he was not a very likable person prior to the accident.
Thirty-two Short Films a about Glenn Gould suggested by Jason Tarnowski would interest me as I love Gould’s music and have been curious about these documentary films on him for some time.
1. Amazing Grace
2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3. Into the Wild
4. Pride and Prejudice (I actually prefer the British version for television recently broadcasted on PBS)
5. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
6. Pan’s Labyrinth
7. Manufactured Landscapes
8. The Cave of the Yellow Dog
9. Whale Rider
10. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan
11. I Love You Rosa (Moshe Mizrahi)
12. Legally Blonde
13. Dead Poets Society
14. Late Spring (Ozu)
15. Chalk
16. Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton)
17. La regle du jeu (Jean Renoir)
18. Kwaidan (Masaki Kobayashi— I like Miminashi Hoichi)
I’m Not There (2007) by Todd Haynes … on Bob Dylan
Lenny (1974) by Bob Fosse… on Lenny Bruce
Lawrence of Arabia
Ghandi (1982) by Richard Attenborough
Napoleon Bonaparte (1934) by Abel Gance
The Queen (2006) by Stephen Frears
Amazing Grace (2006) by Michael Apted
Camille Claudel (1988) by Nuytten and Adjani
I’ve been thinking about the idea that “art is difficult to adapt to the big screen” and wonder whether anybody had attempted to do a film on Picasso who was a prolific artist who evolved through many stages and was influential in all of them. He married three times, I believe, and also had a mean streak in him according to stories I’ve heard. I’ve never heard of a film on Picasso although he was certainly bigger than life in many respects. If it exists, I’d really like to watch it.
3 minutes later… Just checked and there is apparently a film by James Ivory called Surviving Picasso (1996) and it is about aging Picasso. I can’t imagine a biopic on Picasso without art in it.
How about “picaresque” as a section? This is a classic genre which includes some coming-of-age and science fiction works but I think it would be interesting in an interdisciplinary kind of way.
Waking LIfe (2001) directed by Richard Linklater will fall under this category. Of course, it could fall under “dreamscapes” too… but I’m not sure.
Charlie’s Angels (2000) directed by McG
Legally Blonde (2001) by Robert Luketic
Maybe these weren’t on the worst film list but they aren’t art films, either, and I think I like them for reasons other than the ones I would usually attribute to the fine art of film making.
Best of Coming-Of-Age Cinema about 4 years ago
This Boy’s Life (1993) by Michael Caton-Jones comes to my mind. It is based on a book by Tobias Wolff which is definitely a bildingsroman.
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Best of Coming-Of-Age Cinema about 4 years ago
Into the Wild (2007) by Sean Penn… and Good Will Hunting (1997) by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck… are also coming of age films I liked.
There’s also Bridge to Terabithia (2006) by Gabor Csupio.
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TOP 5 Childhood Films about 4 years ago
My very first animation film on a big screen was Panda and the Magic Serpent which had its debut in the US in 1961. Then followed Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, a UK film. I’m still into films with a British flavor and enjoy fantastic films like the recent Water Horse with a remarkable dragon in it. I’m not really sure how Sleeping Beauty affected me but I like visiting castles in Europe, even ones in ruin. :) I can’t think of a fifth film that left a strong impression on me when still a child… but I remember being thrilled/enchanted by Fantasia and Never Ending Story later on as a young adult. Edward Scissorhands is also a modern fairy tale that I enjoyed as an adult.
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New films... about 4 years ago
I was wondering if we can make requests/suggestions for films to be added to the library. If yes, I highly recommend The Band’s Visit which I saw on a large screen today. I don’t think this film really needs a large screen, though, and I would be interested in hearing what other people thought about it.
http://www.thebandsvisit.com/
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Best of Coming-Of-Age Cinema about 4 years ago
Luna Park (1992) by Pavel Lungin (director, story and screenplay writer of this Russian film)
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Which movies would you like to see on The Auteurs? about 4 years ago
I recently watched The Band’s Visit (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret, 2007) by Eran Kolirin and liked it very much, enough to watch it again. I would also like to hear what other people thought about it.
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Which film has changed your life forever? about 4 years ago
- An Inconvenient Truth (2006) by Davis Guggenheim with Al Gore presenting the facts on global warming
- Manufactured Landscapes (2006) by Jennifer Baichwal
- Into the Wild (2007) by Sean Penn
- The Tin Drum (1978) by Günter Grass
- La Règle du Jeu (1939) aka Rules of the Game… by Jean Renoir
- The Night of the Hunter (1955) by Charles Laughton
These films all stunned me and I couldn’t stop thinking about them for a while… and they made me take both life and cinema more seriously.
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Best of Animation about 4 years ago
The Man Who Planted Trees (L’Homme qui plantait des arbres) by Frédéric Back (1987) is at the top of my list which includes “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” and “Paprika”. “Sin City” probably deserves an honorable mention since it is based on comics.
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Which film has changed your life forever? about 4 years ago
This is irrelevant to the discussion but…the purpose of the thumb up and thumb down feature next to the posted reviews on the profile and the posted comments in the forum is not very clear to me. Is it tallying our response (positive or negative) to the comments posted? Anyway, I just read a response to another post of mine and I liked it, so I clicked on the thumb’s up icon. I think it’s probably as simple as that and I’m complicating things. Sorry.
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TOP 5 Childhood Films about 4 years ago
Jeux interdits (1952) by René Clément… I remember watching this on television as a young prepubescent person and not understanding it very well but being nevertheless impressed by the story and identifying with the protagonists who are children.
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Best of Animation about 4 years ago
I forgot to say that Princes and Princesses, although a series of short films, is quite good and deserves an honorable mention.
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Vanguard versus avant-garde about 4 years ago
Could anyone tell me what the difference is between vanguard cinema and avant-garde cinema? According to Wikipedia, ‘vanguard’ is English for the French term ‘avant-garde’… but I wonder if there is a difference between French perspective of avant-garde and the British/American perspective on vanguard.
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Best of Animation about 4 years ago
I have a French friend who says My Neighbor Totoro is her favorite anime film. Obviously, from the comments above I can see that there are many anime films I haven’t even heard of… such as Danish Poet, Mind Game, Cat Soup, Back’s work, A Country Doctor, etc. I wonder what would be some of the criteria for categorizing them? Anyway, I would be very happy to watch more anime films, especially those recommended by the Auteurs Cinema.
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VILLAINS. about 4 years ago
Harry Powell in the Night of the Hunter (1955) by Charles Laughton is the most memorable villain for me.
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D.I.Y. Film Playlist about 4 years ago
Here’s a tentative list under the theme: Evil
Prelude: ? (Any suggestion? )
1. The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton)
2. M le maudit (Fritz Lang)
3. Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
4. The Chocolate War (Keith Gordon)
5. Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
6. Throne of Blood (Kurosawa Akira)
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Best of Coming-Of-Age Cinema about 4 years ago
The Chocolate War (1988) by Keith Gordon
The River (1951) by Jean Renoir
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Best of Recent Asian Cinema about 4 years ago
I liked Lust, Caution… and I find the scene where the protagonist sings in Chinese for her lover at a Japanese restaurant particularly touching and remarkable.
Memorable Asian films for me are:
1) The Last Emperor (1987) by Bernardo Bertolucci … which came out 21 years ago… so not that recent.
2) Raise the Red Lantern (1991) by Zhang Yimou… which came out 17 years ago… so not very recent either.
3) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) by Ang Lee… still remember the bamboo grove scene as something quite beautiful
4) Lust, Caution (2007) by Ang Lee…
The Japanese films I know are not so recent either… e.g. Shall We Dansu? (1996) by Masayuki Suo
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Best soundtrack of 2007 about 4 years ago
Once…by John Carney
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Cinema and Politics about 4 years ago
I’m not so sure how political it is but I recently watched The Band’s Visit (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret, 2007) by Eran Kolirin and felt that the interaction between the Israeli and Egyptian characters said a lot about the two countries with a long history of cultural affinities as well as political strife.
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Best of Recent Asian Cinema about 4 years ago
Has anybody watched Tawaa – Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki Oton (2007) by Joji Matsuoka?
English title … Tokyo Tower: My Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad…
www.lovehkfilm.com/panasia/tokyo_tower.html
I just came across it on the web and am intrigued by it. Sounds like it might be a good film and it is recent.
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Which movies would you like to see on The Auteurs? about 4 years ago
The River (1951) by Jean Renoir based on British writer Rumer Godden’s book by the same title
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Which film has changed your life forever? about 4 years ago
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) by Jamie Uys can be said to have changed my life by raising my awareness of ecology and global responsibility developed nations have towards linguistically and culturally vulnerable people in the third world. This film also influenced me to read A Mantis Carol (1975), a short novel by Sir Laurens van der Post based on his own life.
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Which movies would you like to see on The Auteurs? about 4 years ago
I watched it on a big screen and thought it was wonderful. I’m rarely moved to tears while watching a film and avoid melodramas but this one made me cry and I still like it. In fact, it is one of my favorite films… but I would have to watch it again to be able to comment on the cinematography. Of course, the camera’s eye adopts the visual perspective of the protagonist, which makes the viewers identify more with the protagonist and his struggle despite the fact that he was not a very likable person prior to the accident.
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Which movies would you like to see on The Auteurs? about 4 years ago
Mon Oncle by Jacques Tati… if Playtime is not available.
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Which movies would you like to see on The Auteurs? about 4 years ago
Thirty-two Short Films a about Glenn Gould suggested by Jason Tarnowski would interest me as I love Gould’s music and have been curious about these documentary films on him for some time.
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favorite films? about 4 years ago
Here are some of my favorite films:
1. Amazing Grace
2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3. Into the Wild
4. Pride and Prejudice (I actually prefer the British version for television recently broadcasted on PBS)
5. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
6. Pan’s Labyrinth
7. Manufactured Landscapes
8. The Cave of the Yellow Dog
9. Whale Rider
10. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan
11. I Love You Rosa (Moshe Mizrahi)
12. Legally Blonde
13. Dead Poets Society
14. Late Spring (Ozu)
15. Chalk
16. Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton)
17. La regle du jeu (Jean Renoir)
18. Kwaidan (Masaki Kobayashi— I like Miminashi Hoichi)
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Best Biopics about 4 years ago
I’m Not There (2007) by Todd Haynes … on Bob Dylan
Lenny (1974) by Bob Fosse… on Lenny Bruce
Lawrence of Arabia
Ghandi (1982) by Richard Attenborough
Napoleon Bonaparte (1934) by Abel Gance
The Queen (2006) by Stephen Frears
Amazing Grace (2006) by Michael Apted
Camille Claudel (1988) by Nuytten and Adjani
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Best Biopics about 4 years ago
I’ve been thinking about the idea that “art is difficult to adapt to the big screen” and wonder whether anybody had attempted to do a film on Picasso who was a prolific artist who evolved through many stages and was influential in all of them. He married three times, I believe, and also had a mean streak in him according to stories I’ve heard. I’ve never heard of a film on Picasso although he was certainly bigger than life in many respects. If it exists, I’d really like to watch it.
3 minutes later… Just checked and there is apparently a film by James Ivory called Surviving Picasso (1996) and it is about aging Picasso. I can’t imagine a biopic on Picasso without art in it.
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Suggest SECTION names for The Auteurs about 4 years ago
How about “picaresque” as a section? This is a classic genre which includes some coming-of-age and science fiction works but I think it would be interesting in an interdisciplinary kind of way.
Waking LIfe (2001) directed by Richard Linklater will fall under this category. Of course, it could fall under “dreamscapes” too… but I’m not sure.
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Good Bad Films about 4 years ago
Charlie’s Angels (2000) directed by McG
Legally Blonde (2001) by Robert Luketic
Maybe these weren’t on the worst film list but they aren’t art films, either, and I think I like them for reasons other than the ones I would usually attribute to the fine art of film making.
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