@neh I second Hot Rod. I quote this film on a daily basis. “Hospital?” “Trashcan!” Anyway…
I’d like to see Un homme qui dort (The Man who Sleeps) on Criterion and theauteurs. It’s my all-time favorite! After Hot Rod and The Karate Kid pts. I & II, of course. Part III can just suck it.
The Royal Tenenbaums was the first that I purchased. I’m not sure if it was the first I had ever seen. I remember spending hours in Virgin Megastore trying to choose between Tenenbaums and Rushmore. I should have gone with the latter :P I mean, I already knew that I loved it. I hadn’t seen Tenenbaums yet. I dropped $50 on a blind buy!
My parents’ biggest qualm with foreign films is having to read subtitles, but if the content interests them then I don’t think they mind. My dad’s really into heist-y detective movies and I recently recommended he see Rififi and Melville’s Le Cercle Rouge and Un Flic. They’re apparently filming a Red Circle remake starring Liam Neeson and Orlando Bloom right now. My mom’s into horror and Hellboy and she loved Pan’s Labyrinth, The Devil’s Backbone and The Orphanage when I made her watch them with me. Neither of my parents had seen any foreign films before these.
I’ll second Children of Paradise (“France’s answer to Gone with the Wind” but better, imo) and Grand Illusion. I dunno about Jeunet though. Might be a bit visually overwhelming at first. If you think your parents would like Terry Gilliam’s work, then go ahead with Jeunet.
I won’t say much because I’m trying not to think about it but I’m excited/terribly sad. I don’t want to know what “entirely selfless act” (gulp) Gaius Baltar is going to perform. He’s been my favorite these past five years.
I can’t wait to see how the dream in the opera house comes into play.
I don’t know why you all live and die by Criterion. Se7en’s in the New Line Platinum Series, which is just as great imo. I own it and Boogie Nights. Their packaging is pretty neat; I prefer it to Criterion’s.
I’d like to be able to search for users who have favorite auteurs in common with me just by clicking their names on my profile and to be able to edit/delete a post I make anywhere at any time and not just for an hour or so after I’ve posted it would be nice.
Lying on my stomach with a pillow under my chin, eyes on the laptop, arms dangling over the side of the bed, a cat keeping my feet warm… is this TMI? Right now I look like a bored eight-year-old girl on time out, but I’m really riveted by what I’m watching. It just wouldn’t appear that way to anyone else.
@Kenji One of mine as well! I like to “cap” (take screenshots of) movies when I’m bored. It’s therapeutic for me. Like being in the photo lab. P.S. I’m happy to have finally found another user with the Totoro display image! Major kudos.
Where are you from? almost 3 years ago
Rancho Cucamonga, California (about 30-40 min from L.A. depending on traffic)
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What Music Video Collections and TV Shows Should Be On Criterion almost 3 years ago
Hm, I don’t think ‘Pushing Daisies’ is Criterion material but I am going to miss it!
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Movies Not On Criterion (& therefore, not on TheAuteurs) almost 3 years ago
@neh I second Hot Rod. I quote this film on a daily basis. “Hospital?” “Trashcan!” Anyway…
I’d like to see Un homme qui dort (The Man who Sleeps) on Criterion and theauteurs. It’s my all-time favorite! After Hot Rod and The Karate Kid pts. I & II, of course. Part III can just suck it.
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection almost 3 years ago
Un homme qui dort (The Man who Sleeps) and Roger Corman’s Poe cycle.
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Movies Not On Criterion (& therefore, not on TheAuteurs) almost 3 years ago
And more off the top of my head: My Neighbors the Yamadas, Heat, Nabbeun namja (Bad Guy), Sam gang yi (Three… Extremes)
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Animated Films on Criterion almost 3 years ago
Tekkon Kinkurîto (Tekkonkinkreet)!!!
& Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) is okay.
I’m happy with the Spirited Away DVD that’s already out there.
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Mindfuck Films almost 3 years ago
The Machinist?
I see ‘Cube’ on that list. How about Vincenzo Natali’s ‘Nothing’? It’s mindfuckery of the comedic sort.
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Films you quote like it's your job almost 3 years ago
“You’re killing me, Smalls!”
“Button, button, who’s got the button?”
Odile: “Are there lions in Brazil?”
Franz: “As well as croc…Odiles.”
And I can quote Hot Rod and Heavy Weights from beginning to end. Cinematic masterpieces!
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Assassination Of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford almost 3 years ago
I’ve seen it a couple times. It is just stunning! Love the soundtrack by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis as well.
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What was the first Criterion movie you watched? almost 3 years ago
The Royal Tenenbaums was the first that I purchased. I’m not sure if it was the first I had ever seen. I remember spending hours in Virgin Megastore trying to choose between Tenenbaums and Rushmore. I should have gone with the latter :P I mean, I already knew that I loved it. I hadn’t seen Tenenbaums yet. I dropped $50 on a blind buy!
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Documentaries almost 3 years ago
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Kind of silly but it’s my favorite! With a tagline like “don’t get chumpatized!” you know it must be grand.
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WHO IS / WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FILM ACTRESS EVER? almost 3 years ago
Laura Dern and Arletty for me ♥
And Zooey Deschanel > Scarlett Johansson, imo.
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Comfort Films almost 3 years ago
Anything Hayao Miyazaki.
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Foreign films for beginners almost 3 years ago
My parents’ biggest qualm with foreign films is having to read subtitles, but if the content interests them then I don’t think they mind. My dad’s really into heist-y detective movies and I recently recommended he see Rififi and Melville’s Le Cercle Rouge and Un Flic. They’re apparently filming a Red Circle remake starring Liam Neeson and Orlando Bloom right now. My mom’s into horror and Hellboy and she loved Pan’s Labyrinth, The Devil’s Backbone and The Orphanage when I made her watch them with me. Neither of my parents had seen any foreign films before these.
I’ll second Children of Paradise (“France’s answer to Gone with the Wind” but better, imo) and Grand Illusion. I dunno about Jeunet though. Might be a bit visually overwhelming at first. If you think your parents would like Terry Gilliam’s work, then go ahead with Jeunet.
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Last movie you saw and rate it almost 3 years ago
Drowning by Numbers 8/10
A great Greenaway, but no Baby of Mâcon.
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A Random Film You Like almost 3 years ago
The American Astronaut
I tell everyone it’s what I imagine a ‘Firefly’ musical directed by John Waters would be like.
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Battlestar Galactica almost 3 years ago
I won’t say much because I’m trying not to think about it but I’m excited/terribly sad. I don’t want to know what “entirely selfless act” (gulp) Gaius Baltar is going to perform. He’s been my favorite these past five years.
I can’t wait to see how the dream in the opera house comes into play.
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Your birthday director(s) almost 3 years ago
June 22nd
Billy Wilder
Uwe fucking Boll, good God.
Stephen Chow
Bruce Campbell
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Se7en Criterion Collection set? almost 3 years ago
I don’t know why you all live and die by Criterion. Se7en’s in the New Line Platinum Series, which is just as great imo. I own it and Boogie Nights. Their packaging is pretty neat; I prefer it to Criterion’s.
The Vista Series has some fantastic DVDs too.
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Help make The Auteurs totally awesome almost 3 years ago
I’d like to be able to search for users who have favorite auteurs in common with me just by clicking their names on my profile and to be able to edit/delete a post I make anywhere at any time and not just for an hour or so after I’ve posted it would be nice.
P.S. Love the site! So glad I joined.
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Movies that should be in the library almost 3 years ago
Un homme qui dort
The Fall
Naisu no mori: The First Contact
The American Astronaut
My Neighbors the Yamadas
The Baby of Mâcon
& a crap ton of horror, PLEASE.
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What is (are) your favorite frame(s)? almost 3 years ago
I have a blog dedicated to my favorite film stills so I’ve got about a bajillion of ’em piled up.
From Un homme qui dort
From Le Samouraï
From Céline et Julie vont en bateau
From The Falls
From Drowning by Numbers
From Nouvelle Vague
From Naisu no mori: The First Contact
From Tales of Terror
From Sans soleil
From My Neighbors the Yamadas
From Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
From My Neighbor Totoro
From Spirited Away
From Howl’s Moving Castle
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Best position to watch a movie almost 3 years ago
Lying on my stomach with a pillow under my chin, eyes on the laptop, arms dangling over the side of the bed, a cat keeping my feet warm… is this TMI? Right now I look like a bored eight-year-old girl on time out, but I’m really riveted by what I’m watching. It just wouldn’t appear that way to anyone else.
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What is (are) your favorite frame(s)? almost 3 years ago
More from my film still blog:
(From Tarsem’s The Fall)
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What is (are) your favorite frame(s)? almost 3 years ago
I think I’m going to come back to this post quite a bit!
(Stills from Neil Marshall’s The Descent)
@Filmy Andy imawesam.tumblr.com
@Ravikiran Dinakar VLC is what I use, too! Everyone should get their hands on it.
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What is (are) your favorite frame(s)? almost 3 years ago
(From Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho)
That last one’s my favorite. Oh, River.
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What is (are) your favorite frame(s)? almost 3 years ago
(From The American Astronaut)
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What is (are) your favorite frame(s)? almost 3 years ago
(From Krzysztof Kieslowski’s La double vie de Véronique)
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What is (are) your favorite frame(s)? almost 3 years ago
Ten more from Céline et Julie vont en bateau
(Reminds me so much of my mother there♥)
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What is (are) your favorite frame(s)? almost 3 years ago
@Kenji One of mine as well! I like to “cap” (take screenshots of) movies when I’m bored. It’s therapeutic for me. Like being in the photo lab. P.S. I’m happy to have finally found another user with the Totoro display image! Major kudos.
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