Im more interested in making movies from my own stories but books id love to adapt would be the Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea, The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene, Moby Dick and anything by PKD, Cormac McCarthy, Faulkner or Murakami
I guess my real dream project is to make some sort of epic expiremental spiritual film in the nature of 2001 or The Holy Moutain. Something that takes you on a journey, makes you think and opens your mind.
Just a couple off the top of my head:
Aguirre- when they push the horse of the boat and it swims to shore and gives the camera a really spooky look(this short and in most senses pretty ordinary scene really shook me for some weird reason), aguirre with all the monkeys at the end, when the lady walks into the jungle wearing a gold dress, the opening shot
Stroyzeck- the dancing chicken
Nosferatu(Herzog version)- When the chick walks through town and theres all the animals and fire and people party and making music
The Thin Red Line- lots and lots but the shot of the dying baby bird is the one that immeadiately comes to mind
Ren And Stimpy
Samurai Pizza Cats
Dragon Ball/ Dragon Ball Z
TMNT
Sponge Bob Square Pants
Rockos Modern Life
Dexter’s Lab
Ed Edd And Eddy
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Cow and Chicken
Rugrats
Cormac McCarthy, Jean Genet, Jack Kerouac, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jim Thompson, William Faulkner, Philip K. Dick, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Herman Melville, Robert Anton Wilson
I agree, hes the real deal. Chopper and AOJJBTCRF are incredible films, Chopper is one of the most confident and successful debuts in recent memory and Jesse James is probably my favorite film of the decade. Im really rooting for him to get Cities of the Plain of the ground, I think his sensibility would be perfect for the material.
Eyes Without A Face
Coup De Torchon
Europa
Bad Day At Blackrock
Nanook of the North
Louisiana Story
Freaks
Walkabout
Lost Highway
Pat Garret and Billy the Kid
The Lord of the Flies- Terrence Malick
Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich- Nicholas Roeg
Our Lady of the Flowers- Jean Cocteau
As I Lay Dying- Werner Herzog
The Power and the Glory- Bresson
The Things They Carried- Andrew Dominik
Salo
Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Tales of Hoffman
Ill probably head back one more time before the sale ends for Last Year At Marienbad, Hiroshima Mon Amour, The Last Emporer, Vampyr and maybe a couple others.
@Clayton White- I believe the script of Cities of the Plain was written by Cormac McCarthy, because that was the form he originally wrote it, even before he wrote the first two of the border trilogy. I think Sean Penn was interested in it but for some reason it never got off the ground. I sort of assumed Dominik was using this script but maybe he wrote his own.
Oh that’s interesting. I just assumed he would go with Mccarthy’s because. you know, hes Cormac McCarthy. Dominiks was probably good too though. The Demolished Man and Pop. 1280 would have been interesting too. I dont care what he directs though, as long as it doesn’t take another seven years.
I am also a huge Grant Morrison fan, you should definately check him out. In addition to Arkham Asylum and All Star Superman(which is possibley my favorite comic book), Seaguy, The Invisibles, Seven Soldiers and The Filth are all wild rides. I still need to read Doom Patrol. I also love love love Alan Moore.
In the last month I’ve seen by first Visconti(The Leopard), Fassbinder(Ali: Fear Eats The Soul, In A Year with 13 Moons), Powell(Peeping Tom), Haneke(Funny Games, Cache), Resnais(Last Year at Marienbad) and Hiroshi Teshigahara(Pitfall and Woman in the Dunes). Good Summer! Next up: Agnes Varda, Raoul Ruiz, Jacques Rivette, Kiewlowski, Pasolini and Kusturica while fleshing out the filmography of some of those other directors I’ve just gotten into.
Tree of Life, Bad Lieutenant, My Son My Son What Have Ye Done, The White Ribbon, Where the Wild Things Are, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, A Serious Man, The Ghost, Black Swan, The Informant!
The best use of an animals in a film ? about 3 years ago
Herzog is the man when it comes to using animals: the end of aguirre with the monkeys, and the end of stroyzeck with the dancing chicken.
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Last movie you saw and rate it almost 3 years ago
The Holy Mountain: 10/10
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What is your Dream Project? almost 3 years ago
Im more interested in making movies from my own stories but books id love to adapt would be the Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea, The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene, Moby Dick and anything by PKD, Cormac McCarthy, Faulkner or Murakami
I guess my real dream project is to make some sort of epic expiremental spiritual film in the nature of 2001 or The Holy Moutain. Something that takes you on a journey, makes you think and opens your mind.
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What Are Your Cinematic Moments of the "Ecstatic Truth"? almost 3 years ago
Just a couple off the top of my head:
Aguirre- when they push the horse of the boat and it swims to shore and gives the camera a really spooky look(this short and in most senses pretty ordinary scene really shook me for some weird reason), aguirre with all the monkeys at the end, when the lady walks into the jungle wearing a gold dress, the opening shot
Stroyzeck- the dancing chicken
Nosferatu(Herzog version)- When the chick walks through town and theres all the animals and fire and people party and making music
The Thin Red Line- lots and lots but the shot of the dying baby bird is the one that immeadiately comes to mind
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What was your favorite cartoon as a child? almost 3 years ago
Ren And Stimpy
Samurai Pizza Cats
Dragon Ball/ Dragon Ball Z
TMNT
Sponge Bob Square Pants
Rockos Modern Life
Dexter’s Lab
Ed Edd And Eddy
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Cow and Chicken
Rugrats
the 90’s were good for cartoons
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Who do you read? almost 3 years ago
Cormac McCarthy, Jean Genet, Jack Kerouac, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jim Thompson, William Faulkner, Philip K. Dick, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Herman Melville, Robert Anton Wilson
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the wildest rides in cinemah,: Better than a mescaline trip in the seventies almost 3 years ago
O’ Lucky Man- One of my favorite films, and the only I can think of that hasn’t been mentioned so far.
Great thread, just added a ton of movies to my list of must see films.
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Who would you like to direct "Michael Jackson's biographical film"? almost 3 years ago
david lynch?
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Heads up!!!! 50% off Criterions almost 3 years ago
Fallen Idol
If…
The Earrings of Madame de…
The Delerious Fiction of William Klein
Night and Fog
Right on!
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what did you watch today? almost 3 years ago
if….
Badlands
The Earrings of Madame de…
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OT: recommend me some summer reading almost 3 years ago
I second Jim Thompson, The Killer Inside Me is a good one to start with. Also, Cities on the Plain by Cormac McCarthy or Light in August by Faulkner.
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Andrew Dominik: Visionary or Wannabe? almost 3 years ago
I agree, hes the real deal. Chopper and AOJJBTCRF are incredible films, Chopper is one of the most confident and successful debuts in recent memory and Jesse James is probably my favorite film of the decade. Im really rooting for him to get Cities of the Plain of the ground, I think his sensibility would be perfect for the material.
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Ten Films: On Your Mind almost 3 years ago
Eyes Without A Face
Coup De Torchon
Europa
Bad Day At Blackrock
Nanook of the North
Louisiana Story
Freaks
Walkabout
Lost Highway
Pat Garret and Billy the Kid
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what did you watch today? almost 3 years ago
Straw Dogs(again) and Peeping Tom which blew me away. Its the first Powell I’ve seen, any reccomendations for the next?
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You choose the book to make into a film. Then choose the director. Go! almost 3 years ago
The Lord of the Flies- Terrence Malick
Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich- Nicholas Roeg
Our Lady of the Flowers- Jean Cocteau
As I Lay Dying- Werner Herzog
The Power and the Glory- Bresson
The Things They Carried- Andrew Dominik
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Heads up!!!! 50% off Criterions almost 3 years ago
Salo
Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Tales of Hoffman
Ill probably head back one more time before the sale ends for Last Year At Marienbad, Hiroshima Mon Amour, The Last Emporer, Vampyr and maybe a couple others.
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Andrew Dominik: Visionary or Wannabe? almost 3 years ago
@Clayton White- I believe the script of Cities of the Plain was written by Cormac McCarthy, because that was the form he originally wrote it, even before he wrote the first two of the border trilogy. I think Sean Penn was interested in it but for some reason it never got off the ground. I sort of assumed Dominik was using this script but maybe he wrote his own.
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Andrew Dominik: Visionary or Wannabe? almost 3 years ago
Oh that’s interesting. I just assumed he would go with Mccarthy’s because. you know, hes Cormac McCarthy. Dominiks was probably good too though. The Demolished Man and Pop. 1280 would have been interesting too. I dont care what he directs though, as long as it doesn’t take another seven years.
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Meeting Zack Snyder almost 3 years ago
I saw Sean Penn walking around an airport… he didn’t look like he wanted to chat though so i let him go.
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Deeply Uplifting Films almost 3 years ago
Punch-Drunk Love
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Any Commentaries you've listened to more than once? almost 3 years ago
I like PTA’s for Boogie Nights.
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What are your favorite "art houses" around the country? almost 3 years ago
@RUS- The Brattle Theatre at Harvard Square is pretty good. They’ve got Ang Lee and Errol Flynn retrospectives going on now.
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Blind Buys almost 3 years ago
ive probably blind bought around 15 criterions and have yet to regret a purchase
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Graphic Novels...do cinephiles like graphic novels? reactions to graphic novel adaptations to film? almost 3 years ago
I am also a huge Grant Morrison fan, you should definately check him out. In addition to Arkham Asylum and All Star Superman(which is possibley my favorite comic book), Seaguy, The Invisibles, Seven Soldiers and The Filth are all wild rides. I still need to read Doom Patrol. I also love love love Alan Moore.
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what did you watch today? almost 3 years ago
Ali: Fear Eats The Soul- My first Fassbinder and I loved it. I was completely absorbed and enfatuated by the characters and emotions. I
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DIRECTORS I NEED TO CATCH UP ON THIS YEAR - PART DEUX almost 3 years ago
In the last month I’ve seen by first Visconti(The Leopard), Fassbinder(Ali: Fear Eats The Soul, In A Year with 13 Moons), Powell(Peeping Tom), Haneke(Funny Games, Cache), Resnais(Last Year at Marienbad) and Hiroshi Teshigahara(Pitfall and Woman in the Dunes). Good Summer! Next up: Agnes Varda, Raoul Ruiz, Jacques Rivette, Kiewlowski, Pasolini and Kusturica while fleshing out the filmography of some of those other directors I’ve just gotten into.
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Tarkovsky almost 3 years ago
About to watch Solaris, my first Tarkovsky! So excited.
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Most Anticipated Films almost 3 years ago
Tree of Life, Bad Lieutenant, My Son My Son What Have Ye Done, The White Ribbon, Where the Wild Things Are, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, A Serious Man, The Ghost, Black Swan, The Informant!
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my ex roommate bleeped eddie murphy almost 3 years ago
Sean Penn walked by me in an airport. We made eye contact.
And David Cross was eating pancakes in the same restaurant as me. Thats it.
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BEST AUDIO COMMENTARY almost 3 years ago
My favorite is still PTA for Boogie Nights. He’s just an awesome guy.
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