Just wanted to toss out that Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull should put in question spielberg’s auteur title. I know that is a pretty far out statement but it was horrible. I mean paying homage to Tarzan is one thing but what was he still in war of the world’s mode.
Top 10. Now this is at the moment:
1. A clockwork orange(kubrick)
2. The godfather (coppola)
3. Citizen Kane (welles)
4. Goodfellas (scorsese)
5. Casablanca (curtiz)
6. Seven Samurai (kurosawa)
7. Blade Runner (scott)
8. mulholland drive (lynch)
9. The player (altman)
10. Schindler’s list (spielberg)
I apologize for only having one foreign film, but i love kurosawa. And obviously this list is somewhat incomplete. I think a top 25 would allow me to include more of the vast range of great cinema that is out their. I mean i left out truffaut, godard, bergman and even hitchcock.
So i will call this my top ten of favorite directors. Which is funny because my favorite director is brian de palma and you will find none of his films on the list.
I saw Syriana and the only problem i have is that it does feel incomplete. From stuff that i have read screenwriter/director had a falling out with soderbergh for not giving him final cut. In all the movie plays in two hours but from accounts soderbergh cut out about a half hour from the movie. I hate finding out stuff like this because it does affect how i view the film, but in all a decent pic. As for clooney he has grown to become a fine actor. Now is the performance oscar worthy? for that year yes.
My favorite is sweet and lowdown. I thought Penn’s performance was hilarious and Samantha Morton was a hoot. The movie at times doesnt seem to know were it wants to go, but nonetheless it still has some of Allen’s best jokes. When Penn goes through the roof i die laughing almost everytime.
I think that the word genius is tossed around way to easily when it comes to filmmakers. In my genuine opinion i personally feel that directing is an overrated profession that tends to reward one individual when in the reality of it all it conisists of a team of people that create your vision. Now yes the vision itself comes from the auteurs mind but for it to really hit the capacity of what you want it will not work if you have a mediocre team. Tarantino’s movies wouldn’t look as good if his budget was limited like most filmmakers are. I mean the DP plays such an important part the editor, the composer. Now also let it be known that finding the right people to collaborate with is also part of the process of making a film and finding those is also a skill that all great filmmakers need to learn to harness. I saw Ridley Scott talk about making Black Rain and making it in japan and sayig how the crew was japanese so the obvious langauage barrier would make things a bit more difficult and the crews worked completely different than how they work in the states. Problem ? Yes. But as a filmmaker you just have roll with it and make it work to fit your style. In all it makes that much more of a filmmaker when you go through hardships that challenge your film.Case in point Apocalypse Now although Coppola doesnt churn out films like Woody Allen his films carry alot of weight. I bought Youth without Youth and i was pleasently surprised at how good it actually was after reading some reviews i felt that critics really just got it wrong. It was exactly what Coppola said he would do, small personal movies. Which it is, but like all great films by masters it carries a heavy theme. And in my opinion it works extremely well. Sorry for babling but my answer for Quentin is that he definitely is a great filmmaker but belive me he is really far from being a genius. That word should be left to the Bill Gates and Albert Einstein’s of the world.
Yes i know that Reservoir Dogs a is low budget, but remember actors are part of the team that can elevate your film. And that cast is top notch. Yes at the time Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn(who was already name) , Steve Buscemi were fairly unknown and Tarantino in alot of ways helped elevate their careers. But still Harvey Keitel who serves as a producer helped elevate that film above the normal low budget pic. And if you think about it Reservoir Dogs really was his only penny pinching low budget film because Pulp Fiction although it didnt have a huge budget it was still pretty sizeable compared to other indy pics. And again his cast is even more Top Notch with real big names that again Tarantino helped elevate to a whole new level of popularity and stardom(travolta,willis,jackson,thurman,rhames, and even keitel again). But my point is that he is not a genius, but rather blessed with the gift for storytelling.
Mao you are absolutely right. Regarding that no matter how good your team it still does fall on the director to make sure his vision comes as close as possible to his original conception. But like you said the team also deserve’s as much credit as the director does. Sometimes though the team does surpass the director. For example any film shot by Conrad L. Hall looks so exceptional that the story sometimes takes a back seat to his extraordinary photography. Now i hope that i dont rub eveyone the wrong way about idealizing filmmakers but i feel that for example the oscars are more about popularity than quality. And that’s really what has always bothered me because especially in the hollywood setting those films are often not made by the filmmakers themselves but a whole team of people who test the film until they feel that they have the most marketable product to release. My argument in this topic really just goes back to the word Genius being tossed around for filmmakers. Now dont get me wrong their are filmmakers that are probably so in tune with everything that they themselves are probably genius’ in their own right. But someone like Tarantino who is an admitted film buff is not a genius, just someone who has the gift to view movies and take his love for movies that inspire him to create new and original ideas that all start with his knowledge of what he watches. Also Mao excellent point regarding working with different crews and limited budgets, you got me brother. But like i said that part of making it work most of the time falls on the director.
I’d like to see Michael Cimino’s Heavens Gate. I mean there are bunch of films i can note here. But recently i spoke to someone about heavens gate and i personally enjoyed it. Now it is a bit pretentious and overly ambitious but sometimes we as filmmakers have to aim for the skys and if we get to close to the sun and get burned well then so be it. In my opinion i think Cimino likes it that way. Getting burned i mean.
T. you are as always on point. One thing that i do have to make clear is i am not ripping directors per say in my opinion i just think that awards praise and calling them geniuses is overstating the fact that it is not the individual but the team. I mean if during the oscar’s if the whole cast and crew went up and receives the award for lets say best direcotr and best picture along with the producers and director then my argument would probably be moot, but as we all know that will never happen. Great directors know how to get the best out of there cast and crew. So in no way am i trying to say that the director’s job is a cake walk. It is a hard job that not only takes up all of your time it is extremely stressfull. I lost ten pounds a couple of years ago when i shot a short in a matter of one week. One of the worst weeks of my life, but definitely worth it when the short was completed.
The theme for the festival was (get ready) TWIST. So i took the M. Night way and decided to go with a story twist. It was a five minute short, and we titled it (ge ready#2) “the devils due”. And it was a tragic love story of with a cold twist at the end. Terminal death, betrayal, murder and the devil to boot. A young man’s wife is dying of terminal cancer and the prognosis has taken a turn for the worse. As he struggles to cope and escapes deep into his sorrow. Decisions she makes will have a terminal effect on one of there lives.
I’m about to take in Master and Commander from Peter Weir. Let me ask you folks now that you are talking about Pixar, how do you feel about ratatouille? Which to me comes a close second to Finding Nemo. Not to mention that all Pixar films trail each other rather closely. I mean their only real miss has been cars. And that one looked amazing also.
I would die to see 2001 in theatres. About ten years ago warner brothers screened some of there greatest film clockwork orange, goodfellas, and i forgto the rest. But i didn’t have a car at the time, so boo for that guy. Missing those films and a depeche mode concert have been one of my biggest regrets in life.
Clockwork Orange really introduced me to Stanley Kubrick and i never looked back. I was about 15 years old and it changed my entire perspective on life. And believe it or not i saw it in high school classroom. The fact that they allowed her to show it is amazing. But she did and i have never been the same. I guess all the ultra violence got to me.
Master and Commander was much better for me on the second viewing. The first time i saw it, it felt like it dragged a bit but watching it last nigt i thought peter weir did a masterful job of pacing it. I found at times it to be similar in tone with Gallipoli, although Gallipoli has a much more tragic sense of being. Master and commander plays like a true adventure movie and makes you think that maybe Mr. Bruckheimer shouldve hired him to helm the pirates of the carribean movies. Wow that just popped a light bulb in my head. Maybe Terry Gilliam for pirates man that would’ve been pretty interesting. Anyways Master plays like an epic and holds it’s own extremely well. The movie anchored by Russell Crowe delivers in every aspect that it needs to. The effects are top notch the sound editing is loud as hell. I watched this film with the DTS maxed out and my neighbors came down to give me notes on how much they liked the boat ride. Intense film that takes you along for the chase or chases. Really a great movie about naval tactics that is not to confusing for the non seaman. Very deserving of its oscar nomination for best picture. Weir also pays homage to the films that came before (Even Ben Hur is a given a nice tribute)
The best place to shop for criterion is dvdplanet. You can get them all for 35% off the cover price. Still pricey but they are worth every dollar you spend. Someone posted the email they sent announcing their new blu ray titles and that will begin a whole new batch of films to purchase. They also said and i hope this stays true that they will be priced at around the same as their regular dvd’s. So in other words in the end blu ray will probably over take dvd’s so should we hold off on buying regular dvd’s? I myself made the expensive leap to blu ray and i can say that i love it. Only thing though is that your TV has to meet the specifications for you to fully enjoy blu ray. For one to maximize how sharp the image can look the HDTV has to be 1080p. It still looks really good at 720p but when you see the picture in 1080 it feel’s like if you are looking at the movie through a window and the actors are just a short touch away. Even movies with heavy CGI look amazingly realistic.
I personally love blu ray dvd’s, but what gets me is the fact that being a film buff and film obsessive collector i always want to view movies in the best quality possible. My movie collection is rather extensive so it would be rather dumb of me to shift all my 4,000 movies to blu ray. Looking closely the details from film to film are different, some films harbor the technology better than others. But really what makes blu ray stand out is how sharp and clear the picture looks. I bought bonnie and clyde and the movie did not lose an ounce of that nostalgic seventies look. And the print of the film just looks so pristine that it only makes the film that much more enjoyable to look at. Not to mention that the sound quality is boosted up a notch and really gives surround sound it’s real meaning. I just saw master and commander and like i posted on one of the forum’s my neighbors felt like they had gone along for the ride. In all i am a fan of blu ray. If it’s worth saving me a couple of dollars i am more patient now in purchasing movies. Knowing that they will be released in Blu ray. I waited for there will be blood and it was well worth the wait. Amazon so far is the best place to shop for decently priced blu ray’s and i just found out (and preordered) that they are releasing kiss of the spider woman on blu ray at the end of this month. So how do you feel about blu ray?
Please go easy on me but i have always had a soft spot for Howard the Duck. I was a young kid and certain films good or bad remind me of were i was. Kickboxer and cyborg were also a part of my childhood. That always reminds me of the controversy over “the last temptation of christ” because the theatre playing near my home actually played it. And i can never forget the movie poster. It was christ’s blood soaked cloth draped over the entire poster. It left a lasting impression, that when i saw the film ten years later. I thought what was all that fuss about. Other films that left impressions: ernest goes to camp, the guardian, lionheart, hard target, space camp, juice, sunset park, best of the best(eric roberts tears get me every time and the climax man one of the best) bachelor party, vice versa, wise guys, body double, no retreat no surrender, black eagle(van damme was playing alot at theatres at this time) i know i’m missing a ton so “i’ll be back”
This one is hard because his library is so big, but i will go with his turn in rather different roles. I enjoyed The recruit and city hall was also pretty bad , but he was his usual fine self. i know you are asking for his best. But come on michael corleone, vincent hanna, carlito brigante, tony montana, and i almost forgot frank slade(the man that woman him his oscar). This man’s resume is just to damn impressive to go with one or five. I didnt even mention serpico and with that i’m off to kill the cockaroaches!
Are you serious about vincent gallo? that guy is one of the worst actors that has ever graced the silver screen. Jagger is an improvement but not by much. Bowie actually has really good acting chops but he has put in some clunky performances like basquiat were he does a horrible warhol impersonation. Sinatra really started this whole thing and he definitely had the chops to act. Marky mark well can we consider him a musician when I think he had like one decent song (the cover of willie nelson). How about maybe Yves Montand.
daniel day lewis-gangs of new york
dustin hoffman- rain man
tom cruise – born on the fourth of july
denzel washington – the hurricane
meryl streep – sophie’s choice
gena rowlands- a women under the influence
anthony quinn- la strada
berenger/dafoe – platoon
michael douglas – wall street
nicolas cage – leaving las vegas
de niro/ pesci/ liotta/sorvino – goodfellas
robert deniro- raging bull
sigourney weaver- gorillas in the mist
toshiro mifune – seven samurai
edward norton – american history x
tony leung – in the mood for love
heath ledger- brokeback mountain
alain deloin – le samurai
haley joel osment – sixth sense
brando/cann/pacino/duvall – the godfather
james dean – giant
john wayne – the searchers
humphrey bogart – the treasure of sierra madre
jimmy stewart – the philadelphia story
vincent d’onofrio – full metal jacket
Lance Henriksen was one of my favorite villains for a long time, and i hated him so much that it was relief to see him play non villains. Another pretty nasty villain is Dad played by Karl Malden in Brando’s One Eyed Jacks.
SEQUELS almost 5 years ago
Just wanted to toss out that Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull should put in question spielberg’s auteur title. I know that is a pretty far out statement but it was horrible. I mean paying homage to Tarzan is one thing but what was he still in war of the world’s mode.
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favorite films? almost 5 years ago
Top 10. Now this is at the moment:
1. A clockwork orange(kubrick)
2. The godfather (coppola)
3. Citizen Kane (welles)
4. Goodfellas (scorsese)
5. Casablanca (curtiz)
6. Seven Samurai (kurosawa)
7. Blade Runner (scott)
8. mulholland drive (lynch)
9. The player (altman)
10. Schindler’s list (spielberg)
I apologize for only having one foreign film, but i love kurosawa. And obviously this list is somewhat incomplete. I think a top 25 would allow me to include more of the vast range of great cinema that is out their. I mean i left out truffaut, godard, bergman and even hitchcock.
So i will call this my top ten of favorite directors. Which is funny because my favorite director is brian de palma and you will find none of his films on the list.
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What are you watching now? almost 5 years ago
I saw Syriana and the only problem i have is that it does feel incomplete. From stuff that i have read screenwriter/director had a falling out with soderbergh for not giving him final cut. In all the movie plays in two hours but from accounts soderbergh cut out about a half hour from the movie. I hate finding out stuff like this because it does affect how i view the film, but in all a decent pic. As for clooney he has grown to become a fine actor. Now is the performance oscar worthy? for that year yes.
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Your favorite Woody Allen's film? almost 5 years ago
My favorite is sweet and lowdown. I thought Penn’s performance was hilarious and Samantha Morton was a hoot. The movie at times doesnt seem to know were it wants to go, but nonetheless it still has some of Allen’s best jokes. When Penn goes through the roof i die laughing almost everytime.
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QUENTIN TARANTINO almost 5 years ago
I think that the word genius is tossed around way to easily when it comes to filmmakers. In my genuine opinion i personally feel that directing is an overrated profession that tends to reward one individual when in the reality of it all it conisists of a team of people that create your vision. Now yes the vision itself comes from the auteurs mind but for it to really hit the capacity of what you want it will not work if you have a mediocre team. Tarantino’s movies wouldn’t look as good if his budget was limited like most filmmakers are. I mean the DP plays such an important part the editor, the composer. Now also let it be known that finding the right people to collaborate with is also part of the process of making a film and finding those is also a skill that all great filmmakers need to learn to harness. I saw Ridley Scott talk about making Black Rain and making it in japan and sayig how the crew was japanese so the obvious langauage barrier would make things a bit more difficult and the crews worked completely different than how they work in the states. Problem ? Yes. But as a filmmaker you just have roll with it and make it work to fit your style. In all it makes that much more of a filmmaker when you go through hardships that challenge your film.Case in point Apocalypse Now although Coppola doesnt churn out films like Woody Allen his films carry alot of weight. I bought Youth without Youth and i was pleasently surprised at how good it actually was after reading some reviews i felt that critics really just got it wrong. It was exactly what Coppola said he would do, small personal movies. Which it is, but like all great films by masters it carries a heavy theme. And in my opinion it works extremely well. Sorry for babling but my answer for Quentin is that he definitely is a great filmmaker but belive me he is really far from being a genius. That word should be left to the Bill Gates and Albert Einstein’s of the world.
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QUENTIN TARANTINO almost 5 years ago
Yes i know that Reservoir Dogs a is low budget, but remember actors are part of the team that can elevate your film. And that cast is top notch. Yes at the time Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn(who was already name) , Steve Buscemi were fairly unknown and Tarantino in alot of ways helped elevate their careers. But still Harvey Keitel who serves as a producer helped elevate that film above the normal low budget pic. And if you think about it Reservoir Dogs really was his only penny pinching low budget film because Pulp Fiction although it didnt have a huge budget it was still pretty sizeable compared to other indy pics. And again his cast is even more Top Notch with real big names that again Tarantino helped elevate to a whole new level of popularity and stardom(travolta,willis,jackson,thurman,rhames, and even keitel again). But my point is that he is not a genius, but rather blessed with the gift for storytelling.
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QUENTIN TARANTINO almost 5 years ago
Mao you are absolutely right. Regarding that no matter how good your team it still does fall on the director to make sure his vision comes as close as possible to his original conception. But like you said the team also deserve’s as much credit as the director does. Sometimes though the team does surpass the director. For example any film shot by Conrad L. Hall looks so exceptional that the story sometimes takes a back seat to his extraordinary photography. Now i hope that i dont rub eveyone the wrong way about idealizing filmmakers but i feel that for example the oscars are more about popularity than quality. And that’s really what has always bothered me because especially in the hollywood setting those films are often not made by the filmmakers themselves but a whole team of people who test the film until they feel that they have the most marketable product to release. My argument in this topic really just goes back to the word Genius being tossed around for filmmakers. Now dont get me wrong their are filmmakers that are probably so in tune with everything that they themselves are probably genius’ in their own right. But someone like Tarantino who is an admitted film buff is not a genius, just someone who has the gift to view movies and take his love for movies that inspire him to create new and original ideas that all start with his knowledge of what he watches. Also Mao excellent point regarding working with different crews and limited budgets, you got me brother. But like i said that part of making it work most of the time falls on the director.
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Which movies would you like to see on The Auteurs? almost 5 years ago
I’d like to see Michael Cimino’s Heavens Gate. I mean there are bunch of films i can note here. But recently i spoke to someone about heavens gate and i personally enjoyed it. Now it is a bit pretentious and overly ambitious but sometimes we as filmmakers have to aim for the skys and if we get to close to the sun and get burned well then so be it. In my opinion i think Cimino likes it that way. Getting burned i mean.
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QUENTIN TARANTINO almost 5 years ago
T. you are as always on point. One thing that i do have to make clear is i am not ripping directors per say in my opinion i just think that awards praise and calling them geniuses is overstating the fact that it is not the individual but the team. I mean if during the oscar’s if the whole cast and crew went up and receives the award for lets say best direcotr and best picture along with the producers and director then my argument would probably be moot, but as we all know that will never happen. Great directors know how to get the best out of there cast and crew. So in no way am i trying to say that the director’s job is a cake walk. It is a hard job that not only takes up all of your time it is extremely stressfull. I lost ten pounds a couple of years ago when i shot a short in a matter of one week. One of the worst weeks of my life, but definitely worth it when the short was completed.
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QUENTIN TARANTINO almost 5 years ago
The theme for the festival was (get ready) TWIST. So i took the M. Night way and decided to go with a story twist. It was a five minute short, and we titled it (ge ready#2) “the devils due”. And it was a tragic love story of with a cold twist at the end. Terminal death, betrayal, murder and the devil to boot. A young man’s wife is dying of terminal cancer and the prognosis has taken a turn for the worse. As he struggles to cope and escapes deep into his sorrow. Decisions she makes will have a terminal effect on one of there lives.
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QUENTIN TARANTINO almost 5 years ago
Not really, it was about six years ago. But i can try and forward you a copy.
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QUENTIN TARANTINO almost 5 years ago
It will take a little bit, but i will get it to you.
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When I say "A Perfect Film", What One Film Pops Into Your Head First? almost 5 years ago
A clockwork orange, goodfellas, the godfather part 2, citizen kane.
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Which movies would you like to see on The Auteurs? almost 5 years ago
intacto from spain, great performance from Max Von Sydow. Director would go on to direct 28 weeks later.
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What are you watching now? almost 5 years ago
I’m about to take in Master and Commander from Peter Weir. Let me ask you folks now that you are talking about Pixar, how do you feel about ratatouille? Which to me comes a close second to Finding Nemo. Not to mention that all Pixar films trail each other rather closely. I mean their only real miss has been cars. And that one looked amazing also.
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Fall at Film Forum/Big Screen Dreams almost 5 years ago
I would die to see 2001 in theatres. About ten years ago warner brothers screened some of there greatest film clockwork orange, goodfellas, and i forgto the rest. But i didn’t have a car at the time, so boo for that guy. Missing those films and a depeche mode concert have been one of my biggest regrets in life.
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Which film has changed your life forever? almost 5 years ago
Clockwork Orange really introduced me to Stanley Kubrick and i never looked back. I was about 15 years old and it changed my entire perspective on life. And believe it or not i saw it in high school classroom. The fact that they allowed her to show it is amazing. But she did and i have never been the same. I guess all the ultra violence got to me.
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What are you watching now? almost 5 years ago
Did you get them in blu ray because that is the way to go.
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Film quotes you love almost 5 years ago
“You talking to me? You talking to me? Who the fuck do you think your talking to?”
Travis Bickle (De Niro) Taxi Driver
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What are you watching now? almost 5 years ago
Master and Commander was much better for me on the second viewing. The first time i saw it, it felt like it dragged a bit but watching it last nigt i thought peter weir did a masterful job of pacing it. I found at times it to be similar in tone with Gallipoli, although Gallipoli has a much more tragic sense of being. Master and commander plays like a true adventure movie and makes you think that maybe Mr. Bruckheimer shouldve hired him to helm the pirates of the carribean movies. Wow that just popped a light bulb in my head. Maybe Terry Gilliam for pirates man that would’ve been pretty interesting. Anyways Master plays like an epic and holds it’s own extremely well. The movie anchored by Russell Crowe delivers in every aspect that it needs to. The effects are top notch the sound editing is loud as hell. I watched this film with the DTS maxed out and my neighbors came down to give me notes on how much they liked the boat ride. Intense film that takes you along for the chase or chases. Really a great movie about naval tactics that is not to confusing for the non seaman. Very deserving of its oscar nomination for best picture. Weir also pays homage to the films that came before (Even Ben Hur is a given a nice tribute)
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Criterion junkies here? almost 5 years ago
The best place to shop for criterion is dvdplanet. You can get them all for 35% off the cover price. Still pricey but they are worth every dollar you spend. Someone posted the email they sent announcing their new blu ray titles and that will begin a whole new batch of films to purchase. They also said and i hope this stays true that they will be priced at around the same as their regular dvd’s. So in other words in the end blu ray will probably over take dvd’s so should we hold off on buying regular dvd’s? I myself made the expensive leap to blu ray and i can say that i love it. Only thing though is that your TV has to meet the specifications for you to fully enjoy blu ray. For one to maximize how sharp the image can look the HDTV has to be 1080p. It still looks really good at 720p but when you see the picture in 1080 it feel’s like if you are looking at the movie through a window and the actors are just a short touch away. Even movies with heavy CGI look amazingly realistic.
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BLU RAY GOOD OR BAD FOR MOVIE BUYERS almost 5 years ago
I personally love blu ray dvd’s, but what gets me is the fact that being a film buff and film obsessive collector i always want to view movies in the best quality possible. My movie collection is rather extensive so it would be rather dumb of me to shift all my 4,000 movies to blu ray. Looking closely the details from film to film are different, some films harbor the technology better than others. But really what makes blu ray stand out is how sharp and clear the picture looks. I bought bonnie and clyde and the movie did not lose an ounce of that nostalgic seventies look. And the print of the film just looks so pristine that it only makes the film that much more enjoyable to look at. Not to mention that the sound quality is boosted up a notch and really gives surround sound it’s real meaning. I just saw master and commander and like i posted on one of the forum’s my neighbors felt like they had gone along for the ride. In all i am a fan of blu ray. If it’s worth saving me a couple of dollars i am more patient now in purchasing movies. Knowing that they will be released in Blu ray. I waited for there will be blood and it was well worth the wait. Amazon so far is the best place to shop for decently priced blu ray’s and i just found out (and preordered) that they are releasing kiss of the spider woman on blu ray at the end of this month. So how do you feel about blu ray?
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Good Bad Films almost 5 years ago
Please go easy on me but i have always had a soft spot for Howard the Duck. I was a young kid and certain films good or bad remind me of were i was. Kickboxer and cyborg were also a part of my childhood. That always reminds me of the controversy over “the last temptation of christ” because the theatre playing near my home actually played it. And i can never forget the movie poster. It was christ’s blood soaked cloth draped over the entire poster. It left a lasting impression, that when i saw the film ten years later. I thought what was all that fuss about. Other films that left impressions: ernest goes to camp, the guardian, lionheart, hard target, space camp, juice, sunset park, best of the best(eric roberts tears get me every time and the climax man one of the best) bachelor party, vice versa, wise guys, body double, no retreat no surrender, black eagle(van damme was playing alot at theatres at this time) i know i’m missing a ton so “i’ll be back”
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Your favorite Al Pacino's films? almost 5 years ago
This one is hard because his library is so big, but i will go with his turn in rather different roles. I enjoyed The recruit and city hall was also pretty bad , but he was his usual fine self. i know you are asking for his best. But come on michael corleone, vincent hanna, carlito brigante, tony montana, and i almost forgot frank slade(the man that woman him his oscar). This man’s resume is just to damn impressive to go with one or five. I didnt even mention serpico and with that i’m off to kill the cockaroaches!
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Which movies would you like to see on The Auteurs? almost 5 years ago
Also we need some takeshi kitano films on the site. Sonatine, and violent cop are just to good to pass up.
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Best Musicians Turned "Actors" almost 5 years ago
Are you serious about vincent gallo? that guy is one of the worst actors that has ever graced the silver screen. Jagger is an improvement but not by much. Bowie actually has really good acting chops but he has put in some clunky performances like basquiat were he does a horrible warhol impersonation. Sinatra really started this whole thing and he definitely had the chops to act. Marky mark well can we consider him a musician when I think he had like one decent song (the cover of willie nelson). How about maybe Yves Montand.
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Most Memorable "Open" Endings in Cinema almost 5 years ago
Taxi Driver. Antoine nice pick with two lane blacktop.
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My Top 25 Performances of All Time almost 5 years ago
daniel day lewis-gangs of new york
dustin hoffman- rain man
tom cruise – born on the fourth of july
denzel washington – the hurricane
meryl streep – sophie’s choice
gena rowlands- a women under the influence
anthony quinn- la strada
berenger/dafoe – platoon
michael douglas – wall street
nicolas cage – leaving las vegas
de niro/ pesci/ liotta/sorvino – goodfellas
robert deniro- raging bull
sigourney weaver- gorillas in the mist
toshiro mifune – seven samurai
edward norton – american history x
tony leung – in the mood for love
heath ledger- brokeback mountain
alain deloin – le samurai
haley joel osment – sixth sense
brando/cann/pacino/duvall – the godfather
james dean – giant
john wayne – the searchers
humphrey bogart – the treasure of sierra madre
jimmy stewart – the philadelphia story
vincent d’onofrio – full metal jacket
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VILLAINS. almost 5 years ago
Lance Henriksen was one of my favorite villains for a long time, and i hated him so much that it was relief to see him play non villains. Another pretty nasty villain is Dad played by Karl Malden in Brando’s One Eyed Jacks.
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Most Memorable "Open" Endings in Cinema almost 5 years ago
Wouldn’t you say that the majority of Lynch’s film are open ended.
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