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Michael Bay says creating an "Art" movie is easy almost 3 years ago

I personally think it’s a lot easier to go shoot an art movie in a winery in the “NORTH” of France.

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Best film by each of these directors almost 3 years ago

Fellini – 8 1/2
Bergman – Cries and Whispers
Kurosawa – Hidden Fortress
Truffaut – 400 Blows
Renoir – (never seen his films)
Fassbinder – (never seen his films)
Herzog – Grizzly Man (?)
Godard – Breathless/ Vivre sa vie
Antonioni – L’avventura / Blowup
Bresson – Pickpocket
Hitchcock – Vertigo
Bunuel – Belle de Jour
Lang – M (only film I’ve seen)
Tarkovsky – Stalker/ The Mirror
Mizoguchi – Ugetsu (only film I’ve seen)
Rossellini – (never seen his films)
Altman – Gosford park (I like it more than his 70s stuffs)
De Sica – (never seen his films)
Polanski – (…not a big fan)
Rivette – Celine and Julie Go Boating
Wenders – Paris, Texas.
Rohmer – A Night at Maud’s.
Melville – (have watched 2-3 of his, not a big fan)
Kubrick – 2001.

and
Ozu – Tokyo Story / An Autumn Afternoon

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Producer Frank Marshall confirms Indiana Jones 5 almost 3 years ago

I thought they’ve already been arrested for rape…

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CONVERSATE/COMMUNICATE - USING MOVIE "QUOTES" - I'LL START IT OFF almost 3 years ago

“hanayoko ike-orisan koronayo”
Some Arty Foreign film (with subtitles)

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The Works of David Lynch, Best to Worst almost 3 years ago

1.) Mulholland Drive
2.) Eraserhead
3.) Blue Velvet
4.) The Straight Story
5.) Twin Peaks
6.) Wild at Heart
7.) Inland Empire
8.) Lost Highway
9.) Fire Walk With Me

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Suggest 10 Films Based On My Profile almost 3 years ago

Check out:

American 70s Film. (Maybe Oscar’s stuffs)
More Akira Kurosawa’s films.
Woody Allen’s films.

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Another off Topic/Your Favorite Albums almost 3 years ago

1.) Loveless – My Bloody Valentine
2.) Rubbersoul/Revolver/Sgt. Pepper Lonely Heart Club Band – The Beatles
3.) Psychocandy – The Jesus and Mary Chain
4.) 4 albums – Velvet Underground
5.) Since I left you -The Avalanches
6.) Modern life…/Parklife/Great Escape/13 – Blur
7.) Is This It – The Strokes
8.) Screamadelica – Primal Scream
9.) Another Green World – Brian Eno
10.) Just Another Diamond Day – Vashti Bunyan

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If you could only watch ONE directors films for the rest of your life... almost 3 years ago

Woody Allen

Because he’s made a lot of films in his career. And his films are variable.
Comedy, Drama, Art, Bergmanesque…..

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John Hughes almost 3 years ago

What do you guys think of John Hughes?
Especially his 80s…Coming of age…stuffs.
Great?Love it?Hate it?Guilty pressure? Classic?

by the way I found this mash up video…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtRQsCgYmtc
pretty cool…

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Kinema Junpo's Top 100 Japanese Films of the 20th Century almost 3 years ago

Interesting list. There are a lot of films in this list that I’ve never heard of.
I guess this list was based on Japanese mass audience’s opinions.
Maybe those films really affected Japanese society that the period of time.

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WHICH FILM WOULD TOP CITIZEN KANE ON THE AFI LIST IN THE FUTURE? IF ITS POSSIBLE almost 3 years ago

I think The Godfather has the most potential. I’m not saying it should.

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You guys all know about that "1001 movies you must see..." right? almost 3 years ago

Well, you know, they changed their list every year or two.
Since new movies have been made every year.
But the list can’t have more than 1001 movies.
So some films has to be kicked out.

I found it interesting to see which film they kicked out, and which ones they add in.
-————————-
2004

Out:
Adaptation (2002)
Far from Heaven (2002)

In:
The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (2003)

2005

Out:
The Accidental Tourist (1988)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Candyman (1992)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Strange Days (1995)
The Pillow Book (1996)
Kundun (1997)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Audition (1999)
Attack the Gas Station (1999)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Chicago (2002)

In:
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Muriel’s Wedding (1994)
Shine (1996)
Lantana (2001)
Hero (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Oldboy (2003)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Collateral (2004)
The Aviator (2004)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)

2006

Out:
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control (1997)
Tetsuo (1998)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Gangs of New York (2002)
City of God (2002)
Hero (2002)
Russian Ark (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (2003)
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Collateral (2004)
The Aviator (2004)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)

In:
Drowning by Numbers (1988)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Bus 174 (2002)
The Best of Youth (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Der Untergang (2004)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Sideways (2004)
Caché (2005)
Va, Vis et deviens (2005)
Paradise Now (2005)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Tsotsi (2005)
The Constant Gardener (2005)

2007

Out:

The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
Nine Queens (2000)
The Captive (2000)
Ali Zaoua, Prince of the Streets (2000)
Signs and Wonders (2000)
What Time Is It There? (2001)
Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
The Son’s Room (2001)
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
À ma soeur! (2001)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Talk to Her (2002)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Caché (2005)

In:

Crash (2005)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
The Prestige (2006)
The Lives of Others (2006)
United 93 (2006)
Children of Men (2006)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Babel (2006)
The Queen (2006)
Apocalypto (2006)
The Departed (2006)
Volver (2006)

2008

Out:

Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Mother and Son (1997)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Idiots (1998)
Sombre (1998)
Gohatto (1999)
Rosetta (1999)
Time Regained (1999)
The Piano Teacher (2001)
Bus 174 (2002)
Lost in Translation (2003)
The Constant Gardener (2005)
The Prestige (2006)
United 93 (2006)
Children of Men (2006)
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Babel (2006)
Volver (2006)

In:

Audition (1999)
Uzak (2002)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Cidade de Deus (City of God) (2002)
Hable Con Ella (Talk to Her) (2002)
Irreversible (2002)
Kill Bill: Volume One (2003)
Gegen Die Wand (Head-On) (2004)
Bin-Jip (3-Iron) (2004)
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Once (2006)
Gwoemul (The Host) (2006)
Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (2007)
La Vie En Rose (2007)
No Country For Old Men (2007)
Into the Wild (2007)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Atonement (2007)

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Movie's you just don't like. almost 3 years ago

Great and good film with highly “Christian” reference.

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You guys all know about that "1001 movies you must see..." right? almost 3 years ago

Well, Although I disagree with a lot of their choices, I do think that book is a good book
, and it kinda surprise me that people here hate this book.

I mean, They actually make a list of 1001 films! 1001!! that’s a lot! that’s kinda exciting.
Good for start, good for discover, right? I’m sure most people here haven’t watched all the film in the list.
(I checked it, I’ve watched only 289 of them)

What is your good “list of best film” books for you guys anyway?

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VERTIGO almost 3 years ago

My Top 3

1.) Rear Window
2.) Psycho
3.) Vertigo

I kinda HATE North by Northwest

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Michael Bay says creating an "Art" movie is easy almost 3 years ago

He also said
""I need to do something totally divergent, something without any explosions."

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0839146/

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Ten Worst Movies You've Ever Seen? almost 3 years ago

1.) Spider-Man 3 (2007) the worst movie of all time
2.) The Missing (2003) (Taiwanese film)
3.) Suriyothai(2001) (Thai film)
4.) Funny Games 1997/2007 (Michael Haneke)
5.) He Got Games (2003) (Spike Lee)
6.) Juno
7.) Friend With Money (2006)

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Ten Worst Movies You've Ever Seen? almost 3 years ago

Hello Dimitris, I am one of those people who mention films like Funny Games and Juno.
Well, you might be right I may not know what is shit and what is not.
But I didn’t say those films are shit. I just consider watching them was a bad experience for me.
Those are films that actually “hurt me.” I am sure there are worse films out there (in term of ‘quality’, whatever that is)

I think Ebert (who also don’t like the film) called Funny Games one of those films that
“You don’t have to sit through the whole thing to get the point, unless you really want to.”
which I really agree.

Your list: most of them are kinda stupid comedy movies,
and for me “stupid comedy” is genre, so they were supposed to be “bad.”
I don’t even bother to see it. But anyway it’s your opinions.
I’ve seen ‘Click’ (on tv) I don’t like it at all, but that was my expectation, so it didn’t hurt me at all.
.
By the way, I haven’t seen “Dragon Inn” but I saw “Goodbye Dragon Inn” a few years ago, and I like it a lot.
But I hate another Taiwanese film called “The Missing” by Kang-sheng Lee
(actor who has been working in most(all?) of Ming-liang Tsai’s film.)
It was just a Ming-liang Tsai-wannabe film for me – dreadful, boring, and pretentious.

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You guys all know about that "1001 movies you must see..." right? almost 3 years ago

And I also think “MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE” concept is tricky.
I mean, this is not the list of “Best Film Ever.”
If you ask me you must(should) see “Fahrenheit 9/11” before you die….
but…you don’t have to see “Adaptation”.. if you really don’t have time….

But personally, I love ‘Adaptation’ a lot!! And don’t care much for ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’.
Adaptation, for me, is a very very good film.

I don’t know…:)

about the IN/OUT things.
I strongly disagree with the removal of..

…Mulholland Dr. (2001)
…What Time Is It There? (2001)
…Russian Ark (2002)

Those are films that you must “SEE BEFORE YOU DIE”
I don’t care if will you hate it or love it, you must see it.

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Red camera and the solid state future of Cinema almost 3 years ago

Public Enemies wasn’t shot on RED (according to IMDB)

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Red camera and the solid state future of Cinema almost 3 years ago

Well, since the year 2000, 3 Digital Films won the Palme d’Or

Dancer in the Dark (low quality DV), Fahrenheit 9/11 (well,…), The Class….(HD Cam)

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You guys all know about that "1001 movies you must see..." right? almost 3 years ago

They Shoot Pictures list is very interesting. It’s a list based on lists.

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SHELLEY DUVALL almost 3 years ago

Love her.

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The King of Pop Dead almost 3 years ago

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The King of Pop Dead almost 3 years ago

RIP

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Best Film Remake almost 3 years ago

In the past, well, 8-9 years, there have been a lot of film remakes by Hollywood, and most of them suck (imo),
So which are good remakes for you guys? (focus on 2000-2009 films)

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