OT: The Undisputed Cinema
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OT: The Undisputed Cinema
In alphabetical order:
12 Angry Men
2001: A Space Odyssey
Apocalypse Now
Blade Runner
Dr. Strangelove
Ed Wood
Gandhi
Gates of Heaven
Magnolia
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Philadelphia
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Pulp Fiction
Raising Arizona
Schindler’s List
Silence of the Lambs
Stop Making Sense
The Sixth Sense (which I liked as much as I thought I could ever like a movie about a child psychologist getting gut-shot).
The Truman Show
This Is Spinal Tap
Please post your own!
12 Angry Men
2001: A Space Odyssey
Apocalypse Now
Blade Runner
Dr. Strangelove
Ed Wood
Gandhi
Gates of Heaven
Magnolia
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Philadelphia
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Pulp Fiction
Raising Arizona
Schindler’s List
Silence of the Lambs
Stop Making Sense
The Sixth Sense (which I liked as much as I thought I could ever like a movie about a child psychologist getting gut-shot).
The Truman Show
This Is Spinal Tap
Please post your own!
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Sorry But I "wood" bump Plan 9 up a notch...
"I? A fiend? I am a soldier of our planet. I? A fiend?"
maybe 2 notches.
"I? A fiend? I am a soldier of our planet. I? A fiend?"
maybe 2 notches.
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Top of my list would have to be Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Also (in no particular order)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Princess Bride
Mary Poppins
The Muppet Movie
O Brother Where Art Thou (fabulous soundtrack too)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Fish Called Wanda
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Braveheart
Airplane
Amazon Women on the Moon
And finally, THE two movies of the 80's generation:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Breakfast Club
Also (in no particular order)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Princess Bride
Mary Poppins
The Muppet Movie
O Brother Where Art Thou (fabulous soundtrack too)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Fish Called Wanda
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Braveheart
Airplane
Amazon Women on the Moon
And finally, THE two movies of the 80's generation:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Breakfast Club
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I agree with most of the other posts but I'd have to add "The African Queen"
Mary
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a
listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of
which have the potential to turn a life around. -Leo Buscaglia, author
(1924-1998)
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listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of
which have the potential to turn a life around. -Leo Buscaglia, author
(1924-1998)
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Beavis & Butthead Do America
Blazing Saddles
Enemy At The Gates
Les Misérables (1998 version)
Memphis Belle
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Reservoir Dogs
Slingblade
The Villain
This Is Spinal Tap
All Clint Eastwood and Tommy Lee Jones movies... and 'Staplerfahrer Klaus' if short films count too!
Blazing Saddles
Enemy At The Gates
Les Misérables (1998 version)
Memphis Belle
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Reservoir Dogs
Slingblade
The Villain
This Is Spinal Tap
All Clint Eastwood and Tommy Lee Jones movies... and 'Staplerfahrer Klaus' if short films count too!
Regards,
Gary Humphrey
♪♣♫Humphrey Whistles♫♣♪
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Gary Humphrey
♪♣♫Humphrey Whistles♫♣♪
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Most recent:
• Dogville (Lars Von Trier)
Not to forget--alphabetically:
Brazil (T. Gilliam)
Casablanca (M. Curtiz)
The English Patient (A. Minghella)
Ivan Rublev (A. Tarkovsky)
Metropolis (F. Lang)
M--Murderer Among Us (F. Lang)
Once Upon a Time in the West (S. Leone)
Ran (A. Kurosawa)
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (S. Paradjanov)
La Strada (F. Fellini)
The Third Man (C. Reed)
Or on a lighter mood:
Arsenic and Old Laces (F. Capra)
Dance of the Vampires (R. Polanski)
The Great Dictator (C. Chaplin)
Monsters (D. Risi)
Les Tontons Flingueurs (G.Lautner/M.Audiard)
Quiz: it strikes me that one actor appears in three of the quoted movies. So I guess he's my statistical favourite. Who is he?
• Dogville (Lars Von Trier)
Not to forget--alphabetically:
Brazil (T. Gilliam)
Casablanca (M. Curtiz)
The English Patient (A. Minghella)
Ivan Rublev (A. Tarkovsky)
Metropolis (F. Lang)
M--Murderer Among Us (F. Lang)
Once Upon a Time in the West (S. Leone)
Ran (A. Kurosawa)
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (S. Paradjanov)
La Strada (F. Fellini)
The Third Man (C. Reed)
Or on a lighter mood:
Arsenic and Old Laces (F. Capra)
Dance of the Vampires (R. Polanski)
The Great Dictator (C. Chaplin)
Monsters (D. Risi)
Les Tontons Flingueurs (G.Lautner/M.Audiard)
Quiz: it strikes me that one actor appears in three of the quoted movies. So I guess he's my statistical favourite. Who is he?
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I saw an absolutely fantastic film last week,which I must share with you- It is 'Black cat,White cat' by Yugoslav(?) director Emir Kusturica.
I saw it last week,at a local 'Art cinema'-now you might think that a subtitled film with dialogue in SERBO-CROAT(! ) might be a bit hard going or pseudo-intellectual,but this film is just one OUTRAGEOUS comedy!
It's about the dodgy deals of a community of fuel smuggling gypsies in the sanction torn Yugoslavia (now Serbia) of the early 1990's.It's hard to believe that such a great comedy could come out of an area of the world that was for years a constant source of terrible war and atrocity images.
The cast of larger than life characters is unbelievable,and the Gypsy music is toe tappingly great!
It's not just me who enjoyed the film- when was the last time that you went to the cinema, and the audience cheered and applauded a film?
I enjoyed the film so much,that I managed to track it down on video the other day(it isn't available on dvd-Amazon have the video) and watched it through the other night and laughed my head off again!
I HIGHLY recommend this cinematic Gem!
Speaking of 'Cinematic gems' I saw the film 'Tadpole' the other day,which is about a 15year old intellectually precocious boy,who is in love with his 40 something step mother (well who wouldn't be-she was played by Signourey Weaver).Set in New York,shot on digital,low key-very,very wryly funny.It only clocks in at an hour 18 mins,but is a real gem of a film.
I saw it last week,at a local 'Art cinema'-now you might think that a subtitled film with dialogue in SERBO-CROAT(! ) might be a bit hard going or pseudo-intellectual,but this film is just one OUTRAGEOUS comedy!
It's about the dodgy deals of a community of fuel smuggling gypsies in the sanction torn Yugoslavia (now Serbia) of the early 1990's.It's hard to believe that such a great comedy could come out of an area of the world that was for years a constant source of terrible war and atrocity images.
The cast of larger than life characters is unbelievable,and the Gypsy music is toe tappingly great!
It's not just me who enjoyed the film- when was the last time that you went to the cinema, and the audience cheered and applauded a film?
I enjoyed the film so much,that I managed to track it down on video the other day(it isn't available on dvd-Amazon have the video) and watched it through the other night and laughed my head off again!
I HIGHLY recommend this cinematic Gem!
Speaking of 'Cinematic gems' I saw the film 'Tadpole' the other day,which is about a 15year old intellectually precocious boy,who is in love with his 40 something step mother (well who wouldn't be-she was played by Signourey Weaver).Set in New York,shot on digital,low key-very,very wryly funny.It only clocks in at an hour 18 mins,but is a real gem of a film.
"I blame it on those Lead Fipples y'know."
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The first all time favourites coming to my mind are
- Drowning By Numbers (Peter Greenaway)
- Draughtman's Contract (Peter Greenaway again)
- The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover (Peter Greenaway again again)
- Straight Story (David Lynch)
- Blue Velvet (David Lynch again)
- Elephant Man (David Lynch again again)
- Dune (David Lynch even againer)
- Brazil (Terry Gilliam)
- Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam again)
Thinking about it - yeah, I love the movies by Peter Greenaway and David Lynch. And yes, Terry Gilliam too.
(The Monty Python movies are missing, as the TV series was so much better. "Say no more...")
Claus
- Drowning By Numbers (Peter Greenaway)
- Draughtman's Contract (Peter Greenaway again)
- The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover (Peter Greenaway again again)
- Straight Story (David Lynch)
- Blue Velvet (David Lynch again)
- Elephant Man (David Lynch again again)
- Dune (David Lynch even againer)
- Brazil (Terry Gilliam)
- Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam again)
Thinking about it - yeah, I love the movies by Peter Greenaway and David Lynch. And yes, Terry Gilliam too.
(The Monty Python movies are missing, as the TV series was so much better. "Say no more...")
Claus
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I forgot to include
The Blues Brothers
La Cage Aux Folles (I like the subtitled better than the dubbed version)
The Blues Brothers
La Cage Aux Folles (I like the subtitled better than the dubbed version)
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