OT: The Undisputed Cinema

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 5:35 am

A great list so far.

Anything by the Coehn brothers.
Most of Kubrick's stuff except Barry Lyndon.

The original Lord of the Flies
Angel Heart
The Wild Bunch
Band of Brothers (it may not count but it's still one of my favorites).
King of Hearts
Torch Song Trilogy.

Probably some more but most have been mentioned already.

burnsbyrne · Post by **burnsbyrne** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 5:51 am

There are too many to list and I don't remembers their names anyway but my no. 1 all time favorite movie is

Black Orpheus

Mike

markv · Post by **markv** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 7:54 am

Great lists so far and I can see a few trips to the video store coming up. One that I haven't seen listed yet is...

Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean version with Peter O'Toole)

After all it won seven academy awards. My wife got it for me for my birthday last week. Amazing cinematography. Really long but really worth watching.

Mark V.

pthouron · Post by **pthouron** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 9:40 am

Thanks A LOT Dale!!! What agony to come up with a list that can't possibly cover'em all...
In no particular order and probably missing quite a few:

AMERICAN/ENGLISH:

Braveheart
Local Hero
Gregory's Girl
Reservoir Dogs
This is Spinal Tap
Bullit
Dawn of the Dead
Three Days of The Condor
Paths of Glory
Full Metal Jacket
(Monty Python's) The Holy Grail
Lonesome Dove
Blade Runner
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Princess Bride
O Brother Where Art Thou?
The Producers
Psycho
Citizen Kane
The Maltese Falcon
Casablanca
The Deer Hunter
Heaven's Gate
Jaws
E.T.
Dances With Wolves
Being There
Road Warrior
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Strawberry Statement
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Singin' In The Rain
Witness
The In-Laws (the original)
Taxi Driver
The Godfather 1 and 2
The Man Who Wasn't There
Memento
The Usual Suspects
One Upon A Time in The West
Goodfellas
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan

FOREIGN:
La Grande Illusion
Le Dernier Metro
Le Cave Se Rebiffe
The Lost Honor of Katarina Blum
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain
Un Air de Famille
Le Viager
Les Valseuses
Le Cercle Rouge
Le Bon et les Mechants
Le Pere Noel est une Ordure
Les Bronzes
La Grande Vadrouille
Buffet Froid
Mon Oncle d'Amerique
Jean de Florette
La Gloire de mon Pere

PS: I just saw "28 Days Later" yesterday... What a kick in the pants... Everything is striking: the visuals, the narrative, the concepts. Plus, I jumped out of my seat half a dozen times.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 10:41 am

Books and Movies

Name the books behind these movies:
Kudos for naming the authors

Full Metal Jacket
Blade Runner
We Were Soldiers
Gettysburg
Nightbreed

LimuHead · Post by **LimuHead** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 11:05 am

The Princess Bride

Back to the Future (all 3)

Star Wars (all of 'em)

Airplane (both - still make me laugh)

Ditto to the comments about movies with the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment, and anything by Monty Python......

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markv · Post by **markv** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 12:49 pm

geek4music wrote:Books and Movies

Name the books behind these movies:
Kudos for naming the authors

Full Metal Jacket
Blade Runner
We Were Soldiers
Gettysburg
Nightbreed

Bladerunner was based (loosely) on "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" by Philip K. Dick. Minority Report was another loose adaptation of a P. K. Dick short story.

Nightbreed was an adaptation of a Clive Barker novel but for some reason the title escapes me. I suppose I could cheat and Google it like Martin does but what fun is that?

Mark V.

rebl_rn · Post by **rebl_rn** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 4:23 pm

Gettysburg was based on "The Killer Angels" by Shaara (sp?). Good book, good movie. I haven't seen "Gods and Generals" yet, but heard that was good too....

Beth

Ailin · Post by **Ailin** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 4:36 pm

The Quiet Man
Jesus of Nazareth
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Pink Panther movies
Star Trek (even numbered movies)
Donovan's Reef
Braveheart
Gettysburg
Animal House
Caddyshack
Waking Ned Devine
Godfather I&II
and a sailor's favorite, Captain Ron

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 5:10 pm

geek4music wrote:Books and Movies

Name the books behind these movies:
Kudos for naming the authors

Full Metal Jacket
We Were Soldiers

The Short Timers and We Were Soldiers Once, and Young.

I'm a military history buff.

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 6:43 pm

Blackhawk - Why isn't something as extraordinary as the battle at Little Round Top at Gettysburg more widely known?

Have you seen the recent Discovery Channel shows on the re-telling of Custer's last stand, much of it purportedly told from a heretofore suppressed Indian survivor descendant perspective? This presents the battle in a much different light than what I read growing up in Landmark Books, for example. Great show. The presentation re the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae (Gates of Fire) was also terrific, but contained no such new persepectives or surprises.

Philo

mamakash · Post by **mamakash** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 7:14 pm

Switchfoot wrote: Anything with "Mystery Science Theater 3000" attached to it

Oh my god . . . THE funniest show that ever aired. Never get tired of it, putting in a tape and cracking up at the commentary always makes a bad day better.

No one mentioned SPACEBALLS!!!!!!!

Airplane one and two are included in my list.

Secret of Roan Inish is beautiful.

Kiki's Delivery Service (Miyazaki) . . . had a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a laser disk. It's out on DVD now and is stunning. Cute story.

And for sheer misery and enlightenment . . . "Girl Interrupted".

scottielvr · Post by **scottielvr** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 1:09 am

Lots of great stuff... I second much of it (too much to re-list) so would just like to add my quirky few:
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Diva
Chocolat
Silent Running-- (SF)... dated, but somehow strangely re-watchable....
Close Encounters...also stands the test of time
The Jose Ferrer version of "Cyrano de Bergerac"
andandand...

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 6:41 am

Blackhawk!!! A military history buff??? Excellent. Me too.
Have been since I first saw Snoopy fighting the Red Baron and decided to find out exactly what a Sopwith Camel was.

I am amazed. I never thought anyone would guess "The Short Timers". I thought maybe someone would say "Dispatches" which, of course, would be a good guess but incorrect.

PM or email me sometime and we can discuss military history. My wife and kids aren't too interested.

Any particular era you are interested in?

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 6:48 am

PhilO wrote:Blackhawk - Why isn't something as extraordinary as the battle at Little Round Top at Gettysburg more widely known?

I always thought it was TOO well known. Granted it was an important aspect of the battle but there is a lot more to it then just a heroic defense. There's a whole story and controversy about the whole nature of the way the attack was conducted from the get go. Something that Longstreetophobes love to pick on.

What I think is very UNDER rated and yet another important aspect of the Gettysburg battle is the cavalry skirmish that occured to the east of Gettysburg between Custer with his Michigan boys and Stuart. Custer's troops trounced Stuarts cavalry and kept them from the rear of the Union army. Had the Confederate cavalry been able to get into the rear of the center then it is possible that the infamous Pickett's Charge
would have had a different ending.