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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kormodd on December 03, 2013, 02:32:17 AM
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My list is boring.
1. Withnail and I
2. A Clockwork Orange
3. The Godfather Parts I and II
4. Taxi Driver
5. Seven Samurai
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Not in order, but:
Blue Velvet
Wings of Desire
Vertigo
The Wild Bunch
Ninotchka
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I always enjoy these threads. They remind me of what middling film taste I have.
Top 5 (again, in particular order):
The Third Man
Night Moves
Apocalypse Now
Die Hard
Groundhog Day/Raiders of the Lost Ark/Jaws (three way tie)
HM: Rear Window, High Fidelity, Back To The Future and JFK
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Holy Mountain (1973)
The Devils (1971)
Possession (1981)
The Manitou (1978)
Burden of Dreams (1982)
The Manitou:
A woman named Karen (Susan Strasberg), who is suffering from a growing tumor on her neck, enters a hospital in San Francisco. After a series of X-rays, the doctors begin to think it is a living creature: a fetus being born inside the tumor. Eerie and grisly occurrences begin; the tumorous growth perceives itself – himself – to be under attack as a result of the X-rays used to ascertain its nature, which are starting to stunt and deform its development. The growth is actually an old Native American shaman; he is reincarnating himself through the young woman to exact his revenge on white men who invaded North America and (from the old shaman's viewpoint) exterminated its native peoples. A second Native American shaman is contacted and hired to help fight the reincarnating medicine man, but the kind of spirits he can summon and control appear to be too weak to match his opponent's abilities.
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Blue Velvet and Vertigo are great. I haven't seen the others on cavorting's list (well, I did see The Wild Bunch a long time ago, but don't remember it). Wings of Desire is on Hulu, so I'll watch that soon.
Everything on nec13's list I like (except Night Moves, which I haven't seen). The Third Man especially is great stuff.
Haven't seen anything on mostlymeat's list, though I've been meaning to check out The Devils for a while now. I'll probably watch that soon and check out the rest at some point in the future
HM from me are The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly; Picnic at Hanging Rock; Kozintsev's King Lear; Polanski's Macbeth; and This Is Spinal Tap.
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The Great Muppet Caper (Henson, 1981)
Buffalo '66 (Vincent Gallo, 1998)
Shattered Glass (Billy Ray, 2003)
Fargo (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 1996)
The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
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Everything on nec13's list I like (except Night Moves, which I haven't seen).
Night Moves is awesome. Gene Hackman and a very young Melanie Griffith in sweaty florida.
Sadly no Bob Seger content but what can you do? Arthur "Bonnie & Clyde" Penn directs!
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Re: mine, mebbe Touch of Evil in place of Ninotchka. Or in place of The Wild Bunch. Or, maybe I'll just list six, because who cares?
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In alphabetical order:
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
Barton Fink (1991)
Carlos (2010)
The King of Comedy (1983)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Surprised no one has mentioned Clifford yet...
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Taxi Driver/The Searchers (counting them as one since they're kinda the same movie) (1976, Scorsese/1956, Ford)
Out of the Past (1947, Tourneur)
Point Blank (1967, Boorman)
The Last Detail (1973, Ashby)
Miller's Crossing (1990, Coen)
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Ooh, Out of the Past. Respect!
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Everything on nec13's list I like (except Night Moves, which I haven't seen).
Night Moves is awesome. Gene Hackman and a very young Melanie Griffith in sweaty florida.
Sadly no Bob Seger content but what can you do? Arthur "Bonnie & Clyde" Penn directs!
I think I've actually seen this movie. I'll watch it again at some point.
In alphabetical order:
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
As far as sheer entertainment value goes, maybe the best movie of the 2000s.
The Bad Lieutenant - Nick Cage At His Best (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR0-i2icZPg#)
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Has anybody seen the dekalog films?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decalogue_(TV_series) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decalogue_(TV_series))
I just finished rewatching these after having not viewed in a long time, and they stack up among my all time favorites
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Children of Paradise
Suspiria
Casablanca
Out of the Past
Black Sunday/Mask of Satan
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
I have like 50 favorite movies though...mostly Noir and Horror and classic screwball comedies.
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Favorites
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Jaws
3. The Shining
4. Lawrence of Arabia (which Tom should check out, it's really good)
5. The Right Stuff
My full list here along with my Best Show Movie Quote submissions: http://www.imdb.com/list/TqyspVYuN6c/ (http://www.imdb.com/list/TqyspVYuN6c/)*
*wait, what? I didn't list "Party Girl", "The Outlaw Josey Wales" or "Withnail & I"? It's a work in progress.
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Favorites
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Jaws
3. The Shining
4. Lawrence of Arabia (which Tom should check out, it's really good)
5. The Right Stuff
My full list here along with my Best Show Movie Quote submissions: http://www.imdb.com/list/TqyspVYuN6c/ (http://www.imdb.com/list/TqyspVYuN6c/)*
*wait, what? I didn't list "Party Girl", "The Outlaw Josey Wales" or "Withnail & I"? It's a work in progress.
You sir, have impeccable taste in film.
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Why thank you nec. And "Night Moves" is a fine fine '70s LA mystery. Oh I love 70s crime movies shot on location. Could've been a series based on Hackman's character. Here's an interesting bit of trivia from that movie- would have made a great sequel to 'Night Moves":
The house belonging to James Woods' character Quentin was owned by Phil Kaufman, road manager for Gram Parsons at the time of his death. Kaufman's subsequent actions became the basis for the film Grand Theft Parsons (2003). Night Moves (1975) cast and crew were shooting at the house the day the police came to question Kaufman, and as they were taking him away, Arthur Penn turned to Gene Hackman and said, "Man, we're shooting the wrong movie".
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In no particular order, with the caveat that the list might be entirely different tomorrow, today I will go with The General (starring Buster keaton, the funniest "old stuff" movie for me by a furr piece,) Miller's Crossing, The Godfather II, Mulholland Drive, and Love and Death.
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Mine are
1. 8 1/2
2. The Fisher King
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. Santa Sangre
5. Citizen Kane
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The General (starring Buster keaton, the funniest "old stuff" movie for me by a furr piece)
Came very close to including this on mine. Also considered his Sherlock Jr.
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Five is tough.
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972)
Bad Boy Bubby (Rolf de Heer, 1993)
Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
The Beaver Trilogy (Trent Harris, 2001)
The Brown Bunny (Vincent Gallo, 2003)
Dont Look Back (D. A. Pennebaker, 1967)
Los Olvidados (Luis Buñuel, 1950)
Naked (Mike Leigh, 1993)
Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984)
What is it? (Crispin Glover, 2005)
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The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Raid: Redemption
Battle Royale
The Last Waltz
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Has anybody seen the dekalog films?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decalogue_(TV_series) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decalogue_(TV_series))
I just finished rewatching these after having not viewed in a long time, and they stack up among my all time favorites
Late to reply, but agreed, the Dekalog films are superb and up there with the best. They could easily have a place on my arbitrary list.
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Wings of Honneamise
L.A. Confidential
American Splendor
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Jin-Roh
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Has AP Mike chimed in on this thread yet? I'm curious to hear his picks!
Wings of Honneamise
L.A. Confidential
American Splendor
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Jin-Roh
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The Machinist
The Usual Suspects
No Country For Old Men
Good Night and Good Luck
Dr. Strangelove
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1. Evil Dead 2
2. Blade Runner
3. The Bad Sleep Well
4. The Third Man
5. Sleuth
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3. No list is complete without Kurosawa. I love The Bad Sleep Well. I might put High and Low on my personal list, though.
5. I heard Ben Gibbard's version of "This Charming Man" on my iPod this weekend. It's amazing how he guesses *all* of the lyrics wrong. "A jumped-up pantry boy who never knew his place."
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It was honestly between High and Low and The Bad Sleep Well, but BSW edged it out a bit because of it being a pretty great Shakespeare adaptation. I had NEVER heard that cover but now I'm obsessed with it. It is definitely one of the worst I've ever heard and I love Gibbard.
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This was tough:
Blue Velvet
The Holy Mountain
Synecdoche, NY
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
All That Jazz
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Here's a trivia fact: the plot of a certain episode about a 1960s ad agency wherein they get injections of butt speed was loosely based on The Holy Mountain. Don't tell anybody.
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Grote, no The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie or Brazil?
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Grote, no The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie or Brazil?
They'd both be in my top 30, I think. But I had to eliminate a lot of others just to get it down to 5.
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Grote, no The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie or Brazil?
They'd both be in my top 30, I think. But I had to eliminate a lot of others just to get it down to 5.
I was disconcerted by your selections since two of them I haven't seen, yet.
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The Tree of Life
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Mean Streets
The Last Picture Show
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The Tree of Life
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Mean Streets
The Last Picture Show
I haven't seen three of your picks, Mike.
I must go lay down.
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The Tree of Life
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Mean Streets
The Last Picture Show
No Herzog, wtf?
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The Great Muppet Caper (Henson, 1981)
Buffalo '66 (Vincent Gallo, 1998)
Shattered Glass (Billy Ray, 2003)
Fargo (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 1996)
The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
This is a great list. This would be a close second when it comes to picking out my desert island list.
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The Fast and the Furious
Fast Five
Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
Au Hazard Balthazar
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
I threw this together quickly, may have to rethink it
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You, sir, are quick on your feet.
Are your choices, like Mike's, based on their respective soundtracks?
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The Fast and the Furious
Fast Five
Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
Au Hazard Balthazar
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
I threw this together quickly, may have to rethink it
I'm afraid to watch "Au Hazard Balthazar" because of what might happen to that poor donkey.
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Wings of Honneamise
L.A. Confidential
American Splendor
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Jin-Roh
I was going to put Jin-Roh also if it were a list of 10.
Here are mine off the top of my head.
The Graduate
He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not
The Man Who Would Be King
Spirited Away
The Man Who Wasn't There
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In no particular order.
1.Midnight Cowboy
2.Troll 2
3.Fire Walk With Me
4.Decline of Western Civilization
5.Wet Hot American Summer
I do love Clifford and I just watched Stroszek and loved it.
Most Gilliam and Lynch movies I like also.
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No particular order:
1) Hud
2) Last Picture Show
3) The Exterminating Angel
4) Stalker
5) Meet Me in St Louis
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Another five might be:
Sexy Beast
Singing in the Rain
Double Indemnity
Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Friends of Eddie Coyle
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I love these the best:
Short Cuts
State Of Grace
The King Of Comedy
Glengarry Glen Ross
Broadway Danny Rose