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In Reply to: RE: Doncha love lists? The Thinking Person's Top Ten Sci-Fi Movies posted by Harmonia on January 08, 2009 at 23:47:26
A lot of good choices so far.Would any consider these?The Quiet Earth
The Last Wave
A Boy And His Dog
eXistenZThese are among my favorites not yet mentioned.
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Also from NZ.Is it fantasy or sci-fi? If Dark City is sci-fi, then The Navigator, A Medieval Odyssey, certainly could be. It was directed by New Zealander Vincent Ward, who also directed What Dreams May Come, Rain Of The Children and a lovely film almost no one has seen, Map Of The Human Heart. Ward had a hand in Alien 3 too but I don't hold that against him, and his original story was so reworked it's hard to tell who did what to whom. I haven't seen The Quiet Earth, but always intended to do so. I will fix that - I tend to like Kiwi movies and directors. I saw the same director's Freejack, which isn't in the same class. So even sight unseen, I say "The Quiet Earth" would certainly qualify for a thoughtful sci-fi short list.
I strongly debated listing The Last Wave myself, and finally decided that it wasn't exactly in the "sci-fi" genre, although it is indeed one of my favorite films, from one of my favorite filmmakers (Peter Weir, for those of you not following). The Last Wave is a work of brilliant imagination, so who knows what genre it is? Only labels after all. I did mention A Boy And His Dog. I haven't seen it in forever. FYI of nothing significant, I did meet Harlan Ellison at a sci-fi convention in Chicago one.
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...it holds up pretty well for a film I was seeing in College along with the likes of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show".
Jason Robards, Don Johnson, Suzane Benton (yummy as in good taste) - what's not to like; my fave Harlan Ellison.
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