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I'm curious as to what folks consider their favorite film. Not best which is a judgement call. Mine is Casablanca. It is the only film I can watch repeatedly and I never tire of it.
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Although Alien, Aliens, Chinatown, The Departed, are right up there too.
Mike
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I can watch both again and again and never tire of them....
nt
Des
The final explosion would be so much less painful!
Ha!-
Yes but HG picked REAL men for those roles--I'd burgeon REAL dirt on the faces
TC would want his carefully placed from the Leichener stick
The Sophomore Undergrad look would still show through- even in the pieces!
Des
Good film, Wages! Great to watch on big screen, even if it is a home projector.
...Bergman's "Persona."
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OK, just kidding. Some I've watched over and over are Seventh Seal, 8 1/2, Wild Strawberries, The Graduate, Double Indemnity. And Casablanca I've maybe seen 20 times myself too.
I always cry when he dies and the bunny hops off.
Doc S.
tomorrow may be another, but that is usually near the top
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." -HST
I never tire of this film, in spippets, or entirety. The writing, acting and art direction make it a special film for me, but mainly it makes me laugh every time.
Wendwell Narrod,
I couldn't say that just one movie is complete in every way, so I'll just mention four that I can see several times: Seven Samurai, Beauty and the Beast (Cocteau), Brazil, The Third Man, Das Boot. I've probably seen all of these at least 5 times each.
It's interesting to me that I can't actually watch any of these often or repeatedly. For me, it's the middle ground interesting movies that I can watch often- I forget parts, but the really great ones are so indelibly memorable, I don't need to see them often. In the old days of the video store, I'd find myself picking up the box, but then staring at it and running the whole movie in my mind- and putting the box back!
If I had to say my first favourite, it would be Seven Samurai. This movie is such a complete world in itself and so amazingly evocative of that remote culture and time- it's a "transporting" movie- so exotic and yet seems so convincingly true. Plus, it's dramatic, funny, and full of action, and says much about struggle, loyalty, friendship, and honour. Plus it has artful rain and wind sequences- and Kurosawa seems to have a good rain in about every movie- think of the opening scene of "Rashomon"!
"Beauty and the Beast", the 1946 Cocteau version I find amazing- it's a truly magical movie as opposed to the 1/8 second edited CG harassments of today. And BatB is wonderful for me as the language is so simple I can see it without subtitles and it adds a sesnse of the exotic.
"The Third Man" is amazing as it's superficially complex (and visually astounding) like Samurai, but fundamentally simple- it's about the loyalty of true friends. And like Samurai again, it's really a kind of Western.
"Das Boot" I like again becasue it just rings so true- life on a WWII German U-Boat just had to be like that. And the submarine is one of those encapsulated worlds- people struggling for survival in a limited place surrounded by a deadly environment- in a sense like a space travel epic, but because the submarine technology is real it's more exciting- the struggle is real.
Cheers,
Bambi B
...evocative of the truest nobility -- purpose.
Love it!
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I guess I'm one of the few that has A FAVORITE FILM. It has been so since I first saw it more than 40 years ago. If I could have only one film on a desert island it would be Casablanca. There are many I like alot but this one towers above them all. I must not have the sophisticated taste of many here.
"Casablanca" is a favorite of many people.
possibly.
Two other Tsui Hark movies are up there: Once Upon a Time in China, and The Blade
Sammo Hung's Blade of Fury. I so love this movie. At times melodramatic, but also very powerful. When a soldier tries to save a wounded soldier, the dying soldier says, "We came to kill, not to save."
Lau Ka-leung's The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter. This is a flawed movie shot just two years before the studio folded, meaning cut budget, and the main star, Alexander Fu Sheng, died early into the production. It is still nothing short of a masterpiece in my book.
Papillion
Godfather I & II
Casino
Eraserhead
Barfly
Amadeus
Shine
On the Waterfronts
Raging Bull
Taxi Driver
Bullit
Duelists
Rublev
Dr. Strangelove
The Great Escape
Seven Samurais
Dersu Uzala
...etc
about as perfect as you can get! Imagine working in the desert for two years on a film in 110 degree heat in the daytime and almost freezing at night. You really have to see Lean films in a 70mm theatre to appreciate them. GRH
"I take you as you are
And make of you what I will,
Skunk-bear, carcajou, bloodthirsty
non-survivor.
Lord, let me die but not die out." THE LAST WOLVERINE by James Dickey
in a restored 70mm print here years ago.
A stunning experience!
"...You're all welcome to stay for the next set...we're going to play all the same tunes, but in different keys..." -Count Basie
"Network", "In the Heat of the Night" & "Patton".
Maybe I am.
to post this as MY favorite film!
Grins
I have a couple more up my sleeve!
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"You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
My favorite! :)
I was bothered by the way she made eye contact, though... only hookers do it that way, good girls - never...
with coming on like a hooker... especially if it's the bad side of a good girl.
P.S. I've added Clueless to my Netflix cue... to the top!
"You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
however, if you haven't seen it, its not a waste of time.
Things are looking great
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Wow! Now I am shaking in my boots! Top of the queue, no less? What did you have there, two films, one of them In The Realm of Passion? (recommended, BTW... :) ) Let's hear it!
Patrick didn't like it... must have been on of them "serous days".
But I think it is one of the best tongue-in-cheek comedies of late.
still enjoyable though.
I jumped it over 144 other titles but was in the mood for something silly.
"You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
Glad you had some good time... I suspect there must be some duds among the 144... :)
(nt)
,,,
The film that beat "Citizen Kane" for the Oscar. From before the era of cynicism. From when family was a foundation. They don't write 'em like that any more. They don't make them like that, like John Ford made them, any more.
" Men like my father cannot die. They are with me still, real in memory as they were in flesh. "
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy - WB Yeats
At least he didn't make it in Monument Valley! Not a bad film, one of his best and well photographed. Ashame 70mm wasn't around then. GRH
"I take you as you are
And make of you what I will,
Skunk-bear, carcajou, bloodthirsty
non-survivor.
Lord, let me die but not die out." THE LAST WOLVERINE by James Dickey
N/T
"...You're all welcome to stay for the next set...we're going to play all the same tunes, but in different keys..." -Count Basie
Yeah I know, but it's NEVER not funny!
Baba-Booey to you all!
"2001: A Space Odyssey", "Apocalypse Now", and "Citizen Kane".
It's either Pretty Woman or Forrest Gump.
I hope for your sake you're tongue firmly is in your cheek.
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A couple decades ago I would have said Vertigo. At some other points more recent it might have been Dr Strangelove or A Clockwork Orange. A month ago it was The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie. A year ago maybe The Passion of Anna, Persona, or Through a Glass Darkly. Before that it could be Streetcar Named Desire or On the Waterfront. Maybe The Red Shoes or The Black Narcissus. Lawrence of Arabia or Doctor Zhivago sometimes. Five Easy Pieces is right up there.
Whenever I watch Cassablanca or Citizen Kane they become my favorites too!
Rod
Just watched it again the other night. McQueen (another favorite)is awesome, as s Richard Crenna. The battle scene at the boom is one of the best I've seen. I saw it on big screen in college, and was in a funk for several days after. It still affects me when I watch it. If any of you younger folks have never seen this, I highly recommend it. Not just the acting, and the cinematography, but the actual story line is well woth it. Even better, read the book, then watch the movie.
He did a great job directing. Almost like classic British understatement. GRH
"I take you as you are
And make of you what I will,
Skunk-bear, carcajou, bloodthirsty
non-survivor.
Lord, let me die but not die out." THE LAST WOLVERINE by James Dickey
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nt
...According to Wikipedia, described by the director as "a journey to the end of reason".
I appreciate experiencing this film for its eye, tone, message, environment, historical roots, etc. -- I just like it, so it tops the list.
(The first two "Alien" films together take second favorite honors. Then: "Midnight Cowboy"...)
and this has been released on DVD; if you like the film release ( and/or the Directors cut ) then the TV series which fleshes out a lot of action and characters more, is worth checking outRuns nearly 5 hours; the Amazon link doesn't have the "episodes" of the TV series, it runs the series together seamlessly as one l-o-n-g film
I have the 6-Part TV series as a (Japanese) laser disc boxed setGrins
Thanks, I didn't know that -- I'll seek it out.
I usually love the director's cut, but felt the merciless monotony at sea was presented well enough in the original release. Perhaps my reading the book helped. Some of my favorite parts of the movie are scenes of problem solving which are conveyed better on screen than I can read about.
Prochnow differs so physically compared to the book's Captain (more like Philip Seymour Hoffman?), but I couldn't envision any better choice for the film.
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Complicit Constapo Talibangelical since MMIII
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