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Since you unofficially changed it to "favorite," I'd have to go with "Lolita." It may be

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In Reply to: RE: Clueless posted by Victor Khomenko on December 01, 2011 at 12:34:11

Kubrick's greatest and features brilliant performances, throughout. Before all that, though, there's the luscious Sue Lyon (grrrrrrrrrrr...). Shelley Winters, James Mason, and, of course, the incredible Peter Sellers make this a film I can watch an unlimited number of times.
I couldn't read the book, though I tried more than once. Nabokov was a diseased man, brazenly expressing a desperate fondness for pre-pubescent girls; Lolita was, for obvious reasons, aged into a curvaceous teen for the film. Kubrick took a dirty little salacious tale and made it high art.

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Since there is no objective measure, Best = Favorite - Victor Khomenko 17:17:13 12/01/11 (4)
Somehow Lolita never resonated in me... maybe I need to be 85 year old... :)

But for now Alicia is young enough for me. :)

Anyway... never liked all those "Best..." discussions. Too many good ones out there. Some say L'Atalante is the best film ever made.
- "L'Atalante" "Boudu" "Rules of the Game" "La Mere et la Putain:" so many - tinear 19:58:12 12/01/11 (3)
  great films. And "Breathless." And.... and.... and.
  And that's just from France. How to compare Tarkovsky to Eisenstein, much less Stevens or Wilder? And Chaplin to Tati? It's impossible to say who's the greatest director much less the greatest film. So many films were revolutionary for their day, but years later, after many of their "groundbreaking" ideas became commonplace, what then?
  There are more than a few films that I can recognize as "great," but that I don't like. That's another discussion....
  - That's why I stick with Alicia - I am glad someone is even more clueless than I - Victor Khomenko 06:20:42 12/02/11 (2)
    Sometimes you just want a movie to enjoy, like free massage at the Venetian.
    
    And don't underestimate the staying power of the gems like Dirty Harry and Die Hard! Great films? Fornicate, yeah! :)
    
    Greatness should be defined as excellence at achieving the intended goal, not being able to subtly tickle some Cambridge pseudo-intellectual's ego. Ali was a great fighter, Feynman a great scientist, however different intellectually their respected pursuit might had been.
    
    Waiting for my third DVD of Satantango, rediscovering the joy of watching the paint dry! :)
    - "Satantango?" Strange. I just re-watched for the fourth or fifth time, "Werckmeister Harmonies." Each one - tinear 12:58:43 12/02/11 (1)
      has shown me a different something, made me ponder something new. Tarr's "Damnation" is one of my very favorite films--- the lead character just seems to embody "modern man," perfectly.
      I wish Netflix had a hardcopy of his "The Man from London." It was available streaming, and I streamed it, but I dropped my streaming account and now I'm shit-out-of-luck. Tarr's latest, and he has said his last, isn't available yet at Net at all.
      - So far I think The Man from London is my favorite films of his - Victor Khomenko 15:30:57 12/03/11 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: "Satantango?" Strange. I just re-watched for the fourth or fifth time, "Werckmeister Harmonies." Each one posted by tinear on December 02, 2011 at 12:58:43
        
        There are, to be sure, some stunning images in Satantango, but I think they are more piercing in TMfL. Also, due to its "normal' length the film is more "together", more poignant, focused.

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