Top 10 films of all time - Page 2

!@#$%! · 08.05.2012, 02:13 PM

jeezus where did i leave it off
wowza that was a lot of responses

-pink flamingos. i think desperate living is probably better and has better jokes but pink flamingos is the iconic/ unforgettable one i've watched some 20 times. particularly love the deleted scenes. priceless.

- brazil, i spotted it some places here, which reminds me it blew my mind the first time i saw it, after 10 rewatches i'm bored with it and don't think it's so great but i have to admit it was great while it lasted so i'm including it because i can't think right now.

- killer of sheep - probably one of the greatest things you'll ever see. i did a few years ago and haven't yet recovered.

oh yeah and...

dr strangelove!!! that movie is fucking awesome

dammit, people, so many movies to love, picking "tops" is absurd....

the leopard (in italian: il gattopardo): visconti's fucking EPIC adaptation f lampedusa's novel, please avoid the dubbed/shorter american version (fuckin yahoos!)

das boot. come on! das boot! anyone who's ever been in deep shit and expects to be again should watch this movie.

RAN - oh you fucking kurosawa you, opening with that wild boar hunt like that, so delicious to the eye-- and everything else, magnificent!

what else what else... "top" fucking movie... hm....

FANNY AND ALEXANDER. long version please (made for tv-- does it count?)

i give up. i hate this rating exercises. "this over that"-- ugh! IT'S ART, PEOPLE. not a formula 1 race.

demonrail666 · 08.05.2012, 04:39 PM

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My ten favorite:

1. Casino (Scorsese)

An acquaintance of mine who's edited a book about Scorsese holds that film in equally high regard. I'll confess to being one of those who lazily wrote it off when it came out, dismissing it as a bit of a Goodfellas rerun but, after recently watching both again, I definitely think it's a great film in its own right and is in many ways a better movie. Great call on Heat, too, which just gets better and better every time I watch it.

demonrail666 · 08.05.2012, 04:59 PM

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-pink flamingos. i think desperate living is probably better and has better jokes but pink flamingos is the iconic/ unforgettable one i've watched some 20 times. particularly love the deleted scenes. priceless.

I love Desperate Living but always feel that it suffered a bit by the non-involvement of either Divine or David Lochary. Still brilliant, though, and Mink Stole definitely has some of the funniest lines in any Waters' films. And I just loved the whole idea of Mortville. It's still my go-to name for any seedy, run down place that I visit.

!@#$%! · 08.05.2012, 07:54 PM

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I love Desperate Living but always feel that it suffered a bit by the non-involvement of either Divine or David Lochary. Still brilliant, though, and Mink Stole definitely has some of the funniest lines in any Waters' films. And I just loved the whole idea of Mortville. It's still my go-to name for any seedy, run down place that I visit.

ah fuck yes, i missed divine terribly in it, and by the time polyester came around, waters had already gone mainstream, and with hairspray he began to make family entertainment. i miss his pervert days of fucking chickens and giant prosthetic cunts.

Murmer99 · 08.05.2012, 08:54 PM

A huge mistake I made was forgetting Bergman's Persona, which might be in my top ten list. Oops

SonicBebs · 08.07.2012, 07:18 AM

Caddyshack

!@#$%! · 08.07.2012, 04:32 PM

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Caddyshack

furreals? i have heard people say it's really funny, but i've never seen anything funny involving golf, and i've seen happy gilmore.

Pookie · 08.07.2012, 04:41 PM

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furreals? i have heard people say it's really funny, but i've never seen anything funny involving golf, and i've seen happy gilmore.

It's a film that makes you think "quite funny considering it's a comedy about golf...and it was made in the 80s...and it's got Rodney Dangerfield and Chevy Chase in it..."

stu666 · 08.07.2012, 04:41 PM

My top 5:

Up In Smoke
The Big Lebowski
Withnail And I
Labyrinth
The Dark Crystal

SonicBebs · 08.08.2012, 03:27 AM

maybe not the best film ever but it makes me laugh. not many films make me laugh.

Bertrand · 08.08.2012, 06:44 AM

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4. Gloria Grahame

I'd never thought I'd see her name anywhere... (yet she played for some quality directors)...

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Killer of Sheep

Haven't seen it, read something about it... I'll probably end borrowing it...

Some faves of mine :

Mulholland Drive
Deep End
The Night of the Hunter
Another Day in Paradise
I soliti ignoti

And more more more... Johnny Guitar, Electra Glide in Blue...

!@#$%! · 08.09.2012, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Pookie

It's a film that makes you think "quite funny considering it's a comedy about golf...and it was made in the 80s...and it's got Rodney Dangerfield and Chevy Chase in it..."

i actually a few times every now and then have been capable of sitting through a rodney dangerfield movie

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Johnny Guitar.

oh shit, that movie is nuts! all i can remember are these crazy colors and strangely decadent characters. i once read/heard it had a kind of cult following in france, i think on account of some important person praising it (can't remember who). zit true?

Murmer99 · 08.09.2012, 01:27 PM

Haven't seen Johnny Guitar.

Good call on Night of the Hunter, though because of its sluggish pacing I'm not sure if I'd place it too high on my list. I'm going to watch that again sometime soon, as I recall still being heavily drawn to it despite its flaws.

demonrail666 · 08.09.2012, 02:05 PM

Johnny Guitar was definitely held in high regard by the more auteur-theory-fixated sections of the nouvelle vague. Godard references it in Le Mepris and Le Petit Soldat. Its thinly veiled anti-McCarthy message also made it a big deal for the Hollywood Left at the time. This scene in particular has been interpreted as a critique of the anti-communist witch-trials, of which Joan Crawford was herself a target. Great scene.

Bertrand · 08.09.2012, 03:58 PM

... and years later Wim Wenders praised Nicholas Ray to the point of shooting a movie about him.
Wenders was hip when I got into movies, so, perhaps...
I honestly can't say why I wanted to see his films; could have been thanks to the cinéma de minuit, a late TV show that aired old movies by the likes of Minelli.

On a sidenote, I saw that movie in a real cinema on one of my birthdays (18? 19? 20?), with Party Girl right after that.

That lair on the hill, the scene with the glass of whisky... I looooved it...

demonrail666 · 08.09.2012, 04:15 PM

I've only seen Johnny Guitar on a TV but I'm sure it looks incredible on a big screen.

demonrail666 · 08.09.2012, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Bertrand

I'd never thought I'd see her name anywhere... (yet she played for some quality directors)...

Yeah, she's a bit overlooked compared with a lot of the others. I love her in The Big Heat and In a Lonely Place, though.

!@#$%! · 08.09.2012, 06:49 PM

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JGodard references it in Le Mepris and Le Petit Soldat. [...] Great scene.

ahhhh.... yeah! and that set! i mean-- piano + rock wall! that belongs in a poe story not a western = AWESOME

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... and years later Wim Wenders praised Nicholas Ray to the point of shooting a movie about him.

i really wanna see that movie again now.

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I've only seen Johnny Guitar on a TV but I'm sure it looks incredible on a big screen.

i saw it from a rotten vhs tape and i thought it was fantastic. apparently it doesn't exist on DVD, at least in region 1. which is a fucking shame.

!@#$%! · 08.09.2012, 06:57 PM

ps- it was truffaut!!

http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/rev...ny-guitar/2391

pps- apparently it was just released!!!

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog...ny-guitar.html

oh, the fucking coincidences-- is that the version Bertrand saw?

demonrail666 · 08.09.2012, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

ahhhh.... yeah! and that set! i mean-- piano + rock wall! that belongs in a poe story not a western = AWESOME

Yes!!! There's something totally gothic about that scene; like something from one of Corman's Poe adaptations. Bava, even. And Crawford at the piano in her white dress is definitely in that vein.

Nicholas Ray's sets are legendary. He studied under Frank Lloyd Wright and a lot of his sets are said to have his influence - it definitely makes sense in terms of that scene. I don't remember who said it or the exact quote but a critic once said something along the lines that if Anthony Mann is the master of landscapes in cinema, then Ray is the master of interiors. It may just be one of those nice little throw-away observations but I do think there's at least some truth to it, at least in terms of Ray.

08.05.2012, 02:13 PM	#21
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars Posts: 26,980	jeezus where did i leave it off wowza that was a lot of responses -pink flamingos. i think desperate living is probably better and has better jokes but pink flamingos is the iconic/ unforgettable one i've watched some 20 times. particularly love the deleted scenes. priceless. - brazil, i spotted it some places here, which reminds me it blew my mind the first time i saw it, after 10 rewatches i'm bored with it and don't think it's so great but i have to admit it was great while it lasted so i'm including it because i can't think right now. - killer of sheep - probably one of the greatest things you'll ever see. i did a few years ago and haven't yet recovered. oh yeah and... dr strangelove!!! that movie is fucking awesome dammit, people, so many movies to love, picking "tops" is absurd.... the leopard (in italian: il gattopardo): visconti's fucking EPIC adaptation f lampedusa's novel, please avoid the dubbed/shorter american version (fuckin yahoos!) das boot. come on! das boot! anyone who's ever been in deep shit and expects to be again should watch this movie. RAN - oh you fucking kurosawa you, opening with that wild boar hunt like that, so delicious to the eye-- and everything else, magnificent! what else what else... "top" fucking movie... hm.... FANNY AND ALEXANDER. long version please (made for tv-- does it count?) i give up. i hate this rating exercises. "this over that"-- ugh! IT'S ART, PEOPLE. not a formula 1 race.
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Murmer99 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,716	A huge mistake I made was forgetting Bergman's Persona, which might be in my top ten list. Oops
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stu666 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Stowmarket Posts: 12,206	My top 5: Up In Smoke The Big Lebowski Withnail And I Labyrinth The Dark Crystal __________________ http://www.last.fm/group/Sonic+Youth...world+unite%21 http://www.last.fm/group/Sunburned+Hand+Of+The+Man http://tapewormstu.blogspot.co.uk/
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SonicBebs expwy. to yr skull Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,487	maybe not the best film ever but it makes me laugh. not many films make me laugh. __________________ http://www.last.fm/music/lamstonite
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08.09.2012, 01:27 PM	#33
Murmer99 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,716	Haven't seen Johnny Guitar. Good call on Night of the Hunter, though because of its sluggish pacing I'm not sure if I'd place it too high on my list. I'm going to watch that again sometime soon, as I recall still being heavily drawn to it despite its flaws.
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08.09.2012, 02:05 PM	#34
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 13,930	Johnny Guitar was definitely held in high regard by the more auteur-theory-fixated sections of the nouvelle vague. Godard references it in Le Mepris and Le Petit Soldat. Its thinly veiled anti-McCarthy message also made it a big deal for the Hollywood Left at the time. This scene in particular has been interpreted as a critique of the anti-communist witch-trials, of which Joan Crawford was herself a target. Great scene.
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08.09.2012, 03:58 PM	#35
Bertrand the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Hollandia Posts: 970	... and years later Wim Wenders praised Nicholas Ray to the point of shooting a movie about him. Wenders was hip when I got into movies, so, perhaps... I honestly can't say why I wanted to see his films; could have been thanks to the cinéma de minuit, a late TV show that aired old movies by the likes of Minelli. On a sidenote, I saw that movie in a real cinema on one of my birthdays (18? 19? 20?), with Party Girl right after that. That lair on the hill, the scene with the glass of whisky... I looooved it...
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08.09.2012, 04:15 PM	#36
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 13,930	I've only seen Johnny Guitar on a TV but I'm sure it looks incredible on a big screen.
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08.09.2012, 06:57 PM	#39
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars Posts: 26,980	ps- it was truffaut!! http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/rev...ny-guitar/2391 pps- apparently it was just released!!! http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog...ny-guitar.html oh, the fucking coincidences-- is that the version Bertrand saw?
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