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     Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 102 Registered: 03-2006 |
Since GBs fans are such a discerning bunch and because a love of film seems to inform the GBs artistic sensibilities, I thought it'd be interesting to see what board participants' favorite flicks are...notice I said "favorite", not "greatest"...that you like it makes it interesting - it doesn't have to the defining achievement of modern cinema... Who knows? I might get some tips for cool and obscure Aussie or Brit films I might otherwise never have heard of... My favorites are pretty hopelessly mainstream and predictable, but here goes: 1) The Godfather 2) Goodfellas 3) Fargo 4) Sideways 5) Rear Window 6) Annie Hall 7) La Dolce Vita 8) Casablanca 9) The Wild Bunch 10) Network I limited myself to one per director. I could just have easily included "Big Lebowski" (surely one of the funniest films ever made) or "Dog Day Afternoon" by Sidney Lumet... | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 188 Registered: 04-2005 |
These are a bit too U.S.-centric as I'm not enough of a film buff to be up on many international films: After Hours (Scorsese) Breaking Away Dr. Strangelove A Clockwork Orange Les Diaboliques (original version) Monty Python and the Holy Grail Hedwig and the Angry Inch Ghost World One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Citizen Kane | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 217 Registered: 10-2004 |
1. Down by Law 2. Big Lebowski 3. 8 1/2 4. A Clockwork Orange 5. Liquid Sky (this movie is so appaulingly bad that I love it) 6. Betty Blue 7. Being John Malkovich 8. Dead Man 9. Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 10. Pulp Fiction 11. Crimes and Misdemeanors | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 218 Registered: 10-2004 |
Oh crap, I forgot Blade Runner! | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 203 Registered: 08-2004 |
Goodfellas Miami Blues Something Wild The French Connection Alien Bladerunner The Getaway (original) Withnail & I Mississipi Burning Taxi Driver Some I've seen recently & enjoyed - Spun, Munich, Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 191 Registered: 04-2005 |
Dammit, Jeff, you reminded me of two that I forgot but have to be in my top ten: Malkovich and Pulp Fiction. So I bump Citizen Kane and Cuckoo's Nest to include them. | ||
| Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 106 Registered: 03-2006 |
That is the annoying thing about list making...soon as you make one, you think of something you left off... Great choices though that could've been on my list too...which occurred to me as soon as I read you guys'... I wonder if there'll be common denominators like Kubrick, Scorsese and the Coen bros... Liquid Sky, was that the one about the alien girl who fed off of people's orgasms somehow? Yet, it would kill the poor hapless schmuck she fed off of? Hedwig was incredibly moving and had great songs. | ||
| Richard67 Member Username: Richard67 Post Number: 15 Registered: 04-2004 |
01. The Year My Voice Broke 02. Almost Famous 03. The Big Lebowski 04. The Last Picture Show 05. Sideways 06. Box Of Moonlight 07. Garden State 08. This Is Spinal Tap 09. Down By Law 10. The Asphalt Jungle | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 20 Registered: 08-2005 |
A Matter of Life and Death Kiss Me Deadly Mad Max II Diva Rear Window (absolutely fantastic on the big screen) Donnie Darko Duck Soup Edward Scissorhands Blue Velvet Orphée (Good to see somebody else has seen Liquid Sky, I thought I was the only person ever to pay to see it at the cinema...) This list isn't set in stone, and at other times I'd have to have Woody Allen in it, a Leone/Eastwood Spaghetti Western, The Titfield Thunderbolt. But it would always have A Matter of Life and Death and Kiss Me Deadly in it... Recent(ish) faves - Goodbye Lenin, The Station Agent, Sideways... | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 219 Registered: 10-2004 |
Hardin, I know what you mean, because I just thought of "Best in Show." And yes, Liquid Sky is about the New Wave junkie fashion model in NY who has tiny aliens (that look like a globulous 60s psychadelic projector backdrop) living in her apartment. And yes, the aliens feed off the chemicals produced in the human brain when people either have orgasm or shoot heroin. And yes, it kills the poor hapless schmucks who have orgasm when having sex with the girl. The acting is purely porno flick caliber. And the soundtrack rules! | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 207 Registered: 05-2005 |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Goodfellas Sideways Any film by Laurel and Hardy The Producers Mississipi Burning Taxi Driver Midnight Express King of Comedy The Quiet Man | ||
| Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 109 Registered: 03-2006 |
Hard to pick just one by Scorsese. Anybody else a fan of Raging Bull? Depressing, but maybe the quintessential film about being male...and what happened to Robert DeNiro? Used to be so brilliant, but now he just makes schlock... I do remember LS, Jeff...with a synopsis like that, I can see why you love it! I must see if that's rentable here... | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 259 Registered: 05-2005 |
Withnail and I Nuts in May The Italian Job The French Connection Seven Midnight Cowboy JAWS I am trying to break your Heart - WILCO Bridge over the river Kwai Taxi Driver/Mean Streets | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Nemo Post Number: 12 Registered: 07-2005 |
In no particular order. 1. Seven 2. L.A. Confidential 3. A Very Long Engagement 4. Last Of The Mohicans 5. Amelie 6. Brotherhood Of The Wolf 7. When The Last Sword Is Drawn 8. Hero 9. Vidocq 10. Dance With The Wind | ||
| jelena topcic Member Username: Jelena Post Number: 19 Registered: 05-2005 |
mulholland drive barton fink fargo er rocky rocky 2 rocky 3 rocky 4 rocky 5 never could decide about it. i used to really like the fisher king and the usual suspects, but i haven't watched them for ages. oh, and happiness is a good one, as far as i remember. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 221 Registered: 10-2004 |
Oh Crap, I forgot Blue Velvet! | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 45 Registered: 05-2005 |
Midnight Run Midnight Cowboy Lone Star The Conversation The French Connection Heavenly Creatures Good Fellas 2001 A Space Odyssey Blow Up Sexy Beast (Blade Runner just missed out) | ||
| Bob Mail Member Username: Bob Post Number: 12 Registered: 03-2006 |
In no order if it has to be ten then with a few additions.. Three Colours Red/White/Blue The Apartment Withnail and I The King of Comedy Fargo It Happened One Night Citizen kane Before Sunrise/Before Sunset Rear Window Twelve Angry Men | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 214 Registered: 05-2005 |
Mark, Midnight Run is great - DeNiro is seiously underated as a comic actor. Sexy Beast was a weird one - i just felt uncomfortable watching it -maybe i should watch it again | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 46 Registered: 05-2005 |
I agree Kevin. Midnight Run is an overlooked masterpiece. The chemistry between DeNiro and Charles Grodin is extraordinary (much of it improvised apparently). I loved Sexy Beast. Ray Winstone is his usual brilliant self. But Ben Kingsly turns in the most compelling performance I think I've ever seen. Truly scary. | ||
| Lawrence Mikkelsen Member Username: Simplythrilledhoney Post Number: 17 Registered: 03-2006 |
... randomly, and with little thought .... Rushmore Momento the original Star Wars trilogy Raiders of The Lost Ark Before Sunrise/Before Sunset Fargo Amelia ... actually, this is just too hard ... the last films I've seen and really enjoyed were "Me You And Everyone You Know" and "The Squid And The Whale". | ||
| Donat Member Username: Donat Post Number: 129 Registered: 11-2004 |
The American Friend Wise Blood Pierrot Le Fou Vivre Sa Vie Goodfellas For A Few Dollars More Mad Max The Shining Blue Velvet The Misfits | ||
| Donat Member Username: Donat Post Number: 130 Registered: 11-2004 |
The American Friend Wise Blood Pierrot Le Fou Vivre Sa Vie Goodfellas For A Few Dollars More Mad Max The Shining Blue Velvet The Misfits | ||
| Andrewnz Member Username: Andrewnz Post Number: 8 Registered: 08-2005 |
Where Eagles Dare Illustrious Energy Jean de Florette Rear Window The Navigators (Vincent Ward) Jazz on a Summers Day Bullitt Monty Python and the Holy Grail All Quiet on the Western Front ... | ||
| David Matheson Member Username: David_matheson Post Number: 68 Registered: 12-2004 |
Baraka Breaking The Waves The Shawshank Redemption American Beauty The Life Of Brian Sling Blade The Interview Pulp Fiction Six Degrees Of Separation The Fisher King | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 205 Registered: 08-2004 |
I could/should have added - Dazed & Confused Platoon Shallow Grave Also brilliant but not much fun to watch - Nil By Mouth Raging Bull The Conversation | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 35 Registered: 01-2006 |
Lots of ones already listed: Dead Man Crimes & Misdemeanours BeetleJuice Star Wars/Empire Strikes Back Short Cuts Blue Velvet Withnail & I The Shining The Unbelievable Truth/Trust Pat Garett & Billy the Kid Jean de Floret/Manon de Source La Dolce Vita As I'm useless at remembering non-English titles very few listed here.. Also music-films/Documentaries: Greendale - Neil Young The Devil & Daniel Johnston - Daniel Johnston I am trying to break your heart - Wilco | ||
| abigail law Member Username: Abigail Post Number: 54 Registered: 06-2005 |
withnail & I kind hearts and coronets (or any ealing comedy) taxi driver mulholland drive (or any lynch film excluding dune) the shining rockies 1-4 night of the hunter blade runner | ||
| Mark Tuffield Member Username: Mark_t Post Number: 27 Registered: 05-2005 |
So many good selections above, so just a few, In the Heat of the Night, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Escape to Victory (so bad it is good), The Battle of Britain, The Killing Fields | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 60 Registered: 04-2005 |
"A Matter of Life and Death" The best! I was stunned seeing it for the first time, with Thelma Schoomacher (wife of Michael Powell/Scorsese's editor) talking afterwards. The level of intelligence, art, wit and warmth in that film stuns me to this day. When you consider that it was a successful mainstream film at the time and you look at modern day counterparts. No comparison. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 21 Registered: 08-2005 |
Well said, Andrew. While my other choices may chop and change – I can't believe there were no Woody Allen or Coen Bros offerings in my top 10 – A Matter of Life and Death is always my number one. And it makes me cry every time I see it. Sniff, sniff. Powell and Pressburger's A Canterbuty Tale is also wonderful stuff, while Michael Powell's Peeping Tom is one of the most disturbing films of its time... It's good to see Sideways and Amelie so popular, though personally I'm not convinced that Escape to Victory is anything more than total tosh! | ||
| Mark Tuffield Member Username: Mark_t Post Number: 30 Registered: 05-2005 |
As an afterthought: Anatomy of a Murder - featuring a certain Lee Remmick and a great Jazz score by Duke Ellington. | ||
| Peter Collins Member Username: Tyroneshoelaces Post Number: 98 Registered: 05-2005 |
Without looking at others... A Matter of Life and Death Wings of Desire (not the Hollywood remake) Cries and Whispers Come and See A Short Film about Killing The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Les Enfants du Paradis La Grande Illusion Sons of the Desert The Graduate | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 49 Registered: 01-2005 |
My Life To Live (Vivre Sa Vie) Cleo From 5 to 7 Metropolitan Miller's Crossing The Maltese Falcon Wings of Desire Round Midnight Unforgiven LA Confidential Before Sunrise/Before Sunset | ||
| Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 134 Registered: 03-2006 |
People keep bringing up faves that I left off my own list. LA Confidential is mind-blowing - pulpy, noir stuff just doesn't get better, Michael. Man, Russell Crowe was really playing against type in that one, huh? | ||
| gareth w Member Username: Gareth Post Number: 62 Registered: 05-2005 |
In order: For Your Eyes Only The Spy Who Loved Me Octopussy Live and Let Die Moonraker The Man With the Golden Gun A View to a Kill The Wild Geese Nothing better than a Roger Moore Bond movie. The Wild Geese is a classic too. Better than Kubrick. | ||
| Peter Azzopardi Member Username: Pete Post Number: 150 Registered: 09-2004 |
McCabe and Mrs Miller (Altman) In a Lonely Place (Ray) Shane (Stevens) The Set-Up (Wise) Videodrome (Cronenberg) Fargo (Coen) I Walked With a Zombie (Tourneur) Vera Cruz (Aldrich) The Purple Rose of Cairo (Allen) Masculin Feminin (Godard) | ||
| Ian Member Username: Fins Post Number: 7 Registered: 05-2005 |
Withnail & I, "You bloody fool, you should never mix your drinks!" Jesus' Son, "How old are you, 'bout 19?" Beautiful Girls, "Mean as a snake, you were as mean as a snake" This Is Spinal Tap, "You can't dust for vomit" Austin Powers International Man Of Mystery, "Ow! The really hurt! I mean, who throws a shoe?" Midnight Run, "Jack, why are you unpopular with the Chicago police department?" Goodfellas, "Now go home and get your fuckin' shinebox" Miller's Crossing, "Nothing more foolish than a man chasing his hat" However many that is | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 49 Registered: 05-2005 |
Great quotes Ian. Actually my favorite line from Midnight Run is De Niro to Grodin: "I've only got two words for you - shut the fuck up". | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 53 Registered: 01-2005 |
Another one from Miller's Crossing: It’s gettin’ so a businessman can’t expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can’t trust a fix, what can you trust? | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 90 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Razors Edge - the 40's one Star Wars - all but 1 and 2 Head - The Monkees movie American Beauty Being John Malkovich Lost Horizon - Both 40's(?) and 60's(?) Lord of the Rings - most of them anyway Raiders of the Lost ark |