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56. DiaboliqueHenri-Georges Clouzot, 1955POINTS: 68VOTES: 3#1s: 0COMMENTS:“do it, paul meurisse. just fucking do it, you bad-ass.”― poortheatre
COMMENTS:
“do it, paul meurisse. just fucking do it, you bad-ass.”
― poortheatre
BONUS FEATURE
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 16:49 (fifteen years ago) link
lol "dry yr palms"
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 16:50 (fifteen years ago) link
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55. Pickup On South StreetSamuel Fuller, 1953POINTS: 70VOTES: 4#1s: 0COMMENTS:“only seen pickup on south street but he [Richard Widmark] was pretty amazing in that ... RIP”― n/a“I've seen Pickup on South Street a few times, a few weeks ago most recently, one of those films who's charms grow on you, and you like it more the more you think about it. I was underwhelmed the first time I saw it, perhaps expecting more intensity after seeing the Naked Kiss and Shock Corridor. The scene where the spy beats the girl is still one of the more brutal things on film...”― Dan Selzer “Poor Thelma Ritter.”― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain)
“only seen pickup on south street but he [Richard Widmark] was pretty amazing in that ... RIP”
― n/a
“I've seen Pickup on South Street a few times, a few weeks ago most recently, one of those films who's charms grow on you, and you like it more the more you think about it. I was underwhelmed the first time I saw it, perhaps expecting more intensity after seeing the Naked Kiss and Shock Corridor. The scene where the spy beats the girl is still one of the more brutal things on film...”
― Dan Selzer
“Poor Thelma Ritter.”
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain)
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 16:53 (fifteen years ago) link
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54. Invasion of The Body SnatchersDon Siegel, 1956POINTS: 71VOTES: 3#1s: 0COMMENTS:"There's a reason the original keeps getting remade every ten years, with endlessly compelling results no matter how trashy (the latest) orbrilliant (the '70s one): This is our most potent-ever allegory of soulless conformism, might-makes-right complacency, and defensive contentment fending off the genuine pursuit of happiness. Communists and anti-communists, corporate men and drug heads--everyone should take a second look at this and make sure they aren't identifying with the wrong side. I still meet pod people in real life, and still worry I'm becoming one."― Pete ScholtesInvasion of the Body Snatchers
"There's a reason the original keeps getting remade every ten years, with endlessly compelling results no matter how trashy (the latest) orbrilliant (the '70s one): This is our most potent-ever allegory of soulless conformism, might-makes-right complacency, and defensive contentment fending off the genuine pursuit of happiness. Communists and anti-communists, corporate men and drug heads--everyone should take a second look at this and make sure they aren't identifying with the wrong side. I still meet pod people in real life, and still worry I'm becoming one."
― Pete Scholtes
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Be back in a bit. Hunting for comments.
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:00 (fifteen years ago) link
3 out of 15? what do you ppl like?
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
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53. Un Chant D’AmourJean Genet, 1950POINTS: 72VOTES: 2#1s: 0COMMENTS:“Tosses the bouquet and swings the dick with the best of them.”― Dr Morbius“Are any even as satisfying as gay movies of porny qualities? I mean, sure, there's Un Chant d'amour and Pink Narcissus, but what else?”― Eric H.
“Tosses the bouquet and swings the dick with the best of them.”
― Dr Morbius
“Are any even as satisfying as gay movies of porny qualities? I mean, sure, there's Un Chant d'amour and Pink Narcissus, but what else?”
― Eric H.
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:12 (fifteen years ago) link
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52. Some Like It HotBilly Wilder, 1959POINTS: 72VOTES: 5#1s: 0COMMENTS:Some Like It Hot: Classic, Dud or Something Inbetween?
Some Like It Hot: Classic, Dud or Something Inbetween?
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
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51. The African QueenJohn Huston, 1951POINTS: 73VOTES: 3#1s: 0COMMENTS:"Romancing the Stone was an acknowledgement of what Raiders of the Lost Ark was missing: a credible or compelling romantic relationship at its center. Compared to Raiders, this adventure of whites in Africa pitting missionary and entrepreneur against Nazis seems mild as action and questionable as history, but somehow far more richly entertaining just by being a love story that gets Katherine Hepburn in wet clothes."― Pete Scholtes
"Romancing the Stone was an acknowledgement of what Raiders of the Lost Ark was missing: a credible or compelling romantic relationship at its center. Compared to Raiders, this adventure of whites in Africa pitting missionary and entrepreneur against Nazis seems mild as action and questionable as history, but somehow far more richly entertaining just by being a love story that gets Katherine Hepburn in wet clothes."
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I kinda thought Some Like It Hot wd be the only pure comedy on the list, just bcz of disposable comedy-adventures like The African Queen.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:29 (fifteen years ago) link
and see Eric, you are not the anti-barometer re Genet erotica or Rossellini.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:30 (fifteen years ago) link
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50. ShaneGeorge Stevens, 1953POINTS: 75VOTES: 3#1s: 0COMMENTS:“Jack Palance is so fucking awesome in Shane.”― Alex in SF “I was just now explaining Shane to someone who only knew him for City Slickers.”― Ned Raggett “Yeah, "Pick up the gun" is my favourite Palance quote too (anyone see Bill Hicks' "Revelations" when he compares that moment in Shane to the U.S. arming little nations, then attacking them because "See! He had a gun!"?)”― shorty
“Jack Palance is so fucking awesome in Shane.”
― Alex in SF
“I was just now explaining Shane to someone who only knew him for City Slickers.”
― Ned Raggett
“Yeah, "Pick up the gun" is my favourite Palance quote too (anyone see Bill Hicks' "Revelations" when he compares that moment in Shane to the U.S. arming little nations, then attacking them because "See! He had a gun!"?)”
― shorty
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link
a western for ppl who don't like westerns.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:40 (fifteen years ago) link
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49. Plan 9 From Outer SpaceEdward D. Wood Jr., 1959POINTS: 78VOTES: 3#1s: 0COMMENTS:ALL OF YOU ON EARTH ARE IDIOTS!
ALL OF YOU ON EARTH ARE IDIOTS!
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:43 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost OK, this list is starting to get really bad.
― Eric H., Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
How is Imitation of Life THAT low?!
― Eric H., Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
+ I think Un Chant D’Amour was something like #2 on my list.
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48. Rebel Without A CauseNicholas Ray, 1955POINTS: 78VOTES: 5#1s: 0COMMENTS:“belle and sebastien are sal mineo in rebel w/o a cause”― Fritz Wollner From If bands were characters from movies
“belle and sebastien are sal mineo in rebel w/o a cause”
― Fritz Wollner From If bands were characters from movies
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:52 (fifteen years ago) link
luv me some Diabolique (damn I shoulda voted in this thing)
― Sugar hiccup, Makes a pig soar and swoon (Pillbox), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Plan 9 < Glen or Glenda?
― Sugar hiccup, Makes a pig soar and swoon (Pillbox), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I was going to vote but never got around to ordering my list, but I specifically excluded Plan 9 because I felt it didn't belogn on the list. Certainly not above Some like it Hot
― Nomi Malone and Her Bloodstains (Stevie D), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
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47. La StradaFederico Fellini, 1954POINTS: 80VOTES: 3#1s: 0COMMENTS:“There are films that quietly tell a story (La Strada, for instance) without feeling the need to 'show us what were really are,' or to lampoon the hypocrisy of modern life. Those are the ones I prefer.”― andy --“La Strada - I want to go back in time and impregnate Giulietta Masina.”― Jeff-PTTL
“There are films that quietly tell a story (La Strada, for instance) without feeling the need to 'show us what were really are,' or to lampoon the hypocrisy of modern life. Those are the ones I prefer.”
― andy --
“La Strada - I want to go back in time and impregnate Giulietta Masina.”
― Jeff-PTTL
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
There's a strain of Right Directors/Wrong Films goin on...
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
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46. Night and The CityJules Dassin, 1950POINTS: 81VOTES: 3#1s: 0COMMENTS:RIP Jules DassinRIP Richard Widmark
RIP Jules Dassin
RIP Richard Widmark
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:05 (fifteen years ago) link
...and that's it for today. Stay tuned for 45-31 tomorrow.
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Thank God there are still 45 slots left!
― Eric H., Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:08 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, where will Bridge on the River Kwai turn up?
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link
You'd be surprised...
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:11 (fifteen years ago) link
oh I hope so.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:12 (fifteen years ago) link
#1. Seven Samurai
― Sugar hiccup, Makes a pig soar and swoon (Pillbox), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
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"Madness!"
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
My takes:
I hated La Strada, but that was 18 years ago. I felt trapped in the movie, and couldn't figure out why anyone (the characters, the audience) wouldn't want to get out. Anyone want to rhapsodize?
Shane felt a little canned, its vision of the kid a little cute ("Shane! Shane!"), but I know Western fans love it, and it has some exciting fights and romantic tension. I'd probably watch it again.
Rebel Without a Cause is Beautiful, and I'll keep going back to it (Invasion didn't make my Top 20 either), but its overt sociology is silly. I don't know when the first realistic depiction of American parents and teens hit a screen (maybe the American Family doc on PBS in the '70s?), but this one is laughable enough to throw me out of the film, no matter how good Dead is.
Imitation of Life is great, but it's all sacrifice, tragedy, and pain, where All That Heaven Allows involves a rebellion, which is so much more poignant. I think that's why the combination in Far from Heaven.
I loved Night and the City, but didn't remember it well enough. The first wrestling noir?
I also loved Ed Wood, but couldn't sit through Plan 9.
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha, I meant Dean, not Dead.
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Shane ... I know Western fans love it
hmmm, not cineaste western fans. It's by GEORGE STEVENS, for God's sake. Big fans of it should get an enforced Boetticher/ Mann oater marathon.
(not only are those 2 not gonna show up on this list, we're gonna get High Noon too, right?)
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Rebel Without a Cause is a melodrama; what's silly about it is just as silly in Imitation of Life.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Sal Mineo in Rebel is rather proto-Emo. Its kind of odd that Emo kids never picked up on the mismatched socks.
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I think that's why the combination in Far from Heaven.
The rest of this unfinished sentence sure as hell better not be something along the lines of "works better than either."
― Eric H., Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
(x-post)
On the same tip, was there ever a confirmation that Natalie Wood lost her virginity to Nick Ray?
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
if i had voted i likely would have gone with 'on dangerous ground' for #1, but i didn't
― omar little, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw that recently. I liked it, but felt it came off like two halves of better movies that got glued together.
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
I heard rumor that Ray had Dean, Wood, Mineo.
I watched Ray's Bitter Victory again last night. Like a lot, but Curt Jurgens' character is too transparently craven, and Burton baldly enunciates the theme several times.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:54 (fifteen years ago) link
without the divide it would never have worked
― omar little, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:55 (fifteen years ago) link
It's pretty packed for 80 minutes. No waste at all.
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link
"I think that's why the combination in Far from Heaven." = I think that's why you find the combination in Far from Heaven.
I LOVE melodrama, but do you really think teens in the '50s were suffering from too LITTLE parental authority? The whole weak-father trope in Rebel Without a Cause is the thing I find laughable. Maybe that's just one part of the film, but the structure truly feels like a cautionary tale, where Imitation of Life isn't quite so neat. I didn't vote for either film, though...
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Gawd what a depressing run of films!
― Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 19:52 (fifteen years ago) link
OTM. And Morbs waaaaaaaaaaay OTM about Shane. You just KNOW High Noon and Seven Samurai are coming up. But please spare us Kwai.
P.S. For the record, I placed Imitation of Life at number one.
P.P.S. James Dead. Ouch.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 19:58 (fifteen years ago) link
It's pretty packed for 80 minutes.
The UK version of Bitter Victory, which finally got put out on disc, is 103 minutes. So there is some waste, and like in Strangers on a Train much of it is named Ruth Roman.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Have to admit I found Imitation Of Life irritating, despite its many charms. Just couldn't feel for the main characters like I did in All That Heaven Allows
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Shane eased me into Westerns, and not just because of that wonderfully ambiguous ending. There are themes in that film that are actually in a lot of westerns, but when I was younger, I had never noticed them before in other ones. I know it's about as cliché as "hey let us compare John Ford/John Wayne westerns through three decades", but it's still a good stepping stone into what is now one of my favourite genres. I seem to remember Ebert's Great Movies entry being pretty good: Shane
As hokey as Rebel is, there is something about James Dean that is so captivating that I can forgive it. I much prefer his performance in Giant, however, so that should be where the James Dean recognition should go.
Roman Holiday is still great, but I love Audrey and Gregory.
Wish Smiles of a Summer Night was higher. The moment where the statue lever is hit and the bed moves into the other room is simply perfection.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 20:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, Elevator the Gallows is overrated.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 20:25 (fifteen years ago) link