since i never posted mine, here goes:
1. a taste of honey (tony richardson, 1961)2. city lights (charles chaplin, 1931)3. daisies (věra chytilová, 1966)4. loves of a blonde (milos forman, 1965)5. persona (ingmar bergman, 1966)6. an angel at my table (jane campion, 1990)7. l'avventura (michelangelo antonioni, 1960)8. my man godfrey (gregory la cava, 1936)9. stranger than paradise (jim jarmusch, 1984)10. fanny and alexander (ingmar bergman, 1982)
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 06:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
After Death (Bauer, 15)The Scarlet Empress (Von Sternberg, 34)L'eclisse (Antonioni, 61)La Jetee (Marker, 62)Simon of the Desert (Bunuel, 65)Weekend (Godard, 67)Pink Narcissus (Bidgood, 71)The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Hooper, 74)Satantango (Tarr, 94)Showgirls (Verhoeven, 95)
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 11:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's a nice list
― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 11:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
All US/Euro+Russian tho, which does bother me.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 11:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Nader voting" v popular itt
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 11:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
If I were to choose one title to bolster in the top 10-20 range, it would be Rules or Balthazar.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 11:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Eric, I'm sad that Women in Revolt got bumped.
― jed_, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 12:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Don't worry. Both Women in Revolt and Pink Narcissus will get the same amount of votes in the IRL S&S poll.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 13:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha.
― jed_, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 13:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Belle de Jour (Buñuel, 1968)Trouble in Paradise (Lubitsch, 1932)Anatomy of a Murder (Preminger, 1959)Early Spring (Ozu, 1956)Au Hazard, Balthazar (Bresson, 1966)Mulholland Drive (Lynch, 2001)The Earrings of Madame De... (Ophuls, 1953)McCabe & Mrs Miller (Altman, 1971)My Own Private Idaho (Van Sant, 1991)The Lady Eve (Sturges, 1942)
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 13:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
I guess since at least 8 of my selections could be construed as horror movies of some stripe, you can have two screwballs.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 13:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's what I've been told more than once
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 13:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
At once.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 13:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Depending on who the newbies are, I could see Pink Narcissus getting some votes (like, 3).
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 14:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yay artistically defensible gay wankery!
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 14:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^ summer gay thread title
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 14:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Who thinks about art in the summer?
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 14:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
have you such contempt for yourself?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 14:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
always
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 14:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
Until the rainbow burns the stars out in the skyUntil the ocean covers every mountain highUntil the dolphin flies and parrots live at seaUntil we dream of life and life becomes a dreamUntil the day is night and night becomes the dayUntil the trees and seas just up and fly awayUntil the day that 8x8x8 is 4Until the day that is the day that are no moreUntil the day the earth starts turning right to leftUntil the earth just for the sun denies itselfUntil dear Mother Nature says her work is throughUntil the day that you are me and I am you
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 14:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Considering my top two can't-wait-to-see movies this summer are Magic Mike and Step Up Revolution, it's got my vote.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
where does "defensible" fit in w/ Step Up Revolution?
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ask yourself, Occupy Film Threads.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
To what degree are you guys just making lists that you like to look at? Like, Eric, do you really think Showgirls is better than other films by some of the directors on your list, like Tokyo Story or Werckmeister Harmonies or whatev? Not to pick on you personally but I wonder about how much of these lists involve some gamesmanship or eclecticism.
Not that I don't love Showgirls ...
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
I am for real with Showgirls.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Tho I understand the impulse to ask. Conversely, I want to ask people who list Raging Bull, 8 1/2, Battleship Potemkin and Seven Samurai if they're making a conscious choice to have boring taste.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
those genuinely are my 10 favorite films! tho if i were actually voting in the S&S poll i'd prob replace one of the bergmans with something else just for the hell of it.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, that too. i love 'rules of the game' and 'vertigo' but no one needs another xerox of roger ebert's top 10 list.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't think I would ever put Battleship Potemkin and Seven Samurai in a top 10 though I think they are both "great" -- and I'm not sure how "boring" enters into it, anymore than "asinine" necessarily does with something written by Joe Eszterhas -- but some films are canonical whether you like them or not.
also WTF Seven Samurai is less boring then every comic-book hero film ever made.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^^^
― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
Whatever, you will all bow down before the superiority of my taste.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
I might list Potemkin if I was making a conscious attempt (as opposed to my unconscious attempt above) to make a list of 10 great gay movies.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sight and Sound is asking for "best", which is obviously a can of worms, but a lot of critics seem to be voting for films that are historically significant or formally innovative, whereas others are just voting for their favorites. I'm not really sure what the value of a poll is if the voters are not using the some criterion for their selections.
Anyway, my list would be 1. Shawshank Redemption, 2. The Fountain ....
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
What's gay about it -- sailors complaining about bad food?
xp
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp the "same" criterion
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
I have less interest in Kurosawa's samurai shit the older I get, i.e. less embarrassment admitting they bore me. I prefer the crime dramas/noir.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
If pressed, I'm sure I could write a few thousand words about why Showgirls is one of the greatest movies about/embodying "the dream factory." And did.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
So why did you dock it half a star?
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Actually, I think that would be the movie I'm most equipped to defend on my list next to Chainsaw. Selling Narcissus would be a tougher sell. I suppose if it would make more people comfortable, swap that one out in your mind for Cocteau or something.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
You mistake my methodology. Every time I watch that movie, I add stars to its rating. Right now, it's sitting at something like 73 and a half stars.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
any time i try to make a list like this it becomes somewhat biographical (ie, maybe even narcissistic) but you want to balance that with a pretense to "objectivity."
So Seven Samurai appears because I got that first Criterion DVD in college and it was one of the first japanese films I ever saw and it put me in touch with a sense of film history that i didnt have before. and it was long and in black and white and I loved it anyway. it's a touchstone for me.
on the other hand there are other movies from that era of my life that don't hold up--too much of their time perhaps, they dont speak of anything beyond that moment. that one does, so on the list it goes.
― ryan, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 18:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
impossible to be "objective" and discuss personal tastes
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 18:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Which is part of the point, otherwise just let robots pick like they did in 2002.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 18:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
In no order:
Taxi DriverVertigo2001Sansho the BailiffPlaytimeThe Passion of Joan of ArcThe Third ManA Brighter Summer DayThe Wizard of OzAndrei Rublev
― Chris L, Thursday, 3 May 2012 06:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Eric Harvey is selling some back issues:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140747591068#ht_734wt_1000
― polyphonic, Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
some ppl are just LIST QUEENS
(prompted by yet another solicitation in my inbox)
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 5 May 2012 00:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Pretty much what I think as well. I can watch High And Low, Ikiru (not noir, but mod. day), Stray Dog, and even the wonky overlong scrambled-Hamlet of The Bad Sleep Well repeatedly, while the period samurai stuff is a chore.
― I serve at the pleasure of Dr. Dre and a team of Sorbonne scientists. (R Baez), Saturday, 5 May 2012 00:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'll just get my sword.
Some days I think Ran is his best.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 5 May 2012 03:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
I can't remember it too well but the florid nihilism of Kagemusha seemed pretty compelling at the time. I think if I don't count Seven Samurai then Throne of Blood might be my favorite. Not as big a fan of the non-period stuff for some reason.
― ryan, Saturday, 5 May 2012 04:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
High and Low and Ikiru were always my favourites of the non-period stuff. The only one I remember really disliking was Red Beard, but I think I might not have been in the mood. I've seen Seven Samurai a lot of times, and I still love it, but Ran and Throne of Blood are just as good imo.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Saturday, 5 May 2012 04:13 (1 year ago) Permalink