― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 4 December 2005 23:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Sunday, 4 December 2005 23:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 5 December 2005 00:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 5 December 2005 00:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Phil Dellio (j.j. hunsecker), Monday, 5 December 2005 02:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 5 December 2005 08:12 (eighteen years ago) link
Hell, TONY RANDALL made Nixon's list! They weren't leaving anything to chance.
I didn't know til the TCM doc on Kong creator Merian Cooper that he was also behind Cinerama.
Mitchum is pretty much the only reason to see Cape Fear, a grotty little cheap thriller. His smearing the egg on his chest is indelible.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 December 2005 14:27 (eighteen years ago) link
85. Through A Glass DarklyIngmar Bergman, 1961POINTS: 71VOTES: 5#1’s: 0
COMMENTS:
“through a glass darkly- bergman is the man, this is one of his greats. cant say much more than that.” -- todd swiss
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link
84. Le DoulosJean-Pierre Melville, 1962POINTS: 72VOTES: 3#1’s: 0
COMMENTS?
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:29 (eighteen years ago) link
83. Fahrenheit 451Francois Truffaut, 1966POINTS: 72VOTES: 4#1’s: 0
“Fahrenheit 451- With its interconnecting imagery, comic book color scheme, and contemporary-yet-alien atmosphere. I must admit, I've never been a real fan of the novel, but I thought somehow Truffaut might save this one. He comes close, but overall I've always felt disappointed by this one. But, damn, is it fun to look at. The sequence where the old woman martyrs herself is a masterpiece in its own right. There's one overhead shot where the flames literally seem to engulf the camera. Awesome.”--Anthony
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:31 (eighteen years ago) link
81 A. MouchetteRobert Bresson, 1967POINTS: 74VOTES: 4#1’s: 0
“"Mouchette" - I'd forgotten about that hand-biting in the fight in the forest, which got quite a yelp in the audience. And those chiming bells come in at precisely the right split-seconds in the last reel.”-- Dr Morbius
“it's liable to send you into a long funk but it is beautiful”-- amateur!st
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:32 (eighteen years ago) link
81 B. The Exterminating AngelLuis Bunuel, 1962POINTS: 74VOTES: 4#1’s: 0
“i love the exterminating angel.”-- s1ocki
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:34 (eighteen years ago) link
80. ZCosta-Gavras, 1969POINTS: 74VOTES: 6#1’s: 0
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
79. CharadeStanley Donen, 1963POINTS: 75VOTES: 5#1’s: 0
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link
78. The Thomas Crown AffairNorman Jewison, 1968POINTS: 76VOTES: 3#1’s: 0
“The original Thomas Crown Affair is pretty wonderful (haven't seen the Brosnan version), with hot young Yaphet Kotto action! But I think the heists go off pretty smoothly. You know what they say, "Lucky in larceny, unlucky in love."”-- Huk-L
“McQueen looks fucking cool in this picture. And the chess scene is hilarious. Those two elements alone are enough to sell me on this. Faye doesn’t look bad either. The kind of movie you wish you woke up in.”--FIVE-EIGHT
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:41 (eighteen years ago) link
77. BedazzledStanley Donen, 1968POINTS: 79VOTES: 4#1’s: 0
“Cook's devil is this cold-eyed, almost-nerdy, covertly-neurotic bastard, and you squirm when he makes you laugh.” -- pete s
“Of course, the 1967 film. Eleanor Bron is pretty sexy, I always thought. ... I like all the little bits tucked away in the orig.: "I didn't go to school, and I'm very, ah, uh, ummm, ah..." "Inarticulate." "Yes...I think so..."”-- eddie hurt
“The scene where Cook is a popstar and all the girls are going insane is hilarious to me no matter the context, I wish I could find that song on a record somewhere.” -- TOMBOT
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:50 (eighteen years ago) link
76. Knife In The WaterRoman Polanski, 1962POINTS: 80VOTES: 5#1’s: 0
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:51 (eighteen years ago) link
Faye Dunaway: Unlikeliest under-25 insurance investigator evah.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:56 (eighteen years ago) link
75. BarbarellaRoger Vadim, 1967POINTS: 85VOTES: 6#1’s: 0
“It may well be soft core porn disguised as sci fi, but it happens to be soft core porn disguised as sci fi I like. I haven't thought about this film in ages, but I never got anything other than joy out of it.”-- Nick
“It is one of the best films ever made. EVER. Yes, it is soft core porn disguised as sci fi, combined with brilliant social parody of the sexual revolution and The Pill. And a little bit of Philosophy In The Boudoir thrown in for good measure.
And Anita Pallenberg...
What more could you WANT in a film?
It is one of my three favourite films of all time along with Performance and erm... I forget what the third one is.
Classic. I will whump the arse of anyone who dares disagree with me.
And oh yes, Duran references up the Ying Yang.
"An angel cannot make love... an angel IS love!"”-- kate
“I fancy Jane. I went out with a girl who looked like her when I was 16. I dumped her. Don’t ask me why. This film has meant something peculiar to me ever since. What else do you wanna know?”--FIVE EIGHT
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link
74. A Fistful of DollarsSergio Leone, 1964POINTS: 87VOTES: 5#1’s: 0
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link
Charade is undeniably a watchable showcase for the charms of its stars, but the silly villains/plot totally defangs the genre mixing. Hitchcock (of whom this is an obv parody, if less juvenile and literal than High Anxiety) could do both in his sleep better.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:12 (eighteen years ago) link
73. If?.Lindsay Anderson, 1968POINTS: 88VOTES: 3#1?s: 0
If....
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:16 (eighteen years ago) link
72. Pierrot Le Fou Jean-Luc Godard, 1965POINTS: 91VOTES: 4#1’s:1
“pierrot le fou is hilarious if you're a misanthrope like me’-- dean!
“Pierrot le Fou: So wonderful. A Jules Verne fantasyland.”-- -8-(*_*)-8-
“The ultimate Belmondo movie. The ultimate Karina movie. The ultimate Godard movie. The ultimate Coutard movie. The ultimate midget-who-gets-stabbed-in-the-back-with-a-pair-of-scissors movie. Not of all of this is true.”--General Doinel
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:24 (eighteen years ago) link
The guy who plays The Husband is also excellent in some other Polish movies- The Saragossa Manuscript being one of them.
― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:41 (eighteen years ago) link
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00005EBSB.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
70 A. Billy LiarJohn Schlesinger, 1963POINTS: 92VOTES: 4#1’s: 0
“The sequence in Billy Liar of Julie Christie walking through the middle of Bradford is one of the most glorious in film history.”-- Tim
“I still can't watch Billy Liar without getting all misty eyed and wistful.”-- chris
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link
70 B. SpartacusStanley Kubrick, 1960POINTS: 92VOTES: 4#1’s: 0
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:53 (eighteen years ago) link
"Fistful Of Dollars" does do away with two of "Yojimbo"'s biggest points of sillyness: one, the whole GUN VS SWORD OMG WHO WILL WIN? thing, and the cheerleading "way to go for destroying what's left of our village!" attitude amongst the bartender and the undertaker (well, the latter is at least toned down a bit.) Dunno if that improves or diminishes the thing.
I really wanna see "Charade" and "Bedazzled".
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:53 (eighteen years ago) link
Really, the hokey bits show why he exiled himself and initiated all his projects henceforth.
His cinematographer was an old-school guy who essentially refused to follow Kubrick's direction, so SK basically did his work too. And the DP won an Oscar.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:28 (eighteen years ago) link
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0790732254.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
69. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Mike Nichols, 1966POINTS: 93VOTES: 5#1’s: 0
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 22:08 (eighteen years ago) link
68. The TrialOrson Welles, 1963POINTS: 94VOTES: 4#1’s: 1
“im all about the trial, though that may have something to do with the fact that i finished the book at about 1 am one night and then stayed up to watch the movie in a sort of weird dementia. i think it handles the sort of overtop visuals in a much better way, but theres more room for that because anything with kafka is going to be surreal and ridiculous.”
-- tom cleveland
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 22:10 (eighteen years ago) link
67. Andrei RublevAndrei Tarkovsky, 1969POINTS: 95VOTES: 4#1’s: 0
“Andrei Rublev- another wow! I saw Solaris beforehand, but this was much better. Tarkovsky works better when he isn't bound by a strong narrative, and this one delivered because of that. Kudos to the pagan fire scene, the opening balloon scene, the attack on Vladimir (and that burning bull!); awesome visuals. Also, the camerawork (the long sweeping arcs, the curiousity of it, the erratic overhead shots). Hard to take it all on the first viewing.”
-- mj
“Andrei Rublev, there's this one plan (no narrative role really) where Andrei and another monk are sitting in a tree in the rain, I have no real idea why this particular scene is so sad, but it is.”
-- daria g
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 22:11 (eighteen years ago) link
Anthony Perkins said one of the first things Welles told him was "Joseph K is guilty as hell!" I like it more than his other '60s films; it's funny.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 December 2005 22:13 (eighteen years ago) link
66. L’AvventuraMichelangelo Antonioni, 1960POINTS: 100VOTES: 4#1’s: 0
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 22:13 (eighteen years ago) link
65. Masculin FemininJean-Luc Godard, 1966POINTS: 101VOTES: 4#1’s: 1
“I thought Masculin-Feminin was brilliant and accessible, if you like the style. It's somewhat unconventional (though one of the best 'love' stories I recall seeing on-screen) in the camera's proximity - everyone's shot so tight, rarely more than a couple on-screen, there are zero establishing shots, very cinema-verite (I'd love to see the film Godard shot with Albert Maysles right before M-F).
Bonus points for having an amazing soundtrack (I doubt Chantal Goya's tracks from the film are available on CD). Check out the Rialto Pictures trailer (www.rialtopictures.com) - unrepresentative of the film itself but with one of Goya's songs.”
-- milozauckerman
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 22:15 (eighteen years ago) link
64. For A Few Dollars MoreSergio Leone, 1965POINTS: 102VOTES: 5#1’s: 0COMMENTS:“For a Few Dollars More. His part is brief, but unforgettable if you're a Kinski fan.”
-- Anthony
“Indio. What a good lad. Seriously, there’s something fascinating about Volonte’s portrayal of el bandito Indio – you can’t keep your eyes off The man. He’s a terrifying figurehead of violence and mania, capable of anything, in the Frank (Blue Velvet) mould. Also, Klaus mother-fucking Kinski! Ah, what joy – keep your eyes on his twitching lip when Van Cleef strikes a match off his hunch. One of the Top 10 scenes in cinema.”
--FIVE EIGHT
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 December 2005 22:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 5 December 2005 22:17 (eighteen years ago) link
Playtime finishing at only #45 is even more scandalous than the nonsupport for Chelsea Girls, the Masque of the Red Death and Kes; yet like 2001 it should be seen in a theater if at all possible.
I wonder what poster art Doinel would've used for Wavelength.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 December 2005 14:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Dude, you numbered it that way. (checks ballot) Oh of course, you were ranking by points, and I read it as positions. My bad. Luckily, your's was the only ballot done that way, so I can do a recount fairly easily. It will be up next week(and it'll be just a list-no pix). There'll be some definite changes in the results, altough the top 3 will stand. (maybe even the top 5.)
Sorry about the screw-up.
BTW Hobart, I got your ballot, but in the rush to finalize things I forgot to note the #1 on my rankings document. The film did get the 33 points it had coming though.
Once again I'm sorry about the screw-up.
― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Friday, 16 December 2005 19:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 December 2005 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― poortheatre (poortheatre), Saturday, 17 December 2005 03:14 (eighteen years ago) link
interesting list, overall.
― ryan (ryan), Saturday, 17 December 2005 03:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jibé (Jibé), Sunday, 18 December 2005 14:17 (eighteen years ago) link
1. Two films have been removed from the Top 100 in exchange for two others.
2. Two films have fallen out of the top ten.
3. The positions of several other films have changed.
I'll be back in a little bit with entries for two new members of the Top 100 and a list of new rankings.
― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 19 December 2005 17:53 (eighteen years ago) link
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00004RF9H.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
93.The Dirty DozenRobert Aldrich, 1967POINTS: 54VOTES: 6
― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 19 December 2005 18:42 (eighteen years ago) link
Not an especially interesting Aldrich film.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 19 December 2005 18:50 (eighteen years ago) link
92. The SilenceIngmar Bergman, 1963POINTS: 55VOTES: 3#1's: 1
― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 19 December 2005 18:56 (eighteen years ago) link
1. Dr. Strangelove**2. Psycho3. The Good The Bad & The Ugly4. 2001: A Space Odyssey*5. Breathless6. The Manchurian Candidate*7. Band of Outsiders/Bande A Part*8. Bonnie and Clyde9. Midnight Cowboy*10. The Apartment11. a hard day's night12. The Graduate13. Rosemary's Baby*14. Lawrence of Arabia15. Once Upon A Time In The West***16. Yojimbo*17. Jules and Jim18. The Producers19. Belle de jour20. Night of The Living Dead21. The Wild Bunch22. Persona23. The hustler*24. Vivre Se Vie/My Life to Live**25. Battle of Algiers26. Peeping Tom27. Le Samourai*28. 8 1/229. Point blank30. Au hasard Balthazar*31. Butch Cassidy and the sundance kid The Great Escape33. Branded To Kill34. Easy Rider35. Repulsion**36. High and Low37. Lolita38. Mary poppins*39. weekend*40. Help!*41. Don't Look Back42. La Dolce Vita43. Playtime44. Alphaville45. Bullitt46. Goldfinger47. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg48. Faster pussycat! Kill! Kill!*49. Breakfast At Tiffany's50. The Birds51. Cool Hand Luke52. The pink panther53. Contempt54. Carnival of souls*55. The Man Who Shot Liberty Val56. le jetee57. Yellow submarine58. Blow-up59. Woman in the dunes60. To Kill A Mockingbird*61. One, two, three*62. Tokyo drifter63. Masculin feminin*64. L'Aventura65. Andrei rublev*66. Z67. The trial*68. Billy Liar69. Shoot The Piano Player70. Pierrot Le Fou*71. For a few dollars more72. If…73. a fist full of dollars74. Barbarella75. Knife in the water76. Who's afraid of virginia woolf? Charade78. Bedazzled79. the thomas crown affair80. The exterminating angel Mouchette82. fahr 45183. Les Doulos84. Through a glass darkly85. Spartacus86. Planet of The Apes87. The Loneliness of the long distance runner88. Cleo From 5-789. A Woman Is A Woman90. Cape fear91. On her majesty's secret service92. the silence*93. The Dirty Dozen94. Falstaff/chimes at midnight*95. The magic chistian96. My Fair lady 97 A Shot in the dark Shock Corridor99. The Odd couple100. the fireman's ball
― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 19 December 2005 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link
Still, it's one of the better ones in which you can see Charles Bronson punch out John Cassavettes.
― Chris L, Monday, 19 December 2005 19:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 02:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 14:17 (eighteen years ago) link
http://citypages.com/movies/detail.asp?MID=4257
― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 23:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 23:22 (eighteen years ago) link
Where Daddy takes Tuesday Weld clothes shopping
Yes, this is a great/disturbing/wacko scene in Lord Love a Duck... which has a good first half-hour then becomes another desperate would-be-hip Hollywood comedy of the era. Not as painful or interesting as Skidoo, admittedly.
― Fuck bein' hard, Dr Morbz is complicated (Dr Morbius), Friday, 11 March 2011 02:31 (thirteen years ago) link
is it better than "Angel, Angel, We're Going Down"?
― corey, Friday, 11 March 2011 02:35 (thirteen years ago) link
never heard of this -- let's stick to the 'A' pictures!
http://www.idyllopuspress.com/meanwhile/1447/blogging-angel-angel-down-we-go-aka-cult-of-the-damned/
― Fuck bein' hard, Dr Morbz is complicated (Dr Morbius), Friday, 11 March 2011 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Watched the CC edition of Medium Cool over the weekend -- the Chicago police riot footage, with Verna Bloom wandering thru in her yellow dress, is a mindblower still, tho I'm mixed on the overtly scripted stuff. Nice single-scene role for Peter Boyle. Also adroit use of that Mothers song about "psychedelic dungeons" and fake hippies.
I guess it might do better than tie for 204th now. Even tho "Look out, Haskell, it's real!" was dubbed in later.
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 September 2013 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
Shirley Clarke's The Connection out on Blu-ray next week
http://www.milestonefilms.com/products/the-connection
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 February 2015 21:15 (nine years ago) link