Sigh of relief--I thought your first paragraph was setting up Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles or something. (Which I like fine!)
― clemenza, Thursday, 11 July 2013 14:43 (ten years ago) link
first three BournesDazed & ConfusedWonder Boys
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 11 July 2013 14:45 (ten years ago) link
xpost
Heh. Still never seen that one, though I have watched La Chambre, which I assume is something like Jeanne Dielman at like 1/20 the length. One day...
― The Butthurt Locker (cryptosicko), Thursday, 11 July 2013 14:47 (ten years ago) link
Don't really have many of these, but La Dolce Vita is sort of endlessly warm and inviting. Seem to return to Les Amants du Pont-Neuf, Chocolat (the Claire Denis one) and Kusturica's Underground a lot too.
― Me So Hormetic (Sanpaku), Thursday, 11 July 2013 15:17 (ten years ago) link
denis's chocolat otm
― clouds, Thursday, 11 July 2013 15:19 (ten years ago) link
The Station Agent, because it was shot just down the street from my childhood home, which is a place that I am extremely attached to.
― Evan, Thursday, 11 July 2013 15:40 (ten years ago) link
that is a lovely movie, I like the Station Agent a lot
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 11 July 2013 16:31 (ten years ago) link
collateraldead manblade runnerl'avventuracasinorussian arkfear and loathing in las vegaseureka (aoyama)heatandrei rublevchinatown
― the most promising US ilxor has thrown the TOWEL IN (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 11 July 2013 16:35 (ten years ago) link
i know where i'm going!
― clouds, Thursday, 11 July 2013 16:58 (ten years ago) link
Last night I needed a few beers and 90 minutes of comfort. Looked on my VHS shelf and discovered I had taped Coney Island (Betty Grable, 1943) off AMC years ago, even labelled it, and then never watched it. My night was made.
― Laws, yes! M-O-O-N spells (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 11 July 2013 17:04 (ten years ago) link
i think i do associate t.v. with comfort more. from when i was little and i would watch i love lucy every day for what seemed like years. so many shows like that. gilmore girls would be a more modern example. kinda perfect for me and i can re-watch anytime. and when me and the kids watched avatar all the way through cyrus became a little obsessed and would watch episodes over and over and i liked having them on. the kids were/are like that with futurama and now i kinda just like hearing it in the house. but obviously there were movies i watched over and over and never got tired of. they always made me feel okay. blade runner, over the edge (my fave movie ever), king of new york, housekeeping, ruby in paradise, safe (i know, but it soothed me), days of heaven. lots more. i've probably seen days of heaven 100 times. i've seen the movie BUG a hundred times! i was obsessed with that movie. i would watch it every day for a while back in the old days.
i don't watch them much anymore though. the ones i've seen so many times. i want to see too many other things that i haven't seen yet. i know those movies by heart. Five Corners! i've seen that movie so many times. neflix t.v. thing has kinda become my perfect outlet. gotta say. as far as comfort goes. its just too easy and addictive. can't wait for the new prison series! still probably should finish watching breaking bad. comforting in its itchy way.
― scott seward, Thursday, 11 July 2013 17:21 (ten years ago) link
I know ILX hates The Ice Storm but it's like a handful of Vicodin to me
― READY 4 CONFETTI (rip van wanko), Thursday, 11 July 2013 17:24 (ten years ago) link
snowy movies are TOTAL comfort for me. i just bought a kate beckinsale snow movie simply for the snow.
― scott seward, Thursday, 11 July 2013 17:29 (ten years ago) link
forgot about the snow...
groundhog dayblack narcissus
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 11 July 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link
Stealing Beauty is an annual late spring viewing for me. Anything with Peter Falk is good for dulling creeping anxiety, especially The Brinks Job.
― viacom dios, Thursday, 11 July 2013 17:36 (ten years ago) link
Columbo is prime comfort viewing for me, yes.
― The Butthurt Locker (cryptosicko), Thursday, 11 July 2013 17:51 (ten years ago) link
started watching Emergency! on netflix with Cyrus. really brings me back. i loved that show. again, probably seen every episode 5 times. i kinda want to watch all the episodes of all creatures great & small on netflix. feel like that would be comforting.
― scott seward, Thursday, 11 July 2013 17:54 (ten years ago) link
Ice Storm for me too, especially a couple of years ago when I watched it a number of times.
― clemenza, Thursday, 11 July 2013 18:59 (ten years ago) link
eureka would be cool to have playing in the kitchen while you slow-cooked a side of ham or something
― szarkasm (schlump), Thursday, 11 July 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
wayne's worldmy neighbor totorowrath of khan
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:07 (ten years ago) link
TootsieHusbands and WivesThe Lady EveThe Discreet Charm...
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
damn u Brits listing films that aren't on DVD here
i remember Andrew Sarris saying regretfully about Casablanca in an interview, "I've seen it too much." An outdated concept I guess.
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:16 (ten years ago) link
New Additions:
the Whit Stillman quartet (If I watch one, the others will soon follow)
I was in the hospital late last year, and upon my release, I weaned myself back into the habit of watching dvds by looking at music stuff like "The Old Grey Whistle Test" and Urgh! A Music War. If that's not comfort, I don't know what is.
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:30 (ten years ago) link
Watched The Ice Storm tonight--very comforting.
― clemenza, Friday, 12 July 2013 03:25 (ten years ago) link
repo manexcaliburthe thin man (etc.)spirited awayprincess mononokegroundhog daykung-fu hustlered desertrosencrantz & guildenstern are deaddunehellboy 2lost highwaymy man godfrey9 to 5the philadelphia storyblade runnereyes wide shutthe thingduck soupzeligrushmorefinding nemochungking expressplaytimephenomenastrangers on a traino brother where art thoubarbarellastar warsnight of the hunterthree crowns of the sailorwhere the wild things arethe red shoescrouching tiger hidden dragon48 hoursharry potter 3raiders of the lost arkkey largo
― twerking for obvious reasons (contenderizer), Friday, 12 July 2013 04:54 (ten years ago) link
fantastic planetscott pilgriman american werewolf in london
[sound of list-spieling maniac forcefully dragged offstage)
― twerking for obvious reasons (contenderizer), Friday, 12 July 2013 04:57 (ten years ago) link
andrew sarris is dead, that concept is literally outdated xps
― what a wonderful url (Matt P), Friday, 12 July 2013 05:19 (ten years ago) link
you know who else is dead? pauline kael.
― what a wonderful url (Matt P), Friday, 12 July 2013 05:20 (ten years ago) link
just ctrl+f'd a league of their own and space balls and wtf
― Z S, Friday, 12 July 2013 05:22 (ten years ago) link
Star Trek 6, so much
― chinavision!, Friday, 12 July 2013 05:24 (ten years ago) link
rio bravo otm for hangovers, though as i've gotten older & hangovers more brutal i've moved onto stronger stuff, like donovan's reef
― discreet, Friday, 12 July 2013 05:25 (ten years ago) link
yeah rio bravo awesome
league of their own otm
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 12 July 2013 05:26 (ten years ago) link
Dirty Harry moviesManhattanBullittThe French connectionSerpicoHannah and her sistersLe rayon vertLawrence of Arabia
I like **locations**
― chinavision!, Friday, 12 July 2013 05:29 (ten years ago) link
Oh yeah sunset boulevard and pulp fiction for LA
― chinavision!, Friday, 12 July 2013 05:30 (ten years ago) link
Eh I'm thinking of so much more now: hitchcocks, John carpenter stuff, probably blade runner to some extent. This can't be interesting to anyone besides me to list though.
― chinavision!, Friday, 12 July 2013 05:34 (ten years ago) link
yeah i think the idea is it's a small, personal list of something you've watched over & over (& over & over) (when wistful or drunk etc)
not a list of like 30 movies you've seen a couple times each & remember fondly or whatever
― discreet, Friday, 12 July 2013 05:39 (ten years ago) link
sorry for comfort policing, carry on
― discreet, Friday, 12 July 2013 05:48 (ten years ago) link
Forgot the ultimate for me:Tombstone
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 12 July 2013 06:04 (ten years ago) link
i used to watch "in the mood for love" specifically to put me to sleep when i was having trouble sleeping. what's up with that? i even like wong kar-wai. but for whatever reason that one just did it for me.
i think once i actually finished it, but i can hardly remember what happens in it. i guess i was pretty groggy.
― ace snood (fennel cartwright), Friday, 12 July 2013 06:05 (ten years ago) link
I will never tire of Dana Delany, Wyatt Earp fucking with chubby bearded Billy Bob Thornton and Val Kilmer's finest hour.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 12 July 2013 06:05 (ten years ago) link
tbh there are certain favorite movies i resist visiting too often, just because i'm afraid of getting sick of them and i enjoy having them feel fresh again when i do watch them. but there are plenty more that i can throw on any time -- i can't imagine burning out on 'his girl friday' unless i was watching it every week or something.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 12 July 2013 06:08 (ten years ago) link
fallen angels 4 me
― 乒乓, Friday, 12 July 2013 06:42 (ten years ago) link
yeah i think the idea is it's a small, personal list of something you've watched over & over ... not a list of like 30 movies you've seen a couple times each & remember fondly or whatever
― discreet, Thursday, July 11, 2013 10:39 PM (Yesterday)
i know, but it was midnight, i'd been working since 4am, more than a little loopy
― twerking for obvious reasons (contenderizer), Friday, 12 July 2013 12:15 (ten years ago) link
back to metroplitan as we speak.ahh didn't list that above, but I watch it so much!!
― chinavision!, Saturday, 13 July 2013 04:15 (ten years ago) link
fallen angels otm
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 13 July 2013 04:36 (ten years ago) link
french connectiontrading placesmidnight rundawn of the dead clockwisestan brakhage anthology vol 1 disc 2personathe broodits a mad mad mad worldceline and julie go boating
― Ward Fowler, Saturday, 13 July 2013 10:13 (ten years ago) link
Whatever is good that is repeated endlessly on ITV2/4.
Unfortunately its not Andrei Rublev but I'll settle for Escape from New York. More than good enough.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 13 July 2013 10:17 (ten years ago) link
how can french connection be a comfort movie to anyone, it's so grim & noisy
― zvookster, Saturday, 13 July 2013 13:38 (ten years ago) link
It looks cool and beautiful and I like to watch it a lot when I have nothing better to do. comfort movies can be loud.
― chinavision!, Saturday, 13 July 2013 13:45 (ten years ago) link