ILX All-Time Film and Morbsies Poll: RESULTS Thread for ILX's Favorite Movies, Films, Cinema, Flicks & Moving Pictures

was is

A goofy, infuriating, horse shit, awesome film.

lol was that a set photo or is there a colorized version of Touch Of Evil? Hideous!

very, very nearly voted for this in my main 25, it is absolutely great and leaves the other altman i've seen for dead

Colorized films: the original Photoshop filter.

Lol was thinking of how to say that, good job

(Taken from a lobby card.)

I feel like the first thing people unfamiliar with 3 Women need to know about it is the trivia that Altman dreamed the title, the actresses, and the opening shot and then made a movie around them.

That's the way to make a movie!

Conversely ...

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64. BACK TO THE FUTURE (Robert Zemeckis, 1985, USA) [728.55 points; 11 votes]
S&S: 490 | TSPDT: 290 | BOXD: 166

MORBS SEZ: "the hyperbolic hosannas for Back to the Future above are fucking insane. I do like Back to the Future. I also know it's imperfect and conservative, because I'm not 11 years old. The incest angle is the extraordinary thing about it besides, of course, Crispin Glover."

Doc Brown = biggest stoner IN THE WORLD.
― Johnney B (Johnney B), Sunday, April 11, 2004 2:01 AM

I love when he asks for a Tab and the guys like "You have to order something first!" That's such a small thing but always kills me mostly because I really like Tab.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, March 30, 2012 2:21 PM

only movie that is oedipal in both a funny way and a discomfortingly sexy way?
― Eisbaerg Slim (some dude), Friday, March 30, 2012 2:24 PM

The triumphalism at the end of the movie creeps me out; it's the nerd's version of Rambo.
― raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, October 12, 2010 6:27 PM

The city is a crappy cesspool with a bunch of closed-up stores and garbage in the streets and homeless dudes asleep on park benches (oh and BTW a black mayor who used to be a janitor) unlike in the 50s when everything was perfect?
― not Morbius old, but still (Phil D.), Tuesday, October 12, 2010 6:43 PM

the 50s had racism underage drinking drugs violence peeping tomism incestful lust albeit innocent incestful lust and manure
― conrad, Tuesday, October 12, 2010 6:48 PM

oh c'mon this film is totally silly and self-conscious about the nostalgic stuff. the porn theater is a gag,. there are two movie theaters at either end of downtown hill valley in the 1950s. in the 1980s they have become, respectively, a porn theater and a storefront church. which were two very common fates for single-screen theaters in that period. it's more a cinephilic gag than a political one.
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, October 12, 2010 8:54 PM

Needed more backstory on the Libyans... them back at the motel on the interstate, rolling up their prayer rugs, gnashing in anger at the Honeymooners rerun everyone's watching. What's their motivation?
― pplains, Friday, August 9, 2013 9:32 AM

I watched some of this classic today, and was wondering, is it ever explained how exactly Marty knows Doc and why he is like an errand boy for the crazy scientist?
― Nik (Nik), Friday, April 9, 2004 4:10 PM

Marty's clearly Doc Browns's bitch.
― hstencil, Friday, April 9, 2004 4:12 PM

Doc Brown made a huge fucking amplifier for Marty. It's not a one-way thing, he's not the Doc's MonkeyBoy. they're a motherfuckin' team, yo.
― g-kit (g-kit), Saturday, April 10, 2004 2:26 AM

Now that looks like a Wes Anderson thing.

Who's the foxy young new teacher on the left?

Who's the foxy young new faculty member on the left?

(d'oh, didn't catch the first send in time)

I doubt Short Cuts will make it on this list but that would mean two Huey Lewis appearances.

at the end of the movie Marty McFly, it's obvious, grows up to be Win Butler.

Like the shot of the music judges who say Marty's band are "too darn loud" - the other band lurking around in the scene appear to be the Manic Street Preachers circa 1991, who frankly are unlikely to get a better reception

subtle fakeout or...

Huey looks so good.

i've only seen 2 and 3 :D

tbh there were far more quotables on Part II than the first one

i even saw 3 before 2. doin' it right imo

anyway this placement augurs badly

Altman dreamed the title, the actresses, and the opening shot

...and got funding from 20th Century Fox later that morning!

the shots showing the gradual devolution of charles crumb's art in his sketchbooks are some of the most haunting in cinema for me, i think about them all the time

― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, October 28, 2021 2:58 PM (three hours ago)

same!

Anyone else prefer the cut with the Mancini music over the opening credits?

Think this came up on a thread long ago--I definitely prefer the Mancini opening. That music is perfect, and it was jarring when I saw the re-release without. The opening credits aren't that intrusive; give me the music.

I forgot about that, but yeah it was intense.
xp

like Silent Night Deadly Night, if you've seen the second one you've seen the first one

not even the best Zemeckis movie ffs

at least it isn't forrest gump

Not much is

not even the best Zemeckis movie ffs

― maybe these baps are legends (Noodle Vague), Thursday, October 28, 2021 12:21 PM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

which is of course death becomes her

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Nope, Brad's right.

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63. ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974, West Germany) [729.2 points; 10 votes; Morbs silver]
S&S: 86 | TSPDT: 142 | BOXD: DNP

MORBS SEZ: "make Fear Eats the Soul your next RWF film, can't go wrong with that"

It's nowhere near my favorite Fassbinder, but Fassbinder is the best.
― Cherish, Wednesday, September 11, 2013 9:36 AM

i once watched Fear Eats the Soul with my rather conservative, not aesthetically adventurous parents--don't ask why i picked that movie--and found out a few weeks later that my dad was still consumed in thought over it, to the point of telling his golf buddies about it.
― ryan, Tuesday, October 1, 2013 7:10 PM

i've seen ali: fear eats the soul a few times but embarrassingly it only really shook me when i watched it a few weeks ago. the emotions are just so searing and he shows how they fill up the politics and influence the politics. "starts with emotion and goes from there" otm. it's also specific to queer desire. all the brilliant little ways it flips all that heaven alows.
― crystal-brained yogahead (map), Tuesday, June 16, 2020 11:37 AM

Watched Fear Eats the Soul fairly recently and found it a bit - obvious?
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, September 10, 2013 8:41 AM

i always feel so alone in not really liking fear eats the soul. it felt so schematic, like once you 'get' the mirrored structure of the film and the point about racism and ignorance that there's nothing left to get out of it. except for that last scene in the hospital, which is one the best movie endings ever. so for that alone i guess i'd vote for it.
― slam dunk, Tuesday, March 18, 2014 12:46 AM

Fear Eats the Soul is teh classic. What makes him special to me is how he always managed to combine a very critical eye on human nature, while still working in a popular/accessible register. I don't think there are many of this kind around these days.
― The Emancipation of Baaderonixx (KERERU 4 LIFE!) (Fabfunk), Tuesday, May 31, 2005 1:43 AM

Missed thread title opportunity: Fear Eats the POLL!
― I Am the Cosimo Code (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, September 11, 2013 8:21 AM

the guy from fear eats the soul is totes mcgrotes hot
― ❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Thursday, September 10, 2009 12:17 PM

My first Fassbinder film and maybe still my favorite.

I’m gravitating toward the more overtly harsh ones as of late (FOX; 13 MOONS), but as crossover crowd pleasers go, this is clearly top level

Bitter Tears still my favourite i think

Can't pick one, although maybe I did. *checks*

I chose Beware of a Holy Whore. Better Ali than Maria Braun, though.

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62. THE MALTESE FALCON (John Huston, 1941, USA) [733.1 points; 10 votes; Morbs silver]
S&S: 490 | TSPDT: 258 | BOXD: DNP

MORBS SEZ: "Few books are filmable as is, and the only one I can think of that works brilliantly as virtual Cliff Notes is The Maltese Falcon."

the maltese falcon" was one of the first old movies i ever saw, when i was about 12: i remember i was so excited about it i repeated the entire plot, scene by scene, to one of my friends at school the next day. he wasn't very interested.
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, October 13, 2003 1:25 AM

There's actually a reproduction of 'the stuff dreams are made of' leering down from the top of a bookcase in my house.
― Michael White, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 9:59 AM

The Maltese Falcon is one of my favorite movies of all time.
― Pancakes are one of my favorite ways to party. (ENBB), Saturday, July 25, 2009 7:14 PM

'Maltese Falcon' is my favourite film.
― darraghmac, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 10:03 AM

The Maltese Falcon is my favorite SF film.
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:04 PM

I love posting with a man who likes to post.

The expression on Bogart's face as he watches (with admiration!) how Astor moves around the living room still pretending to be a meek demure thing is one of the best things in movies.

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61. AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (Robert Bresson, 1966, France) [734.91 points; 11 votes]
S&S: 20 | TSPDT: 34 | BOXD: DNP

MORBS SEZ: "I don't cry at the end of that one, tho, sorry. It is, after all, a donkey."

My g/f uses it as shorthand for bonkers crazy film buff doolaliness ('donkey movies'). Its appeal is totally opaque to me. If someone could explain it without employing mystico-catholic-transcendental terminology, I'd be grateful.
― ENRQ (Enrique), Friday, May 7, 2004 7:52 AM

i love the braying ass that interrupts the music during the opening credits of balthazar. who says bresson was humorless?!
― edb, Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:55 AM

Balthazar is a captivating character, but Au Hasard Balthazar as a film is hard for me to grasp
― Dan S, Friday, December 13, 2019 6:11 PM

During the film's last five minutes I just broke down. Even after having read about it for years I had no idea how incredibly heartbreaking and at the same time beautiful the ending would be. And this is in a film full of just intense, resonant moments, both beautiful and horrible. I really, in all my years of watching, loving and hating films, don't think I've ever been moved by a film like this one has and I can't stop thinking about it.
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Thursday, May 6, 2004 4:18 PM

the scene where the donkey encounters the other caged animals in particular is a transcendent bit of filmmaking.
― Darcy Sarto (Ward Fowler), Thursday, November 17, 2016 9:23 AM

acht, i got bored and switched it off about an hour in. i wish i had stuck it out tho, i love crying.
― jed_ (jed), Thursday, May 6, 2004 6:57 PM

funny how among all the recent commentary on this film, no one has thought to ask the donkey what he thought of his character.
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, June 20, 2005 10:26 PM

people voted for braveheart?
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Monday, August 30, 2021 3:26 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

More like Bravefart
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, August 30, 2021 3:49 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

now that i would've voted for
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Monday, August 30, 2021 3:53 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

Bray, Fart
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Monday, August 30, 2021 4:03 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

aka Au Hasard Balthazar
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, August 30, 2021 4:45 PM

100. ROSEMARY'S BABY (Roman Polanski, Roman 1968, USA) [620 points; 10 votes]
99. LA JETÉE (Chris Marker, Chris 1962, France) [623.33 points; 9 votes; 1 first-place vote; Morbs silver]
98. MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO (Miyazaki Hayao, 1988, Japan) [623.9 points; 10 votes]
97. SEVEN SAMURAI (Kurosawa Akira, 1954, Japan) [624.67 points; 9 votes]
96. MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid, 1943, USA) [625.71 points; 7 votes]
95. SHOWGIRLS (Paul Verhoeven, 1995, USA) [628 points; 4 votes]
94. ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011, Turkey) [636 points; 6 votes]
93. ERASERHEAD (David Lynch, 1977, USA) [636.9 points; 10 votes]
92. THE GODFATHER (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972, USA) [643.4 points; 10 votes]
91. LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (Alain Resnais, 1961, France) [645.82 points; 11 votes]

90. MANDY (Panos Cosmatos, 2018, USA) [646.5 points; 8 votes]
89. THIS IS SPINAL TAP (Rob Reiner, 1984, USA) [650.91 points; 11 votes]
88. JOHNNY GUITAR (Nicholas Ray, 1954, USA) [651 points; 6 votes]
87. THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (Victor Erice, 1973, Spain) [652 points; 8 votes]
86. A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (Edward Yang, 1991, Taiwan) [655.5 points; 6 votes; 1 first-place vote]
85. THE LADY EVE (Preson Sturges, 1941, USA) [656.4 points; 10 votes; Morbs silver]
84. CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (Jacques Rivette, 1974, France) [658.57 points; 7 votes]
83. THE KING OF COMEDY (Martin Scorsese, 1983, USA) [659.82 points; 11 votes; Morbs gold]
82. WILD STRAWBERRIES (Ingmar Bergman, 1957, Sweden) [661.5 points; 6 votes]
81. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Frank Capra, 1946, USA) [661.63 points; 8 votes]

80. CALIFORNIA SPLIT (Robert Altman, 1974, USA) [663 points; 6 votes]
79. UNDER THE SKIN (Jonathan Glazer, 2014, UK) [665 points; 12 votes]
78. THE WICKER MAN (Robin Hardy, 1973, UK) [668.5 points; 8 votes]
77. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (Sergio Leone, 1966, Italy) [670 points; 12 votes; Morbs silver]
76. DAISIES (Vera Chytilová, 1966, Czechoslovakia) [674.29 points; 7 votes; 1 first-place vote]
75. THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (John Ford, 1962, USA) [683.63 points; 8 votes; Morbs gold]
74. DAYS OF HEAVEN (Terrence Malick, 1978, USA) [683.63 points; 8 votes; 1 first-place vote]
73. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (Spike Jonze, 1999, USA) [700.6 points; 10 votes]
72. PIERROT LE FOU (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965, France) [705 points; 6 votes]
71. MIRROR (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975, USSR) [708.38 points; 8 votes; Morbs gold]

70. M (Fritz Lang, 1931, Germany) [708.67 points; 9 votes]
69. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1943, UK) [715.71 points; 7 votes]
68. CRUMB (Terry Zwigoff, 1994, USA) [716.63 points; 8 votes]
67. PULP FICTION (Quentin Tarantino, 1994, USA) [717.5 points; 10 votes; 1 first-place vote]
66. TOUCH OF EVIL (Orson Welles, 1958, USA) [719.33 points; 9 votes; 1 first-place vote]
65. 3 WOMEN (Robert Altman, 1977, USA) [725.3 points; 10 votes]
64. BACK TO THE FUTURE (Robert Zemeckis, 1985, USA) [728.55 points; 11 votes]
63. ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974, West Germany) [729.2 points; 10 votes; Morbs silver]
62. THE MALTESE FALCON (John Huston, 1941, USA) [733.1 points; 10 votes; Morbs silver]
61. AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (Robert Bresson, 1966, France) [734.91 points; 11 votes]

I assign it every semester in my class but haven't watched it since 2005 lol. Too difficult.

I like that in today's rundown there's two middle films in what I think of as unofficial auteurist trilogies in 3 Women (Persona ... Mulholland Drive) and Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (All That Heaven Allows ... Far from Heaven).

The Maltese Falcon's great, but I've been meaning to rewatch The Asphalt Jungle, which really impressed me the one time I saw it--that could be my favourite of the two.

didn't realize until today that Ali is an homage to All That Heaven Allows

Man the asphalt jungle is tougher than the maltese falcon by some distance iirc