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

boyfriends and girlfriends is indeed a banger. moments where the whole film seems to exist for rohmer to play with colour blocking using clothing.

Delphine is one of the most relatable characters in film to me - her reticence and indecisiveness, the way she shuts down or opens up depending on how she thinks she's perceived by the people around her, the hilarious awkwardness of the vegetarianism scene. Marie Rivière conveys it all perfectly.

The simplicity of scale is wonderful too, how much you can accomplish with such a basic setup.

Love Barry Lyndon, it and the shining were the only Kubrick I liked until I saw the early noirs recently

Rivière unafraid to be churlish too.

In addition to everything else it's a very funny film about Ireland in quotes

I prefer Hong sangsoo to rohmer

i haven't seen the green ray. let's look up a description.

"A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation."

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Noted.

I prefer Hong sangsoo to rohmer

― plax (ico), Tuesday,

Interesting comparison. More goes on in a Hong film as they also chatter about nothing.

It's funnier than that description makes it sound. Basically a series of aborted attempts to take a vacation when nowhere is good enough.

Judging by the list so far I definitely see how they could lose you at "woman."

Why watch a film when you can read a description?

There's action, too! She invents a green ray, which she uses to secure world domination as a super-villain.

re hong / rohmer. rohmer is def his daddy, but i think main difference is where rohmer was exploring the way cinema could advance existing literary traditions of narrative, particularly a sort of 19th c philosophical novel, hong is wrapped up in new possibilities of narrative engagement that can only exist in the moving image, and having the philosophy embodied in the structure rather than content.

I've been slow to check out Hong for the petty reason that so many of the protagonists seem to work in the film business, but I guess I should finally remedy that.

he's great

devvvine’s comment about hong / rohmer seems otm to me

<<"A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation."

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Judging by the list so far I definitely see how they could lose you at "woman.">>

Ha! Please let me know of the existence of any films that fit the description of nothing but "a lonely Parisian woman."

This reminds me of one of my favorite Simpsons exchanges.

Homer: You can always write a depressing Broadway play of some kind.
Lisa: You think so?
Marge: Sure! It could be a story about people coming to terms with things.

more movies about lonely Parisian women plz

Sorry all, Zing is refusing my post of #28. Gonna be an hour before I get back in front of a desktop.

is it 'Jobs'?

well since there's time to kill...

S tier: green ray, tree mayor and the mediatheque, l'amie de mon amie, marquis of o, aviators wife, last night at mauds, perceval
A tier: tale of autumn, reinette and mirabelle, love in the afternoon, claire's knee, suzannes career, pauline on the beach, astree & celadon
B tier: triple agent, tale of winter, tale of summer full moon in paris, rendezvous in paris
C tier: the lady and the duke, a good marriage, sign of leo, collectioneuse, tale of springtime, bakery girl

and appearance as 'the balzacien' in out 1 is, of course, essential

What does the S in S tier mean? I know it's good, but...

^^^Same Question. Shay d'oovre?

star, i've always assumed. idk it's a video game thing

Smasterpiece.

<<star, i've always assumed. idk it's a video game thing>>

Wait - what does that mean? A star is better than an A?

The Hague

Meh

Sound, Solid

Good to Great

didnt want to infringe upon yr trademark alfred

"s tier" has always meant "shit tier" afaia

Tiers are not enough.

Shittier than what?

(some zings from ILX's own Northern Lights right there)

I'm lost so I'll move on to say that this thread inspired me to watch Pierrot le Fou for the first time in eons and I loved every nanosecond of it, Belmondo's slip-on shoes most of all. S for Sexy Tier!

(xpost) Speaking of which...I think Cronenberg (and therefore Canada) is going to be shut out. I'd be surprised if he shows up this high.

Is there a consensus Cronenberg? I voted for The Dead Zone, but I don't see that placing how.

*now

Maybe Dead Ringers? The Dead Zone is my favourite too, but I didn't vote for it.

Yes, the consensus is that Crash is one of the ten best films of the 1990s. I agree!

re hong / rohmer. rohmer is def his daddy, but i think main difference is where rohmer was exploring the way cinema could advance existing literary traditions of narrative, particularly a sort of 19th c philosophical novel, hong is wrapped up in new possibilities of narrative engagement that can only exist in the moving image, and having the philosophy embodied in the structure rather than content.

― devvvine, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:49 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is a great post that only leaves out how much funnier hong is

xp Would have to be Videodrome.

Crash is solidly S Tier--silly!

I definitely didn't vote for anything named Crash.

Maybe Videodrome, maybe even The Fly. That's why he won't place--there isn't one.

re hong / rohmer. rohmer is def his daddy, but i think main difference is where rohmer was exploring the way cinema could advance existing literary traditions of narrative, particularly a sort of 19th c philosophical novel, hong is wrapped up in new possibilities of narrative engagement that can only exist in the moving image, and having the philosophy embodied in the structure rather than content.

― devvvine, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:49 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is a great post that only leaves out how much funnier hong is

― plax (ico), Tuesday, November 2, 2021

I agree -- terrific post.

I won't rank them on a laugh-o-meter, but Hong's humor is as situational as Rohmer's, maybe even more reliant on po-faced characters taking their addled observations as seriously?

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28. DOG DAY AFTERNOON (Sidney Lumet, 1975, USA) [901.25 points; 12 votes]
S&S: 418 | TSPDT: 286 | BOXD: 159

MORBS SEZ: "Watched Dog Day for the first time in eons on Friday -- really amazing neorealist texture, the quintessence of '70s New York (ie, better than Mean Streets or Taxi Driver). Possibly Pacino's peak, and I didn't realize Judith Malina and Lance Henriksen had small meaty roles."

search: dog day afternoon
destroy: the rest
― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, February 26, 2004 3:14 PM

dog day afternoon x10000000
― and what, Friday, April 6, 2007 1:44 PM

I rewatched Dog Day Afternoon last weekend and it is perfect
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, June 30, 2019 1:35 AM

awesome story, Pacino's best role, John Cazale v. good as well, shocking ending too.
― Ludo, Sunday, June 21, 2009 2:07 AM

Went with Dog Day Afternoon without thinking about it. Having thought about it, I stand by that choice.
― Gerard (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, June 21, 2009 4:13 PM

Dog Day Afternoon is one of Lumet's better efforts. Not saying much but voila.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Sunday, June 21, 2009 11:54 AM

Dog Day Afternoon is kinda a Marx Brothers movie for the 70s.
― fistula pumping action (sarahel), Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:50 PM

asthma inhalers in movies
The bank manager in Dog Day Afternoon has an asthma attack, I can't remember if there's an inhaler though.
― sandy, Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:40 PM

I'm enjoying his book Making Movies and how much he hates teamsters.
― flappy bird, Saturday, June 29, 2019 6:01 PM

had a Cronenberg film not yet mentioned ITT at #12, it will not place

i like Dog Day Afternoon fine but really?

Didn't vote for it--I think it really tails off the last half-hour or so--but I like that it's this high. Right there with Almost Famous for the best use of Elton John in a movie.