xpost, btw
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I always felt Johnny Guitar's reputation had more to do with the crowing on of the Cahiers set than anything. Only saw the movie once, years ago, and don't really remember it though.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Raise your hands if you voted for Shane, fuckos.
Lots of Orpheus doesn't scan, but appropriating totalitarian chic for a conception of the afterlife as chilling as David Byrne's has a lot of resonance. Maria Casares and her black rubber gloves is my idea of an enforcer.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
blaming Alfred for low Smiles position
???
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I voted for Shane. And I'm not ashamed!
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:56 (fifteen years ago) link
xp: cuz you didn't vote, right
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
(of a Summer Night)
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:59 (fifteen years ago) link
xxpost We'll be ashamed for you, Gukbe.
j/k j/k much love!!! (although ask whoever buys you gifts for the Boetticher box for whatever holiday you celebrate...I know I'm doing that!)
― Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 23:53 (fifteen years ago) link
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45. The Day The Earth Stood StillRobert Wise, 1951POINTS: 82VOTES: 3#1s: 0COMMENTS:“really enjoyed The Day the Earth Stood Still at the Paramount the other night. It was a double feature with Forbidden Planet, but I didn't stay for that. The actual Earth standing still part was pointless, but the main alien guy was captivating.”― Kenan Hebert
COMMENTS:
“really enjoyed The Day the Earth Stood Still at the Paramount the other night. It was a double feature with Forbidden Planet, but I didn't stay for that. The actual Earth standing still part was pointless, but the main alien guy was captivating.”
― Kenan Hebert
BONUS FEATURE
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
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44. ShadowsJohn Cassavetes, 1959POINTS: 83VOTES: 3#1s: 0COMMENTS:“And thus began a life of sin - Hollywood's not Cassavetes'.”- Kevin John Bozelka
“And thus began a life of sin - Hollywood's not Cassavetes'.”
- Kevin John Bozelka
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 November 2008 16:00 (fifteen years ago) link
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42 A. Diary of A Country PriestRobert Bresson, 1951POINTS: 87VOTES: 3#1s: 0COMMENTS:“actually, I just found a reference where Pauline is quoted as saying "Diary of a Country Priest is one of the most profound emotional experiences in the history of the cinema."if that's correct, I say she nailed it, and proves she was capable of real insight occasionally when she wasn't being lazy and switched on auto-schtick”― timmy tannin
“actually, I just found a reference where Pauline is quoted as saying "Diary of a Country Priest is one of the most profound emotional experiences in the history of the cinema."if that's correct, I say she nailed it, and proves she was capable of real insight occasionally when she wasn't being lazy and switched on auto-schtick”
― timmy tannin
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42 B. Gentlemen Prefer BlondesHoward Hawks, 1953POINTS: 87VOTES: 3#1s: 0“I do (predictably) think Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is one of the greatest films ever made.”― Eric H. “Rosenbaum called this a “capitalist Potemkin” and he's right! Where Eisenstein's editing offered a filmic correlation to dialectical materialism, the remarkable final track in to the Dorothy-Lorelei coalition exemplifies capitalism's repetition compulsion. And give it up for George Winslow who should have won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance as lecherous piggy in the making Henry Spofford III.”- Kevin John Bozelka
“I do (predictably) think Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is one of the greatest films ever made.”
― Eric H.
“Rosenbaum called this a “capitalist Potemkin” and he's right! Where Eisenstein's editing offered a filmic correlation to dialectical materialism, the remarkable final track in to the Dorothy-Lorelei coalition exemplifies capitalism's repetition compulsion. And give it up for George Winslow who should have won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance as lecherous piggy in the making Henry Spofford III.”
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 November 2008 16:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Now that's a tie if I've ever seen one!
― Eric H., Thursday, 13 November 2008 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Cassavetes did (a little) better later.I went for different Hawks & Bresson. (those 2 films tying is amusing, haha xpost)
at least Day the Earth Stood Still finished ahead of Plan 9.
It was a double feature with Forbidden Planet, but I didn't stay for that.
KENAN = DEAD TO ME
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 13 November 2008 16:18 (fifteen years ago) link
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40 A. Madame de.../The Earrings of Madame de…Max Ophüls, 1953POINTS: 94VOTES: 4#1s: 0COMMENTS:“The peak of Max's dolly. As knowing and sad as it gets.”-Dr. Morbius“The dance sequence pretty much defines cinematic magic.”― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain)
“The peak of Max's dolly. As knowing and sad as it gets.”
-Dr. Morbius
“The dance sequence pretty much defines cinematic magic.”
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain)
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40 B. On The BeachStanley Kramer, 1959POINTS: 94VOTES: 4#1s: 0
“Kinda corny at times, but (sadly) still not out of date.”
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 November 2008 16:18 (fifteen years ago) link
we will have to screen the Bresson-Hawks double feature at the ILX Cinematheque.
OK, that last one is a really WTF tie.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 13 November 2008 16:22 (fifteen years ago) link
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39. On The WaterfrontElia Kazan, 1954POINTS: 96VOTES: 5#1s: 0COMMENTS:“I don't care if it's too heavyhanded and politically suspect, it's the fulcrum of American film acting, and to diminish its importance is churlish. "You turned out very nice."” --Dr. Morbius“Nothing great about On the Waterfront excuses its director's naming names before HUAC, any more than his actions condemn the movie, which feeds on the experience without becoming an allegory for it. Those who would compare gangsters to the Communist Party USA imperil their own credibility rather than the movie's (and many argue Elia Kazan did both). For me, On the Waterfront is about what it's about: gangsters and dockworkers. Terry Malloy's painfully birthed realization that informing isn't betrayal if what you're informing on betrayed you a long time ago could use a re-airing in the "stop snitching" era, as corporations and governments behave like street-corner muscle and vice versa. His final walk is heroic no matter what haters say: It's about owning your place in a community even when power and peers have turned on you.”― Pete Scholtes
“I don't care if it's too heavyhanded and politically suspect, it's the fulcrum of American film acting, and to diminish its importance is churlish. "You turned out very nice."” --Dr. Morbius
“Nothing great about On the Waterfront excuses its director's naming names before HUAC, any more than his actions condemn the movie, which feeds on the experience without becoming an allegory for it. Those who would compare gangsters to the Communist Party USA imperil their own credibility rather than the movie's (and many argue Elia Kazan did both). For me, On the Waterfront is about what it's about: gangsters and dockworkers. Terry Malloy's painfully birthed realization that informing isn't betrayal if what you're informing on betrayed you a long time ago could use a re-airing in the "stop snitching" era, as corporations and governments behave like street-corner muscle and vice versa. His final walk is heroic no matter what haters say: It's about owning your place in a community even when power and peers have turned on you.”
― Pete Scholtes
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 November 2008 16:26 (fifteen years ago) link
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37 A. Bob le FlambeurJean-Pierre Melville, 1956POINTS: 99VOTES: 5#1s: 0COMMENTS:“Yay for Melville. A very nice print of Bob le flambeur played last year at a local rep--what a pleasure to see on the big screen.”― slutsky “Bob le flambeur - Nouvelle Vague before Nouvelle Vague (and a charming crime story, to boot!); still distinctly French (of course), but also has a tiny bit of Italian sensibility to it. Not perfect, but very close.”― Girolamo Savonarola“The first time I saw this, I stood up and cheered at the ending. I was at home at the time.”― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain)
“Yay for Melville. A very nice print of Bob le flambeur played last year at a local rep--what a pleasure to see on the big screen.”
― slutsky
“Bob le flambeur - Nouvelle Vague before Nouvelle Vague (and a charming crime story, to boot!); still distinctly French (of course), but also has a tiny bit of Italian sensibility to it. Not perfect, but very close.”
― Girolamo Savonarola
“The first time I saw this, I stood up and cheered at the ending. I was at home at the time.”
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37 B. What’s Opera Doc?Chuck Jones, 1957POINTS: 99VOTES: 5#1s: 0COMMENTS:“Do people dare to diss "What's Opera Doc"? Especially here, where we spend way too much time trying to obliterate the line between high and low culture, a line which Chuck Jones erased in the Fifties? And that's not even considering the editing or the light effects.”― B:Rad “I actually had no idea What's Opera, Doc and Rabbit of Seville were different cartoons, they blur together as one classic.”― Pete Scholtes
“Do people dare to diss "What's Opera Doc"? Especially here, where we spend way too much time trying to obliterate the line between high and low culture, a line which Chuck Jones erased in the Fifties? And that's not even considering the editing or the light effects.”
― B:Rad
“I actually had no idea What's Opera, Doc and Rabbit of Seville were different cartoons, they blur together as one classic.”
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 November 2008 16:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I can only assume everyone hedged their bets on "Duck Amuck."
― Eric H., Thursday, 13 November 2008 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
After watching What's Opera, Doc? again:
There's obviously something profoundly American about a Bronx BrerRabbit in drag reclining on a galloping fat horse to seduce a hunterwith a speech impediment, but I'm laughing too hard to parse it.
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Bugs is BROOKLYN imho
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
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36. Forbidden PlanetFred M. Wilcox, 1956POINTS: 100VOTES: 4#1s: 0COMMENTS:“Forbidden Planet, best movie of the '50s.”― DavidM“I love Forbidden Planet and its crypto Lovecraftianism.”― The Real Dirty Vicar
“Forbidden Planet, best movie of the '50s.”
― DavidM
“I love Forbidden Planet and its crypto Lovecraftianism.”
― The Real Dirty Vicar
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
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35. Throne of BloodAkira Kurosawa, 1957POINTS: 101VOTES: 5#1s: 0COMMENTS:“re: Throne of Blood, I don't think I've seen a better Shakespeare film.”― poortheatre“I love Throne of Blood. Not as much as Ran, maybe, but the austerity -- severity, even -- of the filmmaking perfectly suits the story.”― gypsy mothra “i finally saw throne of blood recently and it is indeed pretty damn incredible. parts of it (the witch scene, the ending) actually improve on the original. #2 on my shakespeare fillum list (after chimes), easily.”― J.D.
“re: Throne of Blood, I don't think I've seen a better Shakespeare film.”
― poortheatre
“I love Throne of Blood. Not as much as Ran, maybe, but the austerity -- severity, even -- of the filmmaking perfectly suits the story.”
― gypsy mothra
“i finally saw throne of blood recently and it is indeed pretty damn incredible. parts of it (the witch scene, the ending) actually improve on the original. #2 on my shakespeare fillum list (after chimes), easily.”
― J.D.
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
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― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:09 (fifteen years ago) link
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34. Nights of CabiriaFederico Fellini, 1957POINTS: 102VOTES: 5#1s: 1COMMENTS:“the scene at the end of nights of cabiria where masina is walking down the street while the kids are playing music and she gradually cheers up. that scene kills me.”― dave k“Still my favorite. Giulietta Masina was an angel. That’s all I have to say about this.”― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain)
“the scene at the end of nights of cabiria where masina is walking down the street while the kids are playing music and she gradually cheers up. that scene kills me.”
― dave k
“Still my favorite. Giulietta Masina was an angel. That’s all I have to say about this.”
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:17 (fifteen years ago) link
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33. OrdetCarl Theodor Dreyer (uncredited), 1955POINTS: 105VOTES: 3#1s: 0COMMENTS:“i just would like to say that "ordet" is such a stone-cold masterpiece and its brilliant. its slow, but so worth it.”― todd swiss“I'm perplexed as to why anyone would view Ordet as filmed theater. Just the scene where Johannes enters and lights candles early in the film is so steeped in camera movement and off-screen presence.”― Eric H.“I agree that Ordet (1955) is a stone-cold masterpiece. It does exactly what you expect but totally defies all expectations. I don't think any other film comes as close to wearing the label "miraculous".”― The Narwhal
“i just would like to say that "ordet" is such a stone-cold masterpiece and its brilliant. its slow, but so worth it.”
― todd swiss
“I'm perplexed as to why anyone would view Ordet as filmed theater. Just the scene where Johannes enters and lights candles early in the film is so steeped in camera movement and off-screen presence.”
“I agree that Ordet (1955) is a stone-cold masterpiece. It does exactly what you expect but totally defies all expectations. I don't think any other film comes as close to wearing the label "miraculous".”
― The Narwhal
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:24 (fifteen years ago) link
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32. Wages of FearHenri-Georges Clouzot, 1953POINTS: 107VOTES: 4#1s: 0COMMENTS?
COMMENTS?
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:29 (fifteen years ago) link
A fine gay film.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link
OK, who voted for On the Beach (which isn't even a good Chris Rea song)?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link
LOL. I'm sooooo not attending its double feature with Earrings.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:39 (fifteen years ago) link
French gangster flicks is an area where I still have so much to see!
I dislike The Day The Earth Stood Still Great robot, nice ship, but the thurst of the movie is so juvenile. Forbbiden Planet much better - clever and sometimes scary plot, impeccable set design, AMAZING soundtrack, Dr.Morbius is the perfect conflicted villain of the piece and it pretty much invented Star Trek too.
Much love for Shadows, Madame De... and Throne Of Blood.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:40 (fifteen years ago) link
I voted for it and Madame de...
So screw you and yr mother.
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:42 (fifteen years ago) link
OK, who voted for On the Beach (which isn't even a good Chris Rea song)?― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, November 13, 2008 5:36 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, November 13, 2008 5:36 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
I did (had it down on #5), and with no regrets whatsoever. The nuclear apocalypse is a theme I thoroughly enjoy in both books and movies. I don't care if it's corny - because yeah, it kinda is - I still think it's a beautiful and disturbing movie you can get thoroughly lost in, even today. (which can most definitely not be said about Chris Rea.)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
It's just difficult to believe anything's at stake when Stanley Kramer is directing Gregory Peck.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:48 (fifteen years ago) link
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30 A. A Man Escaped/ Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veutRobert Bresson, 1956POINTS: 110VOTES: 4#1s: 0COMMENTS:“ Bresson does his usual thing and 'something else' just as well here, which is what makes a masterpiece.”― Dr Morbius
“ Bresson does his usual thing and 'something else' just as well here, which is what makes a masterpiece.”
― Dr Morbius
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30 B. Ace In The Hole/The Big CarnivalBilly Wilder, 1951POINTS: 110VOTES: 4#1s: 0COMMENTS:“I will admit that it's got the most eloquent shot of Wilder's career: that great slow dolly of the open train disgorging all these scurrying curiosity seekrs.”― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn“it's a great movie, seems to be one of his greatest, more consistently dark than his other films, which sometimes have a saggy middle ground, a soft white underbelly. It always seems to me that he went out of his way to disown his flops, instead of waiting for them to be rediscovered.”― k/l (Ken L)“Ace in the Hole is the bleakest movie I've ever seen. Not a single likeable character. Even the trapped miner was a spineless buffoon.Loved it”.― Dan Selzer
“I will admit that it's got the most eloquent shot of Wilder's career: that great slow dolly of the open train disgorging all these scurrying curiosity seekrs.”
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn
“it's a great movie, seems to be one of his greatest, more consistently dark than his other films, which sometimes have a saggy middle ground, a soft white underbelly. It always seems to me that he went out of his way to disown his flops, instead of waiting for them to be rediscovered.”
― k/l (Ken L)
“Ace in the Hole is the bleakest movie I've ever seen. Not a single likeable character. Even the trapped miner was a spineless buffoon.Loved it”.
― Dan Selzer
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Peck is a case study for the effects of exposure to nuclear radiation.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:49 (fifteen years ago) link
That's it for today. I'll try to do 29-16 tomorrow.
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:50 (fifteen years ago) link
The Day The Earth Stood Still is admittedly a kids' film; just a better one than Shane.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Waaaaaaaay better results today.
Eric H. bringing the science! I bow to you, sir.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:54 (fifteen years ago) link
if GORT had starred in Shane instead of Alan Ladd...
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Pete, as a disliker of On The Waterfront, I was moved by your powerful piece of writing. Maybe I'd be 100% convinced if Abe Polonsky had won a lifetime achievement Oscar. And Wanda hadn't cast even more doubt on Kazan.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 13 November 2008 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link
And in the "ouch" category:
On the BeachCapsule by Dave KehrFrom the Chicago Reader
Stanley Kramer issues the final warning to Mankind, in a tiresome, talky 1959 film set in the shrunken aftermath of World War III. Nineteen fifty-nine was also the year of North by Northwest, Imitation of Life, Rio Bravo, Some Came Running, Anatomy of a Murder, and The Horse Soldiers--so guess which picture topped all the ten-best lists? You'd have to see it to believe it, but I'm not sure I'd put anybody through that.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 13 November 2008 18:11 (fifteen years ago) link
How'd Horse Soldiers slide in there? (Full disclosure: haven seen said Ford film.)
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 November 2008 18:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Some Ford freaks swear by it; others (e.g., myself) do not.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 13 November 2008 18:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw it recently; it's good, esp the interplay of Wayne and Holden.
Speaking of Some Came Running, there better be a Minnelli or two coming up on this list.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 13 November 2008 18:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh shit! I totally forgot to vote for The Cobweb! But I voted for another Minnelli.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 13 November 2008 18:19 (fifteen years ago) link
none of the melos, but one musical & one comedy here.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 13 November 2008 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Me-One musical, one weeper.
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 November 2008 18:24 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm not sure I want to know what this means.
― Eric H., Thursday, 13 November 2008 18:35 (fifteen years ago) link
What it means is I haven't seen the film in about 6 years.
ie, it isn't as dull as Pickpocket.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 13 November 2008 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Just don't go kicking the ass and I'll refrain from bringing up the Dardennes.
― Eric H., Thursday, 13 November 2008 19:38 (fifteen years ago) link