― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:01 (eighteen years ago) link
NashvilleThe Long GoodbyeMcCabe & Mrs. MillerM*A*S*H
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:05 (eighteen years ago) link
xpost Yes!
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:28 (eighteen years ago) link
And please put loads of suggestions on this page as I'm positive I will forget many brilliant films.
Have we had a 1960s one yet?
― emil.y (emil.y), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― t0dd swiss (immobilisme), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― t0dd swiss (immobilisme), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:51 (eighteen years ago) link
Wrong Huston up there. The Man Who Would Be King.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 22 July 2005 17:57 (eighteen years ago) link
ali: fear eats the soul is soooo good.
― t0dd swiss (immobilisme), Friday, 22 July 2005 18:00 (eighteen years ago) link
Robert Aldrich's Vietnam western "Ulzana's Raid"
Jeanne Dielman
Bresson's "The Devil Probably"
Mikey & Nicky
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 22 July 2005 18:06 (eighteen years ago) link
Day for Night
Five Easy Pieces
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 22 July 2005 18:10 (eighteen years ago) link
Animal House
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 22 July 2005 18:12 (eighteen years ago) link
The Conversation
Manhattan
― jedidiah (jedidiah), Friday, 22 July 2005 18:19 (eighteen years ago) link
Millhouse (Emile de Antonio)*The power of montage!
Shaft
The Grande Bouffe (Marco Ferreri)*A much better (and less literal) interpretation of The 120 Days of Sodom than Pasolini's crappy version. Four bored bourgeiose men decide to eat themselves to death!
Phantom of the Paradise
Don't Touch the White Woman! (Ferreri)*What if general Custer had fought against Indians in modern Paris? Great surrealist fun.
Barry Lyndon*Definitely underrated.
The Man Who Would Be King
Small Change (Truffaut)*The best film about childhood ever?
The Tenant*The weirdest, most disturbing film Polanski has ever made.
Silent Movie (Mel Brooks)
Cross of Iron (Peckinpah)
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
The Lord of the Rings (Ralph Bakshi)*Loved it as a kid, too bad Bakshi didn't get the chance to make the second half.
The Adventures of Picasso (Tage Danielsson)*The best post-sound silent film I've ever seen.
Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo
1941 (Spielberg)*Spielberg's best film, also his response to Dr. Strangelove.
Life of Brian
Manhattan*Woody Allen's best, probably, though there's plenty to choose from.
Stalker*In my book, the best movie of the decade.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 22 July 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 22 July 2005 18:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― emil.y (emil.y), Friday, 22 July 2005 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― emil.y (emil.y), Friday, 22 July 2005 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link
oops. some of these have alrady been mentioned. oh well.
― kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 22 July 2005 18:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 22 July 2005 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 22 July 2005 18:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 22 July 2005 18:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Xala (Sembene) (now on DVD)Killer of SheepThe Go-BetweenBlume In LoveDog Day AfternoonThe Twelve ChairsWattstaxThe Last WaltzNew York, New YorkReal Life
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 22 July 2005 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 22 July 2005 19:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― darin (darin), Friday, 22 July 2005 19:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 22 July 2005 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 22 July 2005 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link
(out on DVD Tuesday or today if you're me)
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Friday, 22 July 2005 19:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 22 July 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― darin (darin), Friday, 22 July 2005 19:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 22 July 2005 19:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― emil.y (emil.y), Friday, 22 July 2005 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 22 July 2005 20:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Friday, 22 July 2005 20:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Kind and Benevolent Oracle of Dee (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 22 July 2005 22:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 22 July 2005 23:02 (eighteen years ago) link
I don't actually know if these will make my 20, but worth mentioning:
In the Realm of the SensesOver the EdgeThe Sugarland ExpressAcross 110th Street
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 22 July 2005 23:15 (eighteen years ago) link
Point being, you're making an awful lot of assumptions about people's range of curiosity and exposure based on what they put on a message-board film-poll ballot. While refusing, of course, to submit your own list for similar assessment (admiration or derision). I'd personally like to see your list, because there are probably things on it I'd like to see. Your mention of Sembene has already prompted me to add Xala to my Netflix queue. If you're actually enthusiastic about the art form rather than scoring some kind of imagined intellectual superiority points, you've got an audience here of people interested in movies who'd probably like to hear your recommendations. But that doesn't seem to be your aim. Being condescending about other people's taste and/or level of expertise is cheap and easy.
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 22 August 2005 15:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 22 August 2005 15:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Monday, 22 August 2005 15:50 (eighteen years ago) link
ONCE AGAIN THIS IS NOT THE FUCKING "SIGHT AND SOUND" POLL. WE'RE JUST PEOPLE ON A MESSAGE BOARD WHO LIKE MOVIES AND WANT TO SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE'S FAVORITE MOVIES ARE, TOO.
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 22 August 2005 15:52 (eighteen years ago) link
And just for damage control, I voted.(on any given day I could replace 8 or 10 of these 20)
(1) Chinatown (Polanski)(2) The Mirror (Tarkovsky)(3) Barry Lyndon (Kubrick)(4) Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Herzog)(5) Fox and His Friends (Fassbinder)(6) The Magic Flute (Bergman)(7) Nashville (Altman)(8) Xala (Sembene)(9) Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Fassbinder)(10) The Long Goodbye (Altman)(11) Amarcord (Fellini)(12) Tristana (Bunuel)(13) The Godfather Part II (Coppola)(14) Annie Hall (Allen)(15) Female Trouble (Waters)(16) Cabaret (Fosse)(17) In a Year of 13 Moons (Fassbinder)(18) Five Easy Pieces (Rafelson)(19) Ulzana's Raid (Aldrich)(20) Two-Lane Blacktop (Hellman)
And Paunchy, you need to be sitting on those hands. After you wash them.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 August 2005 16:07 (eighteen years ago) link
1. f for fake (welles)2. the long goodbye (altman)3. gates of heaven (morris)4. news from home (akerman)5. female trouble (waters)6. aguirre: the wrath of god (herzog)7. in a year of 13 moons (fassbinder)8. texas chainsaw massacre (hooper)9. that obscure object of desire (bunuel)10. claire's knee (rohmer)11. the last detail (ashby)12. up! (meyer)13. the devil, probably (bresson)14. nashville (altman)15. the conformist (bertolucci)16. in the realm of the senses (oshima)17. pink flamingos (waters)18. dawn of the dead (romero)19. shampoo (ashby)20. animal house (landis)
― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 22 August 2005 16:48 (eighteen years ago) link
1. Last Tango In Paris2. A Woman Under the Influence3. Aguirre: The Wrath of God4. Network5. Manhattan6. McCabe and Mrs. Miller7. Cries and Whispers8. Badlands9. Day for Night10. Jaws11. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie12. Five Easy Pieces13. The Last Detail14. Alien15. Patton16. Annie Hall17. The Godfather, part II18. Taxi Driver19. Mean Streets20. Chinatown
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 22 August 2005 16:53 (eighteen years ago) link
Aw shit. Like I said, I took that big huge list posted upthread as the nominee list. Oops.
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Original Jimmy Mod: Kind Warrior (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:06 (eighteen years ago) link
Come to think of it, why isn't Little Big Man on more of these lists? What's the matter with you people?!?
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:13 (eighteen years ago) link
I like the movie fine -- it probly works on me better than any other of AP's, including Bonnie & Clyde -- but there are sequences where the picaresque shtick works less well than others (the gay stay-at-home brave, Richard Mulligan as Custer). It's just not in serious contention for best 20 of the decade. Chief Dan George (in this and Josey W) is certainly one of the supporting actors of the '70s.
btw I spent maybe 15 minutes on my ballot. And am already rueing the absence of Maurice Pialat, "The Day of the Locust," etc.
haha, Bedknobs and Broomsticks is probably the first film I saw of all mentioned.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Monday, 22 August 2005 22:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 22 August 2005 22:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 00:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 02:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 02:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom May (Tom May), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 11:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 11:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 13:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Friday, 26 August 2005 02:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Saturday, 27 August 2005 16:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 27 August 2005 16:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Saturday, 27 August 2005 17:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 27 August 2005 17:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Saturday, 27 August 2005 17:16 (eighteen years ago) link
What does an ILXor think of Joe? I watched this a couple of days ago -- it certainly wasn't fun, and by the end of it I thought it was a bad movie, but it's stuck with me pretty well, and I think maybe it's a decent film without any sympathetic characters.
― Rock Hardy, Saturday, 5 January 2008 15:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Man I've wanted to see that movie for so long. I was under the impression that the characters weren't meant to be unsympathetic tho?
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 5 January 2008 15:35 (sixteen years ago) link
i.e. isn't it a "fuck these lousy hippies" rant?
Nobody's cast in a very good light. Even big-eyed baby Susan Sarandon is a fairly whiny weakling with her boyfriend.
― Rock Hardy, Saturday, 5 January 2008 15:41 (sixteen years ago) link
My picks!.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 July 2020 10:10 (three years ago) link
Cool, I've bought like five of those (which I have yet to see) in the past month, good to see my taste is in fact impeccable.
I don't think I will ever see what other people see in Suspiria, sadly.
― Why does this relates to Yoda? (Old Lunch), Friday, 31 July 2020 14:59 (three years ago) link
88. Illustrious Corpses (Francesco Rosi)
OTM; I'm slightly disappointed cadaveri eccellenti didn't do as well as possession (1982)
― oder doch?, Friday, 31 July 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
Maybe it's a measure of how hard it is to make a comedy that stays funny, but I note a distinct dominance of serious films in your list.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Friday, 31 July 2020 18:06 (three years ago) link
it's OK, OL, Suspiria is giallos are shit
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2020 18:15 (three years ago) link
The Driver and Apocalypse Now are both pretty funny.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
Giallo directors doing poliziotteschi are the best though.And since Morbz is here, where is The Night Porter?
― oder doch?, Friday, 31 July 2020 18:19 (three years ago) link
ONE of Bunuel's '70s films? And it's not Tristana? Away with thee...
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2020 18:34 (three years ago) link