fave flicks
- Doreen Peri
- Site Admin
- Posts: 14539
- Joined: July 10th, 2004, 3:30 pm
- Location: Virginia
- Contact:
fave flicks
list yours here
"A Thousand Clowns" - jason robards... 1965?
"David and Lisa" - 1960s.... 64?
have you seen these?
yours?
"A Thousand Clowns" - jason robards... 1965?
"David and Lisa" - 1960s.... 64?
have you seen these?
yours?
- Zlatko Waterman
- Posts: 1631
- Joined: August 19th, 2004, 8:30 am
- Location: Los Angeles, CA USA
- Contact:
I like both those films, Doreen, but "A Thousand Clowns" the better of the two.
"Let's get back to reality"
"I'll only go as a tourist" sticks with me among Herb Gardner's many other fine one-liners.
"n.b: "Brainy History" gives the premiere year of the film as 1962, which do most of my film addict encyclopedias.
One web site I found, however, gives the date as 1965.
Three other favorite films:
( for right now-- I have hundreds):
"Dr. Strangelove" ( the finest military/political satire of the 60's--and probably ever . . .)
and
"A Man for All Seasons" ( Robert Bolt--my God, what a screenwriter!):
a "Shakespearean-level" beautifully crafted play put on the screen ( by Fred Zinneman) with restrained elegance. The astonishingly good cast, with Paul Scofield at its head, is hard to challenge. Even John Hurt as practically no more than a teenager is terrific-- Leo McKern, Orsen Welles, Wendy Hiller . . .my heavens.
"Bram Stoker's Dracula"
In spite of Keanu Reeves, this is my favorite version of The Count since Lugosi. Gary Oldman has both a sense of humor and a sense of eerieness in The Big D's role.
The reprise of some of my favorite lines from the 1931 version is worth it all . . .
( heavy Transylvanian accent)
"No thank you. I never drink . . . .WINE!
---Zlatko
"Let's get back to reality"
"I'll only go as a tourist" sticks with me among Herb Gardner's many other fine one-liners.
"n.b: "Brainy History" gives the premiere year of the film as 1962, which do most of my film addict encyclopedias.
One web site I found, however, gives the date as 1965.
Three other favorite films:
( for right now-- I have hundreds):
"Dr. Strangelove" ( the finest military/political satire of the 60's--and probably ever . . .)
and
"A Man for All Seasons" ( Robert Bolt--my God, what a screenwriter!):
a "Shakespearean-level" beautifully crafted play put on the screen ( by Fred Zinneman) with restrained elegance. The astonishingly good cast, with Paul Scofield at its head, is hard to challenge. Even John Hurt as practically no more than a teenager is terrific-- Leo McKern, Orsen Welles, Wendy Hiller . . .my heavens.
"Bram Stoker's Dracula"
In spite of Keanu Reeves, this is my favorite version of The Count since Lugosi. Gary Oldman has both a sense of humor and a sense of eerieness in The Big D's role.
The reprise of some of my favorite lines from the 1931 version is worth it all . . .
( heavy Transylvanian accent)
"No thank you. I never drink . . . .WINE!
---Zlatko
- Glorious Amok
- Posts: 551
- Joined: August 16th, 2004, 7:25 am
- Location: in the best of both worlds
- Contact:
zlatko, i have to agree on the Gary Oldman issue, most definitely.
for favourite flicks of all time, i have to put in a vote for a Tim Burton movie, gotta be either Beetlejuice or Edward Scissorhands because those are just too much fun childhood fantasy to be forgotten.
further votes go to...
Henry & June
This Boy's Life
and a Canadian flick, Hard Core Logo ... have you guys heard of this one? my roomate at the time was working as a front desk clerk at the North Burnaby Inn, and i swear i remember him telling me that the guy whose shift he followed was writing a screenplay about a band called Hard Core Logo. plus most of the extras in the movie are small 'C' celebrities from the vancouver music scene. plus it's just a brilliant movie that packs a lot of punch. if you ever encounter it, i highly recommend it.
for favourite flicks of all time, i have to put in a vote for a Tim Burton movie, gotta be either Beetlejuice or Edward Scissorhands because those are just too much fun childhood fantasy to be forgotten.
further votes go to...
Henry & June
This Boy's Life
and a Canadian flick, Hard Core Logo ... have you guys heard of this one? my roomate at the time was working as a front desk clerk at the North Burnaby Inn, and i swear i remember him telling me that the guy whose shift he followed was writing a screenplay about a band called Hard Core Logo. plus most of the extras in the movie are small 'C' celebrities from the vancouver music scene. plus it's just a brilliant movie that packs a lot of punch. if you ever encounter it, i highly recommend it.
"YOUR way is your only way." - jack kerouac
- Zlatko Waterman
- Posts: 1631
- Joined: August 19th, 2004, 8:30 am
- Location: Los Angeles, CA USA
- Contact:
Dear Glorious:
I'm glad we agree about Gary Oldman.
Have you seen the excellent Canadian film "Beautiful Dreamers (1990) about Walt Whitman?
(link)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101413/
Veteran character actor Rip Torn brings Whitman wonderfully to life in this film, which contains many beautiful and moving moments, as when Whitman cares for his mentally handicapped brother.
It's the best ( and just about the only full-length) portrayal of Whitman on film I have seen.
Zlatko
I'm glad we agree about Gary Oldman.
Have you seen the excellent Canadian film "Beautiful Dreamers (1990) about Walt Whitman?
(link)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101413/
Veteran character actor Rip Torn brings Whitman wonderfully to life in this film, which contains many beautiful and moving moments, as when Whitman cares for his mentally handicapped brother.
It's the best ( and just about the only full-length) portrayal of Whitman on film I have seen.
Zlatko
- abcrystcats
- Posts: 619
- Joined: August 20th, 2004, 9:37 pm
- abcrystcats
- Posts: 619
- Joined: August 20th, 2004, 9:37 pm
June Miller
Oddly enough, June Miller became a social worker in later life.
- Doreen Peri
- Site Admin
- Posts: 14539
- Joined: July 10th, 2004, 3:30 pm
- Location: Virginia
- Contact:
laurie, you said...
maybe it would be a cool idea to start threads to talk about specific films rather than just listing them like this
i'm enjoying reading what people like, though
i think you're right...I think the trouble with this thread is that we all have so many favorite movies it's difficult to pick out just a few.
maybe it would be a cool idea to start threads to talk about specific films rather than just listing them like this
i'm enjoying reading what people like, though
so many great films!
but here are some of my favorites, grouped in no particular ranking but by director.
bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers (ca. 2003); Partner (ca. 1968)
frederico Fellini's 8 1/2 (ca. 1960s)
ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (ca. 1957); Persona (ca. 1961); Wild Strawberries (ca. 1958)
richard Linklater's Waking Life (ca. 2001); Before Sunrise (ca. 1995)
woody Allen's Annie Hall (ca. 1977); Manhattan (ca. 1979); Love and Death (ca 1975?); Deconstructing Harry (ca. 1997)
bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers (ca. 2003); Partner (ca. 1968)
frederico Fellini's 8 1/2 (ca. 1960s)
ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (ca. 1957); Persona (ca. 1961); Wild Strawberries (ca. 1958)
richard Linklater's Waking Life (ca. 2001); Before Sunrise (ca. 1995)
woody Allen's Annie Hall (ca. 1977); Manhattan (ca. 1979); Love and Death (ca 1975?); Deconstructing Harry (ca. 1997)
I don't think 'Therefore, I am.' Therefore, I am.
a few more to add in there
realized my list was all male directors.
so how about:
lina Wertmueller's Swept Away (ca. 1975); Pasqualino Settebelleza (ca. 1970s); Love and Anarchy (ca. 1970s)
all the rest were fiction so here's some non-fiction.
documentaries:
ken Burn's Jazz
(sorry, cannot remember the names of the directors on these last two (different in each case) )
The Corporation (2004)
The Fog of War (2003)
so how about:
lina Wertmueller's Swept Away (ca. 1975); Pasqualino Settebelleza (ca. 1970s); Love and Anarchy (ca. 1970s)
all the rest were fiction so here's some non-fiction.
documentaries:
ken Burn's Jazz
(sorry, cannot remember the names of the directors on these last two (different in each case) )
The Corporation (2004)
The Fog of War (2003)
I don't think 'Therefore, I am.' Therefore, I am.
- Dave The Dov
- Posts: 2257
- Joined: September 3rd, 2004, 7:22 pm
- Location: Madison Wisconsin which is right here
- Contact:
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 7 guests