Thread: Films, Directors, etc.

Originally Posted by Iota

Epic movie.

Have you seen Glen or Glenda? You'd like it.

No, it's on my to-watch list.

By the way, what's your take on Eraserhead? I somehow forgot to put it on my favourite films list...

I've really wanted to check out Ingmar Bergman... I found this guy on veoh that streams a bunch of older, sort of art house films... He has a Rainer Fassbinder film, a man whose work I really want to dig into, but it is in German without subtitles. Anyway, I think he has a couple of Bergman films. Are there any that you'd recommend specifically? He also has a film by Pasolini - I've seen his version of Arabian Nights, which was somehow both an enchantingly surrealistic take on the story, while being immensely campy in a charming sort of way.

Woody Allen is another guy that I want to look into. There are lots of films that I want to look into that I haven't had a chance to.

I've also noticed you can stream the entirety of Twin Peaks off of CBS, I think, at their website, for free. I will definitely take advantage of that in the future. Jodorowsky I also want to check out. I like David Cronenberg a lot... I've seen a couple of his feature films and an early short film he did. Very interesting stuff.

Sergio Leone is of course great, though I've only seen his "Man With No Name" trilogy. Another favorite is Kenneth Anger.

This is a hard one as i don't know all my favourite film's directors and other things, but here goes.

Favourite directors:

Jerry Bruckheimer
Paul Verhoven
John Woo (now and again)

Those are the ones i can think of and remember at the mo.

Favourite Actors:

Bruce Willis

Julia Roberts (i'd just like to add that if this girl wasn't so smelly, i'd probably worship her. Her acting ability is just simply sublime!)

The two main characters on CSI Miami and New York.

Fave Films:

Robocop
Pretty Woman
Faceoff
The Rock

Again there are more than these mentioned and of a greater variety as well, but i just went blank when typing this.

Originally Posted by trbc08

Anyway, I think he has a couple of Bergman films. Are there any that you'd recommend specifically?

The Seventh Seal, of course, and Wild Strawberries.

Originally Posted by trbc08

There are lots of films that I want to look into that I haven't had a chance to.

I find Netflix is a great way to do this. I too feel like I'll never catch up with all of the great cinema out there. But I keep a 500+ deep queue on Netflix to help me remember. They don't have every film I'm looking for but they do have most.

Because of Netflix I've finally watched classics like:

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Network, In the Heat of the Night, The Misfits, A Streetcar Named Desire, Bullitt and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three [1974]

I just wached "Blue Velvet" last night, oddly enough on television, uncut. Very strange movie, but I really, really liked it. Much preferred it to Lost Highway.

It's Dennis Hopper's performance that makes this film so awesome.




And Isabella Rossellinis breasts.

Originally Posted by Trumpton Riots

By the way, what's your take on Eraserhead? I somehow forgot to put it on my favourite films list...

Eraserhead is somehow a very strage film; probably the strangest film I've ever watched. I find the atmosphere Lynch creates is very frowning and oppressive yet fascinating or even kind of funny at times. I really like it but I'm unable to make head or tail of this film. I tried to make sense of the statement that Eraserhead was Lynch's most spiritual movie but I still don't know why.

I like movies I don't understand (at the beginning).

Originally Posted by Iota

It's Dennis Hopper's performance that makes this film so awesome.

Yes. There were some great lines/scenes with Dennis Hopper. I tried to study it from a technical point of view while I watched it as well, to judge Lynch's merits as not only a visionary writer but also as a director. The lighting was so damn amazing at some points.

Cinema is equal in passion for me as music. Why not create www.movie-discussion.com?

But I don't know much about the management of internet site so I can't start it. But this suggestion is serious if anyone is serious too...

So here are my top directors with one film that they are known for directing to help you :

- Lars Von Trier - Dancer in the Dark (with Bjork)
- Milos Forman - Amadeus
- Stanley Kubrick - Clockwork Orange
- Steven Spielberg - Schindler's List
- Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
- Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction
- The Wachowski Brothers - The Matrix

And My top Films

- The Idiots
- La Belle Verte
- Barry Lyndon
- Eyes Wide Shut
- One flew over the cuckoo's nest
- Schindler's List
- And too many more to list them all.

If I can make a suggestion for you all music lovers, you need to see Amadeus. This movie is a masterpiece about Mozart's life. It's not just a long boring normal movie about the life, career of Mozart. The story is told in a such a way that it have it's own originality, as Milos Forman always achieve to do.

And an other musical suggestion, Dancer in the dark. It's about a girl that progressively become blind as music become her world more and more. That's a great movie; it's the only musical comedy I actually enjoy. But it's not only musical comedy, it's only in part. It's more of an intense drama IMHO.