Thread: Films, Directors, etc.

I'm sure there was a thread like this at some point, but in the interest of potential bandwidth cloggage (or does it really matter?) I'm starting another one under the pretense of an interest in legitimate discussion.

What are your favorite films, directors (of film), etc?

Do you want lists?

Directors:

Herzog
Wenders
Hitchcock
Coen brothers
Lynch
Del Toro
Miyazaki

Films:

Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin)
Alien
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Vanishing (Spoorloos)
Das Boot
Dawn of the Dead [1978]
Once Upon a Time in the West

Sure, and you could discuss the particular directors/films at any length, if you want. I've seen a few of your favorite films... I really want to see Once Upon a Time in the West. Of those directors that I know I really like Herzog. I've only seen "Lost Highway" by Lynch and I was seriously underwhelmed. I'm hoping Mulholland Drive will live up to the hype.

Directors

David Lynch
Jim Jarmusch
Coen Brothers
Ingmar Bergman
Quentin Tarantino
Stanley Kubrick
Terry Jones

Films

The Life of Brian
Eraserhead
Mulholland Drive
Fight Club
American Psycho
Dead Man
Big Lebowski
The Seventh Seal
Reservoir Dogs
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Léon
Taxi Driver
The Departed (I've watched the original chinese movie as well. The Departed is way better)
L.A. Confidential


http://rateyourmusic.com/~merkabah not all the films I own/have seen but, whatever...

Originally Posted by trbc08

I'm hoping Mulholland Drive will live up to the hype.

Mulholland Drive is even more awesome when you watch it from a philosophical point of view (Determinism, Stoicism etc.)

Directors:

David Lynch / David Cronenberg / John Carpenter / Billy Wilder / Woody Allen / Coens / more

Films:

Annie Hall / Big Lebowski / M / The Apartment / Stalker / Stray Dog / Sullivan's Travels / The Tenant / Made in Britain / Alexander Nevsky (though I prefer the score to the film) / The Killing / Plan 9 From Outer Space / more

Originally Posted by Trumpton Riots

Woody Allen

Oh my God, totally forgot about him...

Originally Posted by Trumpton Riots

Plan 9 From Outer Space

Epic movie.

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

Originally Posted by Iota

Eraserhead

Hurrah to that !!!

I've only seen it once, many, many years ago, bit it certainly made a mark...

I really like the movie although I don't really understand it. Lynch said there was a passage from the Bible that explains the whole movie but I'm not very well-versed in the Bible. Somehow this movie has some kind of aura or whatever that makes it so special.

Funnily enough, a couple of months ago I was thinking about changing my avatar to some obscure Eraserhead shot, to see if you'd respond after the Seventh Seal incident. Good to see it back, BTW...

Don't know why I didn't go through with it. Probably one of those ideas that only seems good at the time...

Hehe, Jack Nance looks rather weird in this movie.

I got it on my HDD if you want it. It's pretty hard to get in Germany since there is no licensed DVD on the market here.