Favorite Films (lists up to participating site members)

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Didn't orson wells do the radio thing with the matians invading that freaked everyone out?? In the thirties?

War of the worlds?????

[Abby Normal]

Didn't orson wells do the radio thing with the matians invading that freaked everyone out?? In the thirties?

[Abby Normal]

Apocalypse Now is fantastic to be sure... and I love Heart of Darkness (the Novella it's based on) would love to have seen what Orson Wells would have done with it....Heart of Darkness was what he wanted to do for his first film....but due to problems ended up making a film nobody remembers called Citizen Kane hahaha

Steadmund Brand

I think Orion wells is awesome. I would have loved to see him in the Brando part in apacoplypse now. And I love citizen Kane too!

[Henry Flower]

Apocalypse Now is fantastic to be sure... and I love Heart of Darkness (the Novella it's based on) would love to have seen what Orson Wells would have done with it....Heart of Darkness was what he wanted to do for his first film....but due to problems ended up making a film nobody remembers called Citizen Kane hahaha

Steadmund Brand

Not bad for a Plan B!

[Steadmund Brand]

Apocalypse Now is fantastic to be sure... and I love Heart of Darkness (the Novella it's based on) would love to have seen what Orson Wells would have done with it....Heart of Darkness was what he wanted to do for his first film....but due to problems ended up making a film nobody remembers called Citizen Kane hahaha

Steadmund Brand

[Abby Normal]

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders.... hard to summarize. Angela Carter meets Werner Herzog's Nosferatu meets Lolita meets my own prettiest nightmare.

Confession time: Not only have I never seen the documentary on the making of Apocalypse Now, I have ... never seen.... Apocalypse Now.

I've never really liked war movies.

But still, I know it's considered one of the greatest of all movies.

Damn it all, I'll try it.

its not really a war movie. and it is a masterpiece. as is the docu.

[Henry Flower]

Hi Henry
whats Valerie about? never even heard that one!

Ive heard about the jodorowsky documentary and his failed attempt. havnt seen it. wow that would have been something, huh? it would have been cool to see his version!!! ironically though I do like the Lynch Dune movie. I know, its a mess, but I still like it.

speaking of docus. have you ever seen the docu on the making of Apocalypse Now? one of the best documentaries on one of my favorite movies.

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders.... hard to summarize. Angela Carter meets Werner Herzog's Nosferatu meets Lolita meets my own prettiest nightmare.

Confession time: Not only have I never seen the documentary on the making of Apocalypse Now, I have ... never seen.... Apocalypse Now.

I've never really liked war movies.

But still, I know it's considered one of the greatest of all movies.

Damn it all, I'll try it.

[Abby Normal]

Ab I love all three of them! Excellent recommendations indeed. Oh my, how did I forget The Company of Wolves? As a teen I had such a crush on Rosaleen. That's up there with Valerie and Her Week of Wonders.

Santa Sangre is baffling and brilliant. A bit of a rarity. Have you seen the fantastic documentary on the never-made Jodorowsky adaptation of Dune? It's well worth a watch, really fascinating.

Hi Henry
whats Valerie about? never even heard that one!

Ive heard about the jodorowsky documentary and his failed attempt. havnt seen it. wow that would have been something, huh? it would have been cool to see his version!!! ironically though I do like the Lynch Dune movie. I know, its a mess, but I still like it.

speaking of docus. have you ever seen the docu on the making of Apocalypse Now? one of the best documentaries on one of my favorite movies.

[Henry Flower]

Hi Henry
Re your horror films- I haven't seen any of those films you mentioned, but heard about a lot of them. I am going to check them out!

I highly recommend these:

In the company of wolves. My favorite werewolf movie. A fever dream of a movie.

The other. Not the others with Nicole Kidman, an older movie about twins.

Santa Sangre. I don't even know how to describe this. Just wacky and bizarre and artistically beautiful.

Ab I love all three of them! Excellent recommendations indeed. Oh my, how did I forget The Company of Wolves? As a teen I had such a crush on Rosaleen. That's up there with Valerie and Her Week of Wonders.

Santa Sangre is baffling and brilliant. A bit of a rarity. Have you seen the fantastic documentary on the never-made Jodorowsky adaptation of Dune? It's well worth a watch, really fascinating.

[Abby Normal]

Some fine films mentioned on this thread. Here are some of my favourites.

Horror:

As Above, So Below
The Awakening (a favourite from my Egyptology-obsessed teen years)
The Blackcoat's Daughter (truly eerie, directed by the son of Anthony Perkins)
Lake Mungo (for some reason this actually terrifies me and I cannot watch it alone)
Let the Right One In
Onibaba (such a beautiful, unforgettable film, with some nightmarish images)
The Innocents (Deborah Kerr in a very fine, creepy adaptation of Turn of the Screw)
Don't Look Now (one of those WTF films)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (yes, I call it a horror, so sue me!)

Comedy:

American Psycho (well it made me laugh. "I have to return some videotapes")
Blazing Saddles ("just goes to show that you are the leading ******* in the state")
Lost In America (Albert Brooks is magnificent. "My wife and I have dropped out of society". "The Desert Inn has heart.")
Lost in Translation (so poignant it makes me vomit)
Midnight Run (Charles Grodin is magnificent in this film)
Step Brothers ("I'm Brennan." - "I'm Dale. But you have to call me 'Dragon'." - "You have to call me 'Nighthawk'." This film is one of my guilty pleasures.)
The Odd Couple (just a classic, untouchable)
The Rebel (Tony Hancock as an accidentally famous artist. Journalist: "How do you mix your colours?" Hancock: "In a bucket with a big stick")
Toni Erdmann (German film, 2016, very funny, brilliantly eccentric, quietly heartbreaking too, a masterful film)
Viy (1967 adaptation of a Gogol short story, featuring the most beautiful dead girl in cinema history)
Fargo (What a film!)
The Big Lebowski ("I can get you a toe!")

Misc others:

The Beguiled (Clint Eastwood original, not the remake)
Birth (the creepiest, saddest film, and Nicole Kidman is a vision)
Dirty Harry (just because, it's Dirty Harry, and has the best psycho since Psycho)
Ex Machina (help, the future is arriving!)
House of Sand and Fog (Jennifer Connelly at her moody best)
L'Apollonide (this is luxury)
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (I wish the world were really like this film)
Vanishing Point (The desert, the road, nude girls on bikes, a disappearing dream)
Contes Immoraux (Picasso's daughter as a very sensual Countess Bathory)
Fellini - 8 1/2, Amarcord, Roma
Tarkovsky - The Sacrifice, Solaris, Andrei Rublev
Lynch - Inland Empire, Mulholland Drive
Malick - Days of Heaven, The New World
Russ Meyer - Vixen, Supervixens, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
The Conversation (Gene Hackman's finest)

Could go on. Probably shouldn't. That'll do.

Hi Henry
Re your horror films- I haven't seen any of those films you mentioned, but heard about a lot of them. I am going to check them out!

I highly recommend these:

In the company of wolves. My favorite werewolf movie. A fever dream of a movie.

The other. Not the others with Nicole Kidman, an older movie about twins.

Santa Sangre. I don't even know how to describe this. Just wacky and bizarre and artistically beautiful.

[Henry Flower]

The Rebel was great stuff. "Oh dear, Mr Hancock, I do hope you're not one of those angry young men."

I'm very glad someone else appreciates it!

[Robert]

The Rebel was great stuff. "Oh dear, Mr Hancock, I do hope you're not one of those angry young men."

[Henry Flower]

Some fine films mentioned on this thread. Here are some of my favourites.

Horror:

As Above, So Below
The Awakening (a favourite from my Egyptology-obsessed teen years)
The Blackcoat's Daughter (truly eerie, directed by the son of Anthony Perkins)
Lake Mungo (for some reason this actually terrifies me and I cannot watch it alone)
Let the Right One In
Onibaba (such a beautiful, unforgettable film, with some nightmarish images)
The Innocents (Deborah Kerr in a very fine, creepy adaptation of Turn of the Screw)
Don't Look Now (one of those WTF films)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (yes, I call it a horror, so sue me!)

Comedy:

American Psycho (well it made me laugh. "I have to return some videotapes")
Blazing Saddles ("just goes to show that you are the leading ******* in the state")
Lost In America (Albert Brooks is magnificent. "My wife and I have dropped out of society". "The Desert Inn has heart.")
Lost in Translation (so poignant it makes me vomit)
Midnight Run (Charles Grodin is magnificent in this film)
Step Brothers ("I'm Brennan." - "I'm Dale. But you have to call me 'Dragon'." - "You have to call me 'Nighthawk'." This film is one of my guilty pleasures.)
The Odd Couple (just a classic, untouchable)
The Rebel (Tony Hancock as an accidentally famous artist. Journalist: "How do you mix your colours?" Hancock: "In a bucket with a big stick")
Toni Erdmann (German film, 2016, very funny, brilliantly eccentric, quietly heartbreaking too, a masterful film)
Viy (1967 adaptation of a Gogol short story, featuring the most beautiful dead girl in cinema history)
Fargo (What a film!)
The Big Lebowski ("I can get you a toe!")

Misc others:

The Beguiled (Clint Eastwood original, not the remake)
Birth (the creepiest, saddest film, and Nicole Kidman is a vision)
Dirty Harry (just because, it's Dirty Harry, and has the best psycho since Psycho)
Ex Machina (help, the future is arriving!)
House of Sand and Fog (Jennifer Connelly at her moody best)
L'Apollonide (this is luxury)
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (I wish the world were really like this film)
Vanishing Point (The desert, the road, nude girls on bikes, a disappearing dream)
Contes Immoraux (Picasso's daughter as a very sensual Countess Bathory)
Fellini - 8 1/2, Amarcord, Roma
Tarkovsky - The Sacrifice, Solaris, Andrei Rublev
Lynch - Inland Empire, Mulholland Drive
Malick - Days of Heaven, The New World
Russ Meyer - Vixen, Supervixens, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
The Conversation (Gene Hackman's finest)

Could go on. Probably shouldn't. That'll do.

[Henry Flower]

Hi stead.
Never got into the exorcist. Even as a kid it never really scared me. I think the portrayal of the possessed girl is so over the top that it seems comical to me. Cartoonish. i know it may be sacrilegious as it's considered a classic, but this is coming from someone who thinks night of the living dead and Halloween are two of the most overrated horror movies ever made.

And the whole based on a true story is apparently nonsense too, which just really ruins it for me.

I compare it to ammittyville horror, which is based pretty accurately on a true story (whether you believe there account of events or not.) I know it is more campy tone in general and overall not as artistic or well directed as the exorcist but that movie scares the **** out of me. The opening scene depicting defeo shooting his family to death in the middle of the night is the most horrifying and disturbing scenes I have ever seen. Truly terrifying.

And that clown doll scene, and the red eyes in the window, and the house, the actual house. And the realization the father looks just like defeo.Shudders.

If it had been written and directed only slightly better, I think it could have gone down as the greatest horror movie ever made. As it is it's still one of my favorites. Kills me every time.

Totally agree with every word of that.

[Abby Normal]

This Thread has been silent for a bit, so thought I would get it going again....has anyone seen a great classic that they haven't watched in years...or just had some films on their mind.. The Exorcist thread on Audio/Visual got me thinking about this again

Steadmund Brand

Hi stead.
Never got into the exorcist. Even as a kid it never really scared me. I think the portrayal of the possessed girl is so over the top that it seems comical to me. Cartoonish. i know it may be sacrilegious as it's considered a classic, but this is coming from someone who thinks night of the living dead and Halloween are two of the most overrated horror movies ever made.

And the whole based on a true story is apparently nonsense too, which just really ruins it for me.

I compare it to ammittyville horror, which is based pretty accurately on a true story (whether you believe there account of events or not.) I know it is more campy tone in general and overall not as artistic or well directed as the exorcist but that movie scares the **** out of me. The opening scene depicting defeo shooting his family to death in the middle of the night is the most horrifying and disturbing scenes I have ever seen. Truly terrifying.

And that clown doll scene, and the red eyes in the window, and the house, the actual house. And the realization the father looks just like defeo.Shudders.

If it had been written and directed only slightly better, I think it could have gone down as the greatest horror movie ever made. As it is it's still one of my favorites. Kills me every time.