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hey Sebastián,

welcome to the forum

I agree, I used to like Lynch/Godard/etc, etc and other "avant-garde" films, but now I just like good films :D

check out the DVD thread, lots of cool folks posting good films over there What DVD(s) are you watching..? (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=98357&goto=lastpost)

Blackboard Jungle
Cool Hand Luke
Cornbread, Earl, and me (introducing Laurence Fishburne III)
LeMans
Capricorn One
Jason and the Agronauts (i'm all about Ray Harryhausen)
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Knock on any door - favorite Humphrey Bogart
the natural
the outlaw josey wales
the killer
play misty for me
jacob's ladder

windtalkers, hands down, the best action film ever made

I'll probably watch the contempt dvd one of these days, with the criterion supplements

What? You have comtempt and haven't seen it yet, travesty! Criterions discs are so expensive. You could mail it me if you want. :D I'd put it to good use.

TheDTrain, not to be weird, but I sincerely hope you get further and further away from the likes of Lynch as you get older. I'm nineteen, and I can't believe I ever liked that nonsense — and I mean that literaly.

Having said that, my most favorite film to date is "Cinema Paradiso" by Guiseppe Tornatore. Federico Fellini I like too, I didn't like "La Strada", but I liked "La Dolce Vita" and loved "8 1/2".

The only Kubrick film I can honestly say I like is "Paths of Glory."

But keep "A Clockwork Orange" and "Dr. Strangelove" away from me.

Well, I don't mean to turn this into a philosophical discussion about art, so I won't go into why I feel the way I do about these films. But I suggest you read Ayn Rand's "The Romantic Manifesto" for a clue. :eek: — :lol: :lol: :lol:

Well, I only like some Lynch like Mulholland Dr and Lost Highway, I'm starting to dislike Blue Velvet, but I'm looking forward to his new one, Inland Empire.
Fellini is great, 8 1/2 is my 3rd favorite film of all time, 1st is 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2nd is Godard's Band of Outsiders.
I devour Kubrick. Paths of Glory, Strangelove, Clockwork Orange, The Shining, loved them all.
2001: A Space Odyssey in my opinion is absolute perfection and genius.
Never heard of Tornatore though.
I try to see all kinds of international cinema: american, italian, french, spanish, japanese, and chinese.
I really like Wong Kar Wai now. My dad knows a lot of people in chinatown, including an owner of a video store, so I get free WKW bootlegs!

DTrain, you need to checkout Chungking Express :beer:

it's not overrated (I was sure it was, as a "cult film"--fortunately I was wrong)


Faye Wong :love:

http://ashuraken.cocolog-nifty.com/sampladelic/images/chungking_express.jpg

2001: A Space Odyssey in my opinion is absolute perfection and genius.
Never heard of Tornatore though.
I try to see all kinds of international cinema: american, italian, french, spanish, japanese, and chinese.
I really like Wong Kar Wai now.
Darn, I haven't seen 2001—OK, I have, but I didn't pay enough attention. :o I agree that 8 1/2 is way way way up there. I think some people put it down just because so many other people agree it's unbelievably awesome and hands down one of the best films ever made, ever.

Unfortunately, I spend all my $$$ on bicycle parts and music, not enough on movies. I just watch a lot of TCM. BTW, you guys should tune in Fridays at 1 am (central) for their weekly foreign film. Yesterday it was a French film, I didn't catch the title. I've been wanting to watch the Antonioni trilogy (l'aaventura, la notte, l'eclise) but I get a feeling I'm not gonna like it. I've seen Blow Up, though I need to watch it again. I've read that with Antonioni it's a matter of watching it a few times to appreciate it.

Also, I watched Ingmar Bergman's "Autumn Sonata" a few months ago. Dark stuff, it really made me look at Ingrid Bergman in a totally different light. Still, I think hers is the all-time most beautiful smile I have EVER seen! I love the scene in which she plays that Chopin prelude, that piece is truly haunting.

S.

yeah, I used to own Blow Up--before "The Ziggurat VHS Purge of 2003"

I still don't know what I think of Antionioni, beautiful films, but aside from that I'm not a huge fan

I've only seen two or three though, so take that with a grain of salt

Mild film buff. Taken a film and writing class, am in my school's Film Club, and got the okay to retake the film class I already took since there's a new teacher and syllabus. Here are some favourites:

The Dead Trilogy: Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead (Romero)
Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums (Anderson)
Jacob's Ladder (Lyne) [One of the most important yet underrated Horror/Thriller films of all time]
Malcolm X (Lee)
Life is Beautiful (Benigni)
Star Wars IV - VI (Lucas)
The Pianist, Rosemary's Baby (Polanski)
Forrest Gump (Zemeckis)
Das Boot (Petersen)
The Three Amigos (Lendris)
American Beauty (Mendes)
The Baxter (Showalter)
Cool Hand Luke (Rosenberg)
Amélie (Jeunet)
Double Indemnity (Wilder)
Most films by Lucio Fulci

Zig, I can't find that in the guy's store, I've only seen 2046, fallen angels, in the mood of love, and his section from eros. Surprisingly, WKW doesn't seem to be that popular in Chinese culture. The guy had to search way in back just to find a copy of in the mood of love, all bootlegs of course. Which is totally illegal but no one cares.
I don't think they have Chungking express, though my dad did bring home a bootleg Mr. and Mrs. Smith, a week after it got out in theaters, lol. I guess I like WKW cuz I actually understand parts of it without reading all the subtitles carefully. I could just watched dubbed versions, but foreign films are so much cooler. :D

Everyone else, you all seem to be very knowledgable of film, so please make sure you visit my Fav Directors Survey thread and give your top 10.

I think I have the UK R2 version of Chungking Express. If I remember correctly, DVD Beaver rated that one the best. I think I have most of his major work including Days of Being Wild, although I still lack 2046.

The Dead Trilogy: Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead (Romero)
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how could i forget night of the living dead off my list, oops +1 didn't care too much for day of the dead though. i liked (nold) for all the undertones, brilliant work!

also not a movie, but the first season box set of "Night Gallery" there are a couple directed by steven spielberg great stuff-

thumbsup on jacob's ladder & cool hand luke.

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also not a movie, but the first season box set of "Night Gallery" there are a couple directed by steven spielberg great stuff-

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Rod Serling :beer:

rod serling yes the master, i remember this series from childhood, and having to sleep with the parents more than once-