au revoir les enfents
m hulot’s holiday
wings of desire
red beard
persona
8 1/2
la dolce vita
through a glass darkly
winter light
i would save dreams and ran till later, and you should watch yojimbo before sanjuro as the latter is the sequel to the former
tibertron can pipe in with more…
Wow, when did this thing get bumped?
thanks. i have 8 1/2 and wings on another list of things i keep meaning to add to my netflix list and la dolce vita keeps getting recommended to me. wings of desire was actually recommended to me by one of my college professors(not cinema), but i never got around to watching it.
I"m waiting on this to be on netflix, didn’t it win some awards?
ok, so here is the complete list of movies on my netflix list that could potentially do some major changes to my top 100 -
seven samurai
sanjuro
rashomon
ran
yojimbo
dreams
seventh seal
fannie and alexander
the virgin spring
old boy
amores perros
city of lost children
a very long engagement
ichi the killer
carandiru
red
white
blue
metropolis
m
battel royale
farewell my concubine
au revoir les enfents
m hulot’s holiday
wings of desire
red beard
persona
8 1/2
la dolce vita
through a glass darkly
winter light
manchurian candidate
miller’s crossing
taxi driver
raging bull
network
notorious
vertigo
midnight cowboy
nosferatu
the killing fields
deer hunter
bad lieutenant
dial m for murder
north by northwest
schindler’s list
the sword of doom
the cabinet of dr caligari
any more suggestions?
american movies made before 1960
Just for Best Supporting Actor…
What’s really cool is you can download the screenplay from the official site (recommended because it’s full of wordy economics/civics subject matter)
i’ve seen alot of those…
edit: truth be told, i’m a huge fan of american cinema made in the 60’s and 70’s…of all the cinmea i’ve seen, this most appeals to me…
Imitation of Life.
Somebody Up There Likes Me
The Bad Seed
Dial M for Murder
… And some other movies I liked but don’t know the name of
i watched ikiru today. i have not been moved by a movie ike i was by that in a long time. simply beautiful. seven smurai is next on my netflix list. me and my fiance get 5 movies at a time from netflix, usually 2 for her, 2 for me and one we both want to see. i can see one of my two slots being take up by kurasowa for the next month or two. amazing film, and i look forward to seeing his other masterpieces.
doing some research into criterion collection films - some fo the oop ones are fucking expensive! spinal tap, the killer, sid and nancy…
told you…
honestly, i am starting to respect your opinion much more pg. i think my ego got in the way of me enjoying some amazing pieces of artwork. going through the criterion collection list, i see sooo many films i have never even heard of that i want to see…
fry’s has a criterion section, everytime some employee asks me if i want a fry’s card, it becomes harder and harder to say no…
i know you like th gorefest movies, how are ‘flesh for frankestien’ and ‘blood for dracula’?
i am in awe. i have just witnessed seven samurai for the first time. my only regret is that i sealed the netflix envelope before watching the audio commentary…i am speechless at how amazing this film is. 3 1/2 hours never flew by so quickly. a true piece of cinematic artwork, a masterpiece of film.
you should always listen to the commentaries after you watch the kurosawa movies, it will double your enjoyment of the film
i will be picking up the criterion 4 disk kurosawa collection VERY soon, so i can listen to it then…
What exactly does “Criterion Collection” Mean?
i might hold off on that one actually. Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo and Sanjuro are all old school criterion dvds that are just ports of the laserdisc, are not anamorphic, and dont have any commentary tracks (the only 3 kurosawa dvds besides bad sleep well to not have commentaries.) I heard a rumor that they would be re-releasing these 3 dvds in better versions at a later time. I would still watch them from netflix though. Ikiru, Red Beard, Lower Depths are all good to go and Rashomon and Stray Dog have commentaries that add probably the most to their respective movies (red beard too, although that is a classic even without knowing all the background)
taichi - criterion is just a dvd distributor that focuses on foreign films, auteur directors and other classics. They put a number on the spine of each of their releases which spurs a collector mentality among dvd buyers. Most of their stuff is known for their superior image transfers and bountiful extras. Their dvd liscenses also go out of print which raises prices considerably for several dvds (Playtime, Salo, Spinal Tap, etc).
hmmm…i’m thinking i may just pick up the seven samurai dvd this weekend then. i really want a copy of it, and i have just enough extra spending money this weekend to pick up one criterion dvd…BUT i may pick up notorious off amazon instead before the price goes too high on it.
have you seen ‘i am curious’? i’m wondering how good that is…