amateurist, i have a question,

But I won't say that because "just don't get" is a difficult accusation to substantiate.

Maybe I'll say that I get the impression people are too quick to dismiss it and/or view it very cynically.

But maybe I'm wrong!

re. caterbury tale: the powell & pressburger one from...er...1943? 1942?

re. carmen jones: based on the hammerstein black-cast musical which was based on bizet's opera (which was based on merimee's short story). starring dorothy dandridge and harry belafonte (both beautiful), directed by otto preminger. for some lucid thoughts on this movie see v.f. perkins, 'film as film.' (though it hasn't received much more critical notice.)

re. melodramas: i don't know, i like big outsized emotions put across with integrity. i like to cry at the movies. re. leave her to heaven, i like john stahl's strange hard-edged lighting, rusty colors, and deep focus. also gene tierney. creepy implied incest subplots are always good. see also: preminger's angel face w/jean simmons and robert mitchum.

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Least favorite:
Donnie Darko
The Santa Clause
Mulholland Dr.
Ruby
Harlem Nights
The Fan
Kundun
Mission To Mars
Jerry Springer - Ringmaster
The Sting

like one where he plays antonio gaudi?

the buildings in the 'fountainhead' movie are gloriously ugly, though.

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1. the santa clause - judge reinhold is a big needledick and tim allen clowns his sweater

2. die hard 2 - when bruce willis figures out that dude from good times was firing blanks at the terrorists, also willis vs sipowicz, also dude from law & order as the frog-like air traffic controller

3. scream - all the movie horror nerd stuff and also the fonz saying 'your havoc-inducing, thieving, whoring generation disgusts me'

4. 8mm - ok this one is kinda bad but cmon lots of good stuff- funny dialogue, its well filmed, joaquin phoenix and tony soprano and nic cage bein squirmy, i will watch any nicolas cage movie and especially shitty fake noir ones

5. mission to mars - gary sinise astronaut bbq

My list remains the same I think:

8 1/2
2001: A Space Odyssey
In The Mood for Love
It's a Wonderful Life
Last Year at Marienbad
Top Secret!
The Night Porter
West Side Story
Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo
Apocalypse Now

1. nic cage
2. jeff goldblum
3. martin lawrence

# Aguirre: The Wrath of God
# Sunrise
# Shortcuts
# La Dolce Vita
# Yi Yi
# Wings of Desire
# Fitzcarraldo
# 8 1/2
# Andrei Rublyov
# M
# The Night of the Hunter
# A Woman Under the Influence
# The Thin Red Line
# In the Mood for Love
# Double Indemnity
# Taxi Driver
# The Third Man
# Gertrud
# Trois couleurs: Rouge
# Flowers of Shanghi

the messenger: story of joan of arc
i also hate kubrick, especially a clockwork orange, but not dr. strangelove
the "i am curious" films from sweden or norway are sooooo boring and bad.

i could write a book on why the dreamers is a terrible film. some key points include how trite the dialogue is, the unneeded nudity, the terribly shot ending, how the film focuses on films that are 1,000,000 times better than the dreamers actually is. etc.

e you've seen cage's japanese ads right?? they are a must

Which was on TCM about.... oh, two hours ago.

The Getaway
How High
Crimes and Misdemeanors
A Day At The Races
The Iron Cross
Day of the Dead
Godfather II
The Thing
The 39 Steps
Dog Day Afternoon
Glengary Glen Ross
Nashville
Time and Tide
The Thin Man
Celine and Julie Go Boating
The Queen of the Damned

(The "nah, i can't list *that* and besides it's tired now and I wouldn't really want to see it again" factor precludes at the least Heathers and Office Space)

This has been on IFC constantly lately.

"A strange man defecated on my sister."
"Why?"
"Is there any answer I could give you that would be satisfactory?"

eh?

What's going on at the beginning of this thread?

IIRC anthony easton asked me to start a thread where he could ask me for advice!

i know. it was a long time ago!

back to cooking...

I think some time stamps got messed up - I remember this coming up when searching for "earliest mentions of..." when some things were mentioned before it was possible (e.g. people talking about bands that hadn't formed yet).

But then, I thought that happened with whole threads, not just some posts, so I dunno. It all seems a bit strange.

also i'm kind of embarrassed when this thread is revived and i apologize for it (it wasn't me!) :) :(

At least you have a thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzbDhE5_YbM

Sorry. I abandoned that post and thought I had just closed the tab, hadn't realized I had posted it. There is no content behind it.