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Re: 10 Greatest Films
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04/19/05 07:04 PM
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1. Two or Three Things I Know About Her
2. Mon Oncle d'Amerique
3. Days of Heaven
4. Greed
5. A Woman Under the Influence
6. Short Cuts
7. Breathless
8. Duck Soup
9. Love Streams
10. Chelsea Girls
Two from Godard and Cassavetes. Resnais and Altman both have one in the top 10 and another in the top 15, or so.
Citizen Kane would probably be 11 or 12.
Thug
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Re: 10 Greatest Films
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04/19/05 07:31 PM
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Originally posted by Don Vercetti:
Thug, is A Woman Under the Influence a musical? I'm surprised there's no Dekalog there. :p It's certainly not a musical, in any way, shape, or form. Haven't you heard of it? It's a shame Cassavetes is such an unbelievably underrated director; I'd easily rank him in the ten best of all time, and perhaps the only American director who can compete with him is Kubrick (Hitchcock is British, whether his films are or not). Cassavetes is known mostly for his acting today, starring in such films as The Dirty Dozen and Rosemary's Baby, but he is easily one of the ten greatest directors of all time. I must admit that before the Criterion box set of his work that I did not know very much about him. But the set was amazing; I recommend going out and buying it ASAP as it is worth double the listing price. I took The Decalogue out of my top 10 a while ago, as I felt I wanted to watch it in its entirety once more before I give it such high praise. After viewing individual episodes, for the MFA review, I was a little dissapointed, but remembered the greatness lied in the piece as a whole. Alas, I still have not rewatched it due to its mammath length. Thug
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Re: 10 Greatest Films
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04/19/05 07:39 PM
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When I think of the "10 Greatest" films, I think of films that made folks think, and maybe even started a cultural or social transformation. No, they're not all my favorites, and some of 'em did nothing for me, necessarily, but history says they're significant (I guess): Of Mice and Men To Kill a Mockingbird Inherit the Wind Lawrence of Arabia Easy Rider One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Star Wars Die Hard (hey, it started the action films!) Raiders of the Lost Ark Schindler's List I could have mentioned Saturday Night Fever, but I purposely didn't...disco still sucks! 
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Re: 10 Greatest Films
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04/19/05 07:41 PM
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Originally posted by Don Vercetti:
Ah, I'm sorry. I confused it with A Woman Is a Woman which I have seen in stores a lot.
Tomorrow I will try to get a Criterion DVD since I've saved money. I just don't know what to get. I really wanna see Down By Law after seeing Dead Man, but there are several other films I might buy over it such as The Seventh Seal, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Leopard, or Seven Samurai.
What do you think of Jarmusch's other films, Thug? Okay, gotcha. A Woman is a Woman is great, as are nearly all of Godard's films, but it certainly is no where near his best. I've only seen Dead Man from Jarmusch, but he is considered one of the most important independent filmmakers of all time so I look forward to seeing more. But I recommend saving up even more money until you can afford the Cassavetes box (as I mentioned above). I'm off on a rant now since I've been reminded how much I love A Woman Under the Influence and nearly all of the films I've seen from Cassavetes (Shadows is rather weak in comparison to his best, though, I thought) that I can't stop from trying to get you to enjoy it, too. Omar also is a big fan of the box set, if I'm not mistaken. Thug
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Re: 10 Greatest Films
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04/19/05 09:22 PM
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Hmmm... A difficult, but worth-while decision: (In no particular order") -Citizen Kane -The Godfather Trilogy -Raging Bull -One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone is one of the true greats...) -On the Waterfront -Taxi Driver -Pulp Fiction -The Shawshank Redemption I'm going to be watching Chinatown for the first time tonight, for the record. 
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Re: 10 Greatest Films
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04/19/05 11:51 PM
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I agree with all of your choices but I'd add Gladiator.
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Re: 10 Greatest Films
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04/20/05 12:14 AM
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Casablanca
Dog Day Afternoon
Goodfellas
Heat
Lawrence Of Arabia
Raging Bull
Scarface
Taxi Driver
The Godfather Part 1
The Godfather Part 2
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Re: 10 Greatest Films
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07/21/05 01:11 PM
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Originally posted by DonVitoCorleone:
In order:
The Godfather
The Godfather part 2
Citizen Kane
Casablanca
The Shawshank Redemption
Raging Bull
Apocalypse Now
Once Upon a Time in America
On the Waterfront
Dr. Strangelove
Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Apocalypse Now, and Dr. Strangelove aren't some of my favorites, but they were made very well, and they are very complete movies. I'm gonna change my list The Godfather Citizen Kane The Godfather pt. 2 Vertigo Apocalypse Now Raging Bull Gone With the Wind Pulp Fiction Taxi Driver The Pianist
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Re: 10 Greatest Films
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07/21/05 02:10 PM
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With the exception of The Pianist, yet another list of American productions. Venture out, people.  Mick
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Re: 10 Greatest Films
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07/21/05 03:24 PM
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Not in order:
Ikiru (1950/Akira Kurosawa)
8 1/2 (1963/Federico Fellini)
Vertigo (1958/Alfred Hitchcock)
Greed (1924/Erich von Stroheim)
Casablanca (1942/Michael Cutiz)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962/David Lean)
Singin' in the Rain (1952/Gene Kelly-Stanley Donen)
Duck Soup (1933/Leo McCary)
Modern Times (1936/Charles Chaplin)
The Big Red One: The Restoration (1980-2004/Sam Fuller)
The Maltese Falcon (1941/John Huston)
Yes, I can count. There's 11 films on there but hell, these are the films I consider the greatest ever produced and my favorites.
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The Bridge On The River Kwai
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- Greed
Nothing Is Written
Lawrence Of Arabia
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Re: 10 Greatest Films
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07/22/05 06:08 PM
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In chronological order:
Citizen Kane
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Godfather Trilogy
Chinatown
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Once Upon a Time in America
Pulp Fiction
Requiem for a Dream (The best film of the new Millenium)
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Re: 10 Greatest Films
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07/23/05 12:08 AM
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6. El Crimen del Padre Amaro (Gael Garcia Marquez, Spanish)
7. Cidade de Deus (Portuguese)
8. Il Cinema Paradiso (Italian)
9. Road to Perdition (Tom Hanks)
10. Jan Dara (Thai)
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