Favorite Movies
Submitted by Amie on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 09:21
Tags:
- 1.The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) (William Dieterle).
- 2. The Elephant Man (1980) (David Lynch).
- 3. Becky Sharp (1935) (Robert Mamoulin, Lowell Sherman).
- 4. The Fisher King (1991) (Terry Gilliam).
- 5. Buffalo 66 (1998) (Vincent Gallo).
- 6. Donnie Darko (2001) (Richard Kelly).
- 7. I Am Sam (2001) (Jessie Nelson).
- 8. A Beautiful Mind (2001) (Ron Howard).
- 9. Ed Wood (1994) (Tim Burton).
- 10. Rushmore (1998) (Wes Anderson).
I like a lot of films on your list, but I don't know what people saw in Buffalo 66-- so if you could let me know what I was missing. I remember being very annoyed by the voice over...
If you are referring to a narrator, than I don't recall there be a voice over in this film at all. I think Buffalo 66 is one of the most original films I've seen, although I have heard that it is supposed to be a deconstruction of "Taxi Driver." I liked that Vincent Gallo, the director, used a camcorder and older, outdated equipment to obtain a "real," raw quality, and brighter colors. I liked how flashbacks were accompained by visual boxes popping up in the film; for instance, the part where he reminds his mom that he is allergic to chocolate and it flashes back to him as a kid, where his mom has yet again forgotten his allergy, and his face is covered with hives. I have never seen this technique in a movie before. I liked the plot and liked that it was filmed in dreary Buffalo; being from Rochester, over an hour away from Buffalo, I could definitely relate and found the references to the Buffalo Bills football team, and especially the Super Bowl where Scott Norwood ruined Buffalo's victory, to be close to home and amusing. I thought it was funny, too. Vincent Gallo himself had a lot of good one liners, and I was amused on how Billy (Vincent Gallo's) parents treated him when he came home, as well as the "Goon," Billy's best friend. I liked the double and trick ending; how he could have died, but he decides not to shoot himself and go back to Christia Ricci's character, to the women who loves him. I loved this optimistic, still-believe-in-love twist, and I thought it was a very sweet story about underdogs finally getting something they want, and love. If I had to criticize anything, it would be Christina Ricci's character's treatment; how she was dressed provactively and how she fell for him so easily. But, as you can see, it is one of my favorite films for all these reasons, and probably more.
You're right. I'm getting Buffalo 66 mixed up with another Christina Ricci film that was out at the same time, where she went to live with her gay brother and Lisa Kudrow ends up falling for Lyle Lovett.... Mea Culpa! Buffalo 66 indeed sounds good.
I believe you're thinking of The Opposite of Sex, which did contain an annoying voice-over.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Yes, I agree. I didn't like The Opposite of Sex either.
I like this list a lot. Anybody that puts being John Malkovich, Wonder Boys, and Pee Wee's Big Adventure on a list is ok by me!
Nice list - just seen High Fidelity - good film with a great soundtrack. What Sid and Nancy like? Do you like Quadrophenia?
Best wishes,
Ed.
Sid and Nancy is a modern classic--the best rock and roll love story I have ever seen; the story of the obsessive, drug induced, deathly love between Sid Vicious, the bassist of the Sex Pistols, and Nancy Spungen, an American groupie in England who hated life. This is one of my oft-watched movies and is especially powerful and spooky to watch on a late Febraury night around the anniversary of Sid Vicious's death.
No, I've never seen Quadrophenia--the "Who" movie, right? I take it that it's also, in part, a sex, drugs, and rock and roll movie...