What do I need to see?

Submitted by kbuxton on Fri, 11/22/2002 - 02:06
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  • Breathless (Godard)
  • Bridge on the River Kwai (Lean)
  • Raise the Red Lantern (Zhang)
  • North by Northwest (Hitchcock)
  • Bringing Up Baby (Hawks)
  • Amateur (Hartley)
  • 8 1/2 (Fellini)
  • Rear Window
  • Ran (Kurosawa)
  • Manhattan (Allen)
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Demy)
  • Jules and Jim (Truffaut)
  • Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Nichols)
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This is going to be a comment generated list. Pick 2-3 movies that any movie-educated person really should have seen, and I'll start working my way down the list.

Seen:
Being There - enjoyable. Unfortunately I missed a couple of small sections in the middle due to the DVD I checked out of the library being scratched. It won't go on my list of absolute favorites ever, but there were a few scenes that had me laughing out loud.

Seven Samurai - definitely worth seeing. hard to believe I managed to go this long without seeing it.

12 Angry Men

AAA11/22/2002

1. Seven Samurai (Kurosawa)

2. Breathless (Godard)

3. Being John Malkovich & Being There (Jonze & Ashby)

kbuxton11/22/2002

Of these the only one I've seen is Being John Malovich (which I did like). I'll add the others, thanks.

AJDaGreat11/23/2002

The Maltese Falcon (Huston)
12 Angry Men (Lumet)
Bridge on the River Kwai (Lean)

kbuxton11/23/2002

I saw the Maltese Falcon in a theather a few years ago. I've added the other two though. thanks

jim11/25/2002

AAA took mine (Seven Samurai) so I'll kick in Raise the Red Lantern because I'm the brokenest broken record you'll ever see.

kbuxton11/25/2002

My library doesn't seem to have Raise the Red Lantern!

lbangs11/25/2002

Well, Amateur is my fav, but since it certainly has yet to enter the canon, I suppose it isn't necessary for any film fan to know about it. So...

Citizen Kane (Welles)
North by Northwest (Hitchcock)
Bringing Up Baby (Hawks)

If you're brave, Amateur could sub for one above. If you've already seen one of those three, then I'd chip in:

8 1/2 (Fellini) (This one also might take a bit of courage...)

BTW, Being There is only directed by Ashby. I think the Jonze was for Being John Malkovich.

Enjoy!

Shalom, y'all!

L. Bangs

lbangs11/25/2002

Whoops, I see you watched Citizen Kane already. Move 8 1/2 up then.

Sorry.

Shalom, y'all!

L. Bangs

lbangs11/25/2002

For your list, Amateur was directed by Hartley, and Raise the Red Lantern was directed by Zhang. (I think that's correct, because if I recall correctly, Chinese family names are said first, so Zhang Yimou's "last" name is Zhang. Or am I wrong? Can anyone confirm this?)

You have a great list shaping up here! Enjoy!

Shalom, y'all!

L. Bangs

kbuxton11/25/2002

Thanks. I've put the first few on hold at my library so I'll start watching them as they come in.

lbangs12/17/2002

Now, you do know that you should share your thoughts on the films you watch with the rest of us, don't you?

:)

Did you like Being There?

Shalom, y'all!

L. Bangs

lbangs12/17/2002

Thanks!

Shalom, y'all!

L. Bangs

dgeiser1302/17/2003

Have you seen Rear Window, yet?

kbuxton02/17/2003

nope

AAA02/17/2003

I've got a few more suggestions, if you'd like to hear them:

Ran (Kurosawa)
Manhattan (Allen)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Demy)
Jules and Jim (Truffaut)
Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Nichols)