Still haven't seen either of the films you mentioned. In fact I've only seen a handful of his post-60's work (In Praise of Love, Notre Musique, Keep Your Right Up, Pravda, First Name: Carmen) but hopefully I'll catch up by the end of this year. I do have a copy of Ici et Ailleurs, a work from '76, that I keep putting off for whatever reason. I'll let you know how that one is once I get around to watching it.
I still have to see The Music Room, but I think Ravi Shankar's scores for The Apu Trilogy are great and will probably be included if I ever get around to expanding this list. Breathless would also be included but would rank below Contempt and maybe Week End.
As far as Breathless the film goes, it's definitely a watershed moment in film history. Its modern themes and subversion of film conventions make it as influential as The Birth of a Nation or Citizen Kane. And unlike some "textbook" classics, the film still possesses enough spunk and ambiguity to hold up today. Though I don't hold it in the same esteem as later films like Pierrot le Fou or Two or Three Things I Know About Her, which are more far reaching in scope and expression, I still think it's one of his best films.
Michelangelo Antonioni
Stan Brakhage
John Cassavetes
Maya Deren
Sergei Eisenstein
Jean-Luc Godard
D.W. Griffith
F.W. Murnau
Roberto Rossellini
Orson Welles
No I don't really find myself waiting long for a movie to come in the mail. Usually takes one or two days. Sometimes if a movie is newly released, I might have to wait a longer period before it is sent.
Lately I've been using Netflix, though sometimes I'll rent films from my public library. Most of the films on here can be found on Netflix, except for Greed , Chimes at Midnight , and The Magnificent Ambersons (those three haven't been released on DVD, at least not in the U.S.). Zabriskie Point and 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her also aren't available on DVD yet but will be sometime this summer.
The Magnificent Ambersons occassionally comes on Turner Classic Movies.
Zabriskie Point, Greed and Chimes At Midnight can be viewed in their entirety on YouTube. Here's a link to some other websites that are good for finding about films:
Good list so far. I definitely agree with Sad Eyed Lady being number one. Also nice to see The Dangling Conversation on here. It's nice little gem that doesn't get enough attention as it deserves. Here are a few suggestions for your list:
Wolfpack - Syd Barrett (1970)
Happiness is a Warm Gun - The Beatles (1968)
I Am the Walrus - The Beatles (1967)
Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles (1967)
Anonymous Proposition - Tim Buckley (1970)
Love From Room 109 At The Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway) - Tim Buckley (1968)
I have no problem with Jazz99 stating his opinions. If he thinks a lot of the artists on here are fringe artists and irrelevant, that's fine with me. All opinions are appreciated. I just don't want to host yet another inane debate regarding the artistic merits of The Beatles. There are plenty of other artists on this list that are worthy of such vigorous discussion (such as Tim Buckley or Big Star).
As Menindrag mentioned earlier, my list is about emotion. Thus I find both The Beatles and The Velvet Underground to be emotionally genuine, and I don't see why somebody has to be for one band and against the other. Despite some stylistic and perhaps thematic differences, they both made interesting music that represented the zeitgeist of the '60's and had an immeasurable impact on the evolution of rock music.
Barry Lyndon is absolutely a must-see film. I don't feel any shame declaring it as Kubrick's best (2001 would be a close runner-up). It's certainly his most somber and restrained.
I even have a reputation for being incredibly patient with films and enjoying many 3-5 hour movies, but that would try my limits, I fear...
A film of that length would only be endurable as a serial like Les Vampires or Berlin Alexanderplatz.
Anyway, the 42-reel version of Greed (roughly nine hours) was merely a rough cut and never intended to be publicly screened. Stroheim personally trimmed the film down to 24-reels (about 5 hours), with the intention of having the film released in two parts, with time for dinner in between. Subsequently later, he had his friend Rex Ingram cut it down to 18-reels (about 3 1/2 to 4 hours in length). It is perhaps this latter version that should be considered "definitive" and most lamented.
Nevertheless, Greed is still one of the most powerful films I've seen, even in its truncated form.
Still haven't seen either of the films you mentioned. In fact I've only seen a handful of his post-60's work (In Praise of Love, Notre Musique, Keep Your Right Up, Pravda, First Name: Carmen) but hopefully I'll catch up by the end of this year. I do have a copy of Ici et Ailleurs, a work from '76, that I keep putting off for whatever reason. I'll let you know how that one is once I get around to watching it.
I still have to see The Music Room, but I think Ravi Shankar's scores for The Apu Trilogy are great and will probably be included if I ever get around to expanding this list. Breathless would also be included but would rank below Contempt and maybe Week End.
As far as Breathless the film goes, it's definitely a watershed moment in film history. Its modern themes and subversion of film conventions make it as influential as The Birth of a Nation or Citizen Kane. And unlike some "textbook" classics, the film still possesses enough spunk and ambiguity to hold up today. Though I don't hold it in the same esteem as later films like Pierrot le Fou or Two or Three Things I Know About Her, which are more far reaching in scope and expression, I still think it's one of his best films.
Michelangelo Antonioni
Stan Brakhage
John Cassavetes
Maya Deren
Sergei Eisenstein
Jean-Luc Godard
D.W. Griffith
F.W. Murnau
Roberto Rossellini
Orson Welles
Thanks for all the suggestions. Obviously I have loads to add.
God damn listology. Just realized I sent this reply not once, not twice, but three times.
Shit
No I don't really find myself waiting long for a movie to come in the mail. Usually takes one or two days. Sometimes if a movie is newly released, I might have to wait a longer period before it is sent.
Lately I've been using Netflix, though sometimes I'll rent films from my public library. Most of the films on here can be found on Netflix, except for Greed , Chimes at Midnight , and The Magnificent Ambersons (those three haven't been released on DVD, at least not in the U.S.). Zabriskie Point and 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her also aren't available on DVD yet but will be sometime this summer.
The Magnificent Ambersons occassionally comes on Turner Classic Movies.
Zabriskie Point, Greed and Chimes At Midnight can be viewed in their entirety on YouTube. Here's a link to some other websites that are good for finding about films:
http://www.theyshootpictures.com/links.htm
Good list so far. I definitely agree with Sad Eyed Lady being number one. Also nice to see The Dangling Conversation on here. It's nice little gem that doesn't get enough attention as it deserves. Here are a few suggestions for your list:
Wolfpack - Syd Barrett (1970)
Happiness is a Warm Gun - The Beatles (1968)
I Am the Walrus - The Beatles (1967)
Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles (1967)
Anonymous Proposition - Tim Buckley (1970)
Love From Room 109 At The Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway) - Tim Buckley (1968)
The Crystal Ship - The Doors (1967)
The End - The Doors (1967)
Dead End Street - The Kinks (1966)
Shangri-La - The Kinks (1969)
You Set the Scene - Love (1967)
Overs - Simon & Garfunkel (1967)
Palm Desert - Van Dyke Parks (1968)
Heroin - The Velvet Underground (1967)
I have no problem with Jazz99 stating his opinions. If he thinks a lot of the artists on here are fringe artists and irrelevant, that's fine with me. All opinions are appreciated. I just don't want to host yet another inane debate regarding the artistic merits of The Beatles. There are plenty of other artists on this list that are worthy of such vigorous discussion (such as Tim Buckley or Big Star).
As Menindrag mentioned earlier, my list is about emotion. Thus I find both The Beatles and The Velvet Underground to be emotionally genuine, and I don't see why somebody has to be for one band and against the other. Despite some stylistic and perhaps thematic differences, they both made interesting music that represented the zeitgeist of the '60's and had an immeasurable impact on the evolution of rock music.
Barry Lyndon is absolutely a must-see film. I don't feel any shame declaring it as Kubrick's best (2001 would be a close runner-up). It's certainly his most somber and restrained.
I didn't realize I left Led Zeppelin off. Thanks for noticing. As far as Elliot Smith goes, I'm not familiar enough with his music to include him yet.
Jesus christ you guys are beating a dead horse. I suggest this discussion be moved to the following:
http://listology.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.34331/Music
What do you not like about Captain Beefheart and The Velvet Underground?
I even have a reputation for being incredibly patient with films and enjoying many 3-5 hour movies, but that would try my limits, I fear...
A film of that length would only be endurable as a serial like Les Vampires or Berlin Alexanderplatz.
Anyway, the 42-reel version of Greed (roughly nine hours) was merely a rough cut and never intended to be publicly screened. Stroheim personally trimmed the film down to 24-reels (about 5 hours), with the intention of having the film released in two parts, with time for dinner in between. Subsequently later, he had his friend Rex Ingram cut it down to 18-reels (about 3 1/2 to 4 hours in length). It is perhaps this latter version that should be considered "definitive" and most lamented.
Nevertheless, Greed is still one of the most powerful films I've seen, even in its truncated form.