Lydia - Slaid Cleaves (love this song)...there's also a beautiful art song (classical) by Gabriel Fauré titled Lydia. If classical (vocal) music is okay, I can think of others.
Pictures of Lily - The Who
See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
Liza Jane - David Bowie
Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad - The Clash
Julie - David Bowie
Lucy Can't Dance - David Bowie
Janine - David Bowie
Remembering Marie A. - David Bowie
Rosalyn - The Pretty Things (David Bowie did a cover)
Annie Waits - Ben Folds Five (he's done a ton with women's names)
Emaline - Ben Folds
Jane - Ben Folds
Julianne - Ben Folds
Alice Childress - Ben Folds Five
Losing Lisa - Ben Folds
Gracie - Ben Folds
Give Judy My Notice - Ben Folds
Adelaide - Ben Folds
Kylie from Connectiut - Ben Folds
Oh! Susanna - Stephen Foster
Oh, My Darling Clementine (folk song)- not sure of composer
Annabel Lee - Joan Baez, probably others (it's the Poe poem)
Barbara Allen - folk song (Joan Baez, many others)
Elvira - Kenny Rogers (Oak Ridge Boys version is probably more famous)
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town - Kenny Rogers
Lucille - Kenny Rogers
Johanna - musical Sweeney Todd (don't know if musical theater is okay...)
Rebecca - Bee Gees
Angela - Bee Gees
4 - Mary Tyler Moore? I almost said Warren Beatty in the 70s, but the eyebrows look too plucked.
9 - Parker Posey? Head looks a little small, though...
11 - Charlie Sheen?
15 - Chloe Sevigny?
16 - Steve Allen?
Psycho; The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; Once Upon a Time in the West; The Mission; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes; Spellbound; Double Indemnity; Sunset Boulevard; All About Eve; Now, Voyager; The Adventures of Robin Hood; High Noon (repetitive, but used to great effect!); The Red Shoes; Harakiri; Kwaidan; The Godfather; Mary Poppins; Jaws; Star Wars; Chinatown; There Will Be Blood; Raiders of the Lost Ark; Rebecca; Glory; The Red Violin; Lust for Life; 8-1/2; The Piano; The Thin Red Line; The Magnificent Seven; North by Northwest; Three Colors: Blue
These are some I like...there are so many great ones! I agree with all those listed or posted so far (except Pierrot le Fou, which I simply haven't seen).
Ha! Sadly, I have seen Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, so I definitely hope that disc you have hiding in that case really is The Pianist. Your story reminded me of another that keeps me eluding me, and I'll add it in a second: Lewis Milestone's 1932 Rain , with Joan Crawford and Walter Huston. I've screwed up recording it a few times, and I've just plain missed it by coming in too late. When I ordered it from Netflix, the DVD envelope was correct, but inside was some recent Spanish-language B-level crime movie...I think it was made for TV and had some part of the name "Rain" in it. I don't even see it on Netflix any more, or I'd link it.
Oh my gosh -- I didn't even remember that he was responsible for The Invasion! That was a horrible film! Just a fluke, perhaps; Downfall was so good. I haven't seen Moloch, but I think it's on my queue somewhere. I'm cranking them out, but if you'll notice, my reading rate has dropped a bit this year compared to last; I think that's part of where I'm getting the time. I also tend to be a night owl...I watch a lot of films in the wee hours of the morning.
I absolutely loved it. I know we're still in January, but I already believe it will be one of the best films of my 2009 viewing, whatever else comes along. Riveting, great filmmaking. I felt and thought so many different things all at once watching it and afterward...it was definitely a memorable film experience. It's not the sort of film I'd usually anticipate watching repeatedly (sort of like Umberto D. -- I'm not sure when I'll be able to watch that one again, if ever, despite how deeply I admire it), but I've contemplated buying a copy for repeat viewings in future, it was so good. I'd have been interested in more on the fall of Berlin, but at the same time, the focus within the bunker seems so perfect that I'm on the fence about broadening it; what I'd really wish for is a second movie dealing with that topic, comparable in quality. (Hard to imagine, but I hope to see such a thing. It would be fascinating.)
I know, I know! I had a suspicion you'd be horrified by either the Pynchon or Grass (or both!). The only Pynchon I own is Mason & Dixon, but it would make sense, if I'm going to be introduced, to start with Gravity's Rainbow. Maybe it'll be a 2009 read. Just started I Served the King of England in the wee hours of this morning, by the way, and I'm loving it.
I definitely plan on reading them at some point; I love exploring new things, especially when fellow readers feel strongly about them (for better or worse). Saul Bellow is on my near-list to read; I already have a couple of books on my shelves waiting for me. A few of the others...I haven't gotten to them yet, but at some point, I'll probably get there. I'm not deliberately avoiding anything. I had thought about going with Augie March for my first Bellow, but maybe I should look into Seize the Day.
I bet it horrifies you about as much as it does me that I *forgot* The Best Years of Our Lives when considering Wyler! As much as I care for The Westerner , I hereby change my Wyler answer.
I'm actually jealous that you haven't "met" Mizoguchi, Ozu, or Ophuls yet; it means you have so many pleasures (I hope) awaiting you. Mizoguchi is still not easy to find in the U.S. on DVD, but Criterion has published beautiful editions of two of my favorite films, Ugetsu (one of my favorite films, period), and Sansho the Bailiff. C. also just released three of his films on their "Eclipse" label. Can't wait for more of them to surface... Criterion has *really* gone to town on Ozu -- there are several full-treatment Criterion CDs of his major works, and two wonderful Eclipse sets of his silents and later work. Criterion to the rescue again with Ophuls: they just released Madame de ... (another of my all-time favorite films), Le Plaisir , and La Ronde (all really good). Letter from an Unknown Woman is also one of his best; I don't think it's readily available in the U.S. on DVD (imports are around, but you can't just pick up a copy in a store, as far as I know), but there are solid VHS copies around, at least---it's another of my favorites in the wider film world. Sorry to go on and on, but they're three of my favorite directors (along with Wilder, Ford, Kurosawa, Lubitsch, Hitchcock, Hawks, Ray, blah, blah, yes, I'm obsessed).
I just saw my first Fassbinder film last night -- Veronika Voss . My head's still sort of "in it," if you know what I mean, thinking about it and remembering the experience... Really looking forward to seeing more.
Coming late to the party, but I want to do them all! (Lists! Lists!) They may not match the favorites on my "100 Directors" list, but many of my favorites are very close calls, and I'm going with my mood right now.
Joel Coen: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Wes Anderson: Bottle Rocket
Hal Ashby: The Last Detail
Kevin Smith: Dogma
Quentin Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs
David Lynch: Mulholland Drive
Stanley Kubrick: Barry Lyndon (even though I normally hate Ryan O'Neal...I also really love The Killing and Paths of Glory)
P.T. Anderson: Boogie Nights (haven't seen TWBBlood, though)
Errol Morris: The Thin Blue Line
Howard Hawks: The Big Sleep
George Cukor: The Women
Akira Kurosawa: Seven Samurai
Alfred Hitchcock: Notorious
Peter Jackson: Lord of the Rings, I guess
John Ford: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (narrowly followed by six others at least)
Woody Allen - Manhattan
Ingmar Bergman - The Seventh Seal
Charles Chaplin - The Great Dictator
Alejandro González Iñárritu - 21 Grams (but haven't seen Amores perros)
Alexander Payne - About Schmidt
Roman Polanski - Chinatown
Sam Raimi - A Simple Plan
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Oliver Stone - Platoon
Billy Wilder - The Apartment
Have to add some of my big favorites (sorry!):
Kenji Mizoguchi: Ugetsu
Yasujiro Ozu: Late Spring
Ernst Lubitsch: Trouble in Paradise
Max Ophuls: Madame de ...
William Wyler: The Westerner
I know...this psych profile probably means I have a big problem setting limits, and never know when to freaking quit. ;-)
I haven't liked them at all; the heroine is whiny, silly, and always in need of a rescue; the main love interest is completely unworthy of being considered so "perfect" by the heroine (and at his age, you'd think he'd be a lot less silly than she is, but no!); the writing is unremarkable and dumbed-down. The only reason I persisted past the first volume -- and I'll probably read the last one for the same reason -- is to relate to a younger female relative who likes them. The only part I've found more interesting is that the author brings in some Quileute characters (I grew up in that region), which seems original, at least. Not enough to save the series. I didn't expect it to be fantastic, but I expected something...fairly good? It's like vampires for the Tiger Beat or Bop magazine crowd...that level of maturity.
I enjoyed it; I'd happily read more of his work, and I look forward to seeing the rest of his films, including Xala. (The only one I've seen so far is Black Girl, which was great.) I'm definitely glad that this was my first literary "window" into Senegal; it makes me want to return.
Lydia - Slaid Cleaves (love this song)...there's also a beautiful art song (classical) by Gabriel Fauré titled Lydia. If classical (vocal) music is okay, I can think of others.
Pictures of Lily - The Who
See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
Liza Jane - David Bowie
Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad - The Clash
Julie - David Bowie
Lucy Can't Dance - David Bowie
Janine - David Bowie
Remembering Marie A. - David Bowie
Rosalyn - The Pretty Things (David Bowie did a cover)
Annie Waits - Ben Folds Five (he's done a ton with women's names)
Emaline - Ben Folds
Jane - Ben Folds
Julianne - Ben Folds
Alice Childress - Ben Folds Five
Losing Lisa - Ben Folds
Gracie - Ben Folds
Give Judy My Notice - Ben Folds
Adelaide - Ben Folds
Kylie from Connectiut - Ben Folds
Oh! Susanna - Stephen Foster
Oh, My Darling Clementine (folk song)- not sure of composer
Annabel Lee - Joan Baez, probably others (it's the Poe poem)
Barbara Allen - folk song (Joan Baez, many others)
Elvira - Kenny Rogers (Oak Ridge Boys version is probably more famous)
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town - Kenny Rogers
Lucille - Kenny Rogers
Johanna - musical Sweeney Todd (don't know if musical theater is okay...)
Rebecca - Bee Gees
Angela - Bee Gees
4 - Mary Tyler Moore? I almost said Warren Beatty in the 70s, but the eyebrows look too plucked.
9 - Parker Posey? Head looks a little small, though...
11 - Charlie Sheen?
15 - Chloe Sevigny?
16 - Steve Allen?
First book listed in each year is the winner.
Psycho; The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; Once Upon a Time in the West; The Mission; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes; Spellbound; Double Indemnity; Sunset Boulevard; All About Eve; Now, Voyager; The Adventures of Robin Hood; High Noon (repetitive, but used to great effect!); The Red Shoes; Harakiri; Kwaidan; The Godfather; Mary Poppins; Jaws; Star Wars; Chinatown; There Will Be Blood; Raiders of the Lost Ark; Rebecca; Glory; The Red Violin; Lust for Life; 8-1/2; The Piano; The Thin Red Line; The Magnificent Seven; North by Northwest; Three Colors: Blue
These are some I like...there are so many great ones! I agree with all those listed or posted so far (except Pierrot le Fou, which I simply haven't seen).
Ha! Sadly, I have seen Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, so I definitely hope that disc you have hiding in that case really is The Pianist. Your story reminded me of another that keeps me eluding me, and I'll add it in a second: Lewis Milestone's 1932 Rain , with Joan Crawford and Walter Huston. I've screwed up recording it a few times, and I've just plain missed it by coming in too late. When I ordered it from Netflix, the DVD envelope was correct, but inside was some recent Spanish-language B-level crime movie...I think it was made for TV and had some part of the name "Rain" in it. I don't even see it on Netflix any more, or I'd link it.
Oh my gosh -- I didn't even remember that he was responsible for The Invasion! That was a horrible film! Just a fluke, perhaps; Downfall was so good. I haven't seen Moloch, but I think it's on my queue somewhere. I'm cranking them out, but if you'll notice, my reading rate has dropped a bit this year compared to last; I think that's part of where I'm getting the time. I also tend to be a night owl...I watch a lot of films in the wee hours of the morning.
I absolutely loved it. I know we're still in January, but I already believe it will be one of the best films of my 2009 viewing, whatever else comes along. Riveting, great filmmaking. I felt and thought so many different things all at once watching it and afterward...it was definitely a memorable film experience. It's not the sort of film I'd usually anticipate watching repeatedly (sort of like Umberto D. -- I'm not sure when I'll be able to watch that one again, if ever, despite how deeply I admire it), but I've contemplated buying a copy for repeat viewings in future, it was so good. I'd have been interested in more on the fall of Berlin, but at the same time, the focus within the bunker seems so perfect that I'm on the fence about broadening it; what I'd really wish for is a second movie dealing with that topic, comparable in quality. (Hard to imagine, but I hope to see such a thing. It would be fascinating.)
I know, I know! I had a suspicion you'd be horrified by either the Pynchon or Grass (or both!). The only Pynchon I own is Mason & Dixon, but it would make sense, if I'm going to be introduced, to start with Gravity's Rainbow. Maybe it'll be a 2009 read. Just started I Served the King of England in the wee hours of this morning, by the way, and I'm loving it.
I definitely plan on reading them at some point; I love exploring new things, especially when fellow readers feel strongly about them (for better or worse). Saul Bellow is on my near-list to read; I already have a couple of books on my shelves waiting for me. A few of the others...I haven't gotten to them yet, but at some point, I'll probably get there. I'm not deliberately avoiding anything. I had thought about going with Augie March for my first Bellow, but maybe I should look into Seize the Day.
I bet it horrifies you about as much as it does me that I *forgot* The Best Years of Our Lives when considering Wyler! As much as I care for The Westerner , I hereby change my Wyler answer.
I'm actually jealous that you haven't "met" Mizoguchi, Ozu, or Ophuls yet; it means you have so many pleasures (I hope) awaiting you. Mizoguchi is still not easy to find in the U.S. on DVD, but Criterion has published beautiful editions of two of my favorite films, Ugetsu (one of my favorite films, period), and Sansho the Bailiff. C. also just released three of his films on their "Eclipse" label. Can't wait for more of them to surface... Criterion has *really* gone to town on Ozu -- there are several full-treatment Criterion CDs of his major works, and two wonderful Eclipse sets of his silents and later work. Criterion to the rescue again with Ophuls: they just released Madame de ... (another of my all-time favorite films), Le Plaisir , and La Ronde (all really good). Letter from an Unknown Woman is also one of his best; I don't think it's readily available in the U.S. on DVD (imports are around, but you can't just pick up a copy in a store, as far as I know), but there are solid VHS copies around, at least---it's another of my favorites in the wider film world. Sorry to go on and on, but they're three of my favorite directors (along with Wilder, Ford, Kurosawa, Lubitsch, Hitchcock, Hawks, Ray, blah, blah, yes, I'm obsessed).
I just saw my first Fassbinder film last night -- Veronika Voss . My head's still sort of "in it," if you know what I mean, thinking about it and remembering the experience... Really looking forward to seeing more.
Coming late to the party, but I want to do them all! (Lists! Lists!) They may not match the favorites on my "100 Directors" list, but many of my favorites are very close calls, and I'm going with my mood right now.
Joel Coen: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Wes Anderson: Bottle Rocket
Hal Ashby: The Last Detail
Kevin Smith: Dogma
Quentin Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs
David Lynch: Mulholland Drive
Stanley Kubrick: Barry Lyndon (even though I normally hate Ryan O'Neal...I also really love The Killing and Paths of Glory)
P.T. Anderson: Boogie Nights (haven't seen TWBBlood, though)
Errol Morris: The Thin Blue Line
Howard Hawks: The Big Sleep
George Cukor: The Women
Akira Kurosawa: Seven Samurai
Alfred Hitchcock: Notorious
Peter Jackson: Lord of the Rings, I guess
John Ford: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (narrowly followed by six others at least)
Woody Allen - Manhattan
Ingmar Bergman - The Seventh Seal
Charles Chaplin - The Great Dictator
Alejandro González Iñárritu - 21 Grams (but haven't seen Amores perros)
Alexander Payne - About Schmidt
Roman Polanski - Chinatown
Sam Raimi - A Simple Plan
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Oliver Stone - Platoon
Billy Wilder - The Apartment
Have to add some of my big favorites (sorry!):
Kenji Mizoguchi: Ugetsu
Yasujiro Ozu: Late Spring
Ernst Lubitsch: Trouble in Paradise
Max Ophuls: Madame de ...
William Wyler: The Westerner
I know...this psych profile probably means I have a big problem setting limits, and never know when to freaking quit. ;-)
awww...I like Harold & Maude just fine! Definitely one of my contenders, although I finally settled on The Last Detail. :-)
I haven't liked them at all; the heroine is whiny, silly, and always in need of a rescue; the main love interest is completely unworthy of being considered so "perfect" by the heroine (and at his age, you'd think he'd be a lot less silly than she is, but no!); the writing is unremarkable and dumbed-down. The only reason I persisted past the first volume -- and I'll probably read the last one for the same reason -- is to relate to a younger female relative who likes them. The only part I've found more interesting is that the author brings in some Quileute characters (I grew up in that region), which seems original, at least. Not enough to save the series. I didn't expect it to be fantastic, but I expected something...fairly good? It's like vampires for the Tiger Beat or Bop magazine crowd...that level of maturity.
I enjoyed it; I'd happily read more of his work, and I look forward to seeing the rest of his films, including Xala. (The only one I've seen so far is Black Girl, which was great.) I'm definitely glad that this was my first literary "window" into Senegal; it makes me want to return.
Thanks for the recommendations! I'm looking forward to seeing all of these. :-}