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[NoSex]

maybe i've already asked you or you've mentioned this, but what are your top scary movies nate?

depends, if you're talking about the "scariest" movies i've ever seen:
DON'T LOOK NOW (ROEG, 1973)
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (MYRICK & SANCHEZ, 1999)
DARK WATER (NAKATA, 2002)
ERASERHEAD (LYNCH, 1977)
INLAND EMPIRE (LYNCH, 2006)

if you're talking about my favorite horror films:
POSSESSION (ZULAWSKI, 1981)
HOUR OF THE WOLF (BERGMAN, 1968)
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (MYRICK & SANCHEZ, 1999)
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (ROMERO, 1968)
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (CRAVEN, 1984)
THE BEYOND (FULCI, 1981)
THE IRON ROSE (ROLLIN, 1973)
HELLRAISER (BARKER, 1987)
THE MONSTER SQUAD (DEKKER, 1987)

[Teesa]

don't look now is definitely on my "to watch" list.

i only watched the remake of dark water and i'm usually too scared to watch the original ones lol.

i haven't heard of some you mentioned like possession and the iron rose, but i'll look into them.

[NoSex]

don't look now is definitely on my "to watch" list.

i watched DON'T LOOK NOW one night, like a foot away from the television (sitting on the floor). it ended moments before the sun rose. it f*cked me up so hard.

[Teesa]

haha looking forward to that then :)

[Teesa]

i watched DON'T LOOK NOW one night, like a foot away from the television (sitting on the floor). it ended moments before the sun rose. it f*cked me up so hard.

i watched oldboy for the first time through late last night (i've watched some parts of it before and i knew the storyline ahead of time anyway) and i kind of felt like that afterward. even though i knew what was going to happen, i was like wtf. also, there were so many parts where i wanted to just burst out laughing, but didn't know if it was appropriate lol. but the sickest scene i thought was when oh dae-su finds out at the end and then the way he acts versus the way woo-jin acts. oh man.

[NoSex]

seeing this tonight:

i'm fairly skeptical, but it looks a bit provocative, rather entertaining.

[Teesa]

^that movie looks really bad. i hope it's not-i like their advertising though. i've seen a bunch of signs around saying "humans only" or "aliens only"

[NoSex]

^that movie looks really bad.

yeah, it's fairly bad; i thought i was watching transformers 3 or something. this movie is much better:


JULIET OF THE SPIRITS (FEDERICO FELLINI, 1965)

[NoSex]

revised list:

1. Blair Witch Project, The (Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez, 1999)
2. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (David Lynch, 1992)
3. Possession (Andrzej Zulawski, 1981)
4. Videodrome (David Cronenberg, 1983)
5. Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (William Greaves, 1968)
6. Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)
7. Week End (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967)
8. Hour of the Wolf, The (Ingmar Bergman, 1968)
9. Juliet of the Spirits (Federico Fellini, 1965)
10. Thin Blue Line, The (Errol Morris, 1988)
11. Iron Rose, The (Jean Rollin, 1973)
12. Lickerish Quartet, The (Radley Metzger, 1970)
13. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979)
14. Gummo (Harmony Korine, 1997)
15. Straw Dogs (Sam Peckinpah, 1971)
16. Two-Lane Blacktop (Monte Hellman, 1971)
17. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
18. F for Fake (Orson Welles, 1974)
19. Beyond The Valley of the Dolls (Russ Meyer, 1970)
20. Magnifique, Le (Philippe de Broca, 1973)

[ThunderEvermore]

Can't believe this is still here.

Note: thanks to your suggestion I had watched Breaking the Waves (Wow) and now it's a movie we might be watching in my college class, Intro to Film. Wicked.

[Simba]

What's OFSC's (Nate's) opinion of Citizen Kane?

[goth-nina]

*ahem*

1. There Will Be Blood (2007)
2. Taxi Driver (1976)
3. Lord of the Rings (2001-03)
4. The Good, Bad & Ugly (1968)
5. Ben-Hur (196?)
6. Gangs of New York (2002)
7. L.A Confidential (1996)
8. The Departed (2006)
9. Pulp Fiction (1994)
10. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
11. The English Patient (1996)
12. The Aviator (2004)
13. Monty Python & The Holy Grail (1975)
14. Toy Story (1995)
15. Goodfellas (1990)
16. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
17. My Neighbor Totoro (1989)
18. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
19. Dances With Wolves (1990)--childhood movie
20. Adaptation (2002)


Unfortunately, they're in order. But these are my star 20.

[NoSex]

Can't believe this is still here.

ahaha, yeah. i always come back and throw something @ it, hoping someone may gather something valuable from it all.

Note: thanks to your suggestion I had watched Breaking the Waves (Wow) and now it's a movie we might be watching in my college class, Intro to Film. Wicked.

thoughaha! voila! i'm glad this was helpful for @ least one person.

What's OFSC's (Nate's) opinion of Citizen Kane?

CITIZEN KANE is a pretty good movie, but, to me, it sort of sits @ an unfair seat as the king of american classic cinema (although i find it more deserving than say CASABLANCA). here is what i will say about it: orson welles was granted an unusual luxury in early 1940's studio system hollywood, he had significant directorial control. although this control was not necessarily designed (i've read stories of the studio checking up on welles, and him hiding away on set or creating extravagant distractions in order to avoid any studio interference), it was actualized. most importantly, this control was actualized during a period of very restrictive filmmaking. because of this, orson welles was able to do something that no one had yet accomplished (@ such a scale) in the american tradition, he made the camera a character in his film. the photography in CITIZEN KANE is more mobile, more alive than perhaps any film of the same era. here, the cinematography really transforms independent of the narrative for the first time in america. this is really amazing & really interesting, and... if it wasn't for a phenomenal story, perhaps this renaissance of guerrilla creative control would have been ignored.

CITIZEN KANE is about the importance of authenticity & the innocence of youth, CITIZEN KANE critiques career life & media & social icons & enterprise; perhaps in telling something simple (money doesn't secure happiness) in such a complex & mysterious way CITIZEN KANE is able to still haunt & amaze us.

i do really like citizen kane. i love "rose bud" so much. i love the majesty of a lost & defeated giant. nonetheless, i would rather see people in love with something like kazan's A FACE IN THE CROWD (which to me, is like the lost CITIZEN KANE).

[NoSex]

if you don't know, go to barns & nobel; all the criterion collection dvds are 50% off. the sale ends on thanksgiving, so... buy that shit up.

i already got:
the exterminating angel
f for fake
juliet of the spirts
salo or the 120 days of sodom
red balloon/white mane

i plan on getting quite a few more wednesday. of course, you can also order from their site. google that shit.

[karmakiller]

I mainly just stalk this topic because I don't have as much of an interest in films as other people... and I'd rather not say something than make myself look foolish, but I am so glad this thread is somewhat still around (but this thread needs more people who know what they're talking about to post).

[NoSex]

I'd rather not say something than make myself look foolish

i'll try to play nice.

p.s. i'm glad people are still getting something out of this thread. +++++

[Simba]

thanks for your thoughts