Dark City
Memento
A Simple Plan
Dr. Strangelove
Atomic Cafe.
We will finish my syllabus by about June 5. I think we'll have enough time for one more from the floor. Let me know what you want to see that last week.
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Gah! Can't wait for Memento!
ReplyDeleteI'll scour through my DVD collection and see if there are any really good movies I could suggest. At this point I'd say In Bruges just because I know a lot of people have seen it and like it, but then again I don't know if it is as fun if everyone has seen it already.
A Clockwork Orange? I'm pretty sure many of us have seen that too but I couldn't resist. It's my favorite movie.
Fargo? I think that would be a great conclusion to the film noir category.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
The Killing? Another film noir we could do.
Sleuth from 1972? That's just a fun movie with two great performances from Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine. I don't own it though, you'd have to Netflix it.
The Big Lebowski? Funny stuff, although it probably won't be everyone's taste.
The Player? I think the class will enjoy this one.
That's all I got for now. I hope others agree with some of them.
Back when my brother took the film class in 2002, he wrote a paper on the movie The Player, and said that it was very good. In speaking to him yesterday, he told me that I should suggest that we watch that if we had the chance. He thought it was very good and also referenced the first shot, which as Mr. Bennett and Nick discussed, was one of the longest in history.
ReplyDeleteHe told me that I should either watch it on my own or suggest it so I think that could be a great film. Another thought -- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre which you referenced yesterday sounded interesting so that could be another options.
Nick, you have quite an extensive list and most of those films I would definitely watch or watch again. (I personally vote against In Bruges though, I loved it but I would rather watch a movie that I haven't seen so recently.)
Seven Samurai or Taxi Driver, period.
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We can watch a surrealist (and other unconventional genres like modernist, there's little difference but time period) film because it opens another element to film that we haven't really discussed. I haven't watched many thus far, but I plan to. I know the most renowned directors are Luis Buñuel, Michelangelo Antonioni, and many others that I hope to learn about. But unfortunately we cannot watch The Holy Mountain because of its content, so you all are going to watch that on your own.
I think many of you are getting fed up with my surrealist craze, but bare with me you have only a short remaining to be with me so just hang in there...
I think In Bruges would be a great film to watch despite the fact that a couple of us have seen it. It is that type of movie that you can watch again and again, and it has so much meaning in it that it could be discussed quite easily.
ReplyDeleteV for Vendetta =)
ReplyDeleteThe suggestions above are all quite creditable. However, I was actually hoping for a comment something along the lines of what follows:
ReplyDelete"Mr. Bennett, You have shown one sublime film after another. Obviously, You possess powers of discrimination far exceeding our own. And who is better able than You to reconcile the objective appreciation of truly great films with the subjective and inscrutable nature of the 17-year-old mind, twisted as it is within a tangled matrix of tightly wound springs . Is there the remotest possibility that we, in our fathomless ignorance, could possibly choose a film that is superior to one of Your choosing? We humbly thank You for offering us the opportunity to choose for ourselves. But, the choice between us choosing, and You choosing, is, frankly, no choice at all. Rather it is a strategy steeped in folly, bound to result in bitter disappointment. We defer to You. Choose a film that we've never seen and never heard of, but will leave us once again speechless, shaking our heads silently in awe at the transcendent power of art."
I did say that. Mine was a typo.
ReplyDeleteMr. Bennett, You have shown one sublime film after another. Obviously, You possess powers of discrimination far exceeding our own. And who is better able than You to reconcile the objective appreciation of truly great films with the subjective and inscrutable nature of the 17-year-old mind, twisted as it is within a tangled matrix of tightly wound springs . Is there the remotest possibility that we, in our fathomless ignorance, could possibly choose a film that is superior to one of Your choosing? We humbly thank You for offering us the opportunity to choose for ourselves. But, the choice between us choosing, and You choosing, is, frankly, no choice at all. Rather it is a strategy steeped in folly, bound to result in bitter disappointment. We defer to You. Choose a film that we've never seen and never heard of, but will leave us once again speechless, shaking our heads silently in awe at the transcendent power of art.
ReplyDeleteI am all for In Bruges. Like Benny said, no matter how many times you watch it, it never gets old. Great film, just a great film.
ReplyDeleteMr. Bennett, your The Killing anecdote is the third comment on your post Evolution of the Class.
ReplyDeleteOn the "Evolution of the Class" post you mentioned you used to show The Truman Show. It may not be action packed but it is certainly deep, so maybe we could watch that.
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