Comments on: My Ten Favorite Films http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/06/23/my-ten-favorite-films/ Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:03:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: My Ten Favorite Films: A Revised List « Media and Mayhem http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/06/23/my-ten-favorite-films/#comment-2833 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:51:55 +0000 http://sgorelick.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-2833 [...] and I set up many years ago in a UCLA dorm room, I have to remove one film for each one I add.  I posted my last 10 favorite about a year ago. Here is my new one along with a list of [...]

]]> By: Kelty http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/06/23/my-ten-favorite-films/#comment-189 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:41:59 +0000 http://sgorelick.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-189 I’m kind of relieved that I’ve seen them all. I’ve been watching all my favorite films from the 60′s and 70′s and am dismayed at how they really don’t stand up very well. What looked like realism after the plastic 50′s studio era just looks kind of slow and obvious in today’s fast lane (have you watched teenagers watch The Graduate? Not a lot of traction despite Buck Henry’s brilliant script, the incredible editing, the music, etc. etc.). The movie that caught me by surprise was Shampoo. It seemed frivolous at the time, but watching a movie about the night before Nixon was elected is pretty provocative today. Movies I would add: MASH and The Player.

]]> By: Gabe Toro http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/06/23/my-ten-favorite-films/#comment-187 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:13:50 +0000 http://sgorelick.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-187 Hey, Professor. It’s Gabe Toro, I took your course a couple of years ago. I, too, am a complulsive list-maker, as well as a cinema lover, and as such, lists like this always intrigue me, especially when they are so varied. Movies are like diets, they must be balanced.

You have a great list, and a couple of them threaten my own. My ten…

10. Jurassic Park- The first movie I ever truly LOVED. I watch it to this day and still believe Stevie Spielberg has a warehouse filled with actual dinosaurs out there.
9. Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon- High camp, mixed with nostalgia. When you’ve got the glow, you know.
8. El Topo- I met Alejandro Jodorowsky once and honestly, it was like dining with a god.
7. W/R: Mysteries Of The Organism- The most primal, rebellious film I’ve ever seen, in that my initial reaction was to tear my clothes off and run into the streets.
6. Cinema Paradiso- I cry like a baby multiple times during this movie.
5. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy- I don’t even own the movie yet and somehow I can quote the ENTIRE THING.
4. Being John Malkovich- A movie that changed my life and made me want to become a screenwriter.
3. Do The Right Thing- Outrage, outrage, outrage- it’s both exhilarating and saddening that this film still retains it’s contemporary punch.
2. The Holy Mountain- Like the titular peak, you don’t watch this movie, you climb it.
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey- Encompasses so much. Does what all movies should do- it expands the mind until it is near elastic.

I maintain a semi-professional movie blog that I think you might enjoy at fabfunk.livejournal.com , lots of thoughtful, topical analysis on today’s releases, as well as a number of cheap jokes. Hope you visit, since I’ll be following your entires from this point on.

]]> By: Steve http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/06/23/my-ten-favorite-films/#comment-186 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:00:43 +0000 http://sgorelick.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-186 It is working Gabe, and given your familiarity with film, your comments would be especially welcome.

Steve

]]> By: Gabe Toro http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/06/23/my-ten-favorite-films/#comment-185 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:45:40 +0000 http://sgorelick.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-185 Testing… not sure if this will work… comments to follow.

]]> By: Dominic Orlando http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/06/23/my-ten-favorite-films/#comment-184 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:48:25 +0000 http://sgorelick.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-184 Sorry, I couldn’t give you just ten, Steve, but I did put them in today’s order of preference (it’ll change tomorrow).

The Leopard
The Conformist
Mrs. Miniver
Lacombe Lucien
Seduced and Abandoned
Lolita
Love and Anarchy
Dr. Strangelove
Woman of the Dunes
Children of Paradise
La Strada
Pyaasa
Seven Beauties
I Vitellone
Throne of Blood
Once Upon A Time In The West
Nights of Cabiria
The 400 Blows
Fellini Satyricon
8 1/2
Smiles of a Summer Night
Pygmalion
The Passenger
Amarcord
Stray Dog
The Godfather I & II
Goodfellas
Blithe Spirit
Le Rayon Vert (Summer)
Claire’s Knee
A Man and a Woman
Best Years of Our Lives
The Philadelphia Story
A Passage to India
Pierrot Le Fou
Le Samourai
Come and See
Kaagaz Ke Phool
Night of the Iguana
Gun Crazy
Pepe Le Moko
Gadjo Dilo
Five Easy Pieces
The Browning Version
Chinatown
Trainspotting
The Graduate
The Life of Emile Zola
Hell in the Pacific

So many left out…

]]> By: Steve Gorelick http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/06/23/my-ten-favorite-films/#comment-183 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:13:19 +0000 http://sgorelick.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-183 The great Motin is up way beyond his bed time!!

]]> By: the great Motin-o http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/06/23/my-ten-favorite-films/#comment-182 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:10:11 +0000 http://sgorelick.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-182 Where’s “The Blues Brothers”? That’s my all-time favorite…no better film ever made!!! I do, however, agree with your #2 (I don’t even consider it a trilogy…he should have quit while he was ahead). OK, Stevie G…I’ve said my piece. Motin out!

]]> By: Steve Gorelick http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/06/23/my-ten-favorite-films/#comment-181 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:19:12 +0000 http://sgorelick.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-181 I just have to warn you that, given my tastes, this is a list that will require a lot of tissues to dry your tears. Hey you know me from class. Im a happy guy. Film, though, is where I often get in touch with sadness.

By the way, all are available from Netflix.

Enjoy your summer!

]]> By: Aswathy Nair http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/06/23/my-ten-favorite-films/#comment-180 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:11:04 +0000 http://sgorelick.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-180 I think I have a summer movie list now professor! Godfather 1 & 2 are brilliant! I’m definately going to check the others out, thanks! Have a nice summer!

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