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« Reply #25 on: July 15, 2005, 08:27:49 AM » |
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From a "1993 Video Hound's Golden Movie Retriever" Partial Lists - These lists were not published in the book per se, only mentioned in movie by movie reviews. I have gleaned these so far:
10 Best American Films of All Time 1. Gone With the Wind 2. Citizen Kane 3. Casablanca 4. African Queen (not a gay movie) 5. ? 6. ? 7. Singin' In The Rain 8. Star Wars 9. 2001: A Space Odyssey 10. Wizard of Oz
Best Films of All Time 1. Citizen Kane 2. ? 3. Singin' In The Rain 4. ? 5. Grand Illusion 6. Battleship Potemkin 7. Vertigo 8. ? 9. ? 10. ?
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« Reply #26 on: July 15, 2005, 09:11:09 AM » |
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Tom, I wonder if under the second category they included the Fritz Lang movie Metropolis? It was a silent movie made in the late 1920s depicting life in 2026. Much later movies like Bladerunner seemed to owe something to Lang's vision of the future. http://www.geocities.com/Area51/5555/erika.htm#resume
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« Reply #27 on: July 15, 2005, 09:37:07 AM » |
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Tom, I wonder if under the second category they included the Fritz Lang movie Metropolis? It was a silent movie made in the late 1920s depicting life in 2026. Much later movies like Bladerunner seemed to owe something to Lang's vision of the future. http://www.geocities.com/Area51/5555/erika.htm#resumePaul, Metropolis always was one of my favorite movies. The Weimar era German expressionism is quite prolific with black and white distinctions between the working class and the Bourgoisie! Have you seen Birth of a City? (German silent film - 1927) The Director gives you a tour of 1927 Berlin. Quite a fabulous film and you can see how much different the Weimar German culture was from that of American culture at the time. Things that were acceptable to Europeans, were'nt here. I guess the best part of the film is viewing pre-WWII Berlin in all of it's Mideaval Teutonic splendor. The architecture was fairy-tale and streets squeaky clean. It's (in the movie) inhabitants all had definition and purpose. These was quite a distinction between the classes, especially during the introduction to the movie. The movie opens up on the train from Potsdam to Berlin, where you can see the ramshackle tents and dwelings of the poor right outside of the Brandenburg Gates! I for one, never knew such a thing existed in Weimar Germany; but guess it did. I wasn't alive in 1927 - hi! If you get a chance to see it I think you'd find it enjoyable.
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« Reply #28 on: July 15, 2005, 11:16:59 AM » |
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How come no one mentioned Caddy Shack?
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« Reply #29 on: July 15, 2005, 11:33:51 AM » |
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I was trying to think of movies that incorporated amateur radio in them and I could only come up with two: Frequency and Phenomenon. Anyone come up with any others? (No, The Strapping Young Men of P-town doesn't count.)
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« Reply #30 on: July 15, 2005, 11:40:13 AM » |
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Hi Paul,
My 1993 movie book did not have the movie Metropolis in it surprisingly. It is reviewed in my other 2 movie books.
My 1998 "Time Out Film Guide" has a list of 100 Best Films in the back of the book. In 1995, Time Out polled directors, producers, actors, programmers and critics. The top ten from this list are: 1. Citizen Kane 2. The Godfather 3. La Regle du Jeu 4. Vertigo 5. Seven Samurai 6. Lawrence of Arabia 7. Raging Bull 8. Touch of Evil 9. Tokyo Story 10. L'Atalante
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« Reply #31 on: July 15, 2005, 11:51:32 AM » |
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Hi Tom. That's a good list! I don't know how many time's I've seen Lawrence of Arabia -- a lot. We have it on VHS and DVD.
Seven Samurai is another great movie and I'd not even thought of it. We had our own American version of it with Magnificent Seven
Funny how when people start talking about movies they bring up titles that you can't believe you forgot to include.
After this discussion started yesterday, I went home and asked my wife and oldest daughter who's visiting what their top 10 movies were. It was chick flick film festival time, let me tell you!
Thanks Bob NEO for starting this! Really enjoyable. Keep it rolling.
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« Reply #32 on: July 15, 2005, 12:28:12 PM » |
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A famous Hollywood screen writer just died, Ernest Lehman, K6DXK. He wrote the screenplay for Hitchcock's North by Northwest, among many others. Remember the plane strafing Cary Grant? He wrote a novel called "The French Atlantic Affair" which featured a boy on a cruise ship with a ham radio. The ship gets hijacked by terrorists as I recall. The TV movie version IIRC with Chad Everett (father) and Michelle Phillips very greatly downplayed the ham radio part however.
I think one of Brando's last films "The Island of Dr. Moreau" had a Yaesu? HF transceiver in it. (Haven't seen it.)
Pump Up The Volume with Christian Slater - an FM bootlegger. I remember seeing an HP608 rf signal generator but don't recall ham rigs.
And let's not forget the biographical movie about the patriot from Liberty Corner. (Haven't seen it.)
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« Reply #33 on: July 15, 2005, 01:38:19 PM » |
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....."It's just a jump to the left.." My vote is for, "I can remember; doing the time warp..."
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« Reply #34 on: July 15, 2005, 01:39:06 PM » |
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« Reply #35 on: July 15, 2005, 02:16:20 PM » |
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Here is the list of the top ten movies of all time. 1) The Shining 2) The Godfather 3) One Flew over the Cukoo's nest 4) Fargo 5) A Clockwork Orange 6) Resovoir Dogs 7) Goodfellas Carrie 9) Fear and Loathing in LasVegas 10) The Naked Lunch 73 NEO I thought I was the world's only fan of "The Naked Lunch." For the record I think the book was hard to read but the movie was well done. I can understand why Kerouac and crew like the guy because the ideas are so out there. Ed
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« Reply #36 on: July 15, 2005, 03:07:44 PM » |
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lots of good movies mentioned. i liked some of the older ones, and new. i mostly like sci fi.
war of the worlds - old and new is good time machine forbidden planet contact titanic alien fargo french connection grudge - creepy matrix
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« Reply #37 on: July 15, 2005, 03:28:07 PM » |
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Okay, I'll bite...
North By Northwest Killer Clowns From Outer Space Ice Pirates Spaceballs Time Bandits 2001: A Space Oddysey Natural Born Killers Failsafe Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (tied with The Holy Grail) Caligula
...in no particular order.
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« Reply #38 on: July 15, 2005, 03:39:33 PM » |
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I was trying to think of movies that incorporated amateur radio in them and I could only come up with two: Frequency and Phenomenon. Anyone come up with any others? (No, The Strapping Young Men of P-town doesn't count.) Contact with Jodie Foster harbored a seen with amateur radio
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« Reply #39 on: July 15, 2005, 04:11:25 PM » |
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..History of the World Part One..
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« Reply #40 on: July 15, 2005, 05:32:47 PM » |
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:D..History of the World Part One.. :D Isn't this the movie where we found out there were actually 15 Commandments? Moses dropped one of the stone tablets coming down off the mountain.
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« Reply #41 on: July 15, 2005, 05:44:16 PM » |
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..History of the World Part One.. Isn't time the movie where we found out there were actually 15 Commandments? Moses dropped one of the stone tablets coming down off the mountain. I think that is already in a Mel Brooks movie Pete.
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« Reply #42 on: July 15, 2005, 05:52:58 PM » |
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:D..History of the World Part One.. :D Isn't time the movie where we found out there were actually 15 Commandments? Moses dropped one of the stone tablets coming down off the mountain. I think that is already in a Mel Brooks movie Pete. It is the Mel Brooks movie, History of the World Part One
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« Reply #43 on: July 15, 2005, 06:43:36 PM » |
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I was trying to think of movies that incorporated amateur radio in them and I could only come up with two: Frequency and Phenomenon. Anyone come up with any others? (No, The Strapping Young Men of P-town doesn't count.) Contact with Jodie Foster harbored a seen with amateur radio I really like the cute chick in your avatar! Besides being an Ultraconservative, do you think she'd like to see my big triodes?
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« Reply #44 on: July 15, 2005, 07:47:53 PM » |
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Thom, Caligula? I remember that, they hack off the balls of a guy. I remember the ballsack in the soldiers hand and tossing them to a dog who scarfed them down. well at least the dog was happy!! ;;;
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« Reply #45 on: July 15, 2005, 07:54:32 PM » |
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Thom, Caligula? I remember that, they hack off the balls of a guy. I remember the ballsack in the soldiers hand and tossing them to a dog who scarfed them down. well at least the dog was happy!! ;;; Wasn't that the movie where Caligula was invited to a wedding and after the reception had sex with the groom? It was too much for me!
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« Reply #46 on: July 15, 2005, 07:54:47 PM » |
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« Reply #47 on: July 16, 2005, 02:26:19 AM » |
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Lessee In no particular order
1. Dr Strangelove 2.Shadow Of The Vampire (Willem DaFoe) 3.The Pawnbroker 4.On The Beach 5.Catch 22 6.Anything by Monty Python 7.The French Connection 8.The Blues Brothers 9.Das Boot 10.Lost Weekend
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« Reply #48 on: July 16, 2005, 02:30:57 AM » |
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jeepers I almost forgot the GREATEST MOVIE EVER
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« Reply #49 on: July 16, 2005, 06:23:51 AM » |
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Don't forget "the Deer Hunter" .
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