James Arryn Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 see, I said it like a dumbass layperson, and much prefer your description of the scene. that kinda stuff is probably what a greatest list should track--items that make use of the medium of film itself. books have narrative, the symphony has sound, painting has visuals. film is however its own art, with its own imperatives, say.Yeah, it's adopted norms to such a degree that when directors try to challenge them we often already are rendered too academic about the experience because the intent is so apparent. In some ways that probably made experimentation easier earlier, as you weren't swimming against a conceptual tide.Most of the modern breakthroughs have involved aspects like time, narrative, reliability, etc. I love Trainspotting in part because the material allowed/pushed for visual expansion. It wasn't necessarily new itself but within the acknowledged concept of altered state narration, the actual surrealism was less jarring and therefore inspired a less purely academic/intellectual response. When EMcG dives into the toilet bowl, we aren't immediately in film 101, but instead laughing and along for the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House Góngora Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Pulp Fiction is the best movie ever made, hands down :bowdown: :bowdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolorous Gabe Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Just thought I'd list some of my favourites (had a quick scan through your impressive list but I may repeat some films already there). Amores Perros (a personal favourite)The Life And Death Of Colonel BlimpBlack NarcissusA Matter Of Life And DeathMagnoliaThe Wages Of FearSeven SamuraiIkiruThe LeopardMChinatown12 Angry MenMulholland DriveUgetsu MonogatariThere Will Be BloodThe Double Life Of VeroniqueMiller's CrossingFargoThe Big LebowskiNo Country For Old MenBadlandsBlade RunnerNorth By NorthwestRebeccaCity Of GodDr StrangelovePan's LabyrinthAmerican BeautyThe Sweet HereafterSpirited AwayThe Shawshank RedemptionThe Vanishing (Spoorloos)MementoButch Cassidy And The Sundance KidThe Three Colours TrilogyThe Third ManLA ConfidentialSullivan's TravelsNosferatu (1921)Sunrise (1927) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Arryn Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Pulp Fiction is the best movie ever made, hands down :bowdown: :bowdown:I much prefer Reservoir Dogs. Pulp Fiction is very good, but already peeking on the extraordinarily self-referential/reverential stuff he pulled off in the wake of it (though Jackie Brown is somehow overlooked/underrated).Reservoir Dogs has high points that compare with some other QT high points but isn't auto-erotic enough for the real lows QT gets afterwards. The Madsen scene with the cop is about as realistically chilling as it gets, and I lovelovelove the discussion where the gunmen reveal their moral hierarchies in terms of who you kill and who you don't. No one is the bad guy in their own movie, and this was a lovely illustration without sounding like a sub-heading.I think the single best scene QT has done is the first scene in Inglorious Bastards, at the farmhouse, but the movie is really hit and miss after that for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howdyphillip Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 How is Lawrence of Arabia not here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlady B Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 How is Lawrence of Arabia not here? It is! #136 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Arryn Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 It is! #136That's insanely low. I recommend hydrotherapy. It's very very very very close to the greatest film ever made. Incredible editing (oh, JFK should get a mention just for editing), maybe the most beautiful camerawork we've ever seen (Mallick can go suck it!), shots modern directors are still trying to work out, a genius script loaded top to bottom with amazing characters with amazing lines, arguably the greatest, most improbable single moment ever caught on film in a major motion picture, and a breadth and depth of serious, often disturbing examinations of humanity, value, glory, war, loyalty and power. If I could be around for the making of one movie, this would probably be it. Some of Lean's accomplishments in the thing are staggering just as ambitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Pulp Fiction is the best movie ever made, hands down :bowdown: :bowdown:It's definitely in my top 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 That's insanely low. They aren't ranked, the order is when they were suggested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horizon Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Pulp Fiction is cool when you see it the first time.Mediocre when you see it a second time.And I turned it of after fifteen minutes the third time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Nah, Pulp Fiction is awesome when you see it the first time, awesome when you see it the second time, and I dunno how many times I've seen it since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Selig Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 EDIT: Another list of great movies (besides this one and the Sight and Sound poll) that I think is very important is the one by Roger Ebert. In many ways, he seems to be a bit of a bridge between Sight and Sound (which is top-of-the-line) and the more casual cinephiles. I'm currently working my way through it and there are very few disappointments so far. Here's the msot representative list I've found (apart from Internet polls where anyone can vote), which aggregate the votes of more than 3000 critics, filmmakers and scholars - http://theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_all1000films_table.php . It's been really useful for me over the years, I discovered plenty of excellent movies thanks to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Nah, Pulp Fiction is awesome when you see it the first time, awesome when you see it the second time, and I dunno how many times I've seen it since then.Yep.probably one of my most watched movies, even if I think his best is Inglourious Basterds for a number of reasons, I've still probably watched pulp fiction twice as many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Just thought I'd list some of my favourites (had a quick scan through your impressive list but I may repeat some films already there). A Matter Of Life And DeathYour list is quite lovely; especially love the mention of A Matter of Life and Death so im not the only one to have mentioned it. Fantastic film. :) I am sure if more people had seen it (AND THEY SHOULD) they would agree it DEFINITELY deserves a place on such a list; at the very least more than two mentions :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Selig Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Just thought I'd list some of my favourites (had a quick scan through your impressive list but I may repeat some films already there). Amores Perros (a personal favourite) The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp Black Narcissus A Matter Of Life And Death Magnolia The Wages Of Fear Seven Samurai Ikiru The Leopard M Chinatown 12 Angry Men Mulholland Drive Ugetsu Monogatari There Will Be Blood The Double Life Of Veronique Miller's Crossing Fargo The Big Lebowski No Country For Old Men Badlands Blade Runner North By Northwest Rebecca City Of God Dr Strangelove Pan's Labyrinth American Beauty The Sweet Hereafter Spirited Away The Shawshank Redemption The Vanishing (Spoorloos) Memento Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid The Three Colours Trilogy The Third Man LA Confidential Sullivan's Travels Nosferatu (1921) Sunrise (1927) Fantastic list. But so many Powell and Pressburger movies yet The Red Shoes is not included? How come? I really should've mentioned it earlier. The ballet sequence alone is more than enough to justify its inclusion. How the hell they shot it in 1948.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.jpg.286c4041b1858d97184224ffa57d1501.thumb.jpg.58c01da3f0aa8225a4568cc1e2d7398b.jpg)
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.