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Added 2023-04-04 22:49:44 +0000 UTCName your favorite movie and why.
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Federico Fellini's very surreal, dreamlike film: "8 1/2". The relationship theme, the commentary on the isolation effect that comes with modernization, are all as relevant to me today as they were when I first saw this film. Gianni Di Venanzo's cinematography is awesome, the costumes by Piero Gherardi are awesome, and the Nino Rota soundtrack rocks! "Could you leave everything behind and start from zero again? Pick one thing, and one only, and be absolutely devoted to it? Make it the reason for your existence?" That "8 1/2" quote is a reoccurring question that I've been asking myself subconsciously for what seems like forever. Wether it's school, career, or relationships. My favorite movie.
Fillmore Pockets
2023-04-07 20:08:59 +0000 UTCEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I am a sucker for Kaufman and Gondry's work in general, but this film in particular has always had a special place in my heart ever since my first viewing. It's one of my favorite works of art across all mediums because of the extraordinary attention to detail exhibited by all involved. This is one of those movies I've seen too many times to count yet keep watching because I always gain something new and impactful with each watch. I still remember my first watch as a teen struggling with a break-up where there was lots of love, but we wanted different things from life. This film helped me understand that love was still a worthwhile experience even if it isn't permanent. This realization changed me as a person and allowed me to grow in a way where I love freely, knowing all love between mortal beings ends in one manner or another. Whenever I think I've learned it all, I notice some new beautiful detail and will never stop appreciating all that goes into perfecting your craft. The acting, the script, the direction, the scoring ... this is a perfect film experience to me.
LoraxPramheda
2023-04-07 15:05:52 +0000 UTCThe English patient. The scenes of a bed ridden Rolf Fiennes are incredible
anthony scully
2023-04-05 23:15:37 +0000 UTCBeen meaning to see this for awhile. Sounds great!
Stephen
2023-04-05 15:16:41 +0000 UTC2001: A Space Odyssey Kubrick is my favorite director and this my favorite film by him. It took me multiple viewings to finally appreciate it on an emotional level and not just seeing it as a cold, technical masterpiece. In retrospect, I was probably too young when I first saw it to appreciate a lot of the subtleties Kubrick has on display here. From a narrative perspective, it's very bold constantly changing perspectives from the hominins to humans to AI to the starbaby. While there are established characters here, they all feel very insignificant in the grand scheme of things. Only HAL an artificial computer gets any shine here and ironically his demise seems tragic despite what he's done. The ultimate ending is strangely very comforting and moving. As far as Kubrick's direction, his choices here are legendary for a reason. From the jump, he uses classical music to give the immediate impression that you are watching an epic, one that will nonetheless follow the history of man from Earth to space and beyond. The slow pace allows one to appreciate the compositions, giving the idea of what it would be like to inhabit space. The film is also very well edited, who could forget that perfect jump cut from the ape throwing that bone in the air to a satellite in space, signaling the evolution of mankind? The special effects have also aged pretty well in my opinion and still are especially effective during that final psychedelic sequence when David plunges into the unknown. Its a masterpiece for the ages that shows us the birth and death of mankind, while intermediately pondering what's possible next. I love it!
Stephen
2023-04-05 10:44:07 +0000 UTCI’ll be honest, if every movie was erased from history except Tampopo (1985), I think we’d be ok. I leave the movie perfectly satisfied, and a second later I think, “Man I can’t wait to watch Tampopo again”. The film about ramen literally uses the act of eating a bowl of ramen as a metaphor for experiencing the film itself! There’s no contest! It’s the best! Itami gave us a cinematic gift that is funny, sexy, delicious, thrilling, weird, joyful and beautifully bonkers from start to finish.
Jared Angcanan
2023-04-05 04:31:21 +0000 UTCThe Lives of Others. Out of all the films I love and remember, I’m surprised to pick this one. I don’t have a special affinity for the political thriller above other genres, and the themes of surveillance and voyeurism have been explored rather memorably and fantastically in classic films made by the likes of Hitchcock, Coppola, and Antonioni. But yet…this film is about more than the authoritarian atrocities committed by the Stasi in East Germany during the era of Communist rule, and it is about more than the insidious act of spying and the privacy it violates, or even our desire to look in on other people that can turn perverse and unhealthy. The Lives of Others, in fact, provides a kind of flip side to that old argument. It is about how one can observe another, see their vitality and humanity, and without any kind of conscious realization, have a pathway of empathy and connection be created. That is indeed what happens to the central figure of the film, Gerd Wiesler, as he wiretaps and listens in on the artist he’s been assigned to uncover compromising information on as grounds for imprisonment. In the extraordinarily subtle performance of Ulrich Mühe, we watch as Wiesler transforms from a cold, officious Stasi captain into a guardian angel for those he surveils, all without so much as a change in expression on his face. The character and the film ultimately resonates with me so much because it serves as a potent metaphor for watching films and TV or reading books, and how we ourselves enrich our spirits and build up our capacity for empathy and understanding of people every day by looking into the fictionalized lives of others. I’m sure anyone reading this can identify with that.
Bennett Oliver
2023-04-05 03:35:35 +0000 UTCBarry Lyndon. An epic with seemingly unmatched detail and scope that’s real focus is the insignificance of epic heroines and historical figures. Barry amasses immense wealth and stature, yet he never really accomplishes anything himself. He’s often swindling his way into these opportune situations or finding himself in the right place at the right time. Through this, we breakdown the artifice of Barry as the center of an epic, and we experience his tragic downfall as something more imperfect and human. It makes me laugh, it makes me cry, it inspires me, it sends me deep into self reflection for days. I’ll never stop loving it.
Jackson Littlewood
2023-04-05 00:58:24 +0000 UTCThis week it’s dr strangelove. So funny, so many great performances, direction is second to none.
Paul Robinson
2023-04-05 00:44:34 +0000 UTCI've consistently stated that My Fair Lady has been my favorite but the more I watch La La Land, the more it might take the cake. It hits me more personally because I used to dream about getting into movies and failing to do so and I felt like it spoke to me as a struggling wannabe artist. Hell, the song at the climax is named Fools Who Dream. The music, the cinematography, the dance scenes, the raw performances, the absolute first rate editing and camerawork are all from a young filmmaker at the top of his game. Also, on a more personal note, this film helped me with my depression when my grandparents died shortly after it was released. It's a miracle that it was as good as it is otherwise I probably wouldn't be here right now. Even watching now in a more mentally healthy state and with a stronger analytical mind still hits me as strong, if not stronger, as it did before. Nobody who knows me is more surprised than I am that I rate this film so high but it totally deserves it. So much so that my profile picture on here is an image from the film.
Wolfman Brandon
2023-04-05 00:24:00 +0000 UTCAs a big PTA fan it’s my personal favorite as well with The Master as a very close second. The script, the performances, PTAs Kubrick-esque direction and yes Greenwoods perfect score seals the deal for me.
Stephen
2023-04-05 00:07:57 +0000 UTCFor me it's Casablanca - The ultimate B list movie that outperformed on every level and turned out to be something so unbelievably special, it was commissioned at a perfect place in history and made at a perfect time, 4 different writers, a crazy interesting backstory, A perfect cast with some of the best damn lines in all film history. It is THE example of the chaotic madness of the Hollywood studio system succeeding. Killer soundtrack too. We'll always have Paris!
Ross Skilton
2023-04-04 23:56:33 +0000 UTCTorture
Simon
2023-04-04 23:48:54 +0000 UTCNo, pay me, sounds like to much hard work to do for free😂 narrowing down to one that is. However depending on when you had asked the answers would have to include, singing in the rain, (funny athletic, old style sets a satire, Blazing saddles (Really Funny) His girl Friday( Sharp overlapping script tight run time) Escape to Witch mountain (Telekinesis is cool) , A Prophet (a central character I can relate to) gross point blank,( good soundtrack, decent power fantasy, a central character primed for ego substitution for a young man) the big blue (it makes me feel thing's, relatable central character) , point break, (Lori petty in Jean shorts and Boys being boys) for a few dollars more and suspiria (I like people to know I am liker of foreign movies with amped soundtracks over the top sound effects) and the Last Starfighter (because playing video games can save galaxy) 👍
Simon
2023-04-04 23:47:37 +0000 UTCPhantom Thread I don't know how controversial of an opinion it is but to me, this is peak PTA. It's beautiful, uncomfortably romantic, stunningly haunting and perfectly scored by Jonny Greenwood at his absolute best. Whenever PTA writes and directs a romance, there's always this slightly dark edge to it that I absolutely love and really sidesteps any of the sappiness you can get with most romantic movies. Every time I watch this movie I come away with a different view point on love and commitment and I'm just deeply moved and breathless.
Tyler Shobe
2023-04-04 23:13:40 +0000 UTCLol this question is little tough. Just narrowed down to one film.
swift minus one
2023-04-04 23:05:47 +0000 UTC
