Sylvester
Well-known
Stanley Kubrick's Doctor Strangelove or: How I Leaned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
M.Nadz
Member
Apocalypse Now
or
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Pulp Fiction is a close third, actually. Hard decision.
or
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Pulp Fiction is a close third, actually. Hard decision.
bigeye
Well-known
What can go wrong with an Old Fashioned?
Favorite is Strangelove. Watch Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky in the background after "envy the dead". Sellers is brilliant.
truefriendship
Well-known
Koyaanisqatsi.
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
Yay, finally more Kubrick fans in this thread! 
Just a little link to Kubricks 'Barry Lyndon' on YT:
http://youtu.be/nfbL0EU2IdM
The music is great (and famous) but the imagery is superb. Just look at the light, the color rendering and the DOF. It was shot with large-aperture lenses, sometimes with only candle light on the set!
Just a little link to Kubricks 'Barry Lyndon' on YT:
http://youtu.be/nfbL0EU2IdM
The music is great (and famous) but the imagery is superb. Just look at the light, the color rendering and the DOF. It was shot with large-aperture lenses, sometimes with only candle light on the set
!Steve M.
Veteran
My first post was about my usual suspects. The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind, 81/2, La Dolce Vita, etc.
But I saw "Children of Men" the other night for the second time and can't get it out of my head. Not so much the premise, which is old hand stuff for Sci Fi, but the incredible cinematography, with very long running shots that were shot in one take (or edited to appear that way). Wikipedia, of all places, has some fascinating info on this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Men
Normally I don't watch movies that are shot on digital if I can help it, and indeed this one has a lot of the usual clamped down colors and blown highlights that are so popular now, but the camera work is just incredible (as is the acting and directing I might add). The horrific realness of the gorilla war being fought in the immigrant ghettos looks so real. Rightly or wrongly, and I haven't ever been there, but it's how I imagine the Gaza strip looks like, or will look like, if the media were allowed to get in there. The film is one of the best I've ever seen, and relates so well to our current world.
But I saw "Children of Men" the other night for the second time and can't get it out of my head. Not so much the premise, which is old hand stuff for Sci Fi, but the incredible cinematography, with very long running shots that were shot in one take (or edited to appear that way). Wikipedia, of all places, has some fascinating info on this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Men
Normally I don't watch movies that are shot on digital if I can help it, and indeed this one has a lot of the usual clamped down colors and blown highlights that are so popular now, but the camera work is just incredible (as is the acting and directing I might add). The horrific realness of the gorilla war being fought in the immigrant ghettos looks so real. Rightly or wrongly, and I haven't ever been there, but it's how I imagine the Gaza strip looks like, or will look like, if the media were allowed to get in there. The film is one of the best I've ever seen, and relates so well to our current world.
StevenJohn
Established
In no particular order:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dr. Strangelove, Bladerunner, Apocalypse Now, Stranger than Fiction
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dr. Strangelove, Bladerunner, Apocalypse Now, Stranger than Fiction
TXForester
Well-known
"The Big Sleep" and other film noir.
Most of Akira Kurosawa's films.
Turn Classic Movies is my favorite station on the "boob tube."
Most of Akira Kurosawa's films.
Turn Classic Movies is my favorite station on the "boob tube."
Jubb Jubb
Well-known
Pulp Fiction
Colin G.
Established
Blade Runner
gb hill
Veteran
The Apostle (written by & starring Robert Duvall)
kanzlr
Hexaneur
Orgazmo, by Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
fireblade
Vincenzo.
anything Tarantino
Vobluda
Well-known
Blade Runner
Mongo Park
Established
Too many favourites to mention. Ones that immediately spring to mind:-
The Conversation
Pulp fiction
African Queen
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
French Connection
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
La Grand Bouffe
Tampopo
Diva
Death in a French Garden
there's plenty more...
The Conversation
Pulp fiction
African Queen
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
French Connection
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
La Grand Bouffe
Tampopo
Diva
Death in a French Garden
there's plenty more...
Mongo Park
Established
Oh - and the original Pink Panther series...
zuiko85
Veteran
What? Did everyone forget 'Apollo 13'
Few more favorites;
Good Night and Good Luck
Oh' Brother Where Art Thou
Tora Tora Tora
From TV productions;
Tinker Taylor Solder Spy (series with Alec Guinness)
Smiley's People
Few more favorites;
Good Night and Good Luck
Oh' Brother Where Art Thou
Tora Tora Tora
From TV productions;
Tinker Taylor Solder Spy (series with Alec Guinness)
Smiley's People