Not sure I can pick just 5, but here are 11 of my favorite films:
All About Eve 1950-Jos. Mankiewicz Diary of a Country Priest 1950-Robt. Bresson The Exterminating Angel 1967-Luis Bunuel The Ghost & Mrs. Muir 1947-Jos. Mankiewicz Beauty and the Beast 1946-Jean Cocteau Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975-Peter Weir Ran 1985-Akira Kurosawa Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948-John Houston Vertigo 1958-Hitchcock The Virgin Spring 1959-Bergman The Wizard of Oz 1939-Victor Fleming
Michael those are good films - I have only seen a couple however.
My 11 favorites - that simply come to mind:
Breakfast at Tiffany's Death In Venice Brother Sun Sister Moon The Nun's Story The Birdcage Auntie Mame All About Eve Annie Hall Moonstruck Babette's Feast As Good As It Gets Longtime Companion
Annie Hall & Breakfast at Tiffany's just miss my short list. Death in Venice, Moonstruck & Babette's Feast are way up there for me too. Brother Sun Sister Moon would be at the very top of my list except it is spoiled for me by a couple saccharine scenes. I love most of the Donovan's score! Just re-watched my taped copy of Longtime Companion a couple of months ago, after not seeing it since it first came out, and I promptly deleted it. I guess it wouldn't make my top 500 or so...lol
Michael - Longtime Companion is not a great film, and it is pretty much early propaganda - but I know so many people who went through that, it reminds me of that reality. I also watch it when I get all holier than thou about gay people and the lifestyle. They are people... persons with souls.
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One of my top 5 favorite movies ever.
ReplyDeleteMine too.
ReplyDeleteIn my top 500, lol.
ReplyDeleteMichael - which ones are in your top 5? I love comedy of course.
ReplyDeleteNot sure I can pick just 5, but here are 11 of my favorite films:
ReplyDeleteAll About Eve 1950-Jos. Mankiewicz
Diary of a Country Priest 1950-Robt. Bresson
The Exterminating Angel 1967-Luis Bunuel
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir 1947-Jos. Mankiewicz
Beauty and the Beast 1946-Jean Cocteau
Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975-Peter Weir
Ran 1985-Akira Kurosawa
Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948-John Houston
Vertigo 1958-Hitchcock
The Virgin Spring 1959-Bergman
The Wizard of Oz 1939-Victor Fleming
Pure escapist fare!
Michael those are good films - I have only seen a couple however.
ReplyDeleteMy 11 favorites - that simply come to mind:
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Death In Venice
Brother Sun Sister Moon
The Nun's Story
The Birdcage
Auntie Mame
All About Eve
Annie Hall
Moonstruck
Babette's Feast
As Good As It Gets
Longtime Companion
Not the greatest films I suppose.
Annie Hall & Breakfast at Tiffany's just miss my short list. Death in Venice, Moonstruck & Babette's Feast are way up there for me too. Brother Sun Sister Moon would be at the very top of my list except it is spoiled for me by a couple saccharine scenes. I love most of the Donovan's score! Just re-watched my taped copy of Longtime Companion a couple of months ago, after not seeing it since it first came out, and I promptly deleted it. I guess it wouldn't make my top 500 or so...lol
ReplyDeleteMichael - Longtime Companion is not a great film, and it is pretty much early propaganda - but I know so many people who went through that, it reminds me of that reality. I also watch it when I get all holier than thou about gay people and the lifestyle. They are people... persons with souls.
ReplyDeleteBabette's Feast is amazing.
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