"The Jacques Lacan Foundation" by Susan Ellen Finlay
Only a partial list cos I keep changing my mind. The non-negotiables are:
Les enfants du paradis
Kaos
Blues brothers
Don’t look away (melodrama and none the worse for that, and Max Richter score)
Portrait of a lady on fire
Philadelphia story
His Girl Friday.
Others come and go.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire is extraordinary. 120 perfect minutes. And a diegetic music masterpiece.
Obviously
1 Pulp Fiction
and then in no particular order:
Gilda (for Rita Hayworth)
Blade Runner (the original one) (for tears in the rain, probably)
Deliverance (watched it while on LSD)
Apocalypse Now (Apocalyptic nonsense)
Bambi (the first film i remember. As a very small child I was terrifed by the forest fire)
If. (I left boarding school harbouring those desires of revenge. In later life The Scottish Inquiry on Child Abuse did its job for me)
Summer Holiday (Childhood memories and that beautiful bus)
Dr Strangelove (as relevant today as it was then)
Jason Bourne films (I have no idea why i find them so enjoyable)
One of those spahetti westerns by Sergio Leone with Clint Eastwood and Lee van Cleef
Barbarella (for Jane Fonda in those outfits)
Casablanca (for its sexy absurdity)
House of Whipcord (an early insight into my BDSM fantasies)
OK that's probably more than 10 but who is counting?
Great list!
Understand the Jason Bourne appeal, although Team America has ruined any film with Matt Damon in it for me.
Dr Strangelove, I can see it's great, but like too much cheese on a pizza, doesn't argue with me.
WIll add House of Whipcord and Gilda to my watchlist, maybe as a double bill?
No list should really be without Pulp Fiction.
And of course Casablanca is the greatest film ever made.
Only a partial list cos I keep changing my mind. The non-negotiables are:
Les enfants du paradis
Kaos
Blues brothers
Don’t look away (melodrama and none the worse for that, and Max Richter score)
Portrait of a lady on fire
Philadelphia story
His Girl Friday.
Others come and go.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire is extraordinary. 120 perfect minutes. And a diegetic music masterpiece.
Obviously
1 Pulp Fiction
and then in no particular order:
Gilda (for Rita Hayworth)
Blade Runner (the original one) (for tears in the rain, probably)
Deliverance (watched it while on LSD)
Apocalypse Now (Apocalyptic nonsense)
Bambi (the first film i remember. As a very small child I was terrifed by the forest fire)
If. (I left boarding school harbouring those desires of revenge. In later life The Scottish Inquiry on Child Abuse did its job for me)
Summer Holiday (Childhood memories and that beautiful bus)
Dr Strangelove (as relevant today as it was then)
Jason Bourne films (I have no idea why i find them so enjoyable)
One of those spahetti westerns by Sergio Leone with Clint Eastwood and Lee van Cleef
Barbarella (for Jane Fonda in those outfits)
Casablanca (for its sexy absurdity)
House of Whipcord (an early insight into my BDSM fantasies)
OK that's probably more than 10 but who is counting?
Great list!
Understand the Jason Bourne appeal, although Team America has ruined any film with Matt Damon in it for me.
Dr Strangelove, I can see it's great, but like too much cheese on a pizza, doesn't argue with me.
WIll add House of Whipcord and Gilda to my watchlist, maybe as a double bill?
No list should really be without Pulp Fiction.
And of course Casablanca is the greatest film ever made.