wolfy 12 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I love all the Norman wisdom films. A master of his time, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 19, 2012 Author Share Posted August 19, 2012 Last years tree of life is pretty high on the list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Last years tree of life is pretty high on the list Did you enjoy it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 19, 2012 Author Share Posted August 19, 2012 Did you enjoy it? Not watched it yet. got it on the pile though. looks ridonkulous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Not watched it yet. got it on the pile though. looks ridonkulous. Sort of enjoyed it because it's so unusual. I had a brief 5 minute period after watching it when I thought I had understood what it was about, a bit like getting high and thinking something really profound only to be not able to recall it once the drug has worn off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Going to work my way through that list of the ones that I haven't seen and I've just been reading up on an old list compiled in 2010 by The Guardian which categorises films, so I'm going to do that one too. Starting off with their "25 best arthouse films". http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2010/oct/20/best-25-top-drama-arthouse http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/oct/20/drama-arthouse-25 1) Andrei Rublev 2) Mulholland Drive 3) L'Atalante 4) Toyko Story 5) Citizen Kane 6) A Clockwork Orange 7) Days of Heaven 8) Fanny and Alexander 9) The White Ribbon 10) The Gospel According to Saint Matthew 11) Aguirre, Wrath of God 12) Pather Panchali 13) The Conformist 14) Death in Venice 15) The Godfather 16) The Graduate 17) There Will Be Blood 18) Battleship Potemkin 19) The Rules of the Game 20) Shadows 21) Distant Voices, Still Lives 22) The Passion of Joan of Arc 23) La Dolce Vita 24) Breaking the Waves 25) The Spirit of the Beehive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Glad to see The Spirit of the Beehive in that list. Beautiful film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohn 0 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I think the point is basically that these arty critics would not lower themselves to rejoice in a modern day film. It needs to be so many years old to be "in" Something like film breakthroughs made in something like Avatar for example would be far too crass for them (and some on here ). Shawshank or Godfather, Dark Knight etc etc. Firstly, the main reason why I think all these films are pre-1980 (well, the majority) is that works of art, in any form, need 'time' before they're significance / quality can be judged. Citizen Kane was not well received upon it's release but 70 years later, everyone realises that film has endured beyond it's respective era / marketing campaign (marketing, in particular, has a massive influence on what people think about a film) etc. and now it's a classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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