Comments on: Re: Education

By: Brennen

Brennen — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:41:42 +0000

This is really random – I don’t know if you’ve seen these even though we’ve probably talked about some of them. Just a couple of guesses at things it’d be good to have seen from either a film education or pop culture history point of view that you might have missed…

The Sandlot
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Risky Business
Repo Man
The Natural
Annie Hall
The Jerk
Kramer vs. Kramer
Network*
Dog Day Afternoon
Serpico
Alice’s Restaurant*
Billy Jack*
The Last Waltz
The Sting
Don’t Look Back
Blow Up*

* Denotes something which may be borderline unwatchable but is at the same time kind of fascinating.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:59:48 +0000

It’s been too fucking long since I’ve heard from you. Yes, I actually do still read your blog. I do miss you, my friend.

A few “essentials”:

-The Godfather
-The Godfather part 2
-The Conversation
-In The Heat Of The Night
-From Here To Eternity
-The Verdict
-Heist
-Glengarry Glen Ross
-Witness (a brilliant piece of cinema that no one I know has watched)
-Ordinary People (it’s become fun to knock this because it won Best Picture over Raging Bull…but I respect how this is a slow burn of a movie, not overly dramatic like it would be today)
-Beverly Hills Cop (not a “classic” exactly…but far better than the sequels…or its star…would have you believe)
-Lethal Weapon – same here…if you haven’t seen it…when you watch the original you realize people have forgetten what bite it has. One of Donner’s three best films
-Amadeus
-Shattered Glass (we once discussed this…don’t know if you got around to viewing it)
-Tootsie
-Manhunter
-Body Heat
-Wall Street

Hope this was somewhat helpful.

By: Brent P. Newhall

Brent P. Newhall — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:08:04 +0000

A few more that I thought of yesterday:

To Catch a Thief
Gunga Din
Ben Hur
Arsenic & Old Lace
The 10 Commandments

By: saalon

saalon — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:51:11 +0000

Wow, good list. I have seen none of these. Zero. Got work to do, that I do.

By: Brent P. Newhall

Brent P. Newhall — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:44:55 +0000

Cool! A few suggestions; not sure if you’ve seen these:

All Quiet on the Western Front
Babette’s Feast
Chariots of Fire
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Dirty Harry
The original Dracula
The Forbidden Planet
The original Frankenstein
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The original Metropolis
Nosferatu
Things To Come (1936, screenplay by H.G. Wells, hard to find; I have a copy if you want it)

There are some very good early Tom Hanks movies. Joe vs. the Volcano was quite cool in parts.