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In Reply to: Poll: Movies in which repeated viewings are required. posted by Netsurfer-X on July 18, 2000 at 15:19:54:

Um...
Dr Strangelove,
Clockwork Orange
Gorky Park
Mononoke Hime
The Man Who Would be King,
The Cassandra Crossing,
Appocalypse Now,
Ran
Das Boot
Patton
Sichinin no Samurai
The Atomic Cafe,
Alien
Salem's Lot.
Nasferatu
Hellraiser
Iria
The Haunting
Fantasia
Excalibur
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
How the West was Won
The Wicker Man
The Lion in Winter
Becket
Eraserhead
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Lianna
Ballad of Cable Hogue
Madadayo
Putny Swope
Young Frankenstein
Some that are good to compare to the books
Bladerunner / Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Philip Dick)
The Thing (John Carpenter's) / Who goes There (John Campbell)
The Omega Man / I am Legend (Richard Matheson)
Clockwork Orange / Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
The Man Who Fell to Earth/ Man who fell to earth (Walter Tevis)
The Power / The Power (Frank Robinson)
The Exorcist / The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
A few S-F I'd like to see as movies
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter Miller)
Lucifer's Hammer (Pournelle and Niven)
Ringworld (Larry Niven)
Brainwave (Phoul Anderson)
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
Mission of Gravity (Hal Clement)
The Fortunate Fall (Raphel Carter)
Bone Dance (Emma Bull)
Watcher's of the Dark (lloyd Biggle jr.)

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A Canticle for Leibowitz -- yes! Stephen Hayes 16:01:28 07/22/00 (3)
This would indeed make a good film: vivid, interesting characters and a plot structure that would lend themselves very well to film. I've read a three act play based on Miller's book (forgot the author's name), and I'd be surprised if there weren't at least a film treatment or two.
Now let's hope Kevin Costner has nothing to do with the project!
- Re: A Canticle for Leibowitz -- yes! Pam 22:43:34 07/22/00 (2)
  Yes, indeed it would... could even make a nice serial like Centenial since it goes from something like the dark ages to the beginning of space travel. Maybe even make a good anime OVA series... something like a cross between Record of the Lodoss War and Please Save My Earth. Watcher's of the Dark would make a good series too only as sort of a serious comedy... sort of an intergalactic Mike Hammer thing. Oh, another film to add to the view more than once list "The Name of the Rose"
  - nice list. three stand out petew 19:11:28 07/23/00 (1)
    as one's that I absolutely had to see again because I missed so much on the first go around:
    The Name of the Rose
    McCabe and Mrs. Miller (still haven't seen enough of this one)
    and who hasn't watched it every time it comes on:
    Monty Python and the Holy Grail
    I had to go and buy the script for this last one. I've found that in situations where I'm about to be dissed, slapped, beaten or killed, a few lines from this film are better than anything the NRA is protecting:
    "Stop!
    Who approacheth the Bridge of Death
    Must answer me
    These questions three!
    Ere the other side he see!
    "Ask me the questions, Bridgekeeper. I am not afraid.
    "What is your name?
    "My name is Sir Robin of Camelot!
    "What is your quest?
    "To seek the Grail!
    "What is the capital of Assyria?
    ...
    - Re: nice list. three stand out Pam 23:54:31 07/23/00 (0)
      My favorite from Python is Tim... he has such a blast blowing up the country side... then there's the scene with the monks and the holy hand-grenade of Antiock (^0^).
      Kinda ended like a Mel Brooks film though (always seemed he was great as starting a film but never quite knowing how to end it gracefully).

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