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Posted by Harmonia on September 28, 2004 at 02:22:32

In Reply to: movies that reward many viewings? posted by tunenut on September 27, 2004 at 14:23:06:

I have one word to say to you: "Netflix!"

Congrats on the DVD player, BTW. Wait'll you get hooked on the extras. If you like film, you're gonna have some fun.

The question of "what movies" is very much a question of personal taste. You surely must have some flicks you love, ot at least some that you always watch when they air on TV, besides 8 1/2 (good pick BTW).

What's your poison? Classics? Foreign? Thrillers? Action? Drama? Sci-fi? Epics? If quality/longevity is what you're looking for, you might consider checking out the AFI and (especially) the Sight & Sound lists of notable films (search the threads at hometheaterforum.com).

A movie that doesn't reward repeat viewings is not a movie I want own. Just my taste...but here's some movies I *do* own:

70's to current:

Goodfellas
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
The Age Of Innocence
The Grifters
House of Games
The Godfather I & II
Apocalypse Now
The Conversation
Amarcord
Dreams
Gods & Monsters
Master & Commander/Far Side of the World
Topsy Turvy
Naked
The Man Who Would Be King
The Dead
The Crying Game
Mona Lisa
No Man's Land
Blood Simple
Miller's Crossing
Fargo
Blue Velvet*
Mulholland Drive*
The Draughtman's Contract*
Drowning By Numbers*
The Pillow Book*
The Elephant Man
Say Anything
High Fidelity
A Fish Called Wanda
Bull Durham
Eight Men Out
Lone Star
Talk To Her
Winged Migration
The Devil's Backbone
Y Tu Mama Tambien
A Little Princess
Amores Perros
LA Confidential
The Insider
Wonder Boys
The Player
MASH
The Right Stuff
The Hunt For Red October
Best In Show
Waiting For Guffman
Sense & Sensibility
Pride & Prejudice (A&E Made for TV)
Howard's End
The Winslow Boy
Last Rights
Heavenly Creatures
Taste of Cherry
The Double Life of Veronique
The Decalogue
An Angel At My Table
Whale Rider
The Last Wave
The Year of Living Dangerously
Fearless
Walkabout
Don't Look Now
Brazil
The Duellists
Sex Lies & Videotape
Reservoir Dogs
The Sweet Hereafter
The Last Picture Show
Paper Moon
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Ju Dou
Raise The Red Lantern
To Live
Farewell My Concubine
Yi Yi
Delicatessen
City of Lost Children
Attanarjuat The Indian Runner
The Shining
LOTR Trilogy
Blade Runner
Alien
Close Encounters of The Third Kind
Gattica
Dark City
Pi
The Wicker Man
Spirited Away
Grave of the Fireflies
My Neighbor Tortoro
The Iron Giant
Finding Nemo
Monsters Inc.
Toy Story I & II

* I realize that directors Lynch & Greenaway are not every inmate's cuppa tea, but they are mine.

Some favorite classic & vintage films from my collection:

SILENTS:

The Gold Rush
The Circus/The Pilgrim
City Lights
Modern Times
Sherlock Junior
The General
Greed
Sunrise
The Pasion of Joan of Arc
Battleship Potemkin
Metropolis
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

30's & 40's

Vampyr
The Blue Angel
L'Atalante
Grand Illussion
Rules of The Game
Les Millions
Beauty & The Beast (Cocteau)
The Maltese Falcon
The Scarlet Empress
Alexander Nevsky
Citizen Kane
Bride of Frankenstein
King Kong
42nd Street
Goldiggers of 1933
Top Hat
Shall We Dance
Snow White
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
M
All Quiet On The Western Front
Out of the Past
Double Indemnity
The 39 Steps
The Lady Vanishes
The Women
Bringing Up Baby
You Can't Take It With You
A Night At The Opera
Horse Feathers
Captain Blood (or the Adventures of Robin Hood, you must have one Errol Flynn)
Dinner At Eight
The Wizzard of Oz
His Girl Friday
The Third Man
The Treasure of Sierre Madre
Tokyo Story
A Story of Floating Weeds
I Know Where I'm Going
The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp
The Red Shoes
Black Narcissus
Notorious
My Darling Clementine
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
Phildelphia Story
Stage Door
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
The Lady Eve
Palm Beach Story
Sullivan's Travels
Henry V
Great Expectations
The Bicycle Thief
Umberto D
Germany Year Zero

Favorites from the 50's & 60's:

Seven Samurai
Ikuru
Ran
Rashomon
On The Waterfront
The Hustler
Vertigo
Rear Window
North By Northwest
Singin' In The Rain
West Side Story
Roman Holiday
Some Like It Hot
Pather Panchali (and rest of Apu Trilogy)
The Leopard
The Searchers
The Big Country (A guilty pleasure)
The African Queen
Sunset Boulevard
To Kill A Mockingbird
Charade
Zulu
The 400 Blows
Shoot The Piano Player
8 1/2
Bob le Flambeur
Coup de Torchon
The Life of Oharu
Nights In Cabiria
La Strada
A Hard Day's Night
Performance
Blow Up
The Killing
Lawrence of Arabia
Dr. Strangelove
2001
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Forbidden Panet
The Thing From Another World
The Haunting of Hill House
Rosemary's Baby

I notice with slight surprise I don't actually own any Bergman, Goddard or Woody Allen on DVD.

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Follow Ups Full Thread

Topic - movies that reward many viewings? - tunenut 14:23:06 09/27/04 (31)

Some eclectic choices - Bayside Bomber 18:49:04 09/30/04 (0)

Oddly enough... - James L 23:01:04 09/29/04 (0)

Here's some more... - Crazyhorse 18:54:07 09/29/04 (1)

Re: Here's some more... - warrenh@optonline.,net 18:51:36 10/01/04 (0)

Does porno qualify? - dennzio 20:40:00 09/28/04 (1)

sure why not? - tunenut 11:04:19 09/29/04 (0)

Black Orpheus, The Wicker Man, Spring Forward and (soon) The Station Agent. nt - clarkjohnsen 07:47:34 09/28/04 (0)

Re: movies that reward many viewings? - patrickU 07:03:44 09/28/04 (2)

You forgot Salo. n - albee33 07:48:45 09/28/04 (1)

Re: Paolo, you mean? - patrickU 08:07:47 09/28/04 (0)

Re: movies that reward many viewings? - mishmashmusic 06:37:00 09/28/04 (1)

Re: movies that reward many viewings? - dennzio 20:36:14 09/28/04 (0)

Re: movies that reward many viewings? - orejones 03:57:05 09/28/04 (4)

Why "The Seventh Seal." - dennzio 20:43:04 09/28/04 (1)

Re: Why "The Seventh Seal." - orejones 02:39:31 09/29/04 (0)

Re: movies that reward many viewings? - patrickU 06:59:22 09/28/04 (1)

Yes, "The Quiet Man" (nt) - orejones 10:28:29 09/28/04 (0)

Oh gosh whatta question. Lemme see... - Harmonia 02:22:32 09/28/04 (4)

Where do you find the time? - Bayside Bomber 18:52:26 09/30/04 (0)

whatta list... - tunenut 10:44:44 09/28/04 (1)

Different strokes... - Harmonia 15:15:57 09/28/04 (0)

Oh...and PS... - Harmonia 02:42:09 09/28/04 (0)

Fellini is on my list, too....add these few...... - danj 22:26:54 09/27/04 (0)

Re: movies that reward many viewings? - RGA 21:47:22 09/27/04 (0)

I was just thinking of a similar post... - bubbahotep 19:09:28 09/27/04 (1)

Don't forget the film made from Joe R, Lansdale's short story/screenplay! :o) - Audiophilander 22:43:06 09/28/04 (0)

Re: movies that reward many viewings? - Victor Khomenko 19:00:55 09/27/04 (0)

Re: movies that reward many viewings? - dwill123 18:56:10 09/27/04 (0)

Re: movies that reward many viewings? - edta 18:16:19 09/27/04 (0)

Re: movies that reward many viewings? - rico 17:51:42 09/27/04 (0)

Re: movies that reward many viewings? - albee33 17:29:23 09/27/04 (0)

Follow Ups

Oh gosh whatta question. Lemme see... - Harmonia 02:22:32 09/28/04 (4)

Where do you find the time? - Bayside Bomber 18:52:26 09/30/04 (0)

whatta list... - tunenut 10:44:44 09/28/04 (1)

Different strokes... - Harmonia 15:15:57 09/28/04 (0)

Oh...and PS... - Harmonia 02:42:09 09/28/04 (0)

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