Movies for the Spring Semester
David Mihalcik
I'm thinking about scaling back to one movie night, on Wednesdays at
7:30. Let me know what you think.
As for selection, high on my list are Saraband, the sequel/epilogue to
'Scenes from a Marriage', which we watched last semester, the 1933 b&w
King Kong, and Batman Begins. Of course, there are plenty more to
choose from.
David Mihalcik
feedback suggesting that Thursday is a better night. Anyway, here is my
list of suggestions, in order of preference:
Battle of Algiers: Netflix's recommendation system has been pushing
this on me for a while. This is a documentary from the 60's, but it has
really high scores.
Strangers on a Train: probably the most highly regarded Hitchcock film
I haven't seen. Murder, betrayal, intrique, etc.
Ikiru: An Akira Kurosawa flick about the life and death and a Japanese
businessman.
Wild at Heart: David Lynch directs this craziness.
The Player: Altman takes on Hollywood. Famous for introducing the 'It's
like die hard meets when harry met sally on a boat!' style movie-pitch
to the masses.
Repo Man: Cult Classic that I somehow haven't seen yet.
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In addition to movies I haven't seen, here are a few recommendations
from those that I have:
sex, lies and videotape - hopefully the title brings people in ;-)
Batman Begins - worth seeing two or three times, I think
Lone Star - I like this a lot, but I might be the only one...
Adaptation - Excellent Kaufman, with some really great performances
Run Lola Run - Movie as roller coaster
So I Married an Axe Murderer - Mike Myer's best pic
Mumford - Lawrence Kasdan is an underrated director, I say.
That Apartment - My favorite Billy Wilder comedy.
Clue - classic 80's comedy (directed by the guy behind 'yes minister')
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David Mihalcik
Adam Bender
> Strangers on a Train: probably the most highly regarded Hitchcock film
> I haven't seen. Murder, betrayal, intrique, etc.
>
> Ikiru: An Akira Kurosawa flick about the life and death and a Japanese
> businessman.
>
> Repo Man: Cult Classic that I somehow haven't seen yet.
These sound good. :)
David Mihalcik
'Festival Express', so maybe that for next week. This is the e-mail
I'm thinking about sending:
Strangers on a Train
d. Alfred Hitchcock
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044079/
101 minutes, b&w, 1951
Currently #93 on the IMDb's Top 250, this flick is regarded as one of
Hitch's best.
Festival Express
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372279/
90 minutes, color, 2003
This rock documentary scores an 85 on Metacritic:
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/festivalexpress/
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David Mihalcik
David Mihalcik
with Blue this week. It is 100 minutes long, so the latest we can start
to avoid the shutdown is 8:35.