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Post by Capo on Jan 25, 2006 15:22:19 GMT
Edited. Citizen Kane out. Lost In Translation in.
I'm working on a definitive list, discarding the one-film-per-director rule. I do, however, require many rewatches for this.
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Post by Michael on Jan 25, 2006 19:30:16 GMT
Capo, would you be annoyed if I switched up my list a bit? I know it could be a hassle trying to edit everything...
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Post by Capo on Jan 26, 2006 19:06:27 GMT
No, I don't mind at all.
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Post by Michael on Jan 26, 2006 20:11:19 GMT
Thank you. The Deer Hunter (1978; Michael Cimino) Mean Streets (1973; Martin Scorsese) The Godfather part 2 (1976; Francis Ford Coppola) Raging Bull (1980; Martin Scorsese) Unforgiven (1992; Clint Eastwood) Once Upon a Time in America (1984; Sergio Leone) The Godfather (1972; Francis Ford Coppola) The French Connection (1972; William Friedkin) The Conversation (1974; Francis Ford Coppola) Taxi Driver (1976; Martin Scorsese) I'd like to remove The French Connection and Taxi Driver and replace them with Le Samourai and Aguirre, Wrath of God.
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Post by Michael on Jan 26, 2006 20:17:06 GMT
My updated list, in ABC order:
Aguirre, Wrath of God (Herzog; 1972) Conversation, The (Coppola; 1974) Deer Hunter, The (Cimino; 1978) Godfather, The (Coppola; 1972) Godfather part 2, The (Coppola; 1974) Mean Streets (Scorsese; 1973) Once Upon a Time in America (Leone; 1984) Raging Bull (Scorsese; 1980) Samourai, Le (Melville; 1967) Unforgiven (Eastwood; 1992)
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Post by Capo on Jan 26, 2006 20:21:58 GMT
... Le samourai, with three votes, now joins the list. We have ten top films now.
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Post by RNL on Jan 26, 2006 21:49:33 GMT
...well, sooner or later.
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Post by Michael on Feb 13, 2006 3:36:35 GMT
I've been thinking a lot about my list lately, and I've come to the conclusion that it isn't anywhere near accurate for me. I need to do some heavy watching and rewatching to finalize my list.
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Post by Vercetti on Feb 13, 2006 4:13:30 GMT
You should try 2001: A Space Odyssey with the Pink Floyd song for the end. I know I babble on and on about it but it really makes me sad they declined to compose for it, considering I liked the end better with "Echoes," especially the final moment before the credits.
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Post by Michael on Feb 13, 2006 19:30:00 GMT
You should try 2001: A Space Odyssey with the Pink Floyd song for the end. How do I do that?
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Post by Vercetti on Feb 13, 2006 19:47:58 GMT
If you own the album Meddle or downloaded the full 23 minute version of the song, do this. Begin playing 2001 when Bowman finds the video in HAL's brain. Get ready to click play on "Echoes." The sound of that first sonar-like piano note in "Echoes" should synchronize with the the title "Jupiter & Beyond the Infinite." The song ends as soon as the film ends. www.pinkfloydonline.com/synchronizations.html
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Post by Omar on Feb 13, 2006 21:10:58 GMT
Vercetti, I don't own "Meddle", but I do have their best of double disc CD. "Echoes" is on it, but is it the same version from "Meddle"?
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Post by Vercetti on Feb 13, 2006 21:16:12 GMT
The Best-Of shortens it to 16 minutes Omar, however you can download or I can send it to your email if you have one.
You'll love it, especially when Bowman walks to the bathroom with the quiet section of the song playing.
Although no member of the band has ever declared the synchronization intentional, Roger Waters is said to have "regretted" declining Kubrick's request to contribute music to the film's official score. The song was released 3 years after the film and is 23 minutes and 31 seconds in length, the same as the film's final segment. The sounds in the middle part of the song give the spacey vibe of drifting through space. Also, the drone of music and vocals heard in the final scenes of 2001 matches the same strong note heard throughout the middle sections of Echoes, so that when the song and the movie are played at equal volume there are parts when they are indistinguishable. Another notable part is a change in the film shot precisely at the moment when the guitar and synthesizer crescendo and the lyrics pick up again for the last verse.
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Post by Omar on Feb 13, 2006 21:54:17 GMT
The Best-Of shortens it to 16 minutes Omar, however you can download or I can send it to your email if you have one. [/i][/quote] That's ok. I'm able to obtain it through Rhapsody.
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Post by Vercetti on Feb 13, 2006 21:59:25 GMT
Check out the link I posted if you want to see some of the interpreted synchronized parts.
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Post by Vercetti on Mar 7, 2006 3:54:49 GMT
I've been looking over my ABC ordered list of the ten best films ever and I've come to a decision personally. I'm tired of thinking of one as the greatest ever made. As much of list-maker I am (somewhat like Cusack in High Fidelity, for movies), I feel like these ten films are the best for different reasons here and there, and shouldn't be put against each other.
8½ 2001: A Space Odyssey Citizen Kane The Godfather Once Upon a Time in America Le Samouraï The Samurai Det Sjunde inseglet The Seventh Seal Short Cuts Taxi Driver Woman Under the Influence, A
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Post by Michael on Mar 8, 2006 23:31:20 GMT
Technically, Le Samourai is the most flawless film ever made. That's not even my opinion, that is something that can actually be proven.
Part of its greatness is the fact that it's a perfect film about a perfect killer.
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Post by RNL on Mar 8, 2006 23:43:09 GMT
Technically, Le Samourai is the most flawless film ever made. That's not even my opinion, that is something that can actually be proven. Um... I assume you're being facetious. But, care to elaborate?
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Post by Vercetti on Mar 8, 2006 23:44:42 GMT
No film can be "proven." I think that's being a little too mathematical. Sure you can praise your heart out about it, but still.
What may be perfect to one can be slightly off to another.
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Post by Michael on Mar 9, 2006 0:12:34 GMT
The camera never flinches, the music is perfectly paced, the actors' movements are flawless, and the dialogue is delivered with impeccable timing. I could go on and on.
I guess that would be subjective though...
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