1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project Vol. 2)

An ongoing project to survey the best films of individual decades, genres, and filmmakers.
Message
Author
User avatar
Yojimbo
Joined: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:06 am
Location: Ireland

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#351 Post by Yojimbo » Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:55 am

domino harvey wrote:It wasn't anywhere near my list, so I'm sure it is

I still have capsules to write for the rest of the bartered films (and a few others), but rest assured that everyone who traded with me got their films watched and considered for the list and I'll get around to writing about them presently
I'm keen on seeing how successful your campaign for "They All Laughed" was.
I think I might have seen it years ago but I couldn't remember enough about it or get to see it this time.
I always enjoy Ben Gazzara and then he did great work on 'Saint Jack' for Bogdanovich.

User avatar
Michael
Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 12:09 pm

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#352 Post by Michael » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:12 am

Did anyone vote for Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story? That's ranked high on my 80s list.

User avatar
GringoTex
Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:57 am

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#353 Post by GringoTex » Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:02 am

Yojimbo wrote: I take it this is your broadside directed at me for my swipe at Blue Velvet??
Pistols at dawn?
I was just surmising that it's Fanny in the top stop. I like both films well enough but neither made my list.

User avatar
Tom Hagen
Joined: Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:35 pm
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#354 Post by Tom Hagen » Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:22 am

Michael wrote:Did anyone vote for Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story? That's ranked high on my 80s list.
I love Haynes, but I have only seen part of Superstar on a bad internet stream. I imagine that lack of availability is killing its chances.

But if it's any consolation, I will be giving a high vote to Safe on the 90s list this summer.

User avatar
GringoTex
Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:57 am

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#355 Post by GringoTex » Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:29 am

Michael wrote:Did anyone vote for Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story? That's ranked high on my 80s list.
#9 on my list.

User avatar
swo17
Bloodthirsty Butcher
Joined: Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:25 am
Location: SLC, UT

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#356 Post by swo17 » Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:12 am

Michael wrote:Did anyone vote for Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story? That's ranked high on my 80s list.
Not terribly high, but it made my list.

User avatar
domino harvey
Dot Com Dom
Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:42 pm

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#357 Post by domino harvey » Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:25 am

In hindsight, my biggest regret is only including one Chevy Chase film

User avatar
Tom Hagen
Joined: Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:35 pm
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#358 Post by Tom Hagen » Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:37 am

domino harvey wrote:In hindsight, my biggest regret is only including one Chevy Chase film
His cameo in Caddyshack II wasn't enough to put you over on that film?

My biggest regret is that I was only able to pick two big action movies -- Die Hard and Escape from New York -- and one teen sex comedy -- Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Because in retrospect, weren't the '80s really all about those two genres?

User avatar
domino harvey
Dot Com Dom
Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:42 pm

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#359 Post by domino harvey » Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:43 am

I really intended to watch a lot of those cheesy 80s movies, the VHS covers of which I I remember fondly from my childhood spent walking around the aisles of low-rent video rental places, but it just never happened. The one thing about this project is that no matter how far away the deadline, there's always fifty more films I wished I could've seen

And though I have fond memories of Funny Farm, my vote went to Fletch 8-)

User avatar
Gregory
Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 4:07 pm

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#360 Post by Gregory » Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:19 pm

I also voted for Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story. I know where it's available on disc, so anyone interested in obtaining it feel free to PM me. It really is an excellent film.

User avatar
GringoTex
Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:57 am

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#361 Post by GringoTex » Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:22 pm

domino harvey wrote:In hindsight, my biggest regret is only including one Chevy Chase film
This is how I feel about 80s Bill Murray. Scrooged made my list.

User avatar
Yojimbo
Joined: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:06 am
Location: Ireland

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#362 Post by Yojimbo » Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:33 pm

GringoTex wrote:
Yojimbo wrote: I take it this is your broadside directed at me for my swipe at Blue Velvet??
Pistols at dawn?
I was just surmising that it's Fanny in the top stop. I like both films well enough but neither made my list.
Blue Velvet didn't quite make my list
(it was in my shortlist of 100 or so, though)

User avatar
thirtyframesasecond
Joined: Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:48 pm

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#363 Post by thirtyframesasecond » Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:09 pm

It was about halfway in mine.
Michael wrote:Did anyone vote for Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story? That's ranked high on my 80s list.

User avatar
zedz
Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:24 pm

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#364 Post by zedz » Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:39 pm

I'm just about to add the last five lists, so if anybody is still holding out, you've got about another hour to get one in.

User avatar
zedz
Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:24 pm

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#365 Post by zedz » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:43 pm

The 1980s List

1. Fanny & Alexander (Bergman) 909
2. Ran (Kurosawa) 722
3. Blade Runner (Scott) 639
4. Raging Bull (Scorsese) 622
5. Blue Velvet (Lynch) 617
6. The Shining (Kubrick) 609
7. Do the Right Thing (Lee) 516
8. Fitzcarraldo (Herzog) 499
9. Come and See (Klimov) 489
10. The Decalogue (Kieslowski) 488
11. Veronika Voss (Fassbinder) 485
12. Berlin Alexanderplatz (Fassbinder) 484
13. Wings of Desire (Wenders) 465
14. L’Argent (Bresson) 463
15. Videodrome (Cronenberg) 457
16. Once Upon a Time in America (Leone) 398
17. King of Comedy (Scorsese) 386
18. The Sacrifice (Tarkovsky) 383
19. The Right Stuff (Kauffman) 369
20. Paris, Texas (Wenders) 361
21. Crimes & Misdemeanours (Allen) 340
22. Full Metal Jacket (Kubrick) 339
23. Sans soleil (Marker) 330
24. A nos amours (Pialat) 321
25. Down By Law (Jarmusch) 318
26. The Thing (Carpenter) 305
27. Vagabond (Varda) 303
28. Brazil (Gilliam) 291
29. The Dead (Huston) 289
30. Zelig (Allen) 284
31. Dead Ringers (Cronenberg) 279
32. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Spielberg) 278
33= Superstar (Haynes) 274
33= Sherman's March (McElwee) 274
35. The Elephant Man (Lynch) 272
36. Blood Simple ( Coens) 269
37. Broadway Danny Rose (Allen) 263
38. Hannah & Her Sisters (Allen) 262
39= After Hours (Scorsese) 258
39= The Purple Rose of Cairo (Allen) 258
41. Nostalghia (Tarkovsky) 255
42. Alice (Svankmajer) 253
43. Atlantic City (Malle) 251
44. Landscape in the Mist (Angelopoulos) 241
45. Black Rain (Imamura) 239
46= This Is Spinal Tap (Reiner) 237
46= Stranger than Paradise (Jarmusch) 237
48. Something Wild (Demme) 231
49. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (Greenaway) 214
50. Mishima (Schrader) 210
51= My Neighbour Totoro (Miyazaki) 209
51= Three Crowns of a Sailor (Ruiz) 209
53. Koyaanisqatsi (Reggio) 207
54. The Thin Blue Line (Morris) 201
55. Pauline at the Beach (Rohmer) 198
56= Grave of the Fireflies (Takahata) 197
56= My Dinner with Andre (Malle) 197
58. The Vanishing (Sluizer) 196
59. Street of Crocodiles (Quays) 193
60. Blow Out (De Palma) 192
61. Distant Voices, Still Lives (Davies) 191
62= Possession (Zulawski) 188
62= The Fly (Cronenberg) 188
64. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Kauffman) 187
65. The Terroriser (Yang) 186
66. The Empire Strikes Back (Kirshner) 181
67. Mystery Train (Jarmusch) 180
68. They All Laughed (Bogdanovich) 178
69. Radio Days (Allen) 167
70. Santa Sangre (Jodorowsky) 164
71= Bad Timing (Roeg) 162
71= The Green Ray (Rohmer) 162
73. Aliens (Cameron) 161
74= Lola (Fassbinder) 160
74= Mon Oncle d'Amerique (Resnais) 160
76= Au revoir les enfants (Malle) 159
76= Heaven's Gate (Cimino) 159
76= Stardust Memories (Allen) 159
76= The Aviator's Wife (Rohmer) 159
80. A City of Sadness (Hou) 158
81. The Last Temptation of Christ (Scorsese) 155
82. The Falls (Greenaway) 153
83. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Almodovar) 149
84. Raising Arizona (Coens) 148
85= The Ballad of Narayama (Imamura) 147
85= Gang of Four (Rivette) 147
87= The Killer (Woo) 143
87= A Zed and Two Noughts (Greenaway) 143
89. The Big Red One (Fuller) 141
90. Lost in America (Brooks) 139
91. Where Is the Friend's Home? (Kiarostami) 138
92= The Draughtman's Contract (Greenaway) 134
92= My Beautiful Laundrette (Frears) 134
94= The Asthenic Syndrome (Muratova) 132
94= A Short Film about Killing (Kieslowski) 132
96. Amadeus (Forman) 130
97. House of Games (Mamet) 129
98= E.T. (Spielberg) 128
98= Detective (Godard) 128
98=. Elephant (Clarke) 128

User avatar
Tom Hagen
Joined: Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:35 pm
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#366 Post by Tom Hagen » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:45 pm

Looks like the canon wins again. By the way, good work, everyone; this was a great experience for me and I look forward to doing the '90s next.

User avatar
zedz
Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:24 pm

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#367 Post by zedz » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:51 pm

Some stats:
35 people voted
574 different films were nominated
289 were nominated by more than one person and therefore eligible for the final list
Some more facts and figures in a few days maybe.

In the meantime, you can defend you darlings in the usual place and I'll set up a 90s comments thread (already requested by some eager beavers)


The Also Rans

The following films appeared on more than one list, and are ranked in order of popularity, from the barely missed out (the Ruiz was one point away from tying for last place) to Clue's perfect storm of near-indifference - only two mentions, and both at last [place on their lists - the least popular a film can possibly be and still qualify for inclusion in the final list.

City of Pirates
Sunday in the Country
Manhunter
Mauvais sang
Local Hero
Cutter's Way
Darkness Light Darkness
Die Hard
Passion
Body Double
Man of Iron
Drugstore Cowboy
Verdict
King Lear
Robocop
Sex, Lies & Videotape
Gregory's Girl
Prenom:Carmen
Das Boot
Red Sorghum
Coup de torchon
And the Ship Sails On
Melvin & Howard
Modern Romance
Horse Thief
Under the Volcano
Kagemusha
Heimat
Night of the Shooting Stars
Shoah
Short Film About Love
Police
When Father Was Away on Business
Seventh Continent
Jean de Florette
Law of Desire
Rumble Fish
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Eight Men Out
Choose Me
Yol
Chocolat
Runaway Train
Back to the Future
Dante Quartet
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
Christmas Story
Damnation
Housekeeping
Cinema Paradiso
Mala Noche
After the Rehearsal
Land of Dreams
Company of Wolves
Comrades
Moonlighting
Gremlins
Repo Man
Matador
Dimensions of Dialogue
God's Country
Mad Max 2
Belly of an Architect
Hairspray
Stop Making Sense
Cry in the Dark
Matewan
Vernon, Florida
Last Emperor
Fish Called Wanda
Pont du nord
Withnail & I
Room with a View
Beau Pere
Burden of Dreams
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Platoon
Untouchables
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Cobra Verde
Near Dark
Day of the Dead
Kaos
Blood Wedding
Empire of the Sun
Altered States
Enemies: A Love Story
Excalibur
Summer at Grandpa's
Witness
Stunt Man
Heathers
Broadcast News
Secret Honor
Element of Crime
Hail Mary
Sauve Qui peut (la vie)
Year of Living Dangerously
Married to the Mob
Diva
Grass Labyrinth
Another Way
Dressed to Kill
French Lieutenant's Woman
Evil Dead II
Akira
High Hopes
Prince of the City
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Time of the Gypsies
Yellow Earth
Chinese Ghost Story
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
Sous le soleil de Satan
Atomic Café
Say Anything
Crac
Dust in the Wind
My Brother's Wedding
Roger & Me
Tampopo
Terminator
American Gigolo
Amour a mort
Angelic Conversation
Missing
Batman
Sixteen Candles
Pixote
Poto and Cabengo
Interrogation
Adventures of Baron Munchausen
She's Gotta Have It
Passage to India
Good Marriage
To Live and Die in LA
28 Up
Full Moon in Paris
Dead Zone
From the Life of the Marionettes
Love on the Ground
Ties That Bind
Loulou
Masques
Barbarosa
Eureka
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Boy Meets Girl
Long Good Friday
Trouble in Mind
Breaker Morant
Mephisto
Intervista
Time Bandits
Near Death
Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser
Better Off Dead
Henry V
My Favourite Year
Betty Blue
Airplane!
Ghostbusters
Legend of Suram Fortress
Flight of the Eagle
Reds
Field of Dreams
Beetlejuice
Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Norte
Salvador
Round Midnight
Dangerous Liaisons
Opera
Chameleon Street
Britannia Hospital
Mona Lisa
Midnight Run
Prizzi's Honor
As Tears Go By
Hunger
Scarface
Ishtar
Escape from New York
Ariel
My Life as a Dog
Fletch
Tetsuo: the Iron Man
Clue

User avatar
Yojimbo
Joined: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:06 am
Location: Ireland

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#368 Post by Yojimbo » Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:01 pm

zedz wrote:The 1980s List

1. Fanny & Alexander (Bergman) 909
2. Ran (Kurosawa) 722
3. Blade Runner (Scott) 639
4. Raging Bull (Scorsese) 622
5. Blue Velvet (Lynch) 617
6. The Shining (Kubrick) 609
7. Do the Right Thing (Lee) 516
8. Fitzcarraldo (Herzog) 499
9. Come and See (Klimov) 489
10. The Decalogue (Kieslowski) 488
11. Veronika Voss (Fassbinder) 485
12. Berlin Alexanderplatz (Fassbinder) 484
13. Wings of Desire (Wenders) 465
14. L’Argent (Bresson) 463
15. Videodrome (Cronenberg) 457
16. Once Upon a Time in America (Leone) 398
17. King of Comedy (Scorsese) 386
18. The Sacrifice (Tarkovsky) 383
19. The Right Stuff (Kauffman) 369
20. Paris, Texas (Wenders) 361
21. Crimes & Misdemeanours (Allen) 340
22. Full Metal Jacket (Kubrick) 339
23. Sans soleil (Marker) 330
24. A nos amours (Pialat) 321
25. Down By Law (Jarmusch) 318
26. The Thing (Carpenter) 305
27. Vagabond (Varda) 303
28. Brazil (Gilliam) 291
29. The Dead (Huston) 289
30. Zelig (Allen) 284
31. Dead Ringers (Cronenberg) 279
32. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Spielberg) 278
33= Superstar (Haynes) 274
33= Sherman's March (McElwee) 274
35. The Elephant Man (Lynch) 272
36. Blood Simple ( Coens) 269
37. Broadway Danny Rose (Allen) 263
38. Hannah & Her Sisters (Allen) 262
39= After Hours (Scorsese) 258
39= The Purple Rose of Cairo (Allen) 258
41. Nostalghia (Tarkovsky) 255
42. Alice (Svankmajer) 253
43. Atlantic City (Malle) 251
44. Landscape in the Mist (Angelopoulos) 241
45. Black Rain (Imamura) 239
46= This Is Spinal Tap (Reiner) 237
46= Stranger than Paradise (Jarmusch) 237
48. Something Wild (Demme) 231
49. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (Greenaway) 214
50. Mishima (Schrader) 210
51= My Neighbour Totoro (Miyazaki) 209
51= Three Crowns of a Sailor (Ruiz) 209
53. Koyaanisqatsi (Reggio) 207
54. The Thin Blue Line (Morris) 201
55. Pauline at the Beach (Rohmer) 198
56= Grave of the Fireflies (Takahata) 197
56= My Dinner with Andre (Malle) 197
58. The Vanishing (Sluizer) 196
59. Street of Crocodiles (Quays) 193
60. Blow Out (De Palma) 192
61. Distant Voices, Still Lives (Davies) 191
62= Possession (Zulawski) 188
62= The Fly (Cronenberg) 188
64. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Kauffman) 187
65. The Terroriser (Yang) 186
66. The Empire Strikes Back (Kirshner) 181
67. Mystery Train (Jarmusch) 180
68. They All Laughed (Bogdanovich) 178
69. Radio Days (Allen) 167
70. Santa Sangre (Jodorowsky) 164
71= Bad Timing (Roeg) 162
71= The Green Ray (Rohmer) 162
73. Aliens (Cameron) 161
74= Lola (Fassbinder) 160
74= Mon Oncle d'Amerique (Resnais) 160
76= Au revoir les enfants (Malle) 159
76= Heaven's Gate (Cimino) 159
76= Stardust Memories (Allen) 159
76= The Aviator's Wife (Rohmer) 159
80. A City of Sadness (Hou) 158
81. The Last Temptation of Christ (Scorsese) 155
82. The Falls (Greenaway) 153
83. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Almodovar) 149
84. Raising Arizona (Coens) 148
85= The Ballad of Narayama (Imamura) 147
85= Gang of Four (Rivette) 147
87= The Killer (Woo) 143
87= A Zed and Two Noughts (Greenaway) 143
89. The Big Red One (Fuller) 141
90. Lost in America (Brooks) 139
91. Where Is the Friend's Home? (Kiarostami) 138
92= The Draughtman's Contract (Greenaway) 134
92= My Beautiful Laundrette (Frears) 134
94= The Asthenic Syndrome (Muratova) 132
94= A Short Film about Killing (Kieslowski) 132
96. Amadeus (Forman) 130
97. House of Games (Mamet) 129
98= E.T. (Spielberg) 128
98= Detective (Godard) 128
98=. Elephant (Clarke) 128
That was quick!
(Pleasantly) surprised to see "Come and See" figure so highly though I would have thought 'The Dead', 'Atlantic City' , 'Raising Arizona' and 'The Big Red One' would have featured higher.
Forgot about 'My Dinner with Andre '

User avatar
domino harvey
Dot Com Dom
Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:42 pm

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#369 Post by domino harvey » Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:08 pm

Ack, please don't quote a post that big when we know what you're referring to!

Interesting list. I knew Fanny would be Number One, but that margin is a lot bigger than I anticipated. 68 with 178 (128 of those not from me) was a very respectable placement for my pet project, thanks everyone who took the challenge! Eight of my top ten made the final list and the other two titles were also-rans, which is a big victory in my book.

User avatar
zedz
Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:24 pm

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#370 Post by zedz » Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:15 pm

Favourite Directors

A very boring exercise this time, with very few filmmakers splitting their support over multiple films (or, in a couple of cases of such, notably Rohmer and Svankmajer, not reaching any particular critical mass as a consequence).

The only major splitting of support was for Woody Allen, ten films of whose were nominated (plus New York Stories, not included in the tally below). The other front runners were mostly down to obvious support for one or two obvious films. Here's the top 5 anyway:

Woody Allen (10 films, 1771 points)
Martin Scorsese (4 films, 1421 points)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (4 films, 1152 points)
Ingmar Bergman (3 films, 1027 points)
David Cronenberg (5 films, 967 points)

User avatar
Yojimbo
Joined: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:06 am
Location: Ireland

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#371 Post by Yojimbo » Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:17 pm

How could I have forgotten 'Damnation'?
That would have been in my top tier, also

User avatar
Cold Bishop
Joined: Tue May 30, 2006 9:45 pm
Location: Portland, OR

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#372 Post by Cold Bishop » Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:21 pm

While three of my top 10 films didn't even make the also-rans (I expected as much from the unavailable Manoel and Moon, but I'd figure Merry-Go-Round would make the cut before Pont du Nord), six of them made the final list, and two made the top 10. Only Horse Thief, a film I figured would have been a lock for the list, was stuck in purgatory.

Let the thrashing and defending (and regretful sighs of forgetfulness) commence!

User avatar
domino harvey
Dot Com Dom
Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:42 pm

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#373 Post by domino harvey » Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:25 pm

Oh let me start working through these capsules I owe:

the Verdict Mamet hadn't quite found his footing yet as a screenwriter but Newman excels in this small film. Rampling's character is so transparent that were the film twenty minutes shorter and all her scenes excised, it would have not been hurt one bit and helped plenty. Best part was hearing James Mason say "Bullshit."

Blow Out A conflicting response from me on this one. De Palma is clearly having the time of his life here, and his infectious energy is shown in the framings and use of bright colors. But for a film devoted to sound, the picture rarely indulges in aural pleasures. Perhaps that's what makes the best scenes the opening and the scene where Travolta plays all the magnetized tapes simultaneously. For a man who worships Hitchcock, De Palma blows it in the last act by setting up the perfect chase: A woman wired for sound and an expert sound tech trying to chase her down using only aural clues. But then he picks up only on sounds any shmoe could have figured out (Fireworks!) and inexplicably drives his car through a parade (Though this fits in with the footage he hoards as well, which so clearly shows the gun blast that it's absurd). True, the finale in front of the flag is gorgeous (one of the few times I've found fireworks beautiful), but the elements were there for this to be so much more. I thought making Lithgow a lone wolf conspirator was an interesting approach and Franz pretty much walked away with the film whenever he was on screen. I hissed at the jokey ending. A mixed bag, ultimately.

Cutter's Way Did every actor drink a big glass of milk before each take? Every character sounds to be in mid-cough and that's the least of the film's troubles. I'm okay with loathsome and inept characters, but when they're presented with a total lack of anything approaching charisma or any other mechanism to hang interest on, the whole project turns into an abrasive mess. To be honest, I still really want to see the film Cold Bishop saw, because his write up is terrific and regrettably, the film wasn't. I did like the golden hue cinematography and it's not every day you get to see John Heard ride a horse one-handed, but still.

User avatar
Cold Bishop
Joined: Tue May 30, 2006 9:45 pm
Location: Portland, OR

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#374 Post by Cold Bishop » Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:33 pm

If it's any consolation, it ended in my bottom 10 by the time I was done arranging my list. I probably could of figured out something else, but everything was either A) MIA B) I'm certain you already seen it, or C) so far down the list, that choosing a single "favorite" was arbitrary. I honed on the conspiracy film aspect, and basically decided "What the hell? Maybe he'll like it." I do hope you track down some of the other films I mentioned, or that are bound to pop up in the Darlings thread.

User avatar
domino harvey
Dot Com Dom
Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:42 pm

Re: 1980s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project)

#375 Post by domino harvey » Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:35 pm

I certainly hope so too!

And to whoever it was that also voted for Broadcast News, you get one of these: =D>

Post Reply