Top 10 Films of All Time

John_Hudson said:
I started watching Citizen Kane (Had to crash at 11:30 pm last night and only about 00:00:40 some odd minutes into it

WOW

What have I been missing by putting off watching this film ? Wow. What starts out with a mocku news story (in grand 1940's fashion) turns into serious visual langauge

I am not familiar with the work of the era (sans a handful of films; mostly Universal Horror), but the influence of todays modern masters (Scorsese, De Palma, et al) is evident

The framing on every shot is perfect. The lighting is stunning.

The movement of the camera itself is awe-inspiring. The dolly's, the pushes, the pulls, the cranes that blend into windows (De Palma uses this extensively), ramping effects, lighting using light and dark ...

The entire sequence of the reporters, in the screening room. We never see their faces; brilliant ...

I'm being enlightened

Whomever said it was crap I bet has NEVER seen it; otherwiase, they have no taste. How can one like todays master's but not this film ?

It is already evident inside 45 Mintues where our greats have been schooled.

Wow

I am thinking due to the extensive use of crane and movement that the deep focus lenses they created were a neccesity and not a stylistic choice ? I'd bet on it.
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Dude...what do you think we have been saying all this time?


You should watch RKO 281 after you finish with Kane. As has been stated before, it really is good...and it gives you a bit of a peek into the process, the madness on set, and how much of a jerk Welles could be at times.

Also, the makeup effect used to age Welles was considered excellent at the time. Keep in mind he was only 27 or so at the time.

Congrats on making the effort to see the film, and remember...you can only see something for the first time once. Enjoy.
 
overlandfilms said:
John,

Paste those observations here?

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Doing it now !

Mark Harris said:
Thelma Schoonmaker said in an interview that when she and Scorsese are working on something, they always have TCM on in the background and Marty will stop every now and then to say: "Oh my god, look at that shot," or "What a great performance."
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Great story ! (Running to TCM to keep on while I'm boarding !)

krestofre said:
And Welles made it when he was twenty-four.

You know what I did when I was twenty-four?

Exactly.
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DeSica said:
Dude...what do you think we have been saying all this time?


You should watch RKO 281 after you finish with Kane. As has been stated before, it really is good...and it gives you a bit of a peek into the process, the madness on set, and how much of a jerk Welles could be at times.

Also, the makeup effect used to age Welles was considered excellent at the time. Keep in mind he was only 27 or so at the time.

Congrats on making the effort to see the film, and remember...you can only see something for the first time once. Enjoy.
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Thanks ! I really am seeing things clearly by watching it. I'm like OMG, that's De Palma's shot ! Or, ****, The departed did that !
 
re: Citizen Kane...this movie was a landmark in moving cinema forward. Welles did things that hadn't been done before. For that reason alone, this movie is important. But as far as the story goes, I'm sorry, but it just doesn't do it for me. Touch of Evil had a great opening (tracking) scene but c'mon, Charleton Heston as a Mexican...it was a movie of its time...
 
Mark Harris said:
Dude, seriously, Charleton Heston as ANYTHING?

That man single-handedly set acting back 100 years. :)
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Even as himself in Bowling For Columbine, I thought he was a bit heavy handed.

Wayne's World 2 may very well be his finest performance.
 
J.R. Hudson said:
I love Heston
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So does she

(I would have pasted Hudson's face in if I had the right photo)
 
As far as Charleton Heston (anyone ever see him on Space Ghost?) being a mexican, I guess I've always been able to easily "suspend disbelief" as long as the story and acting are there. One of my favorite films is "Suture" about identical twins one of which is played by a white guy and one played by a black guy(Dennis Haysbert), not only does it play with our ideas of perception it also is a study of black and white photography.

RJS
 
Well, may as well contribute as well...

(in no particular order)

- La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc
- Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
- Fitzcarraldo
- M
- Sullivan's Travels
- Spider
- Wild at Heart/Mullholland DR. (tied for a spot in the list)
- Crash 1996 (AKA the good one)
- Short Cuts
- Sleuth


You'll notice, mostly grounded in the modern cinema. Probably my two biggest writing/directing influences come from the David Lynch/Cronenberg schools, and therefore are listed in my favorites. While both have had their fare share of problem films (Blue Velvet and eXistenZ, respectively), they are still brilliant directors. I adore many, many more films, these are just my favorites, and, as I said, biggest influences.
 
Blaine said:
re: Citizen Kane...this movie was a landmark in moving cinema forward. Welles did things that hadn't been done before. For that reason alone, this movie is important. But as far as the story goes, I'm sorry, but it just doesn't do it for me. Touch of Evil had a great opening (tracking) scene but c'mon, Charleton Heston as a Mexican...it was a movie of its time...
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Just out of curiosity... WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU SMOKING?

Just wondering, 'tis all (as I'd like some for myself).
 
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