Bess's 20 Movies You Maybe Haven't Seen
Here you go guys, film educate yourselves over the summer:
1. A Night at the Opera, 1935 - The Marx Bros., hilarious comedy
2. Sullivan's Travels, 1941 - dir. Preston Sturges, great writer/director, heavy influenced Coen Bros. (also see The Lady Eve and Miracle at Morgan's Creek)
3. Laura, 1944 - good example of film noir, detective falls in love with murder victim, my sister is named after it
4. The Red Shoes, 1948 - dir. Powell & Pressburger, great style & color, dancing to death
5. Rear Window, 1954 - Hitchcock, voyeurism, photography & murder
6. Throne of Blood, 1957 - dir. Akira Kurosawa, Macbeth as a medieval Japanese warlord
7.Black Orpheus, 1959 -Myth of Orpheus set in Rio during Carnival, awesome soundtrack brought bossnova music to U.S.
8. A Woman is a Woman, 1961 - dir. Jean-Luc Godard. A stripper wants her boyfriend( or his best friend) to get her pregnant. It's funny French new wave. (also see Breathless and Alphaville)
9. 8 1/2, 1963 - dir. Federico Fellini, movie director has a creative block. features midgets, a circus and a great harem scene. ( also see La Dolce Vita and Nights of Cabiria)
10. Blow-up, 1966 - dir. Michelangeleo Antonioni, hot photographer in 60's London (not Austin Powers), sex, murder and photography.
11. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, 1966 - dir. Sergio Leone, Italian director, filmed in Spain, American actors, it's what is called a Spaghetti Western. Plus Clint Eastwood.
12. Chinatown, 1974 - dir. Roman Polanski, set in L.A. in the 30's, it's revisionist noir. Jack Nicholson acting! Good example of 70's auteur cinema.
13. All the President's Men, 1975 - Woodward & Bernstein (Redford & Hoffman) breaking the Watergate story. My parents made me watch this a million times and I still love it.
14. Barry Lyndon, 1975 -dir. Stanley Kubrick. Rise and fall of an 18th Irish rogue. Candlelit scenes shot with a camera developed for NASA. Also there's an orgy.
15. The Muppet Movie/Muppets Take Manhattan, 1979/1984 - it's the muppets, watch it. Also features my first love, Floyd the stoner guitarist.
16. Blue Velvet, 1986 - dir. David Lynch. If you find a severed ear in the yard you have to find out where it come from. Dennis Hopper is nuts.
17. Three Colors: Blue, White & Red, 1993/1994/1994 - three movies, Polish director, French movies representing the colors of the French flag ; Blue = Liberty, White = Equality, Red = Fraternity. Blue is my favorite.
18. The Chungking Express, 1994 - dir. Wong Kar-Wai, set in Hong Kong 2 stories of heartbroken policemen. Terrific visuals. (also see In the Mood for Love and 2046)
19. Flirting With Diaster, 1996 - dir. David O. Russell, just ridiculously funny story of a man searching for his birth parents. Ask Mosch about it. (also see Three Kings and I Heart Huckabees)
20. Rushmore/The Royal Tenenbaums, 1998/2001 - dir. Wes Anderson, my two favorite movies, funny, sad, beautiful to watch, highly stylized. If Floyd isn't available I'll marry Wes Anderson instead.
I hope this helps. You should watch these, they're all great. If you have any questions about them or like one and want to see more like it, just ask me.
-Bess (ebielu20@student.scad.edu
1. A Night at the Opera, 1935 - The Marx Bros., hilarious comedy
2. Sullivan's Travels, 1941 - dir. Preston Sturges, great writer/director, heavy influenced Coen Bros. (also see The Lady Eve and Miracle at Morgan's Creek)
3. Laura, 1944 - good example of film noir, detective falls in love with murder victim, my sister is named after it
4. The Red Shoes, 1948 - dir. Powell & Pressburger, great style & color, dancing to death
5. Rear Window, 1954 - Hitchcock, voyeurism, photography & murder
6. Throne of Blood, 1957 - dir. Akira Kurosawa, Macbeth as a medieval Japanese warlord
7.Black Orpheus, 1959 -Myth of Orpheus set in Rio during Carnival, awesome soundtrack brought bossnova music to U.S.
8. A Woman is a Woman, 1961 - dir. Jean-Luc Godard. A stripper wants her boyfriend( or his best friend) to get her pregnant. It's funny French new wave. (also see Breathless and Alphaville)
9. 8 1/2, 1963 - dir. Federico Fellini, movie director has a creative block. features midgets, a circus and a great harem scene. ( also see La Dolce Vita and Nights of Cabiria)
10. Blow-up, 1966 - dir. Michelangeleo Antonioni, hot photographer in 60's London (not Austin Powers), sex, murder and photography.
11. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, 1966 - dir. Sergio Leone, Italian director, filmed in Spain, American actors, it's what is called a Spaghetti Western. Plus Clint Eastwood.
12. Chinatown, 1974 - dir. Roman Polanski, set in L.A. in the 30's, it's revisionist noir. Jack Nicholson acting! Good example of 70's auteur cinema.
13. All the President's Men, 1975 - Woodward & Bernstein (Redford & Hoffman) breaking the Watergate story. My parents made me watch this a million times and I still love it.
14. Barry Lyndon, 1975 -dir. Stanley Kubrick. Rise and fall of an 18th Irish rogue. Candlelit scenes shot with a camera developed for NASA. Also there's an orgy.
15. The Muppet Movie/Muppets Take Manhattan, 1979/1984 - it's the muppets, watch it. Also features my first love, Floyd the stoner guitarist.
16. Blue Velvet, 1986 - dir. David Lynch. If you find a severed ear in the yard you have to find out where it come from. Dennis Hopper is nuts.
17. Three Colors: Blue, White & Red, 1993/1994/1994 - three movies, Polish director, French movies representing the colors of the French flag ; Blue = Liberty, White = Equality, Red = Fraternity. Blue is my favorite.
18. The Chungking Express, 1994 - dir. Wong Kar-Wai, set in Hong Kong 2 stories of heartbroken policemen. Terrific visuals. (also see In the Mood for Love and 2046)
19. Flirting With Diaster, 1996 - dir. David O. Russell, just ridiculously funny story of a man searching for his birth parents. Ask Mosch about it. (also see Three Kings and I Heart Huckabees)
20. Rushmore/The Royal Tenenbaums, 1998/2001 - dir. Wes Anderson, my two favorite movies, funny, sad, beautiful to watch, highly stylized. If Floyd isn't available I'll marry Wes Anderson instead.
I hope this helps. You should watch these, they're all great. If you have any questions about them or like one and want to see more like it, just ask me.
-Bess (ebielu20@student.scad.edu
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