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Any dream double features you would put together?
I actually did this once during the mid-'80s (dorm government, entertainment for those of us on campus during Thanksgiving break). I chose Captain Blood and My Favorite Year -- the real Errol Flynn and the fictionalized version.
I'm not sure if I'd choose the same movies today, but I'd keep the same general idea. Maybe Bombshell and The Seven-Year Itch, for a blonde bombshell theme.
Any dream double features you would put together?
We did a triple bill of BOUND, SHALLOW GRAVE and BLOOD SIMPLE, in that order, once at a VT ski house.
I used to do double-bills all the time with one friend, but when we get together now we're lucky to make it through one movie (these days we're actually going through Buffy and Angel from start to finish). Unfortunately, most of those went hand in hand with a lot of drinking, so the memory, she is hazy.
Ooh, I love the fictional/real thing with the Spinal Tap/Decline and Favorite Year/Captiain Blood combos.
Hmmm.
Out of the Past and The Last Seduction would make a good pair of films. Evolution of the femme fatale archetype over the ages.
The Big Lebowski and Something Wild. A pair of fish-out-of-water comedy with different kinds of wackiness.
The Virgin Spring and The Limey start off on the same premise--a father vent on avenging his daughter's murder--and go to different directions. The former may be too grim though, depending on the taste of the group.
The Big Lebowski and Something Wild. A pair of fish-out-of-water comedy with different kinds of wackiness.
Oh, there was a pairing I did once - SOMETHING WILD and INTO THE NIGHT (Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer). Very similar in the basic story line, in the way the movie swings wildly from comedy to thriller and back, and in the way that quirky characters and familiar faces keep popping up. The main difference being SW is a road movie, and ItN is an urban one.
I can think of a couple:
Happenstance and Amélie, two French films about chance/destiny and interconnected lives in Paris starring Audrey Tautou. They couldn't be more different in tone and style.
Novocaine and Little Shop of Horrors to see dueling portrayals of dentists by Steve Martin.
Maybe Double Indemnity and Body Heat for classic noir and neo noir?
Close Encounters of the Third Kind and War of the Worlds for two sides of Spielbergian aliens.
Any dream double features you would put together?
Glitter and Gigli
I still have fond memories of a great double feature at the Brattle: Buena Vista Social Club and Genghis Blues.
And when I was a pre-teen, I remember a great cheesy environmentally conscious horror pairing: Frogs and Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster.