How many "____ of the Dead" movies have there been? j
If you define them strictly by Romero, 3, but soon to be 4:
Night of the Living Dead / Dawn of the Dead / Day of the Dead and the forthcoming Land of the Dead.
The Tom Savini remake of Night... was Romero approved, and a pretty decent movie. It worked some nice twists on the original, and had some good actors on board (Tony Todd, anyone?).
I don't know if the Dawn... remake was approved, but I've heard many good things about it, and, again, a kickass cast.
The "Return of the Living Dead" movies were tangentially related in that the co-writer of Night... did the first, but have no official connection.
Casablanca / Play It Again, Sam
Possibly in the opposite order, so that you end with the better film.
Eight Men Out
and
Field of Dreams
very cathartic
Say Anything
and
Grosse Point Blank.
Mmm.
I know Where I'm Going/Local Hero
Oooh, good one. And, of course, Local Hero was the immediate inspiration for Northern Exposure.
You could do a quadruple feature on all the movies based on the Leopold/Loeb case, I think. Starting with Rope.
Let's see...
Film school hipster selection: Los Olivados/Do Des Kadan. The first is Bunuel's kid's eye view of street orphans in Mexico City. The second (which I'm sure I misspelled) is Kurowasawa's look at street kids (and other family members) in post-war Tokyo. They're both pretty great and reminiscent of early Love & Rockets (the comic, not the band).
Film School Classics selection: Jules & Jim / Band of Outsiders. Truffaut and Godard both take a run at the love triangle. Classic New Wave, both infinitely charming and utterly distinct.
80s Camp Horror: Vamp / Lair of the White Worm. The first has Grace Jones as an evil vampire. ' Nuff said. The second has Amanda Donohue as an evil high priestess of a snake cult. Ditto.
Sterling Hayden Heist Noir: The Asphalt Jungle / The Killing. I love Sterling Hayden and they're both great movies, and they're actually more different than alike, despite the similarity of premise.
School Ties and Dead Poet's Society. Doesn't matter which you do first, really.
Saw Mr & Mrs Smith tonight. It's not perfect but I recommend it. A litte long, but funny and very sexy.
Heist films--The Sting and The Score.
Lair of the White Worm.
Don't forget an early Hugh Grant. I just love that the protagonists names were Adam, Eve, Mary . . . . and Angus.
