Casablanca / Play It Again, Sam
Possibly in the opposite order, so that you end with the better film.
Jayne: Well... I don't like the idea of someone hearin' what I'm thinkin'. Inara: No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking.
'Objects In Space'
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Betsy HP - Jun 10, 2005 4:54:47 pm PDT #3983 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Trudy Booth - Jun 10, 2005 5:01:43 pm PDT #3984 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Eight Men Out and Field of Dreams
very cathartic
§ ita § - Jun 10, 2005 5:03:03 pm PDT #3985 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Say Anything and Grosse Point Blank.
Mmm.
DavidS - Jun 10, 2005 5:14:41 pm PDT #3986 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
Mr. Broom - Jun 10, 2005 5:27:26 pm PDT #3987 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
School Ties and Dead Poet's Society. Doesn't matter which you do first, really.
bon bon - Jun 10, 2005 7:28:31 pm PDT #3988 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Saw Mr & Mrs Smith tonight. It's not perfect but I recommend it. A litte long, but funny and very sexy.
Kathy A - Jun 10, 2005 7:29:58 pm PDT #3989 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Heist films--The Sting and The Score.
Aims - Jun 10, 2005 7:30:38 pm PDT #3990 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Goodfellas/Bronx Tale
Gandalfe - Jun 10, 2005 7:38:47 pm PDT #3991 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
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.
dcp - Jun 10, 2005 8:32:36 pm PDT #3992 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Kelly's Heroes and Three Kings