Mal: Does she understand that? River: She understands. She doesn't comprehend.

'Objects In Space'


Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video  

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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


Kathy A - Jun 10, 2005 8:44:45 pm PDT #3993 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

The Great Escape and Von Ryan's Express.


Polter-Cow - Jun 10, 2005 9:00:00 pm PDT #3994 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Heist films--The Sting and The Score.

Heist film remakes: Ocean's Eleven and The Italian Job


beekaytee - Jun 11, 2005 6:39:30 am PDT #3995 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant

All OCD all the time:

  • The Aviator
  • Dirty, Filthy Love
  • Maze