Nifty list. I wish they'd indicated which 18 films were out on DVD (and in what regions). I have about 1/5 of the movies on the list myself (LOVED seeing TOP SECRET! in there). I don't think WISE BLOOD is out yet, and I'd love to get that.
Wild monkey love or tender Sarah McLachlan love?
Xander ,'Him'
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Frankenbuddha - Dec 20, 2006 4:02:49 am PST #6494 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
askye - Dec 20, 2006 4:13:10 am PST #6495 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I watched most of Suddenly, Last Summer on TCM, which was really good, melodramatic but good.
Of the 50 Lost Classics I've seen
Housekeeping -- it is a very good movie. The book is excellent as well, one of my favorites, Save the Last Dance, and Robin Hood.
Fred Pete - Dec 20, 2006 4:15:55 am PST #6496 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'm not sure all of those movies really qualify as "lost" -- Top Secret for example. But that's quibbling.
I can't say I was impressed with A New Leaf. The story was too slight to justify an epic-length movie.
Amy - Dec 20, 2006 4:19:37 am PST #6497 of 10001
Because books.
I love that they included Robin Hood. That's been one of my favorite Disneys for a long time.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 20, 2006 4:19:52 am PST #6498 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm not sure all of those movies really qualify as "lost"
I felt the same about PETULIA which just got released on DVD. I think Lester has other movies that qualify better as lost (HOW I WON THE WAR and ROYAL FLASH for instance).
Strega - Dec 20, 2006 4:42:24 am PST #6499 of 10001
Aw, some love for Fire Walk With Me. Slightly angry love, actually, but hey.
Oddly enough, I just read about Cockfighter yesterday.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 20, 2006 4:47:18 am PST #6500 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Aw, some love for Fire Walk With Me. Slightly angry love, actually, but hey.
It needs all the love it can get. I know why so many people hated it (it didn't wrap up the series, it was way, WAY more grim - and weird - than the show, the inevitable David Lynch backlash, etc.), but I loved it when I saw it in the theater and I still do. Sheryl Lee and Ray Wise deserved some kind of recognition for some very difficult and disturbing work.
Jessica - Dec 20, 2006 4:47:59 am PST #6501 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
11 Ace In The Hole
Not surprised, but happy to see this on there. (I don't know if I'd call it "lost" exactly, since I feel like Film Forum screens it at least once a year, but it's really needs to be out on DVD, like, now.)
Jessica - Dec 20, 2006 4:52:55 am PST #6502 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
22 Safe
LOVE this movie. It's so sparse, and deliberately unbeautiful.
Theodosia - Dec 20, 2006 5:11:13 am PST #6503 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Unfortunately, I'm under-impressed with just about all of the films I've seen on the list (okay, five of them) but that doesn't bode well for how excellent I'd find the others, if I ever found them.