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Lebell · 09-02-2003, 02:34 AM

Criminey people, some of those are good, but we are talking MUST SEE for a film major:

1) Citizen Kane: Arguably the best film EVER made. It broke all the rules of cinematography.

2) A Clockwork Orange: A horrifying and fascinating movie. Kubric genius at it's greatest, IMO.

3) Casablanca: Bogart and Bergman. You can't call yourself a film major if you haven't seen this.

4) Metropolis (The original): Fritz Lang's masterpiece is uncanny in the way it forsees our technological future and the effect it has on humanity.

5) Nosferatu: A study in horror by F.W. Murnau that cuts to the heart of the matter without the camp that plagued vampires in latter years.

6) The Graduate: Shocking at the time, this movie still stuns with it's cutting commentary on society and it's artifices.

7) The Forbidden Planet: Like all good movies, this science fiction classic uses the setting to probe the basic questions of humanity and what drives us.

8) Dr. Strangelove: Laugh your ass off while our propensity to kill ourselves is painfully spelled out.

9) Star Wars (IV): Yes, this is here on my "Must See List". Possibly one of the greatest Sci Fi films of all time, the story of the hero-quest is as old as time.

10) Deer Hunter/Full Metal Jacket/Platoon: For generations of movie goers who grew up on John Wayne, these movies were the first to bring home the realities of war.

09-02-2003, 02:34 AM	#18 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	Criminey people, some of those are good, but we are talking MUST SEE for a film major: 1) Citizen Kane: Arguably the best film EVER made. It broke all the rules of cinematography. 2) A Clockwork Orange: A horrifying and fascinating movie. Kubric genius at it's greatest, IMO. 3) Casablanca: Bogart and Bergman. You can't call yourself a film major if you haven't seen this. 4) Metropolis (The original): Fritz Lang's masterpiece is uncanny in the way it forsees our technological future and the effect it has on humanity. 5) Nosferatu: A study in horror by F.W. Murnau that cuts to the heart of the matter without the camp that plagued vampires in latter years. 6) The Graduate: Shocking at the time, this movie still stuns with it's cutting commentary on society and it's artifices. 7) The Forbidden Planet: Like all good movies, this science fiction classic uses the setting to probe the basic questions of humanity and what drives us. 8) Dr. Strangelove: Laugh your ass off while our propensity to kill ourselves is painfully spelled out. 9) Star Wars (IV): Yes, this is here on my "Must See List". Possibly one of the greatest Sci Fi films of all time, the story of the hero-quest is as old as time. 10) Deer Hunter/Full Metal Jacket/Platoon: For generations of movie goers who grew up on John Wayne, these movies were the first to bring home the realities of war. __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!