"Men should treat their women more like ladies
and
Women should expect their men to be gentlemen"
While this would be appear to be common sense, in today's world these practices are starting to fade away. As the famous quote goes "The problem with common sense is is that it is not very common"
And these two things form a vicious cycle and that is its greatest tragedy.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Friday, May 19, 2006
102 Movies You Must See Before...
I have been away for a while now. I was on vacation till May 5th.
I have one two many writing projects in the works, so for the time being I just working off the list of movies posted by Jim Emerson. For each movie I have seen, I have mentioned whatever it brings to mind.
"2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) - Couldn't really sit through it.
"The 400 Blows" (1959)
"8 1/2" (1963) Federico Fellini
"Aguirre, the Wrath of God" (1972) Werner Herzog
"Alien" (1979) - Ah ! Sigourney Weaver - The mother of all tough women on screen !
"All About Eve" (1950) - Bette Davis at her very best !
"Annie Hall" (1977) - Romance of the everyday people.
"Apocalypse Now" (1979) - Dark, disturbing and brilliant!
"Bambi" (1942) - There are people's who haven't?
"The Battleship Potemkin" (1925)
"The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946)
"The Big Red One" (1980)
"The Bicycle Thief" (1949) - A subtle depiction of the human plight.
"The Big Sleep" (1946)
"Blade Runner" (1982) - Can you say "Kick ass !"
"Blowup" (1966)
"Blue Velvet" (1986) - The arrival of David Lynch.
"Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) Arthur Penn
"Breathless" (1959) - The Jean Luc Goddard classic.
"Bringing Up Baby" (1938)
"Carrie" (1975)
"Casablanca" (1942) - Possibly the best movie ever made.
"Un Chien Andalou" (1928)
"Children of Paradise" / "Les Enfants du Paradis" (1945)
"Chinatown" (1974)
"Citizen Kane" (1941) - Orson Welles all the way.
"A Clockwork Orange" (1971) - Twisted.
"The Crying Game" (1992)
"The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951)
"Days of Heaven" (1978)
"Dirty Harry" (1971) - Do you feel lucky?
"The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" (1972)
"Do the Right Thing" (1989) - Probably Spike Lee's best ever.
"La Dolce Vita" (1960) - The birth of the paparazzi
"Double Indemnity" (1944)
"Dr. Strangelove" (1964) - My favorite Kubrick movie
"Duck Soup" (1933)
"E.T. -- The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) - Saying anything about this is a crim.
"Easy Rider" (1969) - The arrival of Jack Nicholson. Brilliant roadie movie.
"The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) - The best installment of the six-pack.
"The Exorcist" (1973) - Scared the shit outta me as a kid.
"Fargo" (1995) - Oh yaaaa ! Blakc comedy at its finest.
"Fight Club" (1999) - People remember it for Brad Pitt. Two words - Chuck Palahniuk
"Frankenstein" (1931) - The real deal.
"The General" (1927)
"The Godfather," "The Godfather, Part II" (1972, 1974) - Masterpiece
"Gone With the Wind" (1939) - "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
"GoodFellas" (1990) - Good times !
"The Graduate" (1967) - Seduced by Mrs Robinson and the OST by S&G
"Halloween" (1978)
"A Hard Day's Night" (1964)
"Intolerance" (1916)
"It's a Gift" (1934)
"It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) - Love Capra movies.
"Jaws" (1975) - Spielberg magic
"The Lady Eve" (1941)
"Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) - A true epic.
"M" (1931) Fritz Lang
"Mad Max 2" / "The Road Warrior" (1981) - Ass kicking !
"The Maltese Falcon" (1941) - Bogart at his best....almost.
"The Manchurian Candidate" (1962)
"Metropolis" (1926) - Spectacular.
"Modern Times" (1936) - Love that feeding machine seen
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975)
"Nashville" (1975)
"The Night of the Hunter" (1955)
"Night of the Living Dead" (1968)
"North by Northwest" (1959)
"Nosferatu" (1922)
"On the Waterfront" (1954)
"Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968)
"Out of the Past" (1947)
"Persona" (1966)
"Pink Flamingos" (1972)
"Psycho" (1960) - The master doing what he does best - Scarying you like crazy !
"Pulp Fiction" (1994) - Oooooh ! Samuel L Jackson !
"Rashomon" (1950)
"Rear Window" (1954)
"Rebel Without a Cause" (1955) - Two words - James Dean
"Red River" (1948) Howard Hawks
"Repulsion" (1965) Roman Polanski
"The Rules of the Game" (1939)
"Scarface" (1932) - Al Pacino as Tony Montana. Perfecto !
"The Scarlet Empress" (1934)
"Schindler's List" (1993) - I loved the last part where the real surviors visit Schindler's grave.
"The Searchers" (1956)
"The Seven Samurai" (1954) - Classic Kurosawa
"Singin' in the Rain" (1952) - They don't make them like this anymore.
"Some Like It Hot" (1959)
"A Star Is Born" (1954) George Cukor
"A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951) - Stellaaaaa !!!
"Sunset Boulevard" (1950) Billy Wilder
"Taxi Driver" (1976) - You talkin to me?
"The Third Man" (1949)
"Tokyo Story" (1953)
"Touch of Evil" (1958)
"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948)
"Trouble in Paradise" (1932)
"Vertigo" (1958)
"West Side Story" (1961) - I regret not having seen it on stage. Maybe one day.
"The Wild Bunch" (1969)
"The Wizard of Oz" (1939) Victor Fleming
I have one two many writing projects in the works, so for the time being I just working off the list of movies posted by Jim Emerson. For each movie I have seen, I have mentioned whatever it brings to mind.
"2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) - Couldn't really sit through it.
"The 400 Blows" (1959)
"8 1/2" (1963) Federico Fellini
"Aguirre, the Wrath of God" (1972) Werner Herzog
"Alien" (1979) - Ah ! Sigourney Weaver - The mother of all tough women on screen !
"All About Eve" (1950) - Bette Davis at her very best !
"Annie Hall" (1977) - Romance of the everyday people.
"Apocalypse Now" (1979) - Dark, disturbing and brilliant!
"Bambi" (1942) - There are people's who haven't?
"The Battleship Potemkin" (1925)
"The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946)
"The Big Red One" (1980)
"The Bicycle Thief" (1949) - A subtle depiction of the human plight.
"The Big Sleep" (1946)
"Blade Runner" (1982) - Can you say "Kick ass !"
"Blowup" (1966)
"Blue Velvet" (1986) - The arrival of David Lynch.
"Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) Arthur Penn
"Breathless" (1959) - The Jean Luc Goddard classic.
"Bringing Up Baby" (1938)
"Carrie" (1975)
"Casablanca" (1942) - Possibly the best movie ever made.
"Un Chien Andalou" (1928)
"Children of Paradise" / "Les Enfants du Paradis" (1945)
"Chinatown" (1974)
"Citizen Kane" (1941) - Orson Welles all the way.
"A Clockwork Orange" (1971) - Twisted.
"The Crying Game" (1992)
"The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951)
"Days of Heaven" (1978)
"Dirty Harry" (1971) - Do you feel lucky?
"The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" (1972)
"Do the Right Thing" (1989) - Probably Spike Lee's best ever.
"La Dolce Vita" (1960) - The birth of the paparazzi
"Double Indemnity" (1944)
"Dr. Strangelove" (1964) - My favorite Kubrick movie
"Duck Soup" (1933)
"E.T. -- The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) - Saying anything about this is a crim.
"Easy Rider" (1969) - The arrival of Jack Nicholson. Brilliant roadie movie.
"The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) - The best installment of the six-pack.
"The Exorcist" (1973) - Scared the shit outta me as a kid.
"Fargo" (1995) - Oh yaaaa ! Blakc comedy at its finest.
"Fight Club" (1999) - People remember it for Brad Pitt. Two words - Chuck Palahniuk
"Frankenstein" (1931) - The real deal.
"The General" (1927)
"The Godfather," "The Godfather, Part II" (1972, 1974) - Masterpiece
"Gone With the Wind" (1939) - "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
"GoodFellas" (1990) - Good times !
"The Graduate" (1967) - Seduced by Mrs Robinson and the OST by S&G
"Halloween" (1978)
"A Hard Day's Night" (1964)
"Intolerance" (1916)
"It's a Gift" (1934)
"It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) - Love Capra movies.
"Jaws" (1975) - Spielberg magic
"The Lady Eve" (1941)
"Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) - A true epic.
"M" (1931) Fritz Lang
"Mad Max 2" / "The Road Warrior" (1981) - Ass kicking !
"The Maltese Falcon" (1941) - Bogart at his best....almost.
"The Manchurian Candidate" (1962)
"Metropolis" (1926) - Spectacular.
"Modern Times" (1936) - Love that feeding machine seen
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975)
"Nashville" (1975)
"The Night of the Hunter" (1955)
"Night of the Living Dead" (1968)
"North by Northwest" (1959)
"Nosferatu" (1922)
"On the Waterfront" (1954)
"Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968)
"Out of the Past" (1947)
"Persona" (1966)
"Pink Flamingos" (1972)
"Psycho" (1960) - The master doing what he does best - Scarying you like crazy !
"Pulp Fiction" (1994) - Oooooh ! Samuel L Jackson !
"Rashomon" (1950)
"Rear Window" (1954)
"Rebel Without a Cause" (1955) - Two words - James Dean
"Red River" (1948) Howard Hawks
"Repulsion" (1965) Roman Polanski
"The Rules of the Game" (1939)
"Scarface" (1932) - Al Pacino as Tony Montana. Perfecto !
"The Scarlet Empress" (1934)
"Schindler's List" (1993) - I loved the last part where the real surviors visit Schindler's grave.
"The Searchers" (1956)
"The Seven Samurai" (1954) - Classic Kurosawa
"Singin' in the Rain" (1952) - They don't make them like this anymore.
"Some Like It Hot" (1959)
"A Star Is Born" (1954) George Cukor
"A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951) - Stellaaaaa !!!
"Sunset Boulevard" (1950) Billy Wilder
"Taxi Driver" (1976) - You talkin to me?
"The Third Man" (1949)
"Tokyo Story" (1953)
"Touch of Evil" (1958)
"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948)
"Trouble in Paradise" (1932)
"Vertigo" (1958)
"West Side Story" (1961) - I regret not having seen it on stage. Maybe one day.
"The Wild Bunch" (1969)
"The Wizard of Oz" (1939) Victor Fleming
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