DDD's Favourite Films: 16/9/14 Updated!

PBR Streetgang · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 7:23 pm

pnoom wrote:

I shall not apologize or acknowledge any appearances of blatant fanboyism in this list.

May I assume that the curious lack of Antonioni on this list is due to you not having seen any of his films? La Notte is fantastic.

I will definitely do an overhaul of my initial list, removing titles that were there due to my clinging to outdated ideas I used to have about them.

pnoom · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:11 am **Posts:** 6217

wantabodylikeme · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 7:45 pm

someone make a list from a film from every director who ever lived so tm can't say anything

PBR Streetgang · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 7:54 pm

You saying that because of Fassbinder comment I made to pauldrach? Because that was spefically due to him being German and having a bunch of films on there no one outside of Germany has even heard of (unless that person is David Kalat or something) and some lang and some herzog and some wenders. this is why the lack of Fassbinder was striking.

even so, fuck limitations all to hell man. you gotta check what's all out there as much as you can. and that includes fuckin twin peaks

this having been said, there are a shitload of directors i haven't explored myself. Cecil B. DeMille and Erich von Stroheim jump to mind... Fuck.

Chemical Ali · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:57 am **Posts:** 3080

pnoom wrote:

If you update it I have a new top 35:

1. Andrei Tarkovsky – The Mirror
2. Andrei Tarkovsky – The Sacrifice
3. Andrei Tarkovsky – Stalker
4. Andrei Tarkovsky – Nostalghia
5. Wong Kar-Wai – In the Mood for Love
6. Ingmar Bergman – Persona
7. Werner Herzog – Aguirre, The Wrath of God
8. Yasujiro Ozu – Tokyo Story
9. Andrei Tarkovsky – Andrei Rublev
10. Wong Kar-Wai – 2046
11. Bela Tarr – The Turin Horse
12. Yasujiro Ozu – Late Spring
13. Krzysztof Kieslowski – The Decalogue
14. Bela Tarr – Satantango
15. Akira Kurosawa – Seven Samurai
16. Yasujiro Ozu – Early Summer
17. Kenji Mizoguchi – Ugetsu
18. Wim Wenders – Wings of Desire
19. Ingmar Bergman – Winter Light
20. Martin Scorcese – Taxi Driver
21. John Cassavetes – Faces
22. Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
23. Ingmar Bergman – Wild Strawberries
24. Ingmar Bergman – Shame
25. Ingmar Bergman – Through a Glass Darkly
26. Andrei Tarkovsky – Solaris
27. Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
28. Lars von Trier – Melancholia
29. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger – The Red Shoes
30. Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
31. Akira Kurosawa – Rashomon
32. Wong Kar-Wai – Chungking Express
33. Wong Kar-Wai – Fallen Angels
34. Ingmar Bergman – The Hour of the Wolf
35. Orson Welles – Citizen Kane

I shall not apologize or acknowledge any appearances of blatant fanboyism in this list.

Damn, you have seen almost all of these within the last year or so, right?

pnoom · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:11 am **Posts:** 6217

I in fact believe I have seen literally all of them within the past year. Since I've been closely watching films for less than a year, I don't tend to trust my poorly recollected opinions on films I haven't seen within that time frame, so any films I remember enjoying a long time ago I'd be disinclined to include, and anyway I don't remember any in particular. Most films I watched and really enjoyed more than a year ago I've rewatched in the past year.

Also, I edited my list to rectify its lack of The Seventh Seal.

Chemical Ali · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:57 am **Posts:** 3080

pnoom wrote:

I in fact believe I have seen literally all of them within the past year. Since I've been closely watching films for less than a year, I don't tend to trust my poorly recollected opinions on films I haven't seen within that time frame, so any films I remember enjoying a long time ago I'd be disinclined to include, and anyway I don't remember any in particular. Most films I watched and really enjoyed more than a year ago I've rewatched in the past year.

Also, I edited my list to rectify its lack of The Seventh Seal.

I was only commenting because I remember about a year ago you started to get really into film and started posting reviews more and more. Thats a pretty great year of film watching, though.

pnoom · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:11 am **Posts:** 6217

Indeed. Here's to an even greater year (if only in terms of my sensitivity, since I'm sure grad school will shift the volume down dramatically*).

*Although perhaps only in relation to my recent binging, since for much of this past year I was watching quite infrequently.

Dreww · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 11:52 pm

Speaking of Antonioni today the only fun I had was watching the Criterion DVD with the commentary turned on. Really good shit.

Jess · **Posted:** Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:21 am

pnoom wrote:

Indeed. Here's to an even greater year (if only in terms of my sensitivity, since I'm sure grad school will shift the volume down dramatically*).

*Although perhaps only in relation to my recent binging, since for much of this past year I was watching quite infrequently.

dude you should watch werckmeister harmonies. i was surprised you didn't include it, so i'm assuming you haven't seen it because it would fit right in with your tastes.

PBR Streetgang · **Posted:** Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:19 am

Dreww wrote:

Speaking of Antonioni today the only fun I had was watching the Criterion DVD with the commentary turned on. Really good shit.

Which film?

Dreww · **Posted:** Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:26 am

Oh shit, that might be a crucial detail. L'avventura of course. One of the best commentaries ever.

pnoom · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:11 am **Posts:** 6217

Jess wrote:

dude you should watch werckmeister harmonies. i was surprised you didn't include it, so i'm assuming you haven't seen it because it would fit right in with your tastes.

It will definitely be among the next 10 films I watch. I've been trying to make time for it for a while, but that has proved difficult of late.

PBR Streetgang · **Posted:** Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:22 pm

Dreww wrote:

Oh shit, that might be a crucial detail. L'avventura of course. One of the best commentaries ever.

Do you know how to rip a commentary track off a DVD by any chance? Because I would be very interested in listening to this but have no intention really of buying the Criterion edition... Good commentary tracks are absolutely ftw.

that_guy · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:43 pm **Posts:** 954

pnoom wrote:

If you update it I have a new top 35:

1. Andrei Tarkovsky – The Mirror
2. Andrei Tarkovsky – The Sacrifice
3. Andrei Tarkovsky – Stalker
4. Andrei Tarkovsky – Nostalghia
5. Wong Kar-Wai – In the Mood for Love
6. Ingmar Bergman – Persona
7. Werner Herzog – Aguirre, The Wrath of God
8. Yasujiro Ozu – Tokyo Story
9. Andrei Tarkovsky – Andrei Rublev
10. Wong Kar-Wai – 2046
11. Bela Tarr – The Turin Horse
12. Yasujiro Ozu – Late Spring
13. Krzysztof Kieslowski – The Decalogue
14. Bela Tarr – Satantango
15. Akira Kurosawa – Seven Samurai
16. Yasujiro Ozu – Early Summer
17. Kenji Mizoguchi – Ugetsu
18. Wim Wenders – Wings of Desire
19. Ingmar Bergman – Winter Light
20. Martin Scorcese – Taxi Driver
21. John Cassavetes – Faces
22. Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
23. Ingmar Bergman – Wild Strawberries
24. Ingmar Bergman – Shame
25. Ingmar Bergman – Through a Glass Darkly
26. Andrei Tarkovsky – Solaris
27. Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
28. Lars von Trier – Melancholia
29. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger – The Red Shoes
30. Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
31. Akira Kurosawa – Rashomon
32. Wong Kar-Wai – Chungking Express
33. Wong Kar-Wai – Fallen Angels
34. Ingmar Bergman – The Seventh Seal
35. Ingmar Bergman – The Hour of the Wolf
36. Orson Welles – Citizen Kane

I shall not apologize or acknowledge any appearances of blatant fanboyism in this list.

That's a really foreign list.

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