S/D: movies that take place over many years

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In contrast to the one day movie thread, what are some good movies that take place over a very long time, like a whole life time.

Last Emperor
Young Indiana Jones Cronicles (TV show)
The Grand Illusion
The Children of Paradise

― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Casino & Blow

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh and DUH ME...GOODFELLAS!!!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:46 (twenty-two years ago)

2001: A Space Odyssey

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Dr. Zhivago

― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:46 (twenty-two years ago)

The Human Condition. 10 hour long Japanese film about WW2 in which viewing the film seems almost as long as the era covered (Manchurian invasion ---> Japan's defeat).

― hstencil, Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:47 (twenty-two years ago)

huston's "the bible" obv

― jones (actual), Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:50 (twenty-two years ago)

S or D:It's A Wonderful Life
DESTROY: Beaches

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 17 April 2003 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Citizen Kane.

duh.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

S: Giant

― hoops (Oops), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

GREED ROX U R ALL GAY

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:33 (twenty-two years ago)

ok follow up question:
movies that were FILMED over a number of years.
i seem to remember watching some movie in high school where the first half was filmed when the stars were relly young and the second half was made like 10 yrs later when they were all grown up.

― chaki (chaki), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:48 (twenty-two years ago)

That wasn't a documentary, was it?

― hoops (Oops), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:49 (twenty-two years ago)

If documentaries count for that, Michael Apted's Up series ROOLZ that category -- six films made thus far in seven-year increments: 7-Up, 14-Up, 21-Up, etc. Is that what you're thinking of, Chaki?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

That's what I was thinking of.

― hoops (Oops), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Did you change your name to "hoops" just b/c Hstencil wrote it wrong?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Not exactly:
Orgasms are overrated. I prefer listening to Orcestral Maneuvers in the Dark in the dark.
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I blame stencil for stealing my 'h'.

THAT BASTARD DID IT AGAIN
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You should change your name to hoops, then you could blame me for stealing two h's.
-- hstencil
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I kinda like how hoops sounds/looks. Plus, I'm no joke on the court so I wouldn't be frontin'.(ask jaymc)
-- oops

― hoops (Oops), Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha, missed that thread. Right on.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)

S:"Hype!"

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:14 (twenty-two years ago)

was the film of virginia woolf's 'orlando' any good? cos the book's a peach.

― matthew james (matthew james), Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:16 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah "orlando" was very tony and too-well-appointed but i liked it. i saw it on a date with this gorgeous greek girl though so i dunno how much attention i was paying.

coincidentally last night i saw sally potter's "the man who cried" which was really very good -- i don't know why it was totally ignored here.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I think I missed The Man Who Cried because it came out as my C. Ricci obsession was severely waning. Although that didn't stop me from renting Pumpkin a couple months ago.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:23 (twenty-two years ago)

she looks really gorgeous in it and bats her eyes a lot. also it was made before she lost several stone so thankfully she's still a bit zaftig yow. johnny depp plays a part that i can't help thinking is a bit self-parodic ... all mysterious burning glances and high cheekbones. cate blanchett does a very good russian accent and john turturro is good as a boastful and pathetic italian opera singer. the whole thing alternates between arty felicities and totally over-the-top sequences but it works.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Adaptation incorporates the history of the world or possibly the universe, so it wins.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:35 (twenty-two years ago)

zaftig = yes!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:38 (twenty-two years ago)

"Adaptation incorporates the history of the world or possibly the universe, so it wins. "

Or was it just what he was thinking about putting in the movie?

― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:55 (twenty-two years ago)

the one im thinking of is some medeval journy called "and we were kings" or something

― chaki (chaki), Thursday, 17 April 2003 21:01 (twenty-two years ago)

The Stravinsky/Dinosaur part of Fantasia, Highlander

― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 17 April 2003 21:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Koyaqqasanti or whatever the hell it's called.

― shoops (Oops), Thursday, 17 April 2003 21:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Koyaanisqatsi. Yeah, totally!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 17 April 2003 21:20 (twenty-two years ago)

The Godfather movies obvously.

The Nightmare on Elm Street/ Halloween/ Friday the 13th/ Sleepaway Camp/ Night of the Living Dead series (and any and all horror/ sci fi franchises including Star Wars as well)...

And the Godzilla movies. The charming old Japanese ones, of course, and not the big budget American mess.

― Calum, Thursday, 17 April 2003 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Giant of course. My answer to everything

― That Girl (thatgirl), Thursday, 17 April 2003 23:28 (twenty-two years ago)

A.I.

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 17 April 2003 23:38 (twenty-two years ago)

oh yeah, A.I. goes on into the far future.

― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 18 April 2003 00:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Search: La Jette.

Destroy: A.I.

― Cub, Friday, 18 April 2003 01:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Will I mention my guilty-pleasure-watch-it-on-a-rainy-day-when-I'm-depressed-movie-cuz-it-makes-me-feel-all-mushy-inside movie, Fried Green Tomatoes? Nah, not worth the ribbing.

― jewelly (jewelly), Friday, 18 April 2003 01:47 (twenty-two years ago)

the one im thinking of is some medeval journy called "and we were kings" or something

Reminds me of one of my faves, Excalibur.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 18 April 2003 01:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Nah, not worth the ribbing.

I like that film, darn it. Others who like it should say so. Cast off your fears! Those who rib are haters.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 18 April 2003 02:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Ned! My hero!

― jewelly (jewelly), Friday, 18 April 2003 02:20 (twenty-two years ago)

How could I forget, search An Angel at My Table!

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 18 April 2003 02:20 (twenty-two years ago)

er, The Shawshank Redemption

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 18 April 2003 02:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I Claudius!

― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 18 April 2003 04:07 (twenty-two years ago)

little big man.

― brian badword (badwords), Friday, 18 April 2003 05:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Search:
Shine

Destroy:
A Beautiful Mind
Chaplin

― weatheringdaleson (weatheringdaleson), Friday, 18 April 2003 06:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Wild Strawberries (if flashback/dream sequences count)

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 19 April 2003 02:27 (twenty-two years ago)

the magnificent ambersons

― scott pl. (scott pl.), Saturday, 19 April 2003 04:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Heimat.

All three parts (first part is 16 hours, the second is 25 hours, and the third is still in production...). Overall, it goes from 1919 to 2000.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Saturday, 19 April 2003 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Once Upon a Time in America

― Joe (Joe), Saturday, 19 April 2003 20:16 (twenty-two years ago)

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