Random 10: Random Films for Comment - Week 15 (with a bonus ten! Come and g'it!)

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Continuing from Random 10: Random Films for Comment - Week 14

1780. The Gay Divorcee, 1934 (dir. Mark Sandrich)
4669. When Father Was Away on Business, 1985 (dir. Emir Kusturica)
1894. Le grand jeu, 1934 (dir. Jacques Feyder)
914. The Centaurs, 1921 (dir. Winsor McCay)
87. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, 1984 (dir. W.D. Richter)
3938. Smoking/No Smoking, 1993 (dir. Alain Resnais)
1660. Flirting with Disaster, 1996 (dir. David O. Russell)
146. Alba de America, 1951 (dir. Juan de Orduna)
969. Christmas in Connecticut, 1945 (dir. Peter Godfrey)
1966. The Hand of Adam, 1975

Hmm. Eh. Another 10?

1187. The Dark Half, 1993 (dir. George A. Romero)
4292. The Third Man, 1949 (dir. Carol Reed)
4250. Tevya, 1939 (dir. Maurice Schwartz)
1536. Faces, 1968 (dir. John Cassavetes)
463. The Ballad of Cable Hogue, 1970 (dir. Sam Peckinpah)
4425. Travel Log, 1978
1455. Elevator to the Gallows, 1958 (dir. Louis Malle)
1197. Daughters of Chaos, 1980 (dir. Marjorie Keller)
3220. The Opening of Misty Beethoven, 1976 (dir. Radley Metzger)
2341. The Joy Luck Club, 1993 (dir. Wayne Wang)

Well, it's something, I guess.

ILF, Muthafuckahs!

― Girolamo Savonarola, Sunday, 21 November 2004 08:09 (twenty years ago)

I have seen Flirting with Disaster, The Third Man, Faces, and The Joy Luck Club. The movie on this list I'm most interested in seeing that I haven't is Smoking/No Smoking.

― Sanjay McDougal (jaymc), Sunday, 21 November 2004 08:28 (twenty years ago)

The Third Man is a masterpiece, but you all knew that.

― Wooden (Wooden), Monday, 22 November 2004 02:22 (twenty years ago)

I got an A, writing about the third man, in high school english. wow!

the gay divorcee=night & day

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 22 November 2004 02:30 (twenty years ago)

I got a first for a University essay about The Third man. It obviously inspires academic greatness.

― Wooden (Wooden), Monday, 22 November 2004 02:33 (twenty years ago)

I saw When Father Was Away on Business a long long time ago, so I don't remember much. The father sleeps with the wife or mistress of a top Communist official or something, so he gets sent away. It's centrally about his son (who is about 10), and I seem to also recall a very awkward scene where he gets into a bath with a girl from his class and they both look at each other's sexes. Take that, Birth!

Buckaroo Banzai - I got no idea whatsoever what the hell was going on. But the idea of Banzai doing all the shit he did is awesome. His crew = TEH 80's. The end credit thing is awesomely kitsch. Forget what you've heard, this is the film that Luc Besson masturbates to at night. I want the sequel promised me!

I've seen The Third Man several times, but I always end up forgetting like 80% of the film within a week. I just remember a few key scenes, settings, and plot points. That's cool though; I get to rediscover it everytime.

I'm also very amused that I managed to generate a list that includes a porn classic like The Opening of Misty Beethoven.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 22 November 2004 07:53 (twenty years ago)

And if you want to know why that's on the list at all, keep in mind that the list includes everything nominated for the 2002 Sight and Sound poll. Here's the specific nomination card that included it, which is quite amusing in its own right: http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/voter.php?forename=Joel&surname=David

― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 22 November 2004 07:55 (twenty years ago)

Can't we confine this to I Love Film so I don't have to wade thru bullshit like "Breakup Sex,c/d"?

When Father Was Away on Business is a splendid Kusturica film, but not as great as Underground.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 November 2004 14:39 (twenty years ago)

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