I'm reviving this old chestnut...I randomly generate ten films from a masterlist, and we chat about them.
1. War and Peace 2. The Madness of King George 3. Swimming with Sharks 4. Rita, Sue and Bob Too 5. The Bitter Tea of General Yen 6. The Big Blue 7. The Falls 8. Hell in the Pacific 9. The Long Riders 10. Bandits of Orgosolo
― Girolamo Savonarola, Sunday, 29 July 2007 03:39 (nineteen years ago)
The Long Riders FTW.
― wanko ergo sum, Sunday, 29 July 2007 03:51 (nineteen years ago)
The Madness of King George - don't really remember the details too much, but whatever happened to Rupert Graves? Severely overlooked actor. He rocked in this one. Solid work all around; this was perhaps the last example of a solid British drama before the CGI-flicks, romcoms, and pop-star-in-period-piece films took over. Or at least that's how I like to remember it. The Lear scene is classic.
The Bitter Tea of General Yen - couldn't get into it, frankly. But an unexpected turn for Capra I must admit.
The Big Blue - speaking of "whatever happened to", whatever happened to Rosanna Arquette? I really liked this film - innocent but sexual, light but elegiac. Perhaps Besson's best.
― Girolamo Savonarola, Sunday, 29 July 2007 03:58 (nineteen years ago)
she played a closet lesbian on 'the L word' awhile back
― Rubyredd, Sunday, 29 July 2007 04:01 (nineteen years ago)
Oh I really like Le Grand Blue. Moreover cause Arquette was in it.
― nathalie, Sunday, 29 July 2007 09:05 (nineteen years ago)
I remember Swimming with Sharks mainly for a skinny, towering Benecio del Toro's sly, overarching campness.
― Huey in Melbourne, Sunday, 29 July 2007 09:14 (nineteen years ago)
Someone tell me more about The Long Riders. It's been one of those films that fascinates me w/o me knowing much about it.
― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 30 July 2007 06:14 (nineteen years ago)