so yeah, this 19-yr-old chinese guy i know wants a list of western movies to watch. he's seen 'forrest gump' and 'legends of the fall' but not much else so far as i can tell. (limited english.)
sooo i was thinking on this and so far have two choices: 'indiana jones and the temple of doom' and 'nick and nora's infinite playlist'. nah jokes, but it did make me think: is the staid old canon actually kind of right?
what should i put on this list?
― sharter the unstoppable ilx machine (history mayne), Monday, 22 February 2010 14:35 (fifteen years ago)
Any particular era/genre/degree of challopsiness?
― Gram P's Titties (Noodle Vague), Monday, 22 February 2010 14:36 (fifteen years ago)
well, i explained that there was a good 95-100 years to choose from, and the existence of genres. i explained about westerns and gangster movies. but i can't think of the one western i'd show. maybe 'my darling clementine'. so no restrictions but... he wants to learn about the west and improve his english.
― sharter the unstoppable ilx machine (history mayne), Monday, 22 February 2010 14:39 (fifteen years ago)
Die Hard is an awesome movie
― Best Line Snorted Nose Candy In John Of JFK Airport (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 22 February 2010 14:42 (fifteen years ago)
dude I have fielded this request many times and the answer is American Pie
― Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ (dyao), Monday, 22 February 2010 14:43 (fifteen years ago)
"I want to learn about the West and improve my English" = I wanna watch movies with lots of guns and actions and sexy babes, fuck Culture with a capital C
― Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ (dyao), Monday, 22 February 2010 14:44 (fifteen years ago)
WESTERN TITTIES BOUNCE
Okay. Some game-openers at random, deliberately restricted to canonical US/UK.
40s - The Maltese Falcon50s - The Searchers60s - Goldfinger70s - The Godfather80s - 48 Hours90s - Pulp Fiction
― Gram P's Titties (Noodle Vague), Monday, 22 February 2010 14:46 (fifteen years ago)
a less hard-boiled list
30s: The Thin Man40s: The Shop Around the Corner50s: Singin' in the Rain60s: The Apartment70s: Annie Hall80s: The Elephant Man90s: Ruby in Paradise
― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Monday, 22 February 2010 14:58 (fifteen years ago)
The Music Box
― Gram P's Titties (Noodle Vague), Monday, 22 February 2010 15:04 (fifteen years ago)
our spanish teacher used to show us Disney Movies en espanol. Show him some Pixar ish
― allyboy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 22 February 2010 15:34 (fifteen years ago)
i dont even know where to start tbh
― nitzer Ed (s1ocki), Monday, 22 February 2010 15:37 (fifteen years ago)
amadeus
How The West Was Won, in case he doesn't know
― da croupier, Monday, 22 February 2010 15:38 (fifteen years ago)
how to lose a guy in 10 days- same reason
― nitzer Ed (s1ocki), Monday, 22 February 2010 15:50 (fifteen years ago)
http://thefilmbloggen.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/501533how-to-deal-posters.jpg
― ('_') (omar little), Monday, 22 February 2010 16:01 (fifteen years ago)
http://grab.by/2AJK
― nitzer Ed (s1ocki), Monday, 22 February 2010 16:03 (fifteen years ago)
http://wednesdayshaul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/howard_the_duck.jpg
― max, Monday, 22 February 2010 16:04 (fifteen years ago)
2001: A Space Odyssey. Excellent diction in that one.
― Chris L, Monday, 22 February 2010 16:18 (fifteen years ago)
i hate western but
Heaven's Gate (Cimino)Pursued (Raoul Walsh)The Far Country (Anthony Mann)Once Upon a Time in the West (Leone)Rio Bravo (Hawks)Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray)She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (John Ford)Silver Lode (Allan Dwan)Une aventure de Billy le Kid (Luc Moullet)Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood)
― moullet, Monday, 22 February 2010 16:21 (fifteen years ago)
American Psycho, for that crisp narration
― da croupier, Monday, 22 February 2010 16:27 (fifteen years ago)
just have him watch the AFI top 100 + the top 20 grossers of the 90s and 00s
― max, Monday, February 22, 2010 11:30 AM (5 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― max, Monday, 22 February 2010 16:30 (fifteen years ago)
have him watch comedies only
― goole, Monday, 22 February 2010 16:33 (fifteen years ago)
get him in one of those clockwork orange dealies and just play every major studio release since 1989
― max, Monday, 22 February 2010 16:37 (fifteen years ago)
it did make me think: was stalin actually kind of right
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 22 February 2010 16:38 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.blogadilla.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/leonard-part-6.jpg
― i know who the sockpuppet master of ilx is (velko), Monday, 22 February 2010 16:40 (fifteen years ago)
uh probably a good idea for him to watch 1-5 first
― nitzer Ed (s1ocki), Monday, 22 February 2010 16:41 (fifteen years ago)
Tell him Leonard Pt. 6 is based on Joseph Campbell's hero myths.
― Chris L, Monday, 22 February 2010 16:44 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXldafIl5DQ
― the descent of mayne (am0n), Monday, 22 February 2010 16:44 (fifteen years ago)
^Allison Janney looking good imo
― Lusty Mo Frazier (jaymc), Monday, 22 February 2010 17:11 (fifteen years ago)
Hey HM can u re-link to that article u posted about the note-keeping habits of historians (...from the Times Literary Supplement or London Review of Books or something)?
― Edgware Wolf in London (admrl), Saturday, 25 September 2010 23:17 (fifteen years ago)
think it was this: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n11/keith-thomas/diary
― l'avventura: pet detective (history mayne), Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:15 (fifteen years ago)
which films did you recommend for the 19-yr-old chinese guy?
― The Managing Director of Being (nakhchivan), Sunday, 26 September 2010 17:24 (fifteen years ago)
ahaha
never got round to it
he was a dick
i got asked the same question the other night. think i said just go for the obvious ones.
― l'avventura: pet detective (history mayne), Sunday, 26 September 2010 17:42 (fifteen years ago)
go, have fun
― If Airplanes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport (s1ocki), Sunday, 26 September 2010 17:44 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.historyshots.com/film/index.cfm
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2012 20:39 (thirteen years ago)
Nice. First thing I scanned were the documentaries, and there it is, Spellbound.
― clemenza, Friday, 16 November 2012 12:56 (thirteen years ago)
There it is, A Grin Without a Cat.
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Friday, 16 November 2012 13:19 (thirteen years ago)
Also there it is, every single individual (or close enough) Harry Potter movie.
this is a disaster for poster companies
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Friday, 16 November 2012 15:11 (thirteen years ago)
I will not be buying something that has Taken and Puss in Boots on it.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 November 2012 15:35 (thirteen years ago)
http://www.communitynewspapers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Stand.gif
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Friday, 16 November 2012 16:05 (thirteen years ago)
if I am not for an exclusionary canon poster, who will be?
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 November 2012 16:12 (thirteen years ago)