Random 10: Random Films for Comment

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Continuing from Random 10: Random Films for Comment - Week 23

3586. RoGoPaG, 1963 (dir. Roberto Rossellini, Jean-Luc Godard, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Ugo Gregoretti)
3530. The Report, 1977 (dir. Abbas Kiarostami)
4345. The Train, 1964 (dir. John Frankenheimer)
4199. They Drive by Night, 1940 (dir. Raoul Walsh)
3879. Snow-White, 1933 (dir. Dave and Max Fleischer)
2026. High School, 1969 (dir. Frederick Wiseman)
1023. College, 1927 (dir. James W. Horne)
2506. Letter from Siberia, 1957 (dir. Chris Marker)
915. Chan Is Missing, 1982 (dir. Wayne Wang)
164. Alice in the Cities, 1974 (dir. Wim Wenders)

― Girolamo Savonarola, Sunday, 14 November 2004 23:03 (twenty years ago)

Go up the nILE...

― Girolamo Savonarola, Sunday, 14 November 2004 23:15 (twenty years ago)

I like la ricotta a lot.

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 15 November 2004 02:56 (twenty years ago)

"RoGoPaG" is in my top five list of movies that I'm ashamed to have not seen yet. Maybe I'll rent that this week.

I saw "High School" in a documentary course in college. I don't remember that much about it, other than the fact the "plus ca change, plus ce la meme chose" factor. "Titicut Follies" is the Wiseman film that sticks out more in my mind, for several obvious reasons.

― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Monday, 15 November 2004 03:31 (twenty years ago)

"the train" is the best b&w action movie there is. pulls no punches. burt lancaster vs paul scofield vs the oily black machine of doom.

― :| (....), Monday, 15 November 2004 12:58 (twenty years ago)

I didn't even notice "High School" was on the list. It's completely great (although perhaps not as great as "Meat", which has more haunting imagery). The sheer pettiness of the power trips is amazing (and it's even more amazing when you find out that the faculty thought the film did an excellent job of portraying them). The scene where the English teacher tries to get the class excited about Simon and Garfunkel is classic.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 15 November 2004 15:47 (twenty years ago)

high school is GREAT. thinking of the last segment and how the film just...ends..still gives me the chills.

― joseph (joseph), Monday, 15 November 2004 23:46 (twenty years ago)

haha high school followed by college

― joseph (joseph), Monday, 15 November 2004 23:46 (twenty years ago)

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Random 10: Random Films for Comment - Week 24