Rolling Stone's List of Best Rock Movies on DVD

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Banky

November 17, 2003, 08:15:29 PM
ROLLING STONES BEST ROCK AND ROLL MOVIES ON DVD



#1 - This is Spinal Tap
#2 - A Hard Day's Night
#3 - Sid and Nancy
#4 - High Fidelity
#5 - Almost Famous - Untitled: The Bootleg Cut
#6 - Velvet Goldmine
#7 - Desperately Seeking Susan
#8 - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
#9 - Rock-n-Roll High School
#10 - 24-Hour Party People

godardian

#1
November 17, 2003, 10:30:08 PM
I'd say that's actually a decent list. Imagine- Something halfway aware from Rolling Stone!

I'm very happy that they recognized the little-seen Velvet Goldmine as an important rock 'n roll movie, certainly one with an intricate understanding of the music and cultural moment(s) it digs into. It's certainly not the stupid nostalgia-murder-mystery Miramax so mistakenly marketed it as (I blame its box-office failure directly on Harvey Weinstein. I know some things. Let's just say that Haynes was not allowed to make the advertising decisions, and there's a reason why Far from Heaven was not a Miramax release... and the reason was certainly not that Weinstein didn't desperately want it.)
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.

Derek237

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November 18, 2003, 03:36:25 PM
I'm surprised The Doors didn't make that list.

Pwaybloe

#3
November 19, 2003, 10:20:58 AM
Quote from: Derek237I'm surprised The Doors didn't make that list.

Yeah... Oliver Stone gets a lot of shit for some reason.  I don't see why.

Side note: I've probably watched "The Doors" over 20 times.

MacGuffin

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November 19, 2003, 10:24:52 AM
"Desperately Seeking Susan" should not be on that list.
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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godardian

#5
November 19, 2003, 10:57:02 AM
Quote from: MacGuffin"Desperately Seeking Susan" should not be on that list.

If only because it really doesn't have anything to do with music...
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.

©brad

#6
November 19, 2003, 11:00:03 AM
um, helloooooooooo



best ever dude.

Pubrick

#7
November 19, 2003, 11:01:14 AM
Quote from: Banky#7 - Desperately Seeking Susan
:shock:

everything else  :yabbse-thumbup:
under the paving stones.

©brad

#8
November 19, 2003, 11:05:53 AM
Quote from: MacGuffin"Desperately Seeking Susan" should not be on that list.

hahah, it's so funny how much mac hates madonna.

NEON MERCURY

#9
November 19, 2003, 11:07:03 AM
like..oh my gosh.they forgot this one.....

MacGuffin

#10
November 19, 2003, 11:08:46 AM
Quote from: ©Radhahah, it's so funny how much mac hates madonna.

It's not only that, but like godardian said, it's not a "rock and roll" movie.
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


Skeleton FilmWorks

Ernie

#11
November 19, 2003, 11:32:18 AM
Holy shit, I own the first 5 on dvd...plus number 9 and 10 as well. Good list. Haven't seen DSS and even though I own 9, I don't really think it's very good...at all...it's actually pretty bad - but this is a good list.

Gamblour.

#12
November 19, 2003, 11:50:04 AM
Where the fuck is SLC Punk?
WWPTAD?

Weak2ndAct

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November 19, 2003, 01:56:02 PM
Quote from: Gamblor the ManwhoreWhere the fuck is SLC Punk?
In next issue's list of "Crappy Matthew Lillard Movies That Should Never Have Been Made."

SoNowThen

#14
November 19, 2003, 02:00:25 PM
Quote from: Weak2ndAct
Quote from: Gamblor the ManwhoreWhere the fuck is SLC Punk?
In next issue's list of "Crappy Matthew Lillard Movies That Should Never Have Been Made."

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