Best use of 3+ hours of film (other than Magnolia)?

Started by ShanghaiOrange, December 17, 2003, 03:12:41 PM

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ShanghaiOrange

December 17, 2003, 03:12:41 PM
Apocalypse Now Redux
The Seven Samurai
Once Upon a Time in America
Last five films (theater)
-The Da Vinci Code: *
-Thank You For Smoking: ***
-Silent Hill: ***1/2 (high)
-Happy Together: ***1/2
-Slither: **

Last five films (video)
-Solaris: ***1/2
-Cobra Verde: ***1/2
-My Best Fiend: **1/2
-Days of Heaven: ****
-The Thin Red Line: ***

Raikus

#1
December 17, 2003, 03:16:35 PM
Any of the LOTR movies.
Lawrence of Arabia
Shaka Zulu
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free, silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands, with all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves, let me forget about today until tomorrow.

SoNowThen

#2
December 17, 2003, 03:19:59 PM
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

by Jonas Mekas

(just a shade shy of 6 hours, if I remember correctly)
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

ShanghaiOrange

#3
December 17, 2003, 03:21:43 PM
Last five films (theater)
-The Da Vinci Code: *
-Thank You For Smoking: ***
-Silent Hill: ***1/2 (high)
-Happy Together: ***1/2
-Slither: **

Last five films (video)
-Solaris: ***1/2
-Cobra Verde: ***1/2
-My Best Fiend: **1/2
-Days of Heaven: ****
-The Thin Red Line: ***

RegularKarate

#4
December 17, 2003, 03:22:06 PM
Quote from: ShanghaiOrangeApocalypse Now Redux
The Seven Samurai
Once Upon a Time in America

Nope
Yep
Nope

Godfathers Uno Y Dos

rustinglass

#5
December 17, 2003, 03:27:16 PM
underground
solaris
stalker
"In Serbia a lot of people hate me because they want to westernise, not understanding that the western world is bipolar, with very good things and very bad things. Since they don't have experience of the west, they even believe that western shit is pie."
-Emir Kusturica

ShanghaiOrange

#6
December 17, 2003, 03:27:19 PM
El Padre De Dios
Last five films (theater)
-The Da Vinci Code: *
-Thank You For Smoking: ***
-Silent Hill: ***1/2 (high)
-Happy Together: ***1/2
-Slither: **

Last five films (video)
-Solaris: ***1/2
-Cobra Verde: ***1/2
-My Best Fiend: **1/2
-Days of Heaven: ****
-The Thin Red Line: ***

SoNowThen

#7
December 17, 2003, 03:36:03 PM
I think Redux & OUATIA are great picks...

also, I almost forgot: The Last Emperor
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

godardian

#8
December 17, 2003, 03:47:54 PM
Godfather Part II, of course. Already been said, will be said again.
""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.

Alexandro

#9
December 17, 2003, 04:02:06 PM
Quote from: ShanghaiOrangeEl Padre De Dios

In spanish you say "EL PADRINO"

Anyways

Godfather films
Apocalypse Now Redux
Short Cuts
Schindler's List
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
JFK
Malcolm X

Sigur Rós

#10
December 17, 2003, 04:27:23 PM
All large hollywood productions starring Charlton Heston and a very large rock.

+
Godfather
Schindler's List
The Seven Samurai
Barry Lyndon

cine

#11
December 17, 2003, 04:28:19 PM
Fanny & Alexander
Gandhi
Lagaan: Once Upon A Time In India

Slick Shoes

#12
December 17, 2003, 04:31:26 PM
La Dolce Vita

cowboykurtis

#13
December 17, 2003, 04:45:10 PM
is deer hunter 3+?
...your excuses are your own...

Sigur Rós

#14
December 17, 2003, 04:52:02 PM
Quote from: cowboykurtisis deer hunter 3+?

uh, close one! Runtime: 183 min
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