Movies about movies

[Cecil]

'bout time someone mentions it.

[MacGuffin]

Is this decent?

I think it's more than decent. You watch Phil Joanou's life play out right in front of you. It's very personal, and really tackles what it's like to try to hold a demanding career in movies and a loving relationship together.

[Vile5]

8 1/2 is the best, is just magic!!
Cinema Paradiso is so sweet and in some way i think many people here would feel identified with this story
The purple rose of Cairo i love this movie! because talk about how cinema can change lives in a beautiful way...

[samsong]

8 1/2 - best film period... or least one of them.

Singin' In the Rain - one of my favorites of all time and is definitely one of the best films about hollywood and the industry.

Wings of Desire - part of the film has to do with filmmaking so I'm throwing it out there.  One of the most poetic films ever.

In a Lonely Place and Sunset Boulevard - dark, noirsh masterworks by Ray and Wilder about screenwriters/state of the industry.


Adaptation - needs no explanation

The Player - This may be blasphemous but I don't like Robert Altman at all with the exception of (maybe) this film and McCabe & Mrs. Miller.  Regardless, a great movie about the sharks who run shit.

Swimming With Sharks - overrly dramatized but effective drama about starting at the bottom and how cut throat business is in Hollywood.

Bowfinger - very retarded movie at times but an amusing film that pokes fun at low budget filmmaking.[/b]

[Ernie]

cecil b. demented?  (the movie).........

Yup, very funny movie. Just saw it on Comedy Central. Even edited to shit, it was great. Cecil in the movie is a dead on exagerrated potrayal of the way I would expect xixax's Cecil to act...seriously....lol.

[Cecil]

Cecil in the movie is a dead on exagerrated potrayal of the way I would expect xixax's Cecil to act...seriously....lol.

thats why i chose the name. i did ask my cast not to fuck during the making of my film but most didnt listen to me. so if the movie sucks, ill blame it on that

[Alethia]

you know, i've said it before that i'm not a huge fan of john waters with the exception of a few of his films....but i saw this a few weeks ago, and I don't remember ever really laughing out loud, but i had this big giant goofy grin on my face the entire time, so over all, yeah - i think i liked it.

[bigperm]

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