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The Wicker Man (1973),
Central Station (1998, br edition),
Fargo (1996),
Amarcord (1973),
F for Fake (1973)
I'm currently at 407/1245 | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
I thought it was a slow month, but then looked and it turns out not too bad afterall at 10 films.
(1984) Paris, Texas
(1979) Mad Max
(1995) Heat
(1937) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(2004) Collateral
(1977) Suspiria
(2019) Saint Maud
(1998) Ring
(2019) The Vast of Night
(2015) Mad Max: Fury Road
Overall a good month but Heat and Paris, Texas were the standouts. Heat Id seen before starting the list, but Paris, Texas was a first time watch for me.
Suspiria is the lowest here. Not a lot to be impressed about with it. Im curious about the remake, but we'll see how it goes. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
I completed the list years ago, but I’ve been buying laserdiscs and VHS, and so I rewatch these movies slowly. This month I rewatched The Crowd, as I finally got around to the laserdisc I’d bought. Watching it for the list, it was fine. Rewatching it now, it was very good. It’s not my favorite silent film, but man was it a good story, and I was wrong to not like it originally. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
What did you think of I Know Where I’m Going and Picnic At Hanging Rock?
I absolutely love Powell and Pressburger and was disappointed with I Know Where I’m Going my first time, but rewatched it, and loved it.
Picnic bored the hell out of me and I hated it when I watched it. Then I bought it and gave it a better chance with an open mind and headphones for the score, man I was wrong. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
I remember loving that. Even though the plot was a bit pedestrian, the expressionism in the direction was beautiful. A very visual film. It's an example I draw on of how good silent films had become by the time they ended | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
I thought both were a bit slow, though Picnic at Hanging Rock had some stunning cinematography, which is kind of Weir's thing. I would definitely be up for rewatching it at some point. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
Central Station ought to be in the "main" edition, I feel. Really good film. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
Nothing from the list, but (at least) two that should be on it.
I absolutely loved The Great Beauty; and although The Consequences of Love was very good, Youth would be a more worthy addition. Also the most accessible of the three, FWIW.
If trilogies can be added as a single entry, it seems crazy that Germany Year Zero doesn't make the cut. Though I guess it (Rome Open City / Paisan / Germany Year Zero) is a rather loose trilogy.
Also loved Elmer Gantry, and I'd recommend a double-bill comprising Crumb and American Splendour. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
I also watched Daisies this month. I thought it was meh | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
Watched 14 from the list, 1 not in the listing and 1 of the 14 was a rewatch:
Great:
Silence of the Lambs (rewatch) 8/10. Saw it a few years after it came out, fantastic movie. Holds up.
The Servant (1963) loved this film. Was not expecting this to be that great. 8/10
Yi Yi (2000)- Slice of life of Taiwan family. Really enjoyed this. 8/10
Double Indemnity (1944) 8/10
Lady Bird (2017) - 8/10
Good:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - I had vague memory of watching this in my High School senior year Film Study class, maybe. 7/10
Of Gods and Men (2010) - 7/10
The Deer Hunter (1978) - I have heard people speak fondly of this film, I get it now. 7/10
Phantom Thread (2017) DDL is a fantastic actor, hope he comes out of retirement. 7/10
Apocalypto (2006) visually stunning, better story than I thought it would be. A bit on the gory side for me. 6/10
Targets (1968) the ending left me wanting more closure. 6/10
High Sierra (1941) - Another one I think I saw in Film Study class, meh. 5/10
The Bad:
Daisies (1966) - I think this one of those “at the time” or “had to be there” not for me. 3/10
Videodrome - (1983) hated this film, but I’m also not a fan of horror ,especially cheese 80s horror. 1/10, doesn’t deserve to be on the list.
335/1245
26.9% | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
Pretty decent month. Not too many movies that I thought were great, but only a few I didn’t like.
Broken Blossoms (1919)
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
The Spider’s Stratagem (1970)
Ossessione (1943)
October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928)
India Song (1975)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Way Down East (1920)
Ceddo (1977)
The Cloud-Capped Star (1960)
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Ivan the Terrible, Part II (1958)
Favorites: The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, The Tin Drum
Least Favorites: Way Down East, Ceddo
1211/1245 (97%) | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
Well done! Not too many to go now.
How did you feel about India Song? | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-02-08 |
I know it gets a lot of hate, so I went in with an open mind. At first, I was really enjoying the unusual structure and the fantastic cinematography. As the film progressed, it did begin to wear on me and it may have been a little too long. Overall, I found it to be a fascinating watch and one that I would be open to revisiting someday to see if my opinion changes. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-02-08 |
You're more open minded than me haha | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-02-08 |
In July I watched:
A Christmas Story (1983) 4.5/5
Shadows (1959) 4.5/5
115/1400 | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-02-08 |
16 films this month:
|| || |Top Hat (1935)| |The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)| |Once Upon a Time in China (Wong Fei-Hung) (1991)| |Slacker (1991)| |Delicatessen (1991)| |The Rapture (1991)| |Thelma & Louise (1991)| |My Own Private Idaho (1991)| |The Double Life of Veronique (La Double Vie de Véronique) (1991)| |Raise the Red Lantern (Da Hong Deng Long Gao Gao Gua) (1991)| |Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)| |Naked Lunch (1991)| |Buffalo '66 (1998)| |Shame (2011)| |Peter Ibbetson (1935)| |Henry V (1944)|
My favorite film of the month was Thelma and Louise.
I was kinda disappointed with a lot of this month, because I was excited for a more modern slate of films from the 1990s and the starts of some careers of directors I know: Gus Van Sant, Linklater, etc. I didn't love most of it. I don't traditionally like "hang out movies" where you're just existing in a vibe, I felt like a lot of these picks were in that style.
I was also really bummed at how boring Henry V was. I think I was bummed at my own self. I was looking forward to a historical epic and instead, it was incomprehensibly boring as shit, long, and make me feel stupid at my own ability to even engage with it on the most basic terms.
I thought that The Rapture was thought provoking and there was a lot there. My interest was piqued with Buffalo 66 and Shame.
And Naked Lunch -- I can't say I loved it, but it was just so friggin' weird that I was on board for a lot of it, if only for the strangeness.
I did love Thelma and Louise, though, despite having the ending spoiled through cultural osmosis. It has been one of my favorite list experiences.
I'm proud of myself that I passed the 1001 mark:
1009/1245
81% | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-02-08 |
I was lucky enough to watch Cabaret in the theater for it's anniversary and I agree that it was a banger and one of my better list experiences. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-02-08 |
The Wild Bunch (1969)
In the Year of the Pig (1969)
High School (1968)
Z (1969)
The Conformist (1970)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Lucia (1968)
Under the Skin (2013)
A Touch of Zen (1971)
My Night at Mauds (1969)
And then separate from the list - Mrs Harris Goes To Paris (2022) | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-04-08 |
Ive watched 983/1246 (79%) | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-04-08 |
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I think what Marvel (as an arm of Disney) has done to the movie industry is disastrous, and I personally welcome the steady decline they’ve faced since Endgame. The return of Downey Jr. is a desperate ploy to return to their heyday, and it may work in the short term, but I suspect it won’t. May it tank at the box office like nothing ever has. Bring back more mid budget films with original stories that aren’t IP adaptations! | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
I couldn't care less | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
RDJ is a great actor, but it makes me sad that despite him winning an Oscar for Oppenheimer, he's probably going to be mostly remembered as Iron Man. My guess is that Disney probably offered him a garbage truckload of money to get him to come back and that's the only reason he's doing this. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
I don’t mean to be demeaning, but do people really think that these Marvel movies have impacted cinema in the same way that the other movies in the list have? Because I see them as fun entertainment for the masses but not exactly groundbreaking | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
Preachhhhhhh | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-04-08 |
I thought it was an April fools joke when I first heard it. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-05-08 |
It looks like desperation to me. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-10-08 |
it’s lazy and desperate on marvel’s part | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-15-08 |
In search of the dragon here My mind craves the supernatural, haunting, possession, devils, demons, witches, etc.) Blood and gore and sawing
off body parts don’t do it for me…Unless it just one hell of a thrill ride getting there type of deal. (Merely sawing off legs (( etc )) alone is just imbecilic to me 😝)
Ill start by sharing a new forever fave…LONGLEGS (woah!?!) …and I have to say that it eked out silence of the lambs, which was a top three for me all these years.
Other faves/types I love:
The Witch, Heredity, Exorcist, Conjuring 1, the original The Innocents, The Others (Kidman),The Changeling (George C Scott version), The Ring
Thrill scare movies: Seven, barbarian, hills have eyes, Silence of lambs—Quiet Place— The Descent, and can’t leave out the original jaws, Black Phone
Anyhow, if you have a favourite, particularly of the paranormal, witchcraft, demonic genre, and especially of past 5 years, I’d love to hear it. | r/1001movies | post | r/1001Movies | 2024-06-08 |
Favourite from 1001 movie list? Or just any films?
Best from 1001 in last few years is probably Hereditary and Saint Maud.
Otherwise, maybe: Midsommar, Invisible Man not on list. Im sure there are plenty of others. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-06-08 |
Man I wish I liked St Maud as much as everyone else does. Your other 3 here are great choices. The Invisible Man was the most scared I’ve ever been watching a movie in my own house | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-06-08 |
Easily the scariest movie of the last 5 years is "Talk to Me," which some reports indicate will be in the next version of the book. For sure a must see for horror fans. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-06-08 |
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I believe that Black Orpheus was Brazilian. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
The given Word
Black God, White Devil
Entranced Earth
Barren Lives
Black Orpheus
Bus 174
Are the once I know of.
City of God is really Well known so I don't know if somebody would call it under rated
Also the given Word is my favourite aside from City of God | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
Thank you so much! It’s that one! I remember its placement on the bottom of the left page! | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
In addition to the movies already named, according to Letterboxd there’s also:
Limite (1931)
Vidas Secas (1963)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
As well as three that came out after your edition of the book:
Senna (2010)
Call Me By Your Name (2017)
The Lighthouse (2019) | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
Thank you so much! It’s definitely “Black Orpheus”! | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
Thank you so much! | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
Don’t understand why they did t put the title of the movie next to the picture or something. | r/1001movies | post | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
The Seventh Seal. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
And most def not American. Directed by Ingmar Bergman a renowned Swedish director; however you might recognize the protagonist Max von Sydow as he starred in Hollywood movies as well. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
Thank you so much! | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
I knew it! He looked very Euro coded!
Edit: All I meant was his features are very defined. His natural bleach blonde hair and nose were a giveaway he wasn’t American but I wasn’t sure if he was a Jean-Claude Van Damme or Schwarzenegger situation. Only
Swedish film l’ve seen was “Lamb” which I thought was American because some of the cast members looked like some American actors l’ve seen before. I know cancel culture has y’all in a chokehold but what I said was NOT offensive. If you didn’t understand what I said you could’ve asked politely what I meant like that one commenter. Talk about wanting to be oppressed. All I did was call your race beautiful & unique. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
Yes he is very “Euro coded”. One time I visited Europe and i saw Euro coded characters walking around everywhere. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
Tf does that even mean? | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
Is there a chance you could explain what this means to someone like me who doesn't understand? | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
Yep, we all look just like the guy on the left here. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
That’s not Max von Sydow though…
Or is there a joke I’m missing | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
Thank you SO much for asking politely. Shows you have more brains than most. What I meant was his features are very defined. His natural bleach blonde hair and nose were a giveaway he wasn’t American (Therefore he is Euro coded.) but I wasn’t sure if he was a Jean-Claude Van Damme or Schwarzenegger situation. Only Swedish film l’ve seen was “Lamb” which I thought was American because some of the cast members looked like some American actors l’ve seen before. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
No there’s no joke, seems like people misunderstood what I said and feel discriminated for me complimenting their race. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
It was a joke, I found your use of words a bit funny so I just decided to carry on with your joke.
So no bad feelings here :) Enjoy your movie, it's a great one too.
Just a note, I think the movie "Lamb" you're refering to is icelandic, even though it's listed on wikipedia being a "Icelandic/Swedish/Polish" production. But they speak icelandic and I think the entire movie takes place in Iceland :) | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
I think it's great that you ask, it shows curiosity on your part. Judging by your answers, I'm assuming you are american. Don't stop at the US market, if you can. Other countries have so much to offer, even if the resources were/are way more limited, comparing to the US. After all, Europe was destined to be what Hollywood is now, if WWI didn't happen (or at least didn't happen on european soil).
I myself, even if european, have always been exposed mostly to US movies and some of my country's. Man, I love american cinema so much, but recently I've been trying to watch way more films from my country than I used to. Obviously US products are more advertised, the exposition to american cinema is huge everywhere, but I'm enjoying my journey discovering not-so-well-known gems from my country and others. I'm having a blast, actually | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
I’m a huge film buff but I started hating subtitles somewhere along the way. I love Japanese, Korean, French, Spanish, and American films the most. I’m Mexican too and watch Mexican cinema but it’s always so abusive towards women like that’s all we have to struggle which is kind of true but I don’t want to think about that. I’m curious about other countries but the movie has to be recommended by a trustworthy resource. I hate wasting my time on a bad movie, when I was you get I used to finish them out of spite like awful sequels. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
Thank you so much! ☺️ | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
The Seventh Seal | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-08-08 |
Directors: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Another film that’s difficult to rate objectively given how many times I saw it in my childhood. However, I personally don’t look forward to rewatching this film in the same way I enjoy *Aladdin* or *Hercules*, mainly because I’m not that fond of the characters; Mufasa is your average boring brave, righteous father figure, Simba is pretty annoying and Timon and Pumbaa aren’t anywhere near as funny as a lot of Disney side characters.
The story leaves a lot to be desired, as well as a weird mix of *Hamlet* and the Biblical stories of Joseph and Moses. Is the moral that you can’t escape your fate to be King and be who you want to be? Is *Hakuna Matata* a bunch of bullshit because you *should* be preoccupied with your past? With a bunch of vague metaphysical storytelling thrown in (Simba being guided by stars and images of his father in the clouds), this story really doesn’t resonate with me, which is unusual for a Disney film.
But you have to admit it’s pretty magnificent. The opening sequence with the Zulu lyrics is iconic and the whole *Circle of Life* segment is probably the most powerful way a Disney film has ever opened. Indeed, the rest of the film simply doesn’t match that energy - not to say that it’s awful. I feel the story is pretty threadbare (and perhaps that simplicity is what makes the film so timeless) so a bunch of songs and side scenes are thrown in to fill out the time. Some of this time could have been better used in other areas.
For example, after promising Mufasa he won’t venture anywhere dangerous again, why is Simba suddenly with Scar in the middle of the canyon? The love story between Simba and Nala feels pretty forced and rushed, and Elton John’s cheesy *Can You Feel the Love Tonight* is a pretty vomit-inducing addition to the score. More importantly, the final showdown between Simba and Scar is very poorly timed. Simba reveals that it is his fault that his father is dead, only for Scar to admit that he killed Mufasa roughly a minute later. Overall, Mufasa seems too easy to overcome and is not a great villain in that respect. Lastly, after Simba becomes king once again, what happens to the hyenas? It’s simply not explained as the film rushes to what it believes to be an iconic conclusion.
I don’t want to make out that this is a terrible film, there are some things handled exceptionally, such as the voice casting. Who else but James Earl Jones (still alive at 93!) could give such a powerful, booming voice to Mufasa? Who else but Jeremy Irons could give Scar such a loathsome demeanour? Rowan Atkinson is also well-placed as Zazu, although I’ve always found his additions to *I Just Can’t Wait to Be King* to be rather awkward. Of all the characters, the ruthless and cunning Scar is the most enjoyable, especially during his song *Be Prepared*.
I’m not sure I’ll ever understand the fervent admiration this film has received in the three decades since its release; to me, it is thoroughly average and has plenty of flaws compared to other Disney films released at the time. Nevertheless, a few catchy songs and iconic imagery have earned this film heaps of awards and even a long-running stage show that I baulk at the idea of ever going to see. It’s too soft around the edges, trying too hard to be a classic and with too little personality. It’s simply okay, nothing more.
4.5/10
| r/1001movies | post | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
Its a solid cartoon. But when i try to show it to my kids, they arent interested at all. Whereas they loved aladdin and Mulan
They should never have added that Zazu song either. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
Did you see Kanye's kid butcher it recently? Went viral and sparked a conversation about nepo kids | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
I heard about it. Didnt watch it tho.
Nepo kids are fine by me, if they are talented. Its when the industry sees they arent but puts them in anyway its a problem.
I felt bad for the kid. It was the parents and the production that were to blame for putting in a subpar performer, but she copped it. Then again, hard to feel too bad for someone who was born with a golden ticket | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-08-08 |
Nepo baby is still a kid at the end of the day and doesn't know better. It should be up to the parents. And with parents like that, she doesn't stand a chance. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-08-08 |
Director: Andrew Stanton
Just another astonishing, mind-blowing film by Pixar, nothing unusual to see here. The studio has a reputation for well-made, emotionally-charged films that are easy to understand but have challenging concepts such as *Soul* and *Inside Out*. *WALL-E* might be one of the most ‘pure’ of these films, however, because of how little it relies on verbal communication. The vast majority of the film features robots with limited facial expressions saying little other than each other’s name; in this way, it’s rather like a silent film. Despite the preset limitations they gave themselves, the animators are able to conjure up all sorts of emotions for these characters that any audience member could interpret immediately. This film should be in a masterclass on how to demonstrate emotion through body language.
The concept itself is awe-inspiring: a lonesome robot on a desolate Earth makes cubes of garbage and has probably been doing this for centuries. Meanwhile, all the humans abandoned Earth long ago and live in a dystopian spaceship where centuries of microgravity have caused them to lose the ability to walk or tear their eyes away from a screen. The piecemeal way in which the film delivers this information to the audience is utterly delectable, only giving you clues when it’s necessary to do so, rather than some massive exposition dump. I was quite surprised that some of these exposition scenes included live-action footage of Fred Willard, which seemed very unusual for a Pixar film. However, there appeared to be some purpose for this, showing how the people on the ship had regressed over the course of 700 years from looking like realistic humans to cartoonish fat people, demonstrated through the increasingly tubby pictures of the captains.
What amazed me was just how much story the writers managed to fit into 90 minutes without any of it feeling rushed. It genuinely felt like I was watching a 2½-hour epic. I also appreciated the dual nature of the storyline with the objectives of getting the humans to return to Earth and also having WALL-E and EVE end up together intertwining beautifully. The thought-provoking image of masses of lazy, stupid humans addicted to screens was also very powerful and sad, but the film is never preachy. If anything, the film is hopeful that no matter how bad our planet gets due to pollution, humans will always return to taking care of it.
Funny, charming and clever, this dazzling film is just one of the many great films that Pixar has pumped out over the years. Their consistently high quality remains unmatched by any other American studio I can think of. In fact, I reckon a lot more of their films should be on the *1001 Movies* list.
9/10
| r/1001movies | post | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
Director: Asif Kapadia
Generally, it’s hard to trust the 21st Century additions to the *1001 Movies* list since they are mostly films that the editors have scrambled to find from the previous year that would have done well critically at the time. While they are probably decent films, they may not stand the test of time or prove to be that important in film history. When I noticed there was a biographical documentary about Ayrton Senna, the beloved Brazilian F1 driver who died tragically at the tender age of 34 whilst racing, I couldn’t imagine what would make this a ‘must-see’ film. But Kapadia’s technique in assembling old footage of Senna was so compelling that I believe it does nudge *Senna* into the ‘must-see’ category.
I am no fan of racing; beyond Michael Schumacher, I’m not sure I could have named another F1 driver (I felt a bit dumbfounded not to even know Lewis Hamilton, upon perusing a list of the most famous F1 drivers). But, like any great documentary, you don’t need to be a fan of the subject matter to enjoy this film. The voice clips give you just as much info as is needed to understand the basics of racing while the narrative itself is about a man chasing his passion, something highly relatable. A veritable prodigy, we see early on how Senna edged out the competition with his skills in rainy weather and entered into Formula 1 racing. Next, we see his rivalry with Frenchman Alain Prost play out in soap opera fashion with jabs being made on and off the track. The two seemed to crash into each other far more than could be considered coincidental. We see Senna learning from setbacks and enjoying triumphs, all while focusing on what he felt was ‘pure racing’; he never wanted racing to be political.
What’s astonishing about this film is just how much footage there is for Kapadia to play around with. Ayrton’s endless interviews from back in the day lead to a well-rounded picture of the man and his personality. Then there’s loads of thrilling race footage that does more than just show his skills. Plenty of Senna’s crashes are presented to us without any prior warning and we feel the drama in those moments and how they affected his mental state for the next chapter of his life. Lastly, footage from behind the scenes in meetings with other racers seems so beautifully shot and has such dramatic dialogue that it’s hard to believe it’s not acted. Perhaps this footage stems from another documentary that was being made at the time, but it really brings Ayrton Senna to life. Altogether, the wealth of available footage makes the film seem less like a documentary and closer to a scripted cinematic film. The only thing that gives it away is the grainy, choppy quality of 80s and 90s videotape recordings, something that I noticed Kapadia matched when adding titles to footage; his use of vintage fonts for these moments was a neat touch.
It’s likely that most audience members would be aware of Senna’s untimely death and would be actively anticipating it. Even if not, the fact that the only footage of Senna speaking comes from the 80s and 90s is surely a giveaway. The film builds to this moment carefully, beginning with a clip of Senna celebrating Christmas on Brazilian TV: the hostess gives him kisses to wish multiple happy years to him but ominously stops at ‘93. It’s fair to say this clip aged like milk. As we draw closer to the fateful 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, it’s evident that Senna is not in his usual state of mind, bothered by difficulties with the car as a result of new restrictions on electronics within the cars. He mourns as a fellow racer, Roland Ratzenberger, loses his life and seems to go into a tailspin mentally. His friend and doctor Sid Watkins tries to convince Senna not to race, but naturally, Senna cannot say no to his calling. The next day, we watch an agonising, fateful thirty seconds of Senna racing before the fatal crash, building the full context of what happened in that moment. Even to someone who isn’t a fan of racing, it seems evident that something went wrong with the car as the corner was pretty gentle. As medics rushed in to try and save Senna, there were tears streaming down my face. It all seemed so avoidable, somehow.
Senna’s life is ripe for making a story out of: a principled, passionate individual who wanted nothing more than good clean racing. His story is packed with friends and villains and trials and tribulations, eventually paying the ultimate price for the sport he loved dearly. Netflix is already planning to make a new mini series that will debut later this year. But what that version will lack is the wealth of real footage that brings his story to life so vividly and truthfully. It’s quite incredible to think how many hours of footage of Senna must have been filmed for Kapadia to be able to stitch together such a compelling film.
9/10
| r/1001movies | post | r/1001Movies | 2024-08-08 |
How many other 21st century additions do you think belong with the must sees? | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-09-08 |
Good question. There's about 240 from 2000 onwards but I've only rated 55 of them so far. 23/55 of them or 42% got a score of 8.5 or higher, which is arbitrary, but gives you some indication. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-09-08 |
Ah ok, that’s not so bad actually. Any in particular ones out of them that you thought were standouts? | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-09-08 |
So far, Saint Maud, The Artist and For Sama all have 10/10, those are the three from this century. I'm sure there will be more, though | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-09-08 |
So far, Saint Maud, The Artist and For Sama all have 10/10, those are the three from this century. I'm sure there will be more, though | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-09-08 |
I haven’t seen Saint Maud or Sama yet but I did really enjoy the Artist! | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-10-08 |
I love shows that are extremely well-done and well-written with dark, deep, psychological, cerebral, philosophical, and crime elements. My favorites so far:
Ozark;
Orphan Black;
Breaking Bad;
Bloodline;
Dexter;
Six Feet Under;
Ray Donovan;
Succession;
You;
Mr. Robot;
The OA;
Dead to Me;
White Lotus;
Lie to Me;
Black Mirror;
Severance.
Can you give me more A+ recommendations in this category? | r/1001movies | post | r/1001Movies | 2024-08-08 |
This has nothing to do in this sub, but I suggest you have a look at Canadian show Cardinal | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-08-08 |
Homicide Life on the streets | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-10-08 |
First season of True Detective. Sharper Objects. Mare of Easttown. Bodies. Pretty Little Liars. Twin Peaks. The Night Of. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-11-08 |
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"Best" is subjective. Just watch what you want to watch. Surely you could just google this?
Secondly, streaming services have vastly different catalogues in every country, because of licencing. So you should always specify where youre asking from. id also recommend stating your general tastes: whether thats based on Genre, or even just some films you like so similar ones can be recommended.
1001 Movies is probably not the sub to ask this on anyway - since the answers are going to be in line with the 1001 list more than your typical mainstream films. Youre probably better off asking in /movies | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-11-08 |
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Wrong subreddit, for the second time in a couple of hours. Please read the description. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-11-08 |
Or suspense? Thriller?
What would you categorize such as? | r/1001movies | post | r/1001Movies | 2024-15-08 |
All of the above. The most interesting films are often difficult to fit nicely into genre. Does it matter? | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-15-08 |
Awkward teen romance meets coming of age meets vampire guardian. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-15-08 |
Coming of age | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-16-08 |
It is all of them. a horror, romance and coming of age + | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-16-08 |
Director: George Stevens
*Giant* was easily one of my favourite discoveries from the *1001 Movies* list; an epic, thought-provoking film with an exceptional A-list cast that transcends its status as a “Western”. It was one of the earliest films I happened upon when I started completing the list in earnest and one that informed me that this list was definitely worth following. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber, it was refreshing to see a mainstream 1950s film where a woman advocated for feminism and equality. While the film does start on the slow side, the pace picks up towards the end as more characters are introduced in this tale that spans a generation.
Rock Hudson and James Dean are at their very best in this film, Hudson as your typical Western hero (at first) and Dean as a slimy, bitter ranch hand who is jealous of his employer’s success. Elizabeth Taylor is also incredible here, doing much to advocate for women with her passionate performance of Leslie Benedict. It’s very rare that a more iconic trio of actors have been united on screen and how wonderful it is that they were brought together for such an incredible film. It’s also shocking when you remember James Dean was killed in a car crash mere weeks after filming was completed.
In a time when segregation and inequality were still so widespread and acceptable, it’s absolutely shocking how frankly Taylor advocates for social reform, and I really hadn’t expected it from a 1950s film. Early on, she proves herself to be erudite and unafraid to challenge socially accepted notions by arguing that Americans stole Texas from Mexico… to a Texan. He marries her anyway, surely for her beauty but perhaps also because a part of him appreciates the way she challenges his perception. In one of my favourite scenes, she challenges a group of men when they won’t engage her in a conversation about politics, claiming it’s ‘men stuff’. She retorts “You gentlemen date back 100,000 years.” She apologises in the following scene for being rude but not about her message.
While Hudson plays a traditionalist who hates to see his son grow up and not want to be a rancher like him, Taylor’s influence is strong and he eventually becomes more tolerant, standing up for a group of Mexicans in a fistfight near the end of the film. I appreciated that Hudson doesn’t win this fight, as does Taylor, who is overjoyed by the transformation. It sends a message that violence isn’t everything and certainly not the way to beat racism.
From my first watch, I had forgotten about the interracial marriage which causes some consternation for the characters in the second half of the film. It seems miraculous for a mainstream film from the mid-50s to exhibit a happy interracial relationship but here we are. The way they are treated on screen is despicable and I hope it was enough to make some audience members question their baked-in values. I’m also delighted to report that the actress portraying the Mexican wife, Elsa Cárdenas, is still alive at 92 at the time of writing.
I decided to rewatch this sprawling film because a new 4K restoration popped up on my streaming service and I couldn’t say no. However, it was a frustrating watch as I became painfully aware of all of the optical dissolves between scenes leaving lengthy blurry sequences. For readers who aren’t familiar, to perform dissolves in the pre-digital era, filmmakers had to send the two relevant shots to an optical printer to perform the dissolves, which would print onto a new film reel. Filmmakers would then splice that reel into the film. However, because the film on the optical printer was essentially showing a second-generation image, some quality would inevitably get lost. Thus, the shots on either side of the dissolve effect looked really blurry.
I’d noticed this effect with other films in the past, but in 4K, it was even more noticeable. Interestingly, most other films I remembered would only use the optical printer for the dissolve itself; it was cheaper to make this way as it involved less film being made but would inevitably cause a noticeable ‘pop’ in quality for the length of the transition. Thus, more expensive films took the luxury of re-printing both full shots on either side of the transition so that there would be no ‘pop’ and the dissolve would look more natural. Perhaps this looked okay on reproduced film reels for cinemas and on home TVs and DVDs. But on a 4K remaster, it’s pretty distracting when the film becomes blurry extremely frequently, also allowing the audience to anticipate a dissolve into the next scene. Some of the shots on either side of a dissolve were quite long, so vast tracts of this film are blurry. The bits that have been effectively restored in 4K look magnificent, with fine detail on clothes looking extraordinary. But overall, something is taken away from the film experience when it’s shown in 4K quality - something I never thought I’d say. If they’d used the cheaper ‘pop’ dissolves, this would not have been a huge issue.
Quibbles about video quality aside, this is an outstanding, must-see film that was ahead of its time. It’s a little slow and old-fashioned in places but none of it is redundant. While its more modern setting and progressive ideals seem to distinguish it from a typical Western, the familiar sound of Dimitri Tiomkin’s score definitely pushes it back into that category. Even the ageing effects are good; if you ever wanted to know what James Dean would have looked like as an old man, here is your opportunity. An epic film with a profound message from an unlikely time.
9.5/10
| r/1001movies | post | r/1001Movies | 2024-16-08 |
Happy you liked this one. I know there’s a bit of dissent in this sub about the westerns from the list but this one is definitely a league above the others! | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-16-08 |
I don't even really think of it as a Western (mainly cos it's too good) | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-16-08 |
There were 792 movies on the list that received laserdisc releases. With the 10 I found today, my collection is up to 193 out of 792. | r/1001movies | post | r/1001Movies | 2024-16-08 |
I’m more focused on watching the movies from the list. I’m at 342 as of today so I have a long way to go! I do have a few from the list that I want to buy and rewatch someday but not yet. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-16-08 |
I finished the list a couple years back, and now I don’t seek them out, but if I come across movies for cheap, I’ll add them to the collection. For example, I didn’t like Smoke, but because it was on the list and only $2, I needed it. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-16-08 |
I only just started the list officially this April. I had about 270 that I had seen “casually” before starting the list. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-16-08 |
Yes one way or another I have collected a physical copy of every film on the list. I try not to spend too much on them but there have been a few that I have had to pay top $. For me it has been worth it just so I'm not at the mercy of the streaming services. When I first got the book 20 years ago I thought I would just watch the movies I had but after a while I started to watch some of the other films. Then I started to collect them with a view to rewatch them. Then it sort of became an obsession when I realised that with a bit more effort I could actually get them all | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-16-08 |
Wow, that’s an amazing collection. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-16-08 |
It's a fun hobby, but too expensive for me. Of the movies I've seen on the list that I don't own, I would be interested in only rewatching about 1/4 of them, and of those probably only 20-30 that I'd watch more than three times. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-18-08 |
A completely sensible conclusion to reach. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-18-08 |
What I have been doing is watching them and if I enjoy it, I add it to my to buy list | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-19-08 |
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Paramount+, Hoopla, rental. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-17-08 |
Is it one of the 1001? | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-17-08 |
You can look up where things are available on sites like Letterboxd and JustWatch. According to Letterboxd, if you’re in the US, *Harder They Come* is streaming freely on Pluto and Kanopy, or you can rent/buy on Amazon. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-17-08 |
Yes. At least it was at some point.
https://1001films.fandom.com/wiki/The_List | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-17-08 |
Oh I thought this was a NYT list | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-17-08 |
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