From: CLAWSON@LOYNOVM.BITNET (Dick Clawson, S.J.)
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Subject: Favorite movies
Date: 15 Oct 92 04:46:17 GMT
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Hey, I'm sure this is an old CINEMA-L warhorse, even though I'm
relatively new to this list, but...what are your favorite movies?

(Hey, it's better than the old "translation" warhorse, I guess...)

OK, here's some of my all-timers...

BELLS ARE RINGING:  Judy Holliday, Dean Martin.  This version of the B'way
                    show never fails to cheer me up.

O.C. & STIGGS:      Based on stories from National Lampoon, this Altman film
                    has one of the most amazing supporting casts including
                    Paul Dooley, Dennis Hopper, Jane Curtin, Martin Mull,
                    Melvin van Peebles, Tina Louise, Ray Walston, Jon Cryer
                    and King Sunny Ade and his African beats.

WHAT'S UP TIGER LILY?:  Early Woody Allen, very funny, very bizarre.

DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID:  O.K., I'm bizarre, but for some reason I
                    saw this movie multiple times, so I must have liked it.
                    Perhaps it was the scenes where the maul sucked the
                    bullets out, this did come out during my formative years...

BLAZING SADDLES:    O.K., far from PC, but contains some of the funniest
                    moments in film.  Plus Lily von Schtupp.

THE PRODUCERS:      Hands down the epitome of what a comedy should be. Even
                    though it is extremely dated it retains a freshness.

        DO I LIKE ANY NON-COMEDIES?
         I suppose, but mostly foreign...

BABETTE'S FEAST:    There is something so compelling about this film and its
                    wonderful characters.  Perhaps it is the feast scene in
                    and of itself that appeals to my hedonism.

CINEMA PARADISO:    What's not to love about this film?  If I were to do
                    one worthwhile thing in life, I would be more than
                    satisfied if this film were it.

THE WOMEN:          Cattiness abounds, and so do big names each of whom owns
                    the film.

SOME LIKE IT HOT:   I know, I'm back to comedies, but that is what appeals
                    to me most.  Plus B&W transvestitism _and_ Marilyn...
                    this would surely have survived as a camp film even if it
                    wasn't excellent.

MEETING VENUS:      Despite earlier disagreements, this is still one that I
                    personally can sit through again and again.

LAS MUJERES EN EL BORDE DE UNA ATTACA DE NERVOSA:  (WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF
                    A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN):  sorry, I love to attempt the
                    title in tortured Spanish.  See this film to witness the
                    only nose bigger than Depardieu's (sp?)

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA:  I merely picked a Marx Bros. at random.  They all have
                    their charms.

MONTY PYTHON DOING ANYTHING AT ALL....I think that says enough.


that is enough for now,  I have many other faves, and most are non-comedy,
but I just finished watching BASIC INSTINCT, and my serious side has shorted
out...

RDC,SJ
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