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LawrenceA
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RED is the only one of the three colors films I have seen.
DAVE wasn't a bad film at all.
THE FIRM was also good, and perhaps the last legit good role for constant punchline Gary Busey. I thought Hackman was good as well. And Tobin Bell as the firm's hit man, years before he became well known as Jigsaw from the SAW films.
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WOLFEN - (6/10) - After a series of grisly, unexplained murders take place that bare traces of an animal attack, NYPD homicide detective Albert Finney and psychologist Diane Venora team up to solve the case. Incredibly, evidence suggest a werewolf is loose in the city. Or could it be something stranger and far more deadly? Co-starring Gregory Hines, Edward James Olmos, Tom Noonan, and Dick O'Neill. Directed by Michael (WOODSTOCK) Wadleigh. The film has a nice professional gloss, but it never really engages, and the lengthy "wolf-vision" POV shots get old. This is supposedly the only film role that was ever refused to Dustin Hoffman, who lobbied for the lead. Director Wadleigh insisted on Finney. Based on the bestseller by Whitley Strieber.
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THE AGE OF INNOCENCE was very good, but it seems to have connected with you in a way that I envy.
I hadn't heard of BHAJI ON THE BEACH.
GLENN GOULD I have taped to watch.
I haven't seen DENNIS THE MENACE.
I haven't seen DREAMS/SNY.
I almost broke my "no animation" rule to put NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS on my list.
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If "Likes" mean anything to any of you, I apologize, but for some reason I'm getting a message that I have reached my "likes" limit of the day. First off, I didn't even know there were limits, and secondly I know I haven't hit "like" even half as much as I normally do, today. So either the site is still glitchy, or they've implemented new restrictions. Or maybe it was all those back-logged speedracer and Gaydivorcee lists I "liked".
Whatever the cause, just assume I hit "like" on all of your posts.
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If you look & act like a law abiding citizen, you will be treated as such.
Nope.
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LA said: I know my method is stupid, and maybe a little OCD, but it's a hobby.
Wow that IS crazy....if that's your "hobby"
Actually, watching that many movies is not out of the ordinary, but what is your reasoning for keeping a notebook?
The notebooks help me keep track of what I've watched. At one point I kept that info on a computer, but I lost it all. Notebooks don't crash and erase their pages.
Another bonus of watching films from the same year together is that it makes it easier to appreciate a film within the time period it was made. Watching three 1975 movies together, you see trends and understand the tech and style of the times. Watching a 2013, then a 1943, then a 1973, can be jarring, and I found I would be less likely to appreciate the older films within their context. If you watch one movie a day, or every other day, this isn't really an issue. But I watch 3 to 5 movies in a day.
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1993 - 237 films seen
1. Schindler's List
2. True Romance
3. Short Cuts
4. Dazed & Confused
5. Tombstone
6. Carlito's Way
7. The Remains of the Day
8. Jurassic Park
9. Cronos
10. In the Line of Fire
Runner-ups: Sonatine, Freaked, Heaven & Earth, Naked, and A Bronx Tale.
Larry's Choices: The Satan Killer & The Witching
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Here are the 1001 Movies to See Before You Die entries for 1992:
The Actress**
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer**
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Candyman
Conte D'Hiver/A Tale of Winter**
The Crying Game
Glengarry Glen Ross
Man Bites Dog
The Player
Reservoir Dogs
Romper Stomper
Strictly Ballroom
Unforgiven
**denotes films I have not seen
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The website has been a bit wonky tonight, so I'm going to hold off posting the 1001 for 1992, and starting the 1993 lists, until tomorrow mid-day-ish.
I hope that's not too great an inconvenience, and maybe some people will catch up or join in, in the meantime.
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Speedracer, I'm glad to see the love for the '88 version of THE BLOB as well as UHF. I like them both, too.
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Cecilia Hart appeared in an episode of QUINCY M.E. with Jack Klugman.
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Wallace Beery
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Red Mist
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Love Song for Bobby Long
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Six-String Samurai
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Tokyo Decadence
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Stevens, Craig
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VENOM - (5/10) - Rather shoddy suspense thriller about a botched kidnap and ransom scheme that leaves the perpetrators and the victims trapped in a house with an escaped deadly black mamba snake. The police have the place surrounded, so it becomes a game of rising tensions. Who will live and who will die, and at the hands of the criminals, the police, or the snake's fatal venom?
The only real draw here is the big cast, including Sterling Hayden, Klaus Kinski, Susan George, Sarah Miles, Nicol Williamson, Michael Gough, Cornelia Sharpe, and Oliver Reed as Dave. The snake is usually a silly plastic prop, but there are distorted POV shots from the snake's perspective to liven things up.
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Ox - John Candy in STRIPES
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Once More, with Feeling
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FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED
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Speaking of ROMPER STOMPER, there are two more absolutely fantastic performances by actors as neo-Nazi skinheads that I recommend. Edward Norton in 1998's AMERICAN HISTORY X, and Ryan Gosling in 2001's THE BELIEVER. The latter film is excellent, while the former is another seriously flawed endeavor. But the performances are truly great. Odd how such abhorrent characters can make an actor shine.
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I neglected to include a favorite film in my 1991 list -- Proof, an Australian movie about a blind photographer (Hugo Weaving). A very young Russell Crowe is also in the cast. Wonderful film.
I'm glad to read this. I bought the PROOF DVD recently, and will be watching it soon.
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URGH! A MUSIC WAR - (8/10) - Live performance clips from 33 new wave, punk, and post-punk bands from both sides of the Atlantic. The sound quality is great, and the filming is superb. Each act is given the best possible platform to make an impression. Some do, some don't. Among the better known acts are The Police (who open and close the film), OMD, Oingo Boingo, Echo & the Bunnymen, XTC, Klaus Nomi, The Go-Go's, Dead Kennedys, Gary Numan, Joan Jett, Magazine, the Cramps (my favorite act), Pere Ubu, X, UB40, and Devo. For many years, this was very hard to get a hold of. It was one of the first DVDs I bought from the Warner Archive Collection.
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The only other animated films I would consider would be TOY STORY (1 or 2), SPIRITED AWAY (although I've enjoyed most Miyazaki films), and the first half of WALL-E.