Movie Rambles

[movieman1957]

It is the first time I won. I was kidding someone that I broke my streak. I was 0-6 or something like that. My biggest fear was winning. I have some great people to follow, Kyle, Lynn, "sugarpuss", "filmlover" and other fine hosts.

 

I don't want people saying "And then there was the one Chris had...."

[rohanaka]

"And then there was the one Chris had...."

 

...and it turned out to be really great. :-) (You didn't know I had a crystal ball, did you???) :-)

[movieman1957]

I did not. I hope it continues to work. Thanks.

[MissGoddess]

Kathy, I'm still hoping you'll ramble about *The Man from Laramie* or *The Gold Rush*, if

you feel like it.

[rohanaka]

THE GOLD RUSH. Such a marvelous interweaving of light and dark,

 

Hello April...YES...that is a perfect way of describing this film. It is such a combination of hilarious pranks and gags, mixed with subtle and even overt moments of absolute heartbreaking emotion. And there are a lot of "layers" to those emotions.

 

Spoiler Alert...

 

The first thing I have to mention in my little ramble here is of course, the comedy. Because when the film starts out, it is a huge focus. I watched this w/ the kidling and we were both in stitches laughing ourselves silly over all the physical comedy and the situations that were exactly what most people think of when you think of slapstick/Chaplin sort of movies. The "chase scene" where Big Jim keeps looking at Chaplin and only seeing a giant chicken instead were almost sidesplitting, but there were also a few less "in your face" funny moments...like when the little dog follows the one man out through the door and all of a sudden Chaplin gets this look of panic on his face...too funny. And there were plenty of laughs during the whole shoe eating thing...the little person especially liked it when he twirled the shoestring around like spaghetti. Too funny.

 

But then things grow REALLY serious when the old bad Black Larsen goes off on his own and meets up w/ the two guys in the tent...EVERYTHING suddenly comes crashing down to earth and you realize he isn't just some sort of "comic" bad guy...he really IS a real bad guy. And that was when I really knew for sure that there was going to be more to this story than just a few good laughs. This part of the story is over pretty early...but it influences everything that happens in the end...(and I love the eventual "payback" for all his misdeeds he receives in the end...very well deserved and fitting ending to his life of crime to be sure...)

 

And I really wasn't sure I was going to like old Jim until he turned out to be as decent a guy as I would hope he would be after Chaplin helps him get his memory back. (I was glad the "gold" didn't get the better of him in the end) Oh...the part w/ the cabin on the edge of the cliff... later on when they've gone back to look for the lost claim....I am still cracking up over that one.

 

And I have to mention one of my other absolutely favorite comedic parts...when he is out shoveling the snow to scrape up enough money for the dinner party...CLASSIC!! :-)

 

And now...the rest of the story.

 

Georgia is such an interesting character. At first she only wanted a few laughs off of him and she didnt' even have a thought for the hurt that might be involved. I think when she and her friends first see him at that cabin and she realizes he has kept her rose and a picture of her under his pillow, that maybe she is flattered, but she also thinks he is a bit pathetic and doesn't mind having a good laugh at his expense. At this point in her story...I also think she doesn't like herself too much, so she allows herself to behave in ways that really go against her natural character because she is desperate to find love and happiness...but not "worthy" enough in her own eyes to know where to look for it.

 

The prank she and her friends play on him on New Years Eve is so sad that I was almost crying when he woke up after his "dream" at the empty dinner table and realized he was all alone. UGGHH...too much emotion for the old ticker to bear almost. :-)

 

But I also like how she felt remorse...even if only a moment when she realized the lengths he'd gone to for her....and how she must have hurt him. She shows for sure, in case there were any doubts, that maybe...eventually...she could have the potential to be worthy of such a love as the one he had for her. (at least in my mind anyway) If she had LAUGHED after realizing what she'd done...I think I would have kicked in the tv....but her reaction was everything I hoped it would be, and it gave me an inkling of her true character behind all the facade.

 

When he is on the ship....after all is said and done...and we find out that she is there too...totally unaware of his success...you can see that she is leaving the yukon a little "wiser" than she was perhaps when she got there...and you feel sorry for her as you can tell she wants to move on and "start over". And then...he all but drops right in her lap...literally. And she tries to protect him....because she realizes now how good he really is and she cares about what happens to him now.

 

I love how he takes hold of her and stands next to her just sort of staring at her as they are waiting for the photographer...absolutely adoring her unconditionally. You know he can't take his eyes off of her even if he wanted to. (sigh) And if he stood any closer to her...he'd have been on the other side of her. (Ha!) He has waited so long for this moment, and he is overjoyed.

 

And she is overwhelmed as much by his absolute love for her as she is by the surprise at finding out how successful he really is and that he would still want to be with her after the way she treated him...and she loves him even more for that than she did for who she thought he was just moments before. At least...that's how I saw it.

 

Which brings me to the thing I have always liked about silent films...when there is no dialogue...you can personalize the emotion even more than you might be able to in a scene like this....someone else might have a totally different perspective. But even so...the end result is that they both are in each others arms at the end...and they're hearts are full of love. The best kind of happy ending to me...(I'm a sucker for a good teary-eyed storybook ending to be sure)

 

PS...Jack.... The re-issue left out some terribly important stuff. That is something that I recall hearing from someone, (at least I think so) about the 1940's one..I just thought I wanted to see the original instead...because I get disgusted sometimes when folks come along and "rework" something that already works just fine for itself.

 

Thanks for letting me ramble folks.

[rohanaka]

I'm still hoping you'll ramble about The Man from Laramie or The Gold Rush

 

HA! April... My crsytal ball must have a time delay on it because I did not see your post as I was typing up my own!! :-) I will have to work on the Man from Laramie later as I need to head back out...but wanted to get all these emotional thoughts out on TGR first anyway...oh...this one is still in my heart even a few days later. I really enjoyed it so much.

 

I'd be interested in your take on the whole "love" story part of this film too.

 

Talk to you later!!

[MissGoddess]

That was one wonderful read, Kathy. You write exceptionally well and with such feeling.

I admit it's about time for me to watch this movie again because I need to refresh my

memory and I also need to pay closer attention. I just know that I shared many of the

same reactions when I first saw it. I don't know how he does it, how he manages

to give us the biggest laughs and simultaneously tug at your heart. But you described

it well. Was there ever a character like the little Tramp? I think where he touches me

the most in how pure and idealized his love is in every movie. Even when the object

of his affection proves to be sometimes not so loveable (in other words, human), he

never loses faith. It's very affirming and the endings of most his best films leave you

feeling so much better about things!

[JackFavell]

THAT was a lovely ramble, Kathy.

 

You captured the essence of the movie completely.

 

At least...that's how I saw it.

 

and me, too.

 

Yes, I was speaking of the 40's re-issue, with soundtrack and voice-over contributed to by Chaplin. I can't be too clear on this- SKIP IT if you are a first time viewer of this movie. Go back to the 1925 release version. It is not the same movie. For years, I could not figure out why the movie had had such a profound effect on me when I was younger, because later when I watched the 1945 re-issue, it didn't grab me the same way. I have since found out that due to some cut scenes, Georgia's character and their relationship are substantially different. Unfortunately, the re-issue is the one that's been palmed off for an entire generation as THE movie, so many people, I suspect, can't figure out why this movie is a classic. It's a cute and funny movie, but the love story is missing it's core foundation.

 

I didn't remember it as such, but *The Gold Rush* would make a perfect Thanksgiving movie. I do believe the feast that Little Charlie and Big Jim have (boiled shoe) takes place on Thanksgiving.

The New Year's party sequence is also a highlight of the film for me. There is the roll dance, and the moment in the cabin when Charlie realizes that they are not coming is directed with just the right amount of pathos. The way Chaplin jxtaposes the little tramp's lonely dream with Georgia's happy go lucky party, is brilliant. Watching him listen to the strains of "Auld Lang Syne" is a chokingly beautiful scene. Then the following, when Georgia says, "The joke has gone too far...." is so heartfelt on her part, that I can't help liking her, maybe the best of all Chaplin's heroines. She is a party girl, but it shows us that Georgia has a heart, and that she is self aware.....The slap she gives Jack next is a real wallop - and it is symbolically the end of the old Georgia. I find her transformation quite convincing.

 

Isn't it funny that the two heroines I like best in Chaplin's films are the two most knowing and disreputable ladies? But this makes them more "human", I think, as April says. Georgia the dance hall girl, and Marie St. Clair, the famous courtesan from *A Woman of Paris* have more interesting backgrounds than other Chaplin heroines, and both could be considered to be the main characters in the films they are in. OK, well, I am skewing it a bit in the case of The Gold Rush, but Georgia IS the one who changes here, making her the protagonist. I think this is one of the reasons I like this movie so much.

[rohanaka]

You write exceptionally well and with such feeling.

 

Well April...you are half right. I am sure my high school English teacher would disagree w/ you about the "well" part...but I told someone on here once that I tend to be a "this is what I saw...this is how I felt about it" kind of post-er. And this film just has so much in the way of emotion.

 

Was there ever a character like the little Tramp? I think where he touches me

the most in how pure and idealized his love is in every movie.I

 

I am sure I haven't seen as many of his films as you have, but I think you are right on target...he is almost TOO good...for his own good. But then again...he DOES have an ornery streak in him sometimes and he can really instigate...but it is usually some sort of payback for someone else's actions. Those are the times he can be at his funniest.

 

I hope you do get to see this one again soon. I wish I had a copy of it myself...(it's airing I think in February on here...I would think surely I could get the QT to help get that vcr hooked up by then...MAYBE. :-)

[rohanaka]

At least...that's how I saw it.

 

and me, too.

 

Well my sister, I am glad to hear it. And w/ regard to the 40's version...I can't believe they would take so much liberty w/ Georgia's character like that...what a HUGE loss. I am glad I avoided it altogether.

 

The Gold Rush would make a perfect Thanksgiving movie. I do believe the feast that Little Charlie and Big Jim have (boiled shoe) takes place on Thanksgiving.

 

HA! you are right. I guess if you were so hungry you had to eat your shoe for thanksgiving dinner...the one thing you could be thankful for was that you didn't have to eat the other one too. (and I have had a few turkeys that were so dried out they tasted like shoe leather...I won't say if I"ve COOKED a few turkeys that were so dried out they tasted like shoe leather...That Grey Guy has insulted my cooking enough w/ out giving him any ammo to use against me. :-)

 

There is the roll dance

 

My gosh my golly I should have listed THAT as my favorite comedic moment...so..let's see THAT and the snow shoveling...yeah...and then there was the bit about..Oh who am I kidding...it was all great.

 

the moment in the cabin when Charlie realizes that they are not coming is directed with just the right amount of pathos. The way Chaplin jxtaposes the little tramp's lonely dream with Georgia's happy go lucky party, is brilliant. Watching him listen to the strains of "Auld Lang Syne" is a chokingly beautiful scene.

 

Oh you are so right. It was very hard to keep the tears back at one point...It is so poignant and almost pathetic...yet it also gives you a chance to really feel the depth of his love for her as he stays faithful to the way he feels for her despite her treatment of him.

 

Then the following, when Georgia says, "The joke has gone too far...." is so heartfelt on her part, that I can't help liking her, maybe the best of all Chaplin's heroines. She is a party girl, but it shows us that Georgia has a heart, and that she is self aware.....The slap she gives Jack next is a real wallop - and it is symbolically the end of the old Georgia. I find her transformation quite convincing.

 

I agree. And I think that moment was a "wake up call" for her. She not only sees how much he really cares for her...but she realizes how awful she's become and what to depths she's really sunk (seeking entertainment value out of someone else's pain) ...and she is ashamed. It is the beginning of the end of her old way of thinking.

 

the two heroines I like best in Chaplin's films are the two most knowing and disreputable ladies? But this makes them more "human"

 

I haven't seen the other film you mentioned (that I can recall) but I agree w/ you that those flaws are what makes them seem real. I think there was a lot of idealistic leaning toward female characters sometimes in films of this era...not always...but usually in the "heroine" roles..and it is good to see someone go beyond the stereotype and show themselves as a real person...with real feelings and emotions...ugly and all...and then for them to aim to rise above those flaws and become a better person makes it all the more winning of a character to me.

 

I am glad we had this little chat!! :-)

[MissGoddess]

Well April...you are half right. I am sure my high school English teacher would disagree w/ you about the "well" part...but I told someone on here once that I tend to be a "this is what I saw...this is how I felt about it" kind of post-er. And this film just has so much in the way of emotion.

 

That's all I am, too---I just write from my emotions. That's what I hope this forum does best,

provide a place to share those feelings about these movies. I've sought out films I might

never have done because of some other member's enthusiasm for it, or taken a deeper look

at others I may have previously dismissed. You're very eloquent at getting your impressions

down and I always look forward to reading your responses. This board is full of great writers,

people whose words interest me more than most professionals.

 

When I lived in London, I was acquainted with a theater producer's daughter who knew

of my fondness for Chaplin. She gave me a cd of songs for a musical about Chaplin's life her

parents were producing. I don't know if the project ever got off the ground, but the music and

lyrics were really quite good and I was quite touched by it. I think his life and art would make for

a very interesting subject for a stage musical, if handled right. I've yet to see Robert Downey, Jr's

movie, *Chaplin*, but I've heard great things about it.

[MissGoddess]

Hi Fxreyman!

 

> {quote:title=fxreyman wrote:}{quote}

>

>

> You are old-fashioned....but as one of my favorite tv sitcom phrases.....

>

> There's nothing wrong with that!

>

 

 

> I would have thought you would have easily had many more post 1960 films that you liked.

>

 

Post 1960, YES, I have many 60s films I love, it's post 1970 where things get hairy for me.

 

 

> I looked at my top 500 films of all time and I can honestly say that there are at least 150 films made after 1970 that I would have to include on my list. That is 30% of my total of 500.

>

> But that is just me.

 

I am IMPRESSED you can actually list your favorite 500. I struggle to get to 100, not because

there aren't that many but because I have a hard time ranking them. The best I can do is

go by my list of movies I have on DVD, which are all movies I like, even if they are not "favorites".

So far, the fastest growing category is 1930s. And this really seems odd but, excepting westerns,

I have more favorites from the 1960s than I do from the 1950s. I have no idea why.

[hlywdkjk]

*"I've yet to see Robert Downey, Jr's movie, "Chaplin", but I've heard great things about it."* - MissGoddess

 

It is a very good bio-pic with an amazing performance - starting right at the opening credits.

 

I haven't seen it in years. (I "lost" a copy lent to a co-worker which was never returned.) I would love to see it again. But I do have a copy of the score which has one of the best film themes John Barry ever wrote. (It also has a piece of music that is used in the famous "100 Years At The Movies" short.)

 

I hope you have a chance to see *Chaplin* soon. (And it just occurred to me that Robert Downey, Jr. would make a _very_ interesting Guest Programmer.)

 

Kyle In Hollywood

[rohanaka]

eloquent

 

Now THERE's something I don't get accused of very often...but thank you. :-) And right back at ya!! I always look forward to your posts...and as far as looking to other's writings to see what films I might want to try next....I am sure it is no secret that this thread (And most who post here) have been a huge influence on my infamous Wanna See List. This and a couple of the western threads over yonder tend to hold a lot of sway in my bulging-at-the-seams stack of films I want to see someday. But I am really enjoying getting to mark several off lately...even if I DO seem to add two new titles for every one that gets crossed off. (I think I may need a 12 step program before it is all said and done) :-)

 

When I lived in London

 

CAROLINA...kid...where haven't you lived??? You are as well traveled as you are well read and I would say well "watched" too but that would sound like I was a stalker (Ha!) :-) I am trying to say...you have a really impressive list of films in your realm of knowledge...English is such a goofy language sometimes....I bet it is even goofier in London! :-) Ha! (Ok all you Brits out there....SIT down...I am only kidding)

 

I think his life and art would make for a very interesting subject for a stage musical, if handled right.

 

I can only imagine you are right as I know little about him as a person, only just what I have seen in the movies. But I meant to bring this up earlier and just forgot...I think he must have had at least a little sadness and perhaps even tragedy in his life to be able to convey some of the emotions that are tied to those sorts of subjects so well and so believably in his films. He really was a "master" at that from what I have been able to see. I haven't seen the Downey Jr. film either, but I did hear he was very good in it.

 

Gotta go get the kidling off to bed here in a minute...it is a COLD WINDY SNOWY night in old KC this evening (I LOVE snow...as long as I don't have to get out in it to go anywhere...but tomorrow is going to be nasty I am sure) But tonight...(Oh BARB...are you reading this??) My sweet little "cast iron stove" space heater is cranked up on high...the cozy little afghan is on the couch....I have a nice bit of left over peanut butter/chocolate fudge from Thanksgiving still in the fridge calling my name...and inside the DVD player...all ready and waiting......... 3 (count em 3!) Bad Men...I am just about to bust at that seams waiting to hit that PLAY button!!) Have a nice night....stay warm!! :-)

[MissGoddess]

I'll probably add *Chaplin* to my Netflix queue, Kyle---thanks for your recommendation.

[JackFavell]

Give those Three "Bad" Men my best! It sounds like a perfect night to watch them.....

[MissGoddess]

> {quote:title=rohanaka wrote:}{quote}

> eloquent

>

> Now THERE's something I don't get accused of very often...but thank you. :-) And right back at ya!! I always look forward to your posts...and as far as looking to other's writings to see what films I might want to try next....I am sure it is no secret that this thread (And most who post here) have been a huge influence on my infamous Wanna See List. This and a couple of the western threads over yonder tend to hold a lot of sway in my bulging-at-the-seams stack of films I want to see someday. But I am really enjoying getting to mark several off lately...even if I DO seem to add two new titles for every one that gets crossed off. (I think I may need a 12 step program before it is all said and done) :-)

>

 

ha! That was funny---I think I will be first in line for that Program. I am seriously behind

in my own movie watching. The problem is, except for what's on "live" on TCM, I tend

to pop in DVDs according to my mood. And there are quite a few DVDs on my shelves

that I've never seen just because I haven't been in the mood. Yet I had to have them!

How ridiculous.

 

 

 

> When I lived in London

>

> CAROLINA...kid...where haven't you lived??? You are as well traveled as you are well read and I would say well "watched" too but that would sound like I was a stalker (Ha!) :-) I am trying to say...you have a really impressive list of films in your realm of knowledge...English is such a goofy language sometimes....I bet it is even goofier in London! :-) Ha! (Ok all you Brits out there....SIT down...I am only kidding)

>

 

lol! It can take some getting used to. I used to "translate" their talk to my friend

from South America. She speaks English fluently, but could never understand

British English, only American!

 

 

> I think his life and art would make for a very interesting subject for a stage musical, if handled right.

>

> I can only imagine you are right as I know little about him as a person, only just what I have seen in the movies. But I meant to bring this up earlier and just forgot...I think he must have had at least a little sadness and perhaps even tragedy in his life to be able to convey some of the emotions that are tied to those sorts of subjects so well and so believably in his films. He really was a "master" at that from what I have been able to see.

 

Chaplin had what you might call a really "Dickensian" childhood---deserted by father,

mother breaks down, child is sent to a workhouse (they still had them back then). That's

why *The Kid* is especially poignant when I watch it.

 

 

>

> Gotta go get the kidling off to bed here in a minute...it is a COLD WINDY SNOWY night in old KC this evening (I LOVE snow...as long as I don't have to get out in it to go anywhere...but tomorrow is going to be nasty I am sure) But tonight...(Oh BARB...are you reading this??) My sweet little "cast iron stove" space heater is cranked up on high...the cozy little afghan is on the couch....I have a nice bit of left over peanut butter/chocolate fudge from Thanksgiving still in the fridge calling my name...and inside the DVD player...all ready and waiting......... 3 (count em 3!) Bad Men...I am just about to bust at that seams waiting to hit that PLAY button!!) Have a nice night....stay warm!! :-)

 

Oh my goodness! My heart is racing for you! I do so hope you like it! And my sweet

"bad men"---especially TOM ("Bull")!

[fxreyman]

Would you like to see my list of after 1970 movies?

[MissGoddess]

> {quote:title=fxreyman wrote:}{quote}

> Would you like to see my list of after 1970 movies?

 

Sure, go ahead and post them. I wonder how many I've even seen.

 

And I forgot to add *Cinderella Man* to my own list.

[rohanaka]

3 Bad Men

 

Oh April (and everybody else) Oh my goodness me...

 

We have to talk...All I can say for now is ...Wow. (a hushed reverence ensues)

[MissGoddess]

> {quote:title=rohanaka wrote:}{quote}

> 3 Bad Men

>

> Oh April (and everybody else) Oh my goodness me...

>

> We have to talk...All I can say for now is ...Wow. (a hushed reverence ensues)

 

I'm so pleased!!!

[movieman1957]

Breathe deep.....

[JackFavell]

Oh super! I can't wait for the coming discussion.....

[fxreyman]

Okay, you asked for it.....

 

Oh, by the way the list is not 150 after 1979.....I sort of miscounted. It is actually 200 films after 1970. I have tried and list the directors starting in alpha order. Hope you enjoy this

 

And a message to all other out there who may not like the fact that I am listing so many.... Sorry, but I thought MissGoddess would like to see my list of after 1970 films.

 

Woody Allen

Annie Hall 77

Hannah and Her Sisters 86

Crimes and Misdemeanors 89

 

Robert Altman

M*A*S*H 70

Nashville 75

Short Cuts 93

 

David Anspaugh

Hoosiers 86

 

Hal Ashby

Shampoo 75

Being There 79

 

Richard Attenborough

Shadowlands 93

 

Warren Beatty

Heaven Can Wait 78

Bulworth 98

 

Peter Bogdanovich

The Last Picture Show 71

 

John Boorman

Deliverance 72

 

Kenneth Branagh

Henry V 89

Dead Again 91

Much Ado About Nothing 93

 

Martin Brest

Midnight Run 88

 

James Bridges

The Paper Chase 73

The China Syndrome 79

 

Albert Brooks

Defending Your Life 91

Mother 96

 

James L. Brooks

Terms of Endearment 83

Broadcast News 87

 

Mel Brooks

Blazing Saddles 74

Young Frankenstein 74

 

Richard Brooks

Bite the Bullet 75

 

Tim Burton

Batman 89

Ed Wood 94

Big Fish 03

 

James Cameron

The Abyss 89

Terminator 2: Judgement Day 91

True Lies 94

 

Michael Cimino

The Deer Hunter 78

 

Joel and Ethan Coen

Blood Simple 84

Miller?s Crossing 90

Fargo 96

No Country For Old Men 07

 

Francis Ford Coppola

The Godfather 72

The Conversation 74

The Godfather, Part II 74

Gardens of Stone 87

 

Kevin Costner

Dances With Wolves 90

Open Range 03

 

Cameron Crowe

Almost Famous 00

 

Jonathon Demme

The Silence of the Lambs 91

 

Clint Eastwood

The Outlaw Josey Wales 76

Bronco Billy 80

Heartbreak Ridge 86

Unforgiven 92

Mystic River 03

Million Dollar Baby 04

 

Blake Edwards

10 79

Victor/Victoria 82

 

David Fincher

The Game 97

 

Richard Fleischer

Tora! Tora! Tora! 70

 

Milos Foreman

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest 75

 

Bill Forsyth

Local Hero 83

 

John Frankenheimer

Black Sunday 77

Ronin 98

 

William Friedkin

The French Connection 71

 

Rhanda Haines

Children of a Lesser God 86

The Doctor 91

 

Lasse Hallstr?m

The Cider House Rules 99

Chocolat 00

The Shipping News 01

 

Curtis Hanson

L.A. Confidential 97

Wonder Boys 00

 

George Seaton

Airport 70

 

George Roy Hill

The Sting 73

Slap Shot 77

The World According to Garp 82

 

Arthur Hiller

The Hospital 71

 

Ron Howard

Apollo 13 95

A Beautiful Mind 01

Cinderella Man 06

 

John Huston

The Man Who Would Be King 75

Under the Volcano 84

Prizzi?s Honor 85

 

James Ivory

A Room With a View 85

Howards End 92

The Remains of the Day 93

 

Norman Jewison

Moonstruck 87

The Hurricane 99

 

Roland Joff?

The Killing Fields 84

 

Phillip Kaufman

The Right Stuff 83

 

Irvin Kershner

The Empire Strikes Back 80

 

Stanley Kubrick

Full Metal Jacket 87

 

Ang Lee

Sense and Sensibility 95

 

Richard Lester

The Three Musketeers 73

The Four Musketeers 74

Robin and Marion 76

 

Barry Levinson

Diner 82

The Natural 84

Wag the Dog 97

 

George Lucas

American Graffiti 73

Star Wars 77

 

Baz Luhrmann

Moulin Rouge! 01

 

Sidney Lumet

Serpico 73

Dog Day Afternoon 75

Network 76

Prince of the City 81

The Verdict 82

 

David Lynch

The Elephant Man 80

The Straight Story 99

Mulholland Drive 01

 

Louis Malle

Atlantic City 81

 

David Mamet

House of Games 87

Heist 01

 

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Sleuth 72

 

Michael Mann

The Last of the Mohicans 92

Heat 95

The Insider 99

 

Richard Marquand

Eye of the Needle 81

 

Penny Marshall

Big 88

Awakenings 90

A League of Their Own 92

 

John McTierman

Predator 87

Die Hard 88

The Hunt For Red October 90

 

Nicholas Meyer

Time After Time 79

Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan 82

Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country 91

 

John Milius

The Wind and the Lion 75

 

Christopher Nolan

Memento 00

Batman Begins 05

 

Phillip Noyce

Clear and Present Danger 94

 

Alan J. Pakula

Klute 71

The Parallax View 74

All the President?s Men 76

Comes a Horseman 78

Starting Over 79

Sophie?s Choice 82

 

Alan Parker

Mississippi Burning 88

The Life of David Gale 03

 

Sam Peckinpah

Junior Bonner 72

 

Arthur Penn

Night Moves 75

 

Wolfgang Petersen

In the Line of Fire 93

Air Force One 97

 

Roman Polanski

Chinatown 74

The Pianist 02

 

Sidney Pollack

Jeremiah Johnson 72

Three Days of the Condor 75

The Electric Horseman 79

Out of Africa 85

Sabrina 95

 

Bob Rafelson

Five Easy Pieces 70

Mountains of the Moon 90

 

Robert Redford

Ordinary People 80

A River Runs Through It 92

 

Norman Ren?

Longtime Companion 90

 

Michael Ritchie

The Candidate 72

 

Martin Ritt

Sounder 72

 

Phil Alden Robinson

Field of Dreams 89

Sneakers 92

 

Stuart Rosenberg

Brubaker 80

 

Herbert Ross

The Seven-Percent Solution 76

The Turning Point 77

 

Richard Rush

The Stunt Man 80

 

John Sayles

Passion Fish 92

Lone Star 96

Silver City 01

 

Franklin J. Schaffner

Patton 70

 

Martin Scorsese

Raging Bull 80

AfterHours 85

Goodfellas 90

The Aviator 04

The Departed 06

 

Ridley Scott

Blade Runner 82

Gladiator 00

Black Hawk Down 01

 

Jim Sheridan

My Left Foot 89

In the Name of the Father 93

 

Don Siegel

Dirty Harry 71

Charley Varrick 73

The Shootist 76

 

Steven Soderbergh

The Limey 99

Erin Brocovich 00

The Good German 06

 

Barry Sonnenfeld

Get Shorty 95

 

Steven Spielberg

Jaws 75

Close Encounters of the Third Kind 77

Raiders of the Lost Ark 81

Schindler?s List 93

Amistad 97

Saving Private Ryan 98

 

Oliver Stone

Nixon 95

 

Quentin Tarrentino

Pulp Fiction 94

 

Ron Underwood

Tremors 90

City Slickers 91

 

Peter Weir

Witness 85

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 03

 

Robert Wise

The Andromeda Strain 71

 

Robert Zemeckis

Back to the Future 85

Who Framed Roger Rabbit 88

Forrest Gump 94

Contact 97

 

Fred Zinnemann

The Day of the Jackal 73

 

Edward Zwick

Glory 89

Legends of the Fall 94

[MissGoddess]

Hi fxreyman!

 

Thanks for posting your list, and for breaking it down by director. I even saw

three movies I forgot to list: WITNESS, LOCAL HERO and MUCH ADO ABOUT

NOTHING.

 

I've seen probably 60-70% of the movies on your list.