Top Ten Tuesdays

[Deadite]

Singing in the Rain
Sunset Boulevard
Peeping Tom
The Producers (play, i know, but a great film)
Berberian Sound Studio
Tropic Thunder
Barton Fink
Ed Wood
Lost in La Mancha
Terror (1978)

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

The curse of Cult Labs strikes again as I've just taken the plunge based on the reviews I've read and ordered the Region A US Blu-ray release of Starry Eyes!

I figured it wasn't worth buying the cheaper DVD because I know if I like it (a distinct probability based on the opinions of people whose taste in film I largely agree with) I'll end up wanting to upgrade to Blu-ray release anyway! I won't have it in time to watch it and possibly add it to my list for this week, but when I do watch it, I could post a review and, if applicable, update my list.

[keirarts]

Starrey eyes almost made the list....almost..


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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Deadite

Singing in the Rain
Sunset Boulevard
Peeping Tom
The Producers (play, i know, but a great film)
Berberian Sound Studio
Tropic Thunder
Barton Fink
Ed Wood
Lost in La Mancha
Terror (1978)

****! Bugger! Bum!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by keirarts

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I only saw Sullivan's Travels for the first time last year. Very good film. Totally forgot it was connected with film making, although for the majority of the run time you wouldn't know it.

[MacBlayne]

Originally Posted by Deadite

Singing in the Rain
Sunset Boulevard
Peeping Tom
The Producers (play, i know, but a great film)
Berberian Sound Studio
Tropic Thunder
Barton Fink
Ed Wood
Lost in La Mancha
Terror (1978)

Crap! I forgot this one. Deeply unsettling film. I loved it.

Maybe it's because I remember it as nightmare than anything else. In a way, it's the closest to what my ideal Silent Hill film would be like.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

You mention the words 'highly recommend?' Well Eskimo Nell and I Want Candy were two similar films in a way, neither could be considered that good in truth but i like them

I was only going by the prominence you gave Starry Eyes by illustrating your list with the poster art.

I saw Eskimo Nell for the first time earlier this year (I know I'm predictable, but it's not something I would have seen if it hadn't been released by 88 Films!). I half expected to hate it because I am far from a fan of 'Carry on' and 'Adventures of a' films, so it was more than a surprise that I absolutely loved it! I Want Candy, on the other hand, I thought was puerile rubbish, but it's something I would happily rewatch if given the opportunity.

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I only saw Sullivan's Travels for the first time last year. Very good film. Totally forgot it was connected with film making, although for the majority of the run time you wouldn't know it.

I like the fact it's pretty much pouring scorn on the idea of sheltered film makers looking for 'reality' and not at all being prepared for it. Also it's a major influence on the Coen brothers and Barton Fink was an almost ran.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I was only going by the prominence you gave Starry Eyes by illustrating your list with the poster art.

I saw Eskimo Nell for the first time earlier this year (I know I'm predictable, but it's not something I would have seen if it hadn't been released by 88 Films!). I half expected to hate it because I am far from a fan of 'Carry on' and 'Adventures of a' films, so it was more than a surprise that I absolutely loved it! I Want Candy, on the other hand, I thought was puerile rubbish, but it's something I would happily rewatch if given the opportunity.

It is puerile rubbish, however it gets boring listing Mulholland Drive in every other list we do.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Films about Filmmaking

Rather than only include 10, I thought I would post my entire long list which, perhaps subconsciously influenced by Douglas Adams, is the same length as the answer to the meaning of life, the universe and everything. I could spend all week tinkering with the order and still not be happy, so I'm just going to post it and maybe come back to it later.

1. Mulholland Drive
2. Singin' in the Rain
3. All About Eve
4. Inland Empire
5. Boogie Nights
6. Peeping Tom
7. Wes Craven's New Nightmare
8. Sunset Boulevard
9. King Kong
10. Barton Fink
11. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
12. Berbarian Sound Studio
13. Broken Embraces
14. Ed Wood
15. Sullivan's Travels
16. Cinema Paradiso
17. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
18. Adaptation
19. Get Shorty
20. 8 1/2
21. Blow Out
22. Man Bites Dog
23. A Cock and Bull Story
24. Shadow of the Vampire
25. Le mépris
26. Super 8
27. Hugo
28. Cannibal Holocaust
29. Son of Rambow
30. The Aviator
31. Bad Education
32. Gods and Monsters
33. Eskimo Nell
34. Be Kind Rewind
35. Argo
36. Lost in La Mancha
37. Hearts of Darkness
38. The Artist
39. Hail, Caesar!
40. A Cat in the Brain
41. Tropic Thunder
42. Stardust Memories

Honourable mentions to The Producers and All about My Mother, which I would love to include if the category included stage plays as well as films.