1/19/2011
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Which film/s have you watched again and again? Which film made a great impact on you?
A couple of recommendations in case you're in the mood for a good film today:
Any of Buster Keaton's movies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzZYZj0i3Og&feature=related
Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prcs7b7Qfp0
For some free streaming movies you can go to: http://www.jaman.com/movies/free-movies/
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I´ve only seen one Buster Keaton film, The General. I enjoyed it very much, but I don´t remember any scene from it. When I saw what you sent, there where two things that came to my mind. The first one was Harold Lloyd hung from a big clock. The other one was very different: one of the wittiest actors, who also has a peculiar and everlasting smile. Maybe that´s the opposite to Keaton, a person who never said a word and who never smiled. This is part of one of his films:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZvugebaT6Q
I agree with your oppinion about your second proposal. I saw “Strangers in a train” in a little cinema in Granada when I was a teenager. I like Hitchcock very much. Cary Grant chased by the plane in North by Northwest could have been my choice. But maybe my favourite is Rear Window. Here you have the beginning of the picture. It´s impossible telling more about the main character without a word.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTl7i1I_fFE
And what about Billy Wilder. Last week I saw The Apartment again. I could see that film as many time as you want. It is real but not boring. It is sad but at the same time we could say that it is a comedy. Absolutely brilliant!
Maybe one of the films that made a bigger impact on me was 2001: a space odyssey. I saw it when I was twelve or fourteen. I didn´t understand it but I will never forget it. I don´t know if I would like the whole picture nowadays. That´s why I won´t see it again, perhaps. However, it has scenes that will always be in cinema´s history. Is it possible to kill a machine?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px0c4Tgg6gg
My last proposal is The hours. I don´t like Nicole Kidman. Maryl Streep is not my favourite. I like Jullianne Moore very much. Here the three of them are great. I haven´t found the part I was looking for, so I will show you Julianne Moore in Magnolia (another good picture):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-A-L9LmQmU
I´m sorry, I didn´t want be so long. But talking about cinema is that way.
Manolo 5ยบ
Manolo,
ReplyDeleteI also think that talking about movies could have me going on forever! We’d need a whole blog just for the purpose.
I am not very fond of science fiction movies or special effects, so I have to confess that I have never seen 2001: A Space Odyssey. I’d rather see a film which is built around showing or hiding feelings, a film about the depth of human nature, or a film where the human body is used to express a universe of facts.
It is very difficult to choose favourite films, I think. Each film has its moment, some films have many moments and you feel like watching them several or even many times during your life.
I have only seen four films by Billy Wilder, and my favourite one is still ‘Some Like it Hot’, I have seen it so many times.
The latest film I’ve seen that really had an impact on me was Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men. I literally spent three or four days thinking about it and the symbolism in it. But watch it only in English to grasp its full meaning.
Being able to watch films in the original is a privilege, that's why I always tell my students to train their ears so that they can enjoy films in English.
There is no doubt. Watching movies in the original version is different. They are difficult to understand but I think that getting used to them is a question of time and practice.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, this scene is about a topic we´ve been talking about in class: tips in the USA. The film is Reservoir Dogs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enJwYaeolXc
That movie clip is perfect to illustrate the tipping issue in the US (though not many people think like the guy in the film). I love it! Thanks a lot.
ReplyDeleteOne of the films that really had an impact on me was Schindler's List (1993). It's engraved on my memory. It's an exciting masterpiece. This film is based on the true story of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who managed to save the life of about 1100 Jews during The Holocaust. It's a way to remind to the generations who didn't live World War II that this incredible and enormous barbarity existed. It's worth watching it. I must confess I cried and was moved by its hard and stunning scenes and like me surely sensitive people will experiment by themselves that all their feelings will be shaken after having watched it. It's said that this film is without a doubt the best film that Spielberg has ever made.
ReplyDeleteAna,
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw Schindler´s List I felt exactly like you did. Years after I visited The Holocaust Museum in Washington DC and I was shocked by so much cruelty and evilness. Tomorrow (27th January) is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, by the way.
http://www.ushmm.org/