August 26th, 2009 / 11:07 am
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Blake Butler
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Quentin Tarantino’s Shitty Taste
Weakass list of the famed ex-movie rental clerk director’s top 20 favorite films since ’92 (via Bright Stupid Confetti). Unbreakable? Speed? Really? Knew he was kinda dumb, but good lord.
BTW, who’s seen Inglorious Basterds? Thoughts?
Anybody else want to post a better top 20 since ’92?
Tags: inglorious basterds, quentin tarantino
Inglorious Basterds: Few amazing scenes, some weak ones, redundant plot lines, not enough of the basterds, mostly great performances (especially Landa!) except Roth and Myers, thoroughly entertaining and fun but doesn’t rise to much more. Worth a watch.
my 2 cents.
Inglorious Basterds: Few amazing scenes, some weak ones, redundant plot lines, not enough of the basterds, mostly great performances (especially Landa!) except Roth and Myers, thoroughly entertaining and fun but doesn’t rise to much more. Worth a watch.
my 2 cents.
Unbreakable is a good movie but dude never sent me my royalty checks.
Team America? That’s a fucking dog turd.
Unbreakable is a good movie but dude never sent me my royalty checks.
Team America? That’s a fucking dog turd.
Man, this is a surprising list. Anything Else? That movie was awful. Cool to see Boogie Nights and Shaun of the Dead in there though. And I love how he had nothing to say about Lost in Translation.
I saw Inglorious Basterds and liked it a lot. It was pretty standard Tarantino, but I always enjoy his films, so this one wasn’t disappointing.
Man, this is a surprising list. Anything Else? That movie was awful. Cool to see Boogie Nights and Shaun of the Dead in there though. And I love how he had nothing to say about Lost in Translation.
I saw Inglorious Basterds and liked it a lot. It was pretty standard Tarantino, but I always enjoy his films, so this one wasn’t disappointing.
Just because I happened to see this interview yesterday:
http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-08-18/news/quentin-tarantino-the-inglourious-basterds-interview/4
Seventeen years ago, you gave me your top five movies. Would you like to revise it?
I can tell you now. This got picked up on from [your] piece for the next five years, those top three in particular: Taxi Driver, Blow Out, and Rio Bravo. I’ve changed. I know I was cagey about it before, but my favorite movie of all time is The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. That’s the best movie ever made. I can’t even imagine myself doing better; that’s how much I love it. I would also throw His Girl Friday in there. The fifth will always be however I feel at the moment. So I’ll throw in Carrie, give De Palma a shout-out.
What have you liked lately?
One of the best movies this year is Observe and Report. That’s a real movie. Somebody said it’s Seth Rogen’s Punch-Drunk Love. Well, fuck Punch-Drunk Love—it’s Taxi Driver. That’s fucking Travis Bickle. I find it hard to believe there’s going to be another moment as cathartic as him shooting the flasher. I was a big fan of Jane Campion’s Bright Star—I think it’s her best movie. I got caught up in the seriousness of the poetry, and I don’t mind the chaste stuff.
Just because I happened to see this interview yesterday:
http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-08-18/news/quentin-tarantino-the-inglourious-basterds-interview/4
Seventeen years ago, you gave me your top five movies. Would you like to revise it?
I can tell you now. This got picked up on from [your] piece for the next five years, those top three in particular: Taxi Driver, Blow Out, and Rio Bravo. I’ve changed. I know I was cagey about it before, but my favorite movie of all time is The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. That’s the best movie ever made. I can’t even imagine myself doing better; that’s how much I love it. I would also throw His Girl Friday in there. The fifth will always be however I feel at the moment. So I’ll throw in Carrie, give De Palma a shout-out.
What have you liked lately?
One of the best movies this year is Observe and Report. That’s a real movie. Somebody said it’s Seth Rogen’s Punch-Drunk Love. Well, fuck Punch-Drunk Love—it’s Taxi Driver. That’s fucking Travis Bickle. I find it hard to believe there’s going to be another moment as cathartic as him shooting the flasher. I was a big fan of Jane Campion’s Bright Star—I think it’s her best movie. I got caught up in the seriousness of the poetry, and I don’t mind the chaste stuff.
I do! List of TOP TWENTY FILMS since 1992 (in no particular order):
1. Natural Born Killers.
2. Donnie Darko.
3. Boogie Nights.
4. Elephant.
5. Napolean Dynamite.
6. Crash. (from Ballard novel)
7. Buffalo 66.
8. The Doom Generation.
9. I Stand Alone.
10. Gummo.
11. Hustler White.
12. The Piano Teacher.
13. Secretary. (from Gaitskill story)
14. Showgirls.
15. Visitor Q.
16. Jackie Brown.
17. The Filth and the Fury.
18. Dazed and Confused.
19. Encounters at the End of the World.
20 The Big Lebowski.
23. Let The Right One In.
I do! List of TOP TWENTY FILMS since 1992 (in no particular order):
1. Natural Born Killers.
2. Donnie Darko.
3. Boogie Nights.
4. Elephant.
5. Napolean Dynamite.
6. Crash. (from Ballard novel)
7. Buffalo 66.
8. The Doom Generation.
9. I Stand Alone.
10. Gummo.
11. Hustler White.
12. The Piano Teacher.
13. Secretary. (from Gaitskill story)
14. Showgirls.
15. Visitor Q.
16. Jackie Brown.
17. The Filth and the Fury.
18. Dazed and Confused.
19. Encounters at the End of the World.
20 The Big Lebowski.
23. Let The Right One In.
I remember seeing him on a late night talk show a few years ago and he was asked about his favorite films of the year (because, I guess, he’s asked that question in every interview). Number one was Domino, which seemed like a pretty strange pick — though I never saw it so can’t really talk shit.
Eh, at least his picks are eclectic.
I remember seeing him on a late night talk show a few years ago and he was asked about his favorite films of the year (because, I guess, he’s asked that question in every interview). Number one was Domino, which seemed like a pretty strange pick — though I never saw it so can’t really talk shit.
Eh, at least his picks are eclectic.
I don’t know, I think this kind of makes sense – I can see the reflections in his films and I can see what he’s inspired by…
I also think he seems to look for different things in the films he enjoys versus the films he writes, at least his early work. There seems to be a lot of emphasis on stunts, interesting effects, etc, even though he doesn’t always mention it a lot of the films are strong in that area.
While I often think of films in terms of dialogue, I can understand how he’s interested in that. Of course, I like dogs a hell of a lot better than bill, so that’s my bias too. I don’t really care much about kung fu action cause I’d rather play a video game if that’s what it’s going to be about.
I don’t know, I think this kind of makes sense – I can see the reflections in his films and I can see what he’s inspired by…
I also think he seems to look for different things in the films he enjoys versus the films he writes, at least his early work. There seems to be a lot of emphasis on stunts, interesting effects, etc, even though he doesn’t always mention it a lot of the films are strong in that area.
While I often think of films in terms of dialogue, I can understand how he’s interested in that. Of course, I like dogs a hell of a lot better than bill, so that’s my bias too. I don’t really care much about kung fu action cause I’d rather play a video game if that’s what it’s going to be about.
When he’s outside of his safe area of 70’s cult he doesn’t have much to go on, does he?
When he’s outside of his safe area of 70’s cult he doesn’t have much to go on, does he?
It’s a brave list, if nothing else.
It’s a brave list, if nothing else.
i liked all of those blake butler movies. that’s my list. ever the movie, like 20 times in a row.
i liked all of those blake butler movies. that’s my list. ever the movie, like 20 times in a row.
I love this list. Visitor Q took the top of my head off, then re-attached it the wrong way
I love this list. Visitor Q took the top of my head off, then re-attached it the wrong way
Mine, too. I want to be the girl in the greenhouse.
Mine, too. I want to be the girl in the greenhouse.
Yeah – great to see some love for Bruce LaBruce.
Yeah – great to see some love for Bruce LaBruce.
what’s wrong with “speed”?
what’s wrong with “speed”?
Guy was on American Idol. He likes trash. Sometime it’s trash with panache, sometime it’s just trash.
Guy was on American Idol. He likes trash. Sometime it’s trash with panache, sometime it’s just trash.
from: http://mostmodernist.com/mode/quentin-tarantino-inglourious-basterds
Quentin Tarantino lives in a nerd fantasy world of smoke breathing, gun gripping, hard wired vigilante types, and appeals mostly to fantasies of the like minded. The key word here is fantasy, Tarantino’s genre de facto.
The trailer for his latest film, “Inglourious Basterds”, makes a claim that one might find six ways from suspect. It says:
You haven’t seen war… Until you’ve seen it through the eyes of Quentin Tarantino.
Nobody will go into that theater with the expectation of NOT seeing gun battles, death by murder, rage, and other high proof distillations of violence. Tarantino will stage that for you in the kitchen, or anywhere else you wish.
But is the depiction of war by a DVD toting director of fantasies really the perspective to eclipse all perspectives? It’s just marketing, of course. Don’t take it so seriously, man, one might justifiably say. The answer, tho, is YES.
Here’s how it goes: you haven’t seen war (probably). So when you do see this fantastical video-game-like rendition of it through Terrentino’s glassies (which have also never seen war)… you haven’t seen war.
Until you see “Inglourious Basterds”, it will never have been truer than to say “You haven’t seen war”.
Coincidentally, you also haven’t heard a real hick dialect until you’ve heard it out of Brad Pitt’s mouth. Same holds true afterwards.
from: http://mostmodernist.com/mode/quentin-tarantino-inglourious-basterds
Quentin Tarantino lives in a nerd fantasy world of smoke breathing, gun gripping, hard wired vigilante types, and appeals mostly to fantasies of the like minded. The key word here is fantasy, Tarantino’s genre de facto.
The trailer for his latest film, “Inglourious Basterds”, makes a claim that one might find six ways from suspect. It says:
You haven’t seen war… Until you’ve seen it through the eyes of Quentin Tarantino.
Nobody will go into that theater with the expectation of NOT seeing gun battles, death by murder, rage, and other high proof distillations of violence. Tarantino will stage that for you in the kitchen, or anywhere else you wish.
But is the depiction of war by a DVD toting director of fantasies really the perspective to eclipse all perspectives? It’s just marketing, of course. Don’t take it so seriously, man, one might justifiably say. The answer, tho, is YES.
Here’s how it goes: you haven’t seen war (probably). So when you do see this fantastical video-game-like rendition of it through Terrentino’s glassies (which have also never seen war)… you haven’t seen war.
Until you see “Inglourious Basterds”, it will never have been truer than to say “You haven’t seen war”.
Coincidentally, you also haven’t heard a real hick dialect until you’ve heard it out of Brad Pitt’s mouth. Same holds true afterwards.
audition, battle royale, boogie nights, dazed and confused, friday, the host, lost in translation, the matrix, and shawn of the dead aren’t shitty-taste-indicators in my book.
as for speed, i can’t remember what i thought about it, but if it in any way inspired the deathproof scene with zoe bell’s on the hood of the dodge charger (which it must have, right?), then i’m glad he’s so fond of it.
anything else is a weird one. i remember that being a serious “meh,” even in the field of “meh” that is much of woody allen’s recent output.
audition, battle royale, boogie nights, dazed and confused, friday, the host, lost in translation, the matrix, and shawn of the dead aren’t shitty-taste-indicators in my book.
as for speed, i can’t remember what i thought about it, but if it in any way inspired the deathproof scene with zoe bell’s on the hood of the dodge charger (which it must have, right?), then i’m glad he’s so fond of it.
anything else is a weird one. i remember that being a serious “meh,” even in the field of “meh” that is much of woody allen’s recent output.
correction: charger is kurt russell’s car in 2nd half of the movie, the car the girl’s took for a test drive is a doge challenger.
I would like to see Quentin Tarantino collaborate with Mike Leigh on his next movie. Now that’s a film I’d watch, no question.
correction: charger is kurt russell’s car in 2nd half of the movie, the car the girl’s took for a test drive is a doge challenger.
I would like to see Quentin Tarantino collaborate with Mike Leigh on his next movie. Now that’s a film I’d watch, no question.
i liked basterds a lot. i’m not sure it matters to me if i agree with his favorite movies or not, it certainly doesn’t make a difference to me in terms of liking the movies he makes.
i liked basterds a lot. i’m not sure it matters to me if i agree with his favorite movies or not, it certainly doesn’t make a difference to me in terms of liking the movies he makes.
Why is there never any talk of Roger Avary,…. the gentleman who help make QT’s most known film of his career Pulp Fiction, and the subsequent assholery on QT’s part of taking sole credit.
Avary’s Rules of Attraction makes my top 20 list, along with:
Guyver 2: Dark Hero
Gattica
12 Monkeys
Boogie Nights
Donnie Darko
The Prestige
Dazed and Confused
Memento
The Lion King
eXistenz
Strange Days
The Matrix 1 & 3 (watch the third one again, and realize what just happened)
Fight Club
Hot Fuzz/Shaun of the Dead (hard one. Firs time through I cried ‘cuz I was laughing so hard during Hot Fuzz, I laughed a lot during Shaun of the Dead. But on the second time of each, it switched. Hot Fuzz wasn’t as funny but Shaun was even more hilarious. And I kept saying YEEEEEAH BOI! so much people disliked me)
Cliffhanger
Eastern Promises
Go
Final Destination (no sequels)
Spider-Men (sequels included. Whatever ya’ll say)
But of course this list is actually infactual. It is impossible to truly whittle things down to a favorite 20.
Why is there never any talk of Roger Avary,…. the gentleman who help make QT’s most known film of his career Pulp Fiction, and the subsequent assholery on QT’s part of taking sole credit.
Avary’s Rules of Attraction makes my top 20 list, along with:
Guyver 2: Dark Hero
Gattica
12 Monkeys
Boogie Nights
Donnie Darko
The Prestige
Dazed and Confused
Memento
The Lion King
eXistenz
Strange Days
The Matrix 1 & 3 (watch the third one again, and realize what just happened)
Fight Club
Hot Fuzz/Shaun of the Dead (hard one. Firs time through I cried ‘cuz I was laughing so hard during Hot Fuzz, I laughed a lot during Shaun of the Dead. But on the second time of each, it switched. Hot Fuzz wasn’t as funny but Shaun was even more hilarious. And I kept saying YEEEEEAH BOI! so much people disliked me)
Cliffhanger
Eastern Promises
Go
Final Destination (no sequels)
Spider-Men (sequels included. Whatever ya’ll say)
But of course this list is actually infactual. It is impossible to truly whittle things down to a favorite 20.
Dead Man
The Beat My Heart Skipped
Clerks
The Big Lebowski
The Royal Tenenbaums
Volver/ or Talk to Her
Noise
Let the Right One In
Yi Yi
Inland Empire
Being John Malkovich
Cache
Lives of Others
There Will Be Blood
In the Mood for Love
Limits of Control
the first 45min of Atonement
Pride and Prejudice (the recent alien-face version with Knightley)
L’ Haine
Thin Red Line/ or The New World
My Own Private Idaho (made in 2001), so To Die For (1995)
Dead Man
The Beat My Heart Skipped
Clerks
The Big Lebowski
The Royal Tenenbaums
Volver/ or Talk to Her
Noise
Let the Right One In
Yi Yi
Inland Empire
Being John Malkovich
Cache
Lives of Others
There Will Be Blood
In the Mood for Love
Limits of Control
the first 45min of Atonement
Pride and Prejudice (the recent alien-face version with Knightley)
L’ Haine
Thin Red Line/ or The New World
My Own Private Idaho (made in 2001), so To Die For (1995)
meant to delete P & P
meant to delete P & P
I finally found L ‘ Haine on DVD. I was searching for it forever.
I finally found L ‘ Haine on DVD. I was searching for it forever.
Avery did get an Oscar for PF. I think Tarrantino has co-produced with him since…
Avery did get an Oscar for PF. I think Tarrantino has co-produced with him since…
there will be blood
brand on the brain
rodger dodger
russian arc
kill bills
tekkonkinkreet
howl’s moving castle
mullholand drive
redbelt
big lebowski
ghost world
eyes wide shut
fellowship of the ring
happy together
happy go lucky
batman returns
husbands and wives
babe
the sweet hereafter
groundhog day
gerry
there will be blood
brand on the brain
rodger dodger
russian arc
kill bills
tekkonkinkreet
howl’s moving castle
mullholand drive
redbelt
big lebowski
ghost world
eyes wide shut
fellowship of the ring
happy together
happy go lucky
batman returns
husbands and wives
babe
the sweet hereafter
groundhog day
gerry
Hey Blake, thanks for the shout out.
My wife & I saw Inglorious Bastards last weekend and I found it really, really interesting. I was thinking about writing something about Tarantino’s use of language — in fact, one could make the argument that I.B. is all about language — but have not had time. Aside from the language thing, there are some great scenes of tension, some truly hilarious scenes, and maybe most interestingly…I cannot seem to recall another instance of “the Jewish revenge narrative.” Surely they exist, I’m just unfamiliar with them. That aspect alone seems to warrant serious consideration, in my opinion.
But alas, I agree with you. His list of top movies is crummy.
Hey Blake, thanks for the shout out.
My wife & I saw Inglorious Bastards last weekend and I found it really, really interesting. I was thinking about writing something about Tarantino’s use of language — in fact, one could make the argument that I.B. is all about language — but have not had time. Aside from the language thing, there are some great scenes of tension, some truly hilarious scenes, and maybe most interestingly…I cannot seem to recall another instance of “the Jewish revenge narrative.” Surely they exist, I’m just unfamiliar with them. That aspect alone seems to warrant serious consideration, in my opinion.
But alas, I agree with you. His list of top movies is crummy.
is the merchant of venice a jewish revenge narrative
is the merchant of venice a jewish revenge narrative
ugh. meant 1991 for My Own Private Idaho
ugh. meant 1991 for My Own Private Idaho
this list seemed fine, it’s a list. it is what it is
tarantino talking made it unbearable
might throw in 7-12 more rom coms
this list seemed fine, it’s a list. it is what it is
tarantino talking made it unbearable
might throw in 7-12 more rom coms
think or know?
think or know?
Good call, Sam. I hadn’t thought of that example because I think I meant to say “Holocaust revenge narrative.” I haven’t seen/read/heard about a “Holocaust revenge narrative.” But Merchant is certainly an excellent example of a precursor.
On one level it strikes me as really, really weird that Tarantino is the guy who made the first (only?) “holocaust revenge narrative”; but on another level it makes sense given his proclivity for Blaxploitation and other revenge narrative films from the 60s/70s.
Good call, Sam. I hadn’t thought of that example because I think I meant to say “Holocaust revenge narrative.” I haven’t seen/read/heard about a “Holocaust revenge narrative.” But Merchant is certainly an excellent example of a precursor.
On one level it strikes me as really, really weird that Tarantino is the guy who made the first (only?) “holocaust revenge narrative”; but on another level it makes sense given his proclivity for Blaxploitation and other revenge narrative films from the 60s/70s.
top 33 films 1990-present (aka fuck you tarantino)
33 – beaver trilogy (trent harris, 2000)
32 – gummo (harmony korine, 1997)
31 – urbania (jon matthews, 2000)
30 – crash (david cronenberg, 1996)
29 – mario movie (paper rad & cory arcangel, 2005)
28 – speed racer (wachowski brothers, 2008)
27 – paranoid park (gus van sant, 2007)
26 – wild things (john mcnoughton, 1995)
25 – party girl (daisy von scherler mayer, 1995)
24 – d.e.b.s (angela robinson, 2004)
23 – the last supper (stacy title, 1995)
22 – angus (patrick read johnson, 2005)
21 – problem child (dennis dugan, 1990)
20 – piano teacher (michael haneke, 2001)
19 – prospero’s books (peter greenaway, 1991)
18 – black sun (sue de beer, 2005)
17 – begotten (e. elias merhige, 1991)
16 – happy-end (peter tscherkassky, 1996)
15 – strange circus (sion sono, 2005)
14 – mary jane’s not a virgin any more (sarah jacobson, 1997)
13 – all about lily chou chou (shunji iwai, 2001)
12 – i-be area (ryan trecartin, 2007)
11 – showgirls (paul verhoeven, 1995)
10 – comfort of strangers (paul schrader, 1990)
09 – last days of disco (whit stillman, 1998)
08 – simple men (hal hartley, 1992)
07 – love and human remains (denys arcand, 1993)
06 – lost highway (david lynch, 1997)
05 – nowhere (gregg araki, 1997)
04 – the bedroom (hisayasu sato, 1992)
03 – victory over the sun (michael robinson, 2007)
02 – inland empire (david lynch, 2006)
01 – institute benjamenta (brothers quay, 1994)
top 20 horror 1990-present:
20 – orphan (jaume collet-serra, 2009)
19 – lawnmower man (brett leonard, 1992)
18 – audition (takashi miike, 2000)
17 – mondo weirdo (carl anderson, 1990)
16 – silent hill (christophe gans, 2006)
15 – event horizon (paul w.s. anderson, 2007)
14 – suicide club (sion sono, 2001)
13 – cigarette burns (john carpenter, 2005)
12 – dirty maria (takahisa zeze, 1998)
11 – twin peaks: fire walk with me (david lynch, 1992)
10 – der todesking (jorg buttgereit, 1990)
09 – dead man 2: return of the dead man (ian kerkhof [aka aryan kaganof], 1994)
08 – naked blood (hisayasu sato, 1995)
07 – cloverfield (matt reeves, 2008)
06 – loft (kiyoshi kurosawa, 2005)
05 – cure (kiyoshi kurosawa, 1997)
04 – puppet master (david schmoeller, 1990)
03 – martyrs (pascal laugier, 2008)
02 – kairo (kiyoshi kurosawa, 2001)
01 – sombre (philippe grandrieux, 1998)
top 33 films 1990-present (aka fuck you tarantino)
33 – beaver trilogy (trent harris, 2000)
32 – gummo (harmony korine, 1997)
31 – urbania (jon matthews, 2000)
30 – crash (david cronenberg, 1996)
29 – mario movie (paper rad & cory arcangel, 2005)
28 – speed racer (wachowski brothers, 2008)
27 – paranoid park (gus van sant, 2007)
26 – wild things (john mcnoughton, 1995)
25 – party girl (daisy von scherler mayer, 1995)
24 – d.e.b.s (angela robinson, 2004)
23 – the last supper (stacy title, 1995)
22 – angus (patrick read johnson, 2005)
21 – problem child (dennis dugan, 1990)
20 – piano teacher (michael haneke, 2001)
19 – prospero’s books (peter greenaway, 1991)
18 – black sun (sue de beer, 2005)
17 – begotten (e. elias merhige, 1991)
16 – happy-end (peter tscherkassky, 1996)
15 – strange circus (sion sono, 2005)
14 – mary jane’s not a virgin any more (sarah jacobson, 1997)
13 – all about lily chou chou (shunji iwai, 2001)
12 – i-be area (ryan trecartin, 2007)
11 – showgirls (paul verhoeven, 1995)
10 – comfort of strangers (paul schrader, 1990)
09 – last days of disco (whit stillman, 1998)
08 – simple men (hal hartley, 1992)
07 – love and human remains (denys arcand, 1993)
06 – lost highway (david lynch, 1997)
05 – nowhere (gregg araki, 1997)
04 – the bedroom (hisayasu sato, 1992)
03 – victory over the sun (michael robinson, 2007)
02 – inland empire (david lynch, 2006)
01 – institute benjamenta (brothers quay, 1994)
top 20 horror 1990-present:
20 – orphan (jaume collet-serra, 2009)
19 – lawnmower man (brett leonard, 1992)
18 – audition (takashi miike, 2000)
17 – mondo weirdo (carl anderson, 1990)
16 – silent hill (christophe gans, 2006)
15 – event horizon (paul w.s. anderson, 2007)
14 – suicide club (sion sono, 2001)
13 – cigarette burns (john carpenter, 2005)
12 – dirty maria (takahisa zeze, 1998)
11 – twin peaks: fire walk with me (david lynch, 1992)
10 – der todesking (jorg buttgereit, 1990)
09 – dead man 2: return of the dead man (ian kerkhof [aka aryan kaganof], 1994)
08 – naked blood (hisayasu sato, 1995)
07 – cloverfield (matt reeves, 2008)
06 – loft (kiyoshi kurosawa, 2005)
05 – cure (kiyoshi kurosawa, 1997)
04 – puppet master (david schmoeller, 1990)
03 – martyrs (pascal laugier, 2008)
02 – kairo (kiyoshi kurosawa, 2001)
01 – sombre (philippe grandrieux, 1998)
This is what Roger Avary is up to lately:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/22/arts/22arts-PULPFICTIONW_BRF.html
Idiots. Both of them.
This is what Roger Avary is up to lately:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/22/arts/22arts-PULPFICTIONW_BRF.html
Idiots. Both of them.
All good lists from which to cull my Netflix queue. Prospero’s Books was amazing as is Greenaway’s Drowning by Numbers and anything else he ever flimed. My money’s on Amadeus and the Wizard of Oz. Who wasn’t affected by that at one point in their ittle jammies life? I stil watch now. Glinda is my A.A. higher power.
think…
think…
killer list
killer list
ZIP’S TOP TEN MOVIES FROM THE LAST SEVENTEEN YEARS
(IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
-A REVIEW OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TECHNIQUE (1994)
-WASH YOUR HANDS! AN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO FOR CHILDREN (1992)
-THE NOISE OF A QUASAR (1997)
-MRI DYE INJECTION: TO GADOLINIUM OR NOT TO GADOLINIUM? (1998)
-X-RAYS OF ANCIENT SCULPTURES VOLUME II (2003)
-CURIOUS ABOUT GRASS (2006)
-PETER’S DOG (2002)
-YZABTL, THE GENIUS (2008)
-AN OPULENT LABYRINTH (1993)
-FOURTEEN HUNDRED (2005)
THERE WERE A FEW OTHERS THAT WERE CLOSE (BEN AND HIS HANDS, PLUTO AND PLUTARCH, THE DUKE WOULDN’T TOUCH HIS POCKETS) BUT IN THE END I THOUGHT THIS LIST WAS MUCH STRONGER FOR NOT INCLUDING THEM
ZIP’S TOP TEN MOVIES FROM THE LAST SEVENTEEN YEARS
(IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
-A REVIEW OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TECHNIQUE (1994)
-WASH YOUR HANDS! AN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO FOR CHILDREN (1992)
-THE NOISE OF A QUASAR (1997)
-MRI DYE INJECTION: TO GADOLINIUM OR NOT TO GADOLINIUM? (1998)
-X-RAYS OF ANCIENT SCULPTURES VOLUME II (2003)
-CURIOUS ABOUT GRASS (2006)
-PETER’S DOG (2002)
-YZABTL, THE GENIUS (2008)
-AN OPULENT LABYRINTH (1993)
-FOURTEEN HUNDRED (2005)
THERE WERE A FEW OTHERS THAT WERE CLOSE (BEN AND HIS HANDS, PLUTO AND PLUTARCH, THE DUKE WOULDN’T TOUCH HIS POCKETS) BUT IN THE END I THOUGHT THIS LIST WAS MUCH STRONGER FOR NOT INCLUDING THEM
dead man. so good.
dead man. so good.
-Army of Darkness
-Primer
-Romper Stomper
-District 9
-Gran Turino
-Ichi the Killer
-Gozu
-Oldboy (Best and most fucked up movie of all time ever ever ever ever ever)
-Natural Born Killers
-Lost Highway
-Begotten
-Sukiyaki Western Django
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
-Dune
-The Machinist
-Howl’s Moving Castle
-Interstellar 5555
-As Good as it Gets
-Batman Returns
-The Matrix Original
-Army of Darkness
-Primer
-Romper Stomper
-District 9
-Gran Turino
-Ichi the Killer
-Gozu
-Oldboy (Best and most fucked up movie of all time ever ever ever ever ever)
-Natural Born Killers
-Lost Highway
-Begotten
-Sukiyaki Western Django
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
-Dune
-The Machinist
-Howl’s Moving Castle
-Interstellar 5555
-As Good as it Gets
-Batman Returns
-The Matrix Original
keanu reeves and sandra bullock
keanu reeves and sandra bullock
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