NDBT

Relevant to my posting about my brother’s list yesterday. I guess I’ll have to go through it with a fine tooth comb to add to the discussion.
My mom:

My Dad:

Nice list. I agree with most but due to my overfamiliarity with some of them, I would substitute the following (off the top of my head) (went back to IMDB to look up & add dates – always get decades wrong):
1930’s
Dinner at 8 – 1933 what a cast and performances – best thing Harlow ever did, both Barrymores and Marie Dressler
42nd St 1933 or your favorite Busby Berkeley
Thin Man – 1934 1st of series; never gets old [I TOTALLY AGREE]

1940’s
Cocteau’s Beauty & The Beast 1946 Visuals stay with you all your life
Red Shoes 1948 Best dance film ever [don’t let Kristl hear that; she’ll beat you about the head with Center Stage :)]
Les Enfants du Paradis 1945 one of my top 3 films; directed by Marcel Carne; what a story

1950s
Mr. Hulot’s Holiday 1953 Just a delight ; still one of my top 10

1960s
I’d substitute the first Zatoichi 1962 – the first of approx. 2 dozen sequels
Chushingura (47 Ronin) 1962 Exquisite production of Japan’s most famous true story; Only the uncut version 3 1/2 hours; one of my top 10
Yojimbo 1961, Sanjuro 1962 either of these; what scores
Juliet of the Spirits 1965 The music stays with you for the rest of your life; Fellini’s best; what visuals; Giulietta Masina gives one of the great performances ever put on screen; one of my top 3

1980s
Das Boot 1981 The Middle length one – ‘Director’s Cut”; one of my 3 most fave scores
Labyrinth 1986 David Bowie and music superb; great tale and wonderful visuals (thought due to the Escher influence this would be one of your faves, Ross) [I TOTALLY AGREE]
Time Bandits 1981 Liked all three of Terry Gilliam’s fantasies

1990’s
Cite des Enfants Perdue (City of Lost Children) 1995 Fairy tale as only the French can do it (see Cocteau); Ron Perlman’s stage training really shows here; he was only American on set and didn’t speak French but he learned and delivered his lines perfectly. One of my top 10

2000’s
What! No Hellboy !! or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon !!
Seriously, are we not a movie family?

I find it amusing that several people I know are avoiding the internets and media as much as possible this week. No spoilers for us!!

The fair is in town for the next 3 days. With fireworks, horse and trapeze shows. I’m so there.I was also planning on holding off diving until after I go to the rainforest, but a couple girls reminded me you aren’t allowed to fly right after diving, so I might go before this weekend. I think I’ll also take the sky rail to Kuranda, and go to the botanical gardens. Or save one of those till after the rainforest.

There’s a special half-price showing of the History boys tonight. I’m torn. I LOVED the play, but it isn’t really something I NEED to see on the big screen. Hmmm… Maybe I’ll see how far I am into my murder mystery then (Enter a murderer by Ngaio Marsh – I love it – a CID inspector who wanders around quoting Midsummer’s)

More on the sicko debate I think Moore has a point on #1. While CNN didn’t technically say that Moore left out Cuba at 39, the way it was reported implied that Moore had. Media sources can easily bias their watchers by how they report, rather than what they actually say.

This is awesome.

Work break for Deathly hallows (on leaky cauldron, but there shouldn’t be spoilers on the page).

On a note I posted earlier: Hollywood hunting for more children’s series.

Is Spielberg better as an action director? (I think he can be good at both, but I’ve seen few of his dramas, I just realized).

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