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What did you watch today? v 17.0
Thanks for the tip, Aces! I'm going to watch "Encounters at the End of the World" sometime today. I'll be sure to check out the 2 DVD extras before mailing it back in.
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001- Seventh Heaven
In this sentimental silent drama helmed by Frank Borzage, Parisian sewer worker Chico (Charles Farrell) comes to the defense of poor waif Diane (Janet Gaynor), whose absinthe-addicted sister (Gladys Brockwell) is exploiting her. Chico soon falls in love with Diane -- if reluctantly -- and they tie the knot, but their joy is cut short as World War I sends Chico off to battle. Gaynor and Borzage chalked up Academy Awards for their superb work.
002- Sunrise
Director F.W. Murnau's emotional odyssey stars George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor as a country couple whose marriage is threatened when O'Brien falls prey to cosmopolitan temptress Margaret Livingston's feminine wiles. Imbued with an intoxicating ambiance in style and substance, the lyrical silent film -- which is, by turns, quixotic, blissful, sensual and terrifying -- chalked up Academy Awards for Best Actress (Gaynor) and Best Cinematography.
003- Man on Wire
Philippe Petit captured the world's attention in 1974 when he successfully walked across a high wire between New York's Twin Towers. This documentary explores the preparations that went into the stunt as well as the event and its aftermath. Obsessed with the towers even before they were fully constructed, Petit sneaked into the buildings several times to determine the equipment he needed to accomplish his daring feat.
004- Meet Dave
Ingeniously disguised as a human, an alien vessel and its crew of miniature extraterrestrials lands on Earth looking for a way to save their planet from destruction. Eddie Murphy heads the cast in dual roles as the ship's commander and the spacecraft -- which promptly becomes infatuated with a pretty earthling (Elizabeth Banks). Gabrielle Union and Scott Caan also star in this comic sci-fi tale from director Brian Robbins.
005- Wanted
Wesley Gibbon (James McAvoy) is just an ordinary guy, unaware that his long-lost father is one of the world's most notorious assassins. But when his father is killed, a mysterious associate named Sloan (Morgan Freeman) arrives, offering Wesley the chance to fill dad's shoes. Mentored by Sloan's deputy, Fox (Angelina Jolie), Wesley carries out the will of the mythological Fates, who see Wesley's targets in a magical loom.
006- Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates.
007- The Girl Next Door
In 1995, at the urging of her then-husband, an Oklahoma housewife submitted a topless photo of herself to a men's magazine, thus launching her phenomenal career as porn star Stacy Valentine. In this eye-opening and refreshingly even-handed film, Valentine candidly discusses the inner-workings and occupational hazards of the adult entertainment world, touching on the glamour -- and frequent emptiness -- of life in "the business." Although this film has not been rated by the MPAA, please note it does include nudity.
008- My Wife is an Actress
Struggling sportswriter Yvan (Yvan Attal, who also wrote and directed the film) anguishes over a failing career and a life that hasn't turned out as he planned. His wife, Charlotte (Charlotte Gainsbourg), is a famous actress whose successful career dwarfs any strides made by Yvan. Trouble brews in this romantic comedy when Yvan's jealousy over his wife's new co-star (Terence Stamp) boils over.
009- The Wedding Director
Movie director Franco Elica (Sergio Castellitto) unexpectedly finds himself in Sicily, where a local nobleman presses him into videotaping the wedding of his daughter. Instead, the director tries to sabotage the union when he falls for the bride himself. Will he win her love -- or are things not at all as they appear? Marco Bellocchio directs this labyrinthine drama, which also stars Donatella Finocchiaro.
010- The House Bunny
When Playboy bunny Shelley Darlington (Anna Faris) gets evicted from the mansion, she is a woman without a country -- that is, until she meets the sisters of Zeta Alpha Zeta, a sorority on the brink of losing its campus chapter. The Zetas need Shelley's makeover expertise so they can attract a new pledge class -- otherwise, their house goes to rivals Phi Iota Mu. But the Zetas have something Shelly needs, too: the confidence to be herself.
011- Savage Grace
Director Tom Kalin compellingly recounts the real-life circumstances and events that led to the murder of socialite Barbara Daly Baekeland (Julianne Moore) at the hands of her son (Eddie Redmayne) in 1972. Infidelity, family dysfunction and incest are all part of the unsettling brew in this shocking drama (based on a true story) also starring Stephen Dillane as Barbara's coldblooded husband.
012- Burn After Reading
In this dark comedy from Oscar winners Joel and Ethan Coen, ousted CIA official Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich) loses his recently penned memoir into the hands of a pair of moronic gym employees (Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand) who use it to try to turn a profit. George Clooney and Tilda Swinton round out the cast of this irreverent farce, whose title alludes to former CIA director Stansfield Turner's book Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence.
013- Baghead
Two screenwriting couples head to a remote cabin in the woods, hoping that the change of scenery will get the creative juices flowing. Amid the solitude, the dynamics of their relationships are revealed as they strive to write their masterworks. Complicating matters though, is the lurking presence of a strange man who wears a bag over his head. Brothers Jay and Mark Duplass wrote and directed this offbeat follow-up to 2005's The Puffy Chair.
014- Towelhead
Based on Alicia Erian's acclaimed novel, this coming-of-age tale follows the topsy-turvy life of Jasira (Summer Bishil), a 13-year-old Arab-American girl wrestling with the challenges of adolescence, bigotry and life with an overbearing father. Directed and adapted for the big screen by Alan Ball (American Beauty, "Six Feet Under"), this darkly comic film set during the first Gulf War also stars Toni Collette, Aaron Eckhart and Maria Bello.
015- The Duchess
Keira Knightley stars as Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire, in this adaptation of Amanda Foreman's novel. Unhappily married to the duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes), Georgiana indulges in extravagant vices and begins a scandalous affair with politician Charles Grey (Dominic Cooper). Director Saul Dibb's drama about the aristocratic 18th-century femme fatale also stars Charlotte Rampling, Hayley Atwell, Simon McBurney and Aidan McArdle.
016- Love and Anger
Bernardo Bertolucci, Marco Bellocchio, Carlo Lizzani, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Jean-Luc Godard pool their considerable talents for this cinematic exercise that presents five stories spanning the gamut of human emotion, from the heady passions of ardor and rage to chilling apathy. Set against the turbulent social and political backdrop of the 1960s, the short, thematically linked vignettes paint a larger portrait of a volatile decade.
017- Stephanie Daley
Hilary Brougher's drama follows pregnant forensic psychologist Lydie Crane (Tilda Swinton) as she investigates a case in which a 16-year-old girl is accused of killing her newborn. In trying to determine whether teenage Stephanie Daley (Amber Tamblyn) hid her pregnancy, gave birth and then murdered her baby, Crane, who recently suffered a pregnancy loss, comes face to face with her own grief. Timothy Hutton and Denis O'Hare co-star.
018- Innocence
The students at a mysterious all-girls boarding school learn strange life lessons from their two stern young teachers (Marion Cotillard and Hélène de Fougerolles) in this beguiling and surreal feature debut by director Lucile Hadzihalilovic. Featuring poetic and startling images by acclaimed cinematographer Benoit Debie, the film captured awards at film festivals in Amsterdam, Stockholm, Istanbul and San Sebastian, Spain.
019- IanniaIannia Xenakis: Electronic Music 2: Polytope De Cluny / Hibiki-Hana-Ma / Vasarley
Greek modernist composer Iannis Xenakis offers this second volume of electronic works. "Polytope de Cluny" and "Hibiki-Hana-Ma" are presented in new and restored tape transfers and are released here commercially in surround sound for the first time. Also featured in this program is the first commercial release of "Fer Chaud," Jacques Brissot and Nicolas Schoeffer's 1957 short film about artist Victor Vasarely.
020- Western
An unlikely friendship develops on the French countryside when traveling shoe salesman Paco (Sergi López) loses his car and his job after picking up Russian emigree hitchhiker Nino (Sacha Bourdo). Together they hit the road, encountering an eccentric cast of characters, including a beautiful woman (Marie Matheron) who comes between them. This charmingly romantic road movie won a Jury Prize at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
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Intolerance
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Man with the Movie Camera
Battleship Potemkin
October
Arsenal
Earth
Sherlock Jr.
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Blind Husbands
Foolish Wives
Faust
Sunrise
Metropolis
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A Nous la Liberte
Un Chien Andalou
L'Age D'Or
Boudu Saved from Drowning
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Gun Crazy
Out of the Past
The Big Sleep
Ball of Fire
The Palm Beach Story
To Be or Not To Be
Mildred Pierce
It's a Wonderful Life
Sunset Boulevard
Orphée
Death of a Cyclist
Rear Window
To Catch a Thief
North By Northwest
Vertigo
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Winchester '73
Rio Bravo
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Touch of Evil
Kiss Me Deadly
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Bus Stop
Some Like It Hot
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Written on the Wind
The Tarnished Angels
Imitation of Life
East of Eden
Rebel Without A Cause
Hollywood or Bust
The Girl Can't Help It
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
The Tall T
Ride Lonesome
Shock Corridor
The Naked Kiss
Bob the Gambler
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Breathless
Jules and Jim
The Exterminating Angel
La Dolce Vita
8 1/2
An Autumn Afternoon
The Sun's Burial
The Hustler
Hud
Kiss Me, Stupid
Dr. Strangelove
Goldfinger
Thunderball
Cat Ballou
The Chase
Harper
The Night of the Iguana
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Blow Up
The Graduate
Cool Hand Luke
Bonnie and Clyde
The Wild Angels
The Trip
2001: A Space Odyssey
Easy Rider
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Woodstock
M*A*S*H
A Clockwork Orange
Five Easy Pieces
The King of Marvin Gardens
The Last Picture Show
Two-Lane Blacktop
The Godfather
The Godfather, Part II
American Graffiti
Chinatown
Shampoo
Network
A Woman Under the Influence
3 Women
Taxi Driver
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Badlands
Days of Heaven
The American Friend
American Gigolo
Cutter's Way
S.O.B.
Repo Man
Paris, Texas
JFK
The Fisher King
Naked
Pulp Fiction
Apocalypse Now Redux
American Beauty
Amores Perros
Mulholland Drive
A Beautiful Mind
Catch Me If You Can
Stone Reader
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Ray
Collateral
Fahrenheit 9/11
The Power of Nightmares
Mystic River
Million Dollar Baby
Capote
Dogville
The Five Obstructions
In the Mood for Love
2046
L'Avventura
L'Eclisse
Winter Light
Weekend
The Passenger
Nostalghia
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
By Brakhage: An Anthology
Harry Partch: Enclosure 7
Maya Deren: Experimental Films
Films of Kenneth Anger: Vol. 1
The Films of Kenneth Anger: Vol. 2
Jack Smith & the Destruction of Atlantis
La Jetee / Sans Soleil
Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and '30s
Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1894-1941
Anthology of Surreal Cinema: Vol. 1
Free Cinema
Cinema 16: European Short Films
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Night and Fog
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Lola
Our Hitler: A Film from Germany
The Stationmaster's Wife
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
Fox and His Friends
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Beeswax beat me to the punch, I was going to post that Anita O'Day picture on your page. Well, here's another one:
Thanks for contacting me. So far you're my first friend (as I am new to this forum)...but I hope to make more soon. :) You have an interesting film-watching repertoire. Quite a few of which I haven't seen. I look forward to checking some out. Best wishes!
Wonder what you're watching...
I noticed you liked 8 1/2. I recently saw, and dug, Woody Allen's homage/parody of it, "Stardust Memories." You might like it.
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