Watch list: Danny Peary's Cult Movies

[my_daroga]

While Mr. D and I are not yet done with our OrsonWatch project, we've embarked on an overlapping film series which involves watching every movie in Danny Peary's Cult Movies [volume 1], mostly because every movie we've seen that we heard about from reading it (or the two follow-up volumes) has been awesome. Some may dispute the cult cred of the

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[my_daroga]

I still need to see both of those; the 1978 remake of Body Snatchers has always been a favorite.

[a2zmom]

I'd say that well over half of these are not cult movies in any way, shape of form. I've seen 38 of them. and finally

Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
I hate the teachers and the principal
Don't wanna be taught to be no fool
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school

You can never go wrong with The Ramones.

[my_daroga]

If you define "cult" as "a movie which has gained a particular following distinct from the mainstream," stuff like Wizard of Oz etc gets a pass. Also; this book was written before video. This, I think, is significant, as we can all just pick these up now. Still, I "discovered" several favorites from these books that I'd never hear of before, so it seems worth it.

[lettered]

Hahaha. I was going to say I was impressed with myself because I've seen two on this list you hadn't! And then I realized I watched them both for my film class :o)

Um. You can watch any of these without me, or tell me I should watch any of them you particularly like (I have seen all the asterisked ones except for Greetings. Mostly at your house, too, which is funny). But there are a couple I always felt like I should see and would like to (besides ones that merely sound interesting, I mean):

A Hard Day's Night
King Kong (1933)
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Mad Max (1979)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Red Shoes (1948)
Reefer Madness (1936)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Wild Bunch (1969)

So...Singin in the Rain is on the list...does that mean Mr. D will go see it with us?

[my_daroga]

Okay, I'll keep that in mind. I'm not sure if we're re-watching all the ones we've seen before, but I'll let you know. And I think he well; he signed and said he figured he had to when I asked him.

[lettered]

Don't let me forget--Dylan gave me free SiFF tickets.

[my_daroga]

AWESOME.

[filmnoir6]

I used to have this book Ms. D. I've seen a good 85% of these films.

[my_daroga]

I figured you had. :)