There Was This Survey.
the question posed: if you were a college professor teaching a program labelled Film Appreciation 101, what would you show your students (you know, in class and stuff)?
I spent about one hour --an hour I should have probably spent sleeping as this was around 4 in the morning-- figuring out my picks. some of these categories are a bit silly (specific countries, "love story," etc.) but the movies I selected for them still kick major cake.
Best Writing - Trouble In Paradise (dir. Ernst Lubitsch)
Best Cinematography - The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (dir. Jacques Demy)
Best Editing - La Guerre Est Finie (dir. Alain Resnais)
Best Soundtrack - In The Mood For Love (dir. Wong Kar-Wai)
Best Visual Effects - Veronika Voss (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
Best Love Story - Simple Men (dir. Hal Hartley)
Best Comedy - His Girl Friday (dir. Howard Hawks)
Best Action Film - The Wages Of Fear (dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot)
Best Science-Fiction Film - Stalker (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)
Best Acting - Chinatown (dir. Roman Polanski)
Best Continuous Shot - I Am Cuba (dir. Mikhail Kalatozov)
Best Novel Adaptation - The Long Goodbye (dir. Robert Altman)
Best Western - Rio Bravo (dir. Howard Hawks)
Best Film Noir - Touch Of Evil (dir. Orson Welles)
Best Directing - Le Trou (dir. Jacques Becker)
Best Political Film - The Battle Of Algiers (dir. Gillo Pontecorvo)
Best Horror - The Shining (dir. Stanley Kubrick)
Best French Film - The Rules Of The Game (dir. Jean Renoir)
Best Italian Film - 8 1/2 (dir. Federico Fellini)
Best Russian Film - The Cranes Are Flying (dir. Mikhail Kalatozov)
Best German Film - The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse (dir. Fritz Lang)
Best Swedish Film - Persona (dir. Ingmar Bergman)
Best Religious Film - The Exterminating Angel (dir. Luis Bunuel)
Best Documentary - Fast, Cheap, & Out Of Control (dir. Errol Morris)
Best Biopic - 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould (dir. Francois Girard)
I'd really enjoy teaching this class, but I fear proving my qualifications to do so could prove to be something of a bitch.
in other news, poker is a brilliant game and I want to play it again. right now.
I spent about one hour --an hour I should have probably spent sleeping as this was around 4 in the morning-- figuring out my picks. some of these categories are a bit silly (specific countries, "love story," etc.) but the movies I selected for them still kick major cake.
Best Writing - Trouble In Paradise (dir. Ernst Lubitsch)
Best Cinematography - The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (dir. Jacques Demy)
Best Editing - La Guerre Est Finie (dir. Alain Resnais)
Best Soundtrack - In The Mood For Love (dir. Wong Kar-Wai)
Best Visual Effects - Veronika Voss (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
Best Love Story - Simple Men (dir. Hal Hartley)
Best Comedy - His Girl Friday (dir. Howard Hawks)
Best Action Film - The Wages Of Fear (dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot)
Best Science-Fiction Film - Stalker (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)
Best Acting - Chinatown (dir. Roman Polanski)
Best Continuous Shot - I Am Cuba (dir. Mikhail Kalatozov)
Best Novel Adaptation - The Long Goodbye (dir. Robert Altman)
Best Western - Rio Bravo (dir. Howard Hawks)
Best Film Noir - Touch Of Evil (dir. Orson Welles)
Best Directing - Le Trou (dir. Jacques Becker)
Best Political Film - The Battle Of Algiers (dir. Gillo Pontecorvo)
Best Horror - The Shining (dir. Stanley Kubrick)
Best French Film - The Rules Of The Game (dir. Jean Renoir)
Best Italian Film - 8 1/2 (dir. Federico Fellini)
Best Russian Film - The Cranes Are Flying (dir. Mikhail Kalatozov)
Best German Film - The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse (dir. Fritz Lang)
Best Swedish Film - Persona (dir. Ingmar Bergman)
Best Religious Film - The Exterminating Angel (dir. Luis Bunuel)
Best Documentary - Fast, Cheap, & Out Of Control (dir. Errol Morris)
Best Biopic - 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould (dir. Francois Girard)
I'd really enjoy teaching this class, but I fear proving my qualifications to do so could prove to be something of a bitch.
in other news, poker is a brilliant game and I want to play it again. right now.