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Year: 1925
Director: Sergei Eisenstein
Plot: After the success of Strike (1924), Sergei Eisenstein was commissioned by the Soviet government to make a film commemorating the uprising of 1905. Eisenstein's scenario, boiled down from what was to have been a multipart epic of the occasion, focussed on the crew of the battleship Potemkin. Fed up with the extreme cruelties of their officers and their maggot-ridden meat rations, the sailors stage a violent mutiny. This, in turn, sparks an abortive citizens' revolt against the Czarist regime. The film's centerpiece is staged on the Odessa Steps, where in 1905 the Czar's Cossacks methodically shot down rioters and innocent bystanders alike. To Eisenstein, this single bloody incident was the crucible of the successful 1917 Bolshevik revolution, and the result was the "Odessa Steps sequence," which is often considered the most famous sequence ever filmed; it is certainly one of the most imitated, perhaps most overtly by Brian De Palma in The Untouchables (1987). This triumph of Eisenstein's "rhythmic editing" technique occurs in the middle of film, not as the climax, as more current film structure might do it. All the actors in the film were amateurs, selected by Eisenstein because of their "rightness" as types for their roles. Pictorial quality varies from print to print, but even in a duped-down version, Battleship Potemkin is must-see cinema. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:27:55 GMTBattleship Potemkin1925Sergei EisensteinAfter the success of <a href=/films/43297/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Strike</a> (1924), <a href="/players/P____88777/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Sergei Eisenstein</a> was commissioned by the Soviet government to make a film commemorating the uprising of 1905. Eisenstein's scenario, boiled down from what was to have been a multipart epic of the occasion, focussed on the crew of the battleship <i>Potemkin</i>. Fed up with the extreme cruelties of their officers and their maggot-ridden meat rations, the sailors stage a violent mutiny. This, in turn, sparks an abortive citizens' revolt against the Czarist regime. The film's centerpiece is staged on the Odessa Steps, where in 1905 the Czar's Cossacks methodically shot down rioters and innocent bystanders alike. To Eisenstein, this single bloody incident was the crucible of the successful 1917 Bolshevik revolution, and the result was the "Odessa Steps sequence," which is often considered the most famous sequence ever filmed; it is certainly one of the most imitated, perhaps most overtly by <a href="/players/P____17596/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Brian De Palma</a> in <a href=/films/36575/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>The Untouchables</a> (1987). This triumph of Eisenstein's "rhythmic editing" technique occurs in the middle of film, not as the climax, as more current film structure might do it. All the actors in the film were amateurs, selected by Eisenstein because of their "rightness" as types for their roles. Pictorial quality varies from print to print, but even in a duped-down version, Battleship Potemkin is must-see cinema. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide28Tag Target (>10)336103http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u47685avznq.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Battleship_Potemkin/70010/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/risselada/archive/2009/6/8/42568.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Body: Konets Sankt-Peterburga (The End of St. Petersburg) I watched this one because it was on the same DVD as Zemlya (Earth). I was so dreading watching another of these old Russian propaganda films after my experiences with them continued to get worse and worse. But this one was actually on the better side of tolerable. It actually had a bit of a plot and characters I could follow. It even had some moments that I would call exciting! And Pudovkin's comedy short Chess Fever which is also included on this DVD was even more amusing. Was this experience enough to entice me to seek out more Russian films in this category and era? No, not really. I've had my fill for quite a while really. But if you decide you'd like to see one yourself and you've already seen Battleship Potemkin, then this one is a decent choice. Rating: 6/10
]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:47:28 GMTRisseladaRisselada Blog6/8/2009 1:47:28 PMKonets Sankt-Peterburga (The End of St. Petersburg) I watched this one because it was on the same DVD as Zemlya (Earth). I was so dreading watching another of these old Russian propaganda films after my experiences with them continued to get worse and worse. But this one was actually on the better side of tolerable. It actually had a bit of a plot and characters I could follow. It even had some moments that I would call exciting! And Pudovkin's comedy short Chess Fever which is also included on this DVD was even more amusing. Was this experience enough to entice me to seek out more Russian films in this category and era? No, not really. I've had my fill for quite a while really. But if you decide you'd like to see one yourself and you've already seen Battleship Potemkin, then this one is a decent choice. Rating: 6/10 http://www.spout.com/blogs/risselada/archive/2009/2/10/40380.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 2/10/2009 2:21:55 PM
Body: This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown”. To read more about that check out my first Spout filmblog entry. Stachka (Strike) I think I may have seen enough old Russian films now to realize I'm just not going to get a lot of enjoyment or interest out of them. I've been watching them because of their reverence in the world of cinema history. Many Russian filmmakers of the 20s were considered to be pioneers of editing theory. If you want a lot of wild montage and cuts you can see it with these guys. Many people have criticized what's called MTV style of editing to contributing to recent society’s attention deficit disorders, but if you look back to these films it's not much different. Now some of these films of course had different goals. I think you could call a lot of this stuff by Eisenstein propaganda. And certainly The Man With a Movie Camera which I saw recently was trying to redefine what film and art could be. I remember rating Eisenstien's Battleship Potemkin higher when I watched it, but maybe I just felt embarrassed to rate it any less. I wonder how I'll feel if I watch it again now that I've gone through a few more silent films. I'm sure there's something important historically for what these filmmakers showed the world that film could do, but even with that knowledge I'm not overly excited to see many more. Rating: 5/10
]]>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:21:55 GMTRisseladaRisselada Blog2/10/2009 2:21:55 PMThis blog entry is part of my &ldquo;movie year countdown&rdquo;. To read more about that check out my first Spout filmblog entry. Stachka (Strike) I think I may have seen enough old Russian films now to realize I'm just not going to get a lot of enjoyment or interest out of them. I've been watching them because of their reverence in the world of cinema history. Many Russian filmmakers of the 20s were considered to be pioneers of editing theory. If you want a lot of wild montage and cuts you can see it with these guys. Many people have criticized what's called MTV style of editing to contributing to recent society&rsquo;s attention deficit disorders, but if you look back to these films it's not much different. Now some of these films of course had different goals. I think you could call a lot of this stuff by Eisenstein propaganda. And certainly The Man With a Movie Camera which I saw recently was trying to redefine what film and art could be. I remember rating Eisenstien's Battleship Potemkin higher when I watched it, but maybe I just felt embarrassed to rate it any less. I wonder how I'll feel if I watch it again now that I've gone through a few more silent films. I'm sure there's something important historically for what these filmmakers showed the world that film could do, but even with that knowledge I'm not overly excited to see many more. Rating: 5/10 http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2009/2/4/40232.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 2/4/2009 10:00:51 AM
Body: Publisher Quirk Books and author Seth Grahame-Smith have come up with the best way to make a literary work more accessible since the creation of Classics Illustrated comic books: they’ve added “all-new scenes of bone crunching zombie action” to Jane Austen’s 19th century novel Pride and Prejudice. This new version, out in stores this May, is titled Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance – Now With Ultraviolent Mayhem! And if you didn’t think it was a masterpiece before, chances are you will now. Could we do the same thing to classic films? Well, the technology to add extraneous enhancements to movies exists. Just check out The Curious Case of Benjamin Button for proof. But like Pride and Prejudice, we’d need to “enhance” films in the public domain if we wanted to get away with it. Fortunately, there are hundreds of such titles (see a list at Wikipedia), some of which actually already have zombies (Night of the Living Dead, White Zombie, Revolt of the Zombies, and in a way the “scientific” film Experiments in the Revival of Organisms). Avoiding the majority of public domain movies already consisting of horror and science fiction elements, we’ve come up with ten great classic films that would be even greater with the addition of zombies. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstin, 1925) New title: Mutinous Zombies of the Battleship Potemkin Synopsis: A Soviet cinema masterpiece, Eisenstein’s film depicts the 1905 uprising of zombies on the titular vessel against the oppressive officers of the Tsarist regime. It begins when soldiers aboard the Potemkin are forced to eat rotten, maggot-infested meat, which turns the men into mutinous zombies. Later, the city of Odessa becomes overwhelmed with undead citizens and the Tsarist military is sent in to massacre them. In the end, though, even the soldiers are converted. Other Eisenstein films, particularly October, may also appropriately receive similar special zombie editions. The General (Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton, 1927) New title: The General and the Zombies Synopsis: Buster Keaton’s greatest silent blockbuster is kind of like the Shaun of the Dead of its time. The film begins with Keaton’s character losing his girlfriend due to his inability to prove he’s not a coward and a bum, but then by happenstance he ends up a hero and, most importantly, salvages his relationship in the process. In this special edition, Johnnie Gray still has to rescue his train (and his girlfriend) from the Union army, but now those Northern spies are zombies. Like the title character in Shaun of the Dead, Johnnie must in one new scene impersonate a zombie in order to fool them. The stone-faced Keaton is a natural for this masquerade, but of course then soldiers on his side mistake him for being a Union zombie, with hilarious consequences. Abraham Lincoln (D.W. Griffith, 1930) New title: Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies Synopsis: Griffith’s biopic about the 16th President of the United States was filled with historical inaccuracies when first released almost 80 years ago. The main complaint? Griffith left out Lincoln’s triumphant one-man battle against a Confederate brigade made up completely of zombie soldiers (yep, the South had them, too). Now, in a special edition release timed to coincide with Honest Abe’s 200th birthday, scenes depicting that battle, as well as a new ending, in which Lincoln recommends the enslavement of zombies, because they are not technically men and therefore are not guaranteed Constitutional freedom, are included. Also, on the DVD: a bonus behind-the-scenes supplement featuring a still-undead Lincoln zombie overseeing the restoration; an exclusive look at Lincoln’s famous stovepipe hat, which he wore to keep zombies from getting at his brains. (The above image of Abe Lincoln, Zombie Hunter is from this t-shirt.) At the Circus (Edward Buzzell, 1939) New title: At the Zombie Circus Synopsis: The Marx Brothers’ films were crazy enough without the addition of zombies, but this late episode from Groucho, Harpo and Chico just wasn’t anarchic enough for their fans. So, now the plot involving the stolen money has been eliminated and the film consists of the three Marx boys trying to stay alive inside a circus tent filled with zombies. There’s a strong man zombie, a dwarf zombie, and then there’s Margaret Dumont, who is so dull Groucho thinks she’s a zombie. Or maybe he just stabs her in the brain for fun? His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940) New title: His Girl Zombie Synopsis: Despite the new title, Rosalind Russell is never turned into a zombie. Rather, the zombies are merely in the background, causing even more fast-paced hysterics (yes, they’re the quick sort of zombies that are all the “rage” these days). Actually, at one point Ralph Bellamy’s character is thought to be a zombie, but then it’s realized that as much as he appears to be the walking dead, he’s just too slow to be one of the zombies running around outside the courthouse. Again, His Girl Zombie has something in common with Shaun of the Dead (not to mention Twister), in that it’s another story in which a couple attempts to separate but is thrust back together during a chaotic event. Angel and the Badman (James Edward Grant, 1947) New title: Angel and the Badman and the Zombies Synopsis: In this early precursor to the ‘80s Harrison Ford classic Witness Zombies, John Wayne plays a shootist and womanizer who is wounded near a Quaker family home. Brought in and nursed back to health, he attempts to tame himself after falling for a young Quaker woman. But his desire to become a pacifist is made difficult when brain-hungry zombies attack the house, and he must choose to either commit himself to the Quaker ways and “die” with his new religious society of friends, or go out and kick some zombie ass. D.O.A. (Rudolph Mate, 1950) New title: Z.O.A. Synopsis: The film begins with Frank Bigelow, filmed from behind, entering a police station to report that he’s been murdered. The reason he is able to do this is not because he’s not yet died from the poison; it’s because he is a zombie, which we finally discover when the camera finally shows us his face. The film then goes to flashback and details the events that lead to Bigelow’s zombification. After the back-story is complete, the film returns to the scene in the police station, where cops proceed to shoot Bigelow in the head. His file is then marked “Z.O.A.,” meaning “zombie on arrival.” Royal Wedding (Stanley Donen, 1951) New title: Zombie Wedding Synopsis: Fred Astaire and Jane Powell star as a brother and sister song and dance duo in this musical classic, which features two of Astaire’s most famous scenes. “Zombie Jumps” has him dancing first with a coat rack, then with a corpse, Weekend at Bernie’s-style. The latter of these objects ends up coming to life, a metaphor for Astaire’s famous ability to animate the inanimate. In “You’re All Zombies to Me,” Astaire playfully escapes from the zombie he’s created by dancing on the walls and ceiling of a room. Beat the Devil (John Huston, 1953) New title: Beat the Devil and the Zombies Synopsis: It’s been called the first camp movie, but unfortunately it wasn’t the first camp zombie movie. That all changes now with newly added scenes in which Humphrey Bogart and a great ensemble of character actors, including Peter Lorre, must fight off zombies while killing time at an Italian port. It’s very likely that Huston and co-screenwriter Truman Capote would have no problem with this additional subplot. Anyone familiar with the background of the film knows its makers didn’t take it seriously in the least. Actually, let’s just go ahead and add zombies into every section of the film. Zombies on the boat, zombies in Africa, zombies everywhere. Heck, make Bogie a zombie due to a lack of money. After all, as his character sets it up with the line, “I’ve got to have money. Doctor’s orders are that I must have a lot of money, otherwise I become dull, listless and have trouble with my complexion.” It’s a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946) New title: It’s a Zombie Life Synopsis: On Christmas Eve, George Bailey wishes he were a zombie. But before he can find another zombie to bite him, an angel comes down from Heaven and shows him what his life would be like if he were undead. Zombie George infects the whole town of Bedford Falls, all except the wealthy Mr. Potter, who manages to take over the town by enslaving and exploiting the zombified citizens. In the end, George realizes that he’s better off simply shooting himself in the head so that he can’t possibly become a zombie. (Note: It’s a Wonderful Life is actually no longer in the public domain, but we just couldn’t not include it). Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:00:51 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com2/4/2009 10:00:51 AMPublisher Quirk Books and author Seth Grahame-Smith have come up with the best way to make a literary work more accessible since the creation of Classics Illustrated comic books: they’ve added “all-new scenes of bone crunching zombie action” to Jane Austen’s 19th century novel Pride and Prejudice. This new version, out in stores this May, is titled Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance – Now With Ultraviolent Mayhem! And if you didn’t think it was a masterpiece before, chances are you will now. Could we do the same thing to classic films? Well, the technology to add extraneous enhancements to movies exists. Just check out The Curious Case of Benjamin Button for proof. But like Pride and Prejudice, we’d need to “enhance” films in the public domain if we wanted to get away with it. Fortunately, there are hundreds of such titles (see a list at Wikipedia), some of which actually already have zombies (Night of the Living Dead, White Zombie, Revolt of the Zombies, and in a way the “scientific” film Experiments in the Revival of Organisms). Avoiding the majority of public domain movies already consisting of horror and science fiction elements, we’ve come up with ten great classic films that would be even greater with the addition of zombies. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstin, 1925) New title: Mutinous Zombies of the Battleship Potemkin Synopsis: A Soviet cinema masterpiece, Eisenstein’s film depicts the 1905 uprising of zombies on the titular vessel against the oppressive officers of the Tsarist regime. It begins when soldiers aboard the Potemkin are forced to eat rotten, maggot-infested meat, which turns the men into mutinous zombies. Later, the city of Odessa becomes overwhelmed with undead citizens and the Tsarist military is sent in to massacre them. In the end, though, even the soldiers are converted. Other Eisenstein films, particularly October, may also appropriately receive similar special zombie editions. The General (Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton, 1927) New title: The General and the Zombies Synopsis: Buster Keaton’s greatest silent blockbuster is kind of like the Shaun of the Dead of its time. The film begins with Keaton’s character losing his girlfriend due to his inability to prove he’s not a coward and a bum, but then by happenstance he ends up a hero and, most importantly, salvages his relationship in the process. In this special edition, Johnnie Gray still has to rescue his train (and his girlfriend) from the Union army, but now those Northern spies are zombies. Like the title character in Shaun of the Dead, Johnnie must in one new scene impersonate a zombie in order to fool them. The stone-faced Keaton is a natural for this masquerade, but of course then soldiers on his side mistake him for being a Union zombie, with hilarious consequences. Abraham Lincoln (D.W. Griffith, 1930) New title: Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies Synopsis: Griffith’s biopic about the 16th President of the United States was filled with historical inaccuracies when first released almost 80 years ago. The main complaint? Griffith left out Lincoln’s triumphant one-man battle against a Confederate brigade made up completely of zombie soldiers (yep, the South had them, too). Now, in a special edition release timed to coincide with Honest Abe’s 200th birthday, scenes depicting that battle, as well as a new ending, in which Lincoln recommends the enslavement of zombies, because they are not technically men and therefore are not guaranteed Constitutional freedom, are included. Also, on the DVD: a bonus behind-the-scenes supplement featuring a still-undead Lincoln zombie overseeing the restoration; an exclusive look at Lincoln’s famous stovepipe hat, which he wore to keep zombies from getting at his brains. (The above image of Abe Lincoln, Zombie Hunter is from this t-shirt.) At the Circus (Edward Buzzell, 1939) New title: At the Zombie Circus Synopsis: The Marx Brothers’ films were crazy enough without the addition of zombies, but this late episode from Groucho, Harpo and Chico just wasn’t anarchic enough for their fans. So, now the plot involving the stolen money has been eliminated and the film consists of the three Marx boys trying to stay alive inside a circus tent filled with zombies. There’s a strong man zombie, a dwarf zombie, and then there’s Margaret Dumont, who is so dull Groucho thinks she’s a zombie. Or maybe he just stabs her in the brain for fun? His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940) New title: His Girl Zombie Synopsis: Despite the new title, Rosalind Russell is never turned into a zombie. Rather, the zombies are merely in the background, causing even more fast-paced hysterics (yes, they’re the quick sort of zombies that are all the “rage” these days). Actually, at one point Ralph Bellamy’s character is thought to be a zombie, but then it’s realized that as much as he appears to be the walking dead, he’s just too slow to be one of the zombies running around outside the courthouse. Again, His Girl Zombie has something in common with Shaun of the Dead (not to mention Twister), in that it’s another story in which a couple attempts to separate but is thrust back together during a chaotic event. Angel and the Badman (James Edward Grant, 1947) New title: Angel and the Badman and the Zombies Synopsis: In this early precursor to the ‘80s Harrison Ford classic Witness Zombies, John Wayne plays a shootist and womanizer who is wounded near a Quaker family home. Brought in and nursed back to health, he attempts to tame himself after falling for a young Quaker woman. But his desire to become a pacifist is made difficult when brain-hungry zombies attack the house, and he must choose to either commit himself to the Quaker ways and “die” with his new religious society of friends, or go out and kick some zombie ass. D.O.A. (Rudolph Mate, 1950) New title: Z.O.A. Synopsis: The film begins with Frank Bigelow, filmed from behind, entering a police station to report that he’s been murdered. The reason he is able to do this is not because he’s not yet died from the poison; it’s because he is a zombie, which we finally discover when the camera finally shows us his face. The film then goes to flashback and details the events that lead to Bigelow’s zombification. After the back-story is complete, the film returns to the scene in the police station, where cops proceed to shoot Bigelow in the head. His file is then marked “Z.O.A.,” meaning “zombie on arrival.” Royal Wedding (Stanley Donen, 1951) New title: Zombie Wedding Synopsis: Fred Astaire and Jane Powell star as a brother and sister song and dance duo in this musical classic, which features two of Astaire’s most famous scenes. “Zombie Jumps” has him dancing first with a coat rack, then with a corpse, Weekend at Bernie’s-style. The latter of these objects ends up coming to life, a metaphor for Astaire’s famous ability to animate the inanimate. In “You’re All Zombies to Me,” Astaire playfully escapes from the zombie he’s created by dancing on the walls and ceiling of a room. Beat the Devil (John Huston, 1953) New title: Beat the Devil and the Zombies Synopsis: It’s been called the first camp movie, but unfortunately it wasn’t the first camp zombie movie. That all changes now with newly added scenes in which Humphrey Bogart and a great ensemble of character actors, including Peter Lorre, must fight off zombies while killing time at an Italian port. It’s very likely that Huston and co-screenwriter Truman Capote would have no problem with this additional subplot. Anyone familiar with the background of the film knows its makers didn’t take it seriously in the least. Actually, let’s just go ahead and add zombies into every section of the film. Zombies on the boat, zombies in Africa, zombies everywhere. Heck, make Bogie a zombie due to a lack of money. After all, as his character sets it up with the line, “I’ve got to have money. Doctor’s orders are that I must have a lot of money, otherwise I become dull, listless and have trouble with my complexion.” It’s a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946) New title: It’s a Zombie Life Synopsis: On Christmas Eve, George Bailey wishes he were a zombie. But before he can find another zombie to bite him, an angel comes down from Heaven and shows him what his life would be like if he were undead. Zombie George infects the whole town of Bedford Falls, all except the wealthy Mr. Potter, who manages to take over the town by enslaving and exploiting the zombified citizens. In the end, George realizes that he’s better off simply shooting himself in the head so that he can’t possibly become a zombie. (Note: It’s a Wonderful Life is actually no longer in the public domain, but we just couldn’t not include it). Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/groups/Community_Recommendations/Re_Historical_Drama/643/38218/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: mercurial
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Post Date: 12/10/2008 6:56:57 PM
Body: My personal favorites: Barry Lyndon Unequivocally the best 18th century period film ever made. Incredible. Black Narcissus Great drama set in the Himalayas. And nuns! Elizabeth Probably have already seen this, but just in case. Great film. Dogville A lot of people have not seen this due to the overwhelming negative reviews for it. But it is an amazing film nonetheless about early 20th century America. Manderlay The second film in the unfinished trilogy that follows Dogville. Gosford Park Impeccable film about the English caste system. A Little Princess Amazing kid's film. I still love it. Edward II Postmodern interpretation of Edward II. Might be too much for some. Battleship Potemkin Great historical film. Iconic scenes throughout. The Red Violin Traces a violin from its creation over 300 hundred years ago to today. And it has Samuel L. Jackson. A Very Long Engagement Tragic wartime flick about World War I in France. The Mission Insightful film about the struggles to convert South American natives to Christianity. Pride and Prejudice (2005) Best adaptation of the novel in my opinion. The Hours Three women going through the same whirlwind of emotions a three different times in history. Plunkett & Macleane Dramatic comedy set around the time of Marie Antoinette. Marie Antoinette (2006) I've grown to love this film since my hesitant initial reaction. Titus Postmodern interpretation of Titus Andronicus. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Another postmodern interpretation of the life of Joan of Arc. Andersonville Tragic movie about life in a prisoner of war camp in the South during the Civil War. Sleepy Hollow Quirky flick set in 19th century New England. The Color Purple Early 20th century South and the struggle of slaves. Great movie. That's all I can think of for now. I'm sure you've seen a number of these.
]]>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:56:57 GMTmercurialCommunity Recommendations12/10/2008 6:56:57 PMMy personal favorites: Barry Lyndon Unequivocally the best 18th century period film ever made. Incredible. Black Narcissus Great drama set in the Himalayas. And nuns! Elizabeth Probably have already seen this, but just in case. Great film. Dogville A lot of people have not seen this due to the overwhelming negative reviews for it. But it is an amazing film nonetheless about early 20th century America. Manderlay The second film in the unfinished trilogy that follows Dogville. Gosford Park Impeccable film about the English caste system. A Little Princess Amazing kid's film. I still love it. Edward II Postmodern interpretation of Edward II. Might be too much for some. Battleship Potemkin Great historical film. Iconic scenes throughout. The Red Violin Traces a violin from its creation over 300 hundred years ago to today. And it has Samuel L. Jackson. A Very Long Engagement Tragic wartime flick about World War I in France. The Mission Insightful film about the struggles to convert South American natives to Christianity. Pride and Prejudice (2005) Best adaptation of the novel in my opinion. The Hours Three women going through the same whirlwind of emotions a three different times in history. Plunkett &amp; Macleane Dramatic comedy set around the time of Marie Antoinette. Marie Antoinette (2006) I've grown to love this film since my hesitant initial reaction. Titus Postmodern interpretation of Titus Andronicus. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Another postmodern interpretation of the life of Joan of Arc. Andersonville Tragic movie about life in a prisoner of war camp in the South during the Civil War. Sleepy Hollow Quirky flick set in 19th century New England. The Color Purple Early 20th century South and the struggle of slaves. Great movie. That's all I can think of for now. I'm sure you've seen a number of these. http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Games/Re_Cause_Effect/598/33823/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: leeroy711
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Post Date: 8/10/2008 4:51:12 PM
Body: [quote user="unclefestering"] [quote user="leeroy711"] The Russian Navy refuses to fire on the Battleship Potemkin. Lenin uses the Battleship Potemkin story to fuel the October revolution of 1917 which puts power in the hands of the Bolsheviks. They form the Soviet Union, which Stalin takes control over. After WWII, the USSR takes over East Germany. The communist state of East Germany (later declared sovereign by USSR) creates the Stasi (secret police of East Germany) dissenters of the State and the Socialist Unity Party were questioned, jailed and/or beaten until the accusers heard what the wanted to hear such as in the film, The Lives Of Others. Allright so, you could have probably fit about 2 or 3 movies in between those two but I would say this was a pretty good example of cause and effect. [/quote] I would prefer to see the upside of cause and effect in this situation: The Lives of Others shows the enormous overhead that the East German government has to deal with in order keep its citizens under constant control bankrupts the country and forces the government to fall and gives its people true, capitalist freedoms, although some perfer to dream of a perfect socialist society in Good Bye, Lenin!. [/quote] I thought of including that one too. I loved Good Bye Lenin!. We could just make an entire cause & effect time line starting with Battleship Potemkin and Strike and ending with Good Bye, Lenin!. That way I could fit all sorts of my favorite movies like The Tunnel in there.
]]>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:51:12 GMTleeroy711Movie Games8/10/2008 4:51:12 PM[quote user="unclefestering"] [quote user="leeroy711"] The Russian Navy refuses to fire on the Battleship Potemkin. Lenin uses the Battleship Potemkin story to fuel the October revolution of 1917 which puts power in the hands of the Bolsheviks. They form the Soviet Union, which Stalin takes control over. After WWII, the USSR takes over East Germany. The communist state of East Germany (later declared sovereign by USSR) creates the Stasi (secret police of East Germany) dissenters of the State and the Socialist Unity Party were questioned, jailed and/or beaten until the accusers heard what the wanted to hear such as in the film, The Lives Of Others. Allright so, you could have probably fit about 2 or 3 movies in between those two but I would say this was a pretty good example of cause and effect. [/quote] I would prefer to see the upside of cause and effect in this situation: The Lives of Others shows the enormous overhead that the East German government has to deal with in order keep its citizens under constant control bankrupts the country and forces the government to fall and gives its people true, capitalist freedoms, although some perfer to dream of a perfect socialist society in Good Bye, Lenin!. [/quote] I thought of including that one too. I loved Good Bye Lenin!. We could just make an entire cause &amp; effect time line starting with Battleship Potemkin and Strike and ending with Good Bye, Lenin!. That way I could fit all sorts of my favorite movies like The Tunnel in there. http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Games/Re_Cause_Effect/598/33820/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: unclefestering
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Post Date: 8/10/2008 2:30:17 PM
Body: [quote user="leeroy711"] The Russian Navy refuses to fire on the Battleship Potemkin. Lenin uses the Battleship Potemkin story to fuel the October revolution of 1917 which puts power in the hands of the Bolsheviks. They form the Soviet Union, which Stalin takes control over. After WWII, the USSR takes over East Germany. The communist state of East Germany (later declared sovereign by USSR) creates the Stasi (secret police of East Germany) dissenters of the State and the Socialist Unity Party were questioned, jailed and/or beaten until the accusers heard what the wanted to hear such as in the film, The Lives Of Others. Allright so, you could have probably fit about 2 or 3 movies in between those two but I would say this was a pretty good example of cause and effect. [/quote] I would prefer to see the upside of cause and effect in this situation: The Lives of Others shows the enormous overhead that the East German government has to deal with in order keep its citizens under constant control bankrupts the country and forces the government to fall and gives its people true, capitalist freedoms, although some perfer to dream of a perfect socialist society in Good Bye, Lenin!.
]]>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:30:17 GMTunclefesteringMovie Games8/10/2008 2:30:17 PM[quote user="leeroy711"] The Russian Navy refuses to fire on the Battleship Potemkin. Lenin uses the Battleship Potemkin story to fuel the October revolution of 1917 which puts power in the hands of the Bolsheviks. They form the Soviet Union, which Stalin takes control over. After WWII, the USSR takes over East Germany. The communist state of East Germany (later declared sovereign by USSR) creates the Stasi (secret police of East Germany) dissenters of the State and the Socialist Unity Party were questioned, jailed and/or beaten until the accusers heard what the wanted to hear such as in the film, The Lives Of Others. Allright so, you could have probably fit about 2 or 3 movies in between those two but I would say this was a pretty good example of cause and effect. [/quote] I would prefer to see the upside of cause and effect in this situation: The Lives of Others shows the enormous overhead that the East German government has to deal with in order keep its citizens under constant control bankrupts the country and forces the government to fall and gives its people true, capitalist freedoms, although some perfer to dream of a perfect socialist society in Good Bye, Lenin!. http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Games/Re_Cause_Effect/598/32903/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: leeroy711
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Post Date: 7/22/2008 3:24:19 PM
Body: The Russian Navy refuses to fire on the Battleship Potemkin. Lenin uses the Battleship Potemkin story to fuel the October revolution of 1917 which puts power in the hands of the Bolsheviks. They form the Soviet Union, which Stalin takes control over. After WWII, the USSR takes over East Germany. The communist state of East Germany (later declared sovereign by USSR) creates the Stasi (secret police of East Germany) dissenters of the State and the Socialist Unity Party were questioned, jailed and/or beaten until the accusers heard what the wanted to hear such as in the film, The Lives Of Others. Allright so, you could have probably fit about 2 or 3 movies in between those two but I would say this was a pretty good example of cause and effect.
]]>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:24:19 GMTleeroy711Movie Games7/22/2008 3:24:19 PMThe Russian Navy refuses to fire on the Battleship Potemkin. Lenin uses the Battleship Potemkin story to fuel the October revolution of 1917 which puts power in the hands of the Bolsheviks. They form the Soviet Union, which Stalin takes control over. After WWII, the USSR takes over East Germany. The communist state of East Germany (later declared sovereign by USSR) creates the Stasi (secret police of East Germany) dissenters of the State and the Socialist Unity Party were questioned, jailed and/or beaten until the accusers heard what the wanted to hear such as in the film, The Lives Of Others. Allright so, you could have probably fit about 2 or 3 movies in between those two but I would say this was a pretty good example of cause and effect. http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_July_14_The_Angry_Mob/625/32556/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: mercurial
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Post Date: 7/14/2008 8:42:12 PM
Body: Aside from some of my favorites that were already mentioned (M, Edward Scissorhands) I have to say one of the best angry mobs is in Xala. A group of disenfranchised disfigured and destitute storm the home of a wealthy politician, strip him down and proceed to take turns spitting their disease ridden mucus all over him. Fun times. Without straying too far from the topic (the rebellions of films like Battleship Potempkin, Mutiny on the Bounty, Cutthroat Island, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc.) some of the mob scenes that stick out in my mind are: Citizen Ruth - Loaded with mobs of crazy anti-abortionists. The Dreamers - At the end of the film when the mob of students storm through the streets. The Night of the Hunter Elvira, Mistress of the Dark - Hilariously bad movie with a great mob of prudish townsfolk. A Nightmare on Elm Street - Brief but essential. Dogville - I know this is bending what exactly constitutes an "angry mob" but the conspiratorial townspeople are just completely fucked up and mob-like in this movie so I had to add it.
]]>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:42:12 GMTmercurialWeekly Theme7/14/2008 8:42:12 PMAside from some of my favorites that were already mentioned (M, Edward Scissorhands) I have to say one of the best angry mobs is in Xala. A group of disenfranchised disfigured and destitute storm the home of a wealthy politician, strip him down and proceed to take turns spitting their disease ridden mucus all over him. Fun times. Without straying too far from the topic (the rebellions of films like Battleship Potempkin, Mutiny on the Bounty, Cutthroat Island, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc.) some of the mob scenes that stick out in my mind are: Citizen Ruth - Loaded with mobs of crazy anti-abortionists. The Dreamers - At the end of the film when the mob of students storm through the streets. The Night of the Hunter Elvira, Mistress of the Dark - Hilariously bad movie with a great mob of prudish townsfolk. A Nightmare on Elm Street - Brief but essential. Dogville - I know this is bending what exactly constitutes an "angry mob" but the conspiratorial townspeople are just completely fucked up and mob-like in this movie so I had to add it. http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_July_7_Foodie_Heaven/625/32504/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: leeroy711
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Post Date: 7/13/2008 8:39:47 PM
Body: [quote user="unclefestering"] [quote user="leeroy711"] I just finished watching another film, Battleship Potemkin, that fits the topic because of the original reason for the uprising. Coincidently, this film also fits perfectly into next week's theme, to be announced tomorrow evening. [/quote] Hmmm. I don't know if I'd consider maggoty beef "Foodie Heaven." [/quote] It was for the maggots.
]]>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:39:47 GMTleeroy711Weekly Theme7/13/2008 8:39:47 PM[quote user="unclefestering"] [quote user="leeroy711"] I just finished watching another film, Battleship Potemkin, that fits the topic because of the original reason for the uprising. Coincidently, this film also fits perfectly into next week's theme, to be announced tomorrow evening. [/quote] Hmmm. I don't know if I'd consider maggoty beef "Foodie Heaven." [/quote] It was for the maggots. http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_July_7_Foodie_Heaven/625/32498/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: unclefestering
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Post Date: 7/13/2008 6:13:34 PM
Body: [quote user="leeroy711"] I just finished watching another film, Battleship Potemkin, that fits the topic because of the original reason for the uprising. Coincidently, this film also fits perfectly into next week's theme, to be announced tomorrow evening. [/quote] Hmmm. I don't know if I'd consider maggoty beef "Foodie Heaven." Then again since we already threw Delicatessen on the list... I guess meat is meat. Might as well add Motel Hell to the list. "It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent's fritters."
]]>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:13:34 GMTunclefesteringWeekly Theme7/13/2008 6:13:34 PM[quote user="leeroy711"] I just finished watching another film, Battleship Potemkin, that fits the topic because of the original reason for the uprising. Coincidently, this film also fits perfectly into next week's theme, to be announced tomorrow evening. [/quote] Hmmm. I don't know if I'd consider maggoty beef "Foodie Heaven." Then again since we already threw Delicatessen on the list... I guess meat is meat. Might as well add Motel Hell to the list. "It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent's fritters." http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/Classic/MemberTagFilms.aspxClassic
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