Kayla's favourite movies (under construction)

[sacrilegend]

Well, it's nice to finally meet you, Endre. I'm Kayla

[kiddo]

Same back. I am seriosuly very happy you've found this site... I am about to fall in love with you...

[sacrilegend]

Hahahaha... Why thank you! I'm happy that you're happy and I'm happy that I found this site as well. You've made my day!

Enjoy yours, too.

[kiddo]

It's just "Endre".

Well, promise me to check out my #1. I think it's the film closest to my heart (for the moment, you know as well as I do that these things change all the time...).

I have looked for Wings of Desire, but It's so damn expensive! Oh well, if I don't find it cheap, I'll just trust you that it's THAT good and just buy it... I just have to get some more money in my hands.

I'm going to watch Wenders Buena Vista Social Club this evening, and I'll be sure to tell you what I thought.

[kiddo]

Oh, I forgot to answer on a question...

I have seen Mulholland Dr. and find it utterly great; so dreamlike and mysterious... It's movie magic in it's most inscrutable, but delicious, form.

Haven't seen Paris, Texas, but I have been very interested in it for a while. I will try to check it out soon.

[sacrilegend]

Good

I promise, promise promise promise. They do change easily, but Wings of Desire is so fantastic that I don't think it will in a long time. I always heard this lyric by Nick Cave, and never understood it until I watched this movie:

And I wish that I was made of stone
So that I would not have to see
A beauty impossible to define
A beauty impossible to believe
A beauty impossible to endure

Maybe that explains how I feel about Wings of Desire? It kind of means that I'd rather be blind than see this kind of beauty, becasue it makes you think you'll never see beauty again and that you'd like to show it to the world but you can't. And it makes beauty tangible, which I don't believe is a good thing.

If you don't want to buy, maybe rent it if you can? I have no idea what it's like in Norway.

Make sure to, I loved it. Amazing music!

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criterionmaster said:

You've seen the Tin Drum!? I am really dying to see it.

I have it on frigging DVD man! Please watch it? Rent (preferably BUY) it, like, this weekend.

[sacrilegend]

kiddo said:

Oh, I forgot to answer on a question...

I have seen Mulholland Dr. and find it utterly great; so dreamlike and mysterious... It's movie magic in it's most inscrutable, but delicious, form.

Haven't seen Paris, Texas, but I have been very interested in it for a while. I will try to check it out soon.

Please do.

And I just remembered that you'd already told me you'd seen it. Have you seen Pi by Darren Aronofsky?

[criterionmaster]

sacrilegend said:

criterionmaster said:

You've seen the Tin Drum!? I am really dying to see it.

I have it on frigging DVD man! Please watch it? Rent (preferably BUY) it, like, this weekend.

The DVD here costs so much, but I will try and check it out as soon as possible. Isn't there like child pornography in it or something close to it? At least that is what I hear.

[captainofbeef]

If there is child porn in it, it will be your favorite movie Dan.

[sacrilegend]

I think so... It doesn't really count as pornography but there are very strong sexual themes in the movie, which include children sometimes. Look for yourself!

[kiddo]

No, it's not any child porn in it. It's just a 16-year old girl (or something around that age) who is fucking with a man in his 40-50s. And there's a sex between our main hero, who looks like a 5-year old, but really is 16, and the same girl. That's all.

EDIT: Sorry, Kayla. Didn't know you posted before me.

[sacrilegend]

There is none.
Yes there is!
Oh, no, there isn't. Actually.

Darn!

[criterionmaster]

Thanks for the answers. I was just wondering since there is a feature on the Criterion DVD about it or something. And no beed, it wouldn't be my favorite movie (although she would be my age so I don't count that as child pornography).

[sacrilegend]

Yeah, it's pretty disturbing, but it portrays all the hate and anger of the world in that time perfectly. When it was finished I just sat there stunned. I didn't know what to say!

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Wings of Desire or Der Himmel uber Berlin (Wim Wenders; 1987)

Homer, the aged poet: Where are my heroes? Where are you, my children? Where are my own, the curious ones, the first, the original ones? Name me, muse, the immortal singer who, abandoned by those who listened to him, lost his voice. He who, from the angel of poetry that he was, became a poet, ignored or mocked outside on the threshold of no-man's land.

Withnail and I (Bruce Robinson; 1987)

Withnail: We want the finest wines available to humanity. And we want them here, and we want them now!

Dancer In The Dark (Lars von Trier; 2000)

Selma: Because you just know when it goes really big... and the camera goes like out of the roof... and you just know it's going to end. I hate that. I would leave just after the next to last song... and the film would just go on forever.

Dogville (Lars von Trier; 2003)

Grace: There's a family with kids. Do the kids and make the mother watch. Tell her you'll stop if she can hold back her tears. I owe her that.

Mulholland Drive (David Lynch; 2001)

Cynthia: It's been a very strange day.

Coffee and Cigarettes (Jim Jarmusch; 2003)

Tom Waits: The beauty of quitting is, now that I've quit, I can have one, 'cause I've quit.

Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch; 1995)

Cole Wilson: [seeing a dead marshal's head lying on a woodpile] Looks like a goddamn religious icon!

The Eternal Sunshine of A Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry; 2004)

Clementine: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon.
Joel: I know.
Clementine: What do we do?
Joel: Enjoy it.

Sin City (Frank Miller; 2005)

Dwight: My warrior woman. My Valkyrie. You'll always be mine, always and never. Never. The Fire, baby. It'll burn us both. It'll kill us both. There's no place in this world for our kind of fire. Always and never. If I have to die for you tonight, I will.

Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders; 1984)

Travis: I'm not afraid of heights. I'm afraid of fallin'.

How To Get (a)Head in Advertising (Bruce Robinson; 1989)

Denis Dimbleby Bagley: Perhaps if they'd hanged Jesus Christ we'd all be kneeling in front of a fucking gibbet!

Buffalo '66 (Vincent Gallo; 1998)

Billy Brown: I don't need anybody. Do you hear what I said? Do you hear what I said this time? Wanna know the truth? I coulda had any girl I wanted, in school. Any girl I wanted. You know why I didn't have a girlfriend? Huh? Because there was nobody that I liked. Nobody that I liked. That's the truth. I coulda had anybody. There was nobody that I liked because girls stink. They stink. They're evil, and they're all bad. All of them. They're all backstabbers, like you.

The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky; 2006)

Tom Verde: All these years, all these memories, there was you. You pull me through time.

Elephant (Gus van Sant; 2003)

Alex: So foul and fair a day I have not seen.

Pi (Darren Aronofsky; 1998)

Sol Robeson: There will be no order, only chaos.

The Elephant Man (David Lynch; 1980)

John Merrick: People are frightened by what they don't understand.

Plumed Dwarf: Luck, my friend, luck. Who needs it more than we?

C.R.A.Z.Y. (Jean-Marc Vallée; 2005)

Antoine Beaulieu: [after he surprised Zac imitating Bowie] You done imitating that fucking fag? Huh?! You're making us look like a bunch of idiots.

Monty Python's And Now For Something Completely Different (Ian McNaughton; 1971)

Sergeant-Major: Now, I would just like to point out that this film is displaying a distinct tendency to become SILLY. Now, nobody likes a good laugh more than I do... except, perhaps my wife... and some of her friends. Oh, yes, and Captain Johnson. Come to think of it, most people like a good laugh more than I do, but that's beside the point! I'm warning this film NOT to get SILLY again! Right!

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam; 1983)

Humphrey: And spotteth twice they the camels before the third hour. And so the Midianites went forth to Ram Gilead in Kadesh Bilgemath by Shor Ethra Regalion, to the house of Gash-Bil-Betheul-Bazda, he who brought the butter dish to Balshazar and the tent peg to the house of Rashomon, and there slew they the goats, yea, and placed they the bits in little pots. Here endeth the lesson.

The Graduate (Mike Nichols; 1967)

Mr. Braddock: Would you mind telling me then what those four years of college were for? What was the point of all that hard work?
Benjamin: You got me.

Monty Python's Life of Brian (Terry Jones; 1979)

Brian: You're all different!
The Crowd: Yes, we ARE all different!
Man in crowd: I'm not...
The Crowd: Schhh!


The Tin Drum or Die Blechtrommel (Volker Schlöndorff; 1979)

Oskar Matzerath: You know, Mr. Bebra... to tell the truth, I prefer to be a member of the audience, and let my little art flower in secret.

The United States of Leland (Matthew Ryan Hoge; 2003)

Albert T. Fitzgerald: I recall when our lives were unusual and electric. When we burned with something close to fire. But now we sway to a different rhythm. Lives lived without meaning or even directed hope. The passage of time measured only by loss. Loss of a job, loss of a minivan... a son.

Leland: The worst part is knowing that there is goodness in people. Mostly it stays deep down and buried. Maybe we don't have God because we're scared of the bad stuff. Maybe we're really scared of the good stuff. Because if there's no God, well, that means it's inside of us and we could be good all the time if we wanted. So when we do bad things, it'd be because we want to or because we have to. Or maybe we just need the bad stuff to remind us what the good stuff is in the first place.

Leland: It covers my eyes. It's all I can see. Say there's some kids playing baseball. All I see is the one kid they won't let play because he tells corny jokes. And no-one thinks they're funny. Or I see a boy and a girl in love and kissing, you know. I just see that they're gonna be one of those sad old couples one day who just cheats on each other and can't even look at each other in the eye. And I feel it. I feel all of their sadness. I feel it probably even worse than that sad old couple or that corny kid will ever feel it.

Spirited Away or Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi(Hayao Miyazaki; 2001)

Chihiro: Daddy, are we lost?
Chihiro's Father: Don't worry, I've got four-wheel drive.

Princess Mononoke or Mononoke-hime (Hayao Miyazaki; 1997)

Lady Eboshi: What exactly are you here for?
Prince Ashitaka: To see with eyes unclouded by hate.

Life Is Beautiful or La Vita è bella (Roberto Benigni; 1997)

Giosué Orefice: [watching his uncle being sent to the gas chamber] Where is Uncle going?
Guido: Uh... oh, he's playing on a different team. Goodbye, Uncle!
Giosué Orefice: Goodbye, Uncle.

[sacrilegend]

Edited, and added pictures. Yay!

[Clark Nova]

i watched Paris, Texas a few days ago, don't know if you read my comments or not. LOVED it.

[kiddo]

Quite a varied list, which I saw much clearer now when you added pictures. I love Mulholland Dr., Coffee and Cigarettes, Elephant and The Elephant Man, as you probably know. I don't like Spirited away that much, though. Neither did I enjoy Eternal that much. Sin City is nice, though. Good entertainment at least, although I think the film lacked some of the power that was in the comic.

Oh, and that image you choose from Wings of Desire makes me further interested in the film. Looks great!

And:

kiddo said:

Have you seen this (Broken Flowers), Kayla? I know you will loooove it.

[sacrilegend]

kiddo said:

Quite a varied list, which I saw much clearer now when you added pictures. I love Mulholland Dr., Coffee and Cigarettes, Elephant and The Elephant Man, as you probably know. I don't like Spirited away that much, though. Neither did I enjoy Eternal that much. Sin City is nice, though. Good entertainment at least, although I think the film lacked some of the power that was in the comic.

Oh, and that image you choose from Wings of Desire makes me further interested in the film. Looks great!

And:

kiddo said:

Have you seen this (Broken Flowers), Kayla? I know you will loooove it.

No, unfortunately I haven't seen it. Ugh. I'm going to!

About Wings of Desire: I know. That shot is one of the least interesting in the whole movie. Just get your hands on this one, now!

Sin City - I never read the comic, and When I saw this, I don't think it lacked in any kind of power. WHoa! I was in love.

Spirited Away, Nacho Libre, etc. - I've explained my choive in these films.

[PTAhole]

Don't put Spirited Away on the level of shit like Nacho Libre, please. That is all.

[sacrilegend]

Thanks, but I have my own reason. Sorry if I've offended! I didn't mean to...

[PTAhole]

Oh, sorry if I came off the wrong way. I know why you have Nacho Libre on there, I just don't think there is a need to make that excuse for Spirited Away, as it is a genuinely good film.

[sacrilegend]

It's not an excuse, actually. But I understand where you're coming from.

[sacrilegend]

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[Nomansvally]

Great photos! I really have to see Paris, Texas as well as rewatching Wings Of Desire...
The Graduate is very fun to watch, classic ending! But I was wondering, which films have you seen by David Lynch except Mulholland Drive and Elephant Man?

[sacrilegend]

None on which I can comment (or add to my list), unfortunately, for they were along time ago! I seem pretty quick to decide, but I love this guy.

Long ago I saw Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart, but I need to rewatch, then they're going on my list.

[Nomansvally]

I see, you should do that and include Eraserhead, Dune, Lost Highway and The Straight Story. ;D By the way here is my list, just updated with some new pictures: criterionmaster.proboards104.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=fanny&thread=1165941048&page=1
Whaddayathink?

[sacrilegend]

I looked, and I haven't seen one!

Add the short film Six Men Getting Sick to my Lynch experience. Why no Lynch in your list? Except for Inland Empire?

[Nomansvally]

I've seen these, but for my list I love to have diversity and I can mention that I actually don't consider Lynch one of my core-favorite filmmakers

1. INLAND EMPIRE
2. Mulholland Dr.
3. Eraserhead
4. The Elephant Man
5. Blue velvet
6. Lost Highway
7. The Straight Story
8. Wild at heart
9. Dune