My Favorite Movies


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1
The Saragossa Manuscript 1965,  Unrated)
The Saragossa Manuscript
Frames within frames within frames.
2
Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey 1931,  Unrated)
Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey
Doktor Faust is tapped to stanch an onslaught of lesbian granny vampires in Mittel Europa.
3
Forbidden Zone 2012,  R)
Forbidden Zone
New Wave vaudeville, courtesy of the brothers Elfman. Herve Villechaize as Emperor of the Fourth Dimension, Danny Elfman as the Devil.
4
The Last Movie 1971,  R)
The Last Movie
UA gave Dennis Hopper 5 million dollars to do drugs in Peru with Peter Fonda and Dean Stockwell, and it shows.

Strikingly gorgeous, notably incoherent and improbably brilliant. Three thumbs up.
5
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 1927,  Unrated)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Looks totally fake, in a good way. A high water mark of German expressionism in Hollywood.
6
True Grit 1969,  G)
True Grit
Rooster Cogburn: Mr Rat... My writ here says you must stop eating Chen Lee's cornmeal forthwith. It's a rat writ, writ for a rat, and this is lawful service of same. See, he doesn't pay any attention to me.(Shoots rat.)

Mattie: Outside is the place for shooting!

RC: I'm serving some papers

Mattie: That was your job in the first place!

RC:You can't serve papers on a rat, baby sister. You've got to kill him or let him be. ... Judge Parker... Old Carpetbagger! But he knows his rats. We had a good court... ...until those pettifogging lawyers moved in. The ratcatcher's too tough on the rats! "Give them rats a fair show," they say. What fair show did they give old man Potter? Tell me that. Finer man never lived.
7
Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo (The Gospel According to St. Matthew) 1964,  Unrated)
Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo (The Gospel According to St. Matthew)
Straight bible narrative from atheist-homo-commie auteur Pasolini.

The angry Christ will make you shit your pants. Scary.
8
The Old Dark House 1932,  Unrated)
The Old Dark House
A dark and stormy night. Car breaks down in the Welsh countryside, and the occupants take refuge in a large creepy house.

There, they meet more improbable refugees, a hyperactive poofter and a mute butler (Karloff). A comedy of manners ensues, and weirdness builds throughout the night to a frenetic, eerie, and indescribable crescendo.
9
Withnail and I 1987,  R)

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