Slowly Going Bald

"Look, we're gonna spend half the night driving around the Hills looking for this one party, and you're gonna say it sucks, and we're all gonna leave and we're gonna go look for this other party. But all the parties and all the bars, they all suck. I spend half the night talking to some girl who's looking around the room to see if there's someone who's more important she should be talking to, and it's like I'm supposed to be all happy 'cause she's wearing a backpack."

Monday, December 19, 2005

Ten Movies You Should See, Pt. 7: Directors Edition

It's that time again; time for me to drop another 10 titles on the unsuspecting public, and by "public" I mean the handful of people who come across this site and manage to stick around long enough to read something and maybe leave an anonymous insult, which are my most favorite. Anyway, these aren't completely obscure films, but they're also not (I hope) totally predictable ones. They're just movies, most by some big-name directors, that I feel have gone more unnoticed by people my age than is healthy.

[See the first six lists here.]

1. Tape (2001)
2. Coming Home (1978)
3. Being There (1979)
4. The Chorus (2004) (In French with subtitles. Adjust.)
5. Badlands (1973)
6. Days of Heaven (1978)
7. Wild at Heart (1990)
8. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
9. Mean Streets (1973)
10. Manhattan (1979)

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I'm contemplating giving you my Netflix account information and just letting you choose what I see.

By Anonymous, at 6:02 PM, December 19, 2005

I'm contemplating leaving an anonymous insult.

By Matthew, at 12:39 PM, December 20, 2005

You smell like feet.

By Anonymous, at 12:39 PM, December 20, 2005

Wasn't me.

By Matthew, at 12:39 PM, December 20, 2005

You finally put up a list without a single movie I've seen. Sweetness.
RENGLISH

By Anonymous, at 9:48 PM, December 20, 2005

Tape? Really? I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt because I also love Rushmore, but I'm not sure I want to sit through Tape ever again. Manhattan though is in my Top 5.

By Anonymous, at 7:39 AM, December 21, 2005

Most of the movies that I've been seeing are from your list. Recent Netflix rentals include the Contender, Cool Hand Luke, and Whale Rider. I may be mistaken but I think these are on your list somewhere.

You are owed a world of graditude, sir.

By Kyle, at 11:00 PM, December 22, 2005

seen to be or not to be?
good movie, that one.
40's, nazi comedy, jack benny and carole lombard.
most see-worthy.

By Anonymous, at 1:17 AM, December 23, 2005

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Slowly Going Bald

Monday, December 19, 2005

Ten Movies You Should See, Pt. 7: Directors Edition

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