MC Wednesday Inventory #3: The Five Films that Most Embody "Your" Taste

[Russ]

I like absurdity, things that explore humanity, art and religion, and irreverent action.

Also watch any Mark Rappaport film you can lay your hands on.

After reading this, I was gonna say I bet you Russ could have you covered for months with recs. Might have a few myself.:P

Yeppers, I reckon that's true.

[Watashi]

1. A Goofy Movie
2. Whisper of the Heart
3. Happy Go-Lucky
4. The Thin Red Line
5. Network

[megladon8]

Hey this is a cool thread idea.

I'm really into genre-bending. It's funny how, saying that, I am really not much a Tarantino fan.

Of course I'm huge into superheroes and that, and while I love superhero films and going to see them, films in their ranks that I would put among my "favorites" are few and far between - like, count on one hand few and far between.

I really am enthusiastic, though, about the previously mentioned bending and blending of genres, which I imagine will come across in my list:

American Psycho
Le Samourai
Oldboy
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Superman

[D_Davis]

1. A Goofy Movie
2. Whisper of the Heart
3. Happy Go-Lucky
4. The Thin Red Line
5. Network

I get everything here except for #4. What is it about that film that identifies with you?

[D_Davis]

HM: An American Werewolf in London (1981)

This almost made my list, but I decided to go for KFM instead. You just can't go wrong with Landis and Co. during their heyday.

[Winston*]

I don't know.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

1. Black Narcissus
2. Juliet of the Spirits
3. The Naked Island
4. The Passion of Joan of Arc
5. Fucking Amal

[MadMan]

I don't know.

Heh just make up a random list. Hell Winston* you are kind of a random guy so it would work

This almost made my list, but I decided to go for KFM instead. You just can't go wrong with Landis and Co. during their heyday.

Absolutely. I haven't seen KFM but I really should.

Oh and I realized I could probably do this over and over again. I'll stick with my list but I could also cover classic westerns, ultra violent horror movies, badass action movies, and shittastic comedies that critics hated but I like.

[Watashi]

I get everything here except for #4. What is it about that film that identifies with you?

I love movies that ponder the questions of good vs. evil and connects it with nature. One of my favorite books is The Things They Carried. It totally resonates with me.

[B-side]

3. The Naked Island

ritch:

[Russ]

3. The Naked Island

ritch:

I thought about making a list, and this was the first title that came to mind.

[Ezee E]

I feel like I should put in Do The Right Thing to replace The Fly...

[Raiders]

The likely "best answer" with respect to my love of the austere, minimalist and tragic cinema...

1. Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
2. The Ascent (1977)
3. Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
4. Two Lovers (2008)
5. Wanda (1971)

The answer I wanted to give...

1. Scorpio Rising (1964)
2. White Dog (1982)
3. A Bucket of Blood (1959)
4. God Told Me To (1976)
5. Glen or Glenda

But that probably is not really indicative of my general taste, just my personal love of low budget and/or camp classics with some meat on the bones.

[Derek]

I thought about making a list, and this was the first title that came to mind.

Yayzees for the Naked Island love. Such an amazing film.

[baby doll]

Fish and Chips: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Sushi: Late Spring
Curry Chicken: Aparajito
Korean Barbeque: The Housemaid (1960)
Sichuanese Hot Pot: 24 City

[Kurosawa Fan]

The Passion of Joan of Arc
To Be or Not to Be
Throne of Blood
No Direction Home
Rififi

[Melville]

Film as existential phenomenology and a window to transcendence:

Emak-Bakia
Edvard Munch
Possession
Solaris
Ordet

[B-side]

Melville is always the best at things.

[Lucky]

Colorful and tragic--sweet on the outside, bitter on the inside.

2046
Moulin Rouge
House of Flying Daggers
Pan's Labyrinth
Grave of the Fireflies

[Fezzik]

This is a tough one. My tastes vary so much, so I will try to touch on films that touch on some of the things that inhabit the ones I love the most.

1. Almost Famous
2. Singin' in the Rain
3. Ratatouille
4. In the Mood For Love
5. Back to the Future

[Dukefrukem]

I thought of five more than share a common theme that I really enjoy watching.

1. Breakdown
2. Count of Monte Cristo
3. the Godfather
4. Oldboy
5. Taken

[Sycophant]

This doesn't look too different from any top films list I might write up. There's no coherent theme that I can see, but I think this maps out the most basic outlines of my tastes.

God of Cookery
The Royal Tenenbaums
Bullet in the Head
Hanabi
Hara-kiri

At first I had Mr. Thank You in place of Hanabi, but I think this is probably a more sensible configuration, though it leaves a blind spot to early Showa cinema or even prewar cinema at all. I also considered Preston Sturges film in its place (probably Sullivan's Travels) but I think Wes Anderson and Stephen Chow somehow bridge that gap for me.

[Lurch]

1. Alien
2. Die Hard
3. Caddyshack
4. Apocalypse Now
5. Psycho