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Old April-29th-2004, 12:13 AM   #1
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Best Movie You've Ever Seen

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Old April-29th-2004, 12:16 AM   #2
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Old April-29th-2004, 12:21 AM   #3
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I don't really see too many movies, but the best I've seen in recent years was "Lone Star."
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Old April-29th-2004, 12:32 AM   #4
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I don't really see too many movies, but the best I've seen in recent years was "Lone Star."
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That's a favorite of mine too. I'm a big fan of John Sayles overall as well.

I used to say the best film I've ever seen was "The Third Man". But then there's several Kurosawa and Bergman films I adore, and many, many more I can't think of at the moment.

Third Man is as close to perfect as any I can mention.
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Old April-29th-2004, 12:38 AM   #5
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Ah, breaker one-nine, this here's the Rubber Duck. You gotta copy on me, Pig Pen, c'mon? Ah, yeah, 10-4, Pig Pen, fer shure, fer shure. By golly, it's clean clear to Flag Town, c'mon. Yeah, that's a big 10-4 there, Pig Pen, yeah, we definitely got the front door, good buddy. Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy...

Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June
In a Kenworth pullin' logs
Cab-over Pete with a reefer on
And a Jimmy haulin' hogs
We is headin' for bear on I-one-oh
'Bout a mile outta Shaky Town
I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck.
"And I'm about to put the hammer down."

[Chorus]
'Cause we got a little convoy
Rockin' through the night.
Yeah, we got a little convoy,
Ain't she a beautiful sight?
Come on and join our convoy
Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way.
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy
'Cross the U-S-A.
Convoy!


[On the CB]
Ah, breaker, Pig Pen, this here's the Duck. And, you wanna back off them hogs? Yeah, 10-4, 'bout five mile or so. Ten, roger. Them hogs is gettin' in-tense up here.

By the time we got into Tulsa Town,
We had eighty-five trucks in all.
But they's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf,
And them bears was wall-to-wall.
Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper;
They even had a bear in the air!
I says, "Callin' all trucks, this here's the Duck.
"We about to go a-huntin' bear."

[Chorus]
'Cause we got a great big convoy
Rockin' through the night.
Yeah, we got a great big convoy,
Ain't she a beautiful sight?
Come on and join our convoy
Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way.
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy
'Cross the U-S-A.
Convoy!


[On the CB]
Ah, you wanna give me a 10-9 on that, Pig Pen? Negatory, Pig Pen; you're still too close. Yeah, them hogs is startin' to close up my sinuses. Mercy sakes, you better back off another ten.

Well, we rolled up Interstate 44
Like a rocket sled on rails.
We tore up all of our swindle sheets,
And left 'em settin' on the scales.
By the time we hit that Chi-town,
Them bears was a-gettin' smart:
They'd brought up some reinforcements
From the Illinoise National Guard.
There's armored cars, and tanks, and jeeps,
And rigs of ev'ry size.
Yeah, them chicken coops was full'a bears
And choppers filled the skies.
Well, we shot the line and we went for broke
With a thousand screamin' trucks
An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus
In a chartreuse micra-bus.


[On the CB]
Ah, Rubber Duck to Sodbuster, come over. Yeah, 10-4, Sodbuster? Lissen, you wanna put that micra-bus right behind that suicide jockey? Yeah, he's haulin' dynamite, and he needs all the help he can get.

Well, we laid a strip for the Jersey shore
And prepared to cross the line
I could see the bridge was lined with bears
But I didn't have a dog-goned dime.
I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck.
"We just ain't a-gonna pay no toll."
So we crashed the gate doing ninety-eight
I says "Let them truckers roll, 10-4."

[Chorus]
'Cause we got a mighty convoy
Rockin' through the night.
Yeah, we got a mighty convoy,
Ain't she a beautiful sight?
Come on and join our convoy
Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way.
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy
'Cross the U-S-A.


Convoy! Ah, 10-4, Pig Pen, what's your twenty?
Convoy! OMAHA? Well, they oughta know what to do with them hogs out there fer shure. Well, mercy
Convoy! sakes, good buddy, we gonna back on outta here, so keep the bugs off your glass and the bears off your...
Convoy! tail. We'll catch you on the flip-flop. This here's the Rubber Duck on the side.
Convoy! We gone. 'Bye,'bye.

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Michael, you wouldn't be having us on here?
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Old April-29th-2004, 12:40 AM   #6
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Yeah Lone Star was terrific.

I would have to vote for Andrei Rublev as my favorite non-english language film though.

Favorite American film? Deer Hunter maybe or Taxi Driver.

Once Upon A time In America is really Italian I suppose and although I think it's flawed, I still love it.

Citizen Kane

sorry, can't stop at one, or ten.

Le Enfants du Paradis (SP?)

The Thin Red Line

Seven Samurai

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Old April-29th-2004, 12:41 AM   #7
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Michael, you wouldn't be having us on here?
I know that you know that he is, and he knows that you know too.
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Old April-29th-2004, 12:43 AM   #8
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I would have to vote for Andrei Rublev as my favorite though.
I need to rent that one. Been meaning to ever since seeing The Mirror.

JBW - Did you ever get a chance to see "Dreams"? I was curious to read your impressions. Not his best by a longshot, but a beautiful film nonetheless. I know Mone thinks it stunk.
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Old April-29th-2004, 12:46 AM   #11
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I know that you know that he is, and he knows that you know too.

LOL

You're right about The Third Man too.

I watched it but didn't really like it as much as his earlier films, but it didn't stink though. Have you seen Ikiru or Dersu Uzala? I saw a brilliant documentary on Kurosawa recently and really want to see those two.

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Old April-29th-2004, 12:56 AM   #12
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Dreams WAS an awesome flick. Whether it was his best or not, GREAT flick!!
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Old April-29th-2004, 01:03 AM   #13
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Wow. Tough call, basically impossible to decide. I'll give it a shot; keep in mind I'm under 25, so most of you have a head start:

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Old April-29th-2004, 01:13 AM   #14
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. . .blah, blah, blah "the cuckoo clock." Fuck that noise running home. You want some indelible lines?

Luis Rico: "My name. . .is Lu-EEZ. . .Huh-LEE-ko"

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Luis Rico: "Do you know what dat eez?"

LK: (matter-of-factly) "Cocaine?"

Luis Rico: "No. . . . . .PAHW-UH. . .MO-nee an' PAHW-UH"

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Luis Rico: (to Wally whilst bound at the campfire) "Deez DunDEE. . .tell me about heem."
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Old April-29th-2004, 01:14 AM   #15
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I would have to vote for Andrei Rublev as my favorite non-english language film though...The Thin Red Line
I've never seen "Andrei Rublev." However, I have seen "The The Thin Red Line." The latter was terrific. As opposed to what others may have mentioned. I believe the violence of war is opposed to the ease of nature's progression in the latter film. Frankly, I couldn't care less what others think. It doesn't matter, does it?
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Old April-29th-2004, 01:20 AM   #17
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I've never seen "Andrei Rublev." However, I have seen "The The Thin Red Line." The latter was terrific. As opposed to what others may have mentioned. I believe the violence of war is opposed to the ease of nature's progression in the latter film. Frankly, I couldn't care less what others think. It doesn't matter, does it?
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It doesn't matter a jot what others think.
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Old April-29th-2004, 01:32 AM   #18
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Ikiru or Dersu Uzala? I saw a brilliant documentary on Kurosawa recently and really want to see those two.

Both are excellent! And both are quite unlike Yojimbo and Seven Samurai.
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Old April-29th-2004, 01:42 AM   #19
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Yes, being different to the other films is exactly why I want to see them. I saw a shot from Ikiru where the protagonist is on one of 'his' swings singing a song. It seemed from that brief glimpse to be incredibly moving.
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Old April-29th-2004, 07:20 AM   #20
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Favorite American film? Deer Hunter maybe or Taxi Driver.
Deer Hunter is a great choice.

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. . .blah, blah, blah "the cuckoo clock." Fuck that noise running home. You want some indelible lines?
Haha. Well, even if you don't care for Welles' improvisations, one could appreciate that film with the sound OFF
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Have you seen Ikiru or Dersu Uzala? I saw a brilliant documentary on Kurosawa recently and really want to see those two.
No to both, but I am anxious to rent Ikiru especially (thanks for the reminder, now I have 2 excellent films to look forward to.)

Another favorite pick of mine for "best" is Wild Strawberries. That was my first Bergman film and so the experience of being utterly blown away by ALL of it is still a very fond memory. I watch it every other year, or so.
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Old April-29th-2004, 07:45 AM   #23
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This is my favorite.



My favorite older film is


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Old April-29th-2004, 08:14 AM   #24
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Classics all

Dennis Christopher, John Gordon-Sinclair where are you now?
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Old April-29th-2004, 08:56 AM   #25
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Impossible to say, though it's hard to imagine a better movie than "Andrei Rublev".

'Badlands' is still, possibly, my favorite American movie.
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Old April-29th-2004, 09:00 AM   #26
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My number one favorite movie of all time?

The Godfather.

No contest.
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Old April-29th-2004, 09:25 AM   #27
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I hear you Brian about the impossibility factor & Badlands is definitely in my top “5.” Along with “The Wild Bunch,” “A Face in the Crowd” and “Midnight Cowboy.”

This month, my all-time fave would probably be Assault on Precinct 13- perfect in its deadpan melodrama, creepiness & sense of senseless doom. The ‘potatoes’ scene is a classic in the category of non sequitur scenes.

Convoy is f_cking hilarious!
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Old April-29th-2004, 11:12 AM   #29
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I'm intrigued lately by Sam Fuller's movies, having watched Pickup On South Street a couple of times last week.



Has anyone seen his "Shark," featuring a very young Burt Reynolds? I heard that it blows pretty bad, but am interested nonetheless.
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