Monthly Archives: August 2018

My Favorite Lars von Trier Films

28 Tuesday Aug 2018

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1.   Dogville (2003)

2.   Melancholia (2011)

3.   Dancer in the Dark (2000)

4.   Antichrist (2009)

5.   Breaking the Waves (1996)

6.   The Kingdom (1994-1997)
(Danish TV miniseries)

7.   The Idiots (1998)

8.   The Five Obstructions (2003)
(Documentary)

9.   Europa (1991)
(no relation to Europa Europa)

10. Manderlay (2005)

11. Medea (1988)
(Danish TV Film)

12. Nymphomaniac (2013)

13. The Element of Crime (1984)

14. The Boss of It All (2006)

15. Epidemic (1987)

My Favorite Erich von Stroheim Films

28 Tuesday Aug 2018

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1.   Greed (1924)
(I saw it on a 1999 VHS tape)

2.   Foolish Wives (1922)

3.   Blind Husbands (1919)

4.   The Merry Widow (1925)

5.   The Wedding March (1928)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

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1.   Queen Kelly (1929/1932)

My Favorite Josef von Sternberg Films

28 Tuesday Aug 2018

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1.   The Scarlet Empress (1934)

2.   The Docks of New York (1928)

3.   The Shanghai Gesture (1941)

4.   Anatahan (1953)

5.   Morocco (1930)

6.   The Devil Is a Woman (1935)

7.   Shanghai Express (1932)

8.   The Blue Angel (1930)

9.   The Last Command (1928)

10. Underworld (1927)

11. The Salvation Hunters (1925)
(I watched it on youtube. Choose the link that gives a running time of 1:25:43)

12. Blonde Venus (1932)

13. Dishonored (1931)

14. An American Tragedy (1931)

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1.   Crime and Punishment (1935)

2.   Macao (1952)
(co-directed with Nicholas Ray)

3.   Jet Pilot (1957)

My Favorite Luchino Visconti Films

26 Sunday Aug 2018

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1.   The Leopard (1963)

2.   Senso (1954)

3.   Death in Venice (1971)

4.   Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

5.   Bellissima (1951)

6.   La Terra Trema (1948)

7.   White Nights (1957)

8.   Ossessione (1943)

9.   Ludwig (1972)

10. Conversation Piece (1974)

11. The Damned (1969)

12. The Innocent (1976)

13. The Stranger (1967)
(I watched it on youtube)

14. Sandra (1965)
(I watched it on youtube)

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1.   Boccaccio ’70 (1962)
(Segment: “Il Lavoro”)
(Anthology Film)

My Favorite King Vidor Films

26 Sunday Aug 2018

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1.   The Crowd (1928) 

2.   Our Daily Bread (1934)

3.   The Big Parade (1925)

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1.   Show People (1928)

2.   The Patsy (1928)
(no relation to the 1964 Jerry Lewis film)

3.   Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)

4.   La Boheme (1926)

5.   Street Scene (1931)

6.   Not So Dumb (1930)

7.   Our Daily Bread (1934)

8.   Duel in the Sun (1946)

9.   Hallelujah (1929)

10. Billy the Kid (1930)

11. Bird of Paradise (1932)

12. Stella Dallas (1937)

13. The Champ (1931)

14. The Citadel (1938)

15. H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)

16. The Wedding Night (1935)

17. The Texas Rangers (1936)

My Favorite Paul Verhoeven Films

24 Friday Aug 2018

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1.   Showgirls (1995)

2.   Black Book (2006)

3.   Basic Instinct (1992)

4.   The Fourth Man (1983)

5.   Elle (2016)

6.   Starship Troopers (1997)

7.   Robocop (1987)

8.   Total Recall (1990)

9.   Soldier of Orange (1977)

10. Turkish Delight (1973)

11. Spetters (1980)

12. Flesh+Blood (1985)

13. Katie Tippel (1975)

14. Tricked (2012)

15. Business Is Business (1971)

16. Hollow Man (2000)

My Favorite Edgar G. Ulmer Films

24 Friday Aug 2018

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1.   Detour (1945)

2.   The Black Cat (1934)
(no relation to the Edgar Allan Poe story)

3.   The Naked Dawn (1955)

4.   Bluebeard (1944)

5.   Ruthless (1948)

6.   Strange Illusion (1945)

7.   Her Sister’s Secret (1946)

8.   The Strange Woman (1946)

9.   Murder Is My Beat (1955)

10. The Man from Planet X (1951)

11. People on Sunday (1930)
(co-directed with Robert Siodmak)

My Favorite Shinya Tsukamoto Films

24 Friday Aug 2018

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1.   Tokyo Fist (1995)

2.   Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

3.   A Snake of June (2002)

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1.   Vital (2004)

2.   Gemini (1999)

3.   Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992)

My Favorite Tsui Hark Films

24 Friday Aug 2018

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1.   Peking Opera Blues (1986)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

2.   The Blade (1995)

3.   Time and Tide (2000)

4.   Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)

5.   Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)

6.   Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)

7.   Once Upon a Time in China (1991)

8.   The Lovers (1994)

9.   Green Snake (1993)

10. Seven Swords (2005)

11. The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014)

12. Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)

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1.   The Chinese Feast (1995)

2.   Once Upon a Time in China III (1993)

3.   We’re Going to Eat You (1980)

4.   Triangle (2007)
(co-directed with Ringo Lam and Johnnie To)

5.   A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon (1989)

6.   All About Women (2008)

My Favorite Francois Truffaut Films

23 Thursday Aug 2018

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1.   Jules and Jim (1962) 

2.   The 400 Blows (1959)

3.   The Green Room (1978)
(no relation to the 2015 film)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

4.   The Woman Next Door (1981)

5.   Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

6.   The Soft Skin (1964)

7.   Stolen Kisses (1968)

8.   The Wild Child (1970)

9.   Small Change (1976)

10. The Story of Adele H. (1975)

11. Two English Girls (1971)

12. Mississippi Mermaid (1969)

13. The Last Metro (1980)

14. Day for Night (1973)

15. The Man Who Loved Women (1977)

16. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

17. The Bride Wore Black (1968)

18. Bed and Board (1970)

19. Confidentially Yours (1983)

20. Love on the Run (1979)

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1.   Antoine and Colette (1962)

2.   The Mischief Makers (1957)

3.   A Story of Water (1958)
(co-directed with Jean-Luc Godard)

Note: The reason you do not see 1971’s Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me on here is because it has been available to see on Blu-Ray/DVD here in the United States. Therefore, I have never seen it.