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Stanley Kubrick remains one of my very favourite directors and I think most of his films hold up remarkably well. Interestingly, the one film of his I think actually just gets better every time I see it would be Full Metal Jacket.
None of Kubrick's films disappoint me, not even Eyes Wide Shot or Fear And Desire, despite the latter clearly being an amateur's job. Several of his films are actually of a very high quality in my opinion, including Paths Of Glory, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange and The Shining.
BUT... By now this forum is well aware of my affection with 2001: A Space Odyssey. I don't merely consider this the best Sci-Fi film ever, IMO this is the very best film ever made. The technical skill that went into this film, a film that still looks a lot better than modern CGI jobs, should command every filmmaker's respect. But 2001 also makes me dream of a future of exploration through the stars and of higher intelligences pushing us to the next stage of evolution. Staying aboard the Discovery is every introvert's secret fantasy. Boring you say? Hardly! If you're like me, no vacation sounds quite as good. To travel in solitude to the gas giants... ah, one can only dream.
And lest we forget, the musical choices in this film are simply brilliant.
Kubrick took a lot of heat at the time because people failed to understand 2001, but then it became this trippy sensation for young people doing the brown acid and so 2001 allegedly thrived for several more years on the success it had scored amongst stoners and hippies. It did, however, swiftly become recognised as a philosophical masterpiece, an instruction manual for scientists with a Frankenstein complex, a lesson in modesty for those people who think the universe was created for us and an example for filmmakers who wanted to lift science fiction to a higher level of quality. The likes of Lucas, Scott and Spielberg borrowed heavily from 2001, as they themselves have proudly admitted by the way.
And I've got my eye on Nolan's Interstellar, perhaps the first film to ever match or at least approach the level of quality 2001 radiated upon us in '68.
so let me round this of generally
kuberick-8 and more
Hitch-pretty much most but not counting his tv series
warhol- yes oh yes seen most even the one with hours of teeth oh yeah and thers one with couples kissing for hours
louis malle- most
Catherine Breillat- all
fritz lang- 2-3
Truffaut-quite a bit
george romero- all
dario argento -all
brain freeze, I've seen alot of movies
oh yeh
pier passolini-great box set, 120 days of sodom and Bell' Antonio which in a way I think is kinda how pier felt.
Brilliantly weird.
That's like asking which one of my children is my favourite. It's a tough ask to pick just one. After much deliberation I am going to go with The Shining, though closely followed by 2001, Dr.Strangelove, Full Metal Jacket and A Clockwork Orange.
Dr. Strangelove is alright though.
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* Frank Sinatra
Old Blue Eyes was a charmer and the road to Hollywood can not have been too difficult for the man at the peak of his success. That said, Frank Sinatra was a great film star, not just a famous singer hired because of his fame. He managed to capture Hollywood glamour right away. But he also had good acting skills. Furthermore, he had the guts to not only play obvious heroes, but also anti-heroes. I profoundly respect him for his enjoyable Tony Rome films and even more so for his role in the progressive movie The Detective.
* Justin Timberlake
Okay, I was never into boys bands and pop idols for 14 year old girls. But when I saw Justin Timberlake in The Social Network, I couldn't have been more amazed. Let's face it, the guy can act. I also tracked him down in Friends With Benefits and In Time, and kept being intrigued by his abilities as an actor. Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, ... those guys have nothing compared to Justin Timberlake. My old bias - what, the guy from N'Sync? - was gone the minute he delivered his 'Drop the "the". Facebook...' line in The Social Network.
* David Bowie
He scared me in The Hunger and he impressed the hell out of me in The Prestige as Tesla. Bowie is not just a versatile singer but a charismatic performer in the film arts too. If I had to choose between Bowie the singer and Bowie the actor, I'd need a decade to think it over. The obvious choice would be Bowie the singer, but then I think about The Hunger and I'm not so sure anymore.
A heavily made-up David Bowie in The Hunger (1983)
How about Bjork in Dancer in the Dark, Aaliyah in Romeo Must Die, David Bowie in Labyrinth, Justin Timberlake in In Time, Madonna in Dick Tracy and Mark Wahlberg in many films, chiefly Planet of the Apes, Max Payne, Ted, The Other Guys, The Departed.
I've yet to see Shirley Manson in Sarah Conner Chronicles, but hear she did great.
Aaliyah had potential for sure. Too bad things went as they went.
Shirley Manson, excellent choice! Why didn't I think of that? She was GREAT in the second season of TSCC.
One more I've just thought of: Alice Cooper. :-) Okay, sure, he didn't really "act" in Prince Of Darkness or Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, but he plays one hell of a possessed / abusive father. :P
Should Frank Sinatra not be at under the catogorie musical star. A singer there ask for song movie.
In The Netherlands we also have a couple of actors who start as singer, but not be that good or not intresting enough. The Other way around it happend more a actor can sing.
I just so happened to catch the episode of Columbo he was in, yesterday on TV.
It's got to be Frank Sinatra. Though I suspect that singing was always his first love, he proved himself to be an equally talented actor. I see some love for the Tony Rome films from Dimi. Ocean's Eleven is Sinatra on charisma overdrive. The other end of the scale, from Sinatra's more serious work i'd recommed; The Detective, The Naked Runner (don't let the title fool you, it's quite a sombre film), and Sinatra's last hurrah as a leading man, The First Deadly Sin (could easily have been a belated sequel to The Detective).
Ted, The Other Guys, Shooter, etc. Great actor.
Tupac Shakur
Queen Latifah
These rappers turned thespians have worked out very nicely. Tupac had quite a bit of talent as an actor and singer. Queen Latifah made a very smooth transition from the music scene into the movie scene.
Mark Wahlberg maybe limited, but he´s got charisma.
And, yeah, Bowie always surprised me in a positive manner when I saw him onscreen.
Don´t know if it really counts because the part was so small, but I thought Sting was pretty good in Lock Stock & two smoking Barrells, and also in Dune.
I feel sure there is a British actor or actress I am not remembering yet ...
For me, I have a few favorites: Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, and Bing Crosby
I guess my real favorite is actually Doris. :) I think she was a good actress, and I enjoyed her in everything she did.
I remember reading that Frank was not one to be able to comfortably repeat a performance or who enjoyed rehearsals (like not at all). He just wanted the cameras to roll and he threw himself into it. It was apparently mostly a case of "get him on film quickly." He had a natural instinct for acting, I believe, but not the personality (or caring about) or training to do the same scene the same way or even several times.
I nearly put Shirley MacLaine, who is a great actress - but I think she came up in musicals (the Pajama Game) and not just as a singer starting out (she was very much a dancer since a child).
Also, Dorothy Malone. I know there are others I am not remembering now. Hopefully it will come to me later.
I did enjoy Queen Latifah in The Last Holiday. I'd like to see more of her.
I think she did well in films.
Two I haven't seen mentioned are Tom Waits (Dracula, Domino) and Hong Kong actress Faye Wong.