MOVIE SURVEY 7/23/07
Movie survey!
I cribbed this from Ross' regular blog, and he cribbed it from elsewhere, so I guess now its in the public domain ... Here goes!
1) Favorite quote from a filmmaker
"But Roger, don't you want to see the piranhas eat her breasts?" (Joe Dante to Roger Corman during FX test for PIRANHA)
2) A good movie from a bad director
DIE HARD by John McTiernan. Let's face it, McTiernan ... SUCKS. And yet somehow, he made PREDATOR and DIE HARD.
3) Favorite Laurence Olivier performance
That Nazi Hunter in BOYS FROM BRAZIL.
4) Describe a famous location from a movie that you have visited (Bodega Bay, California, where the action in The Birds took place, for example). Was it anything like the way it was in the film? Why or why not?
Lots of Twin peaks locations in Washington state. The trestle bridge from the pilot film was EEEERIE ... Just like the movie. The Double-R Cafe? Not that impressive. And LOTS of Peaks-inspired graffiti in the john. Disappointing.
5) Carlo Ponti or Dino De Laurentiis (Producer)?
Dino, NO QUESTION. C'mon --- ORCA! THE WHITE BUFFALO!
6) Best movie about baseball
BAD NEWS BEARS. Just amazing. I still maintain its *actually* about America in Vietnam.
7) Favorite Barbara Stanwyck performance
I don't think I have ever seen one.
8) Fast Times at Ridgemont High or Dazed and Confused?
FAST TIMES. Duh. Because Dazed doesn't have Phoebe Cates!
9) What was the last movie you saw, and why? (We've used this one before, but your answer is presumably always going to be different, so…)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, but I didn't finish it yet. Its boring and stiff. I've been watching a lot of slasher movies. Sadly, the last film I finished was FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN. It was better than I'd been led to believe; EVERYONE warned me, when asking for it, that "it sucked." So my expectations were rather low ... Even so, it was kinda lame.
10) Whether or not you have actually procreated or not, is there a movie you can think of that seriously affected the way you think about having kids of your own?
Maybe ERASERHEAD or KIDS. Definitely KIDS. Little bastards!
11) Favorite Katharine Hepburn performance
Since THE AVIATOR doesn't count, I'm just going with ON GOLDEN POND.
12) A bad movie from a good director
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME. Hate this POS. Incoherent junk. First 1/2 hour is pretty cool though.
13) Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom-- yes or no?
Hell yeah! That's some sick stuff. Anyone who says "yes," seek out MEN BEHIND THE SUN, that's right up your alley I promise you.
14) Ben Hecht or Billy Wilder (Screenwriter)?
Huh?
15) Name the film festival you'd most want to attend, or your favorite festival that you actually have attended
I don't hink too highly of festivals ... Its such a crapshoot. I always end up seeing such junk, and its too much effort and close proximity to nerds to end up seeing junk.
16) Head or 200 Motels?
Neither. Who wrote this thing?
17) Favorite cameo appearance
David Bowie in YELLOWBEARD.
18) Favorite Rosalind Russell performance
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
19) What movie, either currently available on DVD or not, has never received the splashy collector's edition treatment you think it deserves? What would such an edition include?
There's really just too many to note. And frankly, just give me the movie and the trailer and I'm good. Everything else is gravy, and usually, kinda lame. That said, Sam Peckinpah's CONVOY is really amazing to me, and isn't available on any "real" Region 1 DVD release.
20) Name a performance that everyone needs to be reminded of, for whatever reason
Michael Caine in BATMAN BEGINS is the emotional backbone of that film and I wouldn't have watched it as many times were he not in it. He is so dedicated as loyal and long-suffering Alfred! You really feel that Bruce would never have survived emotionally without Alfred. Amazing performance.
21) Louis B. Mayer or Harry Cohn (Studio Head)?
sigh ... old movies ... whatever ...
22) Favorite John Wayne performance
He gets killed at the end of THE COWBOYS. So ... THE COWBOYS.
23) Naked Lunch or Barton Fink?
Barton Fink by a landslide. Naked Lunch has some really dodgy FX that always ruin the flick for me. And I still don't quite fully "get" Barton Fink, so that must mean it is for smart people.
24) Your Ray Harryhausen movie of choice
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS is really impressive.
25) Is there a movie you can think of that you feel like the world would be better off without, one that should have never been made?
TRANSFORMERS. Its bad for America and bad for the world. Its not even a movie, just a big advertisement that you have to pay to see. Total crap.
26) Favorite Dub Taylor performance
This thing was written by a nerd who wants everyone to realize how informed he is. Well, take that, nerd! I am leaving it blank! REPLACE WITH: FAVORITE DICK MILLER PERFORMANCE:
I love Dick Miller. Basically anything he does is just great. Coming to mind is Murray Futterman in GREMLINS, the occult book dealer in THE HOWLING, and the gun salesman in THE TERMINATOR.
27) If you had the choice of seeing three final movies, to go with your three last meals, before shuffling off this mortal coil, what would they be?
BLADE RUNNERSEVEN SAMURAI and THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (just for good luck)
28) And what movie theater would you choose to see them in?
Assuming I was not in prison and limited to the prison cafeteria and an old 16mm projector ... The Wonder Theatre in San Antonio, long since demolished, but what the hell, I saw everything there: STAR WARS, BLADE RUNNER, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, even EVIL DEAD 2! Failing this, the Woodlawn in San Antonio ... where I saw everything else. For a dollar!
I cribbed this from Ross' regular blog, and he cribbed it from elsewhere, so I guess now its in the public domain ... Here goes!
1) Favorite quote from a filmmaker
"But Roger, don't you want to see the piranhas eat her breasts?" (Joe Dante to Roger Corman during FX test for PIRANHA)
2) A good movie from a bad director
DIE HARD by John McTiernan. Let's face it, McTiernan ... SUCKS. And yet somehow, he made PREDATOR and DIE HARD.
3) Favorite Laurence Olivier performance
That Nazi Hunter in BOYS FROM BRAZIL.
4) Describe a famous location from a movie that you have visited (Bodega Bay, California, where the action in The Birds took place, for example). Was it anything like the way it was in the film? Why or why not?
Lots of Twin peaks locations in Washington state. The trestle bridge from the pilot film was EEEERIE ... Just like the movie. The Double-R Cafe? Not that impressive. And LOTS of Peaks-inspired graffiti in the john. Disappointing.
5) Carlo Ponti or Dino De Laurentiis (Producer)?
Dino, NO QUESTION. C'mon --- ORCA! THE WHITE BUFFALO!
6) Best movie about baseball
BAD NEWS BEARS. Just amazing. I still maintain its *actually* about America in Vietnam.
7) Favorite Barbara Stanwyck performance
I don't think I have ever seen one.
8) Fast Times at Ridgemont High or Dazed and Confused?
FAST TIMES. Duh. Because Dazed doesn't have Phoebe Cates!
9) What was the last movie you saw, and why? (We've used this one before, but your answer is presumably always going to be different, so…)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, but I didn't finish it yet. Its boring and stiff. I've been watching a lot of slasher movies. Sadly, the last film I finished was FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN. It was better than I'd been led to believe; EVERYONE warned me, when asking for it, that "it sucked." So my expectations were rather low ... Even so, it was kinda lame.
10) Whether or not you have actually procreated or not, is there a movie you can think of that seriously affected the way you think about having kids of your own?
Maybe ERASERHEAD or KIDS. Definitely KIDS. Little bastards!
11) Favorite Katharine Hepburn performance
Since THE AVIATOR doesn't count, I'm just going with ON GOLDEN POND.
12) A bad movie from a good director
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME. Hate this POS. Incoherent junk. First 1/2 hour is pretty cool though.
13) Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom-- yes or no?
Hell yeah! That's some sick stuff. Anyone who says "yes," seek out MEN BEHIND THE SUN, that's right up your alley I promise you.
14) Ben Hecht or Billy Wilder (Screenwriter)?
Huh?
15) Name the film festival you'd most want to attend, or your favorite festival that you actually have attended
I don't hink too highly of festivals ... Its such a crapshoot. I always end up seeing such junk, and its too much effort and close proximity to nerds to end up seeing junk.
16) Head or 200 Motels?
Neither. Who wrote this thing?
17) Favorite cameo appearance
David Bowie in YELLOWBEARD.
18) Favorite Rosalind Russell performance
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
19) What movie, either currently available on DVD or not, has never received the splashy collector's edition treatment you think it deserves? What would such an edition include?
There's really just too many to note. And frankly, just give me the movie and the trailer and I'm good. Everything else is gravy, and usually, kinda lame. That said, Sam Peckinpah's CONVOY is really amazing to me, and isn't available on any "real" Region 1 DVD release.
20) Name a performance that everyone needs to be reminded of, for whatever reason
Michael Caine in BATMAN BEGINS is the emotional backbone of that film and I wouldn't have watched it as many times were he not in it. He is so dedicated as loyal and long-suffering Alfred! You really feel that Bruce would never have survived emotionally without Alfred. Amazing performance.
21) Louis B. Mayer or Harry Cohn (Studio Head)?
sigh ... old movies ... whatever ...
22) Favorite John Wayne performance
He gets killed at the end of THE COWBOYS. So ... THE COWBOYS.
23) Naked Lunch or Barton Fink?
Barton Fink by a landslide. Naked Lunch has some really dodgy FX that always ruin the flick for me. And I still don't quite fully "get" Barton Fink, so that must mean it is for smart people.
24) Your Ray Harryhausen movie of choice
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS is really impressive.
25) Is there a movie you can think of that you feel like the world would be better off without, one that should have never been made?
TRANSFORMERS. Its bad for America and bad for the world. Its not even a movie, just a big advertisement that you have to pay to see. Total crap.
26) Favorite Dub Taylor performance
This thing was written by a nerd who wants everyone to realize how informed he is. Well, take that, nerd! I am leaving it blank! REPLACE WITH: FAVORITE DICK MILLER PERFORMANCE:
I love Dick Miller. Basically anything he does is just great. Coming to mind is Murray Futterman in GREMLINS, the occult book dealer in THE HOWLING, and the gun salesman in THE TERMINATOR.
27) If you had the choice of seeing three final movies, to go with your three last meals, before shuffling off this mortal coil, what would they be?
BLADE RUNNERSEVEN SAMURAI and THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (just for good luck)
28) And what movie theater would you choose to see them in?
Assuming I was not in prison and limited to the prison cafeteria and an old 16mm projector ... The Wonder Theatre in San Antonio, long since demolished, but what the hell, I saw everything there: STAR WARS, BLADE RUNNER, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, even EVIL DEAD 2! Failing this, the Woodlawn in San Antonio ... where I saw everything else. For a dollar!
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