Kevin's Watch

Rashomon
Yojimbo
Bladerunner
Glory
Starship Troopers (I need to get Heinlein's book, too)
Leon - The Professional

More on the way.

Starship Troopers - the book, is excellent.

ah , yes, but Starship Troopers the film. Horribilis!

The only film where I applauded everytime one the characters died. Well that and Battleship Potemtkin.

Where to begin with this list??

I'm interested in THX 1138. Also looking forward to the Star Wars trilogy in September. (Gee, that's an understatement.)

I also wish for the release of Little Buddha on DVD. It's a Bernardo Bertolucci film that came and went without much fanfare in 1994, but it's one of my all-time favorites. It's another beautifully photographed movie by Vittorio Storaro.

I'm also hoping Metropolitan appears on DVD one of these days. It's a 1990 satire by Whit Stillman about an outsider who meets and ends up making friends with a group of upper class New York intellectual socialites (that's a mouthful). The dialogue is super sharp and funny. Odd as it may sound, the story moves me as well. Another all-time favorite.

edinburghemma wrote:ah , yes, but Starship Troopers the film. Horribilis!

I see the film's flaws, sure, but I nonetheless enjoyed Starship Troopers (will enjoy the book even more). Always been a fan of Paul Verhoeven films. And plus it has Michael freaking Ironside in it.

I have neither seen the film or read the book, but I've been told the two are completely different in concept. That the humans in the book use mechanical suits of armour to obliterate armies of alien bugs, and that most of the book is the protagonist's experience of boot camp.

But back onto the topic at hand: I'm looking to get Zulu on dvd, ever since it came to light recently that my mum knows a decendant of one of the men who was actually at Rorke's Drift - Fred Hinch.
I also seek vampire films, for no apparent reason. We'll see what becomes of that.

Zulu = brilliance.

Matrixman wrote:
I'm also hoping Metropolitan appears on DVD one of these days. It's a 1990 satire by Whit Stillman about an outsider who meets and ends up making friends with a group of upper class New York intellectual socialites (that's a mouthful). The dialogue is super sharp and funny. Odd as it may sound, the story moves me as well. Another all-time favorite.

I absolutely love all of Whit Stillman's films. Although I think this one is really special. I have them on vhs right now and would love the DVDs. Good one MM. Of course I could mention THX, but won't (hurrah says everyone).

Forgot to mention:

The other DVD I'm looking to get is Once Upon A Time in the West.

Ur-Vile wrote:Zulu = brilliance.

I love it. The end sequence still makes my spine tingle It would have been fascinating to talk to Mr Hinch about what actually happened at Rorke's Drift. Apparently he was awarded a Victoria Cross for his part in that battle.

I agree, Cov.
Michael Caine is such a ponce in that film - my sort of fellow.

Topsy-Turvy apparently came out on DVD for about 5 minutes, then went back in before I could get a copy.

This is the movie about Gilbert and Sullivan and the making of The Mikado. It starred Jim Broadbent, but I liked some of the other actors even better, such as Shirley Henderson, who played the leading actress, and Martin Savage, who played George Grossmith, the main character actor.

For those who like Gilbert & Sullivan music, this movie is a treat from end to end, and that's even before beginning to consider the characterization.

I'm making do with the copy I taped from TV, but I'd love to have it more durable.

Russ suprised me with the whole Thorn Birds miniseries on DVD the other night. I LOVE IT!!!

That chase on the beach ... my favorite part of the whole of Thornbirds!! A subplot I especially like is Mare Winningham's story, and her relationship with Ken Howard.

Oh yes, it's such a tragic but beautiful story. When Meggie tells Ralph that Dane was his son, it tears me up everytime...

Oh, and I just cheer aloud everytime I see Meggie tell Luke off when she finally leaves him. YOU GO GIRL!!!

And Barbara Stanwyke was just amazing as Mary Carson!

Yes, cheering her on for sure. Did he ever earn that, every word of it!

Lord Foul wrote:Rashomon
Yojimbo
Bladerunner
Glory
Starship Troopers (I need to get Heinlein's book, too)
Leon - The Professional

Got Yojimbo and Blade Runner. The rest no longer interest me.

Still can't find Rashomon. Damn it! Looks like I'll be asking Barnes & Noble to order it. Bah.

Other DVDs I slaver over:

Sanjuro

Ikiru

Stanley Kubrick Collection

Paths of Glory

Floundering
Matter of Degrees
the Station Agent
Ghost World
Animal Factory
Trees Lounge
Lost In Translation
Living In Oblivion
Fargo (the newest release)
Barton Fink
Mystery Train
King of Comedy
Rockets Redglare!

Tell us about Animal Factory, would you, Dennis? With a cast headed by Willem Dafoe and Edward Furlong, I couldn't skip my chance to tape it, but the topic is so daunting that I haven't watched it yet.