Favorite movies of Directors, Actors, Leaders, other important people
I tried to do a search for past posts, didn't see anything, unless it's worded differently. Most of these are from openculture.org (also a great place to download 700+ movies/documentaries)..
I know President Clinton and Eisenhower both loved "High Noon" Christopher Hitchens has mentioned the movies "Battle of Algiers" and "Z" as great films. I don't think Noam Chomsky would ever admit to watching a movie... Stanley Kubrick 1. i vitelloni (Fellini, 1953) 2. Wild Strawberries (Bergman, 1957) 3. Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) 4. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Huston, 1948) 5. City Lights (Chaplin, 1931) 6. Henry V (Olivier, 1944) 7. La notte (Antonioni, 1961) 8. The Bank Dick (Fields, 1940—above) 9. Roxie Hart (Wellman, 1942) 10. Hell's Angels (Hughes, 1930) Woody Allen
Martin Scorsese 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – Stanley Kubrick 8˝ (1963) – Federico Fellini Ashes and Diamonds (1958) – Andrzej Wajda Citizen Kane (1941) – Orson Welles The Leopard(1963) – Luchino Visconti Paisan(1946) – Roberto Rossellini The Red Shoes (1948) – Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger The River (1951) – Jean Renoir Salvatore Guiliano (1962) – Francesco Rosi The Searchers (1956) – John Ford Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) – Mizoguchi Kenji Vertigo (1958) – Alfred Hitchcock |
Honestly, i am lost with the title of the thread and the subsequent list of movies. Do you mean "by" or "of"?
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Oops, I meant "of"
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Originally Posted by hell_storm2004 (Post 1218715)
Honestly, i am lost with the title of the thread and the subsequent list of movies. Do you mean "by" or "of"?
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David Lynch
“I love Stanley Kubrick,” he replies. “I can watch his movies over and over. I love Billy Wilder, Sunset Boulevard in particular, and I’ve watched it over and over. I loved the world Billy Wilder created.” “I love Fellini,” Lynch continues. “Watched ‘em over and over. If you want to see some great comedies, check out Jacques Tati’s Mr. Hulot’s Holiday. I like W.C. Fields. I like the movie It’s a Gift. I like Hitchcock, particularly Rear Window.” And after a moment of reflection: “I like a lot of different filmmakers, but those are… some of them.” MUBI.com also offers a post on Lynch’s favorite films, drawn from Lynch on Lynch, Chris Rodley’s book-length interview with the director, and Catching the Big Fish, Lynch’s own volume on meditating your way to interesting ideas. Here he provides more details on his fellow filmmakers of choice:
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Originally Posted by matt72582 (Post 1218719)
Oops, I meant "of"
Can we edit the subject? |
Of great people.... Patton comes to mind.
The Red Shoes! Now that's a movie! Never thought i would love a musical. But that one blew me away! |
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I think I'm right in saying that Stanley Kubrick was a fan of White Men Can't Jump, that's pretty cool :p
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that's the perfect list of pretentious film makers lol but some really good movies listed there. Not sure if I can find many world leaders and what their faves are but something I came across is Nelson Mandela saying he really enjoyed Will Smith movies and even urged him to get back to making fun, blockbuster flicks. I think that's damn cool!
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From what i've seen, when it comes to favorite movies William Friedkin is one of the coolest directors out there
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On the Criterion Collection Youtube Channel, there's a section called DVD Picks where many famous filmmakers pick some of their favorite criterion releases.
If you're interested in this kind of stuff, you should give some of the videos a watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...89754A5DAD1E8E |
Those are great, there are a lot more though not included there. One day I watched like 20 in one sitting.
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I love Slavoj "Sho on and Sho on" Zizek, and has a nice documentary, and I've seen his Criterion favorites. Some I've watched..
He's really gaga over Hitchcock.. Saddam Hussein's favorite movie was "The Godfather" -- (his favorite TV show was "Little House On The Prairie" -- I'll try to remember some with links as I start my day :) |
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I think it tells a lot about people, from what they watch, listen to, and what they laugh at... I found some more..
Woodrow Wilson loved "Birth of a Nation" Truman loved "My Darling Clementine" JFK liked the Bond movies (I never did) LBJ loved "The Searchers" Nixon loved "Patton" Impressed with Carter.. First film he saw was "All The President's Men" and was the first President to watch an X-rated film, "Midnight Cowboy" The name of the Texas oil company George H. W. Bush in 1953 was "Zapata Oil" probably influenced by Brando the year before. McCain's favorite movie is Viva Zapata (I found a bit stranger, still cool).. I found an entirely separate interview where someone asks McCain What's the best movie about the Vietnam War you've ever seen? We Were Soldiers. That's a very good film. Let's see, what else? You know, it's been so long since I've seen one. I know there was Full Metal Jacket and Coming Home and Born on the Fourth of July, Apocalypse Now — but honestly, one of them doesn't really stand out as the best. Clinton watched "High Noon" 17 times, and guess he liked "Naked Gun" W. Bush's favorite film is "Field of Dreams" - I saw it in high school but didn't think it was anything special. President Obama loved "Lawrence of Arabia", "The Godfather", and "Casablanca" (the white house in Spanish)... On another website from 2008 had an Obama vs. McCain on films and other things on television. It had all the films mentioned before, but I guess Obama loved "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" (one of my favorites). |
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It's so fascinating reading about directors' respect for other director's work...thanks for this thread.
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W. Bush's favorite film is "Field of Dreams" - I saw it in high school but didn't think it was anything special.
I feel the same way about Field of Dreams...it was a nice little movie, but I didn't go gaga over it the way the rest of the world did and can't believe it actually got a Best Picture nomination. |
Originally Posted by matt72582 (Post 1218703)
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President Clinton and Eisenhower both loved "High Noon" Woodrow Wilson loved "Birth of a Nation" Truman loved "My Darling Clementine" JFK liked the Bond movies LBJ loved "The Searchers" Nixon loved "Patton" Carter.. All The President's Men" McCain's favorite movie is "Viva Zapata" Clinton watched "High Noon" 17 times W. Bush's favorite film is "Field of Dreams" President Obama loved "Lawrence of Arabia", "The Godfather" "Casablanca", "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" |
Originally Posted by Citizen Rules (Post 1654685)
This is a pretty cool list Matt. It looks like all the US Presidents had good taste in movies.
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Christopher Nolan is a fan of McGruber.
Terrence Malick is a fan of Zoolander. |
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-hou...200251496.html
Bets are good that the Obama family will be watching the Oscar telecast on Feb. 26 considering what avid movie fans they are. Now that he’s gone from office, Hollywood insiders reveal the Obama White House constantly asked for access to new releases. Hollywood has a long tradition of providing films to the White House, where there’s a posh screening room. “There was never a film they didn’t request to watch,” says an executive at one studio. President Obama’s office also routinely requested awards screeners (including La La Land and other current Oscar contenders). Another source says an ask even came in to watch Monster Trucks several days before Barack and Michelle Obama and their daughters, Malia — currently interning at Harvey Weinstein’s film company — and Sasha, left the White House for good on Jan. 20. Sources say one or more members of the Obama family watched movies in the screening room, in the private residence and even on Air Force One. And when vacationing in Kailua, Hawaii, the Obama family often went to a nearby Regal theater. “Bill Clinton was famously interested as well in movies, but that was in the DVD era, so more often than not, he would ask for DVDs,” says an executive. “George W. not so much.” So far, the Trump White House has been relatively quiet, although the new president hosted a screening for Finding Dory (on DVD) and asked for access to James Franco-Bryan Cranston comedy Why Him?. |
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