Do you collect films or mostly rent, watch on tv and the such (How many movies do you own) ?
At this point, I rent films. I have two accounts (with Netflix and Blockbuster), and I tend to rent obscure films which I've never seen or films I want my daughter to see. I also watch lots of cable films but Turner Classic Movies is easily my fave channel and the one I first recommend to everyone. I've never had a Beta or a laser disc, but I own thousands of VHSs, espeially films I've taped which don't tend to exist on DVD, so yes, I watch those quite often. I just watched one of the best films ever made,
Give 'Em Hell, Harry! last weekend on manufactured VHS. As far as DVDs go, I probably own less than 300, and I rarely buy any for myself anymore.
If you do buy movies did you every fall for BETA or Laser Disc ?
Nope.
What are your top 5 favourite man on a mission films ?
I'm assuming that you mean what films do I want to own which aren't available. Is that correct? This is hard to keep up with since Holden keeps mentioning films which are becoming available through bare-bones studio DVD releases.
The ones I think still qualify include:
The Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Lies My Father Told Me
Something for Everyone
The Magician (Ingmar Bergman, 1958)
If you could hang out with any movie character(s) who would it/they be ?
Bogart for sure. I'm leaning toward Sam Spade, but Fred C. Dobbs, Rick Blaine, Dixon Steele, Capt. Queeg, Charlie Allnut, Duke Mantee, Linus Larrabee, Steve Morgan... any of 'em. He's Bogie, for God's sake! If we hit it off, I'd love to talk to his woman/women too.
If time travel was possible what film present it in a way that makes it the most beilevable ?
I'm not sure that I'm an expert on that subject, but my fave time travel movie is
Back to the Future , and I love the whole series, so whether you think its concepts are crazy or not, I believe it's the film/series which contributes the most to that genre.