I hope it's not too gratuitous of me to have three top fifty lists, but seeing as the last one I made was over a year and a half ago, I think you'll see quite a few changes. And what better day to kick it off than Sir Alfred's birthday! Without further adieu:
#51: My Night at Maud's
Directed by Eric Rohmer
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Directed by Eric Rohmer
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I need to see more Rohmer, but this one really connected with me. I've been raised Catholic, so naturally the film's themes of morality and the need to reconcile religion with intellectualism really struck a nerve with me. It's a movie about a lot of 'big ideas' and definitely something that will reward repeat viewings. Rohmer takes great advantage of the winter setting and Maud herself has to be one of my favorite female characters ever.
#50: Inland Empire
Directed by David Lynch
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Directed by David Lynch
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One of my favorite films from the King of Weird is also, arguably, his wackiest movie. Like Mulholland Drive, it explores the dark underbelly of Hollywood, but I like this one best as a David Lynch's Greatest Hits album. It's full of great moments that are totally emblematic of its directors career: the Locomotion dance, the rabbits, and of course the finale. At once beautiful and ugly, Inland Empire would be the ultimate swan song for Lynch if he really is done with narrative film.
#49: Dazed and Confused
Directed by Richard Linklater
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Directed by Richard Linklater
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My favorite high school movie because, unlike so many films of its kind, Dazed and Confused does not wallow in sentiment and nostalgia; in fact, it openly denounces these elements. "All I'm saying is that if I ever start referring to these as the best years of my life, remind me to kill myself," says one of the characters, and that sort of sums up the tone of this movie. Obviously, some of the events themselves are probably quite exaggerated, but that doesn't matter. Linklater is working from his own memories, and aren't the way we remember things often quite different from what they really are? The important part is that the emotions could not be more accurate or true to life. No film I've seen is so honest in its portrayal of the confusion, the insecurity, and the ecstasy of high school.
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"Puns are the highest form of literature." -Alfred Hitchcock
Last edited by HitchFan97; 08-20-13 at 10:30 PM.