Never had much interest in Boyz in the Hood. I have great respect for your taste in movies, though, so obviously it must be worth watching. I'll check it out sometime.
I never knew until recently that Fanny and Alexander was a five-hour mini-series. I have the three-hour version on my DVR. Have you seen both? Two hours is a lot of content to leave out, especially when it's Bergman.
Never seen someone refer to Taxi Driver as a dark comedy, but you've explained your reasons well. It's all about how you look at it, I guess, since I definitely see humor in those scenes you referenced, but I feel too much sympathy and sadness for Bickle to laugh at him.
I've seen The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and The Exterminating Angel from Buñuel. Both were okay, but I'd never consider them favorites.
Tokyo Story tends to be the highest ranked film that I've yet to watch on all these "greatest films of all time" lists. The only Ozu I've seen so far is Late Spring and Early Summer. Both are so similar that they've already blended into the same movie in my mind.
I never knew until recently that Fanny and Alexander was a five-hour mini-series. I have the three-hour version on my DVR. Have you seen both? Two hours is a lot of content to leave out, especially when it's Bergman.
Never seen someone refer to Taxi Driver as a dark comedy, but you've explained your reasons well. It's all about how you look at it, I guess, since I definitely see humor in those scenes you referenced, but I feel too much sympathy and sadness for Bickle to laugh at him.
I've seen The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and The Exterminating Angel from Buñuel. Both were okay, but I'd never consider them favorites.
Tokyo Story tends to be the highest ranked film that I've yet to watch on all these "greatest films of all time" lists. The only Ozu I've seen so far is Late Spring and Early Summer. Both are so similar that they've already blended into the same movie in my mind.
I've only seen the five hour long version, I might watch the three hour version one day, I have them both on Blu-ray
And I'm really looking forward to exploring more Ozu and Bunuel, that's kind of why I wanted to do this list, so in years later I can look back and track the evolution of my tastes. Tokyo Story is my only Ozu so far.
I dont know about Boyz in the Hood, but the rest is grade A movies especially Fanny and Alexander and Tokyo Story. I hope more Bergman and Ozu films will hit the list!