I like your list as well, Frank
Great list, Mr. 56
The Wizard of Oz is interesting next to the art-house fare. Any reason why? What, no Casablanca or Lawrence of Arabia?
Those two titles would better suit your poetic list, methinks.
Days of Heaven. Richard Gere has worked with some master directors. (Kurosawa, for one). Malick is one of those great enigmatic auteurs who just stir the soul.
Badlands is my favorite film of his (A precursor to Natural Born Killers?). Pure freedom on celluloid.
Martin Sheen was on fire in the 70's.
When he & Sissy torch Mr. Oates' humble abode.....
I like Louis Malle, but not enough to give him spots on my top ten.
You've got me thinking about renting these 2 flicks again. Re-assessment of movies seems to be something I'm doing a lot of this year...
The Passenger is indeed hard to track down. I have seen it and I loved it. Jack Nicholson speaks about Antonioni on the Criterion DVD of L'Avventura. Anybody see Antonioni's "Alienation Trilogy"? He's another in a long list of legendary european directors. (With a name like Michaelangelo he'd better be...)
And Thief is gorgeous cinema. The color jumps off the screen. Haven't seen it in a long time (rented it with BODY HEAT) but I remember it was a killer night in front of the tube.
"Set the controls for the heart of the Sun" - Pink Floyd
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