Movies
September 28th, 2007, 11:30 am · Post a Comment · posted by fsherman
A variation on a post on books I did earlier:
A movie that made you cry: It’s a Wonderful Life made me cry for joy the first time I saw it. Remains of the Day made me weep.
A movie that scared you: The Innocents, the blood-chilling adaptation of Turn of the Screw. And Snow White, when I was a kid.
A movie that made you laugh: Only one? I’ll go with Fierce Creatures (”We have eliminated the non-event interest deficit!”).
A movie that disgusted you: Deep Throat.
A movie you loved in elementary school: You Only Live Twice, my first Bond film.
A movie you loved in middle school: Captain Blood.
A movie you loved in high school: Blazing Saddles.
A movie you hated in high school: Can’t think of one.
A movie you loved in college: Casablanca, Citizen Kane. Or for contemporary movies, Logan’s Run and Foul Play.
A movie that challenged your identity: Dark City raised a question that’s always fascinated me: Are we who are memories say we are, or are we who we really are?
A series that you love: Marx Brothers, Thin Man films, Star Wars (original trilogy).
Your favorite horror film: The Innocents. Or Carl Dreyer’s silent movie,”Vampyr”
Your favorite science fiction film: Star Wars (Episode IV), Dark City, Nausicaa in the Valley of the Wind.
Your favorite fantasy movie: Cast a Deadly Spell or Spirited Away.
Your favorite mystery film: Big Sleep or Farewell, My Lovely (Robert Mitchum’s shot at Raymond Chandler) or a TV film called Killjoy.
Your favorite biopic: Seabiscuit or Life of Emil Zola
Your favorite “coming-of-age” film: My Life as a Dog.
Your favorite movie not on this list: Hellboy, Speed, Double Indemnity, Young Frankenstein, Being John Malkovitch.
