That movie meme...
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elke_tanzer
1. Total number of films I own on DVD/video:
Currently somewhere between 200 and 500 on dvd.... on vhs... damn, no idea - they are stored in vast quantities.
2. The last film I bought (DVD):
I just got hold of the Angel Guts boxset. Not the kind of movies I'd show my parents, admittedly, but they look pretty interesting.
3. The last film I watched:
Into the Mirror. Very dissapointing, particularly as I'm a fan of the lead actor. The premise stank of late 80s/early 90s b-grade hollywood concept horror/thriller and it had a really inept script. It's an idea movie with a pretty bad idea compouned by poor direction and a really dumbfounding ending. If you want good korean horror go and watch Tale of Two Sisters or Sorum.
4. Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me:
Singing In the Rain - I cannot rewatch this movie too many times... I mean, I can hardly stop looking at this icon let alone the whole movie :)
Dazed and Confused - this reminds me so much of my own teenage years. I regularly get some beers and check this one out... and yes, I know it stars my most hated actor of all time but he's appropriately cast as a total dick with really bad hair who gets his kicks whacking little boy ass.
The Dark Crystal - I have very fond recollections of my parents renting me this movie when I was very little. I have subsequently been told that I used to request it over and over again.
My Neighbour Totoro - Nothing in this world is as pure as this film and nobody before or since has captured childhood imagination quite so brilliantly as seen in this movie.
Switchblade Sisters - Simply the greatest 70s-girl-gang-does-Othello film ever :D Highly entertaining and rewatchable.
5. The very last VHS video I bought, probably the last I'll buy:
I don't recall the very last I bought but I'm very tempted to buy the US vhs of It's Always Fair Weather because it doesn't look like it will ever see a dvd release and dammit I want to see that movie!
And who do I tag in this ever-perpetuating meme? Anyone who has one of my 'fond' films on dvd.
elke_tanzer1. Total number of films I own on DVD/video:
Currently somewhere between 200 and 500 on dvd.... on vhs... damn, no idea - they are stored in vast quantities.
2. The last film I bought (DVD):
I just got hold of the Angel Guts boxset. Not the kind of movies I'd show my parents, admittedly, but they look pretty interesting.
3. The last film I watched:
Into the Mirror. Very dissapointing, particularly as I'm a fan of the lead actor. The premise stank of late 80s/early 90s b-grade hollywood concept horror/thriller and it had a really inept script. It's an idea movie with a pretty bad idea compouned by poor direction and a really dumbfounding ending. If you want good korean horror go and watch Tale of Two Sisters or Sorum.
4. Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me:
Singing In the Rain - I cannot rewatch this movie too many times... I mean, I can hardly stop looking at this icon let alone the whole movie :)
Dazed and Confused - this reminds me so much of my own teenage years. I regularly get some beers and check this one out... and yes, I know it stars my most hated actor of all time but he's appropriately cast as a total dick with really bad hair who gets his kicks whacking little boy ass.
The Dark Crystal - I have very fond recollections of my parents renting me this movie when I was very little. I have subsequently been told that I used to request it over and over again.
My Neighbour Totoro - Nothing in this world is as pure as this film and nobody before or since has captured childhood imagination quite so brilliantly as seen in this movie.
Switchblade Sisters - Simply the greatest 70s-girl-gang-does-Othello film ever :D Highly entertaining and rewatchable.
5. The very last VHS video I bought, probably the last I'll buy:
I don't recall the very last I bought but I'm very tempted to buy the US vhs of It's Always Fair Weather because it doesn't look like it will ever see a dvd release and dammit I want to see that movie!
And who do I tag in this ever-perpetuating meme? Anyone who has one of my 'fond' films on dvd.
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Date: 2005-05-13 07:01 pm (UTC)I own like 5-10 but I'm really really picky.
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Date: 2005-05-13 08:14 pm (UTC)Yes and yes and yes. And well put. Even after dazzling works like Spirited Away, Totoro remains my favorite Miyazaki movie for its utter clarity and truth.
Hey! Are you a SF & F fan as well as anime? Are you going to the Glasgow Worldcon? Because they're premiering Howl's Moving Castle there.
Mary, pimpin'
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Date: 2005-05-13 08:20 pm (UTC)I've been really holding out for a good cinema showing of that movie and dammit that sounds like a great opportunity. I was kinda hoping there would be a london showing (nearer me in Oxford) at some point. I was lucky enough to see the Miyazaki festival at the Barbican a few years back and there's nothing like seeing Miyazaki flicks on the big screen.
Well, thanks for letting me know :D
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Date: 2005-05-13 08:35 pm (UTC)Aw. Now I get to use my other appropriate icon! *eg*
Details on the screening are here. It sounds like they're showing the English-language version, in case that has any bearing on your decision. (Sorry if I'm sounding like a snob, but I really loved it when the arthouse here in The Hague showed Spirited Away subtitled. Foreign movies are always subtitled here, so it made sense, and I like hearing the Japanese even if I understand about 1 word in 5 million.)
Wow, a Miyazaki festival? That must have been cool. I've never seen any of the other movies on the big screen.
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Date: 2005-05-13 08:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-14 02:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-14 09:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-13 09:42 pm (UTC)Ha, my copy of Totoro is on VHS!
...damn, I have Dazed and Confused on DVD though :P
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Date: 2005-05-13 09:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-13 09:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-13 09:48 pm (UTC)>I know it stars my most hated actor of all time but he's appropriately cast as a total dick with really bad hair who gets his kicks whacking little boy ass.
From a guy who owns Gigli on DVD, that's a pretty bold statement!