kino d'etat 2010-1

Kino d'etat
(a cinematic take-over)

No order to this, simply what I was thinking about as I was writing this out.
Thinking about movies and cinematic creations and my two-cents.

“To live in society today is like living in one enormous comic-strip.”
-Jean-Luc Godard


1 Come And See (1985, dir Elim Klimov)
scared me straight about the horrors of war and its victims.

2 WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971, dir Dusan Makavejev)
a rebel a renegade Makavejev's cinema is on his own terms

3 Stage Coach (1939, dir. John Ford)
I avoided giving credit where it was due. Having seen this great film recently I've got to give it up. Ford is as important and innovative as he's deemed to be. Also features the young John Wayne, his acting is brilliant

4 Rear Window (1954, dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
Hitchcock standing the test of time.

5 Badlands (1973, dir. Terrance Malick)
Almost as close to perfection as is possible. I occasionally listen to just the audio track and even that alone is impressive.

6 Woman Under The Influence (1974, dir. John Cassavettes)
Gena Rowland's gives a performance as Mabel. One of the greatest of any actor...ever. Essential for all filmmakers and any form of actor.

7 Le Plasir (1953, dir. Max Ophuls)
Based on three stories by Guy Mau Paussant, dynamic film which actually is extremely complimentary to the stories.

8 Chop Shop (2007, dir Ramin Bahrani)
Modern masterpiece based in an area of New York unknown to most.

9 Justine (1968, dir. Jess Franco)
Akim Tamiroff has a small but enormously comedic role is this erotic fantasy based on de Sade.

10 Don't Touch The White Woman (1974, Marco Ferreri)
Fun film about Custer's last stand but set in modern day Paris.