Movies?

[jmcphail]

Usually movies made from books I've read don't come close to what I've already "filmed in my head", but Fear And Loathing is an exception!

I've suspected since I first saw it that Johnny Depp and Benecio Del Toro did a lot of off-screen "research" to hone their portrayals...

[RealmofOpeth]

Know your dope fiend. You will not be able to see his eyes because of tea shades, but his knuckles will be white from inner tension and his pants will be crusted with semen from constantly jacking off when he can't find a rape victim.

[Zero]

Usually movies made from books I've read don't come close to what I've already "filmed in my head", but Fear And Loathing is an exception!

I've suspected since I first saw it that Johnny Depp and Benecio Del Toro did a lot of off-screen "research" to hone their portrayals...

That and the script for the film is taken almost verbatim from the book - it's incredible! I don't know any other film that has even come close to that sort of faithfulness, I agree.

[alex]

I have read the book, and see the movie. I believe there is one chapter in the book that is not in the movie - the rest is almost word for word, as zero stated.

Great book. Great movie.

[The Wolf]

Let's make it top 100 for now (I've got 400 at least 4 star (out of 5) movies listed on my computer).

001. Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977; USA)
002. The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974; USA)
003. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971; UK)
004. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968; UK)
005. La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (Carl Th. Dreyer, 1928; France)
006. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972; USA)
007. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979; USA)
008. 8½ (Federico Fellini, 1963; Italy, France)
009. Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966; Sweden)
010. Dekalog (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988; Poland)

011. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976; USA)
012. Сталкер/Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979; Soviet Union, West Germany)
013. Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo (Sergio Leone, 1966; Italy, Spain)
014. El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1970; Mexico)
015. Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren, 1943; USA)
016. Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986; USA)
017. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001; France, USA)
018. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980; USA)
019. Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Werner Herzog, 1972; West Germany, Peru, Mexico)
020. Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965; France, Italy)

021. Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973; USA)
022. C'era una volta il West (Sergio Leone, 1968; Italy, USA)
023. The Holy Mountain (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973; Mexico, USA)
024. Ugetsu monogatari (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953; Japan)
025. Tystnaden (Ingmar Bergman, 1963; Sweden)
026. Fanny och Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982; Sweden, France, West Germany)
027. Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984; Italy, USA)
028. Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985; UK)
029. Det sjunde inseglet (Ingmar Bergman, 1957; Sweden)
030. Festen (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998; Denmark, Sweden)

031. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958; USA)
032. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (F.W. Murnau, 1927; USA)
033. Blow-Up (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966; Italy, UK)
034. Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeowool geurigo bom/Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (Kim Ki-duk, 2003; South Korea, Germany)
035. La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960; Italy, France)
036. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974; USA)
037. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980; UK, USA)
038. The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1969; USA)
039. La Double vie de Véronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991; France, Poland, Norway)
040. Krótki film o zabijaniu/A Short Film About Killing (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1987; Poland)

041. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994; USA)
042. Irréversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002; France)
043. Monty Python and the Holy Grail/Mønti Pythøn ik den Høli Gräilen (Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1975; UK)
044. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964; UK)
045. Le Mépris (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963; France, Italy)
046. Солярис/Solyaris/Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972; Soviet Union)
047. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974; USA)
048. Faces (John Cassavetes, 1968; USA)
049. Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, 1986; USA, West Germany)
050. Fa yeung nin wa/In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000; Hong Kong, France)

051. Летят журавли/Letyat zhuravli/The Cranes Are Flying (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1957; Soviet Union)
052. Smultronstället (Ingmar Bergman, 1957; Sweden)
053. Videodrome (David Cronenberg, 1982; Canada)
054. Lost Highway (David Lynch, 1997; France, USA)
055. Kahdeksan surmanluotia (Mikko Niskanen, 1972; Finland)
056. M (Fritz Lang, 1931; Germany)
057. GoodFellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990; USA)
058. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982; USA)
059. Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999; USA, Germany)
060. Cidade de Deus/City of God (Fernando Meirelles, 2002; Brazil, France)

061. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000; USA)
062. Oldboy (Chan-wook Park, 2003; South Korea)
063. Krótki film o miłości/A Short Film About Love (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988; Poland)
064. Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969; USA)
065. A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, 1974; USA)
066. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999; UK, USA)
067. Seppuku/Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, 1962; Japan)
068. Riget (Lars von Trier, 1994/1997; Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France, Norway, Italy)
069. Le Notti di Cabiria (Federico Fellini, 1957; Italy, France)
070. Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (Werner Herzog, 1979; West Germanay, France)

071. Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1978; Italy, USA)
072. Rashômon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950; Japan)
073. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941; USA)
074. The Big Lebowski (The Coen Brothers, 1998; USA, UK)
075. Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975; UK)
076. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992; USA)
077. Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (Werner Herzog, 1974; West Germany)
078. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960; USA)
079. La Vie de bohème (Aki Kaurismäki, 1992; France, Finland, Italy, Sweden)
080. L'Âge d'Or (Luis Buñuel, 1930; France)

081. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958; USA)
082. Иваново детство/Ivanovo detstvo/Ivan’s Childhood (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962; Soviet Union)
083. Straw Dogs (Sam Peckinpah, 1971; UK, USA)
084. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Sam Peckinpah, 1974; Mexico, USA)
085. Professione: reporter (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975; Italy, Spain, France)
086. Kill Bill: vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004; USA)
087. Shichinin no samurai/The Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954; Japan)
088. Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg, 2007; UK, Canada, USA)
089. The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980; UK, USA)
090. INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch, 2006; France, Poland, USA)

091. Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, 1960; UK)
092. Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1919; Germany)
093. Chinjeolhan geumjassi/Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (Chan-wook Park, 2005; South Korea)
094. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988; Italy, France)
095. Fargo (The Coen Brothers, 1996; USA, UK)
096. Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995; USA, Germany, Japan)
097. Cannibal Holocaust (Ruggero Deodato, 1979; Italy)
098. I Vitelloni (Federico Fellini, 1953; Italy, France)
099. Hana-bi (Takeshi Kitano, 1997; Japan)
100. Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957; USA)

[Soft Morning, City!]

The Wolf:

You have impeccable taste in film, that's for sure. Eraserhead is my number one as well, and fan of Jodorowsky as well. Excellent, excellent stuff. Even Cannibal Holocaust. Sad that such an ingeniously made horror film gets so overlooked. The Blair Witch Project would have never been made if it weren't for Cannibal Holocaust.

[The Wolf]

Thank you, thank you.

If you liked Eraserhead as much as I did, I'd strongly suggest you to watch Meshes of the Afternoon if you haven't already seen it (it's easily available on YouTube in two parts). It's propably the most important American avant-garde film ever and influenced Mr. Lynch in many of his films.