"One" movie,,,,each

I'll start...

Fave actor

Jeffrey Wright: Angels In America

Fave actress

Greta Garbo: Camille

Face director

George Cukor: The Women

Fave Director:

Billy Wilder; Some Like It Hot

Fave Actor:

Daniel Day Lewis; The Age of Innocence

Fave Actress:

Julianne Moore; Far from Heaven

Hard. I do not have faves, to be honest. I got favest roles and movies. There are no actors, actressess or directors whom I like every movie of. Like the director of my most favourite movie ever, Milos Forman; I love Amadeus, but his others, not so much.

So I chose Billy Wilder, whom's ouvre is more interesting to me than Forman's.

For actor, I chose Day-Lewis, who can impress me with almost every role he plays. His portrayal of Newland Archer in The Age Of Innocence is exquisite, though. I got something with costume drama in which everybody is repressed, though; it makes for beautiful movies with intrigue.

My favourite actress is probably Julianne Moore. I could say Meryl Streep, but that's soooo 70's. Julianne Moore blew me away in Magnolia, wooed me in Far From Heaven and consolidated her status with her portrayal of Charley in A Single Man.

As said, favourite MOVIE ever; Amadeus. I don't watch it often, as it has a strange power over me. It makes me laugh, it makes me cry and every time I watch it I am left in stitches, as a good movie should do.

Harlepolis said:

"One" movie,,,,each

I'll start...

Fave actor

Jeffrey Wright: Angels In America

Fave actress

Greta Garbo: Camille

Face director

George Cukor: The Women

Interesting list! Did you ever see Marlene Dietrich in Witness For The Prosecution?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051201/

HamsterHuey said:

Harlepolis said:

"One" movie,,,,each

I'll start...

Fave actor

Jeffrey Wright: Angels In America

Fave actress

Greta Garbo: Camille

Face director

George Cukor: The Women

Interesting list! Did you ever see Marlene Dietrich in Witness For The Prosecution?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051201/

Not yet. Many argued that it was her best performance, I intend to find out

I love what you said about Amadeus it doesn't give me the same affect as it does to you, but I completely agree with the sentiment that a good movie shouldn't be one dimensional.

Harlepolis said:

I love what you said about Amadeus it doesn't give me the same affect as it does to you, but I completely agree with the sentiment that a good movie shouldn't be one dimensional.

Movies are personal, like music. It's the combination of the music with the performances and the sets that do it for me with this movie. It's lush in both emotion and detail. Love it.

Harlepolis said:

Angels In America

my faves are kinda geeky and odd:

fave actor: kevin kline - fish called wanda

fave actress: joan cusack - addams family values

fave director: pedro almodovar - all about my mother

having covered most of these people's work, i'll say:

Actor: Max von Sydow, Hour of The Wolf.

Actress: Liv Ullmann, Face To Face.

Director: Ingmar Bergman, Persona.

and you've got to watch Mamma Roma from Pasolini if you haven't yet Aisha.

a flawless drama with a brilliant performance from Anna Magnani (you'll especially enjoy her when she loses her temper, and she's got a very short one mind you )

HamsterHuey said:

Movies are personal, like music.

"fucking is fucking, but music? that's personal." Treme.

Ya'll, it doesn't necessarily have to be a "fave" movie, just something you think its universally accessible as far as your fave actor/actress/director are concerned and would like to recommend it.

PricelessHo said:

Actress: Liv Ullmann, Face To Face.

Loved her in "Scenes from a marriage" I'm still on the look out for the list you gave me

cborgman said:

Harlepolis said:

Angels In America

One of my "recently discovered" fave films , thanx to you actually

Favorite Director:

Martin Scorsese, The King of Comedy

Favorite Actor:

Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry

Favorite Actress:

Lizabeth Scott, I Walk Alone

What a cool thread. Let me think on this a bit.

Harlepolis said:

cborgman said:

One of my "recently discovered" fave films , thanx to you actually

it's a shame the plays dont get done more. it is breathtaking on stage when done right

This is going to be hard, I'm gonna have to add a third director and a third film.

Director:

Stalag 13; Buddy Buddy (Billy Wilder)

House of Games; Spanish Prisoner (David Mamet)

White Hunter, Black Heart; Bird (Clint Eastwood)

Actor:

Bullets Over Broadway (John Cusack)

Actress:

Grosse Pointe Blank (Minnie Driver)

Actress: Lili Taylor, Movie: "Dogfight"

Actor: Bill Murray, Movie: "Broken Flowers"

Director: David Lynch, Movie: "The Straight Story"

actor: james dean: rebel without a cause(i know so cliche)

monty cliff: suddenly last summer

actress: bette davis: Dark Victory

Rosalind Russell: Auntie Mame

bette davis and joan crawford: whatever happened to baby jane?

director-

Jean Cocteau-Orphee And Beauty And the beast

baroque said:

actor: james dean: rebel without a cause(i know so cliche)

monty cliff: suddenly last summer

actress: bette davis: Dark Victory

Rosalind Russell: Auntie Mame

bette davis and joan crawford: whatever happened to baby jane?

director-

Jean Cocteau-Orphee And Beauty And the beast

sorry to hard to do only one.

HamsterHuey said:

Fave Actor:

Daniel Day Lewis; The Age of Innocence

I only watched that last summer. I didn't realise Scorsese was so versatile! It's such a different genre than what you'd usually expect from him. Same with Shutter Island. I wish he'd step out of his comfort zone more often.

Well, I've talked about my favourite film too many times on here, so I'll go for another one that was my favourite for a while (I'm fickle by nature)

Peter Greenaway's (director) 'Prospero's Books'

I dont' have a favourite actor or actress but recently thought Tilda Swinton was fantastic in 'I Am Love'

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vivid said:

'Prospero's Books'

This is so hard, I'm obsessed with films and have far too many favourites, and I tend to go with phases, I could pick the more obscure type films I also watch but I'm just going to go with my 'frequent favourites'

Keanu sorry but I just love this guy

A Scanner Darkly, Great film (even better book), do not get put off by the sci-fi tag because it's remarkably realistic (okay maybe not the scramble suits).

Angelina

Girl, Interrupted. The whole cast were at their best in this film. The direction, cinematography and soundtrack are perfect as well.

Director is more tricky because I tend to follow a lot of directors. I'll go with Darren Aronofsky today because I'm always interested in what he'll try next. My favourite film of his is The Fountain.

Honorable mentions....

Bryan Singer, X-Men 2

Tim Burton, Big Fish

The Orphanage, watched it because of the G.Del Toro connection although it's actually directed by someone else (Juan Antonia Bayona)

vivid said:

Well, I've talked about my favourite film too many times on here, so I'll go for another one that was my favourite for a while (I'm fickle by nature)

Peter Greenaway's (director) 'Prospero's Books'

I dont' have a favourite actor or actress but recently thought Tilda Swinton was fantastic in 'I Am Love'

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Great choice, my Greenaway favorites are:

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover - That movie blew me away and of course Hellen Mirren, she is just fab.

The Pillow book - Not JUST because of Ewan's peen

AshK said:

HamsterHuey said:

Fave Actor:

Daniel Day Lewis; The Age of Innocence

I only watched that last summer. I didn't realise Scorsese was so versatile! It's such a different genre than what you'd usually expect from him. Same with Shutter Island. I wish he'd step out of his comfort zone more often.

He truly is I suggest you to watch Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore starring Ellen Burstyn & Kris Kristofferson, the movie came out when "Mean Streets" mania was still fresh on people's minds.

That film along with "After Hours" are two of my FAVE films by Scorsese.

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AshK said:

HamsterHuey said:

Fave Actor:

Daniel Day Lewis; The Age of Innocence

I only watched that last summer. I didn't realise Scorsese was so versatile! It's such a different genre than what you'd usually expect from him. Same with Shutter Island. I wish he'd step out of his comfort zone more often.

I like versatile writers/performers/directors. This movie took me by surprise too. It's in no way Day-Lewis' best role ever, but he's one of the most interesting actors alive. And this role is sublime nonetheless.

MacDaddy said:

vivid said:

Well, I've talked about my favourite film too many times on here, so I'll go for another one that was my favourite for a while (I'm fickle by nature)

Peter Greenaway's (director) 'Prospero's Books'

I dont' have a favourite actor or actress but recently thought Tilda Swinton was fantastic in 'I Am Love'

[Edited 6/19/10 15:15pm]

Great choice, my Greenaway favorites are:

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover - That movie blew me away and of course Hellen Mirren, she is just fab.

The Pillow book - Not JUST because of Ewan's peen

I also love A Zed And Two Noughts

He had a new one out recently - but I missed it

Fave Actor: Al Pacino - "The Godfather" (Sorry to state the obvious but the man truly was a masterpiece in emulating the Michael Corleone character so much that I can't even imagine NO OTHER ACTOR playing that role )

Fave Actress: Angela Bassett - "Waiting to Exhale" (Sure the woman acted her ass off as Tina Turner in "What's Love Got to Do With It" but her performance in "Waiting To Exhale" made me feel her character's pain first hand...so much so that I was rooting for her when she burned her husband's clothes in his car)

Fave Director: Martin Scorcese - "Goodfellas"

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DIRECTOR

Werner Herzog: Fitzcarraldo or The Enigma of Kasper Hauser

ACTOR

Max von Sydow: The Seventh Seal

ACTRESS

Juliet Binoche: The English Patient

Favorite Director: Spike Lee

Movie: The 25th Hour

Favorite Actor: Denzel Washington

Movie: The Pelican Brief

Favorite Actress: Jessica Lange

Movie: The Postman Always Rings Twice