Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule has posted his latest movie quiz, this time holiday-themed! And I, as per usual, would rather accept a flunking grade than give a witless answer. Hope everyone had a safe and fun holiday this year, preferably with a lot of movies!
1) What was the last movie you saw theatrically? On DVD or Blu-ray?
Tell No One, House Bunny and I'm choosing to just say no to Blu-Ray until I own a tv that I didn't find on the street.
4) Favorite actor/character from Twin Peaks
David Bowie.
5)
It’s been said that, rather than remaking beloved, respected films,
Hollywood should concentrate more on righting the wrongs of the past
and tinker more with films that didn’t work so well the first time.
Pretending for a moment that movies are made in an economic vacuum,
name a good candidate for a remake based on this criterion.
I don't think there's anything wrong with it, but I just saw Samuel Fuller's Underworld USA and it's totally a predecessor to the Wire. That would be a fun one to see modernized.
6) Favorite Spike Lee joint.
Do the Right Thing, a cliche choice because it's true! She's Gotta Have It is also pretty amazing.
8) Are most movies too long?
Yes!! But not because there's anything wrong with a long runtime. I just don't need to sit through 2+ hours of something that's dumb and repetitive.
9) Favorite performance by an actor portraying a real-life politician.
John Travolta & Emma Thompson as the Clintons in Primary Colors.
12) Why would you ever want or need to see a movie more than once?
Because it rocked? Because there's nothing on tv? There's plenty of great reasons so long as it's not New Years Eve.
13) Favorite road movie.
Daytrippers.
16) Favorite opening credit sequence. (Please include YouTube link if possible.)
American Psycho [link], I remember the whole theater was (in on the joke and) loving it and laughing.
18) Jean-Luc Godard once suggested that the more popular the movie, the less likely it was that it was a good movie. Is he right or just cranky? Cite the best evidence one way or the other.
The answer to the question 'is Jean Luc Godard just cranky?' is always "yes". In any context. Dude, take a pill. And preferably not Adderall, kthnx!
19) Favorite Jonathan Demme movie.
I really hope someone says the Manchurian Candidate re-make.
21) Favorite use of irony in a movie. (This could be an idea, moment, scene, or an entire film.)
I'm not even sure what irony means anymore but the scene in Children of Men where Clive Owen's cousin says "I just try not to think about it" still gives me the giggles. Also, everything Slavoj Zizek says in A Pervert's Guide to Cinema.
23) The best movie of the year to which very little attention seems to have been paid.
881, it's a crime this film doesn't have US distribution. RIP, Tartan. I also loved FLOW: For Love of Water but a documentary about the impending water crisis is a tough sell.
25) Favorite movie about journalism.
Shattered Glass is really under-rated.
26) What’s the DVD commentary you’d most like to hear? Who would be on the audio track?
If Hitchcock was still around I think he'd have a lot of fun with them. People forget how funny he was. Also, I don't know why Mira Nair never does them, there's a dvd extra on the Namesake of a lecture she gave and she's brilliant & engaging.
27) Favorite movie directed by Clint Eastwood.
I loved Gran Torino but clearly the answer to this question is Unforgiven. Play Misty For Me is also sublime.
29) Your clairvoyant moment: Make a prediction about the Oscar season.
5 million people will Twitter "I didn't know Hugh Jackman could sing and dance!" Twitter will crash. Then 5 million people will complain about Twitter crashing because no one bothered to do their research on Hugh Jackman.
30) Your hope for the movies in 2009.
I hope the indie producers and distributors that have managed to hang on this long are able to weather this economic storm we're facing. Also, I'm inexplicably enthusiastic about the Friday the 13th remake.
31) What’s your top 10 of 2008? (If you have a blog and have your list posted, please feel free to leave a link to the post.)
TBA!
BONUS QUESTION (to be answered after December 25):
32) What was your favorite movie-related Christmas gift that you received this year?
Movie tickets and a book on the works of Andrezj Wadja are pretty awesome but hands down the best was my grandmother giving me 3 copies of my dvd she had purchased because none of her friends wanted them as gifts.
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Posted by: Literature Review | November 03, 2009 at 06:12 AM
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Posted by: Charles C Stirk Jr | December 28, 2008 at 02:29 PM