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Marc

Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 9:55 pm

Joined: 19 May 2004 Posts: 8424

LORNE,

PLEASE CHANGE THE NAME OF THIS FORUM TO REFLECT THE NEW TOPIC: FILMS OF THE 90S.

THANKS.

Marc

Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 10:02 pm

Joined: 19 May 2004 Posts: 8424

PULP FICTION is a quintessential nineties film - an indie that became a big hit, a film that plays with and upends genre and form, has a certain postmodernist tongue-in-cheekiness (the casting of Travolta), and is directed by one of the most influential directors of the nineties (Tarantino) - therefore we may want to start the nineties forum with a discussion of PULP FICTION.

Trish

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 7:30 am

Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 2438 Location: Massachusetts

This is my shorter list (there are many others I think are great ) of the best 90's films - I would like considered for discussing:

LA Confidential
The Grifters
Croupier
The Ice Storm
Crumb
Unforgiven
Muriel's Wedding

gromit

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 9:58 am

Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 9010 Location: Shanghai

I wouldn't mind a discussion of LA Confidential, since I seem to be the only one who didn't like it. I'm kind of wondering why everyone else is so high on it, and what I may be missing.

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Trish

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 12:02 pm

Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 2438 Location: Massachusetts

what were your chief complaints Gromit?

marantzo

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 12:41 pm

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Gromit, I don't know about anyone else, but I read the book, L.A. Confidential and loved it. The movie is one of the best transcriptions to film of the mood and characters of the book that I can think of. Therefore I loved the movie also. James Elroy also liked the movie, so I suspect you may not like the book.

gromit

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 1:08 pm

Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 9010 Location: Shanghai

Watched it maybe five plus years ago (on VCD), and only a few years later learned that it was so respected. So it didn't make enough of an impression for me to remember it too well. I just found it boring, and kind of silly, while trying hard to be clever. I thought that the characters and their interactions rang false and were overly exaggerated. I seem to remember having problems with the Kevin Spacey reporter role and the police chief.

I know that's all somewhat general, which is why I'd be interested in hearing what other folks liked about it. I also didn't like the wrapping-up and the ending, although I generally don't hold that against a film too much. I might be up for re-watching it. But then again, I just watched The Usual Suspects a few weeks back, and that just elicited a big shrug from me. I think I just don't like the 90's/modern approach to neo-noir and crime thrillers.

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Jynx

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 1:15 pm

Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 750 Location: Nowheresville

Ohhhhhhhhh, Trish you are so right ...

THE GRIFTERS

definately belongs in this group.

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gromit

Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:20 am

Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 9010 Location: Shanghai

Well I was waiting for the 90's Forum to open, but here's my (minimally revised) Top Ten Films of the Nineties:

1. Raise The Red Lantern (Zhang, 1991)
2. Being John Malkovich (Jonze, 1999)
3. American Beauty (Mendes, 1999)
4. Ju Dou (Zhang, 1990)
5. Three Kings (Russell, 1999)
6. Blue (Kieslowski, 1993)
7. Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (Park, 1993)
8. Hoop Dreams
9. Dead Man (Jarmusch, 1995)
10. The Big Lebowski (Coens, 1998)

Well, all I ended up doing was adding in Hoops Dreams and moving out Boogie Nights. I liked BN, but was impressed with it more than I enjoyed it. I didn't get around to hunting up more 90's titles that I might have forgotten.

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gromit

Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 11:12 am

Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 9010 Location: Shanghai

Regard or disregard at your pleasure, but I swiped this list from the Criterion board:

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Kate

Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 3:07 pm

Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 1397 Location: Pacific Northwest

Gromit - just the list I needed, thanks. I think this could be a great forum for the summer.

Jynx

Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 7:28 pm

Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 750 Location: Nowheresville

Gromit - thanks for including Election another of my favs. I have to also add The Basketball Diaries.

Election = asian hard on -- my daughter had that texted to her! Kids Rolling Eyes

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marantzo

Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 8:09 pm

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Tell your daughter that that joke is older than her grandparents.

Marc

Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 8:17 pm

Joined: 19 May 2004 Posts: 8424

Lorne,

please change the name of this forum. Or instruct ehle, billy or shannon on how to do it. You gotta help us out here.

Jynx

Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:24 pm

Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 750 Location: Nowheresville

I know marantz, and I did get a good snicker, snort from it. She was horrified I found it funny.

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