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Greetings Film Fiends and welcome to John Doe's Film Blog. 30 years of dedicated celluloid obsession has meant that I have seen a few films. Drawing attention to some of the lesser discussed gems that I love. Cult classics, obscure curios and quality genre pictures. This blogs purpose is to translate some of my passion for these films and with luck, inspire you the reader to go check em out.

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Film & TV on DVD - June 2007

What is your A to Z of favourite films?

June 26th 2007 00:00

What’s your favourite film starting with each letter of the Alphabet?

Shall we play a game?

No this is not John Doe’s attempt at a Wargames review, instead it’s an excuse for a bit of fun. JD is a picky little fellow about making lists, (always feels so many greats are left out) but when put into the form of a game he is much more open to the idea of playing along, I hope you are too.

The rules are dead simple, all you do is fill in a personal favourite film from A to Z. Figured this is an entertaining way to get an idea of the movie tastes around Orble. A side benefit is discovering a few shared cinema loves.

So what are some of your silver screen delights?

The List

Disclaimer- This is not a list of absolute favourites, just the first great film that pops into JD’s head for each letter (See what I mean, pedantic)

Angel Heart Poster art

Angel Heart (1987)
Bullitt (1968)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)

dark City Poster Art

Dark City (1998)
Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind (2004)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

Ghost Dog Poster Art

Ghost Dog (1999)
Hustler, The (1961)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Jacob’s Ladder (1990)

Kiss Me Deadly foreign Poster

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Long Goodbye, The (1973)
Miller’s Crossing (1990)

Nightmoves Poster

Night Moves (1975)
Once Upon A Time In the West (1968)
Parallax View, The (1974)
Quiz Show (1994)
Requeim for a Dream (2000)

Seconds Poster

Seconds (1966)
Thing, The (1982)
Usual Suspects, The (1995)

Videodrome Poster

Videodrome (1983)
Wild Bunch, The (1969)
Xtro (1983)
Yakuza, The (1974)
Zero Effect (1998)

Zero Effect Poster

Just to mix it up here is an A-Z of foreign language favourites.

The Foreign Language List

Apologies: I’m using the English names because Im just writing off the top of my head and I don’t have time to check foreign spellings and titles.

Aguirre of God
Battle of Algiers
City of Lost Children

City of Lost Children poster

Day of the Beast
Experiment Das
Funny Games

Funny Games Poster

Godzilla (1952)
Hana-Bi
Insomnia
Jesus of Montreal
Killer, The
La Femme Nikitta
M (Fritz Lang)

Fritz Lang's M Poster

Nosferatau
Old Boy
Police Story
Quest For Fire
Rififi
Samourai, Le
Tenant, The
Umberto D
Vanishing, The
Wages of Fear
X – (Can’t think of one)
Yojimbo
Z (Costa-Gavras)

Z poster for Z

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Comment by Nickoftime's Sanity Corner

June 26th 2007 00:47

John,

gotta be Zero Effect...just love that flick...has just about anything and everything in it that anyone could possibly want!

It has my vote!

LOL

Great post!

Take care,

Nick

Comment by James Rickard

June 26th 2007 00:56

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Angling Fish

I'm glad somebody else has seen The Parallax View! It knocks me out every time I see it (which isn't too often!0

Comment by David

June 26th 2007 01:14

Apocalyse Now.

Barton Fink.

Chopper

Debbie Does Dallas (Nup, never seen it).

Exorcist, The

Fight Club

Godfather, The

Hitcher, The

Il Postino

Jean de Florette

King of Comedy.

Love Serenade.

Madness of King George, The

Natural Born Killers

One Hour Photo

Pulp Fiction

Quiz Show

Raging Bull

Silence of the Lambs

Taxi Driver

Une pure formalité

Velvet, Blue

Warriors, Once Were

X, Citizen

Y (Don't like any films starting with Y) Why? I just don't.

Zoe, Killing (sorry, didn't like many films beginning with Z either).

Comment by Jessicca

June 26th 2007 01:33

Learning Something Everyday
Malaysia Found

If you are talking about the Police Story (Hong Kong version) then I can say that I've seen it.

Otherwise I am totally lost in the list.

Great list though. ^_^

Comment by Bryn

June 26th 2007 03:07

Horrorphile

Alien
Blade Runner
Cul-de-Sac
Down By Law
Exorcist, The
Fight Club
Goodfellas
Holy Mountain, The
I am Cuba
Johnny Suede
Kagamusha
Lolita
Morvern Callar
No Way Out
Orlando
Papillon
Queen Margot
RoboCop
Swingers
Tampopo
Underground
Vanishing Point
Withnail and I
Xtro
Young Frankenstein
Zardoz

Comment by katyzzz

June 26th 2007 03:25

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Health Focus
MS Paint Art

John, could I please have Sound of Music, [couldn't you just guess]

katyzzz

Comment by DuskDevi

June 26th 2007 05:40

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Oh man...this much harder that I thought...I'm just whisking names off, that are in my collection...not sure whether this is a true representation of all time favourite films...but certainly films I enjoy;

A League of Their Own

Batman Begins

Contact

Dragonheart

Eiger Sanction, The (....because Clint is ouch...)

Fifth Element

Gattaca

Highlander

Indiana Jones (all of them)

James Bond (all of them)

Kill Bill Vol 1

LA Confidential

Matrix

North by Northwest

Our Man Flint

Picnic at Hanging Rock (not in my collection but I love this film)

Q

Return of the Jedi

Sholay (a classic Hindi movie from the seventies and so not the Bollywood of today)

Twelve Monkeys

Usual Suspects

V

Way of the Dragon (or 'Fury...')

X-Men 2 (so I'm predictable. Shoot me)

Y

Z - many Hindi movies come to mind

...will have to come back...good one JD!

Dusk

Comment by Justin

June 26th 2007 05:50

What a great way to spend an hour! =D

American Beauty
Braveheart
Carlito's Way
Doors, The
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fight Club
Gattaca
Heat
Interview with the Vampire
Jurassic Park
King, The Fisher
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Memento
New World, The
Of (The Count); Monte Christo
Point, Match
Quills
Run Lola Run
Samurai, The Last
The Departed
Unforgiven
Ventura (Ace), Pet Detective,
Wars, Star
X-Men
Young Guns
Zoolander

Disclaimer:
Some discrepancies had to be made with the titles

Comment by JohnDoe

June 26th 2007 07:07

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Love the responses gang, keep em coming.

Another Zero Effect fan, excellent work Nick,
You are not going to honour us with a little alphabet list of faves?

Comment by JohnDoe

June 26th 2007 07:12

Film & TV on DVD

Hi James,
Great to meet another appreciator of Alan J Pakula's Parralax View...I have it on DVd and usually watch it about once every six months or so....usually with Frankenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate and George Peppard in The Groundstar Conspiracy.

Any chance of a few lettered favourites James?

Comment by JohnDoe

June 26th 2007 07:18

Film & TV on DVD

Fine choices David,
All the films there could have made it onto my list too....in fact love all those you set aside, I was so tempted to have five answers for each letter, because A vexed me so much.

Here is some faves for the letter A,
luckily I was being spontaneous when I did the post...I was tempted to put down 5 choices for each letter, but knew that was taking it all to seriously.

Apocalypse Now
All The presidents Men
Alien
American Psycho
Amadeus

Hope you enjoyed playing.

Comment by JohnDoe

June 26th 2007 07:21

Film & TV on DVD

Hi Jessica,
Right you are, I am talking about the Jackie Chan kung fu classic.

That was in my foreign favourites list, had you seen anything in the top list?

Comment by JohnDoe

June 26th 2007 07:27

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Wouldn't expect anything less Bryn, great list.

Good to se Johnny Suede, Orlando, Vanishing Point and Young Frankenstein etc...

zardoz (Snicker), I thought I was the only one...Sean's hairy chest and mo are frightening, like a deer in headlights I cant help but stare.

Comment by JohnDoe

June 26th 2007 07:29

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You can have whatever film you love Katyzz,
So thats the letter "S" taken care of, any others?

Comment by Tracy

June 26th 2007 07:30

Movies and Life

Great idea, John. Here's a few of mine, but I know I'll be back again later.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Samsara
The Station Agent
La Haine
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fight Club
Run Lola Run
The Crying Game
Memento
Usual Suspects
Taxi Driver
Velvet, Blue
Ghost Dog
Requeim for a Dream
Metropolis
La Femme Nikita

Byeee

Comment by JohnDoe

June 26th 2007 07:47

Film & TV on DVD

Hi Dusk,
Thats the idea, perfect. It wasn't meant to be a definitive list, just a gauge of for people tastes around here.
Awesome to see Eiger Sanction, I really love this movie. So savage and vulgar, the book by Trevanian is just as good. Have you seen The Assignment?

As for Bond From Russia With Love, License To Kill and Casino Royale are favourites.

Gattaca almost made my list too. I'm a huge Sci-Fi fan though from my list you would never know it really.

North by Northwest, Indy, 12 Monkeys, Our Man Flynt , usual Suspects and Bruce are all cool choices that rank in my book.

Thanks for playing along, hope all is well in the world of DuskDevi.

Comment by JohnDoe

June 26th 2007 07:57

Film & TV on DVD

Hi Justin,
Glad you had a good time selecting the films, I had to do it like a bnd aid before my mind cluttered with infinite gems.

Memento, Carlito's Way, The Fisher King[/B], Fight Club, Gattaca and Heat are contenders for sure.

Good to see you.

Comment by JohnDoe

June 26th 2007 08:07

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Love all your choices Tracy,

The only exception is Run Lola Run, but thats mainly because I loved Tom Twykers The Princess and The Warrior so much.

Hope we see your complete 26 letters of the alphabet list....

I did the two lists because i couldn't choose between a favourite English or Foreign Langage film. Even then the task was difficult and that was with a nonchalant attitude.

Always appreciate the visit.