I'm a sophomore in high school and a fledging filmmaker.
I tend to review films I like more than ones I don't like because I have a good enough sense of what I consider "great" to be able to make the right choices at rental stores.
My favorite directors are, in no particular order: Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Spike Lee, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Elia Kazan, Quentin Tarantino, Oliver Stone, Joel Coen, Tim Burton, David Lynch, David Cronenberg, Spike Jonze, and Wes Anderson.
Some favorite films that were not made by these directors include Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Citizen Kane, The Bicycle Thief, The Graduate, Annie Hall, Unforgiven, Sunset Boulevard, Psycho, Chinatown, Apocaypse Now, The Godfather Parts I and II, Scarface, Dangerous Liaisons, The Breakfast Club, Evil Dead II, Meet the Feebles, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Exorcist, Dawn of the Dead (1978), American Beauty, Ghost World, and Donnie Darko.
I haven't reviewed some of my favorites, like 2001: A Space Odyssey and La Dolce Vita, because I consider myself intellectually inferior for such endeavours... for the time being.
"The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light."
Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999)
I shamelessly stole this idea from voxpoptart. I hope he'll forgive me.
Movies
25th Hour
8 Mile
American Beauty
The Breakfast Club
Dead Ringers
Dog Day Afternoon
Do the Right Thing
Ed Wood
The Exorcist: The Beginning
Fahrenheit 9/11
Gerry
The Graduate
Identity
Jail Bait (1954)
Meet the Feebles
Natural Born Killers
Old School
Plan 9 From Outer Space
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Schindler's List
Unforgiven
Viva Zapata! (The Marlon Brando W/O)
Books
Dude, Where's My Country? by Michael Moore
Making a Winning Short by Edmond Levy
Nietzsche for Beginners by Marc Sautet
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Story by Robert McKee
Writer's Corner
The First Great British W/O (The Beatles - The Magical Mystery Tour)
Getting to Know Each Other W/O (The World According to aeb89)
The Marlon Brando W/O
"Would people applaud me if I were a good plumber?"
Marlon Brando (1924-2004)
Please support my Marlon Brando Write Off.
Which Classic Movie are You?
