tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post8561630256390061528..comments2023-07-23T09:45:33.199-05:00Comments on the last lullaby (and) peril: 1986: Hoosiers (David Anspaugh)Jeffrey Goodmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464544798603030406noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-80037371672779107992010-04-08T06:43:03.729-05:002010-04-08T06:43:03.729-05:00Dave, I love HANNAH, too, and think it an excellen...Dave, I love HANNAH, too, and think it an excellent pick! It's also up there for me as one of my favorite Allen films. <br /><br />Thanks, Dave. Excited as you enter the home stretch in the noir countdown!Jeffrey Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464544798603030406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-12187904842846990852010-04-07T22:51:15.791-05:002010-04-07T22:51:15.791-05:00I have to go with yet another Woody Allen film, as...I have to go with yet another Woody Allen film, as I think HANNAH AND HER SISTERS comes very close to being his best film.<br /><br />I also really like both STAND BY ME and PLATOON, but all in all this isn't a great year for me. BLUE VELVET I am actually kind of indifferent toward.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134196370913749544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-79003165122975476192010-04-07T10:37:16.929-05:002010-04-07T10:37:16.929-05:00Sam, thanks so much for the support on this pick! ...Sam, thanks so much for the support on this pick! Always great having your perspective. <br /><br />I still need to see COMRADES, CARAVAGGIO, and THERESE. And JEAN DE FLORETTE I need to revisit. I probably haven't seen it in fifteen years. <br /><br />Thanks, Sam. Always awesome having you here!Jeffrey Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464544798603030406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-25105697139485965902010-04-07T10:33:39.521-05:002010-04-07T10:33:39.521-05:00John, great to hear from you! Yes that Ferrara pi...John, great to hear from you! Yes that Ferrara pilot is pretty special I think. <br /><br />I really need to revisit PLATOON at some point. It's been many years since I've seen it. And I like STAND BY ME and ROUND MIDNIGHT, just a little less than the ones I mention.<br /><br />Thanks, John. Always great having you here!Jeffrey Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464544798603030406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-16871339450184615612010-04-07T10:29:59.555-05:002010-04-07T10:29:59.555-05:00JD, absolutely no complaint from me on that one. ...JD, absolutely no complaint from me on that one. I completely love BLUE VELVET, too, and think it's an incredible film.<br /><br />Thanks, JD. Always great to have you here!Jeffrey Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464544798603030406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-61813529926547363842010-04-07T10:28:28.258-05:002010-04-07T10:28:28.258-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jeffrey Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464544798603030406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-62449016320542427382010-04-07T09:25:48.749-05:002010-04-07T09:25:48.749-05:00I am with J.D. here, but I can't blame you Jef...I am with J.D. here, but I can't blame you Jeffrey for applauding a film that is too often slighted for its commercial underpinnings. It's better than was originally thought, and it's one of the two great HMy Own #1 Film of 1986:<br /><br />Blue Velvet (Lynch; USA)<br /><br />Runners-Up:<br /><br />Jean de Florette (Berri; France)<br />Comrades (Dougles; UK)<br />Caravaggio (Jarman; UK)<br />Therese (Cavalier; France)<br />The Sacrifice (Tarkovsky; Russia)<br />Sherman's March (McElwee; USA)<br />A Room With A View (Ivory; UK)<br />Mona Lisa (Jordan; UK)<br />Manon des Sources (Berri; France)<br />Salvador (Stone; USA)<br />She's Gotta Have It (Lee; USA)<br />Down By Law (Jarmusch; USA)<br />The Assault (Rademakers; Holland)<br />Castle in the Sky (Miyazaki; Japan)<br />The Green Ray (Rohmer; France)<br />Platoon (Stone; USA)<br /><br />I would have really preffered to have a tie with BLUE VELVET and JEAN DE FORETTE, but as this is my favorite Lynch film here I figured I'd maintain the dramatic aspect! Ha! The three that follow on my list though, are also masterpieces.<br /><br />Like you Jeffrey, I greatly value films that impressed and moved me in my younger years, and I've never abandoned them, because this one or that one thought in an artistic sense they were lacking. I really have loads of examples of this.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-56583316241193167162010-04-07T09:21:02.563-05:002010-04-07T09:21:02.563-05:00Jeffrey, I liked "Hoosiers" and understa...Jeffrey, I liked "Hoosiers" and understand your affinity for it. Hackman and Hershey, as you say deliver nice performances. I also like your mention of the pilot for "Crime Story" by Ferrara, which I watched about ten years ago or so but remember liking very much. Really need to see that again.<br />My own choice is one I consider one of Woody Allen's masterpieces "Hannah and Her Sisters." <br /><br />#1 Hannah and Her Sisters<br /><br />Best of the Rest<br /><br />Platoon <br />A Room With A View<br />The Color of Money<br />Something Wild<br />Stand by Me<br />She's Gotta Have It<br />Blue Velvet<br />Round MidnightJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808503055317962289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-13445446945186502442010-04-07T08:24:01.598-05:002010-04-07T08:24:01.598-05:00This is a pretty good film with a stirring perform...This is a pretty good film with a stirring performance by Dennis Hopper but for 1986 I'll have to go with his other film, BLUE VELVET.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-24137175993838364912010-04-07T07:36:18.853-05:002010-04-07T07:36:18.853-05:00It's nice to see a Hollywood hit work its way ...It's nice to see a Hollywood hit work its way onto the list! The scene you describe reminds me a lot of the Hawke/Williams "oh captain my captain" moment in DEAD POETS SOCIETY, and has a similar effect. In fact, the Weir film could even be called Hoosiers for the Walt Whitman set.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10698020505992039761noreply@blogger.com