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Post by Ingram on Nov 11, 2021 6:46:29 GMT
As in, Top 10s. They're fun. They're not important, at least not as some absolute metric. Rather, they can (even should) be flexible and great for conversation where one might want to dabble in something from another's list that perhaps they're unfamiliar with. The Other Topics forum being about movies, books, music, hobbies etc., I felt an easy way to initiate as much would be a thread where anyone either on occasion or whenever spurred might share their favorites list.
Top 10, 20, 13,131/2 or whatever number that comes right before ∞ ...doesn't matter.
For me, then, my...
Top 20 Favorite Filmmakers
Honorable Mentions: Peter Weir, John Frankenheimer, Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Terry Gilliam,
Richard Donner, George Miller, David Lynch, Carrol Ballard, Jonathan Glazer, King Vidor, Ang Lee, Tony Scott, Kelly Reichardt,
Jonathan Demme, Zack Snyder, Adrian Lyne, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Mamoru Oshii...
20. Robert Wise 19. Buster Keaton 18. James Whale 17. Sofia Coppola 16. James Cameron 15. Paul Verhoeven 14. Neil Jordan 13. John Milius 12. Walter Hill 11. Ridley Scott
10. John McTiernan 09. Michael Mann 08. Howard Hawks 07. FF Coppola 06. Walt Disney 05. Akira Kurosawa 04. John Carpenter 03. Steven Spielberg 02. George Lucas 01. Michael Curtiz
If you don't know that many filmmakers, don't worry about it and just list however many that rock your van.
And don't worry about fashion or identity politics. If you wanna list Michael Bay or Uwe Boll, make like Palpatine and do it!
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Nov 11, 2021 18:12:21 GMT
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Post by Subtext Mining on Nov 11, 2021 18:12:21 GMT
You guys know me, this is the only lis(z)t I like.  I just can't wrap my mind around the concept of ranking things you like. But here’s some filmmakers I enjoy, in no particular order: Kubrick, Miyazaki, Kurosawa, F. Lang, Antonioni, Truffaut, Gondry, Tarkovsky, Lynch, Cronenberg, Aronofsky, Malick, Altman, Gilliam, S. Coppola,, Linklater, Welles, Lucas And yes, Buster Keaton! |
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Post by Ingram on Nov 11, 2021 20:13:06 GMT
You guys know me, this is the only lis(z)t I like. I just can't wrap my mind around the concept of ranking things you like. But here’s some filmmakers I enjoy, in no particular order: Kubrick, Miyazaki, Kurosawa, F. Lang, Antonioni, Truffaut, Gondry, Tarkovsky, Lynch, Cronenberg, Aronofsky, Malick, Altman, Gilliam, S. Coppola,, Linklater, Welles, Lucas And yes, Buster Keaton! I wouldn't say rankings are a prerequisite, to be honest. A simple shout-out list works fine, too. I see Altman's on yours; just outta curiosity, then, where are you on Paul Thomas Anderson?
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Post by jppiper on Nov 11, 2021 21:02:10 GMT
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Post by Ingram on Nov 11, 2021 21:09:44 GMT
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Post by jppiper on Nov 11, 2021 21:44:52 GMT
Ingramoh well it's great that walt is in the top 20
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Post by Moonshield on Nov 12, 2021 12:35:43 GMT
Top 20 Favourite Heavy Metal Bands
Honorable Mentions: Metallica, Megadeth, Stratovarius, Mob Rules, Dissection, Twilight Ophera, Sentenced, Dimmu Borgir, Yngwie Malmsteen, Whitesnake, Alestorm, Tristania
20. Dead By April
19. Accept
18. Moonsorrow
17. Scorpions
16. Cradle Of Filth
15. Amon Amarth
14. Before The Dawn
13. Immortal Souls
12. Gamma Ray
11. Equilibrium
10. Nightwish
09. Children Of Bodom
08. Wintersun
07. KK's Priest
06. Running Wild
05. Kalmah
04. Twilightning
03. In Flames
01-02. Judas Priest
01-02. Aria
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Post by smittysgelato on Nov 12, 2021 20:24:24 GMT
Top 5 Poets
1. William Blake
2. Emily Dickinson
3. Dante Alighieri
4. Antonio Machado
5. Mary Oliver
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Post by Subtext Mining on Nov 13, 2021 8:55:18 GMT
I see Altman's on yours; just outta curiosity, then, where are you on Paul Thomas Anderson? I've only seen The Master, and mostly all I remeber about it was that it was well directed.  And Punch Drunk Love which I liked but would also need to see again sometime. |
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Nov 13, 2021 22:01:48 GMT
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Post by Subtext Mining on Nov 13, 2021 22:01:48 GMT
Ingram what's your favorite Carpenter film?
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Post by Ingram on Nov 14, 2021 0:33:35 GMT
Ingram what's your favorite Carpenter film? Not for nothing, but, The Thing is among my favorite films, period, and one I consider internally perfect. |
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Post by Subtext Mining on Nov 14, 2021 8:36:09 GMT
Some classical composers I enjoy:
Antonín Dvořak, Camille Saint-Saëns, Claude Debussy, Giuseppe Marttucci, Edvard Grieg, Chopin, Beethoven, Bela Bartok, Arnold Bax, Gustav Holst, Alban Berg, Erik Satie, Bedřich Smetana, Jean Sibelius, Boccherini, Gustav Mahler, Schubert
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Post by Ingram on Nov 14, 2021 10:22:58 GMT
Some classical composers I enjoy: Antonín Dvořak, Camille Saint-Saëns, Claude Debussy, Giuseppe Marttucci, Edvard Grieg, Chopin, Beethoven, Bela Bartok, Arnold Bax, Gustav Holst, Alban Berg, Erik Satie, Bedřich Smetana, Jean Sibelius, Boccherini, Gustav Mahler, Schubert With the eras I'm mostly partial to the Renaissance/Baroque in the first tier and Romantic/20th-Century in the second tier, with only a cursory interest in true Classical.
But in all honestly, I'm likely to indulge the likes of John Playford, Andrew Lawrence-King or David Douglass over the above, or even spin with some young beauty to estampie; something pre-15th. Color me a lowly peasant, then, or a highwayman in from the storm, enjoying whatever the local tavern. |
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Post by smittysgelato on Nov 14, 2021 19:21:36 GMT
My personal favourite from John Carpenter is The Fog. The atmosphere and cinematography are right up my alley.
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Post by Subtext Mining on Nov 15, 2021 10:11:26 GMT
Favorite female vocalists in alphabetical order:
Alicia Keys
Aretha Franklin
Bats For Lashes (Natasha Kahn)
Billie Holiday
Bjork
Blonde Redhead (Kazu Makino)
Brazil '66 (Lani Hall & Janis Hansen)
The Cardigans (Nina Persson)
Club 8 (Karolina Komstedt)
Cocteau Twins (Elizabeth Fraser)
Denali (Maura Davis)
Françiose Hardy
Hope Sandoval (also of Mazzy Star)
India Arie
Lianne La Havas
Linda Lewis
Lykke Li
Nedelle Torisi
Neko Case
Rokia Traoré
Stereolab (Laetitia Sadier & Mary Hansen)
The Sundays (Harriet Wheeler)
And of course, Sy Snootles
And I mean that from the bottom of my fluid sac.
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Post by Ingram on Nov 15, 2021 20:56:14 GMT
Favorite female vocalists in alphabetical order: Alicia Keys Aretha Franklin Bats For Lashes (Natasha Kahn) Billie Holiday Bjork Blonde Redhead (Kazu Makino) Brazil '66 (Lani Hall & Janis Hansen) The Cardigans (Nina Persson) Denali (Maura Davis) Françiose Hardy Hope Sandoval (also of Mazzy Star) India Arie Lianne La Havas Linda Lewis Lykke Li Nedelle Torisi Neko Case Rokia Traoré Stereolab (Laetitia Sadier & Mary Hansen) The Sundays (Harriet Wheeler) And of course, Sy Snootles And I mean that from the bottom of my fluid sac. My Top 20, without ranking: - Patsy Cline
- Thelma Houston
- Tanita Tikaram
- Grace Slick
- Linda Ronstadt
- Billie Holiday
- Ann Wilson
- Cyndi Lauper
- Shirley Manson
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Alanis Morissette
- Diana Ross
- Bjork
- Tina Turner
- Pat Benatar
- Stevie Nicks
- Belinda Carlisle
- Dolly Parton
- Wanda Jackson
- Julie London
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Post by Subtext Mining on Nov 16, 2021 7:54:19 GMT
Oo, I hadn't heard of Tanita Tikaram. Good stuff. Not the voice I was expecting when I saw her visage. (She reminds me a little of Winnie Cooper). And good call with Julie London. Reminds me I should add Dinah Shore to my list. What is it about those '40-50s songstresses that's so soothing? Makes me want to watch Attack of the Clones. I really should also include Patsy Cline. Cyndi Lauper was a big part of my childhood and I love her voice. I wanted to live in a Streamline trailer with her in the woods when I was 8. youtu.be/VdQY7BusJNUAnd good to see Björk. People tend to either really enjoy her or really not. |
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Post by Ingram on Nov 16, 2021 10:22:35 GMT
And good to see Björk. People tend to either really enjoy her or really not. Speaking of which, along with the value of batshit animation art from a neighboring thread, this:
My boy John K!
Not gonna lie, I am unabashedly nostalgic for this video. It is so atomically 1996, a mid-teenage year for yours truly. It was the perfect after-hour MTV viewing experience where my brain at that age could cut loose from the immediate stiffened realities of high school and living at home with the family. My older brother liked it because he crushed on Bjork but I simply dug it as a temporal headspace where I could just not give a fuck for a while ...along with other late-night cable television excursions into pop-oblivion.
Those days are over now.
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Post by Ingram on Nov 17, 2021 8:20:31 GMT
Top 20 Favourite Heavy Metal BandsHonorable Mentions: Metallica, Megadeth, Stratovarius, Mob Rules, Dissection, Twilight Ophera, Sentenced, Dimmu Borgir, Yngwie Malmsteen, Whitesnake, Alestorm, Tristania 20. Dead By April 19. Accept 18. Moonsorrow 17. Scorpions 16. Cradle Of Filth 15. Amon Amarth 14. Before The Dawn 13. Immortal Souls 12. Gamma Ray 11. Equilibrium 10. Nightwish 09. Children Of Bodom 08. Wintersun 07. KK's Priest 06. Running Wild 05. Kalmah 04. Twilightning 03. In Flames 01-02. Judas Priest 01-02. Aria It's odd because if I didn't grow up in a cacophony of 80s/90s metal outright, it was certainly the closest thing to. And yet I'm not quite as savvy as I should be. Or, my interests drift between "heavy" and simply hard or "hair".
In no order:
Quiet Riot
Metallica Whitesnake
Slayer Scorpions
Dokken Judas Priest Rob Zombie Babylon A.D. Ratt
Except, I know there's more I'm missing at the moment.
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Nov 22, 2021 12:18:42 GMT
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Post by eljedicolombiano on Nov 22, 2021 12:18:42 GMT
You going to do your end of year movie list, Ings?
I’ll see if I can compile a list later
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And Punch Drunk Love which I liked but would also need to see again sometime.