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Michael Scrutchin Studio President
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Posted: 07.08.2003 12:10 am Post subject: So, what do you like (top 10 favorites)? |
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"What really matters is what you like, not what you are like. Books, records, films -- these things matter."
--Rob Gordon (John Cusack), High Fidelity
In the spirit of High Fidelity, I thought I'd start a thread in which we list our top 10 favorites in a few categories (top fives are just far too limiting for me). You can use the same categories I do, or you can skip some of them and/or add your own. Each of my lists is in alphabetical (rather than preferential) order. Here I go.
Favorite Movies- The Apartment (Wilder, 1960)
- Band of Outsiders (Godard, 1964)
- The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler, 1946)
- Bride of Frankenstein (Whale, 1935)
- City Lights (Chaplin, 1931)
- Dawn of the Dead (Romero, 1978)
- Hard Eight (Anderson, 1997)
- Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994)
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (Lynch, 1992)
- Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958)
Favorite Albums- Armed Forces (Elvis Costello, 1979)
- Around the Fur (Deftones, 1997)
- Blood on the Tracks (Bob Dylan, 1975)
- Disintegration (The Cure, 1989)
- London Calling (The Clash, 1979)
- Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys, 1966)
- Pinkerton (Weezer, 1996)
- Revolver (The Beatles, 1966)
- Tim (The Replacements, 1985)
- Whatever (Aimee Mann, 1993)
Favorite Artists That Didn't Make My 'Album' List- Fiona Apple
- Built to Spill
- Glassjaw
- Jimmy Eat World
- Johnny Cash
- Pavement
- Michael Penn
- Simon & Garfunkel
- Tool
- Wilco
Favorite Novels- The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton
- Don Quijote, Miguel de Cervantes
- Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
- The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Long Walk, Richard Bachman
- Native Son, Richard Wright
- Play It As It Lays, Joan Didion
- The Shining, Stephen King
- Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
- The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner
Well, that's about it for now. Of course, these lists are subject to change depending on my mood. And it's frustrating that so many of my favorite things didn't make the cut on any of the above lists. Anyway, I'm eager to see what winds up on everyone else's lists. Let's try to keep it limited to 10 in each category (no cheating).
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beltmann Studio Exec
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Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 2341 Location: West Bend, WI
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Posted: 07.08.2003 4:16 am Post subject: |
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This is madness, Michael.
I set about designing parameters, but decided I only needed one: These are the works I couldn?t live without, the ones I would grasp for as the ship began to sink. For lists such as these, artistic significance is irrelevant. All that matters is personal significance. Naturally, these alphabetized lists, chosen rapidly on gut instinct rather than deep pondering, are true ?favorites,? not ?bests.?
Favorite Films
Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
La Jet?e (Marker, 1962)
Les Mistons (Truffaut, 1957)
Malcolm X (Lee, 1992)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1928)
Pather Panchali (Ray, 1955)
The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957)
Sherlock, Jr. (Keaton, 1924)
Something Wild (Demme, 1986)
Truman Show (Weir, 1998)
Favorite Albums
Beautiful Freak (The Eels, 1996)
The Joshua Tree (U2, 1987)
Laid (James, 1993)
Pet Sounds (Beach Boys, 1966)
The Queen Is Dead (The Smiths, 1986)
Red (Eliza Carthy, 2001)
Revolver (Beatles, 1966)
Selmasongs (Bjork, 2000)
Whatever (Aimee Mann, 1993)
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Wilco, 2002)
Favorite Novels
The Catcher in the Rye (Salinger)
Fever Pitch (Hornby)
Foe (Coetzee)
Ishmael (Quinn)
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Hardy)
Scarlet Letter (Hawthorne)
A Separate Peace (Knowles)
Shame (Rushdie)
Sons and Lovers (Lawrence)
The Third Man (Greene)
Ask me again tomorrow and it will look entirely different.
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matt header Studio Exec
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Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 623 Location: Milwaukee, WI
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Posted: 07.08.2003 6:53 am Post subject: |
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Just for kicks I'll list what comes to the top of my head when I think about the movies, writers, albums, and TV shows (which oh so rarely can be artfully done) that will always have a fond place in my heart. (I can't say for sure that these are the best, or even that they maintain their excellence when I examine them further, but these are the ones that are bright stars in my history of experiencing "the arts"):
Favorite Films
2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Capra)
The Bicycle Thief (De Sica)
The Third Man (Reed)
City Lights (Chaplin)
Children of Paradise (Carne)
The Grapes of Wrath (Ford)
Rear Window (Hitchcock)
The General (Keaton)
8 1/2 (Fellini)
Favorite Albums
"Abbey Road," The Beatles
"Homogenic," Bjork
"Deltron 3030," Deltron 3030
"The Return of the Space Cowboy," Jamiroquai
"Quality Control," Jurassic 5
"Carpal Tunnel Syndrome," Kid Koala
"Led Zeppelin IV / Zoso," Led Zeppelin
"A Live One," Phish
"Piper at the Gates of Dawn," Pink Floyd
"The Three E.P.'s," The Beta Band
Favorite Novels / Plays
"The Catcher in the Rye," J.D. Salinger
"A Tale of Two Cities," Charles Dickens
"Bag of Bones," Stephen King
"1984," George Orwell
"Dracula," Bram Stoker
"My Cousin Rachel," Daphne du Maurier
"Macbeth," William Shakespeare
"Death of a Salesman," Arthur Miller
"The Crucible," Arthur Miller
"The Sins of Childhood and Other Stories," Boleslaw Prus |
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beltmann Studio Exec
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Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 2341 Location: West Bend, WI
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Posted: 07.08.2003 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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I almost included Beta Band's Three E.P.s on my list, and if we're including plays (which seems reasonable), I'd definitely add Julius Caesar. No matter how many times I teach it, I love reading through that one. Same for The Crucible.
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Danny Baldwin Studio Exec
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Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 1354 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: 07.10.2003 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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Film
Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991)
Tonari no Totoro (Myazaki, 1988)
Forrest Gump (Zemeckis, 1994)
Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990)
Psycho (Hitchcock, 1960)
Fargo (The Coens, 1996)
Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
Star Wars (Lucas, 1977)
The Godfather (Coppola, 1972)
Music
Abbey Road (The Beatles, 1969)
Unplugged (Eric Clapton, 1992) [Okay, maybe it's a compilation, but close enough, right? ]
Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Simon and Garfunkel, 1970)
Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Moorsette, 1995)
Who's Next (The Who, Remastered: 1999 Original Release Date: ?)
Hot Space (Queen, 1982)
1984 (Van Halen, 1984)
The Song Remains the Same (Led Zeppelin, 1976)
Thriller (Michael Jackson 8, 1982)
Let it Bleed (The Rolling Stones, 1969)
Books
Catcher in the Rye (Salinger)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee)
The Hours (Cunningham)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Tolkien)
The Swiss Family Robinson (Wyss)
Carrie (King)
The Green Mile (King)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Twain)
Holes (Sachar)
The Rules of Attraction (Ellis)
Mostly classics in that area...haven't read much lately... _________________ Danny Baldwin
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the night watchman Studio Exec
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Joined: 27 Jun 2003 Posts: 1373 Location: Dark, run-down shack by the graveyard.
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Posted: 07.22.2003 4:54 am Post subject: |
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Film
Alien (Scott, 1979)
Blade Runner (Scott, 1982)
Raising Arizona (Coen Brothers, 1987)
Eraserhead (Lynch, 1977)
Dead Ringers (Cronenberg, 1988)
The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991)
Princess Mononoke (Myazaki, 1997)
Psycho (Hitchcock, 1960)
The Maltese Falcon (Huston, 1941)
Yojimbo (Kurasawa, 1961)
Music
Dream Sequence Tangerine Dream
The Principle of Moments Robert Plant
Jar of Flies Alice in Chains
Animals Pink Floyd
Anima Tool
Signals Rush
The Real Thing Faith No More
Rage for Order Queensryche
Pontiac Lyle Lovett
Misfits Misfits
Books
The Shining Stephen King
The 37th Mandala Marc Laidlaw
War of the Worlds/Island of Dr. Moreau H.G. Wells
Metropolitan Walter Jon Williams
The Two-Bear Mambo Joe R. Lansdale
Bones of the Moon Jonathan Carrol
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
The Floating World Cynthia Kadohata
Liege-Killer Christopher Hinz
Bable-17 Samuel R. Delany
Collections
The Dunwich Horror and Others H.P. Lovecraft
The Essential Ellison Harlan Ellison
The Books of Blood, Vols I - VI Clive Barker
By Bizarre Hands Joe R. Lansdale
Waking Nightmares Ramsey Cambell
The Dark Country Dennis Etchison
The Dark Descent David G. Hartwell (ed.)
Year?s Best Fantasy and Horror Vols. I & II Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (eds.)
The King in Yellow Robert W. Chambers
The Great God Pan Arthur Machen
Skeleton Crew Stephen King
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the night watchman Studio Exec
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Posted: 07.28.2003 12:10 am Post subject: |
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11 Albums Not Appearing in My Top 10 List, With No Group Repeats
Oil and Gold Shreikback
Solitude Standing Suzanne Vega
Gold is the Metal Coil
October Rust Type O Negative
Ride the Lightning Metallica
Heart Shaped World Chris Isaak
Workshop of the Telescopes Blue Oyster Cult
Kick INXS
Tails Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
Security Peter Gabriel
life's too good The Sugarcubes |
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AnaG Grip
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Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 3 Location: Sydney, Aust.
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Posted: 08.19.2003 7:48 am Post subject: |
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Favourite movie
1. The Usual Suspects
2. Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
4. Traffic
5. American Beauty
6. Shakespeare in Love
7. Mulan
8. Romeo + Juliet
9. Ever After
10. The Breakfast Club
Favourite albums
1. Nathan, Michael, Shawn, Wanya - Boys II Men
2. White Ladder - David Gray
3. Let Go - Avril Lavigne
4. On How Life Is - Macy Gray
5. Can?t Take Me Home - Pink
Favourite artists
1. 50 Cent
2. Eminem
3. Ja Rule
4. Toni Braxton
5. F4
Favourite novels
1. Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
5. Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
6. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
7. The Wish List Eoin Colfer
8. Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende
9. Chinese Cinderella - Adeline Yen Mah
10. A Walk to Remember - Nicholas Sparks
Most hated movie
Boys Don?t cry (1999) ![Confused](images/smiles/icon_confused.gif) |
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matt header Studio Exec
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Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 623 Location: Milwaukee, WI
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Posted: 08.19.2003 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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Boys Don't Cry? Really? May I ask why? |
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the night watchman Studio Exec
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Posted: 08.20.2003 1:12 am Post subject: |
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I'm curious, too. Methinks AnaG has never watched a Larry Buchanan movie. ![Wink](images/smiles/icon_wink.gif) _________________ "If you're talking about censorship, and what things should be shown and what things shouldn't be shown, I've said that as an artist you have no social responsibility whatsoever."
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the night watchman Studio Exec
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Posted: 12.29.2003 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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TV Shows of All-Time
Firefly (I don't care if it didn't last one whole season)
The Twilight Zone
The Simpsons
Futurama
Cowboy Bebop
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The X-Files (at least the first four seasons)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Saturday Night Live
Mystery Science Theater 3000
I would have included Roseanne in an elventh position, and seriously considered including The George Lopez Show in the tenth. Maybe after one or two more seasons I will. _________________ "If you're talking about censorship, and what things should be shown and what things shouldn't be shown, I've said that as an artist you have no social responsibility whatsoever."
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Danny Baldwin Studio Exec
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Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 1354 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: 12.29.2003 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, god, TV? Now we've gotta sort through things that actually completely and entirely leave, even if most of the great shows stay on. I hate most TV these days, but here I go with the classics:
Saturday Night Live (up until I saw some dreadful recent episodes of it about two months ago)
Gilligan's Island
Three's Company
The Late Show with David Letterman
Recently, the only show I really enjoy is Alias. _________________ Danny Baldwin
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the night watchman Studio Exec
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Posted: 12.29.2003 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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<slaps forehead>
I completely forgot about Dave. I'd put it in the SNL slot, but that means bumping out MST3K, so I'll tie SNL and Letterman at 9. _________________ "If you're talking about censorship, and what things should be shown and what things shouldn't be shown, I've said that as an artist you have no social responsibility whatsoever."
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matt header Studio Exec
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Posted: 01.02.2004 1:07 am Post subject: |
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TV shows, huh? Here are my favorites of past and present:
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents"
"The X-Files"
"The Simpsons"
"The Daily Show" (w/ Jon Stewart, NOT w/ Craig Kilborn)
"Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien"
"Cheers"
"The Carol Burnett Show"
"I Love Lucy"
"CSI"
"Monk"
"The Outer Limits"
"Curb Your Enthusiasm"
"Sealab 2021"
"Spongebob Squarepants"
"The Prisoner"
"The Dick van Dyke Show"
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Danny Baldwin Studio Exec
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Posted: 01.02.2004 1:52 am Post subject: |
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Oh, man. We were on a role till that one. Blast. I hate it. _________________ Danny Baldwin
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