So, not too long ago, I posted some of my favorite '70's and '80's 'Pop & Rock' music videos and had some great feedback from that post (though none that actually posted that feedback, but I'll take it any way it comes!).
Over the last near year and a half, I had dropped watching a lot of television programs. Now, no offense to those of you who enjoy a lot of the television shows and series that are on the tube these days, but I find many of them to be just brain filler, nonsense fantasy that keeps one glued to the tube and not getting much value in return.
One can argue that ALL media on television or the theaters is just mind glue, a trap to keep us docile and thinking the way that the Powers That Be want us to think.
When we worked on the 'X-Files', someone had mentioned that basically we make entertainment between car commercials, which is probably true.
So, giving up new shows, I decided to keep myself entertained with more reading, more writing, getting outside and walking (which I do most every day that it's somewhat nice enough out) and on days I was beat up and felt like hell or that it was just plain too cold and nasty to go outside that I'd begin to take in movies, classics more than anything and not even all classics but some odd and rare, weird and obscure, vile and shocking, funny and wild.
I don't know how many movies I've watched in the last year, but it's been a lot of movies, some were good, some were awful and some became new favorites. Some were in genres I never had much interest in, for instance, Westerns and 'Gangster/Mafia' films. I never really much cared for either genres, up until about maybe 5 or 6 years ago, I'd never even seen the entire 'Godfather' series, I'd never seen a lot of the famous Western movies.
I'm not one for comedies, sure I like to laugh, but truth be told, I find a lot of comedians really annoying, I'm not sure why, I just always have. Romance movies, nah, who needs that mushy stuff lol. I like some dramas, but the genres I really dig are Horror, Sci-Fi, Western, Martial Arts, Action, Pirate movies, History and of course Music and that divides into documentaries to musicals.
Alright! Ya'll set! If you haven't seen some of these, well these are one's I'd definitely search and check out (though some may contain subject matter not suitable for all ages, some may be offensive, sacrilegious and controversial - I suggest you Google the films first and read up on them to see if it's something you might or might not want to watch) and remember, this is not a complete list, it's just some that came to mind and are ones I consider 'favorites' and have watched more than two to three times...
Some of my favorite movies:
Captain Blood - Errol Flynn -1935
Captain Kidd - 1945 - Charles Laughton
Once Upon A Time In the West - 1968 - Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson
The Professionals - 1966 - Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Jack Palance, Claudia Cardinale
Blood For Dracula - 1974 - Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro
The Fearless Vampire Killers - 1967 - Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate
Mark of the Devil AKA Hexxen- 1970 - Udo Kier, Reggie Nalder, Olivera Katarina
The Devil Rides Out - 1968 - Christopher Lee, Charles Gray
Pumpkinhead - 1988 - Lance Henriksen
The Devils - 1971 - Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave
Nightbreed (Directors cut) 1990 - Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg
Caligula - 1979 - Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole, Teresa Ann Savoy
Conan The Barbarian - 1982 - Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jesus Christ Superstar - 1973 - Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson
Godspell - 1973 - Victor Garber, David Haskell
The Adventures of Robinhood - Errol Flynn - 1938
The Holy Mountain - 1973 - Alejandro Jodorowsky
Blade Runner - Harrison Ford, - 1982
Close Encounters (Of the Third Kind) 1977 - Richard Dreyfuss
Valhalla Rising - 2009 - Mads Mikkelsen
Hamburger Hill - 1987 - Steven Weber, Tegan West
Platoon - 1986 - Charlie Sheen, Tom Merenger, Willem Dafoe
The Kingdom - 2007 - Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Ashraf Barhom
Dance Me Outside - 1994 -Ryan Black, Adam Beach, Lisa LaCroix, Michael Greyeyes
Aguirre - The Wrath of God - 1972 - Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Ruy Guerra
Rock & Rule (Animated) - 1983 - Greg Salata, Paul Le Mat, Robin Zander, Susan Roman, Debbie Harry, Don Francks, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop
Ivanhoe - 1952 - Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor
Nosferatu - (1922) - Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder
Häxan - 1922 -
Hellboy I & II - 2004 & 2008 - Ron Pearlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor, Doug Jones
Hellraiser I, II & III - 1987, 1988, 1992 - Doug Bradley
The Church - 1989 - Hugh Quarshie, Tomas Arana, Feodor Chaliapin, Jr., Barbara Cupisti, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Asia Argento
Jabberwocky - 1977 - Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Neil Innes
Monty Python & The Holy Grail - 1975 - Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Yellowbeard - 1983 - Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Marty feldman, Eric Idle, Cheech & Chong
Donnie Brasco - 1997 - Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Michael Madsen
King Of New York - 1990 - Christopher Walken, Lawrence Fishburne, David Caruso
Legend - 2015 - Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Christopher Eccleston
Donnie Darko - 2001 - Jake & Maggie Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Mary Mcdonnell, James Duval, Holmes Osbourne
There ya go! Ever stuck for somethin' to watch! Ya got a list out the 'ol Yinyang right here. Some are scary, some are just fukin weird (The Holy Mountain), some are funny and some are just great classics. I had wanted to write a little note for each one but it would have taken me even longer than it did to post all this.
Ok, I will say this, 'Donnie Darko', I know, it came out in 2001 and I never saw it until like a year ago, it's probably one of the best movies I've ever seen. Just love it. Have watched it at least 5 times since I first watched it.
The Holy Mountain, INSANE movie, it starts off pretty insane, gets even weirder, then gets actually kinda cool, funny, quirky and it goes on and on into weirdness, it's actually a great movie.
The original 'Nosferatu', what can I say, before Bella, before anyone else, this movie rules.
The Church, one of my favorite horror flicks ever, this and 'Pumpkinhead' are 'must sees' every Fall.
Caligula, be sure to watch the 'director's cut/uncut versions', I mean, they say it's a porno, but it's much more than that... It's an orgy!
Conan the Barbarian & Blade Runner - Childhood movies, my Father took me to see both of these flicks when I was just a kid. In fact, for Conan, his girlfriend at the time joined us, for the first two decapitations, then I watched the rest of the movie alone. One of my favorites and after the second Conan, Arnie should have packed it in for acting. Sorry, but it's true.. Jingle all the way... Fuck off....
The Monty Python movies, my Brother's and I grew up on these movies and the rest of them 'Life of Brian, 'Meaning of Life'... we watched them over and over.... No wonder we turned out like we did....
Aguirre - The Wrath of God - So, Klaus Kinski played 'the vampire' in the remake of 'Nosferatu', Klaus is a seriously fucked up individual and he worked with director Werner Herzog on several films and there's many stories of them either trying to kill one another, shoot each other, sabotage each other's careers... They are interesting characters and Aguirre, the story of conquistadore Lope de Aguirre and his fellow soldiers search for the legendary golden city of 'El Derado' is sheer insanity, just the film making itself is insanity... Well worth the watch.
Ok, that's it. I'm done....
Over the last near year and a half, I had dropped watching a lot of television programs. Now, no offense to those of you who enjoy a lot of the television shows and series that are on the tube these days, but I find many of them to be just brain filler, nonsense fantasy that keeps one glued to the tube and not getting much value in return.
One can argue that ALL media on television or the theaters is just mind glue, a trap to keep us docile and thinking the way that the Powers That Be want us to think.
When we worked on the 'X-Files', someone had mentioned that basically we make entertainment between car commercials, which is probably true.
So, giving up new shows, I decided to keep myself entertained with more reading, more writing, getting outside and walking (which I do most every day that it's somewhat nice enough out) and on days I was beat up and felt like hell or that it was just plain too cold and nasty to go outside that I'd begin to take in movies, classics more than anything and not even all classics but some odd and rare, weird and obscure, vile and shocking, funny and wild.
I don't know how many movies I've watched in the last year, but it's been a lot of movies, some were good, some were awful and some became new favorites. Some were in genres I never had much interest in, for instance, Westerns and 'Gangster/Mafia' films. I never really much cared for either genres, up until about maybe 5 or 6 years ago, I'd never even seen the entire 'Godfather' series, I'd never seen a lot of the famous Western movies.
I'm not one for comedies, sure I like to laugh, but truth be told, I find a lot of comedians really annoying, I'm not sure why, I just always have. Romance movies, nah, who needs that mushy stuff lol. I like some dramas, but the genres I really dig are Horror, Sci-Fi, Western, Martial Arts, Action, Pirate movies, History and of course Music and that divides into documentaries to musicals.
Alright! Ya'll set! If you haven't seen some of these, well these are one's I'd definitely search and check out (though some may contain subject matter not suitable for all ages, some may be offensive, sacrilegious and controversial - I suggest you Google the films first and read up on them to see if it's something you might or might not want to watch) and remember, this is not a complete list, it's just some that came to mind and are ones I consider 'favorites' and have watched more than two to three times...
Some of my favorite movies:
The Crimson Pirate - Burt Lancaster - 1952
There ya go! Ever stuck for somethin' to watch! Ya got a list out the 'ol Yinyang right here. Some are scary, some are just fukin weird (The Holy Mountain), some are funny and some are just great classics. I had wanted to write a little note for each one but it would have taken me even longer than it did to post all this.
Ok, I will say this, 'Donnie Darko', I know, it came out in 2001 and I never saw it until like a year ago, it's probably one of the best movies I've ever seen. Just love it. Have watched it at least 5 times since I first watched it.
The Holy Mountain, INSANE movie, it starts off pretty insane, gets even weirder, then gets actually kinda cool, funny, quirky and it goes on and on into weirdness, it's actually a great movie.
The original 'Nosferatu', what can I say, before Bella, before anyone else, this movie rules.
The Church, one of my favorite horror flicks ever, this and 'Pumpkinhead' are 'must sees' every Fall.
Caligula, be sure to watch the 'director's cut/uncut versions', I mean, they say it's a porno, but it's much more than that... It's an orgy!
Conan the Barbarian & Blade Runner - Childhood movies, my Father took me to see both of these flicks when I was just a kid. In fact, for Conan, his girlfriend at the time joined us, for the first two decapitations, then I watched the rest of the movie alone. One of my favorites and after the second Conan, Arnie should have packed it in for acting. Sorry, but it's true.. Jingle all the way... Fuck off....
The Monty Python movies, my Brother's and I grew up on these movies and the rest of them 'Life of Brian, 'Meaning of Life'... we watched them over and over.... No wonder we turned out like we did....
Aguirre - The Wrath of God - So, Klaus Kinski played 'the vampire' in the remake of 'Nosferatu', Klaus is a seriously fucked up individual and he worked with director Werner Herzog on several films and there's many stories of them either trying to kill one another, shoot each other, sabotage each other's careers... They are interesting characters and Aguirre, the story of conquistadore Lope de Aguirre and his fellow soldiers search for the legendary golden city of 'El Derado' is sheer insanity, just the film making itself is insanity... Well worth the watch.
Ok, that's it. I'm done....
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