Trying to come up with a list of classic films (and, or, directors), especially those relavent to arch. discourse, but any other classics that you all know of... such as:
la jetee (Chris Marker)
hiroshima mon amour (Alain Resnais)
contempt (Godard)
tokyo story (Ozu)
Alice in the Cities- Wim Wenders
Cafe Lumiere - Hsiao Hsien Hou
Following - Christopher Nolan
Il Grido - Michelangelo Antonioni
Last Year at Marienbad, Alain Resnais
Le Eclisse - Michelangelo Antonioni
Mystery Train - Jim Jarmusch
Paris, Texas - Wim Wenders
Stranger than Paradise - Jim Jarmusch
Taste of Cherry - Abbas Kiarostami
Two or Three Things I Know About Her - Jean Luc Godard
Not at all architecture related (although it's fantastic to see Istanbul in snow in Ceylan's "Uzak"):
Close-Up : Abbas Kiarostami (my absolute personal favourite)
A Moment of Innocence: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The Day I Became a Woman: Marziyeh Meshkini
Uzak: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Hukkle: György Pálfi
battleship potempkin: eisenstein
alphaville: godard
dr. strangelove: kubrik (just for the war room)
thx 1138: lucas
omega man: (for the opening/ vacant LA scene)
Hey
givemeastamp ,
But Dominique (Patricia Neal) was SUPER-HOT. One of my favorite actresses.
Also, I have to second Dr. Strangelove, & Fight Club (bye-bye Starbucks!) gotta add:
'2001, A Space Odyssey' just for the fluorescent nature of the whole film. Kinda remindsd me of every college bldg at night - empty but lit up like hell w/ the 60cycles/second bombarding my eyes.
ok, its in catalan .. but here Barcelona's arch school library compiled a lot of films that were related to architecture one way or another... just click in 'Pel·licules' (films) for a full list, or browse by directors...
plus you've got access to some trailers and images from the films on the list.. and an extensive specialized bibliography about architecture and the seventh art...
I second ahr ki tehkt - "Playtime" by Tati is a movie ABOUT architecture. It is a must-see, especially as mid-century modern is on the rise in home decor.
Definitely not a classic film, but a hysterically funny one - "Shawn of the Dead" shows a great portrayal of how we unconciously shut out the melee around us in urban life just to keep on surviving our day to day routine.
Classic Films
Trying to come up with a list of classic films (and, or, directors), especially those relavent to arch. discourse, but any other classics that you all know of... such as:
la jetee (Chris Marker)
hiroshima mon amour (Alain Resnais)
contempt (Godard)
tokyo story (Ozu)
The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari or Kabinett des Doktor Caligari, Das (Wiene 1920), just look at the set
Ladri di biciclette (Vittorio De Sica 1948) aka The Bicycle Thief, urbanism in italy...
oh, yeah, forgot
La Dolce Vita (Fellini) supposedly Koolhaas' favorite film
elia kazan's ON THE WATERFRONT w/ brando
harold and maude
12 angy men
Herbie Fully Loaded
... jean renoir
tokyo olympiad ... kon ichikawa
the belly of an architect ... peter greenaway
lots more out there ....
Anything by Michaelangelo Atonioni..........he's a genius.
the five obstructions -lars von trier
true...true....lars von trier is the man, but is it a classic film?
Any James Bond Movie, mainly for the the Villan's lairs.
not yet and not soon, but I thought it'd be relevant for architecture
city of lost children jean pierre jeunet
jim et jules -francois truffaut
the loves of a blonde -milos forman
the firemen's ball -milos forman
mon oncle - jacques tati
take the money and run - woody allen
the Conformist
Pasqualino Settebellezze (1975)
aka Seven Beauties (not a direct translation)
Director Lina Wertmüller
With one of my favorite actors Giancarlo Giannini
A Clockwork Orange
Alice in the Cities- Wim Wenders
Cafe Lumiere - Hsiao Hsien Hou
Following - Christopher Nolan
Il Grido - Michelangelo Antonioni
Last Year at Marienbad, Alain Resnais
Le Eclisse - Michelangelo Antonioni
Mystery Train - Jim Jarmusch
Paris, Texas - Wim Wenders
Stranger than Paradise - Jim Jarmusch
Taste of Cherry - Abbas Kiarostami
Two or Three Things I Know About Her - Jean Luc Godard
am on a werner herzog jag. a must see- my best fiend about his relationship with klaus kinski.
the two werner's
aguirre
fitzcarraldo
stroszek
marriage of maria braun
veronika voss
third generation
any nick ray
any cassavetes
vado's personal fave: diva
Powers of Ten
fight club, interesting exploration of architecture and identity
brasil
anything Sergio Leone
"Looks like we're shy one horse."
"Looks like you brought two, too many."
also:
Man With the Movie Camera - Dziga Vertov
Woman in the Dunes - Hiroshi Teshigahari
Floating Weeds - Ozu
You can really pretty much include anything by Ozu, Antonioni and Wim Wenders.
, Philip Kaufman - 1978
Landscape film noir at its finest.
, Ridley Scott - 1982
Not at all architecture related (although it's fantastic to see Istanbul in snow in Ceylan's "Uzak"):
Close-Up : Abbas Kiarostami (my absolute personal favourite)
A Moment of Innocence: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The Day I Became a Woman: Marziyeh Meshkini
Uzak: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Hukkle: György Pálfi
battleship potempkin: eisenstein
alphaville: godard
dr. strangelove: kubrik (just for the war room)
thx 1138: lucas
omega man: (for the opening/ vacant LA scene)
...no 'fountainhead' yet?
yo o+, i love the fountainhead ... i wish it were out on dvd !!
it's so bad it's good (ya know what i mean) @'~
i mean, come on! when dominique goes to the quarry and roark (gary cooper) is drillin' the rock and that look he gives her :ah:ha:ha:ha: !!!
oh so many great scenes (tho i can't find what i'ma lookin' for)
Metropolis - Fritz Lang (1927)
Classic film.
The Work of Director Michel Gondry - Michel Gondry (2003)
Sublime manipulation of time and space.
Koyaanisqatsi - Godfrey Reggio (1983)
Blows my mind.
playtime - tati
12 monkeys
Roma Citta Aperta- Rossellini
Brazil (1985)
CONCERT OF WILLS-The Making of the GETTY Center
(Richard Meier's adventures...ala cinema verite)
Hey
givemeastamp ,
But Dominique (Patricia Neal) was SUPER-HOT. One of my favorite actresses.
Also, I have to second Dr. Strangelove, & Fight Club (bye-bye Starbucks!) gotta add:
'2001, A Space Odyssey' just for the fluorescent nature of the whole film. Kinda remindsd me of every college bldg at night - empty but lit up like hell w/ the 60cycles/second bombarding my eyes.
0+"you cant fight in here! this is the war room!
high fidelity
big lebowski
slacker
dazed and confused
all movies about vado
vertigo
barton fink
pulp fiction
trainspotters
unforgiven
blood simple
a clockwork orange
dogville
chung king express
Citizen Kane
Dr. Strangelove
I second Metropolis & Blade Runner
Non classics:
Fifth Element
Gattaca
The Story of Us (loved that bungalow)
American Psycho
The Incredibles
the Haunting of Hill House
i second fritz's Metropolis
solaris
north by northwest
m
and i love the cinematog in lucia y el sexo
ok, its in catalan .. but here Barcelona's arch school library compiled a lot of films that were related to architecture one way or another... just click in 'Pel·licules' (films) for a full list, or browse by directors...
plus you've got access to some trailers and images from the films on the list.. and an extensive specialized bibliography about architecture and the seventh art...
Kubrick's Dr Strangelove
Tarkovsky's Stalker
Tarantino's Kill Bill 2
Lost in Translation - Sophia Coppola
- the architecture of Tokyo is definitely a character in the film
wings of desire - wim wenders
evil dead II - sam raimi
willy wonka and the chocolate factory - (the original -mel stuart)
Aguirre the Wrath of God
I second ahr ki tehkt - "Playtime" by Tati is a movie ABOUT architecture. It is a must-see, especially as mid-century modern is on the rise in home decor.
Definitely not a classic film, but a hysterically funny one - "Shawn of the Dead" shows a great portrayal of how we unconciously shut out the melee around us in urban life just to keep on surviving our day to day routine.
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