On
May 22, 2001 Amanda Shelton (shelt10_32) submitted the following: This
movie is the most important cinematic movement in the history of mankind. I felt
as one with myself when I watched it alone. The scene with Colonel Kurtz and Williard
was the most touching experience I have ever known. When he died and responded
in such a manner as: "The Horror, The Horror" I felt like I was totally in sync
with his internal emotions. Anyone sitting at home alone should watch it.
I
agree Amanda...Apocalypse Now is one of greatest
films ever made and the ending is phenomenal. (AC 6/29/01)
On
May 20, 2001 Mike Marcinelli (Mells7@aol.com) submitted the following:
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
25.
Rebound: Legend of Earl Manigault -
-
-
-
-
Thanks
for the list Mike...the film 61* caught my attention and I will have to rent it
being the baseball fan that I am. The official site at HBO can be reached by clicking
here. (AC 6/29/01)
On
May 19, 2001 Dave (IluvFRIENDSMP) submitted the following:
-
1)
The Silence of the Lambs -
-
-
-
-
6)
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion -
7)
The Shawshank Redemption -
-
-
-
11)
A League of their Own -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
On
May 18, 2001 Ilona Czech (muzola@poczta.onet.pl) submitted the following: Dear
Sir/Madam, I am a student of Chopin Music Academy and right now I am writing my
diploma Essay About Milos Forman. My main subject if studies is music and sound
in his films. Would you like to help me in finding any material about that? Maybe
there is a possibility to contact the great director Forman. I am looking forward
to hearing from you Sincerely, Ilona Czech Ilona...perhaps
the following links may help: The
Milos Forman Page; IMDB;
Filmscouts.com;
privymagazine.com.
(AC 6/29/01)
On
May 16, 2001 Kelly Martin (terrapin187@aol.com) submitted the following: this
was a great movie and ur site had great pictures from it. the link w/ the pic
of him and the poem he wrote was really interesting. are there any more real pictures
of john merrick? Kelly...follow
this link for a group of actual
photos of Joesph Merrick. (AC 5/17/01)
On
May 11, 2001 Dave (davidgilbert22@hotmail.com) submitted
the following: What
about Sergio Leone? Great director, great movies yet no mention. Also, check out
The House of Yes - disturbing, but a great movie. Hello
Dave..thanks for the suggestion. For those who are not familiar with The House
of Yes, it is about a college student (Josh Hamilton who brings home his financee
(Tori Spelling) to meet is grotesquely dysfunctional family. Sergio Leone has
two films that made Mark's top 100, the Good
the Bad and the Ugly and Once
Upon a Time in the West. (AC 5/17/01)
On
May 10, 2001 Jeanne (bubbles634@yahoo.com) submitted the following:
How
whould i see a list of top 100 of 1993,1994,1995. Jeanne..use
the power search function at Internet Movie
Database (IMDB), it is an excellent tool. (AC 5/17/01)
On
May 9, 2001 RC (choicefree@yahoo.com) submitted the following: Where
can i find a wallpaper with tony m form scarface standing where the blimp goes
by and says the world is mine thanks RC...that
is a pretty obscure photo your looking for. Unfortantly, I haven't come across
it during my searches for Scarface stills, but if I do,
I'll let you know. (AC 5/17/01)
On
May 7, 2001 Matt (Y2003@aol.com) submitted the following: Hello,
I am doing a research paper on the JFK assassination and was wondering if all
of the facts presented in the movie, "JFK", were all true. Please respond as soon
as possible. Thank you for your time and effort. Matt...sorry
for the delay in my response, but I have been very busy lately. JFK is as an alternate
theory to the highly disputed Warren Commision myth. If you haven't already, I
highly recommend checking out the sound bites I downloaded on our JFK
page. Director Oliver Stone discusses the film and takes questions from the audience.
Good luck on the paper. (AC 5/17/01)
On
May 7, 2001 Matt (Bates1960@aol.com) submitted the following: Psycho
is the greatest film ever....get over it Get
over it?...Who?...I have the film listed at number fifteen and Mark has Psycho
as high as ten. You don't have any arguements from us. (AC 5/17/01)
On
May 4, 2001 William Shakespeare (schemedyou@hotmail.com) submitted the following:
-
-
-
-
-
#5. The Shawshank Redemption -
#6.
The American President -
-
-
#9. The Silence of the Lambs -
-
-
-
-
-
-
#16.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service -
#17.
The Cider House Rules -
#18. Raiders of the Lost Ark -
-
#20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -
-
-
-
-
On
May 3, 2001 Kimberly Lazzarini (kimbalazz@earthlink.net) submitted the following: I
am seeking the name and author of the poem quoted between father and son in A
River Runs Through It (just after Norman gets notice of acceptance as professor
at Univ. of Chicago (could not understand some words, and am not sure at which
point in the poem the scene takes place): ...and
______ comes from afar not
in entire forgetfulness
and not in utter nakedness but _____ clouds of glory do come though
nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass
of
glory in the flower we will grieve not
but rather find strength in what remains behind
in the primal sympathy which, having been, must ever be
in the soothing thoughts that spring out of human suffering
in the faith that looks through death thanks
to the human heart by which we live
thanks to its tenderness, its joys, its fears
to
me, the meanest flower that blows
can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
It
is listed in credits as "First Fig" by Edna St. Vincent Millay....but that is
incorrect. Do you have any idea what the true name and author of this poem may
be?? Any input would be greatly appreciated!!!
On
May 2, 2001 Kenny S. (kenhaug@hotmail.com) submitted the following: I
am big movie fan. It would take me forever to compile a 100-greatest list. I will
give you my top ten though.
On
May 2, 2001 Marco Garcia (pollo999@hotmail.com) submitted the following: need
info on all the stories of the JFK family about victory and dragedy. please send
is for a project. thank you. Sorry
Marco...but stories of the JFK family are beyond the scope of this site. I highly
recommend the search engines Google and Yahoo.
(AC 5/17/01)
On
May 1, 2001 Don (rhenning@aol.com) submitted the following: Cool
list... you know, you have to check out "River's Edge"... it should be in your
list... Thank
you very much for your comment and suggestion. It's funny that you bring up Rivers
Edge, because it happens to be one of my favorites, just missing my
top 100. Dennis Hopper is awesome in this very disturbing true story. (AC
5/17/01)
On
April 27, 2001 John Davis (JGD25@hotmail.com) submitted the following:
On
April 23, 2001 Catherine (kayclips@mtv.com) submitted the following: What
can I say about the Indian Runner? I could say The first
time I saw it,I wished I had seen it sooner.I could say I loved every character
in the movie,especially Patricia Arquette's"Dorothy".Her love for Frank was so
pure and so innocent as her little soul was.I loved all the eccentric character's
like the bearded lady and the one with the hat and pink ensemble. The story was
truly wonderful,and yet heartbreaking. I loved it! Come on Sean! Give us another
one! The
film is really quite exceptional and has left a lasting impression with me as
well. I also agree that the Crossing Gaurd and The Pledge (both
starring Jack Nicholson) were not nearly as good as the Indian Runner.
(AC 4/27/01)
On
April 22, 2001 Eric Bredin (mrharmonicaguy@aol.com) submitted the following: I
just found out about your site today from Chad. "Impressive, most impressive."
I find it quite interesting that both of you listed A River
Runs Through It as high as you did. It's a favorite of mine as well. The monologue
at the end sends shivers through my body, too. And I think you hit the nail on
the head with your concise review. Keep up the good work guys. I'm going to check
out some more and get back to you. Hey
Bredin...what's going on buddy? Thanks for the compliments. We've spent quite
a bit of time putting this site together and we have been pleasantly surprised
by the amount of input and lists that we have received. If you get the time, compile
a list so that we can post it. Perhaps we can all get together sometime this summer.
Take Care. (AC 4/27/01)
On
April 21, 2001 George Harris (gladiator@hotmail.com) submitted
the following: -
-
-
-
-
#5. The Shawshank Redemption -
#6. The American President -
-
-
#9. The Silence of the Lambs -
On
April 20, 2001 Erica (MoonBabyMU@aol.com) submitted the following:
On
April 20, 2001 Vlad Tepes (avidfan@2die4.com) submitted the following:
-
Taxi
Driver -
Night
of the living Dead -
Reservoir
Dogs -
Man
Hunter -
Batman -
Aliens
-
Predator
-
Back
to the Future -
The
Killer -
Heat
-
Clockers - Transformers
the Movie
On
April 20, 2001 Spec (spec24@mediaone.net) submitted the following:
The "ping" in Das
Boot is from sonar, not radar. Hello
Spec...thanks for the correction. (AC 4/27/01)
On
April 19, 2001 George Tetsel (georgetetsel@yahoo.com) submitted the following: Westerns
are one of the most overlooked genres these days. So here's a Top 10 Westerns
list, for anyone who's interested but doesn't know where to start
-
1.
The Searchers (John Ford) -
2.
Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks) -
3.
Winchester '73 (Anthony Mann) -
4.
Stagecoach (John Ford) -
5.
The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah) -
6. The Naked Spur (Anthony Mann) -
7.
A Fistful of Dollars (Sergio Leone) -
8.
High Noon (Fred Zinnemann) -
9. Red River (Howard Hawks) -
10.
The Last Train from Gun Hill (John Sturges)
And there are MANY
other good ones!!! Ok Hey
George...thanks for providing some great suggestions for this often overlooked
genre. Perhaps you could send an additional lists for those who may be interested.
AC (4/27/01)
On
April 14, 2001 Eron McLaughlin (e_mclaughlin@coloradocollege.edu) submitted the
following: I
am sooo glad that I finally found one site that provides such a wide breadth of
film lists. My only complaint is that I had a difficult time finding your site.
Maybe I just missed it in my yahoo! searches, but you should make your content
discription more explicit so that moviephiles like me can immerse themselves in
such great lists. Also, like Philip Mahr, I would love to see a comprehensive
list that ranks films according to their placement in the other lists. Here is
my own top twenty list: -
1)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -
2)Casablanca
-
3)The
Godfather I & II -
4)2001
-
5)Citizen
Kane -
6)Psycho
-
7)Wild
Strawberries -
8)Rio
Bravo -
9)Dr.
Strangelove -
10)The
Empire Strikes Back -
11)The
Seven Samuri -
12)8
1/2 -
13)The
Graduate -
14)Midnight
Cowboy -
15)pick
any Coen Brother film -
16)Touch
of Evil -
17)It's
A Wonderful Life -
18)Rear
Window -
19)Pulp
Fiction -
20)(tie)
The Searchers and Shane Thank
you for your feedback and suggestions. We recently acquired the name of www.movielists.net,
which should make finding and remembering the address much easier for all. For
a cumulative lists, check out this site called Desert
Island Movie Top 500. It appears as if they combined the results from
a significant number of critics. (AC 4/18/01)
On
April 14, 2001 Vanessa (Drumfen13@aol.com) submitted the following: What
is "Life is Beautiful" rated? Is it PG-13?? MMPA:
Rated PG-13 for holocaust-related thematic elements (AC 4/14/01)
On
April 11, 2001 Ivory Dahmer (dahmergirl@homestead.com) submitted the following: hey
you should have a modern poll or movies not so far back as to when I was not even
born. I am only 19 give me a chance. Why no mafia movies? scarface? or casino?
or modern drama? the basket ball diaries? The only truly good movies I saw on
your list were elephant man and dead man walking. well, bye Scarface,
The Godfather and numerous modern drama's appear on our lists. In fact,
I must confess that my list in particular probably has too many "modern"
movies on it. I'm somewhat puzzled by your observation. If you think my picks
suck that is fine with me (I don't give a shit), but at the same time, we want
to encourage positivity on this site. (AC 4/27/01)
On
April 11, 2001 Asher (asher1121@nightmail.com) submitted the following: I
am looking for the movie trailer for "Silence of the Lambs". I was wondering if
you could tell me where I could find it. Any help you could give me would be most
welcome. -Regards, Asher
On
April 10, 2001 Abdul Rahman Hamadeh (abdulhamadeh@hotmail.com) submitted the following: Hello,
I am trying to find an essay about the story of 'The Elephant
Man' so if u can find me anything thank you for responding Abdul...check
out http://www.aboyd.com/merrick/books.html.
Please let me know if you find a good book on the subject because I am interested
as well. (AC 4/23/01)
On
April 9, 2001 Philipp Mahr (mail@philippmahr.de) submitted the following: dear
aaron, dear mark. you have a great site here! always wanted to have all those
movie lists collected together. even greater would be the addition of historical
top 100 lists such as those by sight and sound since 1952. another
topic i would like to mention, is that most of the entries only seem to focus
on american movies. one of the few exceptions would be the aforementioned list
by sight and sound.
i do not know if americans have only little access to international films or simply
do not care. as you can see by looking at my top 100 list,
for me, there is only a relatively small amount of true masterworks that came
from out of hollywood so far and i am afraid this won't change so much in the
near future. apart from mainstream movies for the masses there seem to be little
room for personal filmmaking. and when, in spite of this, there does arrive a
truly great film, it is mostly somewhat against or in-spite-of hollywood. besides,
many of the greater hollywood flicks seem to be produced by foreign directors,
not americans (verhoeven, rodriguez, hitchcock, boorman), or by americans that
worked in b-pictures or outside of hollywood (kubrick, cronenberg, castle, siegel).
this is, of course, my view of things. the
only problem could be, that, given all this it would be probably hard to call
your site currently »international relevant« or even »objective«. would
like to hear your opinions out there - what do you think? could i have a point
here? or should i just shut up and mind my own business? i'm
an art director in germany and a movie fanatic since the day i saw »2001« at the
age of twelve in 1973. http://www.philippmahr.de
Hey
Philip...thank you very much for the compliments
and observations. If sounds like your an avid film fan as well. Cool site by the
way. There are several comments that caught my attention that I will try and address.
You said that this site is probably not internationally relevant (which I agree
is true) but to say it's not objective is entirely the point of this site. We
are striving for subjectivity so that we all can be exposed to new and different
opinions. Secondly, you wonder why there are very few European movies on most
of these American lists. Ironically, when I checked out your top 100 list you
had very few American films. Could it be that people simply enjoy movies that
are in there native language? In my opinion, dubbing is atrocious and subtitles
detract from the visual impact of film. It is true that American theaters have
a very limited number of foreign films playing in them, but I wonder if the movies
that make it over to Europe are primarily the mainstream shit and not the lesser
known movies or independent films. Kubrick is a god, but to put Cronenberg, Seigal,
and Castle in the same sentence is a joke. Scour some of these lists and hopefully
you can find some better directors, because they are definitely out there. Thanks
again for bringing up some excellent points and I would really enjoy discussing
movies with you in the future. (AC 4/27/01) On
May, 3 2001 Philipp Mahr (mail@philippmahr.de) submitted the following: hi,
thanx for your thoughts on the text i posted last month.
well, of course many people will prefer films in their native language. only problem
i see, is, it also somewhat narrows their view of the (film) world. and that will
hurt nobody more than themselves. as
to directors: if you have the chance, please try castle's night walker and siegel's
killers - these are perfect examples of filmmaking that also transcent some further
limits for me. this is a goal someone like kubrick was always aiming at without
really succeeding too often. there is always something missing in his movies,
heart is one of those things. a god he is not - though he himself surely would
have loved to hear it. if you are looking for a »god« in filmmaking, try cronenberg.
he has a vision and you can feel that. kubrick only tried to fake one. he was
good at it, granted.
On
April 7, 2001 Amir Miah (nvjav@hotmail.com) submitted the following:
-
1.
Goofellas -
2.
Casino -
3.
Taxi Driver -
4.
Saving Private Ryan -
5.
Trainspotting -
6.
Shallow Grave -
7.
Resevoir Dogs -
8.
Raging Bull -
9.
La Haine -
10.Titanic
On
April 6, 2001 Julian (julian_voice2hotmail.com) submitted the following: Your
list appears to be very well put together, however, i am miffed that the sting
was ommited.
On
April 4, 2001 Sharonda Philot (shalondattwwiinn@aol.com) submitted the following:
-
Disapearing
Act -
urban
leagion -
love jones -
poetic justice -
brothers -
love and basketball
On
April 2, 2001 Patrick Macartney (P.macartney@leeds.ac.uk) submitted the following: Great
pages guys. One comment, not criticism! The film appear to be mainly American
with a few British movies? Its strange but i do agree with 90% of your choices!
Uncanny or what. Ok heres a top ten of my British/European films. Hello
Patrick...thanks for the compliment and movie suggestions. The films that appear
on my list our mainly American/British because 95% of the movies I've seen are
American/British. (AC 4/29/01)
On
March 29, 2001 just Dude (its_the_dude@hotmail.com) submitted the following:
i will admit, ur
100 list was ok to see, some good choices, such as 'as good as it gets'. but u
did say on the top of it, which means they arent suposed to be particularly ur
favorite movies, which is why id heavily disagree with things like putting the
'dark crystal' or 'lolita'on it, or especially something like leaving out 'STARWARS'U
PRICK! UD BETTER PUT THAT ON UR LIST OR ILL HUNT U DOWN AND SHOVE 2 COPIES OF
EVERY MOVIE ON UUR LIST RIGHT UP UR ASS, UNTIL U PEG TO PUT IT ON UR LIST! please
forgive me for harsh language, but i do believe most of the main public would
agree to this simple request. so please do so before u recieve more comments such
as this one, much thanks, Dude
On
March 29, 2001 Melisa (PanItalian2001@yahoo.com) submitted the following: Your
reviews are awsome. They are very helpful when I need info for a movie. Thanks!
Hey
Melisa...thank you very much. (AC 4/28/01)
On
March 29, 2001 Chuck Fitzer (cfitzer@dainrauscher.com) submitted the following: Mark
Caldwell-- Your web site is great. Your list of the 100 Greatest Movies of All
Time should really be called the Pretentious Critic's List of the 100 Greatest
Weird, Odd and/or Depressing Movies of All Time, Made By Directors Who It's Hip
to Like. What a load of tripe. Sorry
to disappoint you Chuck. My goal in creating a list was to appease the mind of
one Chuck Fitzer. Tripe is people like yourself whom wallow in some idiotic daze
of glee and use that horridly hip word "tripe". Since when was Bergman hip? If
Ingmar is than maybe I created the pop craze over him, because he wasn't hip when
I put him on my list.
P.S. Please write me back, I dont mind the mental sparring and occasionally weak
insults you have to give. (MC 4/3/01) | 
