Randumb movie list cont'd

Continuing on with my "on-blog" sort out of my Randumb's Top Ten Best
Movies EVER!:

- 8 1/2 : a walk through the mind of a filmmaker by frederico fellini.
thought to have been his film biography at the time. also named after the
# film he has created. my favorite italian film and great use of metaphors
built within this "sometimes obscure" film.

- Breakfast Club: do i really need to explain this one? the true
beginning of every teenage movie ever made. this captures the
characterization of every teenager in every highschool across the nation
for eons and eons. john hughes made this into my favorite AMC, TBS, TNT,
USA movie to catch through a channel surf.

-A Christmas Story: a movie is a movie! even though this is geared
towards Christmas, its still one of the best movies out there. the main
character concentrates on one goal -- to obtain a red rider b.b. gun. one
method of screenplay writing is creating this goal for a character and
throwing in as many obstacles as possible in his/her path. this is a great
example of it. also a good example of how to use a voice over narration
correctly. sometimes voice-overs don't push the plot/story forward and
isn't needed. Christmas Story does it well.

-City Lights: Charlie Chaplin was the man. i know he's been compared here
and fro to buster keaton and i am deprived of keaton's works. however this
movie has always had a soft spot in my heart. silent movies rock when done
right. if anyone knows whatever is catagorized as the BEST silent movie
EVER made (and isn't hard as hell to find), please share with the class.

-Rope: no, not Psycho, or Vertigo, or Rear Window. my favorite hitchcock
film is Rope. No cuts! ...well...actually....alfred used camera trickery
to ensue no cuts....however, it worked. ALSO, probably one of his lower
budgetted films as it was filmed on an open set of just one apartment room.
a good example of how good writing and directing work hand in hand.

....and this is where we'll stop for now on this topic....