I'd say he's more of a cinephile who has seen thousands of films, and knows what he's talking about. He's developed a very strong taste for films, and those are what stood out to him.
A great double feature with “who’s afraid of Virginia wolf” would be “Make Way for Tomorrow”. That’s on the understanding that one is a glutton for dark, dark melodrama-on-steroids emotions; you’ll be sick for weeks from emotional overload. But if you’re into that sort of thing, and like looking into emotional abysses, that’s the way to go. I suppose if that doesn’t finish you off, then “Requiem for a Dream” to top it all off.
But taxi driver still his best overall movie,or maybe I'm partial cause of the anarchist punk rock type themes.I would rank taxi driver as 1 Gangs of New York as 2 Shutter Island as 3 The Aviator as 4.So the question is would you put king of comedy ahead of Casino & Goodfellas?
Goodfellas is well acted but it has 1 major flaw Scorsese avoids mafia politics that's why I like Godfather movies And Casino over Goodfellas.He makes all the killings in Goodfellas look random there was some serious political stuff going on there,Guys in Goodfellas were Lucchesi family,Billy Bats was Gambino in Gotti's crew Lucchesi & Gambino families had some tension at that time close to mob war when Gotti killed Castalano made it look like Lucchesi hit because of tension.Scorsese ignores all of that in Goodfellas he gets into politics better in Casino with hole skim operation and stuff.
You can see it in his filmography. He purposely takes on challenging roles in movies that aren’t necessarily destined for big box office. I believe he has stated he prefers roles that are challenging opposed to taking a big check for a blockbuster.
Tampopo is just phenomenal. It's one of those films that's best seen with a large audience, if nothing more than just to see their reaction to a particular scene. The whole movie is structured like a meal, with a main course and side dishes. Absolutely brilliant and hilarious.
Yay on Metropolis,Another great Fritz Lang film is M huge influence on Hitchcock pretty much 1st slasher or murder spree crime film.Think of Finchers Zodiac,M based on all the German Weimar serial killer epidemic Peter Kurtan,Fritz Harman.Interesting Peter Lorre plays 1st slasher also in 1st spy thriller original man who knew too much.
It is superb and Jerry Lewis is brilliant in it. As a commentary on fame it cannot be equalled and it makes you realise that although people crave great fame etc., it is a poisoned chalice.
As a fan of Norton, and based on my perceptions of Edward as an actor and person, I'd expect nothing less than a list of heady and obscure titles. I think many actors/actresses (the good ones anyway), view cinematography through a different lens than your average movie buff.
Do you get the feeling these aren't his favorite movies but he either picked obscure films or a great director's (Scorsese) lesser known works so as to make himself seem hip or cool in the eyes of his cohorts? If Edward Norton was trapped on an island or something and he could take only 5 movies to watch over a period of several years, this would be his go-to list? I doubt it. The King of Comedy was not Scorsese's best work, not by a long shot and Scorsese will be the first to admit it.
But then again, this is what everyone thinks every time someone chooses an old film/not very known film/art-house film, etc. There's a huge difference between what you might think is the five best films, and what is your 5 favorite films. I for example, have the Russian film "Zerkalo" from 75 as one of my all time favorites, but I also have Scott Pilgrim vs the world on that same list. These are his PERSONAL OPINIONS, which is why we should take his word for it.
Kyle Hendrickson no need to trip, it's about what it represents, the human condition, curiosity, existentialism, human evolution etc. It's humanity in a nutshell for me
The people posting their own favourite films below should go back and watch this this video again. Right at the start, he does not say that these are his five favourite films; he says these are five OF his favourite films. There is a difference. And it is clear (because he tells you) that he chose to mention them because we might not have seen them or heard of them. In other words, he is trying to tell us something we might find useful. In this spirit, I will list five films which are not literally my five all-time faves, but are suggestions you might want to check out. I would be grateful if future posters did the same. All but #5 are comedies or comedy-dramas. 1. A New Leaf 2. Let It Ride 3. The Wrong Box 4. Zero Effect 5. Diva
1. Persona (Ingmar Bergman) 2. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa) 3. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz) 4. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (Peter Greenaway) 5. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean)
I can understand people not having heard of most of these movies,but having never heard of "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf"? Wow. That flick is scorching hot. One of the most brutal movies you'll ever see.
great list, mine is 1. Once Upon A Time In The West 2. Blade Runner 3. The Third Man 4. Apocalypse Now 5. The Shawshank Redemption and Seven Samurai happens to be my number 6
Never noticed your comment until now lmao Thats a wonderful list. The Third man is indeed amazing. And Sergio Leone is one of my favorite directors too. Having watched Once Upon a Time in America again and again this past couple of years, id have to say that probably would be my sixth favorite.
1) The Godfather 2) 2001 a space odyssey 3) There will be blood 4) Fightclub 5) Pulp Fiction 6) A Clockwork Orange 7) The Holy Mountain 8) Taxi Driver 9) No Country for Old Men 10) The seventh seal
Quite eclectic. The Holy Mountain, one of the most visual film openings ever. You're a true cinephile. The other people here are just fanboys and girls.
Par Ker The movie special to me because my dad had a "No R-Rated Movie rule" in my house (was 15-16 when the film came out) he decided to give it a chance and at that point he didn't care what movie I watched xD.
Jeffery Lebowski Well that just like.....your opinion man lol pretty good list, I thought Birdman was a great movie but I actually think Wiplash was the best nominee that year and Nightcrawler was the all around best film that year.
Mason Brown NCFOM is one of the most overrated films and un-fulfilling films I've ever seen. It just ended out of nowhere. It didn't feel like there was a payoff at the end... Birdman, however was awesome
1. I saw the devil (korean) 2. Memento 3. Seven psychopaths 4. Love, sex and dhoka (bollywood) 5. Thirst (korean) 6. Shahid (bollywood) 7. Gangs of wasseypur (bollywood) 8. Shutter island 9. The sixth sense 10. Mother (korean)
1. The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson) 2. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles) 3. 2001 - A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick) 4. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson) 5. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock) 6. One flew over the cuckoo's nest (Milos Forman) 7. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard) 8. Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick) 9. There will be blood (Paul Thomas Anderson) 10. In the mood for love (Wong Kar-wai) I had to keep writing after 5, so sue me
KarateNinjaDude Great to see someone put The Master as #1, it's a remarkable film. Not my favourite yet maybe, but some day it might become my number one.
KarateNinjaDude - You have damn fine taste! The Master was, well, masterful. Stunning performances across the board. I used to watch Cuckoo's Nest almost daily... And of course, Kubrick's films have never been dethroned as the greatest experiences cinema has to offer.
1) Blade Runner 2) Silence of the lambs 3) 2001 A Space Odyssey 4) Psycho 5) A Clockwork Orange 6) Misery 7) 12 Angry Men 8) The Prestige 9) Come and See(Idi i smotri) 10) American Psycho
My Favorite Films (In no particular order.) Inception (2010) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Drive (2011) Babel (2006) Interstellar (2014) There Will Be Blood (2007) Fargo (1996) No Country For Old (2007) Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Watchmen (2009) Schindler's List (1993) 12 Years A Slave (2013) Skyfall (2012) Cloud Atlas (2012) Mad Max Fury Road (2015) The Prestige (2006) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Whiplash (2014) Terminator 2 (1991) Sicario (2015) Ex Machina (2015)
That's a near perfect list in my opinio n. I'm glad that there's an increasing appetite for Alejandro jodorowsky films even if its only for underground film buffs. What did you think of The Holy Mountain?
1. Dances With Wolves 2. Almost Famous 3. Boyhood 4. Memento 5. There will Be Blood 6. The Shawshank Redemption 7. Born on The 4th Of July 8. Do The Right Thing 9. Pulp Faction 10. The Pledge
Edward Norton is my all time favorite actor, With Christian Bale following. He and Christian Bale bring so much life and realism to the characters that they play it's amazing. You really feel like they are the character that they are playing compared to some actors who are just reading lines
1. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (Cassavetes) 2. Ran (Akira Kurosawa) 3. Scenes from a Marriage (Bergman) 4. Bitter Rice (Giuseppe De Santis) 5. Blood Simple (Coen Bros)
If you haven’t seen Barton Fink ... YOU NEED TO. Absolute masterpiece from the Coen brothers, that is criminally underrated. Definitely their most surreal and enigmatic film. It’s without question, one of my top 3 or 4 All Time Favorite Films
Mine may not be a so popular list. But 3 movies that stuck with me for the longest period of time we’re Donnie Darko, Good will hunting, and Call me By your Name.
Entirely agree with The King Of Comedy. Ridiculously under-rated. De Niro is chilllingly brilliant. By far, Scorsese's most unappreciated film. I rate it just below Taxi Driver/Raging Bull.
+beefyb93 well there's plenty of classics I love, citizen cane, 12 angry men, the endlessly inventive works of buster Keaton. Most of the stuff Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock did is pretty good. I don't get all the hype around Casablanca but it's still a good watch. I could go on for ages, and I'm 21 by the way.
Izzy Loves Movies American Psycho and Pans Labrnthy are super underrated and 2 of the best films I have seen. Christian Bale's performance is one of the best so far this centuary.
The Cruise really is a fantastic Doc. I never miss a chance to tell someone about this film. I guess I should not be shocked to hear Ed Norton talk about this film considering his friend, Bennet Miller, made it, but most people never heard of this film so its a pleasant surprise to hear him promote it.
shouts out to anyone else reading all of these and bookmarking/downloading every movie they haven't heard of 1.The holy mountain 2. The cruise 3. Koyaanisqatsi 4.stroszek 5. it's such a beautiful day 6. mindgame (2004) none of these are in any order other than the holy mountain being the best
I have five films that always seem to survive the revisions of my ever-changing top 10 list, probably because they mean the most to me personally: 1. The Apartment 2. Fanny and Alexander 3. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 4. McCabe & Mrs. Miller 5. Rear Window
I only have one that will never leave my top 10. In fact it will never leave my top 1 or 2, and that's The Good The Bad and the Ugly. Others that are currently there and will most likely remain: The Shining A Clockwork Orange Blade Runner Gone With the Wind Apocalypse Now Pulp Fiction Goodfellas Deliverance Aliens Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Probably pretty pedestrian pics but I like what I like.
1. Fight club (David fincher) 2. Life of Brian (Month Python) 3. Snatch (Guy Ritchie) 4. Human Traffic (Justin Kerrigan) 5. Inception (Christopher Nolan)
well everyone else is commenting with their favorites so here we go 1. Eraserhead 2. No Country for Old Men' 3. Dead Alive 4. The Evil Dead 5. Fright Night
Good list. But replace one of the Hitchcock's with a Robert Altman and I'm really there. Maybe McCabe and Mrs. Miller or Nashville, perhaps, The Player or Short Cuts.
1. Life is Beautiful 2. American Beauty 3. Whiplash 4. Battle Royale 5. Inglorious Basterds No particular order, and very very very hard to decide a top 5
What a great and totally original selection. I looked at this because of The King of Comedy and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, both of which I love, but I am definitely going to check out the other three. Fascinating!
My top 20: 1)In the Mood for Love 2)Whiplash 3)Harakiri 4)The Shining 5) Oldboy 6) GoodFellas 7) Parasite 8) Spirited Away 9) High and Low 10) Brazil 11) Social Network 12) The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 13) The 400 Blows 14) The Host 15) No Country for Old Men 16) Alien 17) The Thing 18) The Big Lebowski 19) Ikiru 20) 2001: A Space Oddyssey
I'm happy he included a Japanese film in his list - Moviegoers may hate subtitles - but the greatest films you'll ever see are actually NOT in English. and it pisses me off in the Oscars when the best picture category is exclusive to movies in English while the rest of the languages flicks are relegated to the best foreign film category. ...the best film should be just that, the best film regardless of language (it's why for me winning a cannes film festival palme d'or is more prestigious than winning an Oscar)
Mike McKay no one of the worst films I've seen, I mean I love Quentin Tarantino and everything but even if he said it was his worse movie. also you should watch some Stanley Kubrick films
