definitely Kubrick's 2001.
A Scanner Darkly
Jane Eyre (Zeffirelli's version, with Charlotte Gainsbourg and William Hurt.)
Strayed (French film, directed by Andre Techine, based on Gilles Perrault's book The Boy With the Grey Eyes
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by mia primavera on Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:57 am
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by The Black Spot on Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:49 pm
What about the John Hurt / Richard Burton version of 1984?
OK, some themes from the book were glossed over to keep the running time down, but the utter bleakness and hopelessness of the novel came over perfectly.
OK, some themes from the book were glossed over to keep the running time down, but the utter bleakness and hopelessness of the novel came over perfectly.
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by Swatopluk on Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:00 pm
I hate it that the BBC dropped their planned DVD edition of the original 1984 TV play (life) with Peter Cushing as Winston Smith (and Donald Pleasance as O'Brian, if I remember correctly).
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by ChowMein on Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:43 pm
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursurla K. Le Guin (sp) . The BBC production pretty much covered every word in what i consider a sci-fi masterpiece. Also the BBc/A&E production of Pride of and Predudice(sp) is superb ( I am unashamed to reveal that i loved a "chick flick" being secure with my masculinity).
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by The Black Spot on Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:58 pm
Swatopluk wrote:I hate it that the BBC dropped their planned DVD edition of the original 1984 TV play (life) with Peter Cushing as Winston Smith (and Donald Pleasance as O'Brian, if I remember correctly).
I saw this a year or so ago (a repeat on BBC3). The sets weren't great (it was more like a stageplay than anything else) but Cushing was perfect as Smith - just as I always imagined the character.
Here's a lowbrow one -- John Carpenter's "The Thing" was teriffic. A great adaptation of Campbell's "Who Goes There?"
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by black bart on Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:21 am
The Thing was on TV the other night...brilliant. I also like the Black and White version.
Great Expectations - The David Lean version of 1946
(The only thing that bothers me about it is I forgot who played Miss Haversham in a pub quiz!!! It wasn't Jean Simmons she was Estella and Miss Havisham was played by Martita Hunt.)
Great Expectations - The David Lean version of 1946
(The only thing that bothers me about it is I forgot who played Miss Haversham in a pub quiz!!! It wasn't Jean Simmons she was Estella and Miss Havisham was played by Martita Hunt.)
The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.
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by Duke on Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:08 pm
Oooh... Let me see. I liked The Shining, Catch 22, and All The King's Men, of course. 
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by Jean Bart on Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:04 pm
"The man who would be king"
Saw the movie first, a couple of times, then read the novel. Heard the voices of the actors while reading, saw the backgrounds (filmed on location in the Atlas mountains in Morocco, I think)
Saw the movie first, a couple of times, then read the novel. Heard the voices of the actors while reading, saw the backgrounds (filmed on location in the Atlas mountains in Morocco, I think)
"Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition!" (Michael Palin in Monty Python's Flying Circus, Season 2, Episode 2)
"Je préfère le vin d'ici à l'eau de là " (Francis Blanche)
"Nu zijn er wel die mij niet mogen, of onverschillig langs mij gaan. Met liefde en met mededogen zie ik die vuile schoften aan! (Drs. P in "Jubelzang")
"Tuez-les tous, Dieu reconnaîtra les siens." (phrase attribuée à Arnaud Amaury, légat du Pape, à l'occasion de la prise de Béziers en 1209)
"Je préfère le vin d'ici à l'eau de là " (Francis Blanche)
"Nu zijn er wel die mij niet mogen, of onverschillig langs mij gaan. Met liefde en met mededogen zie ik die vuile schoften aan! (Drs. P in "Jubelzang")
"Tuez-les tous, Dieu reconnaîtra les siens." (phrase attribuée à Arnaud Amaury, légat du Pape, à l'occasion de la prise de Béziers en 1209)
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by Kra on Mon May 28, 2007 10:46 am
The ones that would be my favourites are already up there, but what about "Trainspotting"?
I read the book by Irvine Welsch, and it was written in a scottish accent..very, very odd and made the book a little hard to get into..but once u get used to it its very cool, quite funny..great book
I read the book by Irvine Welsch, and it was written in a scottish accent..very, very odd and made the book a little hard to get into..but once u get used to it its very cool, quite funny..great book
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