more on film...

[dwenius]

Let's revisit that films of joy post. Like I said, I don't watch a lot of film, which means that I'm likely missing out on many things that I would like if I knew about them. So if you start with Charlie Kaufman, Miyazaki, Svenkmajer, the Marx Brothers, Jeunet and Caro (the five primary sources of joy in my original list), then add in Terry Gilliam (yes, every film including Baron Munchausen) and quirky cult films like Harold and Maude or Being There, plus obvious geek pleasers like LotR and CTHD...where do you, oh great video store master, send me next? Help me, Lazyweb!

Comments

Tim Burton?

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

I'm personally rather fond of Big Fish. However, it has made the rounds on HBO quite a bit recently, leading to a bit of saturation. It is, in my opinion, the most Gilliam-esque of his works, especially in that it doesn't *look* like it had the typical Burton budget (the kind of money Gilliam never gets).

Re: Tim Burton?

[dwenius.livejournal.com]

Hm, the early novelty of his visual style got awful repetetive/dull a while back; does Big Fish break that mold? I'm not super excited about Corpse Bride, even when you factor in the Depp bonus, because it looks like another stop-motion version of The Tim Burton Movie.