I have been waiting for weeks and weeks for this one to play somewhere near me!!
Finally-- today I went to see it.
What can I say?
What a cast.
An ensemble cast.
Christopher, Anne-Marie, Helen- oh Helen.
Helen is gold.
But James. Every time I see him- I am amazed.
He is so good. Brilliant actor.
The best. Gripping performance.
Bless you one and all. Wonderful film.
I've got to say- being a film buff, and preferring primarily old films from the 40's, 50's, this is one of my 10 favorite films of all time, and I'm not ashamed to say it. One of the most perfect films of all time.
shareCorrection, I said top 10,but I meant top 50, anyway here are my 100 Favorite Films:
Phantasm
The Apartment
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
A Clockwork Orange
Gone with the Wind
A Woman Under the Influence
Halloween
Annie Hall
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Some Like it Hot
Psycho
Midnight Cowboy
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
It’s A Wonderful Life
The Graduate
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Maltese Falcon
Singin’ in the Rain
Harold and Maude
The Searchers
Vertigo
Carnival of Souls
American Graffiti
Casablanca
Religulous
Say Anything…
Giant
La Strada
Citizen Kane
Tootsie
The Godfather
Sullivan’s Travels
Saturday Night Fever
On Golden Pond
Pulp Fiction
The Gold Rush
Wild Strawberries
North By Northwest
As Good as It Gets
Nashville
The Last Station
Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
The Great Dictator
Labyrinth
Almost Famous
Duck Soup
The Wizard of Oz
GoodFellas
Sunset Blvd.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
It Happened one Night
The Silence of the Lambs
Superbad
Eyes Wide Shut
Bringing Up Baby
Groundhog Day
Taxi Driver
Carrie
American Beauty
This is Spinal Tap
Howard the Duck
Little Shop of Horrors
Coffy
Little Miss Sunshine
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Terms of Endearment
Fargo
The African Queen
Mrs. Doubtfire
My Cousin Vinny
Pink Floyd: The Wall
The Little Shop of Horrors
The Birdcage
The Jazz Singer
Precious: Based on the Novel Push By Sapphire
Eraserhead
Being John Malkovich
Night of the Living Dead
My Fair Lady
Swing Time
A Christmas Story
Harvey
Back to the Future
South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut
Life of Brian
Deep Throat
Philadelphia
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Grease
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Frankenstein
Crash
Office Space
Rosemary’s Baby
April Fools Day
Great list stanhanuan, I have to say. Mine would be totally different, but I love a lot of the stuff you put in yours.
Have you seen Atonement? My favorite film from the last decade. I still have to see The Last Station, not released here yet...
Atonement was one of my favorites too! You must watch The Last Station then. I think you will like it too!
shareI never read Tolstoy, but I'm considering now.
shareI loved it, too, although it was very difficult to watch in many ways. The scene portraying Tolstoy's death moved me to tears. It doesn't matter how much Sofya drove him crazy - they truly and completely loved one another. There's something so beautiful in their imperfect love for each other. And yes, I thought the cast was magnificent. It's wonderful to see Tolstoy's life brought to life so powerfully.
shareI saw it in April. I cried and laughed too. And when it said that his wife got the rights to his work back in court I applauded.
Let's just say that God doesn't believe in me.
Seems like that everyone who's clever, well educated, spiritually oriented, subtle, sensitive, open minded, etc. love this film. This movie points out a lot if you can only have senses to feel and understand. Beautiful, simply beautiful.
shareI really loved this movie too. It wasn't just a great movie, it was also a great history lesson about Leo Tolstoy and the things he believed in. He was a truly remarkable person.
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