Scenes from a Film Study

1
Introduction

The First:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKLvKZ6nIiA
High Noon (1952)


The Milestone:

The Great Train Robbery (1903)


Keaton:


Kubrick:

Full Metal Jacket (1987)


2
City Symphony/Urban Jungle

The City Symphony:



Man With a Movie Camera (1927)

Lang:

M (1931)

Noir:

Double Indemnity (1944)

Neo-Noir:



Chinatown (1974)

NYC Take 1:

Taxi Driver (1976)

NYC Take 2:

Manhattan (1979)

Death of the Gangster, Take One:

Little Caesar (1931)

Death of the Gangster, Take Two:

The Roaring Twenties (1939)


3
The Land, The Road, The West





Bonnie & Clyde (1967)


The Wild Bunch (1969)


North by Northwest (1959)


El Topo (1970)


4
Documentary/Cinéma vérité



Grey Gardens (1975)


Grey Gardens (2009)


Salesman (1968)


Gimme Shelter (1970)


Fog of War (2003)

Encounters at the End of the World (2007)

Director: Werner Herzog

Dont Look Back (1967)

Director: D.A. Pennebaker

Network (1976)

Director: Sidney Lumet

Grey Gardens (2009)

"Well, mother and I are very entertaining, that's true... "

Director: Michael Sucsy
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jessica Lange

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003)

"I'd rather be damned-if-I-don't."

Director: Errol Morris

"I think the human race needs to think about killing.
How much evil must we do in order to do good."

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

"After all, a lot of people are going to think we are a shocking pair."

Directory: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Katharine Kepburn, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Houghton

The Fisher King (1991)

"And the fool replied, "I don't know. I only knew that you were thirsty."

Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams










Oh my God, Tom Waits cameo! Oh my God, this movie was really good!