Revdarth posted a review of Through a Screen Darkly and followed it with an interesting list to add to the listmania that is the blogosphere o' fun. He says:
It did get me thinking as I finished last night about my “transcendent” film experiences. … (E)ach were ones that left me sitting there, as the credits rolled, feeling like I had experienced something I had not before.
So of course that got me thinking too. Here is my list o' films that I could not and cannot really shake. You will notice a lot of parity between my list and Ed's. We watched many a film together at seminary and share an almost identical taste. Though I think I have an overall darker sense of transcendent film experience. And more off-beat.
- Blade Runner
- 12 Monkeys
- Schindler's List
- Saving Private Ryan
- Platoon
- The Shining
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- 21 Grams
- Mulholland Dr.
- The Matrix
- The Cell
- One Hour Photo
- Vanilla Sky
- O Brother Where Art Thou?
- Children of Men
- Alien
- American Psycho
- Eraserhead
- Sunshine
- Donnie Darko
- Punch Drunk Love
(I have not yet seen Crash, Magnolia, No Country for Old Men, or There Will Be Blood. My kids have other ideas for what to do with my time these days!)
If you put me in a room with just these movies to watch over and over again, I would thank you!
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