Empire published their list of the 50 Greatest Independent Films. so it seems the thing to do is to make a movie canon meme of it. so here goes, movies i've seen in bold, ones I own are starred:
50. El Mariachi
49. Run Lola Run*
48. Cube
47. Blood Feast
46. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
45. Mad Max
44. Amores Perros
43. Shadows
42. Swingers
41. Dead Man's Shoes
40. The Descent
39. The Passion of the Christ (dear. god. no.)
38. Grosse Point Blank
37. Being John Malkovich (my roommates always own this one, so i've never bought it. as soon as I have my own permanent home, i'll own it)
36. Buffalo '66 (this has been on my need-to-see-list for waaaay too long
35. THX-1138
34. Blair Witch Project
33. Shallow Grave
32. Two Lane Blacktop
31. Pink Flamingos
30. Sweet Sweetback Baadasss...
29. Bad Lieutenant
28. In The Company of Men
27. Dark Star
26. Lost in Translation (this stretches the definition of independent A LOT)
25. Drugstore Cowboy
24. Happiness
23. The Evil Dead
22. Nosferatu
21. Roger And Me.
20. Slacker
19. Lone Star
18. Withnail And I
17. City of God
16. She's Gotta Have it
15. Blood Simple
14. Stranger Than Paradise
13. Memento
12. Eraserhead
11. Bad Taste
10. Mean Streets
9. Sideways
8. The Usual Suspects*
7. Sex, Lies, And Videotape
6. Night of the Living Dead
5. Monty Python's Life of Brian
4. Clerks
3. The Terminator
2 Donnie Darko
1. Reservoir Dogs
my take: 49 is waaaaay too low for Run Lola Run, Reservoir Dogs couldn't really be anywhere else, and it's a shame Pi isn't on the list. then again, i've seen faaar too few of those movies, so what do I know?
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sex, lies, and videotape is in our Netflix queue (or quence, heh, quence). It was recommended this morning and I saw it had Eyebrows McGee and James Spader in it, so I figured it could do with a rental.
awesome!
i never realized what that movie was for a long time, because of all the spoofs of the title.
I’ve seen like, 3 of those movies, otherwise I’d post this list on my blog. Actually, I still may for poops and giggles. Loved Mad Max, Memento is one of the most creative movies I’ve ever seen. I can do without Being John Malkovich though I recognize its creativity.
Sideways sucked. Unless you like wine. . .a lot. this and more meaningless drivel at iffland.blogspot.com
**Jon**
yeah, it didn’t really seem like something i’d be into. since, you know, i’m not middle aged, don’t have a beard, and don’t give 2 shits about wine.
my roommate likes it though, so whenever she buys it, i’ll probably watch it. at least partly.
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