Top 100 80's Films...

[Martino Knockavelli]

Mine:

Spoiler: TLDR

37th - 36 points on 3 lists.

Blue Velvet (1986) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090756/?ref_=nv_sr_1

My #1 (not that I'd set too much stock in that), and another favourite auteur who found his metier during the decade. The Elephant Man is probably the film that made him, but this is the first fully realised excursion to Lynch-land, the sort of film that gets your surname turned into an adjective. A nightmare salmagundi of Douglas Sirk and film noir, soap opera and surrealism. Blackly comic but brutal, ironic and sincere, macabre and schmaltzy, a work of disquieting originality that's also a legible synthesis a whole lot of Hollywood history, all chewed up and spat back out like perfumed bile. It's hard to write about, now, without resorting to cliches (tick em off: picket fence USA, oneiric, fever dream, dark underbelly, etc). Sadly its reputation in critical circles has taken a bit of a nosedive after Alty dismissed it as iredeemably pretentious guff, but I'll continue to fight the good fight.

35th - 38 points on 3 lists.

My Neighbour Totoro (1988) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096283/?ref_=nv_sr_1

My fave Ghibli. It occurred to me whilst writing about Where is the Friend's Home? that this and that one really quite similar: a simple little quest, relayed child's eye view, with delicacy and subtlety that's totally convincing and beguiling. Sweet (but not over sweet), cute, charming, lovely, heartfelt etc... all sorts of terms that sound like lukewarm praise, but really aren't, in this instance anyways...

 

[SALTIRE]

Had My Neighbour Totoro on my list. I had that little spell a while back where I was watching a whole bunch of Ghibli movies, and that's gotta be the standout of the ones I saw. Man... I really ought to get around to watching the rest of those some day

I did that a while back too, though my favourite is Howl's Moving Castle, a joy from start to finish.

 

[Spirederman]

Mine:

Spoiler: TLDR

My #1 (not that I'd set too much stock in that), and another favourite auteur who found his metier during the decade. The Elephant Man is probably the film that made him, but this is the first fully realised excursion to Lynch-land, the sort of film that gets your surname turned into an adjective. A nightmare salmagundi of Douglas Sirk and film noir, soap opera and surrealism. Blackly comic but brutal, ironic and sincere, macabre and schmaltzy, a work of disquieting originality that's also a legible synthesis a whole lot of Hollywood history, all chewed up and spat back out like perfumed bile. It's hard to write about, now, without resorting to cliches (tick em off: picket fence USA, oneiric, fever dream, dark underbelly, etc). Sadly its reputation in critical circles has taken a bit of a nosedive after Alty dismissed it as iredeemably pretentious guff, but I'll continue to fight the good fight.



My fave Ghibli. It occurred to me whilst writing about Where is the Friend's Home? that this and that one really quite similar: a simple little quest, relayed child's eye view, with delicacy and subtlety that's totally convincing and beguiling. Sweet (but not over sweet), cute, charming, lovely, heartfelt etc... all sorts of terms that sound like lukewarm praise, but really aren't, in this instance anyways...

Blue Velvet, what a film, what a great mind Lynch possesses. As you can probably gather from my pro Lynch ramblings earlier in the thread, this also featured on my list, in hindsight I wished I placed it a little higher than I had. Are you as excited for Twin Peaks as I am, or are you one of those that think it's time has come and gone?
If Mulholland Drive was made in the 80's that would have also made my list, as would Lost Highway.
Mulholland Drive would probably have placed higher than Blue Velvet tbh, if it was an 80's film. I love all of Lynch's work, the man is a pure genius.

Which other in the know poster had this on their list besides me and Mart??

 

[Spirederman]

I must admit though to being tinged with a little sadness at totally forgetting about Mississippi Burning. Should and would have made my list, and would have been top 5, if only I'd remembered it. An absolutely brilliant film, about a story that needed to be told.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

Are you as excited for Twin Peaks as I am, or are you one of those that think it's time has come and gone?

Naw, I'm with you. Normally I'd be dubious about a 2.5 decade later sequel to a holy text like this, but I don't think he'd go back to it if he didn't feel like he had something worth doing, and there always has been a sense of unfinished business about it, with the way it petered out (as much as I love the film). Lynch is hardly the type to traduce it all with some lazy fan service cash in either is he, so even if it's a pile of poo it should be an interesting one.

Mostly I'm just glad he's doing _something_ film/TV-wise. 70 years old, putting away 50 Marlboro Red a day, and 9 years since his last feature suggests it aint as if he's got another 10 masterpieces left in him. I think the structure that an episodic TV show provides is quite interesting for his stuff as well (plus Mark Frost's input, he always get short shrift). I'm all for 3 hours of sprawling Inland Empire and wilfully weird internet stuff, but I think the seeing him working in a bit of a harness is just as intriguing/productive too...

 

[SALTIRE]

Last Lynch film I watched was The Straight Story, a poignant film about an old man travelling across America on his little tractor to see his dying brother and try to mend their fractured relationship before his demise. Well worth a watch.

 

[BigDaveCUFC]

it is terrible how I've not seen quite afew of these, but that is a good thing of this thread, afew films to try and catch.
nice to see that Batman in the mix, I wanted to put it in but had no room, I personally think that batman is my fave of all the films and better than the modern ones.

airplane a very good film, I went with some of the ones that followed on....as afew others must have.

 

[Spirederman]

Last Lynch film I watched was The Straight Story, a poignant film about an old man travelling across America on his little tractor to see his dying brother and try to mend their fractured relationship before his demise. Well worth a watch.

Great film, but not at all Lynchian. The title says pretty much what is is. No surrealist plot lines, no dream like sequences,just a man and his tractor.

Well worth seeing.

 

[Cardsfan]

I must admit though to being tinged with a little sadness at totally forgetting about Mississippi Burning. Should and would have made my list, and would have been top 5, if only I'd remembered it. An absolutely brilliant film, about a story that needed to be told.

I always liked you. My favourite film.

 

[SALTIRE]

Great film, but not at all Lynchian. The title says pretty much what is is. No surrealist plot lines, no dream like sequences,just a man and his tractor.

Well worth seeing.

Lynch has created a certain genre of film with Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet et al. However he can make very good other types of films too as in The Straight Story, The Elephant Man and Dune (which was butchered by the studio in the edit and doesn't really do the colossal book justice but is still well worth a look). He's a very eclectic director.

 

[Spirederman]

Lynch has created a certain genre of film with Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet et al. However he can make very good other types of films too as in The Straight Story, The Elephant Man and Dune (which was butchered by the studio in the edit and doesn't really do the colossal book justice but is still well worth a look). He's a very eclectic director.

I've seen everything he's ever done Salty. I love it all. I think Dune is a great film, but as you've said butchered and edited against DL's wishes, and certainly doesn't do the fantastic tome the book is any justice. Spices eh??

My favourite film/script writer,producer, director bar none.

Inland Empire is an absolute mind fuck, the film personally I think Lynch always wanted to make. Laura Dern is outstanding, (a bit of a Lynch mainstay, as she also plays the lead actress in Wild at Heart) as the lead. Have a neb, if you've yet to see it. Don't expect to understand it at first when you do, in fact after multiple viewings I change what I think every time I see it.

I'm so buzzed for Twin Peaks returning.

 

[SALTIRE]

I think I'll watch the original tv series one day. I was a bit young for it when it originally came out but I like the look of it now.

I love Dune as well. It's all over the place but is still very entertaining. I love the books and have read them many times. I hope some day it can get the film or big budget tv version it deserves.

 

[Spirederman]

I think I'll watch the original tv series one day. I was a bit young for it when it originally came out but I like the look of it now.

I love Dune as well. It's all over the place but is still very entertaining. I love the books and have read them many times. I hope some day it can get the version it deserves.

I was too young when it came out too (11/12). I got into Lynch about 12 Years ago upon seeing Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet within a few weeks of each other.

Twin Peaks, for me is still his best work, in any form of media TV/Film.
I urge you to watch it mate, it's frightening,surreal, unique as a TV series,as well as lots of other things, and has aged tremendously well.

 

[Craig]

34th - 39 points on 3 lists.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087800/?ref_=nv_sr_1

33rd - 39 points on 4 lists

Beverley Hills Cop (1984) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086960/?ref_=nv_sr_2

 

[Gladders]

Beverly hills cop didn't even make top 10?

 

[Smudge]

Im your boyfriend now Nancy!

 

[Craig]

32nd - 40 points on 3 lists.

The Lost Boys (1987) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093437/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Joint 31st - 40 points on 4 lists.

Beetlejuice (1988) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094721/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Rain Man (1988) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095953/?ref_=nv_sr_1

 

[Smudge]

Beetlejuice and Lost Boys only on 4 and 3 lists?!? Whaaaa?

 

[Cas]

Beetlejuice and Lost Boys only on 4 and 3 lists?!? Whaaaa?

Alright, alright. Don't cry, little sister

Lost Boys just missed out on my list. Nightmare on Elm Street is one of mine.

 

[Craig]

I had Lost Boys too, great film, was a toss up between that and Near Dark, and although Near Dark has Bill Paxton Lost Boys is just that much more fun.

 

[Craig]

30th - 40 points on 5 lists

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096438/?ref_=nv_sr_1

29th - 41 points on 4 lists

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096928/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

 

[Smudge]

Alright, alright. Don't cry, little sister

Lost Boys just missed out on my list. Nightmare on Elm Street is one of mine.

Ill let you off then...love Nightmare on Elm Street.

A few of mine are starting to drop now, both Roger Rabbit and Bill & Ted were mine

 

[SALTIRE]

Never liked Lost Boys at all and thought it was the biggest pile of shite when I did get round to it!

Beetlejuice and Bill & Teds though are AWESOMMMMMMMMME!

 

[Cas]

Never liked Lost Boys at all and thought it was the biggest pile of shite when I did get round to it!

I remember when I used to like you

 

[SALTIRE]

I remember when I used to like you

Haha, yeah I don't mind guff, but I could never get past the awful posing in that film.

 

[Oaf]

Aw, Who Framed Roger Rabbit deserved so much better. Brilliant film! Think I had it in like my top 5 or so.

 

[Spirederman]

Never liked Lost Boys, Salty??

Wuuuuuuuut?

 

[SALTIRE]

Never liked Lost Boys, Salty??

Wuuuuuuuut?

Yup, biggest pile of pish I've ever seen and not in a good way

 

[Spirederman]

Yup, biggest pile of pish I've ever seen and not in a good way

Didn't make my list either, like. Was tough to leave it out though.

 

[silkyman]

Good to see Bill and Ted in there!