10 Films You Should Rent From the Library
By Kirsty Leckie-Palmer
Monday 28th September 2009
Monday 28th September 2009
The Comedy- Some Like it Hot (1959):Wilder, Monroe, Lemmon, Curtis, Shell Oil, Florida, spats, the Depression, mobsters, cross-dressing.
The British One/ Cult classic – Withnail and I (1987):
Grant, Griffiths, McGann, London, insolvency, goosefat, drugs, thesps, Uncle Monty, English countryside.
The Animation- Princess Mononoke (1997):
Miyazaki, Ghibli, Japan, industry, nature, hand-drawn, mythology, blight, allegory, friendship.
The Documentary- Bowling for Columbine (2002):
Moore, Guns, America, Bush, bloodshed, bigotry, political, conflict, fear, K-Mart.
The Horror- Psycho (1960):
Hitchcock, Perkins, Leigh, shower, Mother, Bates Motel, Oedipal, slasher, Hermann, mummification.
The Gangster Movie- The Godfather Part I (1972):
Coppola, Brando, Pacino, Caan, crime, New York, honour, tradition, violence, cotton wool.
The Sci-Fi - Blade Runner (1982):
Scott, Ford, Hauer, LA, dystopia, existence, decadence, noir, cityscapes, Vangelis.
The Wild Card - City of God (2002): Mereilles, Lund, Rio de Janiero, favelas, guns, drug abuse, camerawork, survival, violence, childhood.
The Big One - Citizen Kane (1942):
Welles, RKO, Hearst, magnate, Xanadu, noir, roman à cle, loss, snow, Rosebud.
The War Film - Apocalypse Now (1979):
Coppola, Brando, Sheen, Heart of Darkness, Saigon, napalm, helicopters, The Ride of the Valkyries, insanity, “The Horror”.
The British One/ Cult classic – Withnail and I (1987):
Grant, Griffiths, McGann, London, insolvency, goosefat, drugs, thesps, Uncle Monty, English countryside.
The Animation- Princess Mononoke (1997):
Miyazaki, Ghibli, Japan, industry, nature, hand-drawn, mythology, blight, allegory, friendship.
The Documentary- Bowling for Columbine (2002):
Moore, Guns, America, Bush, bloodshed, bigotry, political, conflict, fear, K-Mart.
The Horror- Psycho (1960):
Hitchcock, Perkins, Leigh, shower, Mother, Bates Motel, Oedipal, slasher, Hermann, mummification.
The Gangster Movie- The Godfather Part I (1972):
Coppola, Brando, Pacino, Caan, crime, New York, honour, tradition, violence, cotton wool.
The Sci-Fi - Blade Runner (1982):
Scott, Ford, Hauer, LA, dystopia, existence, decadence, noir, cityscapes, Vangelis.
The Wild Card - City of God (2002): Mereilles, Lund, Rio de Janiero, favelas, guns, drug abuse, camerawork, survival, violence, childhood.
The Big One - Citizen Kane (1942):
Welles, RKO, Hearst, magnate, Xanadu, noir, roman à cle, loss, snow, Rosebud.
The War Film - Apocalypse Now (1979):
Coppola, Brando, Sheen, Heart of Darkness, Saigon, napalm, helicopters, The Ride of the Valkyries, insanity, “The Horror”.