Not exact matches
How could he leave out the wonderful Alec Guinness
film The Man in the White Suit (about a chemist who invents a fabric that never gets dirty, never needs ironing, never wears out — and nearly causes a revolution because it is too perfect) Fortunately, Perkowitz does include The Day the Earth Stood Still (the
film in which Patricia Neal delivers one of
cinema's most famous
geek catchphrases: «Gort!
It's a teaser poster, and it doesn't even feature the
film's title but any
film geek will know what's going on and it's certain to get people talking when it appears in
cinema lobbies.
«Midnight Cowboy» remains one of my favorite
films of all time, so just from a
cinema geek perspective, I'm there.
That
film heralded a new era of PG - 13 action
cinema, one that could be enjoyed equally by children, their parents, and young adult
geeks looking to experience the innocent excitement many of us first felt while reading superhero comics.
What's left is this appreciation of a
film that is delighted with
cinema and experimental without being a jerk about it (very much like Lars Von Trier's Zentropa, specifically in a black - and - white rear - process cab ride with none of that feeling that Tarantino's trying to make a point as opposed to recognizing something that looks cool and feels right)-- a
film that is Tarantino in all his gawky, hyperactive, movie -
geeking, idioglossic splendour, fully - formed and trying only a bit too hard.
Thousands of
film geeks, genre -
film enthusiasts, and weirdoes have descended upon the Alamo Drafthouse's South Lamar location for a week - long celebration of the weirdest
cinema in the world: Fantastic Fest 2011.
Rather than the usual elegant black and white photo of a screen icon from some golden age, Cannes 2016 celebrates
cinema itself with a golden shot of a man ascending the staircase - wall of Casa Malaparte on the Isle of Capri, thus providing a
film geek's field day of interpretation and reference.