Best Movies? Ask the Directors — News Party for Friday, July 17, 2020
Hey there…I pulled out all the movie citations in this. See below the segment list…
Jordan Peele
-The Fly (remake)
-Nightmare on Elm Street (theme)
-Critters (B movie)
-Michael Meyers (Halloween, best villain)
-Freddie, Candyman, Phantasm silver ball, Chuckie, Graboids (from Tremors)
-The Overlook Hotel (perfect idyllic horror setting)
-Nail Gun, Hammer, Pitchfork (best trope: everyday objects used as weapon)
-Jada Pickett in Tales from Crypt — Demon Night (first black Final Girl)
-Shelley Duvall (The Shining, all-time touchstone horror movie performance)
Kathryn Bigelow
-Lawrence of Arabia, 1962
The Terminator, 1984
The Lodger, 1927
The Wild Bunch, 1969
Mean Streets, 1973
Christopher Nolan
-2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968
-Koyaanisqatsi, 1982
-The Thin Red Line, 1998
-The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977
-Blade Runner, 1982
Greta Gerwig
-Singing in the Rain
-Red River
-Rio Bravo
-The 39 Steps
-Brief Encounter
-The King of Comedy, 1982
Edward Norton
-Ruggles of Red Gap, 1935
-Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf, 1966
-Tampopo, 1986
-The King of Comedy, 1982
-The Cruise, 1998
Spike Lee
-The Battle of Algiers
-A Face in the Crowd, 1957
-Ace in the Hole
Damien Chazelle
-The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
-As Time Goes By (Favorite song, from Casablanca)
-“Forget it Jake. It’s Chinatown (Favorite line, from Chinatown)
-City Lights (Favorite ending)
-“Cheek to Cheek” dance scene (Favorite scene, from Top Hat)
Assorted TIFF Attendees 2017
George Clooney
-Network
Emma Thompson
-Young Frankenstein, favorite comedy
-Blade Runner, favorite sci fi
Allison Janney
-All About Eve
Sebastian Stan
-American Beauty
Bill Pullman
-Lawrence of Arabia
Paul Sheer
-Ghostbusters
McKenna Grace
-ET
Craig Gillespie
-The Shining
Greg Barker, Ben Rhodes
-Casablanca
Samantha Power
-Shoah
Duncan Kenworthy, Ian McEwan
Some Like it Hot
Alex Hassell
-Raging Bull
Glen Fleshler
-The Godfather
Michael Mitnick
-Back to the Future
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
-The 400 Blows
Ari Graynor
-Tootsie
Angela Robinson
-All That Jazz
Bella Heathcote
-The Red Shoes
-The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
-The Assassination of Jess James
Bel Powley
-Stand by Me
-Bridesmaids
Douglas Booth
-Pulp Fiction
Gael Garcia Bernal
-Anything at the Cinemateque Nationale
