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what films speak to you about the American dream?
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:02 am
by Alchemy
the dream..chasin it...experiance americana...
this post is about which film/videos most come to mind in your identification and or inspirational leanings of LIVIN THE DREAM ...
and if youve the groove..include your first memories of how you were introdused to being in the American Dream Experiance..what was/is your dream?
Im related to Mayflower passengers
and hungarian imigrants.
so pride was a theme..
I was told we were all equal..and I could be anything I wanted to be
my family started businesses
my dad was a lawyer
my mom a hippy add executive
and slutty hippy
I love Far and Away
Little Big man
Where the buffalow roam
and Lenny Bruce at the Purple Onion
tales of a Burningman
Slums of Beverley Hills
Good Fellows
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:21 am
by dr.placebo
Dr. Strangelove
Apocalypse Now
Easy Rider
and anything by Russ Meyers
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:15 am
by motskyroonmatick
Blazing Saddles!
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:27 am
by Ugly Dougly
Brazil
12 Monkeys
Soylent Green
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 12:17 pm
by Toolmaker
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:37 pm
by DVD Burner
This is kinda off topic but it's nice to see Alchemy back on eplaya.
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:06 pm
by rane
really??
fear and loathing
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:43 am
by BAS
Dazed and Confused.
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:14 pm
by mereth
Sorry if I'm being too literal here:
In America
The Terminal
House of Sand and Fog
Far and Away
Coming to America
Brewster's Millions
The American Rabbit
West Side Story
and...
Planet Terror!
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:25 am
by Ugly Dougly
Snow Falling on Cedars
Dances with Wolves
Glory
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:45 am
by BAS
The documentary "Paradise Lost", a film about the West Memphis Three.
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:46 am
by AntiM
Shock Treatment
Little Big Man
Groove Tube/Tunnel Vision/Kentucky Fried Movie
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:28 am
by thirt33n
The Outsiders
Running Man
Natural Born Killers
Boyz in the Hood
Cocoon
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:06 am
by theCryptofishist
Deathrace 2000
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:38 pm
by mdmf007
Blow
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:27 pm
by BAS
True Romance
This Is Spinal Tap
Naked Lunch
A Simple Plan
Unforgiven
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:30 am
by Zhust
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Thelma and Louise
Somehow the 5 years between the two films indicated a shift in the definition of "hope", and "freedom".
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:54 am
by Simon of the Playa
Clockwork Orange....
i too have a taste for a little Ultra-Violence now and then....
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:19 am
by BAS
Bowling for Columbine
Team America: World Police.
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:13 am
by SFbrothermichael
American Graffiti
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:33 am
by Ugly Dougly
The Pursuit of Happyness
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:03 pm
by fireseed
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:14 pm
by Simon of the Playa
deep throat.
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:36 pm
by BitterDan
Simon of the Playa wrote:Clockwork Orange....
i too have a taste for a little Ultra-Violence now and then....
Nothing says America like a good ole British psy-drama.
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:19 pm
by theCryptofishist
Hans-Juergan Syberberg's Our Hitler.
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:07 am
by wedeliver
"The Magic Christian"
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:22 am
by ZaphodBurner
To Kill a Mockingbird and Easy Rider came immediately to mind.
I'm not as cynical as many.
-c
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:01 am
by Simon of the Playa
i LOVE LOVE LOVE the magic christian....
Peter Sellars, Ringo Starr as his dimwitted nephew and the pool of Bile and piss and shit that everyone swims in for 100 pound notes....
if you want it, here it is, come and get it....
great cameos too....
heres one..
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:19 am
by Alchemy
One Giant Leap
an awesome film
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:34 pm
by AntiM
Simon of the Playa wrote:i LOVE LOVE LOVE the magic christian....
Peter Sellars, Ringo Starr as his dimwitted nephew and the pool of Bile and piss and shit that everyone swims in for 100 pound notes....
if you want it, here it is, come and get it....
great cameos too....
In the book, the story is originally set in America.
Yes, one of my favorites. Ringo was Guy Grand's adopted son.
Hamlet, Duck a L'orange, French Noses, Christopher Lee, "Black and White, Everyone's Getting Uptight", "Oh, yes," "I say, do that again!", Hot Damn Vietnam ... and pressurized firkins. Great flick.