Jared's succint list of films made for filmmakers,

[jared]

and what exactly you should pay attention to.

this list is subject to editing by myself in order to add things that i saw fifteen years ago and forgot about (or something i finally saw for the first time at much urging) but you have to see anyway.

there are so many aspects to filmmaking that create an experience for the audience that i will compile the best instances of any given focus. but first remember that all stories fall under one of three categories: man vs. man, man vs. self, or man vs. nature. consider these the all-time flexible top-fives in genius execution. and remember that true examples are those that are quite like a fine wine and less like someone with a baseball bat looking to just beat you over the head with /whatever/.
anyway, moving on...


character development:
ordinary people
rosemary's baby
alice doesn't live here anymore
happiness
dogville

suspense/thriller:
f/x
blue velvet
the birds
blood simple
angel heart

action:
the rock
con air
ronin
the fugitive
rambo: first blood

drama:
the piano
elizabeth
raging bull
red sorghum
a simple plan

slice-o-life:
welcome to the dollhouse
suburbia (the one from the eighties, NOT the later one, ya n00b)
the breakfast club
american psycho
kids

"quiet" films:
love liza
the good girl
slingblade
the straight story


symbolism:
pan's labyrinth
mulholland drive
the wizard of oz
apocolypse now

science fiction:
blade runner
aliens
minority report
thx-1138

fucking with the narrative:
run lola run
memento
irreversible
pulp fiction
gummo

comedy:
airplane!
the seven year itch

documentary:
born into brothels
dark days
kowaniqattsi
death in gaza

*this list will be added to as i remember this or that


cinematographers that defined why motion pictures exist:
children of men
gummo
the terrorist
osama
russian arc
the confomist

[Brainstrained]

Cinema Paradiso should be on the list too!

[jared]

and i think a mockumentary list needs to be here:
waiting for guffman
man bites dog
spinal tap
american movie (i know it's an actual doc, but it's so surreal it has to go here)
drop dead gorgeous

[justin]

Awesome list! I will print this out ...

[Ronster]

Techincally...main conflicts are catagorized into 6 different "man vs. ___"...not 3.
1) Man vs. Man
2) Man vs. Self
3) Man vs. Nature
4) Man vs. Society
5) Man vs. Supernatural
6) Man vs. Technology

Great list BTW.

[PlasmaP]

Seriously?
I thought it was just 3.

That's what my english teacher said though, so I can't be sure..

[jared]

Seriously?
I thought it was just 3.

That's what my english teacher said though, so I can't be sure..

i just checked with ma dukes (an AP lit teacher), it is three. but i think the list of six isn't bad and shouldn't be summarily dismissed.

[PlasmaP]

Yeah, I know that my curriculum used to teach 4. One being "man vs. Fate" but that got taken out.

[jared]

screenplay/novel adaptation:
runaway train
requiem for a dream
lord of the flies (the first one, durr)
sweet talk (see this see this see this!, also fits into the character development list)

adding to the importance of :
cinematographers:
belly

[jared]

Gangster movies:

Scarface
Public Enemy
Little Caesar
Goodfellas

bugsy malone