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Film Club’s ten films to see before you die

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By Matthew Schulte ’15 | Staff Writer

Do you have some spare time to kill over Spring Break, whether it be in a hotel room or at home? During a flight or a car ride? Chances are, you will and what better way to pass the time than to binge watch ten great films, acclaimed and recommended by the Film Club.

1. Psycho (1960)

“Psycho is a very important movie because it’s one of Hitchcock’s best films and it’s definitely something that everyone can relate to; everyone knows it. It’s probably up there with “The Shining” in terms of the horror genre and what’s so great is that it involves some of Hitchcock’s most famous techniques.”

-Film Club Secretary Lauren Pankin ‘16

2. Taxi Driver (1976)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLpMx8_TYOo

“I think Taxi Driver is an important movie because of its ability to encapsulate a time period and a location very well. It captures the crime, the desolation and the fear that is able to run through people and I think that is best exemplified by the character, Travis Bickle.”

-Film Club Vice President Paul Attard ‘15

3. 2001:  A Space Odyssey (1968)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2UWOeBcsJI

“My dad showed me it when I was young and he raised me on Star Trek, Star Wars and all that stuff, so it’s more of like a family connection. I also like it because there’s a little bit of a horror element to it, when the computer becomes conscientious and the pilot, Dave, needs to shut it down. It’s not too scary, but it’s definitely enough to keep you on edge.”

-Mary Stuart ‘14

4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG1PlkURjxE

“Well, the humor is just ridiculous and it’s everywhere. There’s a lot hidden, so you have to look really close and that’s why I like it so much.”

-Nina Caradonna ‘16

 

5. Citizen Kane (1941)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyv19bg0scg

“Citizen Kane is a really good movie because, although it’s really old and black and white and everything, the techniques used in the film are just so mind blowing and just perfect. There are some shots where you are just like wow, how did they even think about that back then?”

-Rachel Griffin ‘14

6. The Sting (1973)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN2hBOIXhB

“It’s just a really good movie that has a lot of heart and really develops characters that are true to life.”

-Film Club Treasurer Kevin Dietz ‘16

7. Metropolis (1927)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSExdX0tds4

“I put it on my list not for just being a good movie, but also for being a good movie experience. I had to go down to the DFT (Detroit Film Theater) to see it and it’s a silent film, so it was scored by the L.A. Orchestra who does absolutely amazing rescoring of silent films. On top of that, it’s also basically the godfather of all other science fiction films and to think that it’s almost 90 years old now and that this is the thing that so many other stories got told from is… It just holds up well.”

-Teaching Assistant Tom Budday

8. Apocalypse Now (1979)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkrhkUeDCdQ

“I think it’s the best film ever made because it really captures the madness of war in a real way. I heard word that a bunch of soldiers who fought in the Vietnamese War said that it was one of the most eerily accurate portrayal of their mindset in the war. The acting from Martin Sheen is also some of his best ever.”

-Film Club President Jack McCoy ‘14

9. Dr. Strangelove or:  How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdJS1iatxmY

“Dr. Strangelove is an incredibly important film that was made just after the Cuban Missile Crisis. It has incredible social and political commentary and it’s probably the best satire you’re ever going to see.”

-Price Zimmer ‘14

10. The Princess Bride (1987)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYgcrny2hRs

“I mean, its got everything. It’s got romance, swashbuckling adventure, it’s fun, it’s got really eccentric casting and there’s tone you know; there’s no movie like it. It’s also extremely quotable. There’s got to be at least six or seven lines that everybody just knows and its also a bigtime cult film because it didn’t really have a huge success when it came out, but people really embrace it now. I think I would say that there’s only about ten films that have that.”

-Film Club Adviser John Monaghan

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