ten movies about america

[rone]

dr_strych9 lists 10 films he'd use to explain America.  Here's mine:

• The Blues Brothers
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• Network
• The Apostle
• Nobody's Fool
• Bob Roberts
• Fargo
• The Rookie
• X
• Deliverance

Nota bene: i haven't seen "The Rookie" or "Deliverance", but i'm acquainted enough with the stories that i'm confident about their appearance here.

Comments

Re: ten movies

[venividi.livejournal.com]

Now if you switched to 10 animated films it would be a bigger challenge.

Obviously the list would have to include Fleisher's original clown cartoon, steamboat willy, What's Opera Doc, The Line and The Point, Gerald McBoingBoing and Fritz the Cat, but what else?

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Hmm, i'll say The Incredibles.

Re: ten movies, animated

[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

Good picks all, but to be contrary, here's a list using none of them:

1)Gertie the Dinosaur
2)Koko's Earth Control (not the first of the series, but an example of the silent Flesher toons at their height)
3)Skeleton Dance (example of early Disney soundie)
4)Snow White (Betty Boop)
5)Snow White (Disney)
6)Peace on Earth
7)One Froggy Evening (For a list of one, this would be it)
8)How the Grinch Stole Christmas
9)Luxo Jr.
10)The Incredibles

Re: ten movies, animated

[venividi.livejournal.com]

Not exactly using "none" of them, as "Koko's Earth Control" is the one I was trying to think of when I wrote "original clown..."

Not sure I place Peace on Earth, but I definitely applaud the others. I picked Point/Line because it's a bit of Jones that most people are not familiar with and deserves to be as well known as Grinch.