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I would never recommend Salo but i wouldn't dimiss it as schlock. It's Pasolini's vision of fascism and the complete control it can give some people. He must of felt unable to depict it in any other way. Probably a film better read about than seen.
Sorry, i don't understand the comment you on my list.
Scaruffi really is quite an influence on you. If i recall rightly he also rates most of these highly. Maybe i'll follow your guide. Although i've liked weird stuff instantly (Gnaw Their Tongues, Captain Beefheart, Sun Ra) and found some easy stuff just doesn't get me first time round (Bob Dylan, Slint). How often do you usually listen to a new album before you feel you given it a proper listen?
Have you seen Pasolini's Salo? I think a little part of my soul died after seeing that. Not the best film of his films to start with really. Takashi Miike's Audition had me shaking by the end. Todd Haynes' Safe is probably the film that most haunts me (and it doesn't contain any violence). The film that i've found to be the most nightmarish is on your list - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre*.
*Sorry for being pedantic but that's the correct title. The director spelled it wrong for the copyright.
Marketa Lazarová - Frantisek Vlácil (1967)
Woman of the Dunes - Hiroshi Teshigahara (1964)
Werckmeister Harmonies - Béla Tarr (2000)
Raging Bull - Martin Scorsese (1980)
The Cremator - Juraj Herz (1969)
Persona - Ingmar Bergman (1966)
Tetsuo - Shin'ya Tsukamoto (1989)
Man with a Movie Camera - Dziga Vertov (1929)
La Jetée - Chris Marker (1962)
Manhattan - Woody Allen (1979)
Three and a half years later and i still have some major gaps:
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Top Hat (1935)
Sansho the Baliff (1954)
Le Samouraï (1967) - I counldn't even get this when i was in France
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Edward Scissorhands is fantasy not sci-fi. Also you should put an Other option.
1997 must have been a quiet year.
Thank you for what is one of my favourite websites. Wouldn't have seen so many films if it wasn't for this site. What makes this site great is the simple format along with the content of users. If there's a better site for listing i'd love to see it.
I think i'll have to use more obscure songs next time but as long as you got something from it.
I listened to Hot Rats and liked it so i also got my hands on We're Only In It For the Money, One Size Fits All and Over-Nite Sensation. I'll try to listen to Absolutely Free as well.
It was my mix that starts with XTC and I also got your mix. I liked most of the indie songs especially Ben Folds Five and The Afghan Whigs. Some of the older songs i really appreciated were The Zombies, Spirit and that excellent Frank Zappa song which makes want to hear alot more of his music. The songs i didn't like were by The O’Jays, Urinetown Original Cast Recording, Average White Band and Pet Shop Boys. Only two of the tracks i had heard before which were by Elliott Smith and Books both of which i'm fan of. Thank you for a good mix.
So, what did you think of mine?
I don't mind waiting but you could have told us.
As i said i was okay with waiting but for all i knew the cds were lost in the mail and i was checking up on it. There is alot of mail this time of year. I never said anything about sending an email to everybody. You could have put a message on the website informing people about the delay. So what if i posted in a public forum. If you put a message up none of the people would have had to send you an email.
Have other people got their cds yet?
The Darjeeling Limited better than The Royal Tenenbaums? I'll hopefully be seeing it in the next two weeks.
I only knew Campbell, Kristofferson and Streep. I'll add Wilder to my list.