Filmmaking is such a fucked-up process. It’s astonishing that films manage to get made - let alone come together as many, many parts to be a perfect filmmaking whole. NAME A PERFECT FILM. I’ll start this off… SE7EN (1995) - ThreadSky

emmawestwood.bsky.social • 154 days ago

Filmmaking is such a fucked-up process. It’s astonishing that films manage to get made - let alone come together as many, many parts to be a perfect filmmaking whole.

NAME A PERFECT FILM. I’ll start this off…

SE7EN (1995)

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keithgow.bsky.social•154 days ago

Before Sunset

emmawestwood.bsky.social•153 days ago

These films came out during my anti-Ethan Hawke phase (his preciousness really got to me). I’m ready to watch with fresh eyes.

keithgow.bsky.social•153 days ago

Wow, your anti-Ethan Hawke phase lasted a while! For me, the three films came out at the perfect time for me to see them

emmawestwood.bsky.social•153 days ago

It did. I thought it would be enduring, but I grew out of it.

askharrietfan.bsky.social•153 days ago

CASABLANCA, bitch.

disirregardless.bsky.social•153 days ago

surlygabe.bsky.social•154 days ago

The Thing (1982)

emmawestwood.bsky.social•153 days ago

I couldn’t agree more. Utter perfection.

miketurbo.bsky.social•154 days ago

Oldboy is the one I've always looked at as a "perfect" film.

miketurbo.bsky.social•152 days ago

I guess what keeps it from being "perfect" is that it's very soul draining and leaves you miserable, but then that opens up a whole other conversation about whether films need to be enjoyable for people.

But, it's enjoyable in that it's so engaging and satisfying in its craft I guess.

emmawestwood.bsky.social•152 days ago

My taste in film veers towards the provocative. So I get it.

emmawestwood.bsky.social•153 days ago

Ooh. I got to see this at the cinema with a festival audience. Quite the experience. Loved it, but will watch again through the ‘perfection’ lens.

wilberfan.bsky.social•154 days ago

emmawestwood.bsky.social•153 days ago

BOOGIE NIGHTS?

wilberfan.bsky.social•153 days ago

Exactly! 😀

stuartrichards.bsky.social•153 days ago

danpreston.com•153 days ago

Hilarious with great characters and the best use of music to advance the story maybe ever.

sodacat.bsky.social•153 days ago

mayb what was in the box wer the friends brad pitt made along the way and they were throwing him a surprise party an d thats why he was cryimg because he got emotinoal to know he had true friends

emmawestwood.bsky.social•153 days ago

😆

nadinewhitney.bsky.social•153 days ago

Perfect for me. ALICE by Jan Švankmajer.

professorfether.bsky.social•153 days ago

emmawestwood.bsky.social•153 days ago

As time goes by, it just gets better.

professorfether.bsky.social•153 days ago

tigon20.bsky.social•153 days ago

The shout released by rank in 1978, absolutely amazing film, absolute celluloid perfection

emmawestwood.bsky.social•153 days ago

The one with Alan Bates?

tigon20.bsky.social•153 days ago

And John hurt, it's a brilliant film made by jerzy Skolimowski, it's superb, first English backed film that was recorded in Dolby stereo I believe. When the shout comes it blows the speakers.

emmawestwood.bsky.social•153 days ago

I’ve seen it. It’s amazing 👏👏👏 DEEP END is the Jerzy Skolimowski that really blew my mind.

tigon20.bsky.social•153 days ago

Yes, deep end is brilliant, a fantastic description of Britain in the very early 70's from the viewpoint of the swimming baths

darknessopera.com•152 days ago

BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT (as LOST HIGHWAY mourns by the window)

fictionmachine.bsky.social•153 days ago

Back to the Future. I used to teach it to screenwriting students so they could learn about foreshadowing.

emmawestwood.bsky.social•153 days ago

It is a truly masterful film.

awmalloy.bsky.social•154 days ago

Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Fills me with awe every time I watch it.

emmawestwood.bsky.social•153 days ago

You’ve just reminded me to rewatch. Added to holiday viewing list.

sentry23.bsky.social•154 days ago

Videodrome?

emmawestwood.bsky.social•154 days ago

FULL MARKS!

sentry23.bsky.social•154 days ago

I was just about to correct myself and say Conversation as even better.

emmawestwood.bsky.social•154 days ago

The Coppola film? It’s superb, especially the sound design, but I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s perfect, IMHO

sentry23.bsky.social•154 days ago

I can understand that. Both are perfect to me though.

unfamousl.bsky.social•154 days ago

In case you didn't see this: Gwyneth Paltrow's 2017 Halloween costume:
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/gwyneth-paltrow-wins-halloween-seven-costume-8015073/

emmawestwood.bsky.social•153 days ago

Haha! The reveal that was never made. Perfect Halloween costume.

robertguydavis.bsky.social•154 days ago

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. Horror, terror, comedy, romance, poignancy. Not only nails every tone but deftly weaves them together.

thecinemascene.bsky.social•154 days ago

That, Animal House and Blues Brothers gave Landis a streak hotter than Spielberg back then (his was interrupted by the failure of 1941)

emmawestwood.bsky.social•154 days ago

Good call. Staying tight and juggling comedy with horror without being a ‘comedy horror’ is no mean feat.

markmwrites.bsky.social•154 days ago

Millers Crossing (1990)

emmawestwood.bsky.social•153 days ago

YES. I’ve been meaning to rewatch. That scene with Turturro in the forest embeds itself in the brain.

markmwrites.bsky.social•153 days ago

❤️ “Looks like the old man’s still a wizard with the Thompson.” Every line is killer. O Brother is also perfect, in a gentler way.

thecinemascene.bsky.social•154 days ago

The Original Star Wars Trilogy: This is a cheat I know but I can’t separate them their one big film in 3 acts that also work brilliantly as 3 separate films and became lightning in a bottle that would never be replicated again