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there are some films i watch over and over, and never get tired of. sometimes i'm just in the mood to reexperience a film that was particularly brilliant, for one reason or another. i think it's rather similar to re-reading books you love, except that it takes less time of course.
Wings of Desire by Wim Wenders was the first dvd i ever bought, before i even had a dvd player. Jour de fête and Mon Oncle by Jacques Tati ; the man was some kind of comedy savant. The Thin Man ; i've watched that movie so many times i know whole sections of the dialogue by heart. i bought the boxed set for my birthday a few years ago, despite the fact that the rest of the series goes progressively downhill (The Thin Man Goes Home is a travesty). Les Tontons Flingueurs ; Michel Audiard was a GENIUS. The Awful Truth ; the dancing scene makes me roll on the floor laughing just thinking about it. The Pink Panther. Peter Sellers : need i say more ? (i have that boxed set too.) Down by Law ; i know most of that one by heart too. Orphée by Cocteau (my hero). La Coupe, because it's visually stunning, and also really funny and sweet (and i don't even *like* football). Buffalo '66 ("we're spanning time..."). Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, by our own Michel Gondry. The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain, because sometimes it's nice to beleive in a happy ending... i could go on but you get the idea...
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