odessasteps Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 I missed The Limey on the list. Yeah, Ghost Dog is in great category (see whichever year I picked it for the movie club) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted Sunday at 08:15 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:15 PM On 4/16/2024 at 10:22 PM, piranesi said: I was going to celebrate Joey Pants being in the collection but now that I google it I think he's in there two or three times already. ACan anyone name them without looking? Spun got a CC, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryArchieGus Posted Sunday at 11:23 PM Share Posted Sunday at 11:23 PM Spun is most definitely not in the Criterion Collection. I've never seen it, but I've also never heard a positive thing about it. Maybe I've been misled, are you a fan Curt? 1999 was a great filmgoing year. Ghost Dog, the Limey, the Straight Story, Boys Don't Cry... I wonder how Boys Don't Cry holds up? Other than the Insider, I saw everything I (knew about and) wanted to see in the Cinema that year. Including the (arguably) grossly underrated Psycho remake. There was a '99 retrospective just prior to the pandemic here in Toronto, and I was fortunate enough to see many of the screenings - The Insider, Being John Malkovich, Bringing Out the Dead, Three Kings, Any Given Sunday, Existenz, American Beauty, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Election, Magnolia, All About My Mother and Eyes Wide Shut. I actually just watched Eyes Wide again last night, and I can report that it's still a stone cold masterpiece. Nicole Kidman is unreal. One of the greatest to ever do it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted Monday at 12:38 AM Share Posted Monday at 12:38 AM (edited) ACK I didn't mean Spun. I meant Bound! It's the Joey Pants question. Spun is a very close favorite of mine that I have seen A LOT. I can quote that goddamn thing chapter and verse. There are so many reasons. 1. Hilarious 2. Mickey Rourke coming back with a vengeance into acting 3. Wrestling references and actual wrestling 4. Metal references and actual metal (because the director was in fucking Bathory) 5. Schwarzman and Britney fucking Murphy killing it 6. John Leguizamo actually ruling in a movie 7. Hilarious situations 8. Hilarious dialogue 9. Drugs 10. Cameos from Peter Stormare, Eric Roberts, Debbie Harry (?!), Rob Halford (?!?!), etc. I mean when you can make me like Leguizamo you've won. And name me this. What is another film about drug addiction that is a comedy? (Well, I guess Mickey was in another one, if you count alcohol) Edited Monday at 12:52 AM by Curt McGirt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorbladeKiss87 Posted Monday at 02:54 AM Share Posted Monday at 02:54 AM Spun was a favorite of my friends group in college but we also were, well, under the influence. I was hoping you guys meant it got a recent Criterion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted Monday at 04:03 AM Share Posted Monday at 04:03 AM https://www.criterion.com/films/33670-bound Joey Pants got in! ...no Spun. But I think it's a perfect candidate for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago Since they're doing Risky Business as well, that makes at least two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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