So I’ll do The Seven Samurai, or for Christmas, my wife got me Throne of Blood. I think Kagemusha’s coming out on re-release, so that might be a good one.
EB: Tough question, and I’ll go Nick Hornby on you: top five favorite films?
MG: Top five all-time favorite films! [laughs] You know, I have to start out good, take it up a notch, and then pull it back down, right?
EB: Exactly.
MG: Citizen Kane, right off the top. I would say right behind that would be The Seven Samurai… and then it gets hard!
EB: Most people don’t get to two, so that’s pretty good.
MG: I can name my top 30! Right after The Seven Samurai, I’d have to say Patton. I can watch that one over and over again, so I’ll throw that one in. Invariably, anybody can debate all of these.
I’d throw in Apocalypse Now, The Wild Bunch, and now I can name another fifteen! I know for sure my top two, but after that it gets hard.
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Article comments
1 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
great stuff Eric, excellent. Your interviews are compulsive reading, is the truth of the matter. And thank you for introducing me to this reel reviews chancer, who i will inspect.
And hilariously enough, i was hollering his quotes before he was pointing out the truth of the matter.
i.e. "What you mean no-ones heard of Peckinpah!!"
oh, yeah...
"what you mean no-ones heard of Fuller!!"
oh, yeah...
"what you mean no-ones seen the conversation!!!!"
oh, yeah...
and so on and so fourth.
I think he underestimates thew availibility of foreign flicks in this new ultra DVD age. Certainly Hirsohmia... should'nt be at all hard to get hold of.
But then i'm thinking from a UK perspective, i guess.
whatever, great stuff, as ever.
2 - Eric Berlin
Duke - Thanks as always -- I can rest easy knowing that I've reached at least one person!
I get the feeling that Geoghegan wants the films he talks about to be "accessible" in more ways than one: physically getable, and also films that could potentially be enjoyed by a modern, mass audience. Therefore, I'm guessing it would be difficult for a regular bloke such as myself to get immersed in Hiroshima, Mi Amor.
3 - denise
Reel Reviews is DA BOMB! I try to listen to all of Michael Geoghegan's podcasts. I learn a lot from them.
I put The Conversation on my Netflix list as well. :)
4 - Eric Berlin
Denise -- Great to see another podcasting / Reel Reviews fan in the house.
Look out for a few upcoming interviews with super podcasting people. Just met up with Lance Anderson today of Verge of the Fringe, and have another one with a great writer and new podcaster coming up this week.