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Topic: films

  1. Jan 16, 2007 08:39pm by machine Location: gladstone
    i wonder what everyone's favorite movie is and why? i like three- brick, chinatown, and waking life. the first two, because i am a full fledged film noir fanatic, and the last one because it makes you think. a lot. so i'm curious to know what you all have to say.
  2. Jan 16, 2007 09:12pm by sikestyle - -Stuff and Things...Things and Stuff... www.sikestyle.com Location: Kansas City
    let see.. i was stunned by the "realness" of Munich.. i've seen reports on how the Mossad ( Israili CIA ) operates and they captured it dead on...and DEAD i do mean. Those dudes don't play..haha The caputure the time period really well to..the scenes..the wardrobe...the whole nine... Band of Brothers is one of my faves of all time.. WWII is the last time america fought a "just war" if you can even call any war just...there are always atrocites in war but WWII shaped the world we live in so much that is an important history lesson to understand todays world politics. Plus it's done extreemly well. FRESH this is an old school classic mid 90s hip hop film... it's got some great qoutes and good kid actors that tell a great "hood" story without being too ghetto..if you know what i mean.. "I'll bust out those dope moves son!" hahaa other films to see that are ill are The Education of Sonny Carson (1974) The Way of the Gun Enemy at the Gates
  3. Jan 16, 2007 09:41pm by sixer
    Genre: Just damn good. Pulp Fiction - That's my easy answer. Genre: Just damn lame. Pluto Nash - I actually love it, amazing visuals. Plus, I got a very quality soundbyte out of it. Genre: Comedy Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - I truely believe they captured the zany nonsense that my favorite books were full of. Genre: Classic 12 Angry Men - It's old, it's black and white, it is AMAZING. Genre: Action Die Hard with a Vengence - Jeremy Irons makes the film tick. Genre: Romance Notting Hill - There goes any chance of me ever having any street-cred. Genre: Foreign (tie) House of FLYING Daggers/Kung-Fu Hustle. FLYING Daggers is excellent, Hustle is supahexcellent. I haven't seen many, what you could call, "indie films", so my answers are, for the most part, Hollywood-leaned. Honestly, I can spend all day listing my favorite movies and I know there are many that I haven't seen in a while that I am completely forgetting, but these eight represent what I like right now while I sit here and respond to this thread.
  4. Jan 16, 2007 11:24pm by Reach. - Peace and oneness, www.emceereach.com www.myspace.com/reach www.twitter.com/emceereach www.youtube.com/reachtv www.cdbaby.com/cd/reachmusic2 www.cdbaby.com/cd/reachmusic Location: Kansas City
    "12 Angry Men". Timeless film. Fonda was brilliant in this movie.
  5. Jan 16, 2007 11:42pm by DR.T - nuts .. haha Location: KCMO
    Martial Arts movie = ANY TONY JAA MOVIE (no one alive can defeat this man) "Make you think movie" = The Matrix Trilogy (you just can't get no deeper than that...) Action movie = Gladiator Stupid Funny Movie = Napoleon Dynamite Best movie I haven't seen yet = 300 Best movie franchise of all time and video game franchise no matter what any one says = STAR WARS (J.R.R who?) Best documentary = Infamy The only movie that brought a tear to my eye = Forrest Gump favorite emo cult classic = Donnie Darko Favorite Will Smith movie = Ali (I haven't seen the Pursuit of Happyness yet) Best James bond movie = Casino Royale (the other ones had VERY unbelievable gadgets (it's all about the gadgets)) The best movie that is VERY stupid = Godzilla: Destroy all monsters And there you have it
  6. Jan 17, 2007 12:28am by trystyl - www.myspace.com/trystyl Location: KCMO
    [quote:fd9b77cc50="DR.T"] Best movie I haven't seen yet = 300 [/quote:fd9b77cc50] I cannot fucking wait for that movie to come out.
  7. Jan 17, 2007 01:25am by phism
    waking life is the worst movie ever made. here's some off the top of my head: natural born killers little miss sunshine desperado shaolin master killer hero house of flying daggers terminal usa menace ii society brain candy dr. strangelove super troopers rushmore shaolin soccer once were warriors wet hot american summer 28 days later alright that's enough.
  8. Jan 17, 2007 01:45am by DR.T - nuts .. haha Location: KCMO
    [quote:38fdf57d81="trystyl"][quote:38fdf57d81="DR.T"] Best movie I haven't seen yet = 300 [/quote:38fdf57d81] I cannot fucking wait for that movie to come out.[/quote:38fdf57d81] I swear I must have seen that teaser like 30 times.....
  9. Jan 17, 2007 02:02am by phism
    yeah i want to see 300 and smokin' aces according to the trailers... i saw Curse of the Golden Flower yesterday. i liked it a lot, but not quite as much as Hero or House of Flying Daggers.
  10. Jan 17, 2007 02:14am by sixer
    So, then you didn't notice I completely called it 1000 Daggers, right? Or is that why you put it in a second post. Good subliminal looking-out Phism.
  11. Jan 17, 2007 02:17am by phism
    nope, actually didn't see that. maybe you should delete your post and hide your tracks, heh.
  12. Jan 17, 2007 03:24am by Fur1ous - "She said, 'who the fuck died and made you God?' I said, Jesus"
    Best Indie: Memento - BRILLIANT Best Blockbuster: Sin City - Acting, cinematography, creativity Best Comedy: There's Something About Mary - go ahead...ridicule me, this movie was great. Big Lebowski is also up there Documentary: Hoop Dreams? I dunno, it's a tough call "Hood" movie - Boyz N the Hood....riveting props to phism for mentioning Little Miss Sunshine, just saw it the other day...very quirky and funny
  13. Jan 17, 2007 03:57am by StikFiga - "i could never be a thug, they dont dress this well"--Malice of the Clipse
    is there any question Resevoir Dogs
  14. Jan 17, 2007 03:57am by phism
    [quote:48b8fb5238="DR.T"]Best movie franchise of all time and video game franchise no matter what any one says = STAR WARS (J.R.R who?) Favorite Will Smith movie = Ali (I haven't seen the Pursuit of Happyness yet) Best James bond movie = Casino Royale (the other ones had VERY unbelievable gadgets (it's all about the gadgets)) The best movie that is VERY stupid = Godzilla: Destroy all monsters And there you have it[/quote:48b8fb5238] the fresh prince > will smith. i kind of hated casino royale. james bond should never be tamed by a woman. you know, no offense to women or anything but that's just not in character. he's not supposed to meet his match. and ESPECIALLY not that woman, she was detestable and irritating. and homely. which one is godzilla: destroy all monsters? godzilla 2000 was also pretty terrible/terrific. other awful movies i love: snakes on a plane (duh) dolemite anything by jon moritsugu (i mentioned Terminal USA. that movie has pretty much become the initiation rite into my inner circle of friends.) probably any zombie movie whether it's good or not. i.e. the evil dead trilogy i hope some day somebody remakes the Star Wars prequels and the Matrix sequels. this will never happen. some of the biggest on-screen disappointments of my life. i think i like LOTR and the original Star Wars trilogy equally. star wars is just more... important to me.
  15. Jan 17, 2007 12:59pm by DR.T - nuts .. haha Location: KCMO
    [quote:eb56ae7a73="phism"] ...i kind of hated casino royale. james bond should never be tamed by a woman. you know, no offense to women or anything but that's just not in character. he's not supposed to meet his match. and ESPECIALLY not that woman, she was detestable and irritating. and homely... [/quote:eb56ae7a73] Well I mean it was like his first mission as 007 nothings to say he didn't have his rookie mistakes... haha... [quote:eb56ae7a73="phism"] i hope some day somebody remakes the Star Wars prequels and the Matrix sequels. this will never happen. some of the biggest on-screen disappointments of my life. i think i like LOTR and the original Star Wars trilogy equally. star wars is just more... important to me.[/quote:eb56ae7a73] You know if the games (yeah I still play video games) they cover as far back as 4000 years before the phantom menace all the way up to about 30 years after ROTJ. You ever played Knights of the Old Republic?
  16. Jan 17, 2007 04:04pm by phism
    [quote:6f604da5b5="DR.T"]You ever played Knights of the Old Republic?[/quote:6f604da5b5] no, what kind of game is it? i know the books cover a large amount of time. i read a few of them when i was in like middle school.
  17. Jan 17, 2007 04:31pm by mythik - www.myspace.com/mythillogical www.myspace.com/barbaricmerits www.barbaricmerits.com Location: Kansas City
    [quote:90ae440eb0="trystyl"][quote:90ae440eb0="DR.T"] Best movie I haven't seen yet = 300 [/quote:90ae440eb0] I cannot fucking wait for that movie to come out.[/quote:90ae440eb0] Heck yeah fellas, Frank Miller is dope. This is going to be an excellent movie if he sticks with his formula. I'm a huge Clash of the Titans fan, and I'm afraid that this is going to blow the Kraken right out of the water. I guess it's obvious that studios have a little more to work with now than when Titans hit the screens, but I never get tired of watching Medusa get buckwild with that bow and arrow. Hurry up March 9th!
  18. Jan 17, 2007 10:05pm by DR.T - nuts .. haha Location: KCMO
    [quote:4268a55ae4="phism"] no, what kind of game is it? [/quote:4268a55ae4] It's a mix of an RPG and 3rd person action game. I don't really wanna go into details on it but it takes place 4000 years before The Phantom Menace and .....man....it's the best X-Box game i've ever played. The only other game that even comes close to the Sequel ... [size=24:4268a55ae4] [color=orange:4268a55ae4]IT WON OVER 40 GAME OF THE YEAR AWARDS IN 2004[/color:4268a55ae4][/size:4268a55ae4]...that's something to be said [quote:4268a55ae4="phism"] i know the books cover a large amount of time. i read a few of them when i was in like middle school.[/quote:4268a55ae4] The books are pretty tight but the best ones seem to be the older ones....
  19. Jan 17, 2007 10:07pm by DR.T - nuts .. haha Location: KCMO
    [quote:8efe03fb01="mythik"] Hurry up March 9th![/quote:8efe03fb01] I'm to young to see it but ....SCREW THAT! I'm sneaking in.... no way I'm missing that one!
  20. Jan 17, 2007 10:25pm by Distorted_Mastermind - I reject your reality and substitute my own. Adam Savage Location: Olathe, KS
    office space is one of my favorates it's hard to go wrong with terintino or john woo as the director i'm kind of ticked no one has mentioned don't be a meanace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood.....which is also one of my favs go back to the 80's with movies like breakfast club, weird science, and repo man most of the movies i've seen lately are cartoons
  21. Jan 18, 2007 01:29am by phism
    [quote:f495b561d1="DR.T"][quote:f495b561d1="phism"] no, what kind of game is it? [/quote:f495b561d1] It's a mix of an RPG and 3rd person action game. I don't really wanna go into details on it but it takes place 4000 years before The Phantom Menace and .....man....it's the best X-Box game i've ever played. The only other game that even comes close to the Sequel ... [size=24:f495b561d1] [color=orange:f495b561d1]IT WON OVER 40 GAME OF THE YEAR AWARDS IN 2004[/color:f495b561d1][/size:f495b561d1]...that's something to be said [/quote:f495b561d1] i'll look into that. i've only bought one x-box game for my x-box, and my roommate scored some for me for free, but other than that it's been a $300 waste of space. ditto for the gamecube. i'm skipping this generation of consoles altogether.
  22. Jan 18, 2007 03:16am by Atilla_Beatsmith - [email protected] www.myspace.com/manwithahammer Location: the Beatcave, U.S.A.
    Yall need to stop playing... yall know the best movie in modern cinema is Stephen King' "The Langoliers" Even Oprah said the storyline was riveting... ...There's a team of visual effects artists that have been working non-stop in Japan since 1995, and they're still not able to surpass the visual effects used in that film. Chuck Norris even tried. He roundhouse kicked the film reel *twice*.... and failed............[size=9:4e7f691c6d]*twice*[/size:4e7f691c6d]
  23. Jan 18, 2007 05:28am by Distorted_Mastermind - I reject your reality and substitute my own. Adam Savage Location: Olathe, KS
    [quote:1adbc3d035="Atilla_Beatsmith"]Yall need to stop playing... yall know the best movie in modern cinema is Stephen King' "The Langoliers" Even Oprah said the storyline was riveting... ...There's a team of visual effects artists that have been working non-stop in Japan since 1995, and they're still not able to surpass the visual effects used in that film. Chuck Norris even tried. He roundhouse kicked the film reel *twice*.... and failed............[size=9:1adbc3d035]*twice*[/size:1adbc3d035][/quote:1adbc3d035] Well if Oprah approves........... 😆
  24. Jan 18, 2007 12:58pm by DR.T - nuts .. haha Location: KCMO
    Oh Oh! Did yall know that Oprah has a lotta money!!!
  25. Jan 18, 2007 01:53pm by Atilla_Beatsmith - [email protected] www.myspace.com/manwithahammer Location: the Beatcave, U.S.A.
    [quote:f9c3f3dc45="DR.T"]Oh Oh! Did yall know that Oprah has a lotta money!!![/quote:f9c3f3dc45] word?
  26. Jan 18, 2007 08:46pm by machine Location: gladstone
    [quote:0e686ee609="phism"]waking life is the worst movie ever made.[/quote:0e686ee609] i would have to disagree. that movie changed my entire outlook on life.
  27. Jan 18, 2007 09:57pm by Les...Izmore - "Knowledge Speaks, Wisdom Listens" www.Izmore.com twitter.com/LesIzmoreHOD www.youtube.com/izmoremusic IZMORE/Soul Providers/RRC Location: MIDDLE OF THE MAP
    [b:3d4d267ec0]CITY OF GOD[/b:3d4d267ec0] [b:3d4d267ec0]FRESH[/b:3d4d267ec0] [b:3d4d267ec0]GOODFELLAS[/b:3d4d267ec0] [b:3d4d267ec0]THE SPOOK THAT SAT BY THE DOOR[/b:3d4d267ec0] These are the films on my mind right now.
  28. Jan 18, 2007 10:02pm by Distorted_Mastermind - I reject your reality and substitute my own. Adam Savage Location: Olathe, KS
    P.C.U. is another good one that comes to mind
  29. Jan 19, 2007 01:16am by Frerockski
    yo ya'll takin this thread way too seriously it changed my out look on life 😆 when did everyone become film critics most of the movies ya'll mentioned are cool tho i jus dont dig too deep into em after all THEY'RE JUS MOVIES!!! 🙄 ..anyway i guess i'll partake in this thread sum of my fav movies of all time ... ALL OF VAN DAMME'S EARLY JOINTS 😛 BLOODSPORT TO THIS DAY IS THE BEST I CHALLENGE ANYONE TO A MOVIE QUOTE BATTLE FROM ANY OF HIS JOINTS SAME GOES FOR STALLONE, ARNOLD, SEGAL AN BRUCE LEE!!! WHATCHALL KNOW ABOUT BILL&TEDS EXCELLENT ADVENTURE 😆 TRADING PLACES, THE GATE 😮 YOUNG GUNS YO ALSO OTHERS THAT COME TO MIND ARE.. BOOGIE NIGHTS 😛 YO THAT MOVIE IS ILL ON SO MANY LEVELS BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT 😡 AMERICAN ME HEAT BULLY TAXI DRIVER TOMBSTONE ANY MOB FLICK TOO.. GODFATHER 1,2, AN YES 3 TOO GOODFELLAS & A BRONX TALE GOTTI THE SICILIAN OF COURSE SCARFACE,CARLITOS WAY AL PACINO =ICON AS FOR HORROR NOTHIN IS TOCHIN THE EXORCIST BUT 3 WAS PRETTY GOOD TOO. ALSO BIG FAN OF STAND UP RICHARD PRYOR,EDDIE MURPHY MARTIN LAWRENCE, DAVID CROSS,BILL MAHER ALSO FAN OF ANIME...AKIRA, NINJA SCROLL, VAMPIRE HUNTER D BLOODLUST, GETTER ROBO, FIST OF THE NORTH STAR PRETTY MUCH A WHOLE LOT MORE WHAT YA'LL GOT AN QUIT BEIN ALL ARTSY FARTSY DAMN LETS MAKE THIS A FUN THREAD AN NOT ALL EBERT & ROEPER... 😆 😆 SILLY HIPHOPPERS MOVIES ARE FOR ENTERTAINMENT SINCERELY FREROCKSKI
  30. Jan 19, 2007 01:23am by DR.T - nuts .. haha Location: KCMO
    [quote:bc7462c4eb="Frerockski"].....yo ya'll takin this thread way too seriously it changed my out look on life 😆 .... [/quote:bc7462c4eb] Yeah sometimes we have silly posts every now and then, but me personally it's nice to converse with the other Hip hop fam in KC. Sometimes it gets old talking about music again and again. I think the most left field conversation we've had on here was talking about Grilled Cheese sandwich recipes. That's just how stuff goes down on here...
  31. Jan 19, 2007 05:16am by NRG - livin the art that is life ! www.64111clinic.com fam www.nrginmotion.com massage www.myspace.com/nrginmotion world community Location: havenhouse KCK/ 64111 Clinic 4 Life
    Bladerunner Dune Spook who sat by the door Bronx Tales Remains of the Day Fifth Element Chocolat Tender Mercies anything Jane Austen not the newer remakes but the long drawn out versions. jungle fever especially the chorus of women talking she hate me Long Kiss Goodnight Replacement Killers The Human Stain pulp fiction Taming of the shrew richard burton/elizabeth taylor Grand Canyon Broadway and more. . . . . . . . but enough
  32. Jan 19, 2007 05:59am by Les...Izmore - "Knowledge Speaks, Wisdom Listens" www.Izmore.com twitter.com/LesIzmoreHOD www.youtube.com/izmoremusic IZMORE/Soul Providers/RRC Location: MIDDLE OF THE MAP
    COMING TO AMERICA!!!!!!!!!! CLASSIC
  33. Jan 19, 2007 03:09pm by JKR70 - [img:66e766d8cb]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/JKR70/LVSIGNATUREBANNER.jpg[/img:66e766d8cb] WWW.HUMANCROPCIRCLES.NET WWW.MYSPACE.COM/HUMANCROPCIRCLES WWW.MYSPACE.COM/JKR70 Location: KcK
    American Beauty, I cried at one point people !!! [img:cd0e4ec134]http://www.impawards.com/1999/posters/american_beauty.jpg[/img:cd0e4ec134] White man's burden, It made me think. [img:cd0e4ec134]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0783115008.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg[/img:cd0e4ec134] And yes , I thought FRESH was an amazing film. [img:cd0e4ec134]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cd/Fresh_movie_90s.jpg/200px-Fresh_movie_90s.jpg[/img:cd0e4ec134] And THIS ONE, The book of Life. GOD and the DEVIL return to earth to get this whole RAPTURE thing started and they bring thier lawyers, its doper than that sounds I whole heartedly assure you, shits dope, great sample material too !!!!! [img:cd0e4ec134]http://www.epinions.com/images/opti/f6/eb/1100096-movie-resized200.jpg[/img:cd0e4ec134] I own it if anyone wants to borrow it. That reminds me of another interesting movie. The Rapture, it actually shows what happens when God does come back, four horseman, trumpets blaring, walls crumble and the saved are taken up to heaven in the blink of an eye, deep commentary regarding both sides of the fence without either overpowering the other to get thier point across. BRILLIANT !!! [img:cd0e4ec134]http://www.thezreview.co.uk/posters/posterimages/r/rapturethe.jpg[/img:cd0e4ec134] PLEASE TELL ME SOMEONE ELSE HAS SEEN THIS [img:cd0e4ec134]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/coverv/11/171211.jpg[/img:cd0e4ec134] It was wierd and cool, and takes me back to an interesting part of my life. My first Mister, great story ! [img:cd0e4ec134]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/coverv/97/192597.jpg[/img:cd0e4ec134] and...............thats all folks !!
  34. Jan 19, 2007 03:11pm by JKR70 - [img:66e766d8cb]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/JKR70/LVSIGNATUREBANNER.jpg[/img:66e766d8cb] WWW.HUMANCROPCIRCLES.NET WWW.MYSPACE.COM/HUMANCROPCIRCLES WWW.MYSPACE.COM/JKR70 Location: KcK
    Some of my fricken images didnt show, ruins my beautiful post !!!!!
  35. Jan 20, 2007 11:27am by Dropjaw - Dropjaw http://www.hiphophobo.com http://www.myspace.com/Dropjaw http://www.myspace.com/deadrepublic I'm on facebook as well, and my name is Kory Andrew Pedersen if you wanna be web homies. Location: Manhattan, KS
    Mad Max City Of God Anything by Hideo Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Nausica Of the Valley of the Wind ect.) The Jerk The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Most Zombie movies Evil Dead Trilogy Billy Madison Breakin' 2 Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon E.T. The Phantom Tollbooth Man it is useless for me to keep typing these out so I'm gonna stop. I used to work in a video store, and I love movies. I'm probably missing a lot of my favorites.
  36. Jan 20, 2007 01:55pm by DR.T - nuts .. haha Location: KCMO
    [quote:e2e26baf54="JKR70"]Some of my fricken images didnt show, ruins my beautiful post !!!!![/quote:e2e26baf54] Man that movie "Fresh" was good but it was sad to me.
  37. Jan 21, 2007 02:40am by machine Location: gladstone
    [quote:dc0802e643="Frerockski"] when did everyone become film critics most of the movies ya'll mentioned are cool tho i jus dont dig too deep into em after all THEY'RE JUS MOVIES!!! [/quote:dc0802e643] well, that's all relative. it's certainly possible that a local filmmaker would see this website and wonder how we could take hip hop so seriously. just throwin' that out there.
  38. Jan 21, 2007 02:41am by machine Location: gladstone
    [quote:d594dfcbe7="Dropjaw"]Anything by Hideo Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Nausica Of the Valley of the Wind ect.)[/quote:d594dfcbe7] hell yes.
  39. Jan 24, 2007 05:21am by thugalicious Location: 816
    Pulp Fiction, DUH. and What Dreams May Come, Mirror Mask, others.
  40. Feb 3, 2007 09:42am by NRG - livin the art that is life ! www.64111clinic.com fam www.nrginmotion.com massage www.myspace.com/nrginmotion world community Location: havenhouse KCK/ 64111 Clinic 4 Life
    Pride and prejudice: KC film critic celebrates what others have ignored. By ROBERT W. BUTLER The Kansas City Star Edwards' Top 100 films Shawn Edwards gets frustrated watching the annual “100 Best Films” broadcasts created by the American Film Institute. “There are always one or two token black films, but none that really reflect my point of view or that of my family and friends,” he said. “I realized that certain films are considered classics in the black community, but they’re never going to bump ‘Casablanca’ or ‘Citizen Kane’ off those lists.” Edwards, a film reviewer for WDAF-TV and a founder of the African-American Film Critics Association, decided to compile his own list of the best black films of all time and turn it into a documentary that parodies those AFI programs. His “The 100 Best Black Films (Ever)” has its world premiere at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Gem Theater at 18th and Vine. Admission is free for the screening, which kicks off “A Celebration of Black Film 2007” as part of Black History Month. The titles on Edwards’ list are both old (1929’s “Hallelujah!”) and new (the current “Dreamgirls”). There are foreign films (“City of God,” “Tsotsi”) and documentaries (“Hoop Dreams,” “When We Were Kings”). Naturally there are examples of the ’70s “blaxploitation” film (“Sweet Sweetback…,” “Black Caesar,” “Shaft”). There’s a mix of drama, comedy and musicals. Seven films starring Sidney Poitier made the list, as did three each from directors Michael Schultz (whose “Cooley High” came in at No. 8) and John Singleton (“Boyz N the Hood”). Among directors Spike Lee leads the pack with six films on the list, including “Do the Right Thing,” which placed No. 1. “My main goal has been to expose people to the long history of black cinema,” Edwards said. “And I wanted to shake up Black History Month, get some new names out there. Growing up black you hear the same names over and over: Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, George Washington Carver. What’s wrong with celebrating Gordon Parks and Spike Lee, too?” The project has been germinating for about five years, Edwards said. “It started out unscientifically. I’d talk to friends and family, and the discussion would always return to certain scenes and movies. People would talk about the first movie they saw at a drive-in.” On movie junkets around the country Edwards would ask African-American actors and directors he was interviewing to offer their own ideas about what films should be on the list. Their comments ended up in the documentary. “Doing interviews with celebrities is like factory work because they’re saying the same thing over and over again to hundreds of journalists,” Edwards said. “But when I asked about their favorite black movies, they lit up. Their posture changed, they smiled, they got energized. They were really eager to discuss this. “Surprisingly, there weren’t that many duplications. It was fun to see the generational response. The oldest person I talked to was Danny Glover, who has a totally different perspective from Jamie Foxx or Nick Cannon. But although you had these different ages, the reasons people like certain movies are the same. It has to do with seeing a person like yourself on the screen and sharing a magical experience.” The film mentioned most often was probably “Cooley High,” a 1975 film depicting high school life that preceded “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.” Lee was the director most often mentioned; Poitier the most-mentioned actor. Compiling the actual list was difficult, Edwards said. He focused on films that deal primarily with the black experience. “The definition gets tricky. You could argue that ‘Enter the Dragon’ or Pacino’s ‘Scarface’ have had immense influence on black culture. But they’re not really about the black experience.” The research opened his eyes to gaps in his film knowledge, Edwards said. “I’d never been aware of ‘Nothing But a Man,’ a terrific mid-’60s film with Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln. Or ‘The Green Pastures,’ an all-black film that tells stories from the Bible.” Edwards knows his choices will trigger debates and says that’s part of the fun. “I know there are some omissions that will make people angry. Like ‘The Wiz.’ Lots of people love it, but I don’t. I could never get over the fact that Diana Ross was 40 years old and playing Dorothy.” Working with Matthew Hensley, a colleague from WDAF, Edwards has been editing the documentary, weaving together interviews with celebrities — Lee, Denzel Washington, Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and many others — and film clips from the movies they’re talking about. One of the sadder aspects of his research, Edwards said, was the realization that much black film history has been lost. “Even films by Oscar Micheaux” — the prolific black director of the ’30s and ’40s — “are extremely hard to find. Lots of those early black films, especially from the silent era, were dumped after they finished their runs at theaters and now exist in title only. Sometimes there aren’t even any stills. You might find a poster, but finding a film itself can be impossible. Even stuff from the ’40s through the early ’60s is hard to find.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dime on the vine To celebrate Black History Month the Gem Theater is offering the “Dime on the Vine” series of African-American movies. Admission is just 10 cents. In programming the series, Shawn Edwards said he looked for films that “were important but hadn’t been seen a million times on TV. Part of what I wanted to do was introduce audiences to titles they’d never seen.” The schedule: •“The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings” (2 p.m. Sunday): Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones and Richard Pryor star in this 1976 hit set in the world of ’30s Negro Leagues baseball. •“Piano Blues” (4 p.m. Sunday): Clint Eastwood directed this 2003 documentary featuring Kansas City’s own Jay McShann, along with keyboard greats like Ray Charles and Pinetop Perkins. There’s also archival performance footage of Otis Spann, Art Tatum, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, Duke Ellington and others. •“Carmen Jones” (2 p.m. Feb. 11): Georges Bizet’s music and Oscar Hammerstein II’s lyrics are sung by Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte in this all-black version of the opera “Carmen.” •“Love Jones” (4 p.m. Feb. 11): Larenz Tate and Nia Long play a writer and a photographer who discover just how powerful love can be. It has been called a black “When Harry Met Sally.” • “Stormy Weather” (2 p.m. Feb. 18): Lena Horne, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Cab Calloway and Fats Waller star in this musical extravaganza inspired by Robinson’s own career. Featuring more than 20 show-stopping musical numbers. •“Cabin in the Sky” (4 p.m. Feb. 18): God and Satan square off over the soul of a rascally man torn between the love of his good wife and the wiles of a bad-timing girl. Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington star in this 1943 musical treasure. •“Watermelon Man” (2 p.m. Feb. 25): A white racist wakes up to discover he’s now a black man. Godfrey Cambridge stars in this barbed comedy from Melvin Van Peebles. •“Bamboozled” (4 p.m. Feb. 25): Spike Lee directs Damon Wayans as a TV exec who finds success creating a modern-day minstrel show that plays into the white audience’s worst stereotypes of black behavior. Edwards' Top 100 Black Films Shawn Edwards’ 100 Best Black Films (Ever) 1. “Do the Right Thing” (1989; directed by Spike Lee; with Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Spike Lee, Robin Harris) 2. “The Color Purple” (1985; Steven Spielberg; Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey) 3. “Claudine” (1974; John Berry; Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones) 4. “Malcolm X” (1992; Spike Lee; Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett) 5. “Sounder” (1972; Martin Ritt; Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks) 6. “Carmen Jones” (1954; Otto Preminger; Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll) 7. “Super Fly” (1972; Gordon Parks Jr.; Ron O’Neal, Carl Lee) 8. “Cooley High” (1975; Michael Schultz; Glynn Thurman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris) 9. “Hoop Dreams” (1995; Steve James; William Gates, Arthur Agee) 10. “Coming to America” (1988; John Landis; Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones) 11. “Ray” (2005; Taylor Hackford; Jamie Foxx, Regina King) 12. “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” (1974; John Korty; Cicely Tyson) 13. “Bamboozled” (2000; Spike Lee; Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett Smith) 14. “Cotton Comes to Harlem” (1970; Ossie Davis; Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques) 15.“Richard Pryor: Live in Concert” (1979; Jeff Margolis) 16. “Shaft” (1971; Gordon Parks; Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn) 17. “Dreamgirls” (2006; Bill Condon; Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson) 18. “Friday” (1995; F. Gary Gray; Ice Cube, Chris Tucker) 19. “Baby Boy” (2001; John Singleton; Tyrese Gibson, Taraji P. Henson, Snoop Dogg) 20. “A Raisin in the Sun” (1961; Daniel Petrie; Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee) 21. “The Five Heartbeats” (1991; Robert Townsend; Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon) 22. “Watermelon Man” (1970; Melvin Van Peebles; Godfrey Cambridge) 23. “City of God” (2002; Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund; Alexandre Rodrigues) 24. “Glory” (1989; Edward Zwick; Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Andre Braugher) 25. “Menace II Society” (1993; Allen and Albert Hughes; Tyrin Turner, Lorenz Tate, Jada Pinkett Smith) 26. “Tsotsi” (2005; Gavin Hood; Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto) 27. “The Emperor Jones” (1933; Dudley Murphy; Paul Robeson) 28. “Eve’s Bayou” (1997; Kasi Lemmons; Samuel L. Jackson, Debbi Morgan, Vondie Curtis-Hall) 29. “Lilies of the Field” (1963; Ralph Nelson; Sidney Poitier) 30. “Soul Food” (1997; George Tillman Jr.; Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Mekhi Phifer) 31. “Black Caesar” (1973; Larry Cohen; Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry) 32. “Boyz N the Hood” (1991; John Singleton; Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube) 33. “She’s Gotta Have It” (1986; Spike Lee; Tracy Camilla Johns, Spike Lee, Tommy Redmond Hicks) 34. “Island in the Sun” (1957; Robert Rossen; Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge) 35. “In the Heat of the Night” (1967; Norman Jewison; Sidney Poitier) 36. “Lady Sings the Blues” (1972; Sidney J. Furie; Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor) 37. “When We Were Kings” (1996; Leon Gast; Muhammad Ali, George Foreman) 38. “Love & Basketball” (2000; Gina Prince-Bythewood; Omar Epps, Sanaa Lathan) 39. “What’s Love Got to Do With It” (1993; Brian Gibson; Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne) 40. “The Mack” (1973; Michael Campus; Max Julien, Don Gordon, Richard Pryor) 41. “To Sleep With Anger” (1990; Charles Burnett; Danny Glover, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Mary Alice) 42. “The Exile” (1931; Oscar Micheaux; Eunice Brooks, Stanley Morrell) 43. “Set It Off” (1997; F. Gary Gray; Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox) 44. “Sweet Sweetback …” (1971; Melvin Van Peebles; Melvin Van Peebles, Mario Van Peebles) 45. “Waiting to Exhale” (1995; Forest Whitaker; Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine) 46. “Nothing But a Man” (1964; Michael Roemer; Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln) 47. “Blade” (1998; Stephen Norrington; Wesley Snipes, N’Bushe Wright) 48. “Devil in a Blue Dress” (1995; Carl Franklin; Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle) 49. “Sonkofa” (1993; Haile Gerima; Kofi Ghanaba) 50. “Love Jones” (1997; Theodore Witcher; Nia Long, Lorenz Tate, Isaiah Washington) 51. “A Rage in Harlem” (1991; Bill Duke; Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines) 52. “A Soldier’s Story” (1984; Norman Jewison; Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington) 53. “Dead Presidents” (1995; Albert and Allen Hughes; Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker) 54. “Hollywood Shuffle” (1987; Robert Townsend; Robert Townsend, Anne-Marie Johnson, Keenen Ivory Wayans) 55. “Car Wash” (1976; Michael Schultz; Richard Pryor, Bill Duke, Franklin Ajaye) 56. “The Learning Tree” (1969; Gordon Parks; Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans) 57. “Stormy Weather” (1943; Andrew L. Stone; Bill Robinson, Lena Horne) 58. “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka” (1988; Keenen Ivory Wayans; Keenen Ivory Wayans, Jim Brown, Bernie Casey) 59. “Cabin in the Sky” (1943; Vincente Minnelli; Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong) 60. “Wattstax” (1973; Mel Stuart; Isaac Hayes, Richard Pryor, Albert King) 61. “Rosewood” (1997; John Singleton; Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Esther Rolle) 62. “To Sir, With Love” (1967; James Clavell; Sidney Poitier) 63. “New Jack City” (1991; Mario Van Peebles: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T) 64. “House Party” (1990; Reginald Hudlin; Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Robin Harris) 65. “The Green Pastures” (1936; Marc Connelly and William Keighley; Eddie “Rochester ” Anderson, Rex Ingram) 66. “Hotel Rwanda” (2004; Terry George; Don Cheadle, Sophie Okenedo) 67. “Home of the Brave” (1949; Mark Robson; James Edwards) 68. “Lean on Me” (1989; John G. Avildsen; Morgan Freeman, Robert Guillaume) 69. “Hallelujah!” (1929; King Vidor; Daniel L. Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney) 70. “The River Niger” (1976; Krishna Shah; Cicley Tyson, James Earl Jones, Lou Gossett Jr.) 71. “Purple Rain” (1984; Albert Magnoli; Prince, Morris Day, Apollonia Kotero) 72. “Introducing Dorothy Dandridge” (1999; Martha Coolidge; Halle Berry) 73. “Krush Groove” (1985; Michael Schultz; Blair Underwood, Sheila E.) 74. “Coffy” (1973; Jack Hill; Pam Grier) 75. “Sugar Cane Alley” (1983; Euzhan Palcy; Garry Cadenat) 76.“When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Parts” (2006; Spike Lee; Ray Nagin, Terence Blanchard, Harry Belafonte) 77. “Cornbread, Earl and Me” (1975; Joe Manduke; Jamal Wilkes, Moses Gunn, Laurence Fishburne) 78. “Juice” (1992; Ernest R. Dickerson; Tupac Shakur, Omar Epps, Queen Latifah) 79. “Uptown Saturday Night” (1974; Sidney Poitier; Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte) 80. “Jungle Fever” (1991; Spike Lee; Samuel L. Jackson, Wesley Snipes, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee) 81. “Killer of Sheep” (1977; Charles Burnett; Henry G. Sanders) 82. “The Cool World” (1963; Shirley Clarke; Rony Clayton) 83. “Buck and the Preacher” (1972; Sidney Poitier; Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte) 84. “Putney Swope” (1969; Robert Downey Sr.; Arnold Johnson) 85. “Paris is Burning” (1991; Jennie Livingston; Paris Dupree) 86. “The Harder They Come” (1973; Perry Henzell; Jimmy Cliff) 87. “Daughters of the Dust” (1991; Julie Dash; Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers) 88. “The Spook Who Sat by the Door” (1973; Ivan Dixon; Lawrence Cook) 89. “CSA: The Confederate States of America” (2004; Kevin Willmott; William Willmott) 90. “Fresh” (1994; Boaz Yakin; Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson) 91. “Miracle in Harlem” (1948; Jack Kemp: Stepin Fetchit, Sheila Guyse) 92. “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (1967; Stanley Kramer; Sidney Poitier, Beah Richards) 93. “Hustle & Flow” (2005; Craig Brewer; Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Anthony Anderson) 94. “Cry Freedom” (1987; Richard Attenborough; Denzel Washington) 95. “Akeelah and the Bee” (2006; Doug Atchison; Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett) 96. “Wild Style” (1982; Charlie Ahearn; Fab Five Freddy, Grandmaster Flash) 97. “Aaron Loves Angela” (1975; Gordon Parks Jr.; Kevin Hooks, Irene Cara) 98. “Sparkle” (1976; Sam O’Steen; Phillip Michael Thomas, Irene Cara, Lonette McKee ) 99. “Undercover Brother” (2002; Malcolm D. Lee; Eddie Griffin, Dave Chappelle, Billy Dee Williams) 100. “Imitation of Life” (1959; Douglas Sirk; Mahalia Jackson)