5 films you'd take to a deserted island

[frederic_g54]

Although you can't find them in my top 5:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Les 400 Coups
Koyaanisqatsi
Mulholland Dr.
The Usual Suspects

let's hope there's a TV on that island...

[MmzHrrdb]

I think i would be more concerned with getting off the island. 8 hours into Shawshank and i'll probably be dead from starvation.... actually i'll probably just bring the movie Castaway, if i get bored i'll draw a face on the dvd case and talk to it for the rest of my life.

[frederic_g54]

you just had to ruin it

[joseywales]

2001: A Space Odyssey
Big Trouble in Little China
Singin' in the Rain
Cast Away (aka How to Get Off an Island)

Lastly, I had a 2-hour documentary that was essentially "How to Be a Ninja". It went over the 12 skills of Ninjitsu and added a bit of Judo/throwing into the mix. That would be pretty cool to learn, I reckon.

[MmzHrrdb]

1. Dr. Strangelove - My favorite film. Even if it's not outright hilarious anymore, I still always find it highly amusing.
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Something told me this would be a popular choice. Just a great example of what can be achieved with movies.
3. Seven Samurai - A wonderful mix of action, comedy, romance, and tragedy.
4. Annie Hall - Though Manhattan is my favorite of Woody Allen's pictures, this is both funnier and technically more creative.
5. Dazed & Confused - One of the very few movies I can watch over and over and its effect never dulls.

[Dorkovsky]

2001 of course.
all that jazz. i think i could watch this movie all day
last year in marienbad. maybe with all that time i could finally figure this shit out.
mind game. i gotta have an animated film, besides it would be easy to relate to their situation
inland empire

[Stewball]

They would have to be my most re-watchable films, iow, the best use of music:

Streets of Fire (anybody ever seen it?)
Black Snake Moan
Crossroads (1987)
Gladiator
Undisputed (also 'bout dealin' with indefinite incarceration.

[carnageace]

1. Back to the Future
2. The Dark Knight
3. Shaun of the Dead
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5. The Producers

[paulofilmo]

Amelie
Some Voices
Borderline
Bourne Identity
Only Yesterday

(Individualistic, somewhat personal films, with romance as a secondary theme).

I'd probably swap Amelie out for something more intense/meditative; maybe Devi or Zerkalo or [insert brilliant film I haven't seen yet].

[frederic_g54]

Only Yesterday

...something more intense/meditative; maybe Devi or Zerkalo or [insert brilliant film I haven't seen yet].

yeah, should've thrown a Ghibli in there aswell, as for brilliant films, hmmm...

There's The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) with the Voices of Light score (you can find it on youtube I think, if it's still there)

Then there's Time of the Gypsies (1988) which might evoke an interest.

Since you liked Baraka, you have to see Koyaanisqatsi (1982) at least once...