THE NAME OF THE GAME IS... KILL (1968)

 

Directed By: Gunnar Hellstron  Written By: Gary Crutcher  Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond Editor: Lou Lombardo

Cast: Jack Lord, Susan Strasberg, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Tisha Sterling, T.C. Jones, Mort Mills, Marc Desmond 

A desert family offers a traveling stranger its hospitality, but the stranger doesn't realize exactly what they have in store for him.

CANDY (1968)

Directed by: Christian Marquand  Written by: Buck Henry  Based on the Novel Written by: Terry Southern & Mason Offenberg  Cinematography: Giuseppe Rotunno  Editor: Giancarlo Cappelli 

Cast: Ewa Aulin, John Astin, James Coburn, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, John Huston, Walter Matthau, Sugar Ray Robinson, Charles Aznavour, Ringo Starr, Anita Pallenberg, Elsa Martinelli, Lea Pedoucni, Judith Malina 

Governed by a mysterious and utterly delicious fate, the innocent high-school student, Candy, summons up the courage to embark on a life-changing journey of enlightenment, eager to discover the elusive meaning of life in the four corners of the world. Little by little, the open-minded girl unlocks the secrets of the world, as a seemingly endless parade of unusual characters--including an eccentric drunkard poet; a Mexican gardener; a chaste U.S. Army general; an overzealous surgeon from hell; a filmmaker, and a smug, all-knowing wandering guru--are more than willing to lend a hand. Will Candy's scandalous journey of sexual awakening bear fruit? Is there a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME FILE #0035: JE T'AIME JE T'AIME (I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU) (1968)

Directed by Alan Resnais 
Written By: Jacques Sternberg & Alan Resnais 
Cinematography By: Jean Boffety 
Editor: Albert Jurgenson & Colette Leloup 

Cast: Claude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot, Anouk Ferjac, Alain Macmoy

DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012)

Written &Directed By: Quentin Tarantino
Cinematography By: Robert Richardson
Editor: Fred Raskin

Cast: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington, Walter Goggins, Don Johnson, Jonah Hill, Dennis Christopher, Zoe Bell, James Remar, Franco Nero, James Russo, Tom Wopat, Michael Bowen, Tom Savini, M.C. Gainey, Robert Carradine,John Jarratt, Bruce Dern, Michael Parks, Quentin Tatrantino, Russ Tamblyn, Amber Tamblyn

2001: A Space Odessey

CAST: Kier Dullea, Gary Lockwood, Douglas Rain

Directed By: Stanley Kubrick
Written By: Stanley Kubrick & Arthur C. Clarke
Based On The Story “The Sentinel” By Arthur C. Clarke
Cinematography by: Geoffrey Unsworth
Editor: Ray Lovejoy
Art Direction: Joe Hoesli

There is no way shape or form to describe the impact of this movie. It’s all the great things you have heard about this film and more. It is a important piece of film history and amazingly insightful.

When you look at the effects and camerawork it’s hard not to be astonished and impressed keep in mind the film was made in 1968 years before special effects had really made a breakthrough or would be seen as majorly important to a film and entertainment.

This is a philosophical movie that is truly awesome to behold it it was that will keep you thinking and in awe of the themes and visions you are seeing

The less you know about this film the better it is truly something to behold. It takes you from the dawn of evolution to the future of space travel. The score is immaculate which makes it almost a silent film but you don’t mind the lack of dialogue. The first line of dialogue isn’t uttered until 25 minutes into the film. You don’t even mind the fact that everything is more shown then explained leaving you to come up with your own theories. You could even play this movie with the volume off and still follow the film and mostly understand it. I believe this and for many other reasons is why people love to watch this film high it expands your mind sober I can only imagine what it does while you may be under the influence of certain substances.

You don’t even mind the slight oversight of the early monkey scenes where it is obvious that it is men in animal suits though there movements are believable it is a bit distracting but it doesn’t matter the scenes you will see soon are so impressive it brings the early scenes up in performance just by association.

The film and novel on which it was based were written at the same time Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke informed each other of there developments while writing. At first Clarke wanted kubrick to use a short story he had written before because Kubrick’s original contention was to make the most proper science fiction film ever made. In fact Kubrick was going to be listed as co-author of the novel of the film, but he did not feel like giving permission as he thought it would hurt the film.

This is a must see in fact why don’t you own it yet if you don’t go out right now and get it trust me you won’t be sorry. This is a film I give my highest recommendation to it would be on my top100, 50, 25 list of greatest movies of all time