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ROUND 3: New Beverly Season: ‘Films Edgar Has Never Seen’

Okay, this is where it gets tough. The lists I got from you guys on the site and independently from some fancy friends were amazing, but it’s a complete embarrassment of riches which I must put into double bills with your help!

So my brainwave was this. There are gaps in movie watching and I dearly want to fill them on the big silver screen and not sat at home with a DVD. So the New Beverly have kindly let me take over with a festival of the unseen (to me).

Below are the surviving movies in this knockout round. It’s enough to fill five seasons (and it still may). When I myself get through this list I am fully expecting to be bathed in the white light of complete cinematic fulfilment.

So I want you to make your dream double bills. I have four nights, which means 8 films to screen and I want you to theme these and pair them up. Note that ‘Buckeroo Banzai’ will be a stand alone midnight movie. Also be aware that ‘Gone With The Wind’ is four hours long and can’t be part of a double bill.

So thanks to all who suggested the films listed below. From Quentin Tarantino (who listed 10 movies currently on his mind) to Daniel Waters and Bill Hader (their lists stretched into the hundreds). Look below for picks from Landis, Del Toro, Dante, Apatow, Whedon, Mottola, Schwartzman, Doug Benson, Rian Johnson, Larry Karaszeski, Josh Olson, Harry Knowles and hundreds of you on this blog.

It’s quite the list. And since it’s in order of votes so far, it’s perhaps the only time you will find ‘Ichi The Killer’ and ‘Gone With The Wind’ placed next to each other.

Gone from the list? Everything that received no votes and also ‘Persona’, ‘Wild Strawberries’ and ‘Bigger Than Life’. Why? Because I couldn’t wait and I watched them already. And apologies to anyone not credited for their pick. Cross-referencing a 1000 replies and all these lists is a bitch.

Okay. Pair these movies up and program ‘Movies Edgar Hasn’t Seen’ for me.

The season with be December 9th to the 16th, so let’s get to it.

    THE MOST POPULAR FILMS SO FAR ARE…

ICHI THE KILLER

GONE WITH THE WIND (Suggested by Bill Hader)

THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKEROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION

CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Suggested by Greg Mottola, Daniel Waters & Bill Hader)

MODERN TIMES (Suggested by Bill Hader)

PRINCESS MONONOKE

THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (Suggested by Rian Johnson & Bill Hader)

THRONE OF BLOOD (Suggested by John Landis)

TOKYO DRIFTER

ALL ABOUT EVE

BARFLY (Suggested by Josh Olson)

HARVEY (Suggested by Joe Dante)

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (Suggested by Bill Hader)

BREAKING AWAY (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

DEFENDING YOUR LIFE

SHERLOCK JR (Suggested by John Landis)

STALKER

SUICIDE CLUB (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

THE BAD NEWS BEARS (’76) (Suggested by Doug Benson & Bill Hader)

BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

CUTTER’S WAY (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP

THE OLD DARK HOUSE (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

PORCO ROSSO

RAISE THE RED LANTERN

ROMAN HOLIDAY (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

STAR ‘80 (Suggested by Jason Schwartzman & Bill Hader)

TALK TO HER

2046

5000 FINGERS OF DR T. (Suggested by Harry Knowles)

THE AWFUL TRUTH

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (’46)

BOB LE FLAMBEUR

CAPTAIN BLOOD (Suggested by Harry Knowles)

CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER

F IS FOR FAKE

HIGH AND LOW (Suggested by Rian Johnson)

JULES AND JIM (Suggested by Bill Hader)

THE OTHER (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

TWO FOR THE ROAD

UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (Suggested by Joss Whedon & Bill Hader)

A FACE IN THE CROWD (Suggested by Bill Hader)

A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS

THE CHINA SYNDROME

CALIFORNIA SPLIT

CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (Suggested by Bill Hader)

COME AND SEE (Suggested by Larry Karaszewski)

GET CRAZY (Suggested by Quentin Tarantino)

GOKE, BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL

GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES

HUD (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

IMITATION OF LIFE

KIKUJIRO

THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (Suggested by John Landis)

NIGHTS OF CABIRIA

PARK ROW (Suggested by Joe Dante)

POSSESSION (’81) (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

THE QUIET MAN (Suggested by Bill Hader)

RED BEARD (Suggested by Bill Hader)

SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE

THEY SHOOT HORSES DON’T THEY?

THE THIEF OF BAGDAD

THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG

THE UNKNOWN

BABY DOLL (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

THE BAD SLEEP WELL

THE COURT JESTER (Suggested by Joe Dante)

DOGS IN SPACE

FORTY GUNS (Suggested by Bill Hader)

KITTEN WITH A WHIP

KRAMER VS KRAMER (Suggested by Bill Hader)

THE LION IN WINTER

LOS OLVIDADOS (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN

THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN’S CREEK (Suggested by Bill Hader)

MIKEY AND NICKEY (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND

A NEW LEAF (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

ONE, TWO, THREE (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

QUACKSER FORTUNE HAS A COUSIN IN THE BRONX

SAHARA (Suggested by John Landis & Harry Knowles)

SCARECROW (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

STEAMBOAT BILL JR – (Suggested by Judd Apatow)

TO BE OR NOT TO BE (Suggested by John Landis, Joe Dante)

TROUBLE IN PARADISE (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

800 BULLETS (Suggested by Larry Karaszweski)

THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES

BALL OF FIRE

THE BANK DICK (Suggested by Judd Apatow & Bill Hader)

BLACK MAMA WHITE MAMA

BURN (Suggested by Daniel Waters & Larry Karaszweski)

THE CABIN IN THE SKY (From Harry Knowles)

THE CONFORMIST (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

DESPERATE (Suggested by Joe Dante)

DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE (Suggested by Daniel Waters, Larry Karaszweski & Greg Mottola)

ELITE SQUAD

FADE TO BLACK (Suggested by Julia Marchese)

FEAR IS THE KEY

THE GAMBLER

HE WHO GETS SLAPPED

HOLIDAY

HOW THE WEST WAS WON (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

JUDEX

THE KREMLIN LETTER

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (’34) (Suggested by Rian Johnson)

MONGOL (Suggested by Harry Knowles)

MR. VAMPIRE

LA NOTTE (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

NOTHING LASTS FOREVER

THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (’63) (Suggested by Doug Benson)

OUR HOSPITALITY

PATTON (Suggested by Larry Karaszewski)

THE REINCARNATION OF PETER PROUD (Suggested by Quentin Tarantino)

THE RED SQUIRREL

RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY

SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR

SHARK SKIN MAN AND THE PEACH HIP GIRL

SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER (Suggested by Bill Hader)

SILVER STREAK (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

SON OF FRANKENSTEIN

STRAY DOG (Suggested by Bill Hader)

THE TALL T

TERROR OF TINY TOWN

THAT SUMMER

TIMES SQUARE (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

TOPSY TURVY

UNDERWORLD U.S.A

URGH! THE MUSIC WAR (Suggested by Jason Schwartzman)

VENUS IN FURS

WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?

A COLT IS MY PASSPORT

THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (Suggested by Joss Whedon & Joe Dante)

BEDLAM (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

THE BIG GUNDOWN

BIG JAKE (Suggested by Larry Karaszewski)

BONJOUR TRISTESSE

THE CHALLENGE

CODE UNKNOWN

THE COWBOYS (Suggested by Josh Olson)

CRAZED FRUIT

DANCING OUTLAW

DAYS OF BEING WILD

DEPARTURES

DON’T MAKE WAVES

THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

FEMALE CONVICT: 701 SCORPION (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

FORTRESS (’85)

THE GIRL ON THE BRIDGE

GOING IN STYLE (Suggested by Josh Olson)

GUNGA DIN (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

HICKEY AND BOGGS (Suggested by Quentin Tarantino & Daniel Waters)

HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL

HOUR OF THE WOLF

INHERIT THE WIND

THE INFORMER (Suggested by Bill Hader)

INTERSTELLA 5555: THE 5TORY OF THE 5ECRET 5TAR 5YSTEM

IVAN’S CHILDHOOD

JOHN AND MARY (Suggested by Larry Karaszewski)

KING OF MARVIN GARDENS (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

KWAIDAN (Suggested by Guillermo Del Toro & John Landis)

LANDSCAPES IN THE MIST

THE LATE SHOW (Suggested by Daniel Waters & Josh Olson)

LAST SUMMER (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

LIQUID SKY

LOLA (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

MAN’S FAVOURITE SPORT

MAUVAIS SANG (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

MATADOR

MEET JOHN DOE

THE MIRACLE WORKER (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

MIRAGE

MOROCCO (Suggested by Quentin Tarantino)

NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER

NINOTCHKA (Suggested by Bill Hader)

OPENING NIGHT (Suggested by Jason Schwartzman)

PEPI, LUCI, BOM

THE PUMPKIN EATER (Suggested by Greg Mottola & Daniel Waters)

QUAI DES ORFEVRES

RED RIVER (Suggested by John Landis & Bill Hader )

ROAD HOUSE (’48)

THE SCHOOL OF HOLY BEASTS (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

THE SERVANT

THE SHANGHAI GESTURE (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

SOME CAME RUNNING (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

TESIS (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

TOPKAPI (Suggested by Harry Knowles)

TO BE TWENTY

TWENTIETH CENTURY (Suggested by John Landis)

VAMPIRE CIRCUS

THE WAR GAME

BEAT THE DEVIL

EASTERN CONDORS (Suggested by Quentin Tarantino)

EL DORADO (Suggested by Quentin Tarantino)

FORCE OF EVIL

GIANTS AND TOYS (Suggested by Greg Mottola)

THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT (Suggested by Joe Dante)

THE IN LAWS (’79) (Suggested by Doug Benson)

J.W.COOP

KISS ME STUPID

LORD LOVE A DUCK (Suggested by Daniel Waters)

ON DANGEROUS GROUND (Suggested by Joe Dante)

THE PROFESSIONALS (Suggested by Harry Knowles)

RETURN FROM THE ASHES (Suggested by Quentin Tarantino)

THE WESTERNER (Suggested by Quentin Tarantino)

So what are you waiting for. Let’s get billing…

Posted on Sunday, October 16, 2011 at 10:24 am 
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  • Gnalkhouri

    raunchy goofy but stylized:
    Pink Flamingos
    Female Trouble
    Desperate Living

    Drugs and hip music:
    Performance

  • JTagmire

    You need to bold The Umbrellas of Cherbourg right now.

  • juan namnun

    “los olvidados” luis bunuel, in mexico shot by Gabriel Figueroa, cannes winner just and hour and a half and 
    “high and low” akira kurosawa contemporany take on a ed mcbean novel 

    “ivan s childhood” Roger Deakins said he believes this to be the closer you can get to watch a perfect film. and
    “suicide circle” sion sono take on the perils of internet defies categorization .

    “the informer” john Ford almost 3d movie! and
    “hour of the wolf” Bergman and nyvkist scary movie!

     ”modern times” hollywood last silent masterpiece made by Charlot and
    “throne of blood” kurosawa s version of Macbeth

  • Frericks

    Dusty & Sweets McGee / The Panic in Needle Park – early 70′s drug culture

    Coming Apart / Payday – Rip Torn double feature

    End of the Road / The Traveling Executioner – Stacy Keach double feature

    Puzzle of a Downfall Child / Play it as is Lays – women having crackups

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jake-Isgar/805605227 Jake Isgar

    ’70s Icons Against Type:
    The King of Marvin Gardens / Scarecrow
    + Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino and Gene Hackman all subvert their popular personas in these low-key dramas that could only come out of the New Hollywood.

    Auteurs and Shakespeare:
    Chimes at Midnight / Throne of Blood
    + Masters of Cinema Orson Welles and Akira Kurosawa deliver their own interpretations of Shakespeare’s works.

    Reflexive Cinema:
    F for Fake / Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
    + Both are playful deconstructions of media. With F for Fake, it’s art and cinema and with Rock Hunter, it’s television and advertising.

    Hickey & Boggs and Mikey & Nicky
    + A night of buddy movies could never steer anyone wrong.

    Brits at War:
    Gunga Din / The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
    + Gunga Din’s slam-bang adventure compliments the scope of Colonel Blimp’s epic romanticism. Quick side note, Anton Walbrook’s heartbreaking monologue toward the end of Colonel Blimp rivals any of his work in The Red Shoes and that’s saying something.

  • Lucifer_o_lucy

    Hi edgar , big fan from 3rd world (Chile)  i think i´m idiot hardly knows a lot of the tittles but i´ll give it a shot:
    princess mononoke  and nausicaa of the valley of the wind from the legendary miyasaki (i quite dont get it but makes you think and it´s high quality just by seeing the animation , shame on you!!!)

    THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (’63) and Kikujiro ( what a journey for the boy of the movie) Objective: make them laugh and fill their souls with a chuckle.

    awwww!! man it´s sucks(it suuucks!!!) not be there , if i´m ¿wright?you´ll be amazed by the animation of  gibli on the 80´s and i can´t be able to see your face T.T
    PS: all the time watching tv and movies in english may finally paid off so, apollogize for any language error or misspelling.
    PS to PS: really ? someone recommend you Shaun of the dead, i heard that the same guy did another call “hot fuzz” , Should we see that one , edgar? (:

  • Jetta Weinstein

    Ninotchka + Trouble in Paradise
    - Ernst Lubitsch was a master of romantic comedy and these are two of his finest; Ninotchka works particularly well when seen in a theater (it’s the kind of movie that’s really enjoyable when you’re with an audience)

    The Thief of Bagdad + The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
    - two very different films by Michael Powell, both bursting with color and extraordinary visuals

    The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek + One, Two, Three
    - wacky comedies with terrific, instantly quotable dialogue

    Ball of Fire + The Lion in Winter
    - a weird and possibly wonderful pairing that showcases two of the best actresses of all time, Barbara Stanwyck and Katharine Hepburn (they’re my favorites, anyway)

  • Lydia

    Battle of Algiers & Sympathy for the Devil would make for an interesting double feature.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jahn-Chang/100002821533971 Jahn Chang

    eastern condors owns! it’s an action classic.

  • http://twitter.com/muzboz Murray Lorden

    FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL KILL     by Russ Meyer
    BRAIN DEAD (AKA “DEAD ALIVE” in the US)     by Peter JacksonThe rest of the movies can be removed from the list.  These should be added.  :)
    Rock on Edgar.

    • http://www.edgarwrighthere.com Edgar Wright

      These are both OFF the list. As I have seen them. Both at the cinema too.

      In fact BRAINDEAD I saw five times on its UK release in 1993.

  • http://twitter.com/jpomp J. Pomp

    KARL MALDEN DOUBLE FEATURE
    Baby Doll + How The West Was Won

    C’mon, Edgar, make Greg Mottola proud!

  • http://www.facebook.com/kenzier Kenzier Lemmons

    2046/Talk to Her – Both nonlinear, colorful, visually stunning films about past loves affecting present loves.

  • Traviswoods2882

    2046 ||| Talk To Her

    Jules and Jim ||| Chunking Express

  • Anonymous

    Here’s my suggestion for the double bills (along with the names of it):

    #1 – GOLDEN YEARS, DARK AGES
    THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (Suggested by Joss Whedon & Joe Dante)ALL ABOUT EVE#2 – THE WONDER THAT IS JIMMY STEWARTHARVEY (Suggested by Joe Dante)THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (Suggested by John Landis)#3 – GRIM ‘N GRITTY THROUGH THE AGESTHE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (Suggested by Rian Johnson & Bill Hader)ELITE SQUAD

    and of course…

    #4 – EPIC EPICNESSGONE WITH THE WIND (Suggested by Bill Hader)Have fun!

  • John Guertin

    ‘Cutter’s Way’ is a good suggestion, and considering what a big fan of Jeff Bridges you are I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. As for what you could pair it with I’m not sure. Perhaps ‘Mikey and Nicky’?

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  • Leah C

    Hi Edgar!

    You’ve had plenty of people go through the whole rundown. I just have one movie that I would crawl through mud and barbed wire to see on the big screen: Throne of Blood. My breath catches.

    Can’t wait! Love the lack of ego in this selection… Very refreshing. Come by Pause In Joy for some yoga if you’re in the New Bev ‘hood!

    • http://www.edgarwrighthere.com Edgar Wright

      Well, you know there are many directors who won’t admit not having seen various classics. So I like to be honest.

      I have many of these films on DVD, but just want to see them first time on a big screen.

  • Jeff!

    An admission:  I stole my pairings from the commenters because some of them are too good not to duplicate.
    Defending Your Life and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Might I add: Whoever paired these initially, you are a saint.  I may go out and do this one myself.)

    Nightmare Alley and Underworld USA

    Mr. Vampire (I am stunned to see it advance this far) and The Nutty Professor

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and 800 Bullets

  • http://www.victormoreno.com victormoreno

    I posted this on the Round 2 thread on accident, but alternatively I think A COLT IS MY PASSPORT and SHARK SKIN MAN and the PEACH HIP GIRL would be a fun double feature showing different takes on the yakuza genre – most people havent seen a straight crime/yakuza film without a Takashi Miike/Tak Sakaguchi flavor and SHARK SKIN MAN has a fun take on it that isnt ultraviolence based.

  • http://www.victormoreno.com victormoreno

    SHARK SKIN MAN & PEACH HIP GIRL with ICHII THE KILLER – I think this would be a fun double for a few reasons. You havent seen Ichii the Killer and its arguably Miike’s best known film (outside of 13 Assasins now) and most people probably havent seen SHARK SKIN MAN and its undeniably a super cool visually stylistic movie. Both of them have Tadanobu Asano and this way the crowd for the show gets to see a movie theyre probably not aware of at all with an actor they love from Ichii and that most Americans only know from Mongol or Thor.

    If you really wanted, you could do a triple bill of MONGOL/SHARK SKIN MAN and ICHII, but I think SHARK SKIN MAN and ICHII is the way to go.

    also I would pair BUCKAROO BANZAI with SAHARA since they both have the comedy meets serials-style adventurer vibe to them and both are very underseen and underrated but BUCKAROO would anchor SAHARA.

  • http://twitter.com/lomara Kimberly

    I’d love to see the silents at your NewBev screening.  The last silent film I saw was Phantom of the Opera (’29) at AMPAS with live musical accompaniment by the Alloy Orchestra. It was fantastic. It was the very first thing I saw there. I make it a point to see as many films as I can there, since each screening has been special in some way.

    Sherlock Jr.
    Modern Times

    Captain Blood
    The Man Who Knew Too Much (’34)

    Red River
    The Quiet Man

    Breaking Away
    The Bad News Bears (’76)

  • John holt

    HOUR OF THE WOLF
    SON OF FRANKENSTEIN

    MIKEY & NICKY
    THE PROFESSIONALS

    John

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Filipi-Souza-Nunes/100000864390878 Filipi Souza Nunes

    Edgar I highly recommend watching the movies in this order:Night 1THE CHINA SYNDROME / RETURN FROM THE ASHES Night 2THRONE OF BLOOD / TOKYO DRIFTERNight 3PRINCESS MONONOKEGRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES
    Night 4SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE / THE BIG GUNDOWN

     

  • Jeffreyreeser16

    im gettin stoked

    Road Movie Bonanza:
    Scarecrow
    Two For the Road

    Tarkovsky Tug-o’-Rope:

    Ivan’s childhood

    Stalker

    Anime Piñata:

    The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
    Princess Mononoke

    Heavy Shit (of the 40′s and 50′s):

    Imitation of Life

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    Kar Wong-Kai BONUS BILL: 

    Chungking Express
    2046

  • http://www.kino-real.com Thered79

    Wow! That’s an incredible list! I would suggest:

    LOVE EXPOSURE (Sion Sono): Four hours of raw emotions. That movie changed my life!

    M (Fritz Lang): The ending still haunts me.

    THE BICYCLE THIEF (Vittorio de Sica): Powerful and gripping, from beginning to end.

    THE GIVEN WORD (Anselmo Duarte): Religion truly is opium for the masses. 

    MEMORIES OF MURDER: An unforgettable psychological thriller.

    There are so many more! But, your list is already pretty strong.

    • http://www.edgarwrighthere.com Edgar Wright

      No more suggestion please. But from your list – I truly love ‘M’ and think ‘Memories Of Murder’ is the great cop movie most people have not seen.

  • Gorem2k

    Haven’t seen much from that list below. so yes, it’s a difficult task for me. I guess ROMAN HOLYDAY with CHUNGKING EXPRESS would be great…. though (not on the list) RUN LOLA RUN with CHUNGKING would be my ultimate cinema’s dream! Can’t wait to see how this mental work turns out.

    • http://www.edgarwrighthere.com Edgar Wright

      I played RLR at my last festival.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=12439109 Josh Young

    Chungking express and the Girl who Leapt Through Time would be nifty!

  • http://www.facebook.com/marleigh.norton Marleigh Norton

    Captain Blood – Classic Errol Flynn goodness
    Court Jester – Classic Danny Kaye goodness spoofing classic Errol Flynn goodness.

    (A minor digression about Court Jester, when I was moving into my frat house back in the day, I set up my VCR and tossed in The Court Jester to make sure I had the cables connected right.  My new roommate started giggling at the opening credits, so I went ahead and left it on while I finished unpacking.  The roommate stood there and watched the whole thing.  You could hear his second floor laughter even from the basement.)

  • http://twitter.com/tweetsoftdn Martin

    Abbott and Costello Meet FrankensteinMr Vampire – YES!Buckaroo BanzaiLiquid SkyI couldn’t quite work out good pairings for these two movies I love so here goes:Imitation of LifeEastern CondorsDO IT!

  • Graham Guit

    GAMBLING NIGHT: California split/ The Gambler
    ELAINE MAY NIGHT: A New Leaf/ Mickey and Nicky
    THEATER NIGHT: Topsy Turvy/ Opening Night
    DOOMED LOVERS NIGHT: John and Mary/ Mauvais Sang

  • Theodore J Flicker

    The China Syndrome
    The Court Jester

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
    Mr Vampire

    A Man for All Seasons
    To Be or Not to Be

    Cutter’s Way
    The Awful Truth

  • koluski

    noriko’s dinner table

  • Vale

    Harvery is simply wonderful! It must be put in the eight movies’ list. You must see it!!!!

  • http://www.filmperpochi.it/ Skanfalug

    one of the best korean movie ever: 
    Castaway on the Moon
    a crazy romantic story of a castaway on a small island in the middle of Seul and an Agoraphobic girl.
    Just amazing

  • Anonymous

    It’d be a really long day, but Patton and The Best Years of Our Lives would make quite the pairing.

  • brou

    Master Miyazaki :
    Porco Rosso + Mononoke (though I’m not quite fond of Mononoke compared to the rest of Miyazaki films)

    Master Powell (far fetch but if it’s The Thief of Bagdad co-directed by him) :
    The life and death of colonel blimp (which is the must see here) + The thief of Bagdad

    Revamping of french serials (well, that’s a theme) :
    Judex + Irma vep

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  • http://www.edgarwrighthere.com Edgar Wright

    The In Laws is on the list!

    Ishtar I have seen. I did a New Beverly triple Paul Williams bill of BUGSY MALONE, PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE & ISHTAR. Amazing night.

    • http://iheartsequels.blogspot.com/ Jaimerey

      I was there that night at the New Bev.  Said it there and I’ll say it again; thank you so much for all the movies and for getting Paul Williams to attend and Q&A.

      Here I go, short and sweet…

      The Leading Ladies of Anime:
      The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
      Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

      An Evening With John Wayne and Howard Hawks:
      Red River
      El Dorado

      Japanese Blood and Guts A Go Go:
      Suicide Club
      Ichi the Killer

      Celebrity Supernova:
      Star ’80
      Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

  • http://www.edgarwrighthere.com Edgar Wright

    I actually have it on DVD and knew that there was a reason I’d laid off watching it. A squirming audience experience you say?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Eaton/100000272674690 Chris Eaton

    Defiantly need

    ICHI THE KILLER and Sympathy for Mr Vengeance

    Princess Mononoke and Porco Rosso

    But you HAVE to see HARVEY..  My friend nagged me for three years about seeing it, and when I finally sat down to watch it, I saw what he was talking about.  It’s probably Jimmy Stewart’s greatest film.. more than his westerns, more than his works with Frank Capra.. Find someway to put it in the line up!

    • http://www.edgarwrighthere.com Edgar Wright

      I have definite memories of HARVEY as a very young child, but I wouldn’t be able to say that I’ve seen it properly.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2KHNTSLF4SIUB4BXHTVWVZYFMQ Rico

    Based on what I’ve seen of Mr. Wright’s sense of cinema I have to go with these double features- I also vote for The In-Laws (’79) which I can see anytime, anywhere:
    Going in Style/The Professionals- each is completely different version of ‘The Big Score/We do one last job then retire’ movies;California Split/Let it Ride- the sickest movies about gambling logic ever made;The Black Rose/The Black Shield of Falworth- sweeping 1950′s adventure, terrible lead acting by beautiful people/great character acting by not so beautiful people and the worst accents ever recorded on film (ie- yonda is da castle of my faddah[Tony Curtis]);Days of Heaven/Mountains of the Moon- when you want to see a well acted movie that looks like a painting.

    • http://www.edgarwrighthere.com Edgar Wright

      Let It Ride and Days Of Heaven are cast out – as I have seen them both.

      It is the only time those two movies have been mentioned in the same breath.

  • Anonymous

    The Bad Sleep Well
    Underworld USA

    GRUDGE NIGHT

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  • jakester0182

    First off, no matter what ends up on the bill, I’ll be there! Now, the list:

    1:THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
       SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY (back stories of the rich and famous)

    2:BEAT THE DEVIL
       THE LATE SHOW (the tongue in cheek neo noir, classic stars, great writing)

    3: THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
        THE CONFORMIST (two directors at their best, but slightly unknown; just plain cool, plus                                                                                                              Peter Lorre, you can’t go wrong)

    4: SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER
        KWAIDAN (foreign films of the highest quality, maybe not thematicly paired but awesome nonetheless) 

    Again, who cares what you pick, I’ll be there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Andrewlapointe85

    Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein

    &

    Son of Frankenstein

    Hud

    &

    Barfly

    Forty Guns

    &

    Underworld U.S.A.

    Baby Doll

    &

    To Be Twenty

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=511544280 Ben Keeler

    oh and THE PROFESSIONALS / THRONE OF BLOOD

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=511544280 Ben Keeler

    “THE FEEL GOOD THEN FEEL BAD JAPANESE DOUBLE BILL
    Kikujiro
    Ichi The Killer”

    Haha yes!!!

  • http://twitter.com/haveanicesummer Justin P

    Unfaithfully Yours and All About Eve
    They would make a fantastic pairing. In All Above Eve, George Sanders is sublime, reminding me almost of an evil Stephen Fry. Unfaithfully Yours was apparently the wrong movie when it came out, as it is often cited as killing Preston Sturges career, which is all the more depressing since it’s my favorite of his (one of my favorites of any film!) Rex Harrison is his own straight man in one of the best extended slapstick sequences ever filmed. Plus Joss Whedon and Bill Hader recommended it, how can you go wrong?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=511544280 Ben Keeler

    ICHI THE KILLER / KIKUJIRO – such contrasting films from the same country

    KRAMER VS KRAMER / CHUNGKING EXPRESS – different relationships, different time periods, both just as important films/just as historic

    LOS OLVIDADOS / IVAN’S CHILDHOOD – the plight of a young boy

    KICKING AND SCREAMING / PEPI, LUCI, BOM – pro: Elliott Gould, con: ‘general erection’ (or the other way around, depending on taste)

  • http://twitter.com/JBaughb Ron Berry

    Princes Mononoke
    Breaking Away
    Sympathy for Mr Vengance

    • http://www.edgarwrighthere.com Edgar Wright

      But with what…?

  • http://www.edgarwrighthere.com Edgar Wright

    One downside – Come & See played the New Beverly recently. Would you come back?

    • http://twitter.com/MattHilerio Matt Hilerio

      Yes

  • http://twitter.com/hassanchop Hassanchop

    Breaking Away & Bad News Bears
    CHUNGKING EXPRESS  & Silver Streak
    Raise the Red Lantern  & SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY
    In Laws &  Kiss Me Stupid
    Harvey & Unfaithfully Yours

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