We've done a terrible job of having top tens ready for you every Tuesday so here's a quickie from 1986 since it's Best Shot time again.
Top Ten Films of 1986
- A Room With a View (James Ivory)
- Aliens (James Cameron)
- Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen)
- Little Shop of Horrors (Frank Oz)
- My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears)
- The Fly (David Cronenberg)
- Betty Blue (Jean-Jacques Beineix)
- Peggy Sue Got Married (Francis Ford Coppola)
- Parting Glances (Bill Sherwood)
- The Mosquito Coast (Peter Weir)
Disclaimer: I haven't seen many of these films in a very long time. I am sure there are major titles I should reconsider or see for the first time since I wasn't seeing movies as voraciously back then.
What does your top ten from that year look like?
Basically the top three there are "all-timers" for Nathaniel, not just for an annual list. And yes yes, I'm aware that IMDb considers the James Ivory classic a 1985 movie but that's stupid because it did not open that year. It opened nowhere that year. It opened in both its home country of the UK and in the USA and then spread to other countries in the early summer of 1986. It was a big deal, crossing over from the arthouse and justly receiving a slew of Oscar and BAFTA nominations (and actual statues, too). If you've never seen it, I envy you your first time.
BEST SHOT CHOICES...
Please click over to see the choices and read these articles. My choice will be up tomorrow so if you're running late you still have time! REPULSION, our finale of the season, will also be delayed two days (you have until Thursday the 29th to post your choice) because we have a sudden trip to London for The Danish Girl interviews this weekend so Tuesday will be impossible.
The film is never lacking for gorgeous imagery, with even the most perfunctory medium dialogue shots being frames you want to live inside.
The fact that it's a depiction of a literal room with a view wasn't part of my calculation
When my mind and body long for relaxation and comfort, I usually swing the ‘costume drama’ window wide open and let it soothe my soul...
Loved every preening, posh second of Daniel Day-Lewis's performance.
Maggie Smith, she’s the ultimate symbol of the film’s humor, making (poor) Charlotte Bartlett into one of her most remarkable creations and an indispensable part of the film’s comedic construction.
If it wasn’t for the costumes and some of the dialogue, the movie could have been set in almost any time period...
Like many films chosen for this series, A Room with a View is a film I had meant to see sooner, but just never got around to it.
Oh look!...
Exactly! Look at these movies. Pick a shot. Repulsion (1965) starring Catherine Deneuve is next on October 29th.