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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Blade Runner should be there.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>A Boy & His Dog was a good idea for a film --
based as it is on one of Harlan Ellison's best novellas -- but the low-budget
filmmaking is pretty clunky (or at least that's my memory -- I haven't seen it
in over 20 years, and perhaps should give it another chance).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I prefer the Vincent Price version of Omega Man,
called The Last Man on Earth. (The source novel, I Am Legend, by Richard
Matheson is a great book.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The original Rollerball with James Caan is a well
made, exciting thriller, but its speculation about how pro sports would crush
individualism isn't borne out by what has happened over the 30-plus years since
it was made. The opposite is pretty much the case: corporate sports thrives
on the spectacle of the superstar -- Lebron James, anyone?</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cfalbert@gmail.com href="mailto:cfalbert@gmail.com">Charles
Albert</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pynchon-l@waste.org
href="mailto:pynchon-l@waste.org">Pynchon Liste</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 24, 2010 11:29
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: The 16 most intelligent
sci-fi films ever made</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Where's <BR><BR>A Boy & His Dog?<BR><BR>Rollerball (The
John Houseman version)<BR><BR>Omega Man (The Anthony Zerbe version)<BR><BR>How
does Darko make it, but not Blade Runner?<BR><BR><BR>btw, has anyone else seen
The History Boys?<BR><BR><BR>love,<BR>cfa<BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Dave Monroe <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:against.the.dave@gmail.com">against.the.dave@gmail.com</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV class=h5>On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Dave Monroe<BR><<A
href="mailto:against.the.dave@gmail.com">against.the.dave@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Thomas Beshear <<A
href="mailto:tbeshear@insightbb.com">tbeshear@insightbb.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>>> Most of the choices are good ones, but I can't get behind
"The Fountain,"<BR>>> which was just a mess. Most happy to see "12
Monkeys" here. The source<BR>>> material, "La Jetee," is very fine,
tho' it's a short, not a full-length<BR>>> feature.<BR>><BR>>
I'd cross off Donnie Darko, The Matrix + The Fountain immediately, @<BR>>
LEAST have 12 Monkeys + La jatee share a spot, and shed Pi + Moon as<BR>>
needed add (Tarkovksy's) Solaris (with Stalker waiting in the
wings),<BR>> Planet of the Apes, A Clockwork Orange, Testament, maybe
Silent<BR>> Running, but definitely Metropolis. Off the top of my
head ...<BR><BR></DIV></DIV>Sunshine, does Repo Man count? The Andromeda
Strain, even ...<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>
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