Monday, March 23, 2009

Movies About Movies

I saw this and immediately began to wonder about your favorite films that are essential about the experience of cinema.

Below are a couple of mine. Post yours here so I can watch them all and co-opt your opinions as my own.

The Muppet Movie

Sullivan's Travels

Rear Window

And The Ship Sails On

4 comments:

Lydia said...

I definitely would have said Sullivan's Travels if you hadn't said it first. Off the top of my head:

- State and Main
- Matinee
- Sunset Blvd
- Barton Fink
- Gosford Park

little ineb said...

SOB. Great film from... the 80s? You get to see Julie Andrews' boobies. Really!

michael said...

The Purple Rose of Cairo
Cinema Paradiso
Do I dare admit: The Last Action Hero? Yes, I dare.

I can think of lots of movies about moviemaking; not nearly as many about moviegoing...

Lydia said...

How about the Scream franchise? Those are movies about watching movies. (And we LOVE them.)

I am also reminded of that scene in The Evil Dead, where you see the film projector comes on and the "blood runs down the screen."