Movies on your desert island iPad

13.08.2010 | Author: Eric Reiss
OK. Here’s the deal. You’re shipwrecked on some desert island. Lots of coconuts, fish, and other food - plus a magic spring that spouts water, beer, wine, cocktails, and Coca-Cola. There is also a power outlet for your iPad.

Alas, your iPad has very limited memory and there is no wireless. So which 10 movies would you want to view over and over again until you’re rescued? Here’s my list:

Footlight Parade (1933)

Casablanca (1942)

The Big Sleep (1946)

Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Some Like it Hot (1959)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)

The Godfather (1972)

The Right Stuff (1983)

Good Night, and Good Luck ( 2005)

Believe me, I have a zillion movies I’d like on this list. But honestly, if you really had to narrow it to 10, what would they be?
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10 Comments »

  1. Casablanca
    Creator
    Ken Burns' Frank Lloyd Wright bio
    Glory
    Almost Famous: the Bootleg Cut
    Sullivan's Travels
    Some Like It Hot
    It's a Wonderful Life
    Singing in the Rain
    Some how-to video about building a boat & navigating by the stars

    Comment by Joe Sokohl - 17:30 13.08.2010

  2. Ooh. Sullivan's Travels! Good choice. But I'm a sucker for Veronica Lake :) And I really debated Capra, but ultimately he didn't make my cut. But what a great list, Joe. Thanks!

    Comment by Eric Reiss - 19:04 13.08.2010

  3. Animal Crackers (1930)
    Fantasia (1940)
    The Seventh Seal (1957)
    Mary Poppins (1964)
    Fellini Satyricon (1969)
    Barry Lyndon (1975)
    Blade Runner (1982)
    Powaqqatsi (1988)
    Dreams (1990)
    The Big Lebowsky (1998)

    Comment by Jorge Arango - 20:40 13.08.2010

  4. Casablanca (1942)
    The Incredibles (2004)
    Lord of the Rings (2001)
    Singin' in the Rain (1952)
    The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
    The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
    Scaramouche (1952)
    A Face in the Crowd (1957)
    Wuthering Heights (1992)*
    Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)**

    *I realize it's a sacrilege, but I actually like the Ralph Fiennes version better.
    ** Laugh if you will, but this is one of 2 movies living on my laptop and I've probably watched it half a dozen times in airports and enjoyed it thoroughly each time.

    Comment by feadog - 20:59 13.08.2010

  5. This is Spinal Tap
    The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain Live at the Barbican
    Erin Brockovich
    Saving Grace
    Monty Python and the Holy Grail
    Four Weddings and a Funeral
    and to make up the rest of the list:
    The complete "Yes Minister" (OK, that's more than one but I don't care)

    Comment by Caroline Jarrett - 21:03 13.08.2010

  6. 1. Anything from the Monty Pythons
    2. Alien
    3. Kung-fu Hustle
    4. The Maltese Falcon (or, yes, the Big Sleep)
    5. Matrix
    6. Pulp Fiction (or Kill Bill)
    7. Some early Woody Allen
    8. Raiders of the Lost Ark
    9. The Silence of the Lambs
    10. Fellowship of the Ring

    Note: as this is 'stranded on an island', the fun factor had a certain prominence. No point in bringing along 'The Voice of the Moon' or 'Kaos' and getting suicidal ideas. But I can provide rationales for the choices and only mourn that I had to leave out Blade Runner. But then, Jorge is bringing it along, so life is good (wait. whatdoyoumean he's not on the same island?)

    Comment by Andrea Resmini - 09:59 15.08.2010

  7. Oooh, Kim, Outlaw: "Dyin' ain't no way to make a livin', boy"
    "Buzzards gotta eat...same as worms."
    "Well, Senator, we got a sayin' here in Missouri: Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining."
    "Endeavor to persevere."
    "I got me Josey Wales, Mr. Chain-blue Lightning hisself."

    Umm, I guess you could say I've seen that'un a few times ;) I don't need the video--I could just recite the whole movie.

    Comment by Joe Sokohl - 15:17 17.08.2010

  8. Kudos to Jorge for including a Bergman film.
    My first choices would be...everything on Eric's list. My 2nd set of top 10 and no order of importance:
    Godfather I
    Godfather II
    The Wind and the Lion
    Groundhog Day
    The Sure Thing
    All the Presidents Men
    Tootsie
    Amadeus
    Bull Durham
    Grosse Point Blank

    Honorable mentions:
    Charade
    Bridge over the River Kwai
    Ratatouille
    The Sixth Sense
    The Omen

    Comment by marianne - 23:09 08.09.2010

  9. Opening Night
    The Women
    Simple Men
    Into the Sweet Hereafter
    Citizen Kane
    High Fidelity
    The Wrong Trousers
    The Thin Man
    Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
    8 1/2
    Roma Citta Aperta

    i've probably already seen The Wrong Trousers seventy or eighty times but damn it's good and i'd sit with you now and watch it again.

    and i know, that's eleven. but i have always had this problem with overachieving...

    Comment by lynn - 04:32 21.09.2010

  10. As usual, i'm late for the fun...was out draining the duck pond and then filling it with Guinness. In no particular order:

    Inherit the Wind
    The Manchurian Candidate (the original, thank you very much)
    Singin' in the Rain
    Charade
    The Usual Suspects
    Sullivan's Travels
    Umbrellas of Cherbourg
    The Philadelphia Story
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    The Sting It Happened One Night Double Indemnity North by Northwest The Trouble with Harry Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Top HatThe Sixth Sense Broadway Melody of 1940

    Comment by Linda - 05:14 20.10.2010

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