Criterion has a nice feature on directors and their favorite films, and while it’s hard to do one on Stanley Kubrick, considering he’s both (a) reclusive and (b) dead, Criterion writer Josh Warren claims to have compiled a list based on “interviews with Kubrick’s family, friends and colleagues.” You can check out the Criterion films Kubrick loved over there, which include Tarkovsky’s Solaris, Silence of the Lambs, Rosemary’s Baby, The Bank Dick, Henry V, and others. But this being FilmDrunk, I thought the non-Criterion Collection titles on the list were even more interesting.
Eraserhead
Citizen Kane
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Godfather
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Dog Day Afternoon
City Lights
La Notte
Roxie Hart
Hell’s Angels
An American Werewolf in London
Metropolis
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Abigail’s Party
Roger & Me
White Men Can’t Jump
Modern Romance
The Jerk
Yep, White Men Can’t Jump and The Jerk. I’ll admit being surprised by White Men Can’t Jump, but not by the fact that Kubrick liked comedy. He is, after all, the guy who discovered R. Lee Ermey and basically stuck him in Full Metal Jacket and let him say whatever he wanted. Thereby producing one my top ten comedic performances ever, easily. Also, between this and Grantland’s Oral History of White Men Can’t Jump a few months back, could it be that we’re experiencing a renaissance of White Men Can’t Jump? Who could’ve guessed what the future would pull from the junk heap of 1992? Frankly, I had my money on Captain Ron, or 3 Ninjas.
[hat tip: Vanity Fair]
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White Men Can’t Jump renaissance? When did it ever go away? I could sit and watch the opening scene over and over again because of that song and Woody’s reaction to it.
Reminds me of when I dated a relative of Ira Levin, and he told me how much he loved “Spaceballs” and then started quoting it.
no idea who that is, but I’m going to go out on a limb and say he’s Jewish?
Author of ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ and ‘Stepford Wives’ among others.
I’ll say it again.
GREATEST. MOVIE. EVER!!!
Haha ! Agreed !
It just makes you proud to be part of the Louisiana mob.
Just for kicks while filming Eyes Wide Shut, he had Nicole Kidman scream, “Fuck me, Billy” in a Rosie Perez accent.
My money’s still on Captain Ron.
Here I always thought he was a pretentious gasbag, but I can’t hold all this “Treasure of Sierra Madre” and “Citizen Kane” b.s. against him when he has THE JERK and AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON on his list.
Did someone say “Captain Ron?” Is my costume and fandom finally going to pay off, scwab?
CRITERION NERD ALERT!!!
Actually, anybody who wants to can create an account at the Criterion site and create lists like this, and this was written by a Criterion fan who doesn’t work for Criterion. That being said, they have featured his list, so good job, Mr. Warren!
It seems to me that R. Lee Ermy was basically reprising a role he played in The Boys in Company C. [www.imdb.com]
Ermey
There’s a Criterion Silence of the Lambs but not The Godfather? When they select a movie, what are the, like, things on their checklist of qualifications for inclusion, or whatever?
Yes, actually. In short, they need to be able to get the rights, and most studios won’t strike a deal. As for Silence of the Lambs, that deal was struck back in the early days of DVD, when MGM (or whichever studio) didn’t believe DVD was going to be any bigger than laserdisc. Once DVD took off as a popular format, they revoked Criterion’s rights and that particular Criterion disc is now an out-of-print collectible.
Thanks. Check out the big brain on tonSa!
Everyone close to Stanley knew that his favorite film of all time was “Caddyshack 2″, which he constantly pays homage to in “Godfather 3″.
Any way the filmdrunk crew can do a “best un-awarded films of the 90′s” rundown? I submit: White Men Can’t Jump, Sneakers, The Cutting Edge, Juice, Arachnophobia and The Last Boy Scout.
The Long Kiss Goodnight, Demolition Man
I’d sincerely submit Nothing But Trouble, but it did win a razzie.
Vibrations and Tammy & The T-Rex, obvs.
Broken Arrow, The Wood
Last Action Hero, She’s the One/The Brothers McMullen, Before Sunset, Out of Sight. I know Out of Sight gets love around here sometimes, but I don’t think it’s all that widely known.
Suicide Kings
Hoodlum!
Cool Runnings
Hook and Nothing to Lose (Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence, along with Dr. Cox and an unrecognizable Gustavo Fring? Come on!)
dude had good taste
True Story:
Last December a local club hosted a rap battle event in my hometown. It was the worst, most cringeworthy thing I’ve ever witnessed. And during this whole procedure there were 4 projectors pointed towards the walls of this big hall. And what were these big ass projectors sticking on the walls? White Men Can’t Jump.
Kubrick would have been proud of this installation.
The real shame of it is that he didn’t have an oppurtunity to see Money Train before he passed away because he was too busy working on Eyes Wide Shut
Little known fact, Kubrick’s mama was an astronaut.
His mama was too drunk to be an astronaut.
Citizen Kane over Soul Plane? Pssh there goes his credibility
Mein Fuhrer, I Can Jump.
I have no idea where I read this, but supposedly, when Kubrick was first working on Eyes Wide Shut in the early 80′s, he wanted Steve Martin to star. Not so weird now that he’s done some dramatic films, but kinda odd if the only big movie he’d done at that time was The Jerk. Can anyone confirm this? Ima go google now and try to link something…
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No, that would have been very, very weird.
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