Film Quizzes

[leroysghost]

anyone else up for a little procrastination?

let's get nerdy:
1) Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie.

2) Movie seen only on home format that you would pay to see on the biggest movie screen possible? (Question submitted by Peter Nellhaus)

3) Japan or France? (Question submitted by Bob Westal)

4) Favorite moment/line from a western.

5) Of all the arts the movies draw upon to become what they are, which is the most important, or the one you value most?

6) Most misunderstood movie of the 2000s (The Naughties?).

7) Name a filmmaker/actor/actress/film you once unashamedly loved who has fallen furthest in your esteem.

8) Herbert Lom or Patrick Magee?

9) Which is your least favorite David Lynch film (Submitted by Tony Dayoub)

10) Gordon Willis or Conrad Hall? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)

11) Second favorite Don Siegel movie.

12) Last movie you saw on DVD/Blu-ray? In theaters?

13) Which DVD in your private collection screams hardest to be replaced by a Blu-ray? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)

14) Eddie Deezen or Christopher Mintz-Plasse?

15) Actor/actress who you feel automatically elevates whatever project they are in, or whom you would watch in virtually anything.

16) Fight Club -- yes or no?

17) Teresa Wright or Olivia De Havilland?

18) Favorite moment/line from a film noir.

19) Best (or worst) death scene involving an obvious dummy substituting for a human or any other unsuccessful special effect(s)—see the wonderful blog Destructible Man for inspiration.

20) What's the least you've spent on a film and still regretted it? (Submitted by Lucas McNelly)

21) Van Johnson or Van Heflin?

22) Favorite Alan Rudolph film.

23) Name a documentary that you believe more people should see.

24) In deference to this quiz’s professor, name a favorite film which revolves around someone becoming stranded.

25) Is there a moment when your knowledge of film, or lack thereof, caused you an unusual degree of embarrassment and/or humiliation? If so, please share.

26) Ann Sheridan or Geraldine Fitzgerald? (Submitted by Larry Aydlette)

27) Do you or any of your family members physically resemble movie actors or other notable figures in the film world? If so, who?

28) Is there a movie you have purposely avoided seeing? If so, why?

29) Movie with the most palpable or otherwise effective wintry atmosphere or ambience.

30) Gerrit Graham or Jeffrey Jones?

31) The best cinematic antidote to a cultural stereotype (sexual, political, regional, whatever).

32) Second favorite John Wayne movie.

33) Favorite movie car chase.

34) In the spirit of His Girl Friday, propose a gender-switched remake of a classic or not-so-classic film. (Submitted by Patrick Robbins)

35) Barbara Rhoades or Barbara Feldon?

36) Favorite Andre De Toth movie.

37) If you could take one filmmaker's entire body of work and erase it from all time and memory, as if it had never happened, whose oeuvre would it be? (Submitted by Tom Sutpen)

38) Name a film you actively hated when you first encountered it, only to see it again later in life and fall in love with it.

39) Max Ophuls or Marcel Ophuls? (Submitted by Tom Sutpen)

40) In which club would you most want an active membership, the Delta Tau Chi fraternity, the Cutters or the Warriors? And which member would you most resemble, either physically or in personality?

41) Your favorite movie cliché.

42) Vincente Minnelli or Stanley Donen? (Submitted by Bob Westal)

43) Favorite Christmas-themed horror movie or sequence.

44) Favorite moment of self- or selfless sacrifice in a movie.

45) If you were the cinematic Spanish Inquisition, which movie cult (or cult movie) would you decimate? (Submitted by Bob Westal)

46) Caroline Munro or Veronica Carlson?

47) Favorite eye-patch wearing director. (Submitted by Patty Cozzalio)

48) Favorite ambiguous movie ending. (Original somewhat ambiguous submission---“Something about ambiguous movie endings!”-- by Jim Emerson, who may have some inspiration of his own to offer you.)

49) In giving thanks for the movies this year, what are you most thankful for?

50) George Kennedy or Alan North? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)
(pulled from Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: http://sergioleoneifr.blogspot.com/2009 ... stors.html)

[Dan Warburton]

anyone else up for a little procrastination?

Sure, but I don't know half the names you mention!

1) Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie.

Fargo, probably.

2) Movie seen only on home format that you would pay to see on the biggest movie screen possible?

Just about all of 'em. Days of Heaven maybe, or Walkabout.

3) Japan or France?

Serious?

4) Favorite moment/line from a western.

When it starts raining in 3.10 to Yuma. Or the last minute of The Shooting. Actually, there are millions. Next question.

8) Herbert Lom or Patrick Magee?

Oh, Magee for sure. In The Birthday Party especially.

9) Which is your least favorite David Lynch film

Dune

10) Gordon Willis or Conrad Hall?

Can I have Nestor Almendros instead?

11) Second favorite Don Siegel movie.

Coogan's Bluff

12) Last movie you saw in theaters?

Inception, and I've still got a headache.

15) Actor/actress who you feel automatically elevates whatever project they are in, or whom you would watch in virtually anything.

Warren Oates, probably.

16) Fight Club -- yes or no?

Probably in the minority here, but I'll say yes.

17) Teresa Wright or Olivia De Havilland?

Both far too nice.. can I have Marie Windsor instead?

18) Favorite moment/line from a film noir.

Don't be daft, this'll take the rest of the week. You first.
That's enough for now; I got emails to answer here. Back later.

[prowler]

1) Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie. - the big lebowski

2) Movie seen only on home format that you would pay to see on the biggest movie screen possible? (Question submitted by Peter Nellhaus) - 2001

3) Japan or France? (Question submitted by Bob Westal) - japan

4) Favorite moment/line from a western. - 'the unforgiven' ending

5) Of all the arts the movies draw upon to become what they are, which is the most important, or the one you value most? - uh the.. visual arts?

6) Most misunderstood movie of the 2000s (The Naughties?). - maybe 'tideland'

7) Name a filmmaker/actor/actress/film you once unashamedly loved who has fallen furthest in your esteem. - tim burton? can't say i _loved_ him but he's been downhill for a long time

9) Which is your least favorite David Lynch film (Submitted by Tony Dayoub) - dune

12) Last movie you saw on DVD/Blu-ray? In theaters? - dvd: the thin red line. in theaters: his girl friday. (last new release: 'tuesday, after christmas')

13) Which DVD in your private collection screams hardest to be replaced by a Blu-ray? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom) - none, i don't do bluray (yet)

15) Actor/actress who you feel automatically elevates whatever project they are in, or whom you would watch in virtually anything. - peter falk

16) Fight Club -- yes or no? - nah

17) Teresa Wright or Olivia De Havilland? - olivia

18) Favorite moment/line from a film noir. - maybe the final scene between fred and barbara in 'double indemnity'

20) What's the least you've spent on a film and still regretted it? (Submitted by Lucas McNelly) - zero. i snuck in to see 10,000 BC once

23) Name a documentary that you believe more people should see. - 'the pervert's guide to cinema'

24) In deference to this quiz’s professor, name a favorite film which revolves around someone becoming stranded. - not sure this counts, 'woman in the dunes' ?

27) Do you or any of your family members physically resemble movie actors or other notable figures in the film world? If so, who? - had an uncle who resembled michael douglas

28) Is there a movie you have purposely avoided seeing? If so, why? - pretty much everything involving susan sarandon or meryl streep

29) Movie with the most palpable or otherwise effective wintry atmosphere or ambience. - 'the human condition III' maybe

30) Gerrit Graham or Jeffrey Jones? - jones

33) Favorite movie car chase. - not a fan, first one that comes to mind is from 'death proof'

37) If you could take one filmmaker's entire body of work and erase it from all time and memory, as if it had never happened, whose oeuvre would it be? (Submitted by Tom Sutpen) - that doesn't sound so fun

38) Name a film you actively hated when you first encountered it, only to see it again later in life and fall in love with it. - not old enough to have had this happen

41) Your favorite movie cliché. - whenever someone's coughing in a movie you can bet they'll die of cancer or pneumonia by the end

42) Vincente Minnelli or Stanley Donen? (Submitted by Bob Westal) - minelli

44) Favorite moment of self- or selfless sacrifice in a movie. - 'the passion of joan of arc'

45) If you were the cinematic Spanish Inquisition, which movie cult (or cult movie) would you decimate? (Submitted by Bob Westal) - sure there's no merit to something like the 'twilight' madness, but something else would just take its place

48) Favorite ambiguous movie ending. (Original somewhat ambiguous submission---“Something about ambiguous movie endings!”-- by Jim Emerson, who may have some inspiration of his own to offer you.) - i recently watched 'detour' so i'll go with that

50) George Kennedy or Alan North? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom) - kennedy


this took way longer than it should have

[Dan Warburton]

19) Best (or worst) death scene involving an obvious dummy substituting for a human or any other unsuccessful special effect(s)—see the wonderful blog Destructible Man for inspiration.

I'd have to think about think, but I reckon Roger Corman would probably walk away with the prize.

21) Van Johnson or Van Heflin?

Reminds me I should try watching Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo listening to the Pere Ubu song of the same name. No, seriously, I'll go for Heflin (back on the 3.10 to Yuma again)

22) Favorite Alan Rudolph film.

The Moderns, but unless I'm mistaken it's the only Alan Rudolph film I've seen

23) Name a documentary that you believe more people should see.

Joseph Strick, Interviews with My Lai Veterans, 1971
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065894/

24) In deference to this quiz’s professor, name a favorite film which revolves around someone becoming stranded.

Roman Polanski, Cul-de-Sac, 1966

25) Is there a moment when your knowledge of film, or lack thereof, caused you an unusual degree of embarrassment and/or humiliation? If so, please share.

No comment

26) Ann Sheridan or Geraldine Fitzgerald?

Can I have Anne Baxter instead?

27) Do you or any of your family members physically resemble movie actors or other notable figures in the film world? If so, who?

On a bad morning I look like some of those guys in On The Bowery (see other thread).

28) Is there a movie you have purposely avoided seeing? If so, why?

I waited long years before braving Pasolini's Salo, and still haven't seen the DVD of it I bought three years ago.

29) Movie with the most palpable or otherwise effective wintry atmosphere or ambience.

I like Sam Raimi's A Simple Plan (1998)

32) Second favorite John Wayne movie.

Howard Hawks, Red River, 1948

33) Favorite movie car chase.

Can't decide between Bullitt, Vanishing Point and Death Proof

37) If you could take one filmmaker's entire body of work and erase it from all time and memory, as if it had never happened, whose oeuvre would it be?

Robert Rodriguez

38) Name a film you actively hated when you first encountered it, only to see it again later in life and fall in love with it.

Two-Lane Blacktop

42) Vincente Minnelli or Stanley Donen?

Stanley, every time.

44) Favorite moment of self- or selfless sacrifice in a movie.

Gran Torino

45) If you were the cinematic Spanish Inquisition, which movie cult (or cult movie) would you decimate?

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.

47) Favorite eye-patch wearing director.

[leroysghost]

1) Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie.
Fargo.
2) Movie seen only on home format that you would pay to see on the biggest movie screen possible? (Question submitted by Peter Nellhaus)
Andrei Rublev.
3) Japan or France? (Question submitted by Bob Westal)
Hiroshima Mon Amour.
4) Favorite moment/line from a western.
far too many great lines to choose from, but i think i'll go with Frank's use of "Hello" as an acknowledgement in The Tall T.
5) Of all the arts the movies draw upon to become what they are, which is the most important, or the one you value most?
any/all. poor writing can ruin a perfectly nice looking movie for me.
6) Most misunderstood movie of the 2000s (The Naughties?).
Speed Racer, maybe The Village?
7) Name a filmmaker/actor/actress/film you once unashamedly loved who has fallen furthest in your esteem.
Dr. Strangelove.
8) Herbert Lom or Patrick Magee?
tough but i'll have to go with Lom.
9) Which is your least favorite David Lynch film (Submitted by Tony Dayoub)
The Elephant Man.
10) Gordon Willis or Conrad Hall? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)
Hall, Willis is awful.
11) Second favorite Don Siegel movie.
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (the '55 cut). it's only just behind The Beguiled and essentially tied with Hell Is For Heroes and The Lineup tho
12) Last movie you saw on DVD/Blu-ray? In theaters?
Drunken Angel on DVD, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno in theaters.
13) Which DVD in your private collection screams hardest to be replaced by a Blu-ray? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)
my DVD collection is both mute and miniscule.
14) Eddie Deezen or Christopher Mintz-Plasse?
fuck McLovin, Mandark ftw.
15) Actor/actress who you feel automatically elevates whatever project they are in, or whom you would watch in virtually anything.
Samantha Morton.
16) Fight Club -- yes or no?
no.
17) Teresa Wright or Olivia De Havilland?
virtually anyone > Olivia De Havilland.
18) Favorite moment/line from a film noir.
again, far too many to choose from. maybe the ending of Night and the City (i've got Lom on the mind now).
19) Best (or worst) death scene involving an obvious dummy substituting for a human or any other unsuccessful special effect(s)—see the wonderful blog Destructible Man for inspiration.
Angel Face=both best and worst at the same time.
20) What's the least you've spent on a film and still regretted it? (Submitted by Lucas McNelly)
what's the least amount of time you've spent on a quiz question and still regretted it?
21) Van Johnson or Van Heflin?
Van "The Prowler" Heflin. easy.
22) Favorite Alan Rudolph film.
haven't seen any
23) Name a documentary that you believe more people should see.
The Bridge.
24) In deference to this quiz’s professor, name a favorite film which revolves around someone becoming stranded.
tough one, maybe Aguirre/Julianes Sturz in den Dschungel? also The Thing
25) Is there a moment when your knowledge of film, or lack thereof, caused you an unusual degree of embarrassment and/or humiliation? If so, please share.
right now, but it is just the usual degree...
26) Ann Sheridan or Geraldine Fitzgerald? (Submitted by Larry Aydlette)
Ann Sheridan, don't think i've seen Fitzgerald in anything.
27) Do you or any of your family members physically resemble movie actors or other notable figures in the film world? If so, who?
my dad looks like Richard Dreyfuss.
28) Is there a movie you have purposely avoided seeing? If so, why?
Avatar, for obvious reasons.
29) Movie with the most palpable or otherwise effective wintry atmosphere or ambience.
probably Day of the Outlaw. also The Thing
30) Gerrit Graham or Jeffrey Jones?
as much as i wish it were otherwise...Jeffrey Jones.
31) The best cinematic antidote to a cultural stereotype (sexual, political, regional, whatever).
Blackface.
32) Second favorite John Wayne movie.
Hatari!
33) Favorite movie car chase.
yeah, Bullitt.
34) In the spirit of His Girl Friday, propose a gender-switched remake of a classic or not-so-classic film. (Submitted by Patrick Robbins)
The 39 Steps with two guys, obvs.
35) Barbara Rhoades or Barbara Feldon?
no opinion on either.
36) Favorite Andre De Toth movie.
so hard to choose. Play Dirty i guess.
37) If you could take one filmmaker's entire body of work and erase it from all time and memory, as if it had never happened, whose oeuvre would it be? (Submitted by Tom Sutpen)
D.W. Griffith (just to see if anything would change. i have the sneaking suspicion that precious little would...).
38) Name a film you actively hated when you first encountered it, only to see it again later in life and fall in love with it.
The Quiet Man.
39) Max Ophuls or Marcel Ophuls? (Submitted by Tom Sutpen)
Max, on the basis of begetting.
40) In which club would you most want an active membership, the Delta Tau Chi fraternity, the Cutters or the Warriors? And which member would you most resemble, either physically or in personality?
by process of elimination: The Warriors and Mercy.
41) Your favorite movie cliché.
mirrors, the denouement.
42) Vincente Minnelli or Stanley Donen? (Submitted by Bob Westal)
definitely Donen.
43) Favorite Christmas-themed horror movie or sequence.
You Better Watch Out
44) Favorite moment of self- or selfless sacrifice in a movie.
Offret.
45) If you were the cinematic Spanish Inquisition, which movie cult (or cult movie) would you decimate? (Submitted by Bob Westal)
Goodfellas, Big Lebowski, Repo Man.
46) Caroline Munro or Veronica Carlson?
no opinion on either.
47) Favorite eye-patch wearing director. (Submitted by Patty Cozzalio)
de Toth.
48) Favorite ambiguous movie ending. (Original somewhat ambiguous submission---“Something about ambiguous movie endings!”-- by Jim Emerson, who may have some inspiration of his own to offer you.)
i don't have a favorite, but also The Thing
49) In giving thanks for the movies this year, what are you most thankful for?
Netflix.
50) George Kennedy or Alan North? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)
George Kennedy on account of Police Squad.

[surfer]

anyone else up for a little procrastination?

let's get nerdy:
1) Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie.

Barton Fink

2) Movie seen only on home format that you would pay to see on the biggest movie screen possible? (Question submitted by Peter Nellhaus)

Lawrence of Arabia

3) Japan or France? (Question submitted by Bob Westal)

in terms of movies? probably France

4) Favorite moment/line from a western.

pass. not really a western guy

5) Of all the arts the movies draw upon to become what they are, which is the most important, or the one you value most?

photography, followed closely by screenwriting

6) Most misunderstood movie of the 2000s (The Naughties?).

Technically from '99, but I'll say Eyes Wide Shut

7) Name a filmmaker/actor/actress/film you once unashamedly loved who has fallen furthest in your esteem.

Maybe Woody Allen? tough one

8) Herbert Lom or Patrick Magee?

pass

9) Which is your least favorite David Lynch film (Submitted by Tony Dayoub)

Dune is the only acceptable answer here

10) Gordon Willis or Conrad Hall? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)

Gordon Willis I guess, if only for The Godfather.

11) Second favorite Don Siegel movie.

Never seen a Don Siegel movie

12) Last movie you saw on DVD/Blu-ray? In theaters?

on DVD: Bronson, in theatres: Inception

13) Which DVD in your private collection screams hardest to be replaced by a Blu-ray? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)

The only DVDs I have in my private collection are Trois Coleurs and Double Life of Veronique.

14) Eddie Deezen or Christopher Mintz-Plasse?

ugh. gimme McLovin with fries I guess.

15) Actor/actress who you feel automatically elevates whatever project they are in, or whom you would watch in virtually anything.

Juliette Binoche

16) Fight Club -- yes or no?

god no

17) Teresa Wright or Olivia De Havilland?

who the fuck are these people? can we get some people who arent dead?

18) Favorite moment/line from a film noir.

Not much of a noir guy, but how about "Death's at the bottom of everything, Martins." from Third Man.

19) Best (or worst) death scene involving an obvious dummy substituting for a human or any other unsuccessful special effect(s)—see the wonderful blog Destructible Man for inspiration.

Ha ha, the end of Pierrot le Fou where he straps dynamite aroudn his head:

20) What's the least you've spent on a film and still regretted it? (Submitted by Lucas McNelly)

Whatever I spent on Slumdog Millionaire.

21) Van Johnson or Van Heflin?

see #17

22) Favorite Alan Rudolph film.

Never seen an Alan Rudolph film

23) Name a documentary that you believe more people should see.

Yikes, good one. 1) Hoop Dreams 2) Inconvenient Truth 3) Sicko 4) Devil Came On Horseback

24) In deference to this quiz’s professor, name a favorite film which revolves around someone becoming stranded.

tough one, first thing that comes to mind is 2001: A Space Odyssey

25) Is there a moment when your knowledge of film, or lack thereof, caused you an unusual degree of embarrassment and/or humiliation? If so, please share.

Other than the fact that I've never seen a Don Siegel movie?

26) Ann Sheridan or Geraldine Fitzgerald? (Submitted by Larry Aydlette)

27) Do you or any of your family members physically resemble movie actors or other notable figures in the film world? If so, who?

I've been told I resemble Matthew Modine (bonus question, when was the last time he was - or has he ever been - in a good movie?)

28) Is there a movie you have purposely avoided seeing? If so, why?

Avatar

29) Movie with the most palpable or otherwise effective wintry atmosphere or ambience.

I was going to say A Simple Plan too, but Dan beat me to it, so I'll say either Frozen River, or Sweet Hereafter.

30) Gerrit Graham or Jeffrey Jones?

Um Jeffrey "Bueller" Jones was arrested on child pornography charges. So........I'm goin with Gerrit, though I've never seen anything he's been in.

31) The best cinematic antidote to a cultural stereotype (sexual, political, regional, whatever).

Wow, really hard. Nothing coming to mind. Dogtown and Z-Boys?

32) Second favorite John Wayne movie.

Only seen The Searchers and Red River, and The Searchers was better.

33) Favorite movie car chase.

Easy to pick French Connection, which is great and has been parodied many times, but if I'm honest with myself, its the one in Children of Men. heart-stopping.

34) In the spirit of His Girl Friday, propose a gender-switched remake of a classic or not-so-classic film. (Submitted by Patrick Robbins)

Bronson, starring Angelina Jolie.

35) Barbara Rhoades or Barbara Feldon?

Barbara Hershey

36) Favorite Andre De Toth movie.

ummmmm

37) If you could take one filmmaker's entire body of work and erase it from all time and memory, as if it had never happened, whose oeuvre would it be? (Submitted by Tom Sutpen)

Oliver Stone? tough one

38) Name a film you actively hated when you first encountered it, only to see it again later in life and fall in love with it.

Not sure if that's ever happened to me.

39) Max Ophuls or Marcel Ophuls? (Submitted by Tom Sutpen)

pass

40) In which club would you most want an active membership, the Delta Tau Chi fraternity, the Cutters or the Warriors? And which member would you most resemble, either physically or in personality?

God, Breaking Away is probably my dad's favorite movie (he grew up in Southern Illinois) but I'll take Otter and the boys.

41) Your favorite movie cliché.

Will Ferrell, he's a walking cliche. But I still like him somewhat.

42) Vincente Minnelli or Stanley Donen? (Submitted by Bob Westal)

pass

43) Favorite Christmas-themed horror movie or sequence.

Ending of In Bruges, arent the dwarfs in some sort of holiday skit when Ralph Fiennes blows his own head off?

44) Favorite moment of self- or selfless sacrifice in a movie.

I dont know about favorite but (other than Pierrot le Fou), that scene in Cache.

45) If you were the cinematic Spanish Inquisition, which movie cult (or cult movie) would you decimate? (Submitted by Bob Westal)

Rocky Horror

46) Caroline Munro or Veronica Carlson?

eye candy

47) Favorite eye-patch wearing director. (Submitted by Patty Cozzalio)

Herzog wore a patch at one time didnt he? no?

48) Favorite ambiguous movie ending. (Original somewhat ambiguous submission---“Something about ambiguous movie endings!”-- by Jim Emerson, who may have some inspiration of his own to offer you.)

So many to chose from. L'Eclisse?

49) In giving thanks for the movies this year, what are you most thankful for?

Netflix really has been a godsend. Its hard to even remember going to the local corner VHS store and staring forlornly at the 12 titles in the Foreign section.

50) George Kennedy or Alan North? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)
(pulled from Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: http://sergioleoneifr.blogspot.com/2009 ... stors.html)[/quote]

George Kennedy!

[surfer]

23) Name a documentary that you believe more people should see.
The Bridge.

Good choice, totally forgot about that one.

[surfer]

Warren Oates, probably.

Sergeant Hulka isn't always gonna be here to be that big toe for us, Dan.

[surfer]

27) Do you or any of your family members physically resemble movie actors or other notable figures in the film world? If so, who?
my dad looks like Richard Dreyfuss.

My dad, up until about 10-15 years ago, was the spitting image of 70s Gene Hackman. really.

[Wombatz]

Only the ones that mean anything to me:

2) Movie seen only on home format that you would pay to see on the biggest movie screen possible?
Fantastic Voyage
4) Favorite moment/line from a western.
Terence Hill eating a panful of beans in They Call Me Trinity
7) Name a filmmaker/actor/actress/film you once unashamedly loved who has fallen furthest in your esteem.
Nicolas Roeg, probably (rewatched some recently, and he just doesn’t seem to have IT like he used to)
9) Which is your least favorite David Lynch film
Elephant Man
11) Second favorite Don Siegel movie.
Makes no sense without knowing the favorite, so 1 Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 2 Coogan’s Bluff
12) Last movie you saw on DVD/Blu-ray? In theaters?
Lancelot of the Lake / Inception too, unfortunately
15) Actor/actress who you feel automatically elevates whatever project they are in, or whom you would watch in virtually anything.
Vincent Price
16) Fight Club -- yes or no?
Yes. Does this stand for something I’m not aware of?
17) Teresa Wright or Olivia De Havilland?
Maid Marian
18) Favorite moment/line from a film noir.
Maybe the beginning of D.O.A
22) Favorite Alan Rudolph film.
I’ll go with Trouble in Mind, since I’ve reseen that recently and it still is a strange movie. Some of them are difficult to get, but he used to be a pretty great director
26) Ann Sheridan or Geraldine Fitzgerald? (Submitted by Larry Aydlette)
Geraldine Fitzgerald got slobbered over by an oily Olivier in Wuthering Heights. That equals kissing a garlic-chewing Clark Gable in the name of art for heroism (also see point 17)
29) Movie with the most palpable or otherwise effective wintry atmosphere or ambience.
Nanook of the North
32) Second favorite John Wayne movie.
Not a great fan, but I like the late ones where he gets shot off horses by women and the like
33) Favorite movie car chase.
1 Duel (though the movie isn’t that great, but movies with cars as stars tend not to be), 2 Point Blank
34) In the spirit of His Girl Friday, propose a gender-switched remake of a classic or not-so-classic film.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is a classic inherently gender-switched film. It also has Van Heflin, so I’ll go with him over the other Van
36) Favorite Andre De Toth movie.
I’m only aware of House of Wax, but that one needed Vincent Price in it
37) If you could take one filmmaker's entire body of work and erase it from all time and memory, as if it had never happened, whose oeuvre would it be?
It might make more sense to retrospectively smother Will H. Hays in the cradle
38) Name a film you actively hated when you first encountered it, only to see it again later in life and fall in love with it.
I’m pretty loyal in my hates. If that counts, I once thought Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid was so pointless that I considered being offended, but last time I watched it was pretty involving (It helps that I’ve come around on Kris Kristofferson)
41) Your favorite movie cliché.
The Bogart lip
42) Vincente Minnelli or Stanley Donen?
Well, Minnelli titled an Iggy Pop record, so that’s something, but on the whole, no thanks to both
44) Favorite moment of self- or selfless sacrifice in a movie.
We can’t of course be sure, but Cagney when he starts screaming for educational purposes while being dragged to the death chamber in Angels with Dirty Faces
45) If you were the cinematic Spanish Inquisition, which movie cult (or cult movie) would you decimate? (Submitted by Bob Westal)
Arthouse cinema. You know, all the films I can’t remember anymore that are about oh so individual people with real life emotions who live in places you might want to consider for individualistic tourism that have the funniest or saddest things (doesn’t matter which) happening to them...
47) Favorite eye-patch wearing director.
Of the four I think I can think of, hands down Raoul Walsh
48) Favorite ambiguous movie ending.
The Ghost and Mrs Muir. Which isn’t ambiguous in story-telling terms, it just leaves you delightfully alone

[leroysghost]

27) Do you or any of your family members physically resemble movie actors or other notable figures in the film world? If so, who?

I've been told I resemble Matthew Modine (bonus question, when was the last time he was - or has he ever been - in a good movie?)

Full Metal Jacket and Short Cuts?

33) Favorite movie car chase.

Children of Men. heart-stopping.

good call. it's a shame that you always have to remind me that this movie exists but that scene is the most memorable part.

45) If you were the cinematic Spanish Inquisition, which movie cult (or cult movie) would you decimate? (Submitted by Bob Westal)

Rocky Horror

keep the movie, lose the cult.

47) Favorite eye-patch wearing director. (Submitted by Patty Cozzalio)

Herzog wore a patch at one time didnt he? no?

not that i know of. André de Toth, Fritz Lang, John Ford, Nicholas Ray and Raoul Walsh are the ones that generally come up.

[surfer]

27) Do you or any of your family members physically resemble movie actors or other notable figures in the film world? If so, who?

I've been told I resemble Matthew Modine (bonus question, when was the last time he was - or has he ever been - in a good movie?)

Full Metal Jacket and Short Cuts?

Gah, forgot he was in both of these.

[prowler]

7) Name a filmmaker/actor/actress/film you once unashamedly loved who has fallen furthest in your esteem.
Dr. Strangelove.

what why

[leroysghost]

i'm not entirely sure. it's hard to explain why something that you found so clever and funny as a young person now appears totally broad and obvious, it just does.

[MRS]

1) Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie.

Barton Fink

2) Movie seen only on home format that you would pay to see on the biggest movie screen possible? (Question submitted by Peter Nellhaus)

Nostalghia

4) Favorite moment/line from a western.

Magnificent Seven

Lee (Vaughn): You need men for a job down in Mexico.
Chris (Brynner): That's right.
Lee: How long?
Chris: Four, six weeks.
Lee: How much does the job pay?
Chris: I thought you were looking for the Johnson brothers.
Lee: I found them. How much does the job pay?

Searchers, after shooting the dead indian's eyes out

Rev. Clayton (Bond): Now what good that do ya Ethan?
Ethan: By what you preach none. By what that Comanch believes -- ain't got no eyes, can't enter the spirit land, has to wander forever between the winds. You get it Reverend. Come on blankethead [to Marty].

7) Name a filmmaker/actor/actress/film you once unashamedly loved who has fallen furthest in your esteem.

Raintree County

10) Gordon Willis or Conrad Hall? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)

Hall

11) Second favorite Don Siegel movie.

Telefon

12) Last movie you saw on DVD/Blu-ray? In theaters?

The Tall T
Olivier, Olivier

14) Eddie Deezen or Christopher Mintz-Plasse?

Deezen

15) Actor/actress who you feel automatically elevates whatever project they are in, or whom you would watch in virtually anything.

Tom Wilkinson

17) Teresa Wright or Olivia De Havilland?

Wright

18) Favorite moment/line from a film noir.

Where The Sidewalk Ends

Martha [proprietor]: You know, I like places like this that specialize in good food instead of headwaiters.
Det. Dixon (Andrews): It's the worst food in town, but don't worry. They usually serve a stomach pump with the dessert.
Martha: Who invited you to come to my restaurant, Mr. Detective? Not me!
Dixon: Martha's the head of a ring of burglars. My presence makes her nervous.
Martha: Yeah, last night we got a whole basketful of diamonds. You wanna see?
Dixon: Bring us two of your dangerous dinners, Martha.
Martha: You know how much I've been offered to poison this man?
Dixon: Ten dollars.
Martha: That's right. I'm holding out for fifteen. Two dinners. Do you want wine?
Dixon: Bring a small bottle.
Martha: Huh! Same old cheapskate!
Morgan (Tierney): [after Martha leaves] She adores you, doesn't she?
Martha: She ought to. I sent her husband up.
Morgan: Was he really a burglar?
Dixon: Wife beater.

20) What's the least you've spent on a film and still regretted it? (Submitted by Lucas McNelly)

Days Of Heaven

21) Van Johnson or Van Heflin?

Heflin

23) Name a documentary that you believe more people should see.

Charles Guggenheim's The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

24) In deference to this quiz’s professor, name a favorite film which revolves around someone becoming stranded.

Dersu Uzala

26) Ann Sheridan or Geraldine Fitzgerald? (Submitted by Larry Aydlette)

this is the best of these silly x or ys, dead heat, Black Legion v. Arthur

29) Movie with the most palpable or otherwise effective wintry atmosphere or ambience.

The Color Of Money

30) Gerrit Graham or Jeffrey Jones?

two inimitable faces

31) The best cinematic antidote to a cultural stereotype (sexual, political, regional, whatever).

Tsai Ming-liang for all four

32) Second favorite John Wayne movie.

Big Jake

33) Favorite movie car chase.

Blues Brothers

36) Favorite Andre De Toth movie.

Carson City

37) If you could take one filmmaker's entire body of work and erase it from all time and memory, as if it had never happened, whose oeuvre would it be? (Submitted by Tom Sutpen)

Mike Nichols

38) Name a film you actively hated when you first encountered it, only to see it again later in life and fall in love with it.

Band Of Angels

41) Your favorite movie cliché.

Michael Mann's use of the Mozambique Drill

42) Vincente Minnelli or Stanley Donen? (Submitted by Bob Westal)

Donen by a country mile

43) Favorite Christmas-themed horror movie or sequence.

now I have a machine gun
ho - ho - ho

44) Favorite moment of self- or selfless sacrifice in a movie.

all of the actors and crew of Stalker

47) Favorite eye-patch wearing director. (Submitted by Patty Cozzalio)

Ford

48) Favorite ambiguous movie ending. (Original somewhat ambiguous submission---“Something about ambiguous movie endings!”-- by Jim Emerson, who may have some inspiration of his own to offer you.)

Polanski's Macbeth

50) George Kennedy or Alan North? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)

Kennedy

[sevenarts]

Sergio Leone & the Infield Fly Rule is a great blog, I always love these quizzes. This one is about a year old, we're probably due for a new one soon. I posted my answers to this a while back when it was originally posted.

[leroysghost]

what's with all the Dune hate? Personally i think the Lynch cut works well as a movie (see also Alien Resurrection), but even disregarding that it has some nice touches at least (heart plugs, cat milking). how anyone can sit through The Elephant Man is beyond me.


anyhoo, new quiz (i changed the Blu-ray question to Netflix Instant):

1) Best Movie of 2010

2) Second-favorite Roman Polanski Movie

3) Jason Statham or Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

4) Favorite movie that could be classified as a genre hybrid

5) How important is foreknowledge of a film’s production history? Should it factor into one’s reaction to a film?

6) William Powell & Myrna Loy or Cary Grant & Irene Dunne

7) Best Actor of 2010

8) Most important lesson learned from the past decade of watching movies

9) Last movie seen (DVD/Netflix Instant/theater)

10) Most appropriate punishment for director Tom Six

11) Best under-the-radar movie almost no one else has had the chance to see

12) Sheree North or Angie Dickinson

13) Favorite nakedly autobiographical movie

14) Movie which best evokes a specific real-life place

15) Best Director of 2010

16) Second-favorite Farrelly Brothers Movie

17) Favorite holiday movie

18) Best Actress of 2010

19) Joe Don Baker or Bo Svenson

20) Of those notable figures in the world of the movies who died in 2010, name the one you’ll miss the most

21) Think of a movie with a notable musical score and describe what it might feel like without that accompaniment.

22) Best Screenplay of 2010

23) Movie You Feel Most Evangelistic About Right Now

24) Worst/funniest movie accent ever

25) Best Cinematography of 2010

26) Olivia Wilde or Gemma Arterton

27) Name the three best movies you saw for the first time in 2010 (Thanks, Larry!)

28) Best romantic movie couple of 2010

29) Favorite shock/surprise ending

30) Best cinematic reason to have stayed home and read a book in 2010

31) Movies in 2011 could make me much happier if they’d only

[leroysghost]

1) Best Movie of 2010
I Saw The Devil
2) Second-favorite Roman Polanski Movie
Macbeth
3) Jason Statham or Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
both are expendable (but good)
4) Favorite movie that could be classified as a genre hybrid
anything but Blade Runner
5) How important is foreknowledge of a film’s production history? Should it factor into one’s reaction to a film?
not a whit. can be quite useful afterwards however
6) William Powell & Myrna Loy or Cary Grant & Irene Dunne
haha love the Asta connection. Dunn and done (plus Asta gives a better performance in The Awful Truth)
7) Best Actor of 2010
Jeff Bridges and Natalie Portman are the obvious choices, but i would probably go with Will Forte
8) Most important lesson learned from the past decade of watching movies
that there are far too many movies out so attempting to watch every movie someone somewhere says is good is futile
9) Last movie seen (DVD/Netflix Instant/theater)
City Girl/The Complete Metropolis (still terrible)/True Grit
10) Most appropriate punishment for director Tom Six
deep six him
11) Best under-the-radar movie almost no one else has had the chance to see
who's to say, really? maybe Stranded in Canton?
12) Sheree North or Angie Dickinson
i think this is supposed to be a Don Siegel question, but given that i love Rio Bravo and have never seen Sheree North in anything...
13) Favorite nakedly autobiographical movie
All That Jazz
14) Movie which best evokes a specific real-life place
The Friends Of Eddie Coyle
15) Best Director of 2010
tentatively Herzog
16) Second-favorite Farrelly Brothers Movie
n/a
17) Favorite holiday movie
Blast of Silence. kudos for anyone who can come up with a non-christmas holiday movie
18) Best Actress of 2010
Natalie Portman
19) Joe Don Baker or Bo Svenson
who gives a shit about Walking Tall? give me Reality Bites and The Living Daylights
20) Of those notable figures in the world of the movies who died in 2010, name the one you’ll miss the most
i guess the ones that were still working
21) Think of a movie with a notable musical score and describe what it might feel like without that accompaniment.
There Will Be Blood. nuff said
22) Best Screenplay of 2010
True Grit, on account of it being book i guess
23) Movie You Feel Most Evangelistic About Right Now
i wanted to think of some obscure amazing film, but if i'm being totally honest really it's Black Swan
24) Worst/funniest movie accent ever
Renault or Clouseau
25) Best Cinematography of 2010
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
26) Olivia Wilde or Gemma Arterton
Olivia Wilde
27) Name the three best movies you saw for the first time in 2010 (Thanks, Larry!)
impossible. i saw too many good movies this year
28) Best romantic movie couple of 2010
Amy Ryan and Philip Seymour Hoffman
29) Favorite shock/surprise ending
Night Moves
30) Best cinematic reason to have stayed home and read a book in 2010
The lack of good films
31) Movies in 2011 could make me much happier if they’d only
Release Gok Kim's Exhausted in the U.S. so i can find out if it's any good (edit: it's not)

[surfer]

1) Best Movie of 2010

pass, didnt see any movies this year due to lack of babysitting funds.

2) Second-favorite Roman Polanski Movie

Knife in the Water

5) How important is foreknowledge of a film’s production history? Should it factor into one’s reaction to a film?

Dont care in the least

8) Most important lesson learned from the past decade of watching movies

Hollywood stars are in too many movies. There needs to be a quota. I'm sick of looking at half of them.

9) Last movie seen (DVD/Netflix Instant/theater)

Night Moves / never / Inception

11) Best under-the-radar movie almost no one else has had the chance to see

Lili and the baobab

13) Favorite nakedly autobiographical movie

8 1/2

14) Movie which best evokes a specific real-life place

The Constant Gardner

17) Favorite holiday movie

Bad Santa, hon. men. In Bruges

20) Of those notable figures in the world of the movies who died in 2010, name the one you’ll miss the most

Corey Haim

24) Worst/funniest movie accent ever

Kevin Costner's (all of them)

27) Name the three best movies you saw for the first time in 2010 (Thanks, Larry!)

White Ribbon, Lorna's Silence, Silent Light, Syndromes and a Century

29) Favorite shock/surprise ending

The only acceptable answer here is A Ma Soeur aka "Fat Girl" if you've seen it.

30) Best cinematic reason to have stayed home and read a book in 2010

Do you need a reason?

31) Movies in 2011 could make me much happier if they’d only

have free child care as part of the ticket price

[leroysghost]

29) Favorite shock/surprise ending

The only acceptable answer here is A Ma Soeur aka "Fat Girl" if you've seen it.

worst american re-title ever. i don't think it's fair to say it's the only answer. i'm sure there are plenty of films with surprise endings and i'd prefer variation over one single "acceptable" answer.