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Vertigo (1958)


According to MedicineNet.com:

Vertigo is a feeling that you are dizzily turning around or that things are dizzily turning about you. Vertigo is usually due to a problem with the inner ear. Vertigo can also be caused by vision problems.

The word “vertigo” comes from the Latin “vertere”, to turn + the suffix “-igo”, a condition = a condition of turning about). Vertigo is medically distinct from dizziness, lightheadedness, and unsteadiness.

After a chase on the rooftops of San Francisco, John ‘Scottie’ Ferguson (James Stuart) starts suffering from it. He’s even afraid to get on small ladders. He has to quite his job and leaves the police force to become a private detective. He’s asked by an old friend to shadow his wife as she has been acting very strange lately. He takes the job and follows the woman everywhere she goes around San Francisco, which results in not only some beautiful shots of the city, but also a suspenseful thriller as only Hitchcock could make them. Continue reading →

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Mr. Nobody (2009) – Movie of the year?

What are the consequences of the choices you make? That’s the big question that’s asked in Mr. Nobody. It’s 2092 and Nemo Nobody is the last mortal man on earth. The rest of humanity has found a possibility to live forever (it’s not made clear why Nemo is not using it). At age 118 he’s big news as everyone is waiting for his death. A journalist manages to get into his room and ask him to tell about the life he has lived. Nemo starts his story and it seems like he’s not telling about his life, but about several different lives. Continue reading →

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My IMDB tens: Psycho (1960)

I was planning to continue with my existing IMDB tens list with the next movie that was already present on it, until i watched Psycho. So a new addition to my list (after E.T. and The Great Dictator).
I guess that’s what you get when you are slowly working your way through the IMDB top 250. What a movie this is.
Just like Rope, this is also a movie Hitchcock directed. I only knew one scene about this movie, which is the famous shower scene including the haunting music that accompanied it. I had no idea where in the movie this scene would show up, but thought it was probably near the ending. It turned out i was wrong about it and it just shows what kind of ideas you can have about a movie which you have not seen yet. Continue reading →

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My IMDB tens – ET the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)


E.T. was one of the big phenomena during the eigthies. It’s a movie which i remember well, as is was the first movie that made me shed a tear when i was a little boy. Watching the movie again after many years it felt like a warm blanket. I remembered so much of this movie that i was looking forward to each next scene to see if it was just as much fun as i remembered. I decided to watch the original version and not the rereleased 2002 version where various CGI shots were added. E.T. feels more real to me when moving around clumsily compared to a smooth moving computer generated being. Continue reading →

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My IMDB tens (movie 6): Goodfellas (1990)

“As far back as i can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.” Goodfellas by Scorsese, a movie with one hell of a cast. Robert de Niro, Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta play some of their best roles in their career. The movie shows the life of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) who grows up doing little jobs for the local mafia and grows in the organisation as the years progress. Of course this can’t happen without a lot of violence. Continue reading →

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My IMDB tens (Movie 5): Memento (2000)

Memento is a movie which, like Donnie Darko, makes you think. It’s also a movie which you shouldn’t watch when you are either tired or have troubles concentrating, because you will feel like the main character. He has no short-term memory and because of that can’t make new memories. To be able to live normally he has set up a system to make let himself know what he should do. Continue reading →

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My IMDB tens (movie 4): The Great Dictator (1940)

I can’t remember that I’ve watched a feature-length Charlie Chaplin movie before. Of course I knew him, as the man is an icon. This was the first movie I saw and he was a genius. A really amazing first contact with his movies.

This is the first Chaplin movie with sound, which he uses to great effect for both funny purposes as a political message for the whole world to hear. Continue reading →

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My IMDB tens (movie 3): District 9 (2009)

District 9 has impressed me. It’s a sci-fi movie with a very different style and story than your “standard” sci-fi movie. It shows the issues aliens are having, living in houses built from trash and not being accepted by anyone. The movie has been made for a relatively small budget (20 million), but looks great. The movie starts as a documentary, which is very original and it slowly morphs into a normal movie format. Continue reading →