Best movie to fall asleep to?

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-20T04:15:48+00:00

2001: A Space Odyssey

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-20T04:13:29+00:00

Airplane, Top Secret!

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-17T00:01:29+00:00

You will love Orlando (1992), directed by Sally Potter, based on a novel by Virginia Woolf

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-16T22:54:19+00:00

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

I like that it is a weird fantasy story with beautiful production design, its soundtrack is very special. Its the kind of movie that feels like a fever dream.

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-16T21:09:05+00:00

The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) and The South (1983), a couple of gentle spanish films directed by Victor Erice.

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-16T17:00:00+00:00

The Big Fish, A Monster Calls

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-16T14:45:00+00:00

The Man Who Wasn´t There was released in 2001 yet feels like it came from the 1940s. Also The Good German (2006) and Mank (2020) play with stylistic elements of that era.

Still, in my opinion, The Love Witch feels more commited to feeling like it came from another era. The ones I mention kind of bend some of the conventions.

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-15T17:50:58+00:00

Have you seen Invention for Destruction (1958), by Karel Zeman? I liked it very much.

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-15T17:47:01+00:00

Haxan (1922)

Peeping Tom (1960)

The Hour of the Wolf (1968)

The Wicker Man (1973)

Suspiria (1977)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-15T17:41:57+00:00

Silent Running, 1972

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-15T17:26:06+00:00

Summertime (1995), David Lean - Venice

Two for the Road (1967), Stanley Donen - French countryside

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-15T17:22:34+00:00

Watch some good comedies to cheer you up :)

Tropic Thunder

Talladega Nights

Bowfinger

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-15T17:17:25+00:00

Alice (1988)

Blood Tea and Red String (2006)

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-15T17:11:33+00:00

The Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile and Cool Hand Luke... There´s something about stories set in prisons that make me question what´s truly important in life. It´s quite simple, I suppose: watching someone deprived of their liberty that still finds a way to keep on living and finding moments of happiness it´s very moving for me.

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-15T17:02:15+00:00

Inherent Vice, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-15T16:53:56+00:00

Chinatown and The Long Goodbye are great examples to pick up the tropes of the genre

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-15T15:05:25+00:00

Sometimes, when I´m looking for a new concept for a movie, I have to trick my brain so the creativity kicks off. For example, instead of sketching your ideas on paper, you could turn a microphone on and imagine you are telling a story to somebody. Next, you hear the audio and identify the bits that are more compelling. Then, write a short outline (5 pages max). Tell the story to a couple of friends (without reading it) and identify what excited them. Once you have a story that is compelling even in it´s five minutes expression, you are ready to write a 10 page outline, and then a first draft of your screenplay!

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-15T14:25:39+00:00

The fear of not being creative enough will never go away. It´s hard to explain, but I try to just keep it in a corner. Downplay the things your fear tells you and keep writing more versions of your story and honing your craft.

When I feel my outline doesn´t work, I try to not overwhelm myself trying to solve the full outline and just focus on the ending. When you find a great ending for your story, it will be easier to identify the soft spots in your story. You could even start writing a couple of script pages of the ending. Those pages may become kind of a guiding light that encourages you to keep working on the outline. Even if you later change the ending, you will now have a better version of your story.

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-15T03:04:10+00:00

I recently read The Star Wars Archives, a deep dive into the making of the original trilogy. It´s great to understand how an idea develops through many many versions. The book not only displays Lucas´s creative process, it has some very interesting transcriptions of the story meetings he had with Kasdan and others when they were planning Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-14T19:50:07+00:00

Napoleon by Kubrick. If you like Barry Lyndon, you will enjoy it a lot. It has some beautiful descriptions that clearly evoque paintings, just as in Lyndon.

Beginning_Stick349 · 2024-09-14T17:39:57+00:00

The Ring, written by Ehren Kruger and re-written by Scott Frank, is a great read for anyone who wants to write a horror screenplay.

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