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In The Godfather Trilogy, the camera lingers over 20 times on oranges. Some interpreted this presence as an indication of imminent death or danger for the character interacting with the fruit. “It started out as an accident”, said Coppola in DVD commentaries, “but once we realized we had used oranges so frequently in the first movie, we used them purposefully in the others.” 
The saga ends with Michael dying, an orange in his hand. [x]

‘While preparing for his role as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, De Niro obtained a cab driver’s license, and when on break would pick up a cab and drive around New York for a couple of weeks’ -Wikipedia

YES. THIS.

james-norrington:

So these are cult films. Cult films… are…. films… that… aksdjhfadf. They’re films that, apparently, a lot of people like. But apparently… not… people’s money. I don’t know what cult films are, I just know that they have fans that would defend them to the death. Consulted several lists for this for some movies, then just guessed the rest. If you disagree with any of the movies on this list, don’t come at me with pitchforks. I’m an ignorant fool ok. Ok. (Genre requested/suggested by eleventhbastard.) To watch online, copy-paste the url on address bar, then change megaupload to megavideo. As always, disclaimer: not all of the movie files are mine, but all of the links are.

1933 king kong
1946 it’s a wonderful life
1958 touch of evil
1960 psycho
1967 the graduate
1968 barbarella
1968 night of the living dead
1969 the wild bunch part 1 part 2
1970 el topo
1971 a clockwork orange
1974 the texas chainsaw massacre
1974 monty python and the holy grail
1975 the rocky horror picture show
1978 dawn of the dead
1978 animal house
1980 cannibal holocaust
1981 raiders of the lost ark
1981 the evil dead
1982 blade runner
1983 scarface
1984 this is spinal tap
1984 repo man
1984 gremlins
1985 the breakfast club
1985 the goonies
1986 ferris bueller’s day off
1986 three amigos
1986 top gun
1986 labyrinth
1987 withnail & i
1987 the lost boys
1987 the princess bride
1988 akira
1988 die hard
1988 they live
1989 heathers
1991 barton fink part 1 part 2
1991 edward scissorhands
1992 reservoir dogs
1992 army of darkness
1993 nightmare before christmas
1994 clerks
1994 leon: the professional
1994 the shawshank redemption
1995 friday
1995 showgirls
1995 the usual suspects
1996 trainspotting
1998 dark city
1998 ringu
1998 the big lebowski
1998 lock, stock, and two smoking barrels
1999 office space
1999 the boondock saints
1999 fight club
2000 memento
2000 ginger snaps
2000 american psycho
2000 requiem for a dream
2001 amelie
2001 donnie darko
2001 mullholand drive
2002 equilibrium
2004 saw
2004 shaun of the dead
2004 mean girls
2006 the prestige
2009 enter the void
2010 the fighter

Just in time for X-men: First Class opening this weekend.

hermione:

1966 / Batman
1978 / Superman
1980 / Superman II
1981 / Condorman
1983 / Superman III
1984 / Supergirl
1987 / Superman IV
1989 / Batman
1989 / The Punisher
1990 / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990 / Darkman
1990 / Captain America
1991 / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II
1991 / The Rocketeer
1992 / Batman Returns
1993 / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
1993 / The Meteor Man
1994 / The Shadow
1994 / The Mask
1995 / Batman Forever
1995 / Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
1995 / Darkman II
1996 / The Phantom
1997 / Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
1997 / Batman & Robin
1997 / Spawn
1997 / Steel
1997 / Blade
1999 / Mystery Men
2000 / X-Men
2000 / Unbreakable
2002 / Blade II
2002 / Spider-Man
2003 / Daredevil
2003 / X2
2003 / Hulk
2003 / The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2004 / Hellboy
2004 / The Punisher
2004 / Spider-Man 2
2004 / Catwoman
2004 / Blade: Trinity
2005 / Elektra
2005 / Son of the Mask
2005 / Batman Begins
2005 / Fantastic Four
2005 / Sky High
2006 / X-Men: The Last Stand
2006 / Superman Returns
2006 / My Super Ex-Girlfriend
2006 / Lightspeed
2006 / Zoom
2007 / Ghost Rider
2007 / Spider-Man 3
2007 / Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2008 / Superhero Movie
2008 / Iron Man
2008 / The Incredible Hulk
2008 / Hancock
2008 / Hellboy II
2008 / The Dark Knight
2008 / The Punisher: War Zone
2008 / The Spirit
2009 / Watchmen
2009 / X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2010 / Kick-Ass
2010 / Iron Man 2
2010 / The Green Hornet
2010 / Thor (cam)

james-norrington:

I’d intended to get the following movies on here buuuut didn’t have files for them, my bad: The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), David Copperfield (1935), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Barry Lyndon (1975), Sense and Sensibility (1995), A Little Princess (1995), and Pride and Prejudice (1995). AND A SLEW OF OTHER CLASSICS, YES. /crey Message me if there are any problems with the links!

1939 Wuthering Heights DL / WATCH
1941 Citizen Kane PART 1, PART 2 / WATCH PART 1, PART 2
1944 Jane Eyre DL / WATCH
1956 Anastasia DL (not mine)
1963 Cleopatra PART 1, PART 2 / WATCH PART 1, PART 2
1967 Bonnie and Clyde DL / WATCH
1974 Chinatown PART 1, PART 2 / WATCH PART 1, PART 2
1978 Days of Heaven DL / WATCH
1979 The Tin Drum DL
1980 The Elephant Man DL / WATCH
1984 Amadeus DL / WATCH
1985 Out of Africa DL / WATCH
1985 The Color Purple DL / WATCH
1987 The Untouchables PART 1, PART 2 / WATCH PART 1, PART 2
1993 The Secret Garden DL / WATCH
1997 Amistad PART 1, PART 2 / WATCH PART 1, PART 2
1997 LA Confidential DL / WATCH
1997 Titanic DL / WATCH
1998 Shakespeare in Love DL / WATCH
1998 Elizabeth DL / WATCH
1999 The Talented Mr Ripley DL / WATCH
2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon DL / WATCH
2000 Gladiator DL / WATCH
2001 A Knight’s Tale DL / WATCH
2002 City of God DL / WATCH
2002 Gangs of New York DL (not mine)
2002 Road to Perdition DL / WATCH
2003 The Last Samurai DL / WATCH
2003 The Dreamers DL / WATCH
2004 Finding Neverland DL / WATCH
2004 The Aviator DL / WATCH
2004 House of Flying Daggers PART 1, PART 2 / WATCH PART 1, PART 2
2004 Phantom of the Opera PART 1, PART 2 / WATCH PART 1, PART 2
2005 Capote DL / WATCH
2006 Marie Antoinette DL / WATCH
2006 Pan’s Labyrinth DL / WATCH
2007 Becoming Jane DL / WATCH
2007 There Will Be Blood DL / WATCH
2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford DL (not mine)
2007 Persuasion DL / WATCH
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl DL / WATCH
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button DL (not mine)
2008 The Reader DL / WATCH
2008 Hunger DL
2008 Forst/Nixon DL / WATCH
2009 The Young Victoria DL / WATCH
2009 An Education  DL / WATCH
2009 A Single Man DL / WATCH
2010 True Grit DL / WATCH
2010 The King’s Speech DL / WATCH

james-norrington:

This is missing Waltz with Bashir (1946), Germany Year Zero (1948), Stalag 17 (1953), Catch-22 (1970), Empire of the Sun (1987), and We Were Soldiers (2002), as well as a lot of other classic war movies. My bad, my bad. Message me if you encounter any problems. 

1942 Casablanca DL / WATCH
1957 Paths of Glory DL / WATCH
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai DL / WATCH
1963 The Great Escape DL / WATCH 
1969 Army of Shadows DL (not mine)
1970 Patton PART 1, PART 2 / WATCH PART 1, PART 2
1970 MASH DL / WATCH
1970 Tora, Tora, Tora! DL / WATCH
1978 The Deer Hunter DL / WATCH
1979 Apocalypse Now DL / WATCH
1981 Gallipoli DL / WATCH 
1982 Das Boot DL / WATCH
1982 The Year of Living Dangerously DL / WATCH
1986 Platoon DL / WATCH 
1987 Full Metal Jacket DL / WATCH
1987 Hamburger Hill DL / WATCH
1988 Grave of the Fireflies DL / WATCH
1989 Glory DL / WATCH
1989 Talvisota: The Winter War DL / WATCH
1990 Europa Europa DL / WATCH
1993 Schindler’s List PART 1, PART 2 / WATCH PART 1, PART 2
1993 Stalingrad DL SUBS
 1994 Forrest Gump DL / WATCH
1996 The English Patient DL / WATCH
1997 Life Is Beautiful DL / WATCH
1998 Saving Private Ryan DL / WATCH
1998 The Thin Red Line DL / WATCH
1999 Three Kings DL / WATCH
2000 Tigerland DL / WATCH
2000 The Patriot DL / WATCH
2001 Black Hawk Down DL / WATCH
2001 Enemy at the Gates DL / WATCH
2001 Pearl Harbor DL / WATCH
2002 The Pianist DL / WATCH
2004 A Very Long Engagement DL (not mine)
2004 Downfall ZIP 1, 2
2005 Joyeux Noel DL SUBS / WATCH
2005 Lord of War DL / WATCH
2006 The Lives of Others DL / WATCH
2006 The Last King of Scotland DL / WATCH
2006 Letters from Iwo Jima DL / WATCH
2006 Flags of OUr Fathers DL / WATCH
2007 Atonement DL / WATCH
2007 Rescue Dawn DL / WATCH
2007 The Counterfeiters DL / WATCH
2008 Defiance DL / WATCH
2008 Valkyrie DL / WATCH
2008 Tropic Thunder DL / WATCH
2008 The Edge of Love PART 1, PART 2 / WATCH PART 1, PART 2
2009 Brothers DL
2009 Inglourious Basterds DL / WATCH
2009 The Hurt Locker DL / WATCH
2009 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas DL / WATCH
2010 Restrepo DL  (not mine)

This is inspiring.

youmightfindyourself:

Principal Photography for Days of Heaven

Production began in the fall of 1976. Though the film was set in Texas, the exteriors were shot in Whiskey Gap on the prairie of Alberta, Canada. Jack Fisk designed and built the mansion from plywood in the wheat fields and the smaller houses where the workers lived. The mansion was not a facade, as was normally the custom, but authentically recreated inside and out with period colors: brown, mahogany and dark wood for the interiors. Patricia Norris designed and made the period costumes from used fabrics and old clothes to avoid the artificial look of studio-made costumes.

According to Almendros, the production was not “rigidly prepared”, allowing for improvisation. Daily call sheets were not very detailed and the schedule changed to suit the weather. This upset some of the Hollywood crew members not used to working in such a spontaneous way. Most of the crew were used to a “glossy style of photography” and felt frustrated because Almendros did not give them much work. On a daily basis, he asked them to turn off the lights they had prepared for him. Some crew members said that Almendros and Malick did not know what they were doing. Some of the crew quit the production. Malick supported what Almendros was doing and pushed the look of the film further, taking away more lighting aids, and leaving the image bare. Due to union regulations in North America, Almendros was not allowed to operate the camera. With Malick, he would plan out and rehearse movements of the camera and the actors. Almendros would stand near the main camera and give instructions to the camera operators.

Almendros was losing his eyesight by the time shooting began. To evaluate his setups, “he had one of his assistants take Polaroids of the scene, then examined them through very strong glasses”. According to Almendros, Malick wanted “a very visual movie. The story would be told through visuals. Very few people really want to give that priority to image. Usually the director gives priority to the actors and the story, but here the story was told through images”. Much of the film would be shot during “magic hour”, which Almendros called

“a euphemism, because it’s not an hour but around 25 minutes at the most. It is the moment when the sun sets, and after the sun sets and before it is night. The sky has light, but there is no actual sun. The light is very soft, and there is something magic about it. It limited us to around twenty minutes a day, but it did pay on the screen. It gave some kind of magic look, a beauty and romanticism”.

This “magic look” would extend to interior scenes, which often utilized natural light.

Almendros said,

“In this period there was no electricity. It was before electricity was invented and consequently there was less light. Period movies should have less light. In a period movie the light should come from the windows because that is how people lived.”