#because that was also a seminal filmwatching experience

[leonardcohenofficial]

1971 !

a clockwork orange (stanley kubrick) i am once again showing my apparent film bro tendencies but i think a clockwork orange is kubrick’s finest work; its exploration of violence and pleasure (especially how and why they intersect/what happens both in universe and to the audience when they do) remains relevant, wendy carlos’s score is truly unmatched, malcolm mcdowell gives an incredible performance as alex, it’s legitimately horrifying and hard to watch and important to consider as a response to real-world violence, also i just think it’s one of the most important movies of the twentieth century, without exaggeration

harold and maude (hal ashby) i wish i had anything new or insightful to say about this film that hasn’t already been said by people more articulate and generally smarter than i am but i have never fallen in love with a film (or a world of a film) more than i have with harold and maude; maude’s approach to life, the amazing cat stevens soundtrack, the black humor, the growing ridiculousness of harold’s stunts, the ending— all of it may feel overly quirky/trite because so many filmmakers try and recreate aspects of than in ways that feel overdone, but harold and maude remains both fresh and relevant in a really unique way

willy wonka and the chocolate factory (mel stuart) i’m throwing in willy wonka because it’s such a beautiful and heartwarming film that i only love more and more each time i rewatch it; i love the score (all of the music from the movie is truly so beautiful minus “cheer up charlie” which i do fast forward through but anyways), gene wilder’s performance is legitimately award-worthy, i have a lot of general nostalgia for the film, it’s a fun watch, and the ending makes me sob, so i definitely couldn’t leave it off the list