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David Bowie

Bowie has passed away.

I did not like all his music. I was brought up with Let’s dance and the (wonderful) This is not America (from The Falcon and the Snowman, if I recall correctly). He also had a mediocre Drum & Bass outing.

My favorite band in my younger years was Suede. They were heavily influenced by Bowie. They made me look into Bowie’s Berlin period, which to me still is his best period. That and Ziggy Stardust.

I did not like all the newer stuff.

Bowie had the biggest influence on me with just one of his films (yes, of course we watched Labyrinth with the kids): Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence. An impressive movie with similarly impressive music. The butterfly on his face will never be forgotten. This is the famous ‘kiss’ scene:

 

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Movie top 100

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Ported from ‘hyves’. Some missing.

1.Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, 2000)
2.A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
3.La Double Vie de Veronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991)
4.Dangerous Liaisons (Stephen Frears, 1988)
5.Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
6.Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1982)
7.The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Stephan Elliott, 1994)
8.The Remains of the Day (James Ivory, 1993)
9.The Sheltering Sky (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1990)
10.Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
11.Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
12.Prick Up Uour Ears (Stephen Frears, 1987)
13.21 Grams (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2003)
14.Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
15.Se7en (David Fincher, 1995)
16.Kill Bill Volume: 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
17.Man on the Moon (Milos Forman, 1999)
18.Shadowlands (Richard Attenborough, 1993)
19.American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999)
20.The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)
21.Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgis, 1995)
22.Kill Bill Volume: 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
23.The Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002)
24.Aliens (James Cameron, 1986)
25.High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000)
26.Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2001)
27.Das Experiment (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2001)
28.Festen (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998)
29.Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997)
30.Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir, 1989)
31.Monty Python And The Holy Grail (Terry Jones en Terry Gilliam, 1975)
32.Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)
33.Le Fabuleux Destin D’Amélie Poulain (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
34.Face/off (John Woo, 1997)
35.Made in Britain (Alan Clarke, 1982)
36.Sid and Nancy (Alex Cox, 1986)
37.Cidade de Deus (Fernando Mereilles, 2002)
38.The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
39.V for vendetta (James McTeigue, 2005)
40.The Mission (Roland Joffé, 1986)
41.Breaking the Waves (Lars von Trier, 1996)
42.The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998)
43.Wild at Heart (David Lynch, 1990)
44.The Crying Game (Neil Jordan, 1992)
45.Da hong deng long gao gao gua (Raise the red lantern) (Yimou Zhang, 1991)
46.Wo hu cang long (Crouching tiger, hidden dragon) (Ang Lee, 2000)
47.Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore, 2002)
48.Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
49.Léon (Luc Besson, 1994)
50.The Talented Mr. Ripley (Anthony Minghella, 1999)
51.The beach (Danny Boyle, 2000)
52.Snatch (Guy Ritchie, 2000)
53.Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994)
54.An Angel At My Table (Jane Campion, 1990)
55.Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, 1998)
56.Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988)
57.Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999)
58.Ben Hur (William Wyler, 1959)
59.Lola Rennt (Tom Tykwer, 1998)
60.Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
61.Tess (Roman Polanski, 1979)
62.Hannibal (Ridley Scott, 2001)
63.The Green Mile (Frank Darabont, 1999)
64.Pi (Darren Aronofsky, 1998)
65.As Good as It Gets (James L. Brooks, 1997)
66.The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)
67.Goodbye Lenin (Wolfgang Becker, 2003)
68.Jude (Michael Winterbottom, 1996)
69.The Color Purple (Steven Spielberg, 1985)
70.Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)
71.Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
72.The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980)
73.Rain Man (Barry Levinson, 1988)
74.American History X (Tony Kaye, 1998)
75.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1998)
76.Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990)
77.The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
78.The Godfather: Part III (Francis Ford Coppola, 1990)
79.Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2002)
80.About Schmidt (Alexander Payne, 2002)
81.The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez, 1999)
82.Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich, 2003)
83.A Bug’s Life (John Lasseter & Andrew Stanton, 1998)
84.The Game (David Fincher, 1997)
85.Falling Down (Joel Shumacher, 1993)
86.The War of the Roses (Danny DeVito, 1989)
87.Romancing the Stone (Robert Zemeckis, 1984)
88.Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)
89.Once Upon A Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984)
90.Fahrenheit 911 (Michael Moore, 2004)
91.The last emperor (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987)
92.Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
93.Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
94.Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
95.The Manchurian Candidate (Jonathan Demme, 2004)
96.The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
97.The China Syndrome (James Bridges, 1979)
98.Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan, 2000)
99.Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese, 1991)
100.One Flew Over A Cookoo’s Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)

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Movies

Movie top 100

1.Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, 2000)
2.A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
3.La Double Vie de Veronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991)
4.Dangerous Liaisons (Stephen Frears, 1988)
5.Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
6.Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1982)
7.The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Stephan Elliott, 1994)
8.The Remains of the Day (James Ivory, 1993)
9.The Sheltering Sky (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1990)
10.Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
11.Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
12.Prick Up Uour Ears (Stephen Frears, 1987)
13.21 Grams (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2003)
14.Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
15.Se7en (David Fincher, 1995)
16.Kill Bill Volume: 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
17.Man on the Moon (Milos Forman, 1999)
18.Shadowlands (Richard Attenborough, 1993)
19.American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999)
20.The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)
21.Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgis, 1995)
22.Kill Bill Volume: 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
23.The Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002)
24.Aliens (James Cameron, 1986)
25.High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000)
26.Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2001)
27.Das Experiment (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2001)
28.Festen (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998)
29.Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997)
30.Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir, 1989)
31.Monty Python And The Holy Grail (Terry Jones en Terry Gilliam, 1975)
32.Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)
33.Le Fabuleux Destin D’Amélie Poulain (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
34.Face/off (John Woo, 1997)
35.Made in Britain (Alan Clarke, 1982)
36.Sid and Nancy (Alex Cox, 1986)
37.Cidade de Deus (Fernando Mereilles, 2002)
38.The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
39.V for vendetta (James McTeigue, 2005)
40.The Mission (Roland Joffé, 1986)
41.Breaking the Waves (Lars von Trier, 1996)
42.The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998)
43.Wild at Heart (David Lynch, 1990)
44.The Crying Game (Neil Jordan, 1992)
45.Da hong deng long gao gao gua (Raise the red lantern) (Yimou Zhang, 1991)
46.Wo hu cang long (Crouching tiger, hidden dragon) (Ang Lee, 2000)
47.Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore, 2002)
48.Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
49.Léon (Luc Besson, 1994)
50.The Talented Mr. Ripley (Anthony Minghella, 1999)
51.The beach (Danny Boyle, 2000)
52.Snatch (Guy Ritchie, 2000)
53.Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994)
54.An Angel At My Table (Jane Campion, 1990)
55.Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, 1998)
56.Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988)
57.Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999)
58.Ben Hur (William Wyler, 1959)
59.Lola Rennt (Tom Tykwer, 1998)
60.Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
61.Tess (Roman Polanski, 1979)
62.Hannibal (Ridley Scott, 2001)
63.The Green Mile (Frank Darabont, 1999)
64.Pi (Darren Aronofsky, 1998)
65.As Good as It Gets (James L. Brooks, 1997)
66.The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)
67.Goodbye Lenin (Wolfgang Becker, 2003)
68.Jude (Michael Winterbottom, 1996)
69.The Color Purple (Steven Spielberg, 1985)
70.Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)
71.Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
72.The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980)
73.Rain Man (Barry Levinson, 1988)
74.American History X (Tony Kaye, 1998)
75.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1998)
76.Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990)
77.The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
78.The Godfather: Part III (Francis Ford Coppola, 1990)
79.Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2002)
80.About Schmidt (Alexander Payne, 2002)
81.The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez, 1999)
82.Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich, 2003)
83.A Bug’s Life (John Lasseter & Andrew Stanton, 1998)
84.The Game (David Fincher, 1997)
85.Falling Down (Joel Shumacher, 1993)
86.The War of the Roses (Danny DeVito, 1989)
87.Romancing the Stone (Robert Zemeckis, 1984)
88.Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)
89.Once Upon A Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984)
90.Fahrenheit 911 (Michael Moore, 2004)
91.The last emperor (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987)
92.Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
93.Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
94.Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
95.The Manchurian Candidate (Jonathan Demme, 2004)
96.The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
97.The China Syndrome (James Bridges, 1979)
98.Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan, 2000)
99.Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese, 1991)
100.One Flew Over A Cookoo’s Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)