The film you’ve rewatched more than any other.
When I was a kid, my dad got a 3/4” videotape deck. It came with a free bootleg cartridge of Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” and The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine.” The experience of owning a film on tape at that time was very unusual, so I probably saw those films 30 times each, as a teen. Also, “The Big Lebowski,” Fellini’s “8 1/2,” ‘2001,’ “Dr. Strangelove,” “Paths of Glory,” “Three Women.” I saw “Barry Lyndon literally 15 times in the theater on its original run. I also had an intense “Harold and Maude” period that lasted a few years. My comfort film is probably ‘Lebowski.’ It just makes me happy.
The movie you love that no one would expect you to love.
I passionately love Carol Reed’s “The Fallen Idol.” I think because it has my favorite child performance of all time, and I just love the way the story is told through the child’s POV.
The movie that defined your coming-of-age/high school experience.
“Barry Lyndon.” Seeing it felt like using a literal time machine. It so overwhelmingly and beautifully and convincingly whisked me away to another era, one that was so different than my relatively bland suburban existence. I couldn’t get enough of it. I had the entire set of color lobby cards pinned to my wall. (I think I still have them somewhere.)
What’s a movie that you love, that is vastly underseen by the moviegoing public that you recommend.
“La Promese” by Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne. I love the simplicity of the filmmaking, and the honest way it blends its emotionally riveting story of a boy’s moral coming-of-age, and the tension generated by the simple plot device of a terrible “kept secret.”
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Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2008. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.
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