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So what's the difference? I reckon the ones that bear re-seeing have two essential qualities: a non-linear story and a novel sense of place. For instance, I would say that "The Chronicles of Riddick" has a non-linear story whereas "Pitch Black" is linear. And I would say that movies like "2001", "Blade Runner" and "The Cronicles of Riddick" create their own atmosphere and take us somewhere new - so we share not just the journey but a novel journey - whereas so many other movies simply waltz us through a tidy stereotypical daydream, let's make something strange happen in downtown wotsit suburb-ville (and frighten the neighbours)...
My ten favourite moviesBlade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)Serenity (Joss Whedon, 2005) 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) The Forbidden Planet (Fred M Wilcox, 1956) Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942) Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959) The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949) Tron (Steven Lisberger, 1982) Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985) Sin City (Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, 2005)
My ten favourite booksSolaris (Stanislav Lem)The Chrysalids (John Wyndham) Choky (John Wyndham) The Dispossessed (Ursula Le Guin) Great Expectations (Charles Dickens) The First Men in the Moon (H G Wells) Rendezvous with Rama (Arthur C Clarke) To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) A Perfect Spy (John Le Carre) Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Some CollectionsThe Time Machine and other Stories (H G Wells)Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe) The Golden Age of Science Fiction (ed Kingsley Amis)
Coming soon...favourite video gamesfavourite philosophers (with reasons) favourite music favourite podcasts favourite TV (actually I don't have TV; TV is a waste of life) favourite paintings favourite photographs favourite vegetables favourite weather favourite lists
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