Christ, this list thing is addictive! So, now we move on to films that have had a huge impact on my life - for whatever reason......
1. Elegy - Ben Kingsley plays a balding, fanny-ratting college professor who knobs off with student Penelope Cruz. Then she gets breast cancer. I realise that this sounds like a real uplifting narrative, but it's a great film. If only to hear the ex-Gandhi star uttering the stellar line 'this girl will never once tell me she yearns for my cock.' And it's set in New York. They even go shopping in Dean and Deluca.
2. Silence of The Lambs - went to the classy ABC cinema in Sunderland (or was it the Cannon then, not sure). Twice. Was shit-scared. And also a bit turned on by Jodie Foster with a gun. Guess even then my lezza future was written in the stars.
3. Hannibal - the only time I have ever walked out of a film, at the point where Anthony Hopkins lifts off the top of Ray Liotta's head like a pan lid, exposing his brain, whilst flicking bits of said brain out of his head into a fucking wok. Have never eaten stir-fry since. I could have spewed. And was also a bit turned on by the sight of Julianne Moore with a gun.
4. Annie Hall. Poor Alvie Singer. Unlucky in love, a bit of an outcast.....I can kind of relate to him. However, Diane Keaton had no gun in this, so I remained sexually rather calm.
5. Boys Don't Cry - gender-bender Hilary Swank cops off with that lass who was dating Jarvis Cocker in real life (Chloe Sevigny). A very sad film. Definitely NOT sponsored by Max Factor, such was the lack of make-up. True story as well....
6. The Godfather trilogy. A bit deep, but strangely wonderful. Except that Al Pacino is about 3ft, so who would take him seriously as head of the Corleone mafia?
7. The Karate Kid - fuck me, I was absolutely head over heels in love with Ralph Macchio (he was the kid, not OAP ju-jitsu botherer Mr Miyagi..just in case anyone wondered). Christ, that must be my most-watched film.
8. The Breakfast Club - fab Brat Pack film from mid-80's. My friend had a huge thing for Emilio Estevez. Before he knobbed Paula Abdul. Really funny film. One question. What the fuck happened to Molly Ringwald?
9. The Outsiders - THE definitive Brat Pack movie. Not available on DVD in the UK. Bastards. Ralph Macchio gets burned in a church fire and is covered in scabs for most of it. Still didn't stop me panting for him though.
10. Quadrophenia - 'we are the mods, we are the mods, we are, we are, we are the mods' - great film, Phil Daniels and Leslie Ash (pre-trout pout) - wonderful. But one question. Did he really jump at the end????
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