So here are a few of my faves that I would take with me to the Island mentioned in my fellow staff member’s posts..Enjoy.

1. Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls- Russ Meyer’s 1970’s camp-classic. This was his first Major-Studio release. It has it all…Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll…the story of an all girl-band getting lost in the strange world of California in the late 1960’s.  Beheadings, Transgenders, Rock Bands &, of course, boobies.  Written with Film critic Roger Ebert, this one includes an apperance by The Strawberry Alarm Clock!

2. Man Bites Dog- A quite disturbing “mockumenatry”  from Belgium. A film crew follows around a serial killer who shares with them his views on life, love & his profession.  Extremly dark comedy…not for everyone. But everyone should see it.

3. The Kentucky Fried Movie. One of my favourites as a teen. The first Zucker Brothers (AIRPLANE!) This one featuring parodies of feature films, commrecials other such foolishness. Worth it for “Catholic Highschool Girls In Trouble” alone. Oh…and boobies.

4. Goodfellas- An obvious choice. But what can be said about this Scorsese classic?  Wall to wall violence, great dialogue & amazing music. It’s over two hour length flies by. Can still watch it from begining to end at any given time.

5.  National Lampoon’s Animal House- Another obvious classic. I think this may be a perfect comedy. A precursor to the well-written AND raunchy comedies of people like Judd Apatow,  this is another I can watch again & again.  Based on a bunch of short stories from the National Lampoon magazine’s golden years, it chronicles the early 1960’s frat life of a bunch of slackers. Oh…and boobies.

I tried to balance out a few more undgerground picks with the mainstream here…so this list may not be entirely honest….I think I might just wind up watching Freddy Got Fingered over and over again and then wind up being mauled to death by a wild boar whilst picking berries.

GRR

My name is Gary. You may recognize me as one of three males who works at MovieCycle. I am the shortest one. In order for you to get to know me better as a staff member, I will copy Jeremy’s earlier post and present to my Top 5 Desert Island films. Read after the jump:

Well, yeah. The Desert Island Discs thing has been done, maybe done to death, even. But this is different (not really) because I get to make the rules. Not only do you get to have a desert island with plenty of tropical breezes, sunshine and white sandy beaches, but you also get a condo. Okay, it’s actually a grass hut, but it’s really spacious and it has a huge flat screen TV and bitchin’ home theater sound system. And your choice of someone to watch movies with (or not). Plus: no neighbors to be annoyed if you crank up the volume late at night. (read more after the break….)