On Sat, 11 May 1996 08:09:06 -0400, "Simone L. Fary" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >My parents have a salon where people get together to watch and >discuss a video. None of these people are professionals in >the field of film/video/television - they just like good movies. >Does anybody have any ideas for videos that are easily >accessible, and would inspire good conversation? I can see >from the discussion on this list that "12 Monkeys" would be a >good candidate when it comes out on video. Since I am new to >the list, have there been other films that have been suitable >discussed before? i would recommend the following: Oleanna - directed and written by david mamet Carnal Knowledge - directed by mike nichols, wr by jules pfeiffer (sp) Naked - directed by mike leigh wr by leigh (with help from actors) Unforgiven - directed by clint eastwood and written by david peoples Black Hunter White Heart - directed by eastwood, sorry, forget writer (peter something, i think). Spanking The Monkey - written and directed by David O. Russell Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolf (dir mike nichols, adapted by ernest lehmen (sp) Who's That Knocking At My Door (dir & written by martin scorsese (and maybe mardik martin, i can't remember)) The Hours And The Times (forget filmmaker's name, sorry) Olivier Olivier (wr and dir by agnieszka holland) that's all i can think of right now. ciaoder, L. ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]