When thinking about the last Salient film section I looked to the film section of ‘04 for advice about how to go out with style, but instead we decided to have a couple of drinks, give ourselves awards and talk about our favourite films:
Tristan – Editor/’the captain’
Kes
Pi
The Godfather 1 & 2
Woodstock
Deadman
Eraserhead
Dancer in the Dark
Jackson – Politics editor/Salient editor ‘09
Office Space
Apocalypse Now
Spirited Away
Toy Story
Old Boy
BK Drinkwater – Salient librarian
Velvet Goldmine
Dog Day Afternoon
Jesus Christ Superstar
The Shining
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Tony – Designer/’the Admiral’
Pi
Holy Mountain
BBC Planet Earth
The Fountain
2012: and the evolution of consciousness
Jenna – Feature Writer
Mary Poppins
Amelie
Moulin Rouge
My Girl
The Addams Family
Seonah – News Editor
Amelie
Goodbye Lenin
Please Vote for Me
Bad Education
Sex & The City
Chris – Music Editor
Rear Window
Metropolis
Garden State
Annie Hall
Harold & Maude
Matt – Chief Sub Edator
The Matrix
Fitzcaraldo
Labyrinth
The Breakfast Club
Top Gun
Mariko – Reviewer/office designer
American Beauty
Head On
A Clockwork Orange
Bondi Tsunami
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
Mirium – Sub Editah
Control
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
And now for something completely different
Goodbye Lenin
No Country for Old Men
Matthew Backhouse – Craccum Editor
‘07/he was in the office at the time
Ghost Dog
Minority Report
Alien
Last King of Scotland
10 Things I Hate About You
Dr Peter Manglethwaite – Salient puppet master
Lolita
Mysterious Skin
Alice in Wonderland
Bad Boy Bubby
Kids
Salient Film Editor Haimona Peretini Gray was too much of a “film wanker” to give an actual list so here’s his list BY DECADE:
1910’s – The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920’s – Sunrise 1930’s – M
1940’s – Rope 1950’s – The 400 Blows
1960’s – 8 ½
1970’s – Apocalypse Now
1980’s – Do The Right Thing
1990’s – The Double Life of Veronique
2000’s – Requiem for a Dream