... that I can watch over and over again. I will keep adding to this list as I think of more movies worth being here.
1. The Snow Walker. Great cinematography of the Arctic tundra, great acting by Barry Pepper, Annabella Piugattuk and James Cromwell, and great directing by Charles Martin Smith. The scene at the end helps cinch this as a memorable film. I love that they leave this to your imagination. Rather than hear the conversation at the end I love the imagery and what their body language communicates. Many films today let me down because they play it safe. I also love this quote delivered by James Cromwell.
Shepard: Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds, - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - Wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air... Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark or even eagle flew - And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. ("High Flight" - John Gillespie Magee, Jr.)
