My Ten Favorite Movie Titles
Everyone has their favorite movies. Mine include La Dolce Vita, The Godfather I and II and anything film noir. But many of us may have their favorite movie titles. Not necessarily titles of excellent or even good movies, but titles that stand alone, run through your head, and bring you a smile or goosebumps just to have them cross your mind. Here’s my list in ascending order.
10. Attack of the 50-Foot Woman
A misogynist’s worst nightmare.
9. The Creeping Unknown
Sums up my worst fear. Also, a title for the current political situation.
8. Snakes on a Plane
Well, there it is.
7. From Hell to Texas
Take the Styx Line to Charon Crossing, then transfer to the Cattle Drive.
6. Chronique d'un été
French documentary. Just because it’s fun to say.
5. Django Unchained
Chains djingling and djangling. So onomatopoeic.
4. Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
The interior rhyme is to die for.
3. Sinderella and the Golden Bra
High concept? I’ll show you high concept!
2. Beyond Mombasa
Anticipates an exciting new adventure. Gives me chills.
And at Number One:
High Wind in Jamaica
Even more chills than Mombasa just to think about it. Like Bill Wordsworth said, “Language can evoke an emotion and tap into the collective consciousness and generate real feelings of connectedness.” Or words to that effect.
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Gary Carr is a writer of plays and short fiction. His work has appeared in Lightwood, The Call, SFist, Callboard, The Metaworker, and The Journal of Irreproducible Results. His collection of short fiction, The Girl Who Founded Nebraska, was published by EXIT Press (San Francisco.) His book on one of the blacklisted “Hollywood Ten,” was published by UMI Press (Ann Arbor.) Produced plays include Bocque’s Blues, and Jenny Gets Her Wheels On, about a wheelchair-bound stand-up comic. Most recent works include a novella, The Girl with the Topaz Ring, and a play about Phyllis Wheatley, The Poet Who Wrote Her Way Out of Slavery, He holds a Ph.D. in Radio-TV-Film from the University of Texas in Austin. He lives in North Texas with his wife Kathy and her service dog Maggie.
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