My tribute to my favorite femmes fatales in cinema (70 FILMS, EDITED IN 2008).nnMUSIC (in order of appearance):n- "Minnie the Moocher" by th...
My tribute to my favorite femmes fatales in cinema (70 FILMS, EDITED IN 2008).nnMUSIC (in order of appearance):n- "Minnie the Moocher" by the Blues Brothers,n- "Nature boy" by Miles Davis,n- "Baby did a bad bad thing" by Chris Isaak,n- Several tracks from the score of "Dangerous Liaisons" by George Fenton, the score of "Basic instinct" by Jerry Goldsmith and the score of "U Turn" by Ennio Morricone,n- "Something wicked this way comes" by Barry Adamson.nnHere you'll see some of the most evil, conniving women in cinema history; some pretty girls that can't tell the difference between right and wrong; a lot of mysterious, cold ladies that have a bad smoking habit; and other dangerous creatures, not necessarily bad, but the kind of woman that can manipulate a man without him realizing.nn - Brigitte Helm in "Metropolis" (1927)n - Marlene Dietrich in "Der blaue engel" (1933)n - Mae West in "I'm no angel" (1933)n - Mary Astor in "The Maltese Falcon" (1941)n - Barbara Stanwyck in "Double indemnity" (1944)n - Gene Tierney as "Laura" (1944)n - Lauren Bacall in "To have and have not" (1944)n - Rita Hayworth as "Gilda" (1946)n - Lana Turner in "The postman always rings twice" (1946)n - Lauren Bacall in "The big sleep" (1946)n - Rita Hayworth in "The Lady from Shanghai" (1947)n - Jean Simmons in "Angel face" (1952)n - Simone Signoret in "Les diaboliques" (1955)n - Kim Novak in "Vertigo" (1958)n - Sue Lyon as "Lolita" (1962)n - Faye Dunaway in "Chinatown" (1974)n - Kathleen Turner in "Body heat" (1981)n - Jessica Lange in "The postman always rings twice" (1981)n - Nastassja Kinski in "Cat people" (1982)n - Sean Young in "Blade Runner" (1982)n - Daryl Hannah in "Blade Runner" (1982)n - Catherine Deneuve in "The Hunger" (1983)n - Anjelica Huston in "Prizzi's Honor" (1985)n - Isabella Rossellini in "Blue Velvet" (1986)n - Cathy Tyson in "Mona Lisa" (1986)n - Theresa Russell in "Black Widow" (1987)n - Jamie Lee Curtis in "A fish named Wanda" (1988)n - Kathleen Turner in "Who framed Roger Rabbit" (1988)n - Glenn Close in "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988)n - Alison Doody in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989)n - Madonna in "Dick Tracy" (1990)n - Marcia Gay Harden in "Miller's Crossing" (1990)n - Virginia Madsen in "The hot spot" (1990)n - Uma Thurman in "Final analysis" (1992)n - Sharon Stone in "Basic instinct" (1992)n - Drew Barrymore as "Posion Ivy" (1992)n - Mia Kirshner in "Exotica" (1994)n - Madeleine Stowe in "China Moon" (1994)n - Linda Fiorentino in "The last seduction" (1994)n - Nicole Kidman in "To die for" (1995)n - Famke Jansen in "Goldeneye" (1995)n - Juliette Lewis in "Strange days" (1995)n - Jennifer Beals in "Devil in a blue dress" (1995)n - Jennifer Tilly in "Bound" (1996)n - Patricia Arquette in "The Lost Highway" (1997)n - Jennifer López in "U Turn" (1997)n - Kim Basinger in "L.A.Confidential" (1997)n - Connie Nielsen in "The Devil's advocate" (1997)n - Susan Sarandon in "Twilight" (1998)n - Embeth Davidtz in "The gingerbread man" (1998)n - Helena Bonham Carter in "Fight Club" (1999)n - Lena Olin in "The ninth gate" (1999)n - Nicole Kidman in "Eyes wide shut" (1999)n - Sophie Marceau in "The world is not enough" (1999)n - Catherine Keener in "Being John Malkovich" (1999)n - Carrie Anne Moss in "Memento" (2000)n - Halle Berry in "Swordfish" (2001)n - Laura Harring in "Mulholland Dr." (2001)n - Jennifer Garner in "Catch me if you can" (2002)n - Rebecca Romijn in "Femme Fatale" (2002)n - Catherine Zeta Jones in "Intolerable cruelty" (2003)n - Ludivine Sagnier in "Swimming Pool" (2003)n - Robin Wright in "The singing detective" (2003)n - Connie Nielsen in "The ice harvest" (2005)n - Scarlett Johansson in "Match Point" (2005)n - Nora Zehetner in "Brick" (2005) n - Marley Shelton in "Sin City" (2005)n - Eva Green in "Casino Royale" (2006)n - Cate Blanchett in "The good German" (2006)nnAnd these are some movies I really wanted to include but finally discarded for editing reasons (my priority as a video editor is the evolution of the montage to a climax, and these movies, despite being great, couldn't help me get there): The Big Lebowski, Cat people (1942), Johnny Handsome, Leave her to heaven, Mulholland Falls, Munich, The Blue Dahlia, The graduate, The Sting, The Glass Key, The Grifters, Detour, Shattered.nnMovies I left out on purpose: "Cruel intentions" and De Palma's "Black Dahlia" cause I don't like them; and "Niagara", cause it didn't feel right to mix sweet Marilyn with all these evil ladies. Less
