From a very classic-film oriented and heavy-criticism web site, so unfortunately I'm a bit out of my league here. But why not.
1) Best transition from movies to TV (actor, actress, producer/director, movie/show)
Alec Baldwin in 30 Rock comes to mind, or Ron Howard producing Arrested Development.
2) Living film director you most missing seeing on the cultural landscape regularly
Terrence Malick. I don't always love his films (The Thin Red Line -blech!), but they're always at least gorgeous and striving for greatness.
3) Eugene Pallette or Charles Coburn
Haven't seen much from either. Pass.
4) Fill in the blank: “I pray that no one ever turns _____________ into a movie.”
After its perfectly ambiguous ending, The Sopranos.
5) Jane Greer or Veronica Lake
Lake. The hair!
6) What was the last movie you saw in a theater? On DVD? And why?
In a theater - Iron Man, because all my friends were going. As I've noted before, it rocked. Yes, I still need to see Indiana Jones.
DVD - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, because I finally got to it on my Netflix queue.
7) Name an actor you think should be a star
Ed Helms. Nathan Fillon.
8) Foxy Brown or Coffy
Pam Grier is awesome, so either.
9) Favorite TV show still without its own DVD box set
Wouldn't know, don't watch classic TV.
10) Jack Elam or Neville Brand
Elam.
11) What movies would top your list of movies you need to revisit, for whatever reason?
The Godfather. I haven't seen it since early freshman year.
12) Zodiac or All the President’s Men
Difficult. Zodiac.
13) Using our best reviewer-speak, what is an “important” film comedy? And what is to you the most important film comedy of the last 35 years?
I'm tempted to say The Office, of course, but it's not a film. At any rate, an "important" film comedy is a film that tells us all something about our society that we might not even be aware of because we're laughing so damn hard. So, something like South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut or Election does nicely.
14) Describe the ideal environment for watching a movie.
I love seeing cult/big movies in crowds. If they're full of assholes, though, ugh.
15) Michelle Williams or Eva Mendes
The one with talent (and an Oscar nomination).
16) What’s the worst movie title of all time?
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood.
17) Best movie about teaching and/or learning
The Miracle Worker.
18) Dracula (1931) or Horror of Dracula (1958)
'31
19) Why do you blog? Or if you don’t, why do you read blogs? (Thanks, Girish)
Because I love the sound of my own voice. ;)
20) Most memorable/disturbing death scene
Psycho. Most things involving children.
21) Jason Robards or Robert Shaw
Oh God, either.
22) A good candidate for Most Blasphemous Movie Ever
The Passion of the Christ?
23) Rio Bravo or Red River
Rio Bravo
24) Werner Herzog is remaking Bad Lieutenant with Nicolas Cage—that’s reality. Try to outdo reality by concocting a match-up of director and title for a really strange imaginary remake.
Guillermo del Toro and Annie.
25) Bulle Ogier or Charlotte Rampling
Rampling, duh.
26) In the Realm of the Senses— yes or no?
Never seen it. So maybe?
27) Name a movie you think of as your own (Thanks, Jim!)
Lost in Translation, especially when you're my age and most people are like "Most boring movie ever!" I just connected to it so well.
28) Winged Migration or Microcosmos
Winged Migration.
29) Your favorite football game featured in a movie
Does the one in The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged count?
30) Wendy Hiller or Deborah Kerr
Kerr.
31) Dirtiest secret you have that is related to the movies
I'll never tell.
32) Name a favorite film and describe how it is illuminated and enriched by another favorite film.
Yeah, I'm lost. I will say, though, that I love how Tarantino's movies seem to exist in their own little world, populated by the same characters who all use the same products and spout a lot of the same dialogue.
33) It’s a Gift or Horsefeathers
Never seen either.
34) Your best story about seeing a movie at a drive-in
Never been.
35) Victor Mature or Tyrone Power
Pass. Wait, I liked Victor Mature in My Darling Clementine, so him.
36) What does film criticism mean to you? Where do you think it’s headed?
It means talking about films in an intelligent way, not like on IMDb where it seems like every movie must be worthless trash or the greatest.movie.ever. Where's it headed? Into the toilet comes to mind.
