Thursday, November 11, 2010

RIP: Dino de Laurentis

We here @ Drifting have a love/hate relationship w/ shitty movies. We love them, but we know we should hate them. At least that's the case w/ old ones. We have little time for the newer ones, but the older ones are often top-notch. One of the people responsible for many of these films, Dino de Laurentis, died today. It turns out, I haven't seen nearly as many of his films as I thought, or in other words, he got his grubby paws into a shit-ton of b-flicks (& a few really good ones). As far as his good films are concerned, I'd say La Strada & Serpico are his best, but let's focus on the less-the-good ones. In honor of his long, illustrious career, here's my top 5 Dino de Laurentis films (then you can go over his career & let us know how Army of Darkness & Dune are actually the better films):
5) King Kong (1976)
4) Conan the Barbarian (1982)
3) Mandingo (1975)
2) Conan the Destroyer (1984)
1) Flash Gordon (1980)

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