MS. ELIZABETH HALSEY'S SUMMER MOVIE QUIZ

aka MS. ELIZABETH HALSEY'S ROTTEN APPLE, HOT FOR (BAD) TEACHER SUMMER MOVIE QUIZ


Another great quiz by Dennis Cozzalio.






1) 

NAME A LINE FROM A MOVIE 

THAT SHOULD'VE BECOME 

A CATCH PHRASE BUT DIDN'T*
chanting 

"I want to kill everyone. Satan is Good. 

Satan is our pal"

😂

2) 2ND FAVORITE 

WILLIAM WELLMAN FILM
BATTLEGROUND (1949)

3) VIGGO MORTENSEN 

OR JAVIER BARDEM?
Mr. Bardem.

4) FAVORITE 1ST LINE 

     FROM A MOVIE
"A beginning is a very delicate time.."
delivered by the ever so dreamy 

Virginia Madsen in DUNE (1984)

5) THE MOST DISAPPOINTING 

/ SUPERFLUOUS "DIRECTOR'S

 CUT" OR OTHERWISE 

EXTENDED EDITION OF 

A MOVIE YOU'VE SEEN?*
the DONNIE DARKO (2001) director cut dvd makes 

frustrating changes to the film & actually diminishes it 

in my opinion. It was probably just an excuse to repackage 

the movie.

I also don't like all the weird French plantation scenes 

added in APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX.

6) WHAT IS THE MOVIE YOU FEEL 

WAS ENHANCED BY A 

VARIANT VERSION?*
The workprint cut (now referred to as the director's 

cut) of BLADE RUNNER (1982) is way better than 

the theatrical version. I'll never understand why 

Warner Bros felt the need to add a voice-over 

narration.

Also the "Cabal" cut of NIGHTBREED 

(1990) is awesome.

7) EVE ARDEN 

  OR UNA MERKEL?
Eve!

8) 

WHAT WAS THE LAST 

DVD / BLU-RAY / STREAMING 

FILM YOU SAW? THE LAST 

THEATRICAL SCREENING?
Blu-ray: THE SAPPHIRES (2013)
Streaming: THE 'BURBS (1989)
at the Theater: 

WELCOME TO NEW YORK (2015)

9) 2ND 

FAVORITE MICHAEL MANN
MANHUNTER (1986)

10) 

NAME A FAVORITE DIRECTOR'S 

MOST EGREGIOUS MISSTEP
Terry Gilliam's THE BROTHERS GRIMM (2005) and the

 Coen brother's remake of LADYKILLERS (2004).. 

Yikes, those are surprisingly uneven.

also Shyamalan's THE HAPPENING ('08) 

and LAST AIRBENDER (2010).

11) ALAIN DELON OR 

MARCELLO MASTROIANNI?

Marcello.

12) 

GODARD FAMOUSLY STATED 

THAT "ALL YOU NEED FOR

 A MOVIE IS A GIRL AND 

A GUN." NAME ONE OTHER 

ESSENTIAL ELEMENT THAT YOU'D 

ADD TO THE MIX
A giant rubber monster.

13) FAVORITE ONE-SHEET 

THAT YOU OWN, OR JUST 

YOUR FAVORITE ONE-SHEET
The '32 one-sheet for 

THE MUMMY (1932).

14) CATHERINE SPAAK 

OR DANIELA GIORDANO?
Spaak any damn day.

15) DIRECTOR WHO MOST

 READILY MAKES YOU THINK

 "WHATEVER HAPPENED TO...?"
Stuart Gordon.

one of the more underrated horror maestros.

16) NOW THAT SOME TIME HAS

 PASSED... THE INTERVIEW (2014),

 YES OR NO?
No.. It had some funny parts but overall I felt it was

 a big step down for team Rogen/Goldberg. Like a 

lamer 21st century update of Landis' 

SPIES LIKE US (1985).

17) 2ND FAVORITE 

ALBERTO CAVALCANTI
DEAD OF NIGHT (1945)!!

18) 

THOUGH BOTH DISPLAYED STRONG 

DOCUMENTARY INFLUENCE IN 

THEIR EARLY FILMS, WIM WENDERS

 AND WERNER HERZOG HAVE 

FOCUSED HEAVILY ON THE 

DOCUMENTARY FORM LATE IN 

THEIR FILMMAKING CAREERS. 

IF HE HAD LIVED, WHAT KIND OF

 FILMS DO YOU THINK RAINER 

WERNER FASSBINDER, THEIR 

PARTNER IN THE GERMAN NEW 

WAVE OF THE '70s, WOULD BE 

MAKING NOW?
I know he wanted to make a film of Pitigrilli's

 book Cocaine. As to what he would have 

made from the late 80s to present, I'm not so 

sure. I like to think he would have eventually

 tried to make an overt genre horror movie. 

Like many great visual stylists seem to end 

up trying once; Ex. Kubrick with 

THE SHINING, Herzog with NOSFERATU 

(1979), Scorsese with CAPE FEAR (1991), 

etc.. His style was so slick and beautiful. 

He would have made one visually haunting 

fright fest

we miss you always, R.W.

19) 

NAME A DVD YOU'VE REPLACED 

WITH A BLU-RAY. NAME 

ANOTHER THAT YOU 

DECIDED NOT TO REPLACE*
I've replaced most of my dvds with blu-rays. If an HD 

replacement is available I usually try to snag it. Most 

recently I got a new copy of INTRUDER (1989).

I haven't replaced my dvd of the MIAMI VICE (2006) 

theatrical cut yet because the blu-ray that exists of it 

(so far) is the "Unrated Director's Edition" 

edit.. I don't like the changes in that version.

 

20) DON RICKLES OR

RODNEY DANGERFIELD?
On film? I choose Rickles. 

Mr Warmth himself

Though I enjoy Dangerfield's 

stand-up a bit more.

21) 

DIRECTOR WHO YOU WISH 

WOULD HURRY UP AND 

MAKE ANOTHER FILM
Off the top of my head; Erick Zonca 

& Eran Kolirin

22) 2ND 

FAVORITE MICHAEL BAY
PAIN & GAIN (2013). 

Coming after THE ROCK ('96)

I also dug the majority of DARK OF THE MOON but 

the above 2 are arguably the greatest things he's done

23) NAME A MOVIE THAT, 

FOR WHATEVER REASON,

 YOU THINK OF AS 

YOUR OWN
DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978) 

is literally mine.

24) YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE 

A.I. (HOWEVER LOOSELY 

YOU CARE TO DEFINE 

THE TERM)
Bishop in ALIENS (1986) 

is my absolute favorite.

though HAL and Roy Batty are obviously the greatest.

25) YOUR FAVORITE 

EXISTING DVD 

COMMENTARY TRACK*
The Scorsese commentary on the Criterion dvd of THE 

LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST (1988). I realize 

other people are on that commentary track too but 

his segments are best.

2nd favorite is Ebert on CASABLANCA 

26) 

THE DOUBLE BILL YOU'D 

PROGRAM ON THE LAST 

NIGHT OF YOUR OWN 

REVIVAL THEATER
Peckinpah's WILD BUNCH (1969).

and then 

Tim Burton's ED WOOD (1994).

27) 

CATHERINE DENEUVE 

OR CLAUDIA CARDINALE?
Deneuve is a living goddess