Name four movies, each evoking a different season (or just one movie/one season)

[BurtWorm]

Winter

The Fox (1967), dir. Mark Ryder. w/ Sandy Dennis and Keir Dullea. One of the first movies for "mature" audiences, The Fox was based on a book or story by DH Lawrence. If you see it now you wonder how anyone could have found it to be improper for anyone under 17. The lesbianism of Dennis and Anne Heywood probably had something to do with that. Anyway, it takes place in the north country in winter and evokes the season beautifully.

Spring

Lady Chatterly (2008), dir. by Pascale Ferran, with Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coullo'ch. My kind of spring!

Summer

The Seven Year Itch, (1955), dir. by Billy Wilder, with Tom Ewell and Marilyn Monroe. If you've seen it, you'll know exactly what I mean.

Fall

The Trouble with Harry, (1955), dir. by Alfred Hitchcock, with John Forsythe and Shirley McClaine. A black comedy set in the fall in Vermont. A beautiful as well as very charming movie.

[Tikki]

1. Summer of '42 (Summer)...The Truth About Spring (Spring)...

Autumn in New York (Autumn), Winter Kills (Winter)....I have seen all of these movies...

Tikkki

[BurtWorm]

2. Summer movies

Rear Window (1954), dir. by Alfred Hitchcock, with Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly. Summer in Greenwich Village

Onibaba (1964), dir. by Kaneto Shindo, with Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, and Kei Sato. Wild and wonderful Japanese horror movie from the 1960s. You can see it for free here: http://www.theauteurs.com/films/665

[LynneSin]

3. I can name ONE movie that invokes all4 seasons....

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring,_Summer,_Fall,_Winter..._and_Spring

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (UK: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring) is a 2003 South Korean film about a Buddhist monastery which floats on a lake in a pristine forest. The story is about the life of a Buddhist monk as he passes through the seasons of his life, from childhood to old age.

The movie was directed by Kim Ki-duk, and stars Su Oh-yeong, Kim Young-min, Seo Jae-kyung, and Kim Jong-ho. The director himself appears as the man in the last stage of life. The quiet, contemplative film marked a significant change from his previous works, which were often criticized for excessive violence and misogyny.


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Very visually stunning movie, btw!

[BurtWorm]

4. Thanks!

Sounds very interesting.

[woo me with science]

5. Great question! Summer: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"

or "Body Heat"

Winter: Dr. Zhivago

[BurtWorm]

6. Summer is probably the most popular season for a movie.

I thought of Doctor Zhivago for winter myself. It does a pretty good job conveying spring and autumn as well. Can't remember how well it does with summer, though...

[woo me with science]

15. Yes..I have trouble remembering summer, too.

But, oh, that winter. I can't watch it without hot tea and a blanket.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

7. 4 seasons 4 films

Spring -- Where the Boys Are (1960) when spring break was relatively innocent
Summer -- The Long Hot Summer (1958) Paul Newman never looked better
Fall -- Any Given Sunday, Oliver Stone's ode to football
Winter -- Transsiberian, just watching this movie makes me cold

[woo me with science]

17. "The Long, Hot Summer" is a good pick.

I had "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," which also features a very steamy Paul...:)

[Fire Walk With Me]

8. Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall.

"un coeur en hiver"

"The Producers".

"Summer" (okay, that one's a cop-out).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_(2008_film)

"Twin Peaks: Fire, Walk With Me".







Of course, "The Producers" and "Twin Peaks:..." contain songs that are on-topic...

:hide:

[BurtWorm]

11. Thank you! I really needed that hint at the end there.

:spray:

[Fire Walk With Me]

12. "Springtime for Hitler"... Who could possibly resist?

:)

[XemaSab]

24. I also got The Producers for the same reason

:D

[LisaM]

9. For spring, it has to be "Enchanted April".

I'd vote "Dr. Zhivago" for winter too.

I'd have to think about the other two.

[woo me with science]

10. "Meet Me in St. Louis" did all four seasons in sequence.

[RedCloud]

13. Camelot had a memorable tune in it...

[woo me with science]

16. I was thinking of that! nt

[arcadian]

14. Here are some

Winter - A Midnight Clear
Spirng - Spring Break
Summer - Summer of Sam
Fall - Halloween

[TicketyBoo]

18. Spring…

and (early) summer … Grease. (Great "School's Out!" movie.)

Winter … White Christmas.

Can't think of a good one for autumn.

[11 Bravo]

19. Here you go:

Endless Summer - Winter
The Lion in Winter - Summer
It Happens Every Spring - Fall
Legends of the Fall - Spring

[cherish44]

20. Dirty Dancing - summer, Fargo - winter

Still trying to think of a fall and spring

[gratuitous]

21. The obvious one is "The Four Seasons"

A harmless bit of fluff which is pretty durable.

Otherwise:

Manon of the Spring
Suddenly Last Summer
Falling Down
Winter Kills

[RoyGBiv]

30. Gawd I hate that movie ...

Of course, when I saw it, I was 12. At that age, I saw this movie coming up on HBO, and it had "Hawkeye" and the awesome comedian who played that Missus-a-Whiggins character in it.

Talk about a let-down.

I have had no desire to watch it since ... but I remember it, vividly. It's like expecting chocolate ice cream and getting dirt.

[gratuitous]

32. You might like it now

If for nothing more than the Vivaldi score. But I'm a bit of a sucker for schmaltz.

[gmoney]

22. The Natural, The Longest Yard, Slap Shot, and The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

[Brickbat]

26. You beat me to it.

I was going to do a sports one, too. :)

[XemaSab]

23. Here's my stab at it:

Summer: Do the Right Thing

Winter: Se7en (all that rain!)

Fall: House of Flying Daggers

Spring: The Producers

[BurtWorm]

27. Do the Right Thing is especially good!

:thumbsup:

[jobycom]

25. The Shining, Carrie (Spring), Stand By Me (summer), Silver Bullet (Fall).

I think Silver Bullet was in the Fall. You'd think it would be easy to find a Stephen King movie set around Halloween, but my memory is blank.

[XemaSab]

34. Needful Things takes place in the fall, no?

:shrug:

Also, most of the end of "The Stand" is in the fall too.

[jobycom]

35. Maybe.

Never saw the movie. I read the book, and I thought it had a fall feel. He might even give the time of year at the beginning.

Never saw or read "The Stand." Gotta get to that one day. :) "Under the Dome" takes place around Halloween, but they haven't made a movie of that yet.

[XemaSab]

38. The Stand is the living, breathing SHIT

The miniseries wasn't very good, though.

[Mike 03]

28. Fascinating question

WINTER

Kubrick's THE SHINING and EYES WIDE SHUT, Carpenter's remake of THE THING, REDS (for some reason I can't explain), GODFATHER II

SPRING

Any baseball movie, SLAPSHOT, THE HOURS, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY

SUMMER

APOCALYPSE NOW, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, SORCERER, Mazursky's remake of THE TEMPEST

FALL

THE EXORCIST, HALLOWEEN, CRIES AND WHISPERS, NASHVILLE

[LeftinOH]

29. Summer:Cool Hand Luke. Fall:Liberty Heights. Winter:Fargo.

[alfredo]

31. The Ice Storm - Winter, Easter Parade- Spring. Suddenly Last Summer- summer

Sleepy Hollow - Fall

[KamaAina]

33. Autumn in New York, The Lion in Winter, Spring Break, Endless Summer

:-)

[GoCubsGo]

36. Mine...

Winter--The Shining
Spring--Easter Parade
Summer--One Crazy Summer
Fall--Sleepy Hollow

[BurtWorm]

37. Winter movies

Groundhog Day (1993), dir. by Harold Ramis, with Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell

Metropolitan (1990), dir. by Whit Stillman, with Chris Eigemann and Carolyn Farina