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76 Top Five: Cinema

Posted by Dom Coballe on May 12th, 2008

We work in an open concept work space, the lack of privacy is a negative agreed, but it really facilitates the expression of opinions — whether they are requested or not. The thing about spouting your opinions within your peer group, you best be ready to hear how much your thoughts sink or soar.

In the middle of our ‘pit’, we installed a ginormous whiteboard, it’s intended for brainstorming sessions, working out silky smooth code, drawing obscene doodles and other collaborative exercises. Now every week, starting last week, it will also house the 76 Top Five. What is the 76 Top Five? I am glad you asked. A theme is picked, and people (participation is optional) list their all-time top five (usually under a barrage of comments such as, ‘Are you serious?’ and ‘Nice choice pointdexter‘).

Think of this whiteboard as a window into the plethora of personalities who fill out the 76design corps.

So without further ado…

Week 1 Theme: Cinema

Brett:

  1. Donnie Darko
  2. Gimme Shelter
  3. Almost Famous
  4. 28 Days Later
  5. High Fidelity

Jeff:

  1. Goodfellas
  2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
  3. And Now For Something Completely Different
  4. Rollerball
  5. Cable Guy

Jordan:

  1. Shawshank Redemption
  2. Dumb and Dumber
  3. True Lies
  4. Pulp Fiction
  5. Ocean’s Eleven

Julie:

  1. Blue Velvet
  2. Kill Bill Vol.2
  3. Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amelie Poulain
  4. Lost in Translation
  5. Adaptation

John:

  1. Seven Samurai
  2. The Night of the Hunter
  3. Rhapsody in August
  4. The Last Picture Show
  5. Kill Bill 1 & 2

Rob:

  1. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
  2. Fubar
  3. American History X
  4. Forrest Gump
  5. Pulp Fiction

Dom:

  1. Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  2. Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo
  3. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
  4. Rushmore
  5. Jing wu men

Tune in next week for…76 Top Five: Music Videos!

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7 Responses to “76 Top Five: Cinema”

  1. Rob Villeneuve
    May 13th, 2008 » 3:53 pm

    Oh, i forgot about Rushmore and Kill Bill.

  2. Jordan
    May 13th, 2008 » 4:01 pm

    I was really excited to see everyone’s picks, since Dom kept them hidden and locked in his email safe, making us thirst to know who picked what. John, I thought it was top 5 movies? When I phoned Blockbuster and asked how good the movie Kill Bill 1 & 2 is, they told me “Buddy, those are 2 separate movies”.

  3. Dom Coballe
    May 13th, 2008 » 4:18 pm

    What’s the official ruling for volumes of films? I say if you have to pay 2 rental fees, then they are separate flicks.

  4. Rob Villeneuve
    May 14th, 2008 » 10:14 am

    Kill Bill is a tough one because they are much better when viewed back to back.

  5. Mathieu
    May 24th, 2008 » 9:08 pm

    If we were to choose our liaison with 76 Design based purely on movie choices then the CCSAI would be working with Jordan right now. John, we love you and all but you’re way too cultured to invite us over for movie nights :-)

    Does that mean I’m calling Jordan uncultured? Hmmmm …. office discussion 2.0.

  6. Amie
    June 27th, 2008 » 8:28 am

    I *heart* Top 5…

  7. mary-margaret
    July 17th, 2008 » 12:25 pm

    how is it that i didn’t see this til now? and where is Spinal Tap for chrissakes?