Noel picked the 5 cinematic experiences that blew his mind, and then books and music that define the man (I will post more about a series of top 5).
These are the films, and the reason Noel picked them.
"The good the bad and the ugly" (1966, the film that Oasis were watching on the first album Definitely Maybe, spaghetti western by Sergio Leone, music by Ennio Morricone, inspiring melodies to Noel, especially in the "2004 era"... and today)
"There's a great scene when Clint Eastwood's character leaves Tuco (Eli Wallach), the little guy to die in the desert. Tuco gets a gun and follows him through the desert, picking up his cigar stubs to keep track. It's epic, brilliantly written, the story is great, and they all end up in a graveyard in a three-way shoot off. It looks good as well, Clint Eastwood wears three outfits in the entire film and I'd wear them all. I'd save the poncho for Glastonbury".
video I made with an orchestra playing Masterplan and images from the film.
"All we know is that we don't know how its gonna be" :)
The 2nd part of the central part is too joyful. The tension, the rest is ok. I'll try again :), using the original instrumental
Pulp fiction (1994)
"There are so many great moments of great dialogue in that film. The sign of great art is what happens afterwards, and this film changed everything. Even the black suit and the black tie look came back in, and before that only waiters wore it. The beginning is the end, but you don't realise at first".
Star wars (1977)
"Not the silly edition with the fucking dinosaurs in it, the original. I was ten when this came out, and I still believe that galaxy is going on somewhere, a long, long time ago and far, far away. And even now it looks state of the art. You know it's a big guy from Cornwall in a furry gorilla suit, but it doesn't really matter. It deals with the most basic premise of good vs evil and someone got to rescue the girl, but you've got to admire someone with the vision to invent an entire language. It blew my mind, and I can't wait for it to blow my son's mind. Then I'll be able to say to him "wait until you find out who his Luke Skywalker's Dad is". That will bend his head. Fuck Blade Runner. Blade Runner is Radiohead. Star Wars is Oasis."
The Rutles: all you need is cash (1978)
You can't go on tour without The Rutles. The Beatles story is fantastic because Neil Innes took the piss out of it. It's the British Spinal Tap, and the songs Ouch! I Must Be In Love, Cheese And Onions - are all fucking great".
Downfall (2004)
"This is the story of the last days of Hilter, and I love the black nihilism of it all. They're all staying to the bitter end, and it is the end of their world. We've been in the end of relationships, the end of tours, and the end of bands. But they know this is the end of their entire way of life and they're all going to die. They are dead. Best of all is the YouTube parody in which Hitler's going mad because Oasis have split up and he had tickets to the concert."
I'm not a huge fan of cinema, but here are my top 5 films (I've already wrote some posts about almost all of them)
1) I'd pick everything by Hitchcock. So many, but if I have to choose one, let's say Rear window
2) Quadrophenia
3) Blow up (by Michelangelo Antonioni)
4) Zabriskie Point (by Antonioni)
5) As fifth... difficult, so I choose 5 other films :). I'd pick Tarantino as Noel, but he chose that, so I don't :).
Cast away, La dolce vita (by Federico Fellini), Fight Club, Almost famous... or maybe some spaghetti western. I also like very much Contact and that funny Coming to America
