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What are good movies to watch while drinking a fine scotch?
Mind you, I'm not asking about movies where the subject matter is drinking (i.e.: Cocktail). Nor movies about alcohol (i.e.: prohibition era stories).
More along the lines of "a martini is good to sip while watching a movie starring Katherine Hepburn," or "Absinthe is preferable while watching a Cronenberg film."
Except, you know, for scotch. Complex, multi-layered? Let me know...
Mind you, I'm not asking about movies where the subject matter is drinking (i.e.: Cocktail). Nor movies about alcohol (i.e.: prohibition era stories).
More along the lines of "a martini is good to sip while watching a movie starring Katherine Hepburn," or "Absinthe is preferable while watching a Cronenberg film."
Except, you know, for scotch. Complex, multi-layered? Let me know...
The original Thomas Crown Affair, especially during the chess match.
posted by misha at 5:51 PM on May 5, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by misha at 5:51 PM on May 5, 2012 [2 favorites]
Lost In Translation
posted by rhizome at 6:04 PM on May 5, 2012 [8 favorites]
posted by rhizome at 6:04 PM on May 5, 2012 [8 favorites]
Memento.
Godfather.
Casino.
Goodfellas.
Ingloriious Bastards.
Lawrence of Arabia.
posted by kdern at 6:06 PM on May 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Godfather.
Casino.
Goodfellas.
Ingloriious Bastards.
Lawrence of Arabia.
posted by kdern at 6:06 PM on May 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
I don't know about GOOD Scotch, but the Big Sleep, and The Long Goodbye would both go nicely with a Rye.
How about Casablanca? Or does Humphrey Bogart just equal Rye?
posted by small_ruminant at 6:07 PM on May 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
How about Casablanca? Or does Humphrey Bogart just equal Rye?
posted by small_ruminant at 6:07 PM on May 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Someone to Watch Over Me. Weepy-ish, but good cop stuff too. I wouldn't drink anything but very, very expensive scotch in that apartment.
posted by halfbuckaroo at 6:17 PM on May 5, 2012
posted by halfbuckaroo at 6:17 PM on May 5, 2012
Huh. Originally I felt like this was a ridiculous question with no answer, but the more I got to thinking about it, the more I like the idea of drink/media pairings. I recommend slow, sad, cerebral films, maybe with a leaning towards foreign films and older movies.
Ikiru
Drive
Citizen Kane
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Y tu mamá también
Happy Together
No Country for Old Men
posted by 256 at 6:17 PM on May 5, 2012 [4 favorites]
Ikiru
Drive
Citizen Kane
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Y tu mamá también
Happy Together
No Country for Old Men
posted by 256 at 6:17 PM on May 5, 2012 [4 favorites]
There Will be Blood, especially if you like it mixed with milk.
posted by StickyCarpet at 6:18 PM on May 5, 2012
posted by StickyCarpet at 6:18 PM on May 5, 2012
The Dead. Sorry. It would have to be Irish whiskey.
Local Hero
Waking Ned Devine
The End of the Affair
Stop Making Sense
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 7:23 PM on May 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Local Hero
Waking Ned Devine
The End of the Affair
Stop Making Sense
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 7:23 PM on May 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Heat, with DeNiro and Pacino.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 7:57 PM on May 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 7:57 PM on May 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
Damn I don't have any scotch and I really just got in the mood to watch and drink. I hate myself... ;-P
posted by theartandsound at 7:59 PM on May 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Damn I don't have any scotch and I really just got in the mood to watch and drink. I hate myself... ;-P
posted by theartandsound at 7:59 PM on May 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
The Bridge on the River Kwai
posted by EsotericAlgorithm at 8:43 PM on May 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by EsotericAlgorithm at 8:43 PM on May 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
In the Mood for Love
Spirited Away
Apocalypse Now
If you're ever in a red wine mood, I'd suggest 2001: A Space Odyssey. Beer? Go for The Seventh Seal. Cheap vodka pairs well with The Great Mouse Detective. Cisco fortified wine (and its ilk) complement the Matrix series nicely.
posted by clorox at 9:55 PM on May 5, 2012
Spirited Away
Apocalypse Now
If you're ever in a red wine mood, I'd suggest 2001: A Space Odyssey. Beer? Go for The Seventh Seal. Cheap vodka pairs well with The Great Mouse Detective. Cisco fortified wine (and its ilk) complement the Matrix series nicely.
posted by clorox at 9:55 PM on May 5, 2012
Lost in Translation?
posted by kestrel251 at 10:08 PM on May 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by kestrel251 at 10:08 PM on May 5, 2012 [1 favorite]
Not scotch, but brandy: Vertigo.
posted by oceanjesse at 10:18 PM on May 5, 2012
posted by oceanjesse at 10:18 PM on May 5, 2012
Dr. Strangelove.
posted by a halcyon day at 1:58 AM on May 6, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by a halcyon day at 1:58 AM on May 6, 2012 [2 favorites]
Any movie will do, if the whisky is good enough.
posted by jeffamaphone at 8:33 AM on May 6, 2012
posted by jeffamaphone at 8:33 AM on May 6, 2012
Pretty much any Connery Bond movie except "You Only Live Twice."
Also, "Wall Street." Maybe "Limitless," but maybe that's pushing it.
posted by Sunburnt at 5:06 PM on May 6, 2012
Also, "Wall Street." Maybe "Limitless," but maybe that's pushing it.
posted by Sunburnt at 5:06 PM on May 6, 2012
Remains of the Day
posted by sybarite09 at 7:40 AM on May 7, 2012
posted by sybarite09 at 7:40 AM on May 7, 2012
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