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regulargonzalez posted:Any recommendations for dark or gritty movies with an unreliable narrator? Something along the lines of Memento, Identity, Jacob's Ladder, or The Usual Suspects. And preferably smaller films - if it's something well-known or by a big name director, odds are I've seen it. Images by Robert Altman might just be what you're looking for. Also, I'd like to recommend the classic suspense movie The Killers.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:I love all the films you named, so I'll throw out Lost Highway, Angel Heart, The Machinist, and Pi, even though you've probably seen them already. 'Fraid so. Though Angel Heart might be due for a rewatch. MonkeeKong posted:Images by Robert Altman might just be what you're looking for. Also, I'd like to recommend the classic suspense movie The Killers. e: typed Images into Netflix and while it sadly isn't available for streaming, Following is! Haven't seen it for nearly a decade, definitely will watch this tonight. Thanks! regulargonzalez fucked around with this message at 06:33 on Dec 21, 2009 |
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No problem, hope you like it!
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I watched The Fall yesterday and it was really great. I'd love any recommendations for other visually stunning, original movies. edit: Not Benjamin Button
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I have almost no exposure to the film noire genre and would love to get more acquainted with some good entries. Really the only film I've seen that could be considered film noire would be Brick, which I thought was absolutely fantastic. I suppose Sin City had some elements to the genre but I don't think it really counts. So where should I begin? If possible, I'd like to start with some more modern films and work my way back.
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Matteo44 posted:I have almost no exposure to the film noire genre and would love to get more acquainted with some good entries. Really the only film I've seen that could be considered film noire would be Brick, which I thought was absolutely fantastic. I suppose Sin City had some elements to the genre but I don't think it really counts. So where should I begin? If possible, I'd like to start with some more modern films and work my way back. The Man Who Wasn't There Ehud posted:I watched The Fall yesterday and it was really great. I'd love any recommendations for other visually stunning, original movies. The Fountain Also there's a thread on this a few pages back.
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regulargonzalez posted:For some reason I thought The Killers was a Kubrick movie, but IMDB says not. Haven't seen either of the films you recommended, thanks!
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Ehud posted:I watched The Fall yesterday and it was really great. I'd love any recommendations for other visually stunning, original movies. Flowers of Shanghai is the most gorgeous film I've ever seen. Visually ravishing. You have to have a tolerance for plotless, slow-moving films though. Matteo44 posted:I have almost no exposure to the film noire genre and would love to get more acquainted with some good entries. Really the only film I've seen that could be considered film noire would be Brick, which I thought was absolutely fantastic. I suppose Sin City had some elements to the genre but I don't think it really counts. So where should I begin? If possible, I'd like to start with some more modern films and work my way back. The original DOA (which iirc is available for free on any public domain movie site - fell out of copyright) and Double Indemnity are definitive examples of the genre. e: But those are among the progenitors. If you want something more recent to work back from, maybe Angel Heart would qualify - kind of noirish with a twist. Ditto for Dark City. Tone is definitely film noir-like, but from a plot standpoint I don't know if either would directly qualify. Jeff Wiiver posted:Your confusion is understandable. Kubrick directed movies called Killer's Kiss and The Killing. regulargonzalez fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Dec 21, 2009 |
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like: fight club, gangs of new york, lock stock, rocknrolla, ocean's 11, se7en, life aquatic with steve zissou, Trainspotting, oldboy. Those definitely aren't all, but I'm heading out to rent something today and those are close to what I'm in the mood for. I've seen snatch but didn't like it as well as the other two guy films. might be the accent, though I usually keep up fine.
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Matteo44 posted:I have almost no exposure to the film noire genre and would love to get more acquainted with some good entries. Really the only film I've seen that could be considered film noire would be Brick, which I thought was absolutely fantastic. I suppose Sin City had some elements to the genre but I don't think it really counts. So where should I begin? If possible, I'd like to start with some more modern films and work my way back. I guess I just must recommend The Killers to you as well! Otherwise, some great movies to begin with would be Billy Wilders Double Indemnity, Nicolas Rays In A Lonely Place, Orson Welles Touch of Evil, Howard Hawks The Big Sleep and Otto Premingers Laura. I consider all six movies I've mentioned to be masterpieces, but Double Indemnity and The Big Sleep are probably the most well-known and famous of them and Touch of Evil and In A Lonely Place are my personal favorites.
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Matteo44 posted:I have almost no exposure to the film noire genre and would love to get more acquainted with some good entries. Really the only film I've seen that could be considered film noire would be Brick, which I thought was absolutely fantastic. I suppose Sin City had some elements to the genre but I don't think it really counts. So where should I begin? If possible, I'd like to start with some more modern films and work my way back. In addition to the other great ones suggested, definitely give Saumel Fuller's Pickup on South Street a try. It's a really funny and extremely watchable noir that pretty much anyone can get into. Also great are Night and the City (1950) and The Naked City, both by Jules Dassin. He's done a bunch of great ones, so you can't really go wrong just going through his work.
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My favorite noirs: Double Indemnity Sweet Smell of Success The Third Man Notorious The Night of the Hunter Shadow of a Doubt Nightmare Alley Bad Day at Black Rock Gilda The Killing The Stranger Where the Sidewalk Ends The Asphalt Jungle The Lady from Shanghai Gun Crazy Laura Murder, My Sweet Touch of Evil There's a lot more I could name, but I'm particularly fond of the genre. As for neo-noir/foreign noir: Blade Runner Shoot the Piano Player Les Diaboliques Stray Dog Chinatown Le Samourai Blood Simple L.A. Confidential The Grifters The Last Seduction Blue Velvet Dark City The Man Who Wasn't There House of Games
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Drizzle 34 posted:like: Maybe La Femme Nikita or Shallow Grave
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Can someone suggest some good movies about the Yakuza? I'm thinking the equivalent of The Godfather but something that's just an action flick with Yakuza as characters is cool too.
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All this talk of noir and not a single mention of The Maltese Falcon.
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Carbon Thief posted:Can someone suggest some good movies about the Yakuza? I'm thinking the equivalent of The Godfather but something that's just an action flick with Yakuza as characters is cool too. Sonatine Hana-bi (Fireworks) Branded to Kill Tokyo Drifter Yakuza Graveyard Sympathy for the Underdog Youth of the Beast Tattooed Life
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Carbon Thief posted:Can someone suggest some good movies about the Yakuza? I'm thinking the equivalent of The Godfather but something that's just an action flick with Yakuza as characters is cool too. Battles without Honor and Humanity was pretty much designed to be the Yakuza Godfather. It's not nearly as good, but it's a hell of a movie anyway -- there's like a hundred sequels I haven't seen, though.
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Carbon Thief posted:Can someone suggest some good movies about the Yakuza? I'm thinking the equivalent of The Godfather but something that's just an action flick with Yakuza as characters is cool too. The Yakuza Papers is a series of five movies that are pretty much exactly like a Japanese Godfather the first one is called Battles Without Honor and Humanity Edit: That's what I get for staring at the submit screen for too long.
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1) Which of those movies FitFortDanga posted is the best? Or where should I start? Oh and I've seen Tokyo Drifter, I liked it a lot. 2) This might be slightly harder to answer but there's a song by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers called Afrique and all I can picture in the beginning of the song is a really intense foot chase in a rainy street with lots of shots half showing corners and half showing the street the chaser is coming down. Are there any movies that are heavy in this kind of jazz that are film noir. I've asked this question to some adults who like film noir and they recommended me good movies, but the jazz in them was smooth boring jazz, didn't have the intensity I was looking for in the movie or in the soundtrack. edit: oh ya and bonus if you can tell me why in the Film Dump I can't sort by rating thehandtruck fucked around with this message at 19:58 on Dec 24, 2009 |
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thehandtruck posted:1) Which of those movies FitFortDanga posted is the best? Or where should I start? Oh and I've seen Tokyo Drifter, I liked it a lot. Since you liked TD, I suggest the other Suzuki films... Youth of the Beast, Tattooed Life and especially Branded to Kill. Out of the rest that I listed, Yakuza Graveyard is the best of the straight-up yakuza films. Sonatine and Hana-bi by Takeshi Kitano are more postmodern yakuza, very well-done but maybe more low-key and introspective than what you're looking for. thehandtruck posted:2) This might be slightly harder to answer but there's a song by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers called Afrique and all I can picture in the beginning of the song is a really intense foot chase in a rainy street with lots of shots half showing corners and half showing the street the chaser is coming down. Are there any movies that are heavy in this kind of jazz that are film noir. I've asked this question to some adults who like film noir and they recommended me good movies, but the jazz in them was smooth boring jazz, didn't have the intensity I was looking for in the movie or in the soundtrack. Check out Elevator to the Gallows, a French noir with a terrific Miles Davis score.
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Can anyone recommend me some good books on film? I don't care what they are, I just want something good to read.
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Can anyone recommend good documentaries? I've watched Food, Inc. lately and it's got me on a documentary kick. I've also seen Beer Wars. Well I guess I'm mostly looking for food documentaries, but others would do.
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My friend and I really like horror movies but she is a total wimp when it comes to ghost movies. Can anybody recommend something especially terrifying and is of the ghost variety? Can be black and white, subtitled, etc. Doesn't matter.
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Beobeobeo posted:My friend and I really like horror movies but she is a total wimp when it comes to ghost movies. Can anybody recommend something especially terrifying and is of the ghost variety? Can be black and white, subtitled, etc. Doesn't matter. The original The Haunting. The Innocents. Kill, Baby, Kill!. Poltergeist ratchets up the terror quickly, too, in my view. For someone afraid of ghosts, I can't help but imagine this would be nightmare fuel: 
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I'm feeling like some mindless violence right now. What are some movies with slick, cool and calculated assassins? In the vein of Leon and Lucky Number Slevin. Also, do any movies exist that are centred primarily on an interrogation, but not with physical torture, more the mental kind of thing.
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oceanside posted:Also, do any movies exist that are centred primarily on an interrogation, but not with physical torture, more the mental kind of thing. Closet Land is exactly what you're looking for. edit: looks like the whole movie is on YouTube.
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oceanside posted:I'm feeling like some mindless violence right now. What are some movies with slick, cool and calculated assassins? In the vein of Leon and Lucky Number Slevin. It's probably obvious, but The Usual Suspects is set during an interrogation in the present, broken up by flashbacks to various events in the past being discussed. Also, while it's a very small part of the movie, L.A. Confidential has my favorite criminal interrogation scene ever. As for assassin movies, try The Killer by John Woo for one of the best and most stylish ever. For lighter fare that's still violent, of course there's Grosse Pointe Blank and Pulp Fiction.
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And for more of the mindless violence angle, try Wanted
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oceanside posted:Also, do any movies exist that are centred primarily on an interrogation, but not with physical torture, more the mental kind of thing. It's a tv show, but you should probably watch this episode of Homicide.
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oceanside posted:Also, do any movies exist that are centred primarily on an interrogation, but not with physical torture, more the mental kind of thing. Under Suspicion with Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackmen might be something of interest for you.
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oceanside posted:I'm feeling like some mindless violence right now. What are some movies with slick, cool and calculated assassins? In the vein of Leon and Lucky Number Slevin. There's a pretty ridiculous actioner by name of "The Tournament" that just came out. It's a good fun time-waster that taught me that Hitmen have terrible fashion sense. Stars Robert Carlyle, Ving Rhames and Kelly Hu. Summary: Every seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself carries the legendary million dollar a bullet price tag.
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The Cameo posted:The original The Haunting. The Innocents. Kill, Baby, Kill!. Poltergeist ratchets up the terror quickly, too, in my view. I went the route of Kill, Baby, Kill! since we had already seen the others; it did not disappoint. Thanks!
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Can anyone recommend some independent type artsy/indie/philosophical type films? I really enjoy movies like: Requiem for a Dream Waking Life Abres Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Into the Wild eXistenZ Also, I really enjoy movies that have a certain style about them - like a certain unique characteristic that invokes a particular emotion.
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Sashkabob posted:Can anyone recommend some independent type artsy/indie/philosophical type films? If you haven't seen it, I'd recommend Lost in Translation. If has the artsy/indie feel that you're looking for, and it also conveys emotions in my mind.
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Sashkabob posted:Can anyone recommend some independent type artsy/indie/philosophical type films? If you liked Waking Life, surely you've seen Before Sunrise and Before Sunset? Not as overtly philosophical as Waking Life, but definitely indie, artsy in a not-trying-to-be-artsy type of way, and just all around great movies. Jesse and Celine from the 'laying in bed talking' scene in Waking Life are the main characters in those movies. I'd also recomment the *qatsi films -Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, and Naqoyqatsi. Also Baraka, which is very similar. Born into Brothels isn't arty or philosophical per se, but it definitely evokes emotions. Other ideas: Tarnation Akira Kurosawa's Dreams 2046 (I have a hunch you'd really like this)
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Sashkabob posted:Can anyone recommend some independent type artsy/indie/philosophical type films? I'd also suggest The Wrestler and Pi from Darren Aronofsky, the director of Requiem for a Dream.
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Awesome, thanks guys. I enjoyed Lost In Translation and Before Sunrise Two for two so far.
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Sashkabob posted:Awesome, thanks guys. I enjoyed Lost In Translation and Before Sunrise You have to watch Before Sunset next!
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I was browsing Netflix watch instantly movies and saw I Served the King of England and loved it, what's more is, I don't know why. Maybe I'm a sucker for a soft voice-over. Any recommendations for movies similar to it? Most of the director's other movies seem pretty elusive. thehandtruck fucked around with this message at 09:05 on Jan 5, 2010 |
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