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Nameless Dread posted:What are some good movies about satan or the antichrist? Or even demons, whatever.
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csidle posted:I know Cube is more of a puzzle film than it is isolation, but in general films that are confined to one space are quite fascinating to me. Hell, even stuff like Murder on the Orient Express and Murder by Death suits the bill, and Event Horizon. Grem posted:Both? Somewhat reasonably, almost any film I can think of that deals with isolation is a horror film. Moon is the only one I can think of that deals with the boredom or slowly going crazy in a dramatic manner. Other examples: Cube (already mentioned), 1408, The Thing, Bug, The Shining, Blindness, Right At Your Door, Lifeboat, Repulsion and most recently Buried and Pontypool which both play out in very small environments. Also, pretty much anything Brad Anderson has directed recently are psychological thrillers that take place in few or small spaces - Session 9, The Machinist, Transsiberian, Vanishing on 7th Street. Films that pretty much take place in one area and are more cerebral and less traditional horror: Rope, The Man From Earth, The House of Yes, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Big Kahuna, Swimming With Sharks, The Last Supper, My Dinner with André, Persona, Interview, Tape (probably the most overlooked Linklater film), Solaris (both versions), Primer, Barton Fink, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
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Aug 14, 2012 00:51
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Oh wow, you're the best.
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Aug 14, 2012 01:13
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kuddles posted:Somewhat reasonably, almost any film I can think of that deals with isolation is a horror film. Submarine films are a whole subcategory of isolation films, most of which don't deal with horror (although some do!)
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Aug 14, 2012 01:22
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kuddles posted:Somewhat reasonably, almost any film I can think of that deals with isolation is a horror film. Moon is the only one I can think of that deals with the boredom or slowly going crazy in a dramatic manner. Other examples: Cube (already mentioned), 1408, The Thing, Bug, The Shining, Blindness, Right At Your Door, Lifeboat, Repulsion and most recently Buried and Pontypool which both play out in very small environments.
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Aug 14, 2012 01:35
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TychoCelchuuu posted:This list is missing The Exterminating Angel which is perhaps the best movie of this kind. Also La Cabina, which is the best such film prominently featuring a big silly mustache.
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Aug 14, 2012 02:24
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So I was looking on the Criterion Collection website (such a good website), and I'm very intrigued by Wong Kar-wai. Where should I start? It all looks good and even though it's not a Criterion selection, I'm intrigued by 2046.
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Aug 14, 2012 03:06
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El Gallinero Gros posted:So I was looking on the Criterion Collection website (such a good website), and I'm very intrigued by Wong Kar-wai. Where should I start? It all looks good and even though it's not a Criterion selection, I'm intrigued by 2046. In The Mood For Love is a good place to start. 2046 is a pseudo-sequel to that one.
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Aug 14, 2012 03:10
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Is Chungking Express also good, assuming I enjoy In The Mood for Love?
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Aug 14, 2012 03:11
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Nameless Dread posted:What are some good movies about satan or the antichrist? Or even demons, whatever. Fallen is excellent, although you've probably already seen it. I'm partial to Curse of the Demon (Night of the Demon outside the US) but it takes more of a rationality vs. the occult approach rather than an explicitly Christian mythos. Also it was screwed over by the studio and was intended to be far more ambiguous than it ended up.
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Aug 14, 2012 03:18
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Is Chungking Express also good, assuming I enjoy In The Mood for Love? I personally found it a little harder to get into than Mood, partially because of the way Wong Kar-Way shoots it. It's also really good, but it took me a few watches to appreciate.
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Aug 14, 2012 03:50
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I just watched The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia, and as usual, it's got me interested in more films about Appalachia (or the Ozarks). I'm not necessarily after large-scale documentaries, so much as character studies, which TWWWWV is in a sense. Fiction or non-fiction, all good. Any suggestions?
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Aug 14, 2012 11:43
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Did you see the Hatfields & McCoys miniseries earlier this year? I thought that was really good. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1985443/
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Aug 14, 2012 11:56
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I did not, but now it's on my list.
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Aug 14, 2012 12:44
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Winter's Bone is a great Ozarks-set film about a teenage girl who has to track down her estranged meth-cook father when it turns out he was arrested, and put the family home up for bail bond before disappearing. I would also recommend White Lightnin' (2009) which is actually a fictionalised/grotesquely warped version of the life of Jesco White (yes, from TWWWWV, although you'll spot some large departures from reality later on). EDIT: There's also Coal Miner's Daughter which is pretty well acclaimed but not something I've watched personally. UNRULY_HOUSEGUEST fucked around with this message at 14:04 on Aug 14, 2012 |
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Aug 14, 2012 13:56
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Sissy Spacek is awesome in Coal Miner's Daughter.
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Aug 14, 2012 14:28
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I'll give WL and Coal Miner's Daughter a go as well, thank you. I watched Winter's Bone and asked for recommendations for similarly themed films here maybe a month ago as well, funnily enough, but I definitely agree that it's on the right track.
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Aug 14, 2012 14:58
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Are there any good French thrillers that came out in the relative past that I might have missed? Watched Anthony Zimmer, Tell No One, Incendies and Cache recently and loved them all. Looking for more recent stuff, within the last decade or two. I've already seen all the obvious choices from the 50s and 60.
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Aug 14, 2012 15:29
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Anything for Her is pretty good.
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Aug 14, 2012 19:49
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Nameless Dread posted:What are some good movies about satan or the antichrist? Or even demons, whatever. The Devil's Advocate Angel Heart
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Aug 14, 2012 20:39
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Loomer posted:I just watched The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia, and as usual, it's got me interested in more films about Appalachia (or the Ozarks). I'm not necessarily after large-scale documentaries, so much as character studies, which TWWWWV is in a sense. Fiction or non-fiction, all good. Any suggestions? I'm sure you have seen it, but what about The Dancing Outlaw? As I recall, it was pretty much WWWWV (same people), only filmed in 1991 It also had a sub-par sequel e; Reading the message board for this movie on IMDB and I see that some people believe a conspiracy that Jesco is Joe Bob Briggs. 
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Aug 15, 2012 00:58
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Any great action movies I might have missed? Something in the vain of Drive would be awesome.
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Aug 15, 2012 04:46
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Ulio posted:Any great action movies I might have missed? Something in the vain of Drive would be awesome. Also I've included some movies with not a ton of action because, hey, Drive didn't have much action either. So that was a very long introduction to this list of action movies arranged approximately from best to good: Seven Samurai Big Trouble in Little China Black Dynamite In Bruges District 9 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Three Kings Attack the Block Escape from New York The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) The Good, The Bad, and The Weird Demolition Man Shoot 'Em Up The International The Hard Way Miami Vice Red Strange Days
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Aug 15, 2012 05:32
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Nice list thanks. Have heard of some of those, the obvious ones. Going to check out the other ones.
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Aug 18, 2012 02:21
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I've seen my fair share of movies but I've never seen a single Woody Allen movie, or a part of one, or really know much about them at all. Any suggestions, especially for the ones on Netflix instant?
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Aug 19, 2012 03:52
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All the streaming ones are good, although the only real classic in there is Sleeper I would say. Aside from that my favorites are Manhattan, Annie Hall, Take the Money and Run, Hannah and her Sisters, The Purple Rose of Cairo, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Bananas is funny too and What's Up, Tiger Lily? is good if you fast forward through the clips of The Lovin' Spoonful that the studio made him add or something.
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Aug 19, 2012 04:04
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TychoCelchuuu posted:All the streaming ones are good, although the only real classic in there is Sleeper I would say. Aside from that my favorites are Manhattan, Annie Hall, Take the Money and Run, Hannah and her Sisters, The Purple Rose of Cairo, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Bananas is funny too and What's Up, Tiger Lily? is good if you fast forward through the clips of The Lovin' Spoonful that the studio made him add or something. My all time favourite is Love and Death and you didn't even mention it! But for a beginner I'd suggest Manhattan, which is visually beautiful, has a great score and is 'typical' of his romance-comedy style, and then Sleeper for the non-stop absurdist comedy elements.
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Aug 19, 2012 12:40
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I'd recommend Annie Hall as the most accessible Woody Allen movie, and probably the best one he's ever made. It came out in 1977, but it's still very funny, very relevant, and very influential on comedy writers and directors, especially for romantic comedies. If you watch Louis C.K.'s show Louie, you can see how he must be a huge Woody Allen fan, particularly of Annie Hall.
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Aug 19, 2012 15:34
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No love for Crimes and Misdemeanors? I love that movie. It's not the usual wacky or funny Woody Allwn movie, but I love it all the same.
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Aug 19, 2012 15:55
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Of the Netflix movies, I liked Love and Death a lot, but it's probably not as accessible as a lot of his other stuff so maybe not the best for his first movie to watch. What's Up Tiger Lilly is pretty hilarious. If you don't know what it is, he took a Japanese action movie and dubbed voices over it, changing the story. But for a more typical Woody Allen movie, I'd recommend Sleeper first.
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Aug 19, 2012 16:10
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I just watched the Seventh Seal and it reminded me how much I love the motif of Death as a sentient, human-like entity. Any films that also feature this? No, no Bill and Ted, thanks. Any genre is fine, I just want the movies to be worthwhile.
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Aug 19, 2012 16:15
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escape artist posted:I just watched the Seventh Seal and it reminded me how much I love the motif of Death as a sentient, human-like entity. Any films that also feature this? No, no Bill and Ted, thanks. Any genre is fine, I just want the movies to be worthwhile. Death Takes A Holiday seems an obvious suggestion.
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Aug 19, 2012 16:18
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EC posted:No love for Crimes and Misdemeanors? I love that movie. It's not the usual wacky or funny Woody Allwn movie, but I love it all the same. Tuxedo Catfish posted:Death Takes A Holiday seems an obvious suggestion.
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Aug 19, 2012 16:19
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Meet Joe Black is twice as long as it needs to be, and while I rather like Brad Pitt as an actor he makes the most bland Death imaginable. EDIT: Black Orpheus is another good one, although I don't think "Death" has any lines. Tuxedo Catfish fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Aug 19, 2012 |
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Aug 19, 2012 16:22
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I recommend Meet Joe Black mainly for the ending. The start is great, and features one of my favourite movie speeches about falling in love, and the ending is absolutely spectacular but the middle stretch is full of weird not-quite-slapstick and Claire Forlani justifying why she no longer has a career but the performance from Anthony Hopkins is fantastic throughout and has a fantastic payoff.
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Aug 19, 2012 16:24
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escape artist posted:I just watched the Seventh Seal and it reminded me how much I love the motif of Death as a sentient, human-like entity. Any films that also feature this? No, no Bill and Ted, thanks. Any genre is fine, I just want the movies to be worthwhile. Last Action Hero has Death from The Seventh Seal (played by Sir Ian McKellen) emerge from a movie screen and give advice to the protagonist. I consider it an unofficial sequel.
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Aug 19, 2012 18:19
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TychoCelchuuu posted:All the streaming ones are good, although the only real classic in there is Sleeper I would say. Aside from that my favorites are Manhattan, Annie Hall, Take the Money and Run, Hannah and her Sisters, The Purple Rose of Cairo, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Bananas is funny too and What's Up, Tiger Lily? is good if you fast forward through the clips of The Lovin' Spoonful that the studio made him add or something. I haven't seen Sleeper, but from what I have seen of the streaming ones, Broadway Danny Rose is my personal favorite.
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Aug 20, 2012 11:01
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Sleeper is really weird and funny. You wouldn't think "Woody Allen dystopic future/Benny Hill mashup" would be cool, but it inhabits this premise so well that it's pretty funny and charming. Also, it being set in The Future!! gives the Woody Allen character a new perspective on which to make his societal comments and jokes, so there's that. Maybe Radio Days next? Annie Hall and Manhattan I'll have to wait until I can check them out from school. Thanks for the suggestions anyways.
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Aug 20, 2012 17:51
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I really enjoyed Inception and Drive, which I suppose are not really that similar to each other, but both movies left me with a feeling of "I need to own a copy of this" after watching them. Any recommendations from people who enjoyed those 2 movies?
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dundun posted:I really enjoyed Inception and Drive, which I suppose are not really that similar to each other, but both movies left me with a feeling of "I need to own a copy of this" after watching them. Any recommendations from people who enjoyed those 2 movies? Well, this is pretty tough. But similar to Inception (sort of, and I'm sure you've seen most of them): Memento The Prestige Seven Fight Club Blade Runner The Matrix If you're interested more in the Dreams Vs. Reality aspect, then try the following, although they're all very deep and surreal: Waking Life Mulholland Drive Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Videodrome A Scanner Darkly You might also like: Thief Taxi Driver Dog Day Afternoon Vertigo The Driver Bronson Blow Out Death Proof Marathon Man The Conversation The Road Warrior Children of Men The Usual Suspects Snatch The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Now, this isn't necessarily stuff that's entirely like Drive and Inception, some of it is very different, but if you liked those movies it's some more stuff you might also like.
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