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I'm having a Day From Hell at work, so sorry for the quick answers.Jay Dub posted:Now, recommend me a movie for someone who's interested in war movies, but doesn't care much for all the standard war movie trappings (epic battle scenes; gung ho "US VS THEM" bravado, etc). Kanal Fires on the Plain Shame As someone else said, The Thin Red Line. There's really a whole bunch of them, it depends on what you want in a war film. Binowru posted:Recommend me films for someone who really, really loves brutal satire and black humor, but doesn't know any examples other than Dr. Strangelove and Network. The Americanization of Emily A Face in the Crowd Ace in the Hole Songs from the Second Floor You, the Living King Lur posted:Recommend me movies that take place pretty much entirely in a single room or small area and focus primarily on character dialogue. For example The Man from Earth and Pontypool, both of which I watched recently and really enjoyed. The Exterminating Angel What Happened Was Wait Until Dark Closet Land Dial M for Murder Rope Rear Window Arsenic and Old Lace Secret Honor My Dinner With Andre Swimming to Cambodia/Monster in a Box/Gray's Anatomy/Terrors of Pleasure Glengarry Glen Ross DiscoJ posted:EDIT: I'd like to be recommended films which contain interesting takes on the future. That's really general but what I'm interested in seeing covers films such as The Matrix, Ultraviolet, Equilibrium, Children of Men, Sunshine, The Gene Generation, Barbarella, Idiocracy, Babylon A.D., Starship Troopers, etc. basically any film that focuses on a 'possible' (if extremely unlikely) way that the world might develop in the coming years. Sex Mission Code 46 THX 1138
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LtKenFrankenstein posted:Can anyone recommend me some good Journalism/Newsroom movies? Stuff like All the President's Men, Zodiac, Shattered Glass, and season five of 'The Wire.' I think Network goes without saying. Also Ace in the Hole. Sweet Smell of Success is one of my all-time favorites (but not really about journalism so much). Some others: Absence of Malice Reds Z The Killing Fields Good Night, and Good Luck Broadcast News On the lighter side: His Girl Friday Libeled Lady Roman Holiday FitFortDanga fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Sep 3, 2009 |
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LtKenFrankenstein posted:Somehow I've gone this long without seeing Network. It just always looked/sounded really preachy to me. I don't think it's preachy at all. It's loving brilliant, go get it now.
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eatenmyeyes posted:Please recommend movies that improve drastically when viewed with commentary. I saw Superman IV on Saturday and the person doing the voice-over opened with an apology that continued through the entire ordeal. C.H.U.D.
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the posted:Try this thread. And this one.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:Could CineD recommend me some musicals? My favorites: Singin' in the Rain 42nd Street Meet Me in St. Louis One Hour With You An American In Paris Love Me Tonight Pakeezah Cabaret Lagaan The Happiness of the Katakuris Some that Criticker has classified as musicals, but aren't really musicals in the sense that most people think of them: The Hole (a.k.a Dong) All That Jazz The Wicker Man Linda Linda Linda The Wayward Cloud The Blues Brothers Leningrad Cowboys Go America Artists and Models O Brother, Where Art Thou? Donkey Skin The Roe's Room Quadrophenia
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northerain posted:Any movies taking place in Alaska or similar, like: There are countless Scandanavian films worthy of attention, but I assume you're looking more for the extreme weather setting. Herzog's Antarctic documentary Encounters at the End of the World is a must-see. Most of Grizzly Man takes place in Alaska too, IIRC, but mostly in the summertime. Atanarjuat is a bit overrated, but as the first Eskimo-language film, it has some cultural significance. Also Flaherty's classic semi-documentary Nanook of the North. Runaway Train has some flaws, but overall it's pretty good. The Alaskan weather plays a big part in it. Based on a Kurosawa screenplay. And of course, there's always March of the Penguins.
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Zas posted:I would really love to see a good movie set in a Deli, is that possible? A lot of God Does Not Believe In Us Anymore takes place in a deli, but it doesn't really make a difference. How about a noodle shop? Tampopo.
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MisterFister posted:I'm looking for more great Cold War era Russian cinema. I've seen Solaris, Stalker, Kin-Dza-Dza!, and Come and See. I loved them all and was wondering what else to watch! Thanks! Since you've already started with Tarkovsky, check out Nostalghia, Ivan's Childhood and The Mirror. Also: The Cranes Are Flying The Letter Never Sent I Am Cuba Ballad of a Soldier Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors The Color of Pomegranates The Ascent Wings Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven qwako posted:I would love to watch something similar to Dirty Pretty Things, such a good film. Similar in what way? A few that are similar in tone: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Sophie Scholl: The Final Days The Lives of Others The Lovers on the Bridge FitFortDanga fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Nov 23, 2009 |
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Trump posted:I don't know if this falls a little outside what this thread is about, but here goes. Heart of Darkness (Apocalypse Now) Burden of Dreams (Fitzcarraldo) Dangerous Days (Blade Runner) American Movie (Northwestern/Coven) Kinda hard to recommend... many major films have an extensive making-of on the DVD.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:What are some movies with well-executed first-person segments? Off the top of my head all I can think of is the SQUID recordings from Strange Days, Doom's last big firefight, and the Evil Dead trilogy. The entire first half of Dark Passage is first-person. I guess it's well-executed, but as a gimmick it gets old after a while. Russian Ark is entirely first-person, and one take. It's impressive, although the subject matter is rather dry.
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Jay Dub posted:Monty Python's The Life of Brian is another great example. It's respectful toward Christ himself, but thoroughly lampoons the way religious symbols, messages, and miracles are manufactured. And then it's still funny as hell. This is probably the best possible answer, but I'll also add Twist of Faith. It's a documentary and there's nothing funny about it, but it's both critical and supportive of religion.
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Seconding Man Without a Past. I love how it handles amnesia in a very matter-of-fact manner. Alain Resnais deals with memory frequently in his work. Most notably (and effectively) in Last Year at Marienbad, but also in Je T'aime Je T'aime, Muriel, Hiroshima Mon Amour, and Providence. Some others worth checking out: After Life Distant Voices, Still Lives La Jetee Solaris (both versions) The Mirror Synecdoche, New York Johnny Got His Gun 3 Women
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codyclarke posted:Looking for recommendations of slow, minimalist asian films similar to Kim Ki-Duk's work. I'm a huge fan of Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring and 3-Iron in particular. Anything like either of those would probably be up my alley. I have a bunch of them, but first I'll point you to this thread. Most of the selections would be classified as slow and minimalist (primarily the last 4). Try to see some before next week so you can join the discussion. vvv edit: that's a good one. You might also like Ratanaruang's Ploy and Invisible Waves, although neither is as good as Last Life. 6ixtynin9 is my favorite, but it's not very slow or meditative. FitFortDanga fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Dec 8, 2009 |
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crime fighting hog posted:E: also I figure I'll ask here because I can't remember the name of it. It's a movie about this guy's mother who's been in a coma for nearly a decade or more in East Berlin. She wakes up so he has to try and hide the fact that the wall came down because the shock would kill her. Anyone know? Goodbye Lenin
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angryhampster posted:Can someone recommend me some quality documentaries? I'd prefer something fun rather than morbid. Perhaps something along the lines of King Of Kong? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3184270
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CinnamonToastFunk posted:What are some suicidally depressing movies, like Scenes from a Marriage? El Norte Shoah I Stand Alone Black Rain (Imamura, not Scott) Threads Testament When the Wind Blows Grave of the Fireflies The Human Condition trilogy Sansho the Bailiff Fires on the Plain Kanal Dodesukaden Obaltan Mouchette Vidas Secas Pelle the Conqueror Ashani Sanket Inheritance This Sporting Life Salaam Bombay
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NoSleepTillBedtime posted:Can anyone recommend any murder/mystery/"dark" movies set in Victorian times? I just read "From Hell" and thought the movie was semi-so-so but was digging the sets & costumes. Hmmm? You might like Gothic
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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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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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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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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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Regression posted:What are some good/great/classic movies that have loneliness as a theme? Nothing really comes to my mind, but I'm sure there must be plenty. Everything by Ming-liang Tsai.
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Silver Newt posted:Are there any interesting films or documentaries about the film industry? I've just finished watching The Cutting Edge - The Magic Of Movie Editing and I want to find more films about the biz. poo poo, we had a whole thread about this a while ago, but I dunno where it is now. Day for Night 8 1/2 Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession Burden of Dreams Who's Camus Anyway? Lost in La Mancha Sunset Blvd. Cinema Paradiso (I actually don't like this much, but a lot of people do) Singin' in the Rain American Movie Hearts of Darkness Ed Wood Irma Vep Symbiotaxiplasm The Kid Stays in the Picture Adaptation Close-Up I know there's a bunch I'm not thinking of.
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MAJOR STRYkER posted:hook me up with some war movies. STOP what you are thinking, i've probably seen most all good movies i'm looking for something that i haven't seen. That's not very helpful. For all we know, you could think that "most all good movies" consists of Saving Private Ryan, Platoon and Apocalypse Now. Here are some that I hope you haven't seen. If you have, well, sorry to waste your time. I'll try to skip the more obvious ones. A lot of these are more about war in a larger sense rather than battle scenes and whatnot, but you weren't very specific. Fires on the Plain Devils on the Doorstep Shame The Red and the White Kanal Wooden Crosses Paisa Overlord Ballad of a Soldier Ivan's Childhood The Dam Busters The Cruel Sea Human Condition I,II,III The Americanization of Emily
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Silver Newt posted:I've already seen Adaptation and Ed Wood - but most of the others are new to me, so that's my next few films planned - thanks. Just so you don't get confused, I hosed up one of the titles. It's Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, not Symbiotaxiplasm. bonus description from Criterion: In his one-of-a-kind fiction/documentary hybrid Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take One, director William Greaves presides over a beleaguered film crew in New York’s Central Park, leaving them to try to figure out what kind of movie they’re making. A couple enacts a break-up scenario over and over, a documentary crew films a crew filming the crew, locals wander casually into the frame: the project defies easy description. Yet this wildly innovative sixties counterculture landmark remains one of the most tightly focused and insightful movies ever made about making movies. FitFortDanga fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Jan 13, 2010 |
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SuperSlacker posted:-I'm looking for atmospheric movies set in Japan. Something like the atmosphere in the movie Lost in Translation, with or without a similar theme. You want some Shunji Iwai. Check out All About Lily Chou-Chou and Love Letter. Some others: Tony Takitani Sonatine Fireworks (Hana-bi) Still Walking Labyrinth of Dreams A Gentle Breeze in the Village Rainbow Song Maybe also Last Life in the Universe. It's a Thai movie set in Thailand, but the star (Tadanobu Asano, who's in just about everything) is Japanese.
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Dekko posted:Are there any good movies about the Spanish Civil War? They're more indirectly about the Spanish Civil War, but Spirit of the Beehive and Cria Cuervos are both excellent. And then there's Pan Labyrinth, but I recommend seeing the other two first.
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codyclarke posted:I'm mostly just looking for stuff that might have slipped by my radar. I guess that's what I mean by low-budget, stuff that might have seen one or two theaters or whatever. I've seen most of the classics, so I'm looking for more contemporary stuff. Save the Green Planet? Code 46?
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Chinaski posted:I recently watched Machine Girl, an over-the-top ultra-violent Japanese movie. I'd say the obvious choice is Takashi Miike. Especially Ichi the Killer.
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i am not so sure posted:Perhaps you all can assist me. My favorite movies are all lingering, stark, stylistic, psychological films (Bela Tarr's "Damnation", many of Bergman, Tarkovsky's "Solyaris" and "Stalker"), and I would love to discover a new director with this sort of powerful niche. I've been hearing a lot about Michael Haneke lately, and I didn't realize he did "Funny Games," which was pretty good, but apparently not his usual style. These are some of my favorite kind of movies as well. The Bothersome Man Syndromes and a Century What Time Is It There? I Don't Want to Sleep Alone The Conformist Mother and Son Songs from the Second Floor You, the Living Last Year at Marienbad Three Colors: Blue (the whole trilogy is good, but Blue most suits what you're looking for) Picnic at Hanging Rock Innocence Woman in the Dunes The Beautiful Washing Machine Safe Red Desert Rosetta
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oceanside posted:I've been very interested in French films made since 2000 (A Prophet, Cache, Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct) and I've seen a few others from Germany, The Netherlands and Sweden. I'm looking for films in the action, drama, thriller or crime genres. Anything you think is worth checking out. So, are you looking for films from France, or any French language films, or anything European at all? oceanside posted:The second-tier of the request is because of the recent love I've developed for Balkan films. I've watched a lot of Emir Kusturica and some other great movies (Bal-Can-Can, Tockovi). So I'm looking for requests along those lines too. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Distant (Uzak) The Death of Mr. Lazarescu 12:08 East of Bucharest I Even Met Happy Gypsies (especially if you like Kusturica) Before the Rain Eternity and a Day
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oceanside posted:I'm looking for any European films, in any language. I can't recall a thread about French films in general. There might have been a French New Wave thread, but of course that wouldn't cover 2000-present. So, ANY European films from the past 10 years, huh? Werckmeister Harmonies The Bothersome Man Innocence Songs from the Second Floor Saraband The Man from London Talk to Her A Very Long Engagement L'Enfant The Man Without a Past Bad Education In the Mood for Love 2046 Revanche The Consequences of Love Fat Girl The Counterfeiters The Inheritance The Tunnel Volver I excluded UK films, assuming you'd probably be familiar with most of them. Also left off some of the more obvious ones like Amelie and Downfall.
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regulargonzalez posted:I accept that Russia is somehow considered European, but I don't think even the most liberal of interpretations can place Hong Kong in Europe Ha ha, whoops. Wasn't thinking there, those slipped in when I did my Criticker filter by country. Probably French financing or something.
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So many movies can be said to have a "dreamlike" atmosphere that it's pretty hard to narrow down. But I'll throw some out there that I like, probably forgetting dozens of others: The Bothersome Man The Trial Dreams That Money Can Buy Ten Nights of Dreams Dreams (Akira Kurosawa) Un Chien Andalou L'Age d'Or 3 Women 8 1/2 Blue Velvet Eraserhead Inland Empire Cat Soup Mind Game Hausu Werckmeister Harmonies Satantango Damnation Woman in the Dunes Even Dwarfs Started Small Songs from the Second Floor You, the Living Stalker The Mirror Delicatessen The Beautiful Washing Machine Kwaidan The Saragossa Manuscript Persona The Silence Santa Sangre El Topo Valerie and her Week of Wonders FitFortDanga fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Mar 1, 2010 |
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Mung Dynasty posted:Can y'all suggest some films with a broody, quiet, badass male lead that's legitimately cool and/or engaging and not like Vin Diesel or some vampire anime fag. Something like Michael Corelone from The Godfather, or to a somewhat lesser extent, Nikolai from Eastern Promises. Any genre will do, but some sort of action, thriller, crime drama, or anything else lending itself to tense moments would be great. Murder By Contract The Bad Sleep Well Yojimbo/Sanjuro A Fistful of Dollars/For a Few Dollars More/The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Night of the Hunter Touchez pas au grisbi Sonatine
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Flutch posted:Looking for films that are similar to Godard's Weekend. You should probably just stick to more Godard, there's not a whole lot out there like him. If you like Weekend, these might appeal to you: 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her Made in USA Pierrot le Fou Contempt Masculin, Feminin Tout Va Bien Vivre Sa Vie A Woman Is a Woman Le Petit Soldat Les Carabiniers You might also like William Klein's stuff, especially Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?.
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InfiniteZero posted:Doesn't The Maltese Falcon take place there as well? There's a bunch of San Francisco noir, it's right behind LA and NY.
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the Bunt posted:Apologies, I don't particularly care about the type of movie, just a film with a lot of exteriors showing the city off. The Lineup has a lot of great location shots, and is a kickass movie to boot. If you don't mind something terribly  then The Bridge really shows off the GG Bridge beautifully.
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You might find this list helpful, too. You know, I've seen Harold & Maude about a dozen times and I don't think it ever registered that it was set in San Francisco. Or maybe I just forgot. I'm not very observant sometimes.
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