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I would love to watch something similar to Dirty Pretty Things, such a good film.
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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!
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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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I don't know if this falls a little outside what this thread is about, but here goes. I'm looking for more behind the scenes docus in same vein as The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys, The Beginning: Making Episode I or Lost in La Mancha.
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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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I'm a huge fan of David Cronenberg and have seen quite a few of his body-horror films. Was wondering if there's any other directors or films that are similar to his style or compliment his films well. I'm basically looking for something along the lines of Videodrome, Dead Ringers, The Fly and The Brood but not necessarily directed by Cronenberg.
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sulphix posted:I'm a huge fan of David Cronenberg and have seen quite a few of his body-horror films. Was wondering if there's any other directors or films that are similar to his style or compliment his films well. You might like Brian DePalma's Sisters.
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sulphix posted:I'm a huge fan of David Cronenberg and have seen quite a few of his body-horror films. Was wondering if there's any other directors or films that are similar to his style or compliment his films well. Cronenberg also did a movie called Spider that you might like. And Takashi Miike's Audition just might fit as well (though you shouldn't read anything about it -- going in knowing nothing about it is the best way to experience it) e: Maybe Tetsuo. It's on Netflix Instant Streaming.
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Steve Yun posted:Someone recommend me which particular version of Tosca or Don Giovanni to rent from netflix. Here's a production of Don Giovanni on Youtube, conducted by James Levine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f21TsqCwqo4
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Regression posted:Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind Check out Science of Sleep. It's genuinely weird, but entertaining. Thanks for the spy movie suggestions. 
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Thanks for the recommendations related to Eternal Sunshine and to Buffalo '66.CinnamonToastFunk posted:Watch everything else Charlie Kaufman has written, especially Synecdoche, New York. Ooh, this does sound good. And with Philip Seymour Hoffman! On the other hand, even Eternal Sunshine was enough to make me contemplate suicide.  Added: And thanks for the recommendation of Science of Sleep, a cursory glance seems to suggest it is quite what I'm looking for.
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FitFortDanga posted:Heart of Darkness (Apocalypse Now) It's a bit hard to find, but Demon Lover Diary is great. It's like Heart of Darkness but instead of a masterpiece, they're making an absolutely dogshit horror movie.
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regulargonzalez posted:Maybe Tetsuo. It's on Netflix Instant Streaming. Just watched this last night. I wasn't sure what I was watching, but I knew it's what I was looking for. Thanks for the recommendation.
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I recommend Buffalo 66 as a wistful reminder of what Christina Ricci used to look like.
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Mung Dynasty posted:I'm late to the party on responding to this, but if you're still reading and haven't seen it already, Eden Lake is a pretty brutal and upsetting horror film. Funny you should suggest this. I haven't seen this thread since the first few recommendations from that post, and I checked back today after watching Eden Lake yesterday  It wasn't half-bad. Didn't enjoy it as much as the Martyrs, Haute Tension, L'Interieur trio, but it was pretty good. So recently I watched Persepolis and absolutely loved it. I really liked the set pieces and culture study and it occurred to me that I'm not really familiar with any other films that deal with the Iranian Revolution, especially on an individual level. Anyone got any ideas? I'm sick of seeing Middle-East based films from the level of soldiers. Give me civilians, militia, politicians, etc...
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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! My main experience with Soviet cinema is from the twenties and thirties, but there were some real gems made in the sixties. If you've got the patience, Sergei Bondarchuk's adaptation of War and Peace made in 1969 is very well done; perhaps the definitive Napoleonic War picture, and adjusted for inflation, the most expensive film ever made. They also had their own interpretation of the Western, set generally in central asia, called the Ostern. "White Sun of the Desert" is a standout amongst these. If you count the greater Warsaw Pact, there were some interesting works made; one I really liked was called Ikarie XB-1, made in czechoslovakia. Very interesting science fiction with some very advanced photography, considering it was made in the mid-sixties. I can't help but see some of its influence in Kubrick's 2001 angryhampster posted:Can someone recommend me a good spy film outside of the Bond and Bourne series? Michaelangelo Antonioni's "The Passenger" is great, and stars a young Jack Nicholson. deetron69 fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Nov 25, 2009 |
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Wreath of Barbs posted:Anyone got any ideas? I'm sick of seeing Middle-East based films from the level of soldiers. Give me civilians, militia, politicians, etc... It's not about the Iranian revolution, but Where Is The Friend's Home ("aka Where Is The Friend's House") (Kiarostami) might fit the bill. It's about a rural schoolboy in Iran. You can't really get more civilian than a kid trying to return a friend's notebook at another village, and you get a unique look at rural Iran from the film.
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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.
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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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...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. 
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the posted:God, I can't wait for February.
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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. I have not seen it, but Lady in the Lake is a Chandler detective movie entirely shot in first person. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039545/
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penismightier posted:God, I can't wait for February. I hope it comes out on Laserdisc.
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Please recommend some neo-noir thrillers where the hero is completely out of his element with the odds horribly against him, and the more he finds out and the deeper he digs, the more hosed he is. I love it when these take a supernatural or just plain weird turn, or any kind of supernatural or horror/noir hybrids at all. So far I have enjoyed Angel Heart, Lord of Illusions, In the Mouth of Madness, Constantine, Oldboy, Lost Highway, and Twin Peaks (the series and the Fire Walk With Me movie).
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Dark City fits your requirements pretty perfectly, but you could also stick Brazil in there.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Please recommend some neo-noir thrillers where the hero is completely out of his element with the odds horribly against him, and the more he finds out and the deeper he digs, the more hosed he is. I love it when these take a supernatural or just plain weird turn, or any kind of supernatural or horror/noir hybrids at all. So far I have enjoyed Angel Heart, Lord of Illusions, In the Mouth of Madness, Constantine, Oldboy, Lost Highway, and Twin Peaks (the series and the Fire Walk With Me movie). The Big Lebowski.  (Seriously.)Since you mentioned a couple of Lynch films you should also check out Blue Velvet.
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Dark City is in my all-time top ten favorites, I also love Brazil, I keep meaning to see Big Lebowski again (haven't seen it since it came out), and now that I'm a Twin Peaks junkie, I also need to give Blue Velvet a new viewing. All great choices, though.
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Recommend me some movies that make good use of surround sound. I ask because I just watched Dark Knight with 5.1, and when the Joker shoots at the SWAT van carrying Harvey Dent, you can hear bullet holes popping in front of you, then to your right, then behind you. I want more movies that have that kind of fun use of sound.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Please recommend some neo-noir thrillers where the hero is completely out of his element with the odds horribly against him, and the more he finds out and the deeper he digs, the more hosed he is. I love it when these take a supernatural or just plain weird turn, or any kind of supernatural or horror/noir hybrids at all. So far I have enjoyed Angel Heart, Lord of Illusions, In the Mouth of Madness, Constantine, Oldboy, Lost Highway, and Twin Peaks (the series and the Fire Walk With Me movie). The last four are horror movies, but they certainly fit what you're seeking I think: Chinatown, King of the Ants, Phantasm, Prince of Darkness, They Live.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Please recommend some neo-noir thrillers where the hero is completely out of his element with the odds horribly against him, and the more he finds out and the deeper he digs, the more hosed he is. I love it when these take a supernatural or just plain weird turn, or any kind of supernatural or horror/noir hybrids at all. So far I have enjoyed Angel Heart, Lord of Illusions, In the Mouth of Madness, Constantine, Oldboy, Lost Highway, and Twin Peaks (the series and the Fire Walk With Me movie).
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Probably a long shot, but somebody linked me to the Japanese horror comic Uzumaki (Spiral) yesterday. I have never read a manga before but I just loved the feel of it and can't get it out of my head. Can anybody recommend me some Horror movies that have a similar feel to this? Something monstrous. http://www.onemanga.com/Uzumaki/1/39/
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Wormophile posted:Probably a long shot, but somebody linked me to the Japanese horror comic Uzumaki (Spiral) yesterday. I have never read a manga before but I just loved the feel of it and can't get it out of my head. Can anybody recommend me some Horror movies that have a similar feel to this? Something monstrous. I'm not entirely confident that I understand what you mean, but I took a look at the link and I'm assuming you're after something featuring horrific and deformed monstrosities? From Beyond https://wi.somethingawful.com/9a/9af243acbde99a59876d6489ca27bcb63d2a8613.jpg#via=salrStuart Gordon doing Lovecraft (as he often does). Most people prefer "Re-Animator" but I really like this film, and a really nice edition came out last year. Slither https://wi.somethingawful.com/4e/4e29b6893f0dea9b32c6fe73404bb0efba34aeb2.jpg#via=salrThis is a throwback film to goofy and splattery (is that a word?) horror from the 80s. In some ways, it borrows its look from "From Beyond" in fact, although a larger influence on it would be "Night of the Creeps". Hausu https://wi.somethingawful.com/be/beb1dea1f28cd5aabfee88cf17b049ffbe8d6ac3.jpg#via=salr If you were actually looking for some freaky and surreal asian horror, look no further than Hausu, which is currently making the rounds for cinematic screenings and will soon show up on a nice new DVD edition. I'm not positive, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Hausu wasn't an influence on Uzumaki. I'm not sure if we have to NWS gory images like this (the "Hausu" image isn't really gory but I thought I'd be consistent), but I've done so just in case. InfiniteZero fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Nov 26, 2009 |
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Wormophile posted:Probably a long shot, but somebody linked me to the Japanese horror comic Uzumaki (Spiral) yesterday. I have never read a manga before but I just loved the feel of it and can't get it out of my head. Can anybody recommend me some Horror movies that have a similar feel to this? Something monstrous. And you know that there's a movie version of Spiral too, right? YMMV, but I absolutely loved it. Very weird stuff. (To be fair, I have not read the book at all.)
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Mung Dynasty posted:Recommend some simplistic, glossy, loud, crass, overproduced garbage that is also somehow watchable or even likable. I loved SHOOT EM UP! You should check that one out. Totally fun, over the top, violent, kind of gross but really really good.
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northerain posted:Any movies taking place in Alaska or similar, like: What about LIMBO? Steve Yun posted:Recommend me some movies that make good use of surround sound. U-571
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I'm looking for movies with quite a heavy focus on dialogue. They don't necessarily have to be entirely dialogue without much action (although I did enjoy 12 Angry Men). I suppose Pulp Fiction would be the best example because of the exchanges between the characters, Reservoir Dogs is another example too.
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oceanside posted:I'm looking for movies with quite a heavy focus on dialogue. They don't necessarily have to be entirely dialogue without much action (although I did enjoy 12 Angry Men). I suppose Pulp Fiction would be the best example because of the exchanges between the characters, Reservoir Dogs is another example too. Glengarry Glen Ross if you want drama, The Princess Bride if you want comedy, All About Eve if you want a classic.
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oceanside posted:I'm looking for movies with quite a heavy focus on dialogue. They don't necessarily have to be entirely dialogue without much action (although I did enjoy 12 Angry Men). I suppose Pulp Fiction would be the best example because of the exchanges between the characters, Reservoir Dogs is another example too. Anything by Richard Linklater.
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oceanside posted:I'm looking for movies with quite a heavy focus on dialogue. They don't necessarily have to be entirely dialogue without much action (although I did enjoy 12 Angry Men). I suppose Pulp Fiction would be the best example because of the exchanges between the characters, Reservoir Dogs is another example too. It just occured to me that you would probably also really like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
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Thanks for the recommendations guys, some of these look pretty good. I think I'll check out Glengarry Glen Ross first.Adrianics posted:It just occured to me that you would probably also really like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang You're right! I love that movie. In fact, I'd probably put it in my top 10. I should also mention that Clerks is another example of what I enjoy.
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