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Howdy! I'm looking for more mellow, hypnotic films. Examples of films that I've seen that fit that profile: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Last Year at Marienbad, Kurosawa's Dreams, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring, Has's The Saragossa Manuscript, and Felini's 8&1/2. I guess I'll elaborate by stating what I'm not looking for: I love David Lynch, Nicholas Windig Refin, and Panos Cosmatos for their hypnotic cinematography, but I'd like something like that where the content isn't so dark. I guess in a nutshell: recommend me a movie that feels like a dream, but not a nightmare. Thank you very much! magic cactus fucked around with this message at 04:54 on Aug 6, 2019 |
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Have you seen any Rivette? (You may have, if you’re familiar enough with Marienbad to cite it here.) His stuff isn’t exactly “out there” content-wise, but it’s definitely slow-moving and hypnotic in its own way. If you can find a copy of Cohen’s Blu-Ray of La Belle Noiseuse that might be a good starting point. EDIT: The Story of Marie and Julien might also be a good one in terms of mood. It’s a little more explicitly dreamlike. oneforthevine fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Aug 6, 2019 |
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Aug 6, 2019 05:25
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oneforthevine posted:Have you seen any Rivette? (You may have, if you’re familiar enough with Marienbad to cite it here.) His stuff isn’t exactly “out there” content-wise, but it’s definitely slow-moving and hypnotic in its own way. If you can find a copy of Cohen’s Blu-Ray of La Belle Noiseuse that might be a good starting point. I'm not familiar with Rivette at all actually. Thanks a bunch for the recommendations, I'll look into it post haste.
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Aug 6, 2019 10:22
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:I’m looking for some good seafaring movies. I rewatched Master and Commander last night and it’s still great. Submarine movies are cool too, but mainly looking for stuff in the vein of Master and Commander. Horatio Hornblower has a number of very worthwhile adaptations that should do the trick.
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Aug 6, 2019 10:37
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Watch more of Apichatpong Weerasethakul if you can Most things by Raul Ruiz (Manoel on the Island of Marvels, On Top of the Whale, Three Crowns of the Sailor, City of Pirates, etc.) Limite Jean Cocteau movies Jean Rollin's The short movies of Nobuhiko Obayashi Sergei Parajanov (Colour of Pomegranates, Ashik Kerib, Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors) Bi Gan (Kaili Blues, Long Days Journey into Night) Czech/Slovak stuff like Valerie and her Week of Wonders, Morgiana, Fruit of Paradise, Birds Orphans Fools, Szinbad Shuji Terayama (Pastoral: to Die in the Country, Grass Labyrinth, Farewell to the Ark, etc.) Naomi Kawase (Suzaku, Shara) Marguerite Duras (India Song, Agatha and the Limitless Readings, L’Homme Atlantique) Aleksandr Sokurov's A bunch of surrealist silent French movies (The Seashell and the Clergyman, Menilmontant, Autumn Mists, Entr’acte, etc.) Man Follows Birds Cafe Noir A Midsummer's Fantasia Romance Joe Serail Cuadecuc, Vampir a bunch
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Aug 6, 2019 11:42
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El Graplurado posted:Bi Gan (Kaili Blues, Long Days Journey into Night) Seconding this
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Aug 6, 2019 15:26
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:I’m looking for some good seafaring movies. I rewatched Master and Commander last night and it’s still great. Submarine movies are cool too, but mainly looking for stuff in the vein of Master and Commander. While not in the same vein as M&C, Deep Water is an amazing documentary.
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Aug 6, 2019 15:58
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magic cactus posted:Howdy! So many come to mind. In addition to El Grap's recommendations, I would add: the films of Tsai Ming-liang the films of Bela Tarr (a bit dark, maybe, but try Werckmeister Harmonies) the films of Andrei Tarkovsky The Long Day Closes Aguirre, the Wrath of God The Conformist The Tree of Life (among other Malick) Innocence (2004, Lucile Hadzihalilovic) The Scent of Green Papaya and The Vertical Ray of the Sun Waiting for Happiness
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Aug 6, 2019 16:40
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El Graplurado posted:Watch more of Apichatpong Weerasethakul if you can I'm familiar with some of these, mainly Parajanov and Valerie and her week of wonders and the "classic" surrealists. Gonna take a look at some of the others. I've heard good things about Bi Gan, so I think I'll track down Kaili Blues. Thanks for the recommendations!
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Aug 6, 2019 17:50
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FitFortDanga posted:So many come to mind. In addition to El Grap's recommendations, I would add: I'm familiar with Tarr and Tarkovsky, as well as Malick and Aguirre, but these others seem very interesting indeed. Thanks!
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Aug 6, 2019 17:53
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TrixRabbi posted:Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore (1998) this seems really interesting thanks. also good coming of age movies?
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Aug 6, 2019 19:41
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Ok i'm not sure under which topic this would fit the best, but does an horror movie about body hair exists? I mean an movie which main focus/killer is body hair. Not hair extensions or wigs, but the hair on your arms, chest, etc...... My friend asked me about that and the closest i ever got was Body bags/Hair
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Aug 25, 2019 18:12
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What are the best places to start with Hou Hsiao-Hsien?
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Aug 28, 2019 12:59
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The Puppetmaster, if you can find it. I adore the first segment of Three Times, am cooler on the other two. Bounced hard off of Flowers of Shanghai (saw it when I was 18), but many consider it to be one of his best, and I think you'd be into it. Bounced hard off of Goodbye South, Goodbye and saw it in recent years, so if you're not familiar with his milieu, you could save this "gangster film" for later. Same with The Assassin as a "martial arts flick", but that ended up very fine if you knew what to expect. I think that's all I've seen. A lot of fans talk about A City of Sadness, Millennium Mambo, and Café Lumière as well.
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Aug 28, 2019 13:13
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Flowers of Shanghai is very slow, and suffers from a lovely home video release too. It should be a beautiful film, but that dvd is very ugly. I could see someone having a hard time with it, but still think it's worthwhile. Probably best if you're already into slower cinema and somewhat familiar with Chinese brothel period dramas. My personal intro to Hou Hsio-hsien was The Assassin. It's easy to see and as long as you're not expecting an action flick I think it's amazing. If you're already interested in Hou it should be a great entry point. After that I came across this review of Millenium Mambo, and that movie is not only great, but sort of came along at the perfect time in my life and is still easily my favorite of his so far. A City of Sadness has definitely earned its reputation, Daughter of the Nile is quite good too. Personally I liked all of Three Times, even the boring parts. Think that's all I've seen so far. I have the Masters of Cinema Early Hou set, but haven't watched any just yet. I think The Boys from Fengkuei is supposed to be the best of those. And speaking of The Puppetmaster, haven't watched it yet, but I love that someone added this poster to tmdb: 
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Aug 28, 2019 15:56
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Coaaab posted:A lot of fans talk about A City of Sadness, Millennium Mambo, and Café Lumière as well. A City of Sadness is a great film and not a bad place to start, but only if you're vaguely familiar with the post-war history of Taiwan. Otherwise, you might feel rather lost at times. Though I guess that goes for many of Hou's films.
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Aug 28, 2019 17:20
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i watched the island of lost souls and the testament of dr mabuse today. recommend me movies from the 30s to watch. i have the petrified forest lined up for now (mostly because of leslie howard being amazing in 49th paralel).
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Aug 28, 2019 17:52
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Slaapaav posted:i watched the island of lost souls and the testament of dr mabuse today. recommend me movies from the 30s to watch. i have the petrified forest lined up for now (mostly because of leslie howard being amazing in 49th paralel). Dracula, Frankenstein, Gone With the Wind, Wizard of Oz, All Quiet on the Western Front, Modern Times, City Lights, Bride of Frankenstein, Scarface, The 39 Steps, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...
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Aug 28, 2019 18:33
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Slaapaav posted:i watched the island of lost souls and the testament of dr mabuse today. recommend me movies from the 30s to watch. i have the petrified forest lined up for now (mostly because of leslie howard being amazing in 49th paralel). Limite Holiday Gold Diggers of 1933 The Lady Vanishes One Hour With You One Way Passage Pepe le Moko Humanity and Paper Balloons Leibelei The Mascot Dames The Hunchback of Notre Dame Carnival in Flanders La Chienne Love Me Tonight
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Aug 29, 2019 17:31
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39 steps was pretty good!
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Aug 30, 2019 04:06
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Tonight's movie options. Never seen any of these: a) Winter's Bone b) The French Connection c) The Untouchables
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Sep 2, 2019 01:27
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:Tonight's movie options. Never seen any of these: French Connection.
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Sep 2, 2019 02:31
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I need a recommend for the most unpredictable movie you can think of. My girlfriend has the most uncanny ability to figure out movies before they are 1/2 through. The closest I got to the end was 12 Monkeys. Looking for anything not comedy. Not a fan of comedy. And it can’t have any rape scenes. She freaks out.
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If your girlfriend can figure out the ending twist of Remember Me before it happens, then either have her start rattling off lottery numbers or check her phone to see if she's reading Wikipedia in the bathroom.
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Sep 3, 2019 01:50
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Try Witness for the Prosecution... I guarantee she’ll guess one twist, but definitely not all of them. The last twenty minutes are *wild.*
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Sep 3, 2019 02:14
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They're sort of in the cultural zeitgeist, so she might've heard about them, but honestly I think it's pretty tough to predict the ends of Inglourious Basterds or Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood just because there's no real way to know which direction Tarantino is going. I don't know if Blackhat is something you can necessarily "figure out," but if it is, I think it'd be hard to guess, just because there are lots of possibilities. I'd be pretty surprised if she can predict the end of Glass. Really I'm a little suspicious of how many movies she can in fact predict before halfway through: lots of movies throw in twists after the 1st half that aren't so much "unpredictable" but rather they're one of a dozen twists the movie could've thrown in, so how would anyone know that twist is coming rather than some other twist? So for instance in Margaret someone dies, but it's not like there's an obvious person who is going to die or even an obvious candidate for death.
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Sep 3, 2019 02:18
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Show her Clue and see if she can guess that it has three different endings.
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Sep 3, 2019 02:20
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I want some movies that are kind of, uh, 'high energy' where you don't really know what exactly is going to happen next, you're just enjoying the ride. I guess the best examples I can think of are Detention (2012) and Sorry To Bother You. The Crank movies count but I don't want to limit it to just action movies. I've seen Holy Motors which technically falls under this banner but I don't think I want something quite that artsy. Also I'd like to see some cool movies that use colour as vibrantly as stuff by Tarsem Singh and Zhang Yimou. Or SpiderVerse.
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bewilderment posted:I want some movies that are kind of, uh, 'high energy' where you don't really know what exactly is going to happen next, you're just enjoying the ride.
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bewilderment posted:I want some movies that are kind of, uh, 'high energy' where you don't really know what exactly is going to happen next, you're just enjoying the ride. House (1977)
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Sep 3, 2019 13:00
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i know this is a really hard question, but what's your favorite zombie movie of all time
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Sep 4, 2019 23:23
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Kanine posted:i know this is a really hard question, but what's your favorite zombie movie of all time Omega man. easy question
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Kanine posted:i know this is a really hard question, but what's your favorite zombie movie of all time Everyone's favorite is Return of the Living Dead. You want their second favorite. Which is Night of the Living Dead. Watch them in order of release, though.
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Slaapaav posted:Omega man. easy question Not even the best adaptation of that story. Not even the second best! Get lost!
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DeimosRising posted:Not even the best adaptation of that story. Not even the second best! Get lost! i havent seen the last man on earth so il give you that but please dont say the will smith movie is better because charlton heston > will smith.
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Slaapaav posted:i havent seen the last man on earth so il give you that but please dont say the will smith movie is better because charlton heston > will smith. Last man on earth and The HΩmega Man
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It's kind of amazing that I Am Legend has been adapted into a movie three times (four, if you count Asylum's take on it, I suppose), and yet none of them have had the balls to stick to the original ending.
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Sep 5, 2019 01:35
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Timby posted:It's kind of amazing that I Am Legend has been adapted into a movie three times (four, if you count Asylum's take on it, I suppose), and yet none of them have had the balls to stick to the original ending. do they shoot a dog in it or something?
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Sep 5, 2019 01:59
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The Will Smith movie is pretty great if you watch the proper cut without the bullshit theatrical ending for assholes. It's not much of a horror movie, though.
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Lurdiak posted:The Will Smith movie is pretty great if you watch the proper cut without the bullshit theatrical ending for assholes. Isn't the theatrical ending closer to the book? At least Neville kills himself in the theatrical cut while in the director's cut he gets a "drives off into the sunrise" ending or something like that. Maybe my memory's shot again, I don't know.
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