During this isolation, I would be interested in suggestions of great movies you like.
Not everyone’s cup of tea....but just watched Jasper Mall documentary on prime....very very analogous to what’s happening to audio high end. Highly recommend for those who like a bit of humanity in their movies... Again some will not get it....no explosions or people being accidentally hit in the groin (which can admittedly be funny at times. ; ) ...one of the very best of 2020 ....imo. |
Thanks to all for your thoughts/feelings. Both of my sons work in "film", both have taught on the subject at state universities......seems taking them to great films at various theaters in their youth did sink in. The town I lived in had 2, and sometimes 3, independent "art" theaters and offered the chance to take my sons to films that were beyond special effects and explosions. |
The Favourite, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos Inglourious Bastards, Quentin Tarantino Hannibal, Ridley Scott Dark City (blu ray version), Alex Proyas Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, David Fincher Seven, David Fincher The Revenant, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu The Drop, Michaël R. Roskam Taboo - the series - Michaël R. Roskam, Kristoffer Nyholm The Night Of - HBO miniseries - Steven Zaillian, Richard Price |
True Romance Out of Time A Boy and His Dog A Beautiful Mind Bad Teacher Jarhead II No Way Out Phase IV Bugs My Dinner With Andre David and Lisa Queen of Outer Space The Heartbreak Kid Forbidden Planet (seed for Star Trek) The Other Guys The Naked Prey Year One Panic in The Year Zero Bedazzled (original) The Road Creation of the Humanoids |
Real good one @r_f_sayles. Wings Of Desire is, amongst other things, one of the most beautiful looking films ever made, breathtakingly so. The Black & White cinematography in the Coen Brothers The Man Who Wasn't There (starring Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini, and Scarlett Johansson) is the best I've ever seen: deep, deep black, and shimmering, almost iridescently-silver white. |
I like old movies, grew up on them as television reruns on the local NYC stations like WPIX in the fifties. King Kong (the original) Babes in Toyland, later reissued as March of the Wooden Soldiers, (with Laurel and Hardy. It’s got real boogie men in it and is a memorable film in a Wizard of Oz kind of way) Treasure of the Sierra Madre (with Humphrey Bogart) Anything by WC Fields, particularly his later films The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin) The Crawling Eye Both the original Frankenstein and Dracula movies Those old Fred Astaire flicks, and I don’t even like musicals |
Nice to see that some members share my taste for off-beat foreign dramas! I can highly recommend these mostly esoteric ones: Western – Directed by Valeska Grisebach A Separation – Asghar Farhadi In the Fog – Sergei Loznitsa Broken Circle Breakdown – Felix van Groeningen The Kid With a Bike – (or any film by) the Dardenne Brothers Couscous – Abdellatif Kechiche Man on Wire – James Marsh The Lives of Others – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck |
Josie and the Pussycats, of course! Also, Ruthless People if only for the sets and Bill Pullman's part...and Bruce's song, as well. (Someone listed Tender Mercies; a SUPERB film from every variable important in film making.) @mwatsme There is BRIEF NUDITY in that film!!! Your family will be incensed, shocked, and apoplectic, no doubt! |
Hey whatjd, your mention of classics in relation to what you might be most interested in, brought a few to my mind, that I think you would love - 1. Letter to three wives - Joseph Mankiewicz 2. M - Fritz Lang 3. Scarlet Street - Lang 4. 5 Fingers - Mankiewicz Subject matter and narratives as modern as anything you might have seen three days ago : ) In friendship - kevin |
After giving it some more thought, and staying away from the horror themed, you might wanna check out: Lonely Are The Brave Paths of Glory Jean de Florette & Manon of the Spring (kind of a part one and two) Hombre Lawrence of Arabia Dr. Strangelove Charlie Varrick The Taking of Pehlam, One, Two, Three (the original) Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Snatch American Hustle Killing Them Softly In Bruges Rocknrolla Road to Perdition Arsenic & Old Lace Public Enemies Fargo Raising Arizona No Country For Old Men Winchester ’73, The Far Country Rear Window The Searchers She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Donovan’s Reef Liberty Valance The Magnificent Seven (the original) The Naked Spur Valdez is Coming That should keep you occupied for awhile All the best, Nonoise |
And I do have some that people will Po-Po......likely the most Po would come when I admit I like Steve McQueen films. McQueen and Newman in the "Towering Inferno" is commercial trash....and I have watched a half dozen time...including on release. And I can still watch Dracula, Frankenstein and others with pleasure. Perhaps another thread on movies we like and probably shouldn't? |
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Since it's October, Ravenous It Follows Hereditary The Innocents The Haunting (the original) The Thing (the original) Wait Until Dark Near Dark Let Me in Pans Labyrinth Jacobs Ladder 28 Days later 28 Weeks Later I left out the ones that everyone knows about and some here are well known but are worth seeing again. All the best, Nonoise |
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Sergei Parajanov |
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I Saw The Devil 2011 Born Yesterday 1950 The Accountant 2016 The Mechanic (guilty pleasure) 1972 The Medusa Touch (another one) 1978 Sorcerer 1977 The Professionals 1966 Lawman 1971 The Maltese Falcon 1941 A Perfect World 1993 The Bedford Incident 1965 Gandhi 1982 The Seven Ups 1973 Get Carter 1971 The Third Man (my favorite old movie) 1949 The Yakuza (one of my all-time favorites) 1975 Bad Company 1972 ....don’t forget Smokey And The Bandit ! 1977 |
"If", 1968 "King of Hearts", 1966 Both are commentaries on war. Recently watched "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and after not caring for DiCaprio for years I finely liked him in a part. Also enjoyed the "what if" justice of the film. "Gunga Din", 1939 - was more entertaining than I recalled (watched it a couple months ago). This upsets my wife... I’ve recently been recording Steven Seagal movies off cable and then giving them a try (FF and Delete are my friends in this case). I had no idea that he made so many (FITB) movies. Aside from movies I recorded and watched "The Office" TV series in its entirety (in order). Starting to do the same thing with "Bob’s Burgers" an animated series. Also recorded 11 seasons of "Midsummers Murders" (British TV series) and am finally starting season 11. Having trouble recalling the titles of the movies watched since being shut-ins, but there may be a history stored in the cable/satellite box. DeKay PS: "Ford VS Ferrari" was really good, and I'm not a car guy. |