Movie/film suggestions.


 

While this is of course a forum for the discussion of all things audio/hi-fi and music, pretty much all of us are also lovers of movies, the enjoyment of which is effected by the reproduction of the sound they contain (with the exception of silent movies wink).

I've been focused on David Lynch movies since his death, but with current events so much a part of our lives at the moment, I plan on re-watching a movie I’ve seen only once, and years ago. That movie is:

The Madness Of King George. Apropos, no?

 

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Good movie, great Herbie Hancock soundtrack! Part II is also good, OST by Jimmy Page.Death Wish: Original Soundtrack Album - Album by Herbie Hancock | Spotify

When Jimmy Page Returned With the 'Death Wish II' Soundtrack

For it's Bowie/ Deneuve/ Bauhaus opening scene, and for it's later Iggy Pop ambush I do hold dear The Hunger.

For it's Bowie/ Deneuve/ Bauhaus opening scene, and for it's later Iggy Pop ambush I do hold dear The Hunger.

 

I don't own this one, but have seen it twice and love it:

Hereafter, starring Matt Damon as a true clairvoyant. I watched it not knowing it was directed by Clint Eastwood. Two other favorites by Eastwood are Unforgiven and Gran Torino.

 

Two movies I really like that star Robin Williams are One Hour Photo and Insomnia, the latter with Al Pacino and Hilary Swank.

 

Here are a couple with a musical theme that I would add to my list:

Sid And Nancy (Chloe Webb as Nancy Spungen and Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious) is a classic.    I just did a google and Courtney Love had a part that I do not remember, but seeing as how it was about junkies, I am sure she was convincing.

Georgia starring Mare Winningham as the vocally talented Georgia Flood, and Jennifer Jason Leigh as her younger sister, Sadie Flood, who is either of lesser talent or perhaps, in my opinion, talented in a different way. Sadie has demons, that's for sure.  And that's an understatement.  The movie also features Ted Levine (whose acting I really enjoy) as Georgia's partner, John C Reilley played in the group with Sadie (I think he was the drummer), and Max Perlich played Sadie's boyfriend for a period of the film.  This film completely won me over the first time I watched it, and it was one I watched a few more times.