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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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.

 

I love it when horror films are so good that they become real cinema, classics to return to from time to time. 2 recent examples starring the great Maika Monroe:

IT FOLLOWS: The plot is unusually nuanced and thought-provoking. Adolescent sexual longing becomes a metaphor for vulnerability and extreme consequences of opening one’s self up to chance. This was her first film--astounding performance

LONGLEGS: A more overtly horrifying film, but also very atmospheric, menacing and touching the viewer’s subconscious mind. Maika is older and even better, another astonishing performance. The part played by Nicholas Cage is simply beyond belief. I doubt this very strange, surreal actor was ever better used in a film than here.

And a third that starred Scarlett Johansson (so good as a teen actor in THE MAIN WHO WASN'T THERE -- UNDER THE SKIN. This film truly got under my skin and never fully left my mind. I've never seen anything like it. The soundtrack is just as unnerving and brilliant as the film itself.

I thought Syriana was an intense and well cast movie.  I don't always like George Clooney, but I did enjoy his portrayal of the CIA spook who I understand was actually intended to represent Robert Baer.  It was a movie I could watch more than once.  Matt Damon was good (as usual) in this movie.

I also liked The Kingdom with Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jamie Foxx, Danny Huston. . . .  I guess I may have enjoyed it because going way back I spent a couple of years as a civilian working in Saudi Arabia, so it took me back a bit . . . but even without that I think I still would have enjoyed it.

 

 

One little film I like is The American. George Clooney stars as a hitman, and though he isn't (imo) very good in the role, the movie is very interesting. I've watched it three times.