Movies You Love That Most People Have Never Heard Of — Page 4
#77
Posted: 8/14/12 at 9:23am
Has anyone mentioned Wag the Dog?
A sharp political satire.
A sharp political satire.
....but the world goes 'round
#78
Posted: 8/14/12 at 9:41am
I absolutely LOVE Wag The Dog.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#79
Posted: 8/14/12 at 12:31pm
The Black Balloon - an Australian film about a teenage boy with an autistic brother, and Toni Collette as his mom - very subtle outrageously good acting, I loved it.
Paris 36 - a semi-musical story about a Parisian theatre in 1936. Y'all should check it out.
Also a big fan of the previously mentioned Widow's Peak, The Host and Swimming Pool.
Paris 36 - a semi-musical story about a Parisian theatre in 1936. Y'all should check it out.
Also a big fan of the previously mentioned Widow's Peak, The Host and Swimming Pool.
Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$
#80
Posted: 8/15/12 at 9:48am
I read THE GO-BETWEEN earlier this year and was really knocked out by it, and I've been wanting to see the film ever since. Is it available on video?
I feel like most of the movies I love are movies that most people have never heard of, especially my favorite silent films. Just last month I attended the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, and saw a screening of G. W. Pabst's astonishing PANDORA'S BOX, starring the luminous Louise Brooks. I'd known the film for years, and was looking forward to the new restoration they were screening, and I was absolutely knocked out by it all over again -- I attended with a good friend and we were both so stunned that we had to go for a long walk afterward just to recover from the film's incredible impact.
I feel like most of the movies I love are movies that most people have never heard of, especially my favorite silent films. Just last month I attended the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, and saw a screening of G. W. Pabst's astonishing PANDORA'S BOX, starring the luminous Louise Brooks. I'd known the film for years, and was looking forward to the new restoration they were screening, and I was absolutely knocked out by it all over again -- I attended with a good friend and we were both so stunned that we had to go for a long walk afterward just to recover from the film's incredible impact.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
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Updated On: 8/15/12 at 09:48 AM
#81
Posted: 8/15/12 at 10:11am
Speaking of silent films, The Crowd is one of my all-time favorites, silent or otherwise. With all the crap MGM has spit out on DVD, they sat on this one?!?!
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#82
Posted: 8/15/12 at 11:03am
these range from the relatively under celebrated to the tragically overlooked:
Look At Me (Agnes Jaoui)
Midnight (Mitchell Leisen)
The Winslow Boy (David Mamet)
Adalen 31 (Bo Wilderberg)
Dean Spanley (Toa Fraser)
The Beggar's Opera (Peter Brook)
La Ceremonie (Claude Chabrol)
Swimming Pool and Eight Women (Francois Ozon)
The Devil's Backbone (Guillermo del Toro)
Look At Me (Agnes Jaoui)
Midnight (Mitchell Leisen)
The Winslow Boy (David Mamet)
Adalen 31 (Bo Wilderberg)
Dean Spanley (Toa Fraser)
The Beggar's Opera (Peter Brook)
La Ceremonie (Claude Chabrol)
Swimming Pool and Eight Women (Francois Ozon)
The Devil's Backbone (Guillermo del Toro)
Updated On: 8/15/12 at 11:03 AM
#83
Posted: 8/15/12 at 11:07am
THE CROWD isn't even available on the Warner Archive, which is a real shame.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/
#84
Posted: 8/15/12 at 11:28am
^ I agree, Roscoe. Hopefully, soon.
henrik---"Midnight" is one of the best screwball comedies of the 1930s, bar none.
henrik---"Midnight" is one of the best screwball comedies of the 1930s, bar none.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#85
Posted: 8/15/12 at 11:48am
If you haven't seen Sarah Polley's AWAY FROM HER starring Julie Christie, you absolutely must.
#86
Posted: 8/15/12 at 11:51am
The Secret Life of Sherlock Holmes
#87
Posted: 8/15/12 at 11:54am
If you haven't seen Sarah Polley's AWAY FROM HER starring Julie Christie, you absolutely must.
I have, I agree, and I own it.
I have, I agree, and I own it.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#88
Posted: 8/15/12 at 11:58am
In the 1990's, my aunt worked a video company and she would send movies that were soon going to be released but were failures. One of them was animated film based off the story, 'The Princess and the Goblin'. Here's a clip of a song from the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS5NSRuoO4k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS5NSRuoO4k
#89
Posted: 8/15/12 at 12:04pm
Session 9 scared me more than any movie I've ever seen
#90
Posted: 8/15/12 at 12:07pm
OH MY GOD, I LOVE SESSION 9!!!!!!!!!
One of the best "Haunted House" style movies ever made!
One of the best "Haunted House" style movies ever made!
#91
Posted: 8/15/12 at 12:13pm
YES! And it's one of those movies that could easily happen.
#92
Posted: 8/15/12 at 12:19pm
LOL. Happens to me every other Wednesday at noon.
#94
Posted: 8/15/12 at 5:20pm
Oops, I gave the wrong title, LOL.
It's "The PRIVATE Life of Sherlock Holmes," by Billy Wilder.
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes video clip
It's "The PRIVATE Life of Sherlock Holmes," by Billy Wilder.
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes video clip
#95
Posted: 8/15/12 at 5:43pm
Of course the "Pufnstuf" feature film with Mamma Cass and Martha Raye beats them all.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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