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Posted: February 13 2007 at 11:31

video vertigo wrote:

here's a couple I saw recently that I enjoyed:
The Notebook
My Summer of Love

The Notebook is a beautiful movie

I´d like to recommend Richard Linklater´s "Waking Life"

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Posted: February 13 2007 at 10:58

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Am I the only person on earth not to have seen Doctor Strangelove

Don't worry, I never even heard of it.

yes but Debby, you have an excuse, as you're still young....

I mean to say....

what exactly has Mr Garten been doing with his life???

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Posted: February 13 2007 at 10:56

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Am I the only person on earth not to have seen Doctor Strangelove

don't beat yourself up about it Jim, go buy yourself a copy for a fiver from Play.Com....

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Posted: February 13 2007 at 09:10

Jim Garten wrote:

Am I the only person on earth not to have seen Doctor Strangelove

I havnt seen it either.

Whats it about, anyone?

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Posted: February 13 2007 at 09:09

If its horror you want theres only one answer, go East.

Hideo Nakata's Ring and Ring 2 are two of the scarriest films I have ever seen, largely becasue there is very little sound but an increadably bleak atmosphere. Ring 0 is rather good as well but done by a different diector (can't remember who now I'm affraid). The Thai film The Eye by Oxide and Danny Pang is really something special. Miike Takashe's Audition is another great film that is really creepy.

Speaking of Miike Takashe, he is a really prolific and creative director with a lot of weird films, with Visitor Q, Gozo and The Happines of the Katamuri's being at the top of the list of his films that I want to get.

Hong Kong is brilliant for action and cop films. Andy Lau and Alan Mak's Infernal Affairs is often compared to The Godfather trilogy, but is better than that IMO ( the first film was recently re-made into The Departed by Hollywood). One Night In Mongkok is a great film about a would-be assassin waiting to kill a mob boss and the cops that are trying to stop him. Jim Woo's last Hong Kong action flick (before he went to Hollywood), Hard Boiled, is a great action film if thats yor thing.

Lastly, Park Chan Wooks Vengence series (Sympathy For Mr Vengance, Oldboy and Lady Vengance)are three of the best films I've ever seen, highly recomended. Thumbs%20Up

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Posted: February 13 2007 at 08:59

Jim Garten wrote:

Am I the only person on earth not to have seen Doctor Strangelove

Don't worry, I never even heard of it.

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Posted: February 13 2007 at 08:59

no, I also love that film. I suppose I've just been recommending more arty films

edit: misread your question. see it ;P

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Posted: February 13 2007 at 08:58

Am I the only person on earth not to have seen Doctor Strangelove

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Posted: February 13 2007 at 08:14

That'll always be my favorite movie ^^

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Posted: February 13 2007 at 05:28

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I've been checking out Kubrick's films and there alot there to recommend:
Dr. Strangelove(Comedy)
2001:A Space Odyssey(Sci-fi sorta of Horror)
A Clockwork Orange(Doesn't really fit into a genre, but brilliant none the less)
The Shining(Thriller-Horror)
Full Metal Jacket(War Movie)

I've only seen 2001: A Space Odyssey a few times, I don't understand it but it is a weird and wonderful piece of cinema.

Personally, my fave Kubrick films are:

Paths Of Glory

The Killing

Dr Strangelove

...in that order...

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Posted: February 13 2007 at 05:19

I've only seen 2001: A Space Odyssey a few times, I don't understand it but it is a weird and wonderful piece of cinema.

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Posted: February 13 2007 at 03:43

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I just saw Children Of Men last night. It was fantastic. Some of the best directing I've seen in awhile.

Have to agree on this one - terrific movie, disturbing & uplifting at the same time; as far as direction goes, you only have to look at any of the 3 or 4 long & complex scenes (especially the climactic battle scene in the refugee camp) filmed on a single camera with no cuts & cannot but be impressed.

Great use of prog, too - 'Court Of The Crimson King' used to great effect.

I still can't shake the horrible feeling this movie gave me. It was very well done, but there's something about it that doesn't sit right with me. I think some of the 'ultra-realism' was a bit overdone, and for all the horrible things that go on, there's not enough redemption. I felt no sense of uplifting at all. In the end, it seemed that nothing was changed, no one was better for the experience.

The uplifting element for me was for all the totalitarianism & brutality of the regime against the refugees, there was still a spirit there, a sense that despite everything, humanity can win out (witness the scene when all fighting stops to allow the mother & baby through) - although he doesn't survive the whole film (not to give too much away here), Michael Caine's character refuses point blank to allow the system to change him.

All in all, this film is like the b*****d son of Saving Private Ryan and Schindlers List.. but don't let that put you off...

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Posted: February 13 2007 at 02:04

here's a couple I saw recently that I enjoyed:
The Notebook
My Summer of Love

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Posted: February 13 2007 at 00:16

Jim Garten wrote:

Equality 7-2521 wrote:

I just saw Children Of Men last night. It was fantastic. Some of the best directing I've seen in awhile.

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Posted: February 13 2007 at 00:13

Excellent movies you have mentioned guys, right now i recommend a recent movie directed by Michel Gondry (Bjork, White Stripes Videos) it`s name is The Science of Sleep, actually it is the latest movie i`ve seen but i really liked it!

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Posted: February 13 2007 at 00:02

Want sheer cinematographic beauty? Try Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso; try Il Postino. You want to feel weird about not getting stuff? Try Fellini Roma or Fellini 8 1/2; want a soul-lifting movie about true heroes and about the harmony within nature? Try Joffe's The Mission; about courage? Joffe's The Killing Fields; about art, love and the awful nature of the human being? Try the first (the good) Moulin Rouge with Jose Ferrer. Want a movie where every frame is a painting of art? Try Cyrano de Bergerac (the new one). Want to know the reality of life and why every 20 seconds people look up to the west? Try invoking The T.

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Posted: February 12 2007 at 18:58

i'd also recommend Man Bites Dog if you've ever laughed at an on-screen murder. you'll ask yourself why by the end of the film

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Posted: February 12 2007 at 18:51

The T wrote:

Also, speaking about Leone, try "Once Upon a Time in America", an almost 4-hour masterpiece the likes of which are seldom found. A work of art. It's about a group of jew mobsters, from childhood till death, about betrayal, about loyalty, about ambition, a pure masterpiece.

that is a great movie.

a rare 4 clappy from me on that one

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Posted: February 12 2007 at 18:49

Here are a few:

Harold and Maude
King of Hearts
Rockers
2010
Finding Nemo
Midnight Cowboy
A Bronx Tale
The King of Comedy

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Posted: February 12 2007 at 17:43

this will blow you alway... one of the greatest movies of all.. .think it was on the AFI list...

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