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Points: 16449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 13 2007 at 21:18
Originally posted by video vertigo video vertigo wrote:

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Originally posted by Jim Garten 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?


It's a hypothetical cold war situation. A general locks down a base and makes his troops think that Russia bombed the US, plus a whole bunch of other stuff goes wrong including a "doomsday device" Its very funny sometimes in a dark way.

Now I'm interested, will be looking for this one.
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Originally posted by Falling Flower Falling Flower wrote:

The City of God was a nice movie.


"Nice"?

Are we talking about the same movie, here...?



Great film, sure... but "nice"?

I'd hate to think what you consider to be "disturbing"...

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for those who love ancient roman movies, 'Augustus' is a great movie
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Originally posted by Forgotten Son Forgotten Son wrote:

Se7en
Dawn of the Dead (The remake's pretty good too)
Hannibal
28 Days Later
Night of the Living Dead (Again the remake is pretty good also)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Saw
Deathwatch
The Thing
Silent Hill
Cabin Fever
Hellraiser

Some of my favourite horror films, all highly recommended.

As for non-horror:

LA Confidential
Hotel Rwanda
Sin City
American History X
Bladerunner
The Killing Fields
Snatch


I bolded movies I've seen and agree are great.

I saw the Dawn of the Dead remake first, loved it, then watched the original. I wasn't exactly blown away by the original, but I guess it's important to keep in mind that it came out almost 30 years ago. Still, those blue-faced zombies just looked kind of dumb. Not scary at all, which is really what good horror should be about.

Unless it's the Evil Dead series or Shaun of the Dead, which are highly recommended, by the way.

I just watched The Thing recently. Now there's a good example of a horror movie from the late 70's/early 80's period that gets the visuals and special effects right, like Alien and unlike the original Dawn of the Dead.



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Some totally weird movies:

Alexandro Jodorowski - The Sacred Moutain (also known under its original title "Montana Sacra")
Fernando Arrabal - Viva la Muerte! (Long Live Death!)
Jean-Luc Godard - Weekend

Something for Sci-Fi and Horror fans who like a movie to develop slowly:

Saul Bass - Phase IV

Another Sci-Fi movie (originally made for German tv), which is very difficult to get hold of due to a yet unsolved battle about legal rights:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Welt am Draht (World on Wire)

And if you like erotic thrillers:

Paul Verhoeven - De Veerde Man (The Fourth Man). A lot better than the overrated "Basic Instinct". Renée Soutendijk is incredibly sexy. Careful, one very shocking scene, and I mean VERY SHOCKING. That is, if you happen to get an uncensored copy. And if you are a man, by the way Wink; the scene is less shocking for women. Tongue


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"Stalker" by Andrej Tarkovskij.
Amazing.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/
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Friede chose some good ones; I'd like to add a few:

Charles Laughton: "The Night of the Hunter" (with a fantastic Robert Mitchum in his best role ever).

since I am a big fan of "La Deneuve", here two movies starring her:

Luis Bunuel: "Belle de Jour"
Roman Polanski: "Repulsion"

one of the best SF-movies ever:

Donald Trumbull: "Silent Running"

2 excellent horror movies of the slow kind:

Roman Polanski: "Rosemary's Baby"
Nicolas Roeg: "Don't Look Now!" (contains the most erotic love scene in a movie ever, between Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie. I am am out and out lesbian, but this scene even turns me on, so it is really something special. very shocking end!)

Jos Stelling: "De Wisselwachter" (no English title; the Dutch title would translate as "The Pointsman" or "The Signalman"). a very quiet and melancholic movie, but with a lot of funny scenes too. Jim van der Woude, who plays the pointsman, says only one word in the whole movie, "Degoutant", French for "Disgusting", which is the woman's comment about the coffee he offers her after she tastes it and which he mistakes for her name. the rest of his acting is done pantomimically, and he is simply incredible (the scene where he switches the signals and points is hilarious; you will laugh your ass off)


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I don't know if they've been mentioned yet, but maybe Clerks (the original), or Half Baked
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Originally posted by Meddler Meddler wrote:

Dancer In The Dark is an unbelievable tragedy film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168629/

PS. Main character is Bjork!
 
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My main suggestion is: cultivate yourself in cinema, too. Don't see movies only from recent years... dig in the art, search for the classics, go for b/w, watch some silent movies. I don't like that most people nowadays think cinema started when they were born. The same you do with music, try to do with movies. Explore.
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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Falling Flower Falling Flower wrote:

The City of God was a nice movie.


"Nice"?

Are we talking about the same movie, here...?



Great film, sure... but "nice"?

I'd hate to think what you consider to be "disturbing"...

Another movie like that is:

Highly recommendedClapClapClap.
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I'm watching "fear and Loathing In Las Vegas" for the first time right now. This movie is f'ed up beyond belief.
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If you're feeling sinister...

Naked Lunch
Dead Ringer
Cannibal Holocaust
Nekromantic II
Irreversible
Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer
Lolita (Kubrick's version)
Happiness
The Beyond
Re-Animator
Charlotte's Web
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The Tin Drum
Barfly
The Paper Chase
Mysterious Island
The Taking of Pelham 1,2,3 (the original 1974 version)
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Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

My main suggestion is: cultivate yourself in cinema, too. Don't see movies only from recent years... dig in the art, search for the classics, go for b/w, watch some silent movies. I don't like that most people nowadays think cinema started when they were born. The same you do with music, try to do with movies. Explore.

ClapClapClap And may I suggest Metropolis, a sci-fi film from the silent era thats often seen as a masterpiece of cinematograhy.
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Originally posted by TheProgMonster TheProgMonster wrote:

Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

My main suggestion is: cultivate yourself in cinema, too. Don't see movies only from recent years... dig in the art, search for the classics, go for b/w, watch some silent movies. I don't like that most people nowadays think cinema started when they were born. The same you do with music, try to do with movies. Explore.

ClapClapClap And may I suggest Metropolis, a sci-fi film from the silent era thats often seen as a masterpiece of cinematograhy.

Since you mention "Metropolis", I would like to mention another movie by Fritz Lang: "M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder" ("M - A City Looking for a Murderer"). It is about a child killer being on the loose. Peter Lorre is just incredible in his portrayal of the haunted killer; his speech before the "trial" is horrifying and moving at the same time.


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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Some totally weird movies:

Alexandro Jodorowski - The Sacred Moutain (also known under its original title "Montana Sacra")
Fernando Arrabal - Viva la Muerte! (Long Live Death!)
Jean-Luc Godard - Weekend

Something for Sci-Fi and Horror fans who like a movie to develop slowly:

Saul Bass - Phase IV

Another Sci-Fi movie (originally made for German tv), which is very difficult to get hold of due to a yet unsolved battle about legal rights:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Welt am Draht (World on Wire)

And if you like erotic thrillers:

Paul Verhoeven - De Veerde Man (The Fourth Man). A lot better than the overrated "Basic Instinct". Renée Soutendijk is incredibly sexy. Careful, one very shocking scene, and I mean VERY SHOCKING. That is, if you happen to get an uncensored copy. And if you are a man, by the way Wink; the scene is less shocking for women. Tongue
 
You remind me of another excellent movie, by Jodorowski called "El Topo" surely you have watched it, i don`t know the real title in english it should be The Mole or something...Clap

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Originally posted by memowakeman memowakeman wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Some totally weird movies:

Alexandro Jodorowski - The Sacred Moutain (also known under its original title "Montana Sacra")
Fernando Arrabal - Viva la Muerte! (Long Live Death!)
Jean-Luc Godard - Weekend

Something for Sci-Fi and Horror fans who like a movie to develop slowly:

Saul Bass - Phase IV

Another Sci-Fi movie (originally made for German tv), which is very difficult to get hold of due to a yet unsolved battle about legal rights:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Welt am Draht (World on Wire)

And if you like erotic thrillers:

Paul Verhoeven - De Veerde Man (The Fourth Man). A lot better than the overrated "Basic Instinct". Renée Soutendijk is incredibly sexy. Careful, one very shocking scene, and I mean VERY SHOCKING. That is, if you happen to get an uncensored copy. And if you are a man, by the way Wink; the scene is less shocking for women. Tongue
 
You remind me of another excellent movie, by Jodorowski called "El Topo" surely you have watched it, i don`t know the real title in english it should be The Mole or something...Clap

"El Topo" is another weird movie by Jodoriwski. A man wants to become the best gunslinger in the wild west and has to kill four current master gunslingers for this first, who are more reminiscent of zen masters than of gunslingers and all have incredible capabilities. One doesn't even use a gun anymore, but catches the bullets you fire at him with a net and throws them back at you!


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Originally posted by Harkmark Harkmark wrote:

"Stalker" by Andrej Tarkovskij.
Amazing.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/


Probably the best movie ever made.
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Originally posted by Vompatti Vompatti wrote:

Originally posted by Harkmark Harkmark wrote:

"Stalker" by Andrej Tarkovskij.
Amazing.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/


Probably the best movie ever made.
 
Read the resumé, I definitely want to see this one !
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