Exemplary films
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Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
No it ain't - it's the best war film ever made.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Firky said:TAKE THAT BACK!
*shakes fist*
edit to add:
He's bound to like it, but I can't find him talking about it:
you didn't look too far
Ryazan said:
ffs, you gonna give up? am drunk so pardon me;
it is sonks since I've seen it so like i said, to be perfectly I cant answer your question iiirc the the main character lives to the end of the film having made the journey from innocent youth to someone beyond years, i dunno if that was ribjo or waht ever youspell it ias.
moooooo i guess you mean the scene with the cow the main character and his girlfriend hide behind the cow, but it is the cow that gets shot with tracer rounds.... the cows actually machine gunned to death! so obviously there is no comforting message about 'no animals were harmed in the shooting of this film' appearing at the end of the movie and that is the bit that stood out most for me, happy?
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Larry O'Hara
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Firky said:Henri Lefebvre came from france, thought that was what he was refering to
is schism the same as a schismatic lone wolf?
Marcel rather than Henri
schism as in split.
And I promise not to mention the Pius X Society...
On the subject of great films, it was remiss of me not to mention the whole of Andrei Tarkovsky's output, which seems to me to be unified by extensive reference to/exploration of, the medieval elements of Fire Air Earth & Water.
Fuchs66
Ring a ding
and now for something completely different:
Angelus by Lech Majewski
Brilliant film, worth getting if possible.
http://www.culture.pl/en/culture/artykuly/dz_angelus_majewski
Angelus by Lech Majewski
Brilliant film, worth getting if possible.
http://www.culture.pl/en/culture/artykuly/dz_angelus_majewski
Orang Utan said:
Yes I did. And why the hell shouldn't I say the Truman Show? To me this fits the criteria perfectly. Just because it isn't some old black and white polish film, doesn't make it less worthy.
trabuquera said:
I've got that, but it hasn't got any English subtitles
Might give it another spin now my Chinese is much better.
Fuchs66 said:Oi I'm the only one as far as I know that mentioned a Polish film and it's from 2001 and in colour.
I know, I didn't mean it literally
True. I just get annoyed when people automatically rule out anything mainstream, just because it isn't obscure enough.
keep smiling it's weekend soon.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
RenegadeDog said:
Cos it's not an exemplary film that makes you see the world differently
West68thStreet
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Reds, The Wizard of Oz
Reg in slippers
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I've always had a very soft spot for The Maltese Falcon. Since, you know, it is a perfect little film.
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For those who want their entertainment popular (and all the power to you) there is Akira Kurosawa's body of work. Seven Samurai is the perfect 190 minute blockbuster.
19sixtysix
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Just shows how crap the end of the world would be.
Have seen it twice both times on my own (not recommended)
The first time as a young teenager when it showed on bbc2 then last year.
Still chills me. I'm still suprised we're all still here.
Just shows how crap the end of the world would be.
Have seen it twice both times on my own (not recommended)
The first time as a young teenager when it showed on bbc2 then last year.
Still chills me. I'm still suprised we're all still here.
Batboy said:
Nowhere near obscure enough for this thread, mate
The most exemplary film ever made is Citizen Kane.
Yeah, yeah ...I know it's easy to keep citing this film as being so great when it gets so much highbrow critical acclaim as well.
But the the acting, the lighting, the camera angles, the subject matter, the fact that it was Orson Welles first ever film, which he wrote, produced, directed and starred in (ageing from 16 to 80 in the process) whilst also getting the largest ever advance from a film studio in the history of film making ...make this easily the greatest film ever made. It really was that good. Miles and miles and miles ahead of it's time. A seminal film that broke new ground in how to make films. It really was that good.
It also effectively ended Orson Welles career as a serious film maker at the age of 26.
Yeah, yeah ...I know it's easy to keep citing this film as being so great when it gets so much highbrow critical acclaim as well.
But the the acting, the lighting, the camera angles, the subject matter, the fact that it was Orson Welles first ever film, which he wrote, produced, directed and starred in (ageing from 16 to 80 in the process) whilst also getting the largest ever advance from a film studio in the history of film making ...make this easily the greatest film ever made. It really was that good. Miles and miles and miles ahead of it's time. A seminal film that broke new ground in how to make films. It really was that good.
It also effectively ended Orson Welles career as a serious film maker at the age of 26.
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