Films off the beaten path
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Primer is, for my money, the best movie about time travel there is, not only because of its amazing narrative structure (a number of key events are talked about, not seen), but because it chooses to go at the theme the hard sf way.
That said, I am both happy and pissed off because I just saw the writer and director of Primer (Shane Carruth) has a new movie set for release in 2013, Upstream Color, that seems to be built around an idea I had in the back of my mind for a while. Bah... for all I know there were already 7543 sf novels and short stories using this "original" idea.
That said, I am both happy and pissed off because I just saw the writer and director of Primer (Shane Carruth) has a new movie set for release in 2013, Upstream Color, that seems to be built around an idea I had in the back of my mind for a while. Bah... for all I know there were already 7543 sf novels and short stories using this "original" idea.
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I will strongly agree with Bronson, great movie. Just watched Super with Rainn Wilson. Strange but fun, wouldn't say you have to watch it but worth checking out, much better than KickAss.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super...American_film)
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super...American_film)
All the Real Girls - David Gordon Green's second movie, starring Paul Schneider (early Parks and Rec), Zooey Deschanel, Danny McBride, and Nucky's Brother/The Sheriff. Recommended if you liked Blue Valentine.
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Bronson was excellent, it also had a really sweet soundtrack to it.
does anyone like time travel flicks? heres a little known one called Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel. its has a very Douglas Adams's Hitchhikers Guide feel to it.
http://veehd.com/video/4640177_Frequ...me-Travel-2009
that link will ONLY work if you register for free on the site. dont bitch at me if you click the play link and your dumb ass gets some kind of spam message about installing a player
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Yeah, I was shocked by how good this movie was. If not for the internet I never would have even heard of it. Last I checked he hadn't made anything new and his next long gestating project was some bullshit love story. It is good to hear he is working. If I was a studio exec, upon seeing that shit I would have hired this guy immediately.
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Fat Kid Rules The Worldwas a good one as well. it should be available on-demand with most cable/satellite providers.
The Great Happiness Space- A documentary on Japanese host boys who are paid by women to fake a relationship. The funniest part to me was that some of these women are prostitutes themselves.
I am not a Hipsterif you like indie singer/songwriter music i think you're gonna dig this. If not, i still recommend this. i thought the main character and his sisters were awesome.
Celeste and Jesse foreverthough starring rashida jones and andy samberg it's not a comedy, so dont expect any SNL funny. probably more mainstream than most of the movies recommended here.
The Perks of being a wallflowerComing-of-Age story starring Emma Watson. This movie is interesting even if you're long out of high school
Celeste and Jesse foreverthough starring rashida jones and andy samberg it's not a comedy, so dont expect any SNL funny. probably more mainstream than most of the movies recommended here.
The Perks of being a wallflowerComing-of-Age story starring Emma Watson. This movie is interesting even if you're long out of high school
I used to follow a blog ten years back or so written by a white guy doing this in Japan. He made bank and pounded a lot of poon (lotta pics so it musta happened). He claimed he walked away with almost $300K before he packed it in. He was an arrogant fuck, but the blog was really entertaining if you had any experience living in Japan.
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I really loved Perfume, based on the Patrick Suskind book. It has Alan Rickman and Dustin Hoffman in it and I enjoyed the hell out of it.
Also, I don't know how indie it is, but Clooney and Wilkinson were both really amazing in Michael Clayton.
Also, I don't know how indie it is, but Clooney and Wilkinson were both really amazing in Michael Clayton.
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I hear you on Romain Duris, there's something about him that one always associate with the "typical french jerk" stereotype. But i liked his performance on Gadjo Dilo. The Beat That My Heart Skipped was decent.
A few more suggestions:
Richard Lester's The Bed Sitting Room
Ken Loach's Family Life
Alain Tanner's Requiem (try also Dans La Ville Blanche)
Murnau's Sunrise
Dreyer's Gertrud
Ozu's T?ky? Monogatari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNUzimUStwg
Edgar Pero's Manual de Evas?o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooMICa5C9Vs
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La Haine
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Lady Vengeanceis actually part of the Vengeance Triology (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance,Oldboy and Lady Vengeance).
the 1st,imo, is the worst.the 2nd i think everyone knows but my oh my,i love the 3rd and still can't decide which one is better.
PS:i'm now on a spree of Asian cinema (Japanese,Korean,Hong-Kong,......) and i'm really enjoying it.
Das Experiment
Lady Vengeanceis actually part of the Vengeance Triology (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance,Oldboy and Lady Vengeance).
the 1st,imo, is the worst.the 2nd i think everyone knows but my oh my,i love the 3rd and still can't decide which one is better.
PS:i'm now on a spree of Asian cinema (Japanese,Korean,Hong-Kong,......) and i'm really enjoying it.
Caliane
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Christ what a piece of shit.
FU for tricking me into checking this out.
How does this even get made? why are these actors in this? why did you call it a comedy at all? Dark comedy finds satire and irony in its dark jokes. there were no jokes. Its not a comedy. The only joke is the irony of the title.
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I really like Tarkovsky movies. Its not for everyone, since there is no action and and long drawnout sequences with hardly any dialouge.
Stalker:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/
Solaris:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069293/?ref_=sr_2
Both are SciFi-movies with philosophical themes and classics of the soviet cinema.
Another director I really like is Takeshi Kitano. Some probalby know him from Takeshis Castle, but he really makes good movies. His most famous probably is Hana-Bi.
Stalker:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/
Solaris:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069293/?ref_=sr_2
Both are SciFi-movies with philosophical themes and classics of the soviet cinema.
Another director I really like is Takeshi Kitano. Some probalby know him from Takeshis Castle, but he really makes good movies. His most famous probably is Hana-Bi.