What quirky DVD's have you watched lately?

I haven't read that one, but can you tell us more about it on "The British Dream" thread?

PS- NY Times recently ran a fascinating story on sex trafficking across the US/Mex border and the caves in which sex slaves have sex with their masters' clients outside a wealthy San Diego suburb.

Dogma

DS

Sounds like 10 & 11 Downing street, I'll let vyou know when I finish it : no movies tonight, reading and bedtime watching the snow fall.

Cheers, Fritz.

He meand Ma Dog

return of the king (directors cut)

Talking of Nai've Cowboys I watched Midnight Cowboy last night, still well good innit:

Fritz Von Joebuckwasareadingladatheart

The original is called Spoorloos directed by George Sluizer.A very uncomforting movie.

Quirky DVD's I've watched lately are:
-Nosferatu,eine geschichte des grauens directed by W.F. Murnau and a true classic.
-Baissez Moi, a very, very realistic french roadmovie about two girls seeking and finding revenge on men in general.
-Henry, portrait of a serial killer (part 1&2)
leaves a bad taste in your mouth, but again very realistic and that's what makes it scary.
-Gattaca, with Ethan Hawk and Uma Thurman. A movie situated in the not so far future, where only perfect (in the biological sense) people get the perfect jobs. With a lovestory underneath.

Rob.

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The original is called Spoorloos directed by George Sluizer.A very uncomforting movie.


Rob.

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One of only two movies to cause vomiting and fainting at the art house Cinema I work at.

The other was 'The comfort of Strangers'

If Ian McEwan is in Norwich I leave. Scary chap.

My list

Secretary - wonderful film. Slightly disturbing female Gyllenhaal

Donnie Darko - wonderful film. Slightly disturbing male Gyllenhaal.

Ghost World - Scarlett (voice of Pat from East Enders) Johanssen, Thora Birch and Steve Buscemi in a small masterpiece.

Gas Food Lodging. Alison Anders directing. Another small town US slice of magic. Starring the wonderful Fairuza Balk.

Mullholland Drive (again)

Spiderman v Daredevil - I love the animation and the story is truer to the comics.

Virgin Suicides - great score, understated artistic achievement from slightly disturbing female Copolla.

Regards

Stephen

And here is Fairuza....

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Stephen,

I sure like your taste in women, as also seen in the Show yourself thread.

Rob.

I'll put the Comfort off strangers on my shortlist.

Blue eyes and dark hair..A deadly combination...

Rob.

..as is blonde hair & brown eyes...



Stephen

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I'll put the Comfort off strangers on my shortlist.

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Just remember the sickbag.....



Stephen

Paris, Texas - the lovely Nastassja Kinski at her peak, amazing music Ry Cooder, Harry Dean Stanton in the performance of his life...
Morvern Callar - no dialogue worth mentioning, typical Scottish gallows humour, wonderful soundtrack. Utterly pretentious, but I loved it.

Incidentally, am I the only person who thought Mulholland Drive was irredeemable crap?

Incidentally, am I the only person who thought Mulholland Drive was irredeemable crap?
Don't say that -- I just bumped it to the top of my netflix list after all the rec's above. What do you think of the other Lynch stuff (Eraserhead, Blue Velvet,...)?

Dan

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_Incidentally, am I the only person who thought Mulholland Drive was irredeemable crap?_
Don't say that -- I just bumped it to the top of my netflix list after all the rec's above. What do you think of the other Lynch stuff (Eraserhead, Blue Velvet,...)?

Dan

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I generally like David Lynch, including Eraserhead, Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks. I loved The Straight Story. Mulholland Drive is perhaps closest to Lost Highway, which I didn't much care for either.

You may love it, Dan. Most movie buffs I know seem to think it's great. I will admit that Naomi Watts is sensational, and that the visual jigsaw has its moments. But overall, it left a very sour taste.

Davie

I think Mulholland Drive a great movie because.......

It's wonderfully shot
The acting is superb
It makes co concessions to the audience
It's a cool conundrum
It's understandable after several watches and a lot of head scratching
It's scary
It has a great score
It has hot lesbian action

What more could you ask for in a movie?



Stephen

Susanne made me sit through 'Russian Ark' the other day -- a history of Russia as told through the collection of the Hermitage in Leningrad. Apparently, the USP of the film is that the entire thing (approx. 2 hrs) was shot in a single take. Which is really hard to do. Apparently.

Also saw Tarkovsky's 'Solaris' recently, which really is an unremitting piece of self-regarding, quota-filling shite. Soderberg said everything far more succintly. Just a shame about the crappy Hollywood ending.

Cheers,

Tim
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Bit of a plug for animes here: just rewatched 'Ghost in the Shell' (the original Matrix) on DVD and very much looking forward to the release of the amazing-looking 'Innocence'see trailer here (beware:35.7mb download) next week, at least here in Japan. On the big screen this trailer is, as they say, kickass.
Anyone else have an interest in anime?

nodrog,

I don't know anything about anime, but I've always wanted to check it out. Can you point me in the direction of a few well-distributed, classic titles? Thanks.

I'm not sure if Princess Mononoke qualifies as an anime [what is an anime?] but it's very imaginatively done, and is definitely different.

Spirited Away by the same director, Hayao Miyazaki, is better known but I haven't seen it yet - I didn't have a penny to spare when it was on at the local cinema - boo hoo .

In the mid seventies I saw a Japanese (I think) cartoon based on a Chinese story about a boy who IIRC tries to bring his mother back from heaven. Among the trials on his journey he has to fight a many-headed dragon. I wish I could remember what it was called* - it was superb. Does it sound familiar to anyone?

*The film, that is, not the dragon.

Mulholland Drive is amazing, as is Lost Highway. Stephen has summed it up rather nicely above.
Simon

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_Spirited Away_ by the same director, Hayao Miyazaki, is better known but I haven't seen it yet - I didn't have a penny to spare when it was on at the local cinema - boo hoo .

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Spirited Away is one of the most wonderful, awe-inspiring, inovative, moving, strange films I have seen.

Magical.



Stephen

To be honest I am by no means an expert on the subject of anime (Japanese animated films) but the subject has interested me, as I love the look of them ever since I saw my first - 'Akira' 12 or so years ago.
There's some Information about Akira here: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/1419/akira.html a poor quality trailer here:http://www.geocities.com/skippy_182ca/download/akira.ra and a very strange live action version here: http://www.arcadian.tv/akira/

The same studio then made the amazing 'Ghost in the Shell'
http://www.manga.com/mov/ghost2.mov (3.2mb trailer)

There are a lot of sites devoted to anime.
Loads of cool (and not so cool) trailers, mostly anime here:
http://www.advfilms.com/cool_stuff/trailers.asp

More of the same:
http://www.bandai-ent.com/multimedia/

You can watch a lot of animes, including whole movies, online for free here:
http://www.sputnik7.com/index-intro.jsp

Rather embarrassingly, I have seen neither 'Princess Mononoke' or 'Spirited Away' although I have had ample opportunity to see both. These days I have come to love 'Crayon Shin-chan', a kind of scratchily-drawn Japanese version of Bart Simpson. He is a very bad boy with a limited number of facial expressions, all of which make me laugh out loud. Apparently he is popular in Germany, but I don't think the cartoon has been dubbed into English.

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Mulholland Drive is amazing, as is Lost Highway. Stephen has summed it up rather nicely above.
Simon

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So I was right - I am the only person who thinks it's irredeemable crap!

Davie

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Originally posted by Bhoyo:

So I was right - I _am_ the only person who thinks it's irredeemable crap!

Davie

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Remember: It's cool to be an individual.



Stephen

nodrog,

Thanks for the reply. That will keep me busy for quite a while.