The Fisher King A Day at the Races Slum Dog Millionaire Bad Day at Black Rock Jungle Book My video of 1976 Cup Final
I enjoyed Immortal Beloved for the music alone although the story was good. West Side Story is a great watch if you love music.
Yes, good one, very good film and Williams was brilliant. Just though of some more. Kill List (low budget and very dark) The Two Towers (just shades Fellowship of the Ring) The Three Burials of Melquidas Estrada, modern western / road movie (with Tommy Lee Jones whos great in this)
Just got back from town with the TV set of Band of Brothers for £20 from HMV having been sent to buy washing powder and milk both of which I completely forgot to buy. I couldn't have bought them even if I had remembered as I had spent the last bit of cash. I missed the series when it was on the TV and people told me it was a very good series. I just hope I haven't wasted the very lovely Mrs Godders housekeeping money.
I think there was a similar thread to this last year. For what it's worth I would suggest the following in no particular order:- 1. Metropolis (recent restored version with the original film score.) 2. Once upon a time in the West. 3. Shawshank Redemption 4. Some like it hot (Excellent score featuring Art Pepper too.) 5. Goodfellas 6. Stand by me. 7. Where eagles dare. 8. Most things with Michael Caine circa late sixties / early seventies. 9. Master & Commander (Strange how the enemy in the book was changed from America to French in the film!) 10. Robin Hood (Errol Flynn) 11. Gladiator (thought the ending was poor until I learned that the Emperor Commodius actually did fight in the area albeit with the opposition handicapped.) 12. Mesrine (Both parts- probably the best crime film ever.) 13. The beat that my heart skipped. (Excellent French gangster film with Romain Duris.) 14. Anything with Shrek 15. Only Yesterday (Japanese animation - amazingly profound. One for Pompey Moewth to try.) 16. Indigenes (French film about Algerian soldiers in WW2. a bit like "Saving Private Ryan" but with a political edge.) 17. Shane 18. Breakheart Pass (Another good score by Jerry Goldsmith.) 19. The English patient. (Best lead females ever in Kristen Scott Thomas and Juliette Binoche!) Must admit that I do enjoy some of those understated British films like "Glorious 39" and "Atonement."
Wong Kar I know, the Dog one I've heard of, La Haine I don't know. Have you ever seen Les Diner des cons? Side splittingly funny I thought. Where in Brazil do you fancy moving to?
Really enjoyed "The beat that my heart missed", but then again I'm a bit of a fan of French Cinema. Another of Jacques Audiard's films "Un Prophete" is another gritty gangster movie that was very intense with fantastic characters and a surreal edge. I also enjoyed "District 13" and its sequal, great free running scenes - Luc Besson can do no wrong in my eyes.
Haven't got a clue yet. Never even been S.America. But I'll be doing a year-long trip there next year, before hopefully settling before the World Cup 2014. Where would you recommend?
The Times has today published a list of the top films as monitored by Cineaste since 1952 and based on critics choices. The top of the list reads: 1. Vertigo 2. Citizen Kane 3. Tokyo Story 4. La Regle du Jeu 5. Sunrise: A song of two humans 6. 2001 A space Odyssey 7. The Searchers 8. The man with a movie camera 9. The pasion of joan of Arc 10. 8 1/2
Anywhere in the north east Pernambuco, Recife. If that's too hot, then maybe Florianopolis in the South, Iguacu waterfall is down that way, which makes Niagara look like a water feature in a B&Q pond. If you want really hot, then Manaus in the Amazon with all it's beauty has to be seen. Really, Brazil is more like a group of different countries, the cultures are so different, only the language holds them together. They say you go to Brazil to find what you weren't looking for. A good place to stay for the World cup would be Belo Horizonte, not so big as SP or Rio and cheaper too! The stadium there is massive though.
For you guys (or anyone for that matter) that likes the french thrillers above, such as the Prophet and The Beat my heart Skipped, try Read my Lips, also very good, with the excellent Vincent Cassell from Mesrine and La Haine. Also try the Spanish film Cell 211, it really is good.
The Big Lebowski, Harsh Times, Top Gun edit: To prove I also like foreign cinema, I'll also but Bullet in the Head (old John Woo) in this list.
I haven't seen any of those, and I'm not sure whether I'm really missing out or it's mostly just pretentiousness by the critics. Citizen Kane wasn't so highly regarded until years after its release, so why did people not think of it as one of the best ever films when it first came out? Why did it take a decade for people to realise how good it supposedly really was? I guess it's time for me to watch it and find out.
I've seen Read my lips, I agree, it's another excellent film. A Dominik Moll film called Lemming is another of those French character study type movies that I find so fascinating - I love the way the French can take a nearly normal domestic situation, and just give it a bit of a leftfield tweak to produce something really dark and interesting. I've put Cell211 on my "to watch" list, so thanks for the tip De Riddler. My final bit of foreign cinema recommendation is Dogtooth, a bizarre Greek film that explores the idea of control, and perceived reality - it's disturbing but very interesting. Not for the narrow minded though.
