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17th August 2005, 9:45pm
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#31 | | *existential scream*
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: United Kingdom
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| Re: Undiscovered Gems
Everyone knows that one surely.
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17th August 2005, 9:47pm
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#32 | | Cap'n Cherry
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| Re: Undiscovered Gems
My definitions of obscure are movies I haven't heard of, but my dad has... | |
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17th August 2005, 9:50pm
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#33 | | Frankly my dear.....  Editor
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Paradise City
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| Re: Undiscovered Gems
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Originally Posted by Will Everyone knows that one surely. | Hangs head in shame
OK - here's another couple:
Don Juan de Marco
Pi
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17th August 2005, 9:55pm
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#34 | | Made in the 80's.
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The best little Whorehouse near Tesco.
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| Re: Undiscovered Gems
Angel heart - Again, probably not obscure, but until I forced it upon many a friend and family member, not many of them had heart about this.
Robert De Niro & Mickey Rourke are amazing in this and it's just a great film. If you haven't seen it - GO WATCH IT NOW! | |
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17th August 2005, 9:57pm
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#35 | | Grouchy Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 13,085
| Re: Undiscovered Gems
oh just remembered another couple
Cube
Dr Strangelove | |
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17th August 2005, 9:57pm
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#36 | | wicked little goblin
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Aberdeen
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| Re: Undiscovered Gems
hmm...
"the icicle thief" is well weird and an amazing film... italian I think...the real-life world gets muddled with the film and the TV commercials
there's a japanese film called "tampopo" about a woman that goes in search of the perfect noodle... at least 60% of this film made no sense to me lol!
"delicatessen"... french film and "toto le hero" (another fernch film) are both definately worth watching.
I'm sure i could think of more but just not right now... and i'm sure I must know at least some in english!!! | |
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17th August 2005, 10:03pm
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#37 | | Frankly my dear..... Editor
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Paradise City
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| Re: Undiscovered Gems
The Sea Inside - really good Spanish film
Ooh - and Hable Con Ella just for the very bizarre vagina scene. I was NOT expecting that.
Intacto
All Spanish. I went through a Spanish phase. It was good.
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17th August 2005, 10:06pm
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#38 | | Registered User
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| Re: Undiscovered Gems
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Originally Posted by Foxglove Pi | Pi is rather wonderful, yes. | |
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17th August 2005, 10:07pm
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#39 | | sophie's world
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| Re: Undiscovered Gems
almost famous is an amazing film, good choice. well i just downloaded the family guy movie so im gonna fuck off and watch that
cya ma bitches
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17th August 2005, 10:08pm
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#40 | | Registered User
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| Re: Undiscovered Gems
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Originally Posted by Seph Oh Andrew, you're such a comedian.
I still worry you are right, though. I'll watch it at some point and voice my opinion. | No, don't watch it. Disembowel yourself instead. You're less likely to finish doing it and think "God, I wish I had just killed myself instead". | |
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17th August 2005, 10:09pm
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#41 | | wicked little goblin
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pi's amazing... as is requiem for a dream | |
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17th August 2005, 10:09pm
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#42 | | Cap'n Cherry
Join Date: Oct 2003
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| Re: Undiscovered Gems
*shrug* each to his/her own - I quite enjoyed Mulholland Drive. | |
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17th August 2005, 10:11pm
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#43 | | Slave To The Rhythm
Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Govanhill
Posts: 7,535
| Re: Undiscovered Gems
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Originally Posted by TheCastrator Human Traffic: I don't know if this is considered unheard of. I think it depends who you ask, really. I believe it's a must-have if you're into the club scene but not really known outside of it. I have no clue. Will lead to shouting "NICE ONE, BRUV!" at anyone who says they've seen it. It's the cure to the nihilism of Trainspotting. Oh yes.
Delicatessen: Funny and French. Excellent. And there's a bit with a monkey and a clown and some weird twisty camera bits. Hurrah. | I fucking love both these films.
For my choices I'd say He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, an Audrey Tautou film about obsessive love with a really great twist, also French.
If you like Amelie (and I adore Amelie, so much so I visited every location in the film when I was in Paris  ) you'll like Happenstance - it's not so easy to find here as it wasn't released in the UK but you can usually get it on Ebay. It's similar (in some places it was released as Amelie the sequel) but it's more like a series of small events rather than one big plot. Which I like, of course.
Two more films are by my favourite director Pedro Almodó var - My Life Without Me and Talk To Her, the latter being Spanish. My Life Without Me is a beautiful film about a young woman who finds out she only has weeks to live but doesn't tell her family so she sets out to achieve things she always planned to. Debbie Harry has a small part in it which she's excellent in. Talk To her is about two men and their developing friendship as they care for their girlfriends who are in comas, one from a bullfight and one from a car crash. The soundtrack is haunting and it's one of the most beautifully written films I've ever seen. | |
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17th August 2005, 10:12pm
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#44 | | Frankly my dear..... Editor
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Paradise City
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| Re: Undiscovered Gems
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Originally Posted by Akasha pi's amazing... as is requiem for a dream | Just how frustrating is it that The Fountain has no UK release date?
Humph.
DVD from the States in a few months it is then.
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17th August 2005, 10:15pm
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#45 | | Frankly my dear..... Editor
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Originally Posted by morningstar Talk To her is about two men and their developing friendship as they care for their girlfriends who are in comas, one from a bullfight and one from a car crash. The soundtrack is haunting and it's one of the most beautifully written films I've ever seen. | Aye - that scene was quite shocking in an "I didn't expect that" way.
Y Tu Mama Tambien was superb. Mexican road movie but it was beautifully shot and a really great story.
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