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Marwood:
What about whatshisname?

Withnail:
What about him?

Marwood:
Why don't you give him a call?

Withnail:
What for?

Marwood:
Ask him about his house.

Withnail:
You want me to call whatshisname and ask him about his house?

Marwood:
Why not?

Withnail:
Alright. What's his number?

Marwood:
I've no idea. I've never met him.

Withnail:
Neither have I. What the fuck are you talking about?


Whole script here: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/H...398/script.txt

That's work out of the window for a while...

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Some fav's:

Sweet Smell of Success - Shakespearean tragedy set against a brassy, jazzed '50s American city. Simply some of the best dialogue ever. Great "acting" in the sense of professional craftsmanship that Hollywood once delivered.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe? - another script you could chew on. Fantastic performances. Challenged a lot of norms in its day, and broke a lot of social don'ts. This set up much of what's seen as "natural" acting.

Scratch - the definitive hip-hop documentary.

Casablanca - yah, one of the best. evar. If you've avoided this for some reason - stop that.

First Name: Carmen - this is one of Godard's finest, an elliptical trip filled with asides and funny gags. Very much a man at play with what a film is, and his own persona.

Grey Gardens - or so I hear.

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Natural Born Killers

Original script of this movie was done by Tarantino, but Oliver Stone changed it a but and apparently Tarantino got pissed off. Still this is a great movie.

It's about a duo (Mickey and Mallory) who kill for pleasure. They do all kinds a crazy shit and the media is hyping them as heroes.
Great shocking movie!!!

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i second that

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Leon - deluxe edition.
awesome.
i think a sequel would be an excellent idea..
call it ' without Leon '.

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for just a second I thought you were talking about Leon the fellow dirt and thought that was really awesome.

Brian - director's cut
Scott - unrated edition
Tom 1.5 with exclusive footage from Tom 2!

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tom 1.5 is dope

what's the story on tom2?

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I do my own sex scenes.

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I loved this too. The last movie i saw in a cinema and way better than most of the shit out there. Bloody awful place to live hey! The actors and crew were operating in +50C temps and said it helped them get into the roles a heap better than before. Said that if it was 30C they would have complained etc, but 50C they were too hot to worry so acted all the better. I never knew Danny Huston before, he is fuckin great! What a good bad guy!

Ive seen some other goodies lately on the big screen;

Little FIsh - About a smack addict going clean against the odds. Great role by Hugo Weaving (Mr Anderson from Matrix etc, if you didnt know) and some excellent bit roles by oz faves.

What The Beep Is It All About? - quantum physics and stuff. If ever I wanted to pause a movie to digest it and discuss its guts, this is the one. Luckily its on DVD now so you can.

As for oldies to recommend that you mighten have heard of.

Slaughterhouse Five - The movie is really hard to find, but as i was 7 or 8 when i saw it on as a midday movie when home sick, it had me stunned with the whole out of chronological order thing going on. My first exposure to really different filmmaking and it left a big mark on me.

Tape - Simple little dialogue based movie shot in a motel room. Ethan Hawke and Uma and the guy from Dead Poets. Really engrossing and left me changed.

Only a thousand others to add but that will do for now. Im about to watch Kingdom Of Heaven and Batman Begins. Im crossing fingers they are alright in comparison.

Oh the movie about the 2 gay cowboys coming out soon, looks sublime. Anyone know more or seen it? S'got Jake Gullyenhall and, ummm...:confused:

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Ooh, watch yourself. This was widely hammered on these forums previously and in a lot of press too. Mainly because it's bollocks (as in 'utterly untrue'). I've not seen it myself but from what I've read here and elsewhere, it's a deliberately misleading mock documentary with none of the educational merit it purports to have.

Someone who's seen it could probably comment more eloquently.

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another recommendation.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang


If you were ever a fan of tough guy movies or Raymond Chandler mysteries or Lethal Weapon, I can just about guarantee 100% that you will like this movie. If you are not a fan of any of those... then you still might like it. It's convoluted, funny, cool, homage-y, and smart. also great performances from both Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer.... and Michelle Monaghan is HOTT

definitely get out and see it.

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Here is a list of recently viewed movies, some old favs, some new:

For comedy we have:

"The Big Lebowski" - hands down the best Cohen movie ever. So many good lines. Probably John Goodman's best role.

"The Blues Brothers" - one of the funniest movies of all time with more cameos and car crashes than should normally be allowed.

"Tommy Boy" - still the best Chris Farley flick.

"Half-Baked" - Dave Chapelle before he freaked out. Funny stuph.

"Catch-22" - can't stand up to the book (one of my all-time favorite pieces of literature), but it is still pretty damn good. Dark humor at its finest.

"Real Genius" - super-funny 80s flick with Val Kilmer stealing the show.

"Shaun of the Dead" - this tribute to George Romero is fall down funny. Just might have to go as Shaun for Halloween this year.

For drama:

"Wonderland" - Another Val Kilmer pic, in another drug-crazed role ("The Salton Sea" was good too. Badgers make me cringe now), as porn star John Holmes implicated in a multiple murder mystery. Very good acting, with good supporting roles from Tim Blake Nelson & Lisa Kudrow.

"City of God" - Whoah! Amazing flick. The DVD also has the documentary that kicks just as much ass as the flick.

Action:

"Master & Commander" - Love the books, so this is a no brainer. Great cinematography & acting. The final battle is insane! "Grappling hooks away!"

"The Winter War" - the Finns, outnumbered 10 to 1, hold back the Russian hordes in this superb WWII flick.

Weird:

"Donnie Darko" - crazy time travel & evil bunnies. ????! Great wtf? flick.

"Pi" - also up there in the "serious head fu*k" category. From the guy that brought you "Requiem for A Dream."

Anime:

Complete "Starblazers" series. Still my all time favorite Japanimation series, even over the entire Robotech series.

"Star Wars Clone Wars: Vol I & II" - these prequels to Episode III kick Episode III's ass.

"Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Vols I-III" - twisted humor at its best. So many funny episodes. Me and the wife went as Dr. Wierd & Steve for Halloween last year. Our costumes ruled.

Documentaries:

"Do You See Me Laughing" - great pic on little known Blues artists T-Model Ford, Junior Kimbreaugh, R. L. Burnside and others. If you love the blues you must see this.

"Children of Beslan" - heart wrenching HBO doc on the horribly gone wrong terrorist hostage situation at a schoolhouse in Russia in September of last year all told from childrens' POV. Seriously made me tear up.

"A Tale of Two Johns" - great documentary on one of my favorite bands - They Might Be Giants. Lots of great interviews.

Music:

"Primus Hallucino-Genetics 2004" - live show from Chicago last year with sick live footage! Second set has "Frizzle Fry" played in its entirety! This is worth the purchase alone. Les Claypool is hands down the best bass player ever!

"Ween: Live in Chicago" - another show from Chicago from 2003 I believe. Great DVD as it comes with an audio CD as well.

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The Wages of Fear

A french film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot tells the story of four men driving trucks of nitroglycerine through a hazardous mountain route in South America. The film was made in 1953 and is perhaps one of the most intense and suspenseful films I've ever seen. William Freidkin later remade the movie in the movie calling it Scorcerer. The Wages of Fear also won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in 1953.

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Donnie Darko have amazing soudtrack.;)

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This sounds right up my alley. Thanks for the heads-up.

On the suspense tip, I checked out Hitch's Torn Curtain recently and it surprised me with how atmospheric it was. I'd seen the fight scene (you'll know the one if you see it) years ago and marvelled at it, and seeing the full film was really gratifying. Not his best, a bit uneven, but well worth the time and very much the kind of film that shows how Hitch, even in his lesser films, was so much more the director than contemporary suspense filmmakers.

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Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story

the new Winterbottom is just as good as you expect it to be. It's like Full Frontal tried to be but it doesn't fall apart. more notes HERE

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Absolutely, My favourite movie for sure. sunflowereye.

I got a lot out of the movie re What The Bleep. It opened my mind and reinforced the idea that thoughts are powerful and life-changing. I remember though, at the cinema thinking that the Skeptics Society would be creaming themselves of it. I still liked it but not for the same reasons as was prehaps designed for. :D

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"Me, you, and everyone we know."

Great film.....the less you know the better though.:)

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Match Point

Woody Allen's newest film that is very similar to his film Crimes and Misdemeanors, which was released in 1989. This was Woody's first decent film since Sweet and Lowdown back in 1999.

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Definently check it out. It's one of my favorite films. I think you should also see the remake if you have a chance, kind of a compare and contrast. I still stand by the original being better, however, there are some like, writer/director Roger Avary, who like the remake Scorcerer more than the original, The Wages of Fear.

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I rented this based on your reco, mongoose....


it was pretty good. For a low-budget indie movie made with a bunch of friends, I'd say it's really good. I thought Goldblum's performance and character was awesome, but found a few things kinda hokey. Still though, you could definitely do worse with a movie choice. that's for sure.

PS. it doesn't actually take place in Dallas, in case that was holding anyone back :)

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BUMP because i never got to participate in this thread ...

Pickpocket - only the second Robert Bresson film i've seen. it's essentially about a guy who becomes a pickpocket (duh). Bresson's attention to gestures and texture is so ravishing (and weird when you think about it) that i just want to eat parts of the movie. another reason i enjoyed it was because it was like a film-length exploration of that pickpocket scene in the beginning of the first TMNT movie, which awed a 10-or-so year-old me.

Kings and Queen - a recent one by Arnaud Desplechin, which weaves together two storylines and is alternately somber, absurd, hilarious, and tragic. it's an incredibly ambitious, epic film that largely succeeds IMO. completely maximal, overflowing with ideas and moments. the use of intricate cuts makes it feel like a very long film (it also is one), and seems very fresh compared to other very long, epic films with less youthful dispositions.

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu - a Romanian film about a man's trip through a very fucked-up medical system. it treads a very fine line between satire and documentary, and is extremely effective because it's believable. not as bleak as the title sounds, and relentlessly (if cynically) entertaining.

Cafe Lumiere - this Hou Hsiao-Hsien film about a young Japanese freelance writer and a guy who goes around recording subway noises is one of my favorites. because it's incredibly understated, nothing seems to happen, yet i can't stop thinking about it. used bookstores, coffee shops, train rides, guy wth big headphones, etc.

Patlabor WXIII - anime. i still haven't seen the first two, directed by Oshii, but this third one has been wrongly maligned IMO. the story, about a monster on a rampage, is very familiar, but every shot drips with atmosphere, and there is a pretty sophisticated handle on tone and an implied longer story throughout (similar to the above). i guess you might call it a midlife crisis version of Akira's teenage angst.

eXistenZ - i still think this is an incredibly underrated Cronenberg classic. the tale of virtual reality games is tired but the execution is sublime, and the referenes to classic adventure gaming are very endearing. i love how Cronenberg films seem to slither across the screen.

Le Cercle Rouge - i saw this a while ago but have been itching to see it again. it's a masterpiece of form and style. has anyone seen Le Samourai?

Vengeance Is Mine - a 1970s Japanese film about a black sheep son who goes on a killing spree and then tries to hide in the city. it's amazingly funny at times and unflinchingly violent at others. the ending, which is haunting and very unforeseen, makes the preceding story rather transcendent, if that makes any sense. i haven't managed to untangle the generational angst that was being sorted out (or maybe it was just straight nihilism), but it's a surprisingly versatile "portrait of a killer" type film. the funky intro and end music is also kickass.