Dirty Recommendations

[Leon]

For a nice not-too-difficult-to-understand action movie, watch Boondock Saints, nice how you first see ''after the murder scenes" and AFTER that you can see how it happened.

Requiem For A Dream, watch a guy, his mother (or grandmother?), his girlfriend and a friend of his (one of the Wayans who also stars in Don't Be A Menace) going way too far into the world of drugs. I don't watch many films but this one REALLY REALLY grabbed me. When the movie is over I keep a depressed feeling, very weird that a movie can do that to me. Very impressive! A must see.

[stimpee]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Obscure in the states perhaps but we Brits love this film. So many classic lines. And all so fucking funny.

"We've gone on holiday by mistake."

"If you hit me, it's murder."

"We shall have cake and fine wine. The finest wines known to man."

"I shall have you even if it need be buglary!"

"MONTY YOU CUNT."

etc.

Withnail & I is my number one film of all time. There comes a point when you can quote the whole movie as almsot every line is funny and memorable (and its "monty you terrible cunt!" ).

"You can stuff it up your arse for nothing and fuck off while you're doing it!"

"How should i know where we are. I feel like a pig shat in my head."

[Jason Roth]

I haven't seen it yet, but in Into The Blue, Jessica Alba spends the entire movie in a bikini.

Therefore, it's recommended.

[ffolkes]

Even though many might have seen it already, i'll still recommend:

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

Directed by: David Mamet
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, Jonathan Pryce and Alec Baldwin.


One of my fav movies ever, this is an "actor's film" if there ever is one.

Based on David Mamet's play, Glengarry Glen Ross revolves around four desperate real estate salesmen racing for clients (or "leads") as they do not want to get fired by the end of the week. Doesn't maybe sound that tight on paper, but on screen it gets very tense.

Glengarry has an all-star cast, and absolutely everybody is on superb form. Mamet's dialogue is also a standout.
(Who could forget that hardball sales pitch by Alec Baldwin?)

I love this film.

[Winston]

Originally Posted by Jason Roth

I haven't seen it yet, but in Into The Blue, Jessica Alba spends the entire movie in a bikini.

Therefore, it's recommended.

i second that

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by stimpee

Withnail & I is my number one film of all time. There comes a point when you can quote the whole movie as almsot every line is funny and memorable (and its "monty you terrible cunt!" ).

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...

[bklyndv]

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.

[kid cue]

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.