Dirty Recommendations

[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.

[monkeyboy]

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!!!

[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

[ndrwrld]

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

[b.miller]

Originally Posted by ndrwrld

Leon - deluxe edition.

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!

[Winston]

tom 1.5 is dope

what's the story on tom2?

[Tom]

I do my own sex scenes.

[Sardo]

Originally Posted by Bargo

I saw The Proposition today. It's a gritty, brutal western set in the early colonial days of Australia, and I found it to be an amazingly powerful film. The performances by everyone, Guy Pearce and Ray Winstone in particular, are fantastic.. the visuals, oh my god, the visuals are spectacularly beautiful, showing off an arid, hellish side to outback Australia.

It's quite a violent film, but it's seldomly gratuitous and it never revels in it. The ending shook me up quite a bit. Highly recommended.

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...

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Sardo

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.

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.