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betsmate
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And Taxi 3 was so bad it never even got a UK release!!!
It was the cult element of the original that made it so good, combined with the fact that they had taken the genre as far as they good without it getting ridiculous. That said Taxi 2 still has a few good laughs in it.
It was the cult element of the original that made it so good, combined with the fact that they had taken the genre as far as they good without it getting ridiculous. That said Taxi 2 still has a few good laughs in it.
I forgot IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT - wondrous stuff between Steiger and Poitier. It isn't dated, because white attitudes to race and status have changed little in America's Deep South.
PSYCHO - now that everything's a slash-fest, it's hard to believe how ground-breaking in terrifying the audience this film was. Three huge shocks: the shower scene, Arbogast the detective slashed on the stairway, and the 'Mrs Bates?' scene in the old house.
THE TRUMAN SHOW - you can read a lot more into this than just comedy, if you wish. It sends a message about the vicariousness of life lived through tv screens, and what passes for daily reality and illusion.
PSYCHO - now that everything's a slash-fest, it's hard to believe how ground-breaking in terrifying the audience this film was. Three huge shocks: the shower scene, Arbogast the detective slashed on the stairway, and the 'Mrs Bates?' scene in the old house.
THE TRUMAN SHOW - you can read a lot more into this than just comedy, if you wish. It sends a message about the vicariousness of life lived through tv screens, and what passes for daily reality and illusion.
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Hunneyb
Guest
On The Town
Calamity Jane
A Matter Of Life And Death
Out Of Africa
A Bridge Too Far
A Few Good Men
High Society
9 o'clock on a Monday....the brain's not awake yet............
Calamity Jane
A Matter Of Life And Death
Out Of Africa
A Bridge Too Far
A Few Good Men
High Society
9 o'clock on a Monday....the brain's not awake yet............
BrianH
At the Start
Indeed it does. Add it to my list - along with a hundred or so more.
Bar the Bull
At the Start
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Rocky III
Rocky IV
BrianH
At the Start
I deleted all the posing ones from my list, but I'd include a lot of Kurosawa and Wajda.
I can't understand how none of the women on here have listed Ai No Corrida...
BrianH
At the Start
It's one that'll never be shown on TCM, that's for sure...
Euronymous
Senior Jockey
Seven Samurai and Rashomon would be in my top 10 and Ran was gorgeously shot but the scenes with the jester and Hidetora wandering round aimlessly got on my nerves.
Er, no, Brian, and not on the Disney Channel, either! Well, not unless they do a version using toys... :blink:
RASHOMON remains today a very powerful film, none of the dreadful rape is lessened by the fact that the subject has been done to death by cheaper and nastier fare.
RASHOMON remains today a very powerful film, none of the dreadful rape is lessened by the fact that the subject has been done to death by cheaper and nastier fare.
Euronymous
Senior Jockey
But was it rape? The three protagonists disagree on this.
Bar the Bull
At the Start
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Rocky III
Rocky IV
AliGupter
At the Start
Italian Job
Shawshank Redemption
Clockwork Orange
Shawshank Redemption
Clockwork Orange
Yes, Euro, that's true - the film's not so much to be taken literally, is it, but looks at what the nature of subjectivity is, blah, blah. (I'm trying hard for at least a place, if not the winner's spot, in Pseuds' Corner.) Apropos of not a lot today, I picked up a booklet detailing the films for this year's Chichester Film Festival, and there's not one among them that I've heard of, though many sound very interesting:
PRIDE AND PREJUDUCE, debut director Joe Wright, UK
CRASH (not David Cronenberg, but directed and written by Paul Haggis, writer of MILLION DOLLAR BABY), USA
BOMBON EL PERRO (BOMBON THE DOG) dir. Carlos Sorin, Argentina/Spain
ON A CLEAR DAY, Gaby Dellal, UK
WHISKY, JP Rebella and P Stoll, Ur/Sp/Ger/Arg
ASYLUM, David Mackenzie, UK (This is a 2005 film which sounds brilliant, with Ian McKellern and Hugh Bonneville)
YES, Sally Potter, UK
CINDERELLA MAN, Ron Howard (yes, Happy Days Ron), USA
THE SUN (Solntse), Aleksandr Sokurov, Russia
OLIVER TWIST, Roman Polanski, UK/Czech Rep/France
LAST DAYS (about Kurt Cobain), Gus van Sant, USA
THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS, Alan Rudolf, USA
ME, YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW, Miranda July, USA
MUST LOVE DOGS, Gary David Goldberg, USA
A COMMON THREAD (Brodeuses), Eleonore Faucher, France
PRIMER (shot for just $7000 it won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Festival 2004), Shane Carruth, USA
WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW? (sort of what is the meaning of meaning stuff), M. Vicente/B. Chasse/W. Arntz, USA
A GOOD WOMAN, Miker Barker, UK/Italy (adaptation of Lady Windermere's Fan)
HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE, Hayao Miyazaki, Japan
THE INTRUDER (L'Intrus), Claire Denis, France
THE RISING, Ketan Mehta, India
THE ADVENTURES OF ARSENE LUPIN, Jean-Paul Solome, Fr/UK/It
WALLACE AND GROMIT: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Nick Park/Steve Box, UK
KINKY BOOTS (currently being trailed on telly, it's a true story of how Price's shoemakers in Northants nearly went bust, but found a well-paying niche market in 'erotic boots for men'), Julian Jarrold, UK
HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, David Cronenberg, USA
INNOCENCE, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Belgium/France
BROKEN FLOWERS, Jim Jarmusch, USA
WALK ON WATER, Eytan Fox, Israel
THE NIGHT OF TRUTH (La Nuit de la Verite) (fascinating, a first feature film by a Burkinabe woman) Fanta Regina Nacro, Burkina Faso/France
THE NEW WORLD, Terrence Malick, USA
THE CONSTANT GARDENER, Fernando Mierelles (City of God), UK/USA
All of the films reviewed are 2004-2005 and have all been received very favourably at various film festivals. If anyone's seen any of the older releases, I'd be interested to hear opinions, as Chichester's only just over an hour's drive away, and I'd be glad to go and see intelligent films.
The film about Bombon, is set "against the vast expanses of Patagonia. Juan is a middle-aged mechanic made redundant after 20 years. One day he helps a stranded motorist and is paid with a pure-bred Dogo Argentino named Bombon, a dog almost twice his size. It's the start of a beautiful friendship. Aided by a trainer, Juan discovers the world of dog shows where he will reclaim his dignity and discover a new calling. With excellent performances from a largely non-pro cast, Bombon wins best of show, hands down." Though in the interests of pedantry, surely paws down?
PRIDE AND PREJUDUCE, debut director Joe Wright, UK
CRASH (not David Cronenberg, but directed and written by Paul Haggis, writer of MILLION DOLLAR BABY), USA
BOMBON EL PERRO (BOMBON THE DOG) dir. Carlos Sorin, Argentina/Spain
ON A CLEAR DAY, Gaby Dellal, UK
WHISKY, JP Rebella and P Stoll, Ur/Sp/Ger/Arg
ASYLUM, David Mackenzie, UK (This is a 2005 film which sounds brilliant, with Ian McKellern and Hugh Bonneville)
YES, Sally Potter, UK
CINDERELLA MAN, Ron Howard (yes, Happy Days Ron), USA
THE SUN (Solntse), Aleksandr Sokurov, Russia
OLIVER TWIST, Roman Polanski, UK/Czech Rep/France
LAST DAYS (about Kurt Cobain), Gus van Sant, USA
THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS, Alan Rudolf, USA
ME, YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW, Miranda July, USA
MUST LOVE DOGS, Gary David Goldberg, USA
A COMMON THREAD (Brodeuses), Eleonore Faucher, France
PRIMER (shot for just $7000 it won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Festival 2004), Shane Carruth, USA
WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW? (sort of what is the meaning of meaning stuff), M. Vicente/B. Chasse/W. Arntz, USA
A GOOD WOMAN, Miker Barker, UK/Italy (adaptation of Lady Windermere's Fan)
HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE, Hayao Miyazaki, Japan
THE INTRUDER (L'Intrus), Claire Denis, France
THE RISING, Ketan Mehta, India
THE ADVENTURES OF ARSENE LUPIN, Jean-Paul Solome, Fr/UK/It
WALLACE AND GROMIT: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Nick Park/Steve Box, UK
KINKY BOOTS (currently being trailed on telly, it's a true story of how Price's shoemakers in Northants nearly went bust, but found a well-paying niche market in 'erotic boots for men'), Julian Jarrold, UK
HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, David Cronenberg, USA
INNOCENCE, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Belgium/France
BROKEN FLOWERS, Jim Jarmusch, USA
WALK ON WATER, Eytan Fox, Israel
THE NIGHT OF TRUTH (La Nuit de la Verite) (fascinating, a first feature film by a Burkinabe woman) Fanta Regina Nacro, Burkina Faso/France
THE NEW WORLD, Terrence Malick, USA
THE CONSTANT GARDENER, Fernando Mierelles (City of God), UK/USA
All of the films reviewed are 2004-2005 and have all been received very favourably at various film festivals. If anyone's seen any of the older releases, I'd be interested to hear opinions, as Chichester's only just over an hour's drive away, and I'd be glad to go and see intelligent films.
The film about Bombon, is set "against the vast expanses of Patagonia. Juan is a middle-aged mechanic made redundant after 20 years. One day he helps a stranded motorist and is paid with a pure-bred Dogo Argentino named Bombon, a dog almost twice his size. It's the start of a beautiful friendship. Aided by a trainer, Juan discovers the world of dog shows where he will reclaim his dignity and discover a new calling. With excellent performances from a largely non-pro cast, Bombon wins best of show, hands down." Though in the interests of pedantry, surely paws down?