Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Night on Earth... 4 films about 4 cities for one ticket
That Jim Jarmusch?
best film about a city?
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That Jim Jarmusch?
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Definitely deserves a wider audience, that does.
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
That's the fella. The 20's was it? I'd always imagined it was pre first world war. Still, lovely film. Why haven't I heard of Berlin Alexanderplatz? German mates have been letting me down there. Will try and get hold of it.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
To be fair, parts of "between the wars" Berlin were virtually unchanged since the mid 19th century, so there probably weren't a lot of visual clues.
It's worth it. 15 hours of excellent "modern history" drama. I'm surprised your German mates hadn't clued you in, as I've noticed that German friends are usually very quick to get you to watch anything directed by Fassbinder.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
...and that's a fuck of a lot, masses of his tv work has still never been released in english versions.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
rikwakefield
Born to be Mild
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a great film.
Strumpet
gypsy girl
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul by Fatih Akin and Alexander Hacke of Einsturzende Neubauten introducing the musical acts is engrossing - however, i've never made it to Constantinople (as the Mighty Giants would have it), so can't talk about how representative it is of the city. but it looks and sounds tremendous to me 
Boris Sprinkler
Dont be scared
I was going to say that.
Ghosts of Cite Soleil is very powerful, shows how fucked up life is for alot of people.
Pusher
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Die Zweite Heimat made me want to live in Munich in the 60s, and maybe shoot pigs through into the 70s.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
For a laugh you mean?
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
No, I just think it's quite a good little film, and one that shows gangsters as venal morons rather than sexy go-getters, without any moralising 'story arcs'.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Ferris Bueller's Day Off made me slightly moist for Chicago.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
I think it just demonstrates that crap acting can kill a potentially good script.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
What script? It was improvised by the people in it, who were not actors.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Hang on, can you give me a link to the film to make sure we're on about the same one? Because i'm starting to suspect i have the wrong one.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Yeah, i got the wrong one sorry. (if i had the right title at all). Not seen this one.
Fedayn
Well-Known Member
Interesting, a fromer leading member of the Militant on Merseyside is a cast member it seems.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Glad someone agrees with me about that one
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
The Ali G Movie.
Captures the essence of Staines perfectly (ish).
Captures the essence of Staines perfectly (ish).
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Were you thinking of the Mark Wahlberg one, Shooter? Crappy 9/11 conspiracy nut cut & shut of The Parallax View and The Jackal.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Nah, i was thinking of that crap liverpool gnagster one released last year/early this - it's so shit i can't recall the name, but i do recall turning it off. Bog standard young lieutenant wants to take org over but must defy his...BROTHER...to do so. Lots of well known faces. Absolute piss.
Can't be worse than one of the worst films I've ever seen: The 51st state, in which Samuel L Jackson comes to Liverpool to flog an imaginary drug.
