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What's The Best Film Most People Have Never Seen?

Well this thread finally spurred me into buying "come and see/Idi i smotri". From the reviews i have read I wont be disappointed.

I asked a collegue of mine who is from belorussia about it today and she said she was totally unable to watch it, but was very suprised western audiences had heard of it. I didnt really want to ask her more, because the odds of her not losing relatives in the great patriotic war are astronomical, and if her family had a relatively good time of it I really dont want to know for obvious reasons.
 
Battle Royale is also gory greatness. Set in the future the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act. Available on Tv-links last I looked :)
 
The Conformist.

Bertolucci, set in 1930s Italy and France.

Jean-Louis Trintignant, after a bad childhood experience, feels a strong urge to conform.

He does this by joining the Fascist secret service, who send him to assasinate his old teacher, who is running an anti-fascist network from Paris.

Cinematography by Vittorio Storaro, who went on to do Apocalypse Now.
 
Hard Boiled.

Best.... action... movie.... evarrrrr.

Delicatessen, Amores Perros and True Romance are all wicked n kinda underrated, imo.
 
Gmarthews said:
Battle Royale is also gory greatness. Set in the future the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act. Available on Tv-links last I looked :)
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I watched that yesterday for the first time, and whilst I thought it was well made and interesting, it felt like something was lacking in terms of context, pace and suspense. It made me want to revisit Series 7: The Contenders, which I remember enjoying more than I thought it would, and which covers similar ground, though.
 
DaveCinzano said:
There's another film that's long stuck in my mind, but I can't remember what it was called. It was black and white, but not from the B&W era. It begins with a man in a hospital, swathed in bandages. He is black, but he doesn't seem to know this. That's pretty much all I can recall, so any identification help would be appreciated.
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Suture
 
And speaking of obscure films involving face-bandaged men... (!)...

I remember seeing a Belgian film called Crazy Love at the cinema in the late eighties. In three parts, set on three different nights, at various points in a man's life, and (partly) based on stories by Bukowski.

I've never seen it again, nor do I seem to have ever met anyone else who saw it!...
 
Romeo is Bleeding - that last scene, think it captures the notion of loss perfectly.

Gridlock'd / Drugstore Cowboy.

The Fountain - because I'm a romantic who grew up on comics.

The Wrestler.

Mishima - Life in 4 Chapters.

Mysterious Skin.

Bladerunner.
 
butchersapron said:
Sounds interesting sunspots. Downloading now.
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You were actually the first person that came to mind when I wondered who else on here might also have seen it. :hmm::D

Skim-reading a few reviews, it seems to have been considered a bit offensive when it was released. Other than it being typically-Bukowskian in its misanthropy and absurdity, I honestly can't remember much about it, sorry. :oops: In my defence, and in keeping with the spirit of the film, I was probably rather pissed when I saw it though... :D :oops:
 
El Jefe said:
not ENOUGH people have seen The Thin Red Line.
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God I hated The Thin Red Line.

Mind you, I did see it with a massive hangover in the front row, and the fast panning camera shots made me want to throw up, so perhaps I didn't give it my full consideration. :D
 
Set It Off always hypes me up and gets me shakin my booty. Sadly I often shake it alone as so few have seen this hood masterpiece.
 
DaveCinzano said:
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Bobby Carlyle as a jaded leftie-turned-blagger in a whodunnit set amongst a gang of thieves.
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love that one too.... robert carlyle :oops: plus the raid of the police station is one of the best scenes of any film ever made ever. Antonia Bird ftw :cool:

my votes go to 'the lives of others' and 'ong bak'. also 'the piano teacher'.... michael haneke makes some very unsettling films :eek: and i am a massive, massive fan of isabelle huppert.
 
100% masahiko said:
Romeo is Bleeding - that last scene, think it captures the notion of loss perfectly.

Gridlock'd / Drugstore Cowboy.

The Fountain - because I'm a romantic who grew up on comics.

The Wrestler.

Mishima - Life in 4 Chapters.

Mysterious Skin.

Bladerunner.
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Drugstore cowboy is good, The Fountain was alrightish - not really great, The Wrestler is too new to go in this list, Mysterious Skin I thought was wrong as fuck but has a fairly good story I suppose.

I watched Brazil last night. Thats my contriubution to this thread :cool:
 
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