WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS?! Films that were never on your radar before but now they are you really, really must see them...

[DaveCinzano]

I can't say I'd ever heard of the original Les Rivières Pourpres, but having accidentally come across this précis of its sequel Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse I absolutely must let it lick my eyeballs:

As with the first movie, the pair's investigations intertwine and soon they are looking at a giant conspiracy involving a secretive group of monks on amphetamines led by Heinrich von Garten, played by Christopher Lee, searching for a treasure hidden by King Lothair II somewhere near the Maginot-Line.

Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[DaveCinzano]

So what reviews of previously unknown flicks tickled your palate?

 

[Orang Utan]

Not a review, but the Scala doc I saw recently mentioned this repeatedly:

Thundercrack! — Cult Projections

US | 1975 | Directed by Curt McDowell Logline: Two pairs of friends find themselves stranded in a remote household in the middle of a storm, swapping stories from their past, teasing the homeowner, and engaging in sexual activity. “The coin of sexuality always has two faces.” Not a

www.cultprojections.com

 

[Orang Utan]

I’d heard of Crimson Rivers, though. I only remember it cos it got the worst review in Empire I’d ever seen

 

[ska invita]

I heard about The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982) for the first time the other day....sounds amazing...ive downloaded it but not acutally watched...probably will do nearer christmas, thats my tv and film time.... but anyhow the two things Ive heard about The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez are
its the first US western with a hispanic lead/hero ("Gregorio Cortez is a Chicano film, with Mexican-American actors, a largely Mexican-American production team, telling a Mexican-American story.)
and its considered the most realistic western of all time by those who know about such things...I think that means authenticity in all the production details



i love italian westerns but really dont get on with US ones, but I think the Chicano aspect of this will work....sounds like a classic

 

[krtek a houby]

Until relatively recently, not really heard of The Colour of Pomegranates (apart from an appearance in the Mark Cousins documentary series years back). Was most impressed.

 

[ska invita]

I heard about The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982) for the first time the other day....sounds amazing...ive downloaded it but not acutally watched...probably will do nearer christmas, thats my tv and film time.... but anyhow the two things Ive heard about The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez are
its the first US western with a hispanic lead/hero ("Gregorio Cortez is a Chicano film, with Mexican-American actors, a largely Mexican-American production team, telling a Mexican-American story.)
and its considered the most realistic western of all time by those who know about such things...I think that means authenticity in all the production details

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i love italian westerns, but really dont get on with US ones, but I think the Chicano aspect of this will work....sounds like a classic

I heard about it from this Criterion Closet pics youtube vid


always interesting films ive never heard of name checked on these things, first time ive actually downloaded one though (tell a lie i finally watched Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress earlier this year after someone picked it out)

 

[ska invita]

Until relatively recently, not really heard of The Colour of Pomegranates (apart from an appearance in the Mark Cousins documentary series years back). Was most impressed.

hadnt heard of that ---screenshots look pretty wild! is it a bit boring though? love the look of it

 

[krtek a houby]

hadnt heard of that ---screenshots look pretty wild! is it a bit boring though? love the look of it

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It's like a series of paintings brought to life. It won't wow every viewer, but myself and the better half found it beautiful.

Is it boring? As ever, that's subjective. (Plenty of fast paced crowd pleasers are boring, imho. )

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I can't say I'd ever heard of the original Les Rivières Pourpres, but having accidentally come across this précis of its sequel Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse I absolutely must let it lick my eyeballs:

Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I'm watching this now! Half way through. Found it on fshare.

Name of the Rose meets the Eiger Sanction.

Eta: and now martial arts! Didn't see that coming.

 

[petee]

Until relatively recently, not really heard of The Colour of Pomegranates (apart from an appearance in the Mark Cousins documentary series years back). Was most impressed.

I own that in a boxed set of his stuff. I love it (enough to have bought it!)

 

[littlebabyjesus]

And now Nazis!

 

[DaveCinzano]

And now Nazis!

THREAD DELIVERS

 

[littlebabyjesus]

It's starting to make sense now. Kind of.

Time to stop the avalanche!

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Ok so a sequel with Christopher Lee? Yeah, why the hell not? It's also on fshare... (I just watched the first one)

 

[andysays]

Not a review, but the Scala doc I saw recently mentioned this repeatedly:

Thundercrack! — Cult Projections

US | 1975 | Directed by Curt McDowell Logline: Two pairs of friends find themselves stranded in a remote household in the middle of a storm, swapping stories from their past, teasing the homeowner, and engaging in sexual activity. “The coin of sexuality always has two faces.” Not a

www.cultprojections.com

I saw that a few decades ago, definitely at the Scala and probably at an all-nighter, though I confess I don't remember that much about it.

 

[ska invita]

I heard about The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982) for the first time the other day....sounds amazing...ive downloaded it but not acutally watched...probably will do nearer christmas, thats my tv and film time.... but anyhow the two things Ive heard about The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez are
its the first US western with a hispanic lead/hero ("Gregorio Cortez is a Chicano film, with Mexican-American actors, a largely Mexican-American production team, telling a Mexican-American story.)
and its considered the most realistic western of all time by those who know about such things...I think that means authenticity in all the production details

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i love italian westerns but really dont get on with US ones, but I think the Chicano aspect of this will work....sounds like a classic

watched this now....amazing film, top class....on top of everything the look and feel just feels so of the time, a real time travelling experience...you know how when modern films about older times everything feels a little too clean and the actors look like they're dressing up, this manages to avoid that somehow, hard to say what it does differently but it really captures the past

the story telling is right up there too and done in quite an original way...
highly recommend

 

[ska invita]

Found it on fshare.

this is great wasnt aware of this thanks

 

[krtek a houby]

Peckinpah's gritty late westerns have that grungy lived in look, iirc. As do Leone's.

Still a sucker for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, though.

Was intrigued by the sound of Blackthorn - a kind of sequel to the George Roy Hill classic. It doesn't disappoint. Whether you agree with the premise or not.

 

[ska invita]

Peckinpah's gritty late westerns have that grungy lived in look, iirc. As do Leone's.

yes but somehow this is that little bit more so....naturalistic acting also sort of verging on documentary cinematography? it does have style though...I dont know theres just something about the way it all comes together

ETA the director has a background in documentaries

 

[krtek a houby]

yes but somehow this is that little bit more so....naturalistic acting also sort of verging on documentary cinematography? it does have style though...I dont know theres just something about the way it all comes together

It's definitely on my list to see!

 

[Sue]

Not a review, but the Scala doc I saw recently mentioned this repeatedly:

Thundercrack! — Cult Projections

US | 1975 | Directed by Curt McDowell Logline: Two pairs of friends find themselves stranded in a remote household in the middle of a storm, swapping stories from their past, teasing the homeowner, and engaging in sexual activity. “The coin of sexuality always has two faces.” Not a

www.cultprojections.com

So the guy introducing this at the LFF mentioned they were programming in some films related to the Scala and lo and behold...

Buy cinema tickets for Thundercrack! | BFI Southbank

2024-01-06T20:00:00.000, NFT3

whatson.bfi.org.uk

 

[Indeliblelink]

So what reviews of previously unknown flicks tickled your palate?

DOGGIEWOGGIEZ! POOCHIEWOOCHIEZ!

A surrealist remake of Alejandro Jodorowsky's 1973 film, "The Holy Mountain," consisting entirely of borrowed clips from countless dog films.

 

[Elpenor]

watched this now....amazing film, top class....on top of everything the look and feel just feels so of the time, a real time travelling experience...you know how when modern films about older times everything feels a little too clean and the actors look like they're dressing up, this manages to avoid that somehow, hard to say what it does differently but it really captures the past

the story telling is right up there too and done in quite an original way...
highly recommend

Watched this tonight. Good summary that