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Re: Recommend films/documentaries, etc.

Sun May 03, 2015 8:00 pm

There it is, I couldn't remember the name. Thanks Mexi!

Re: Recommend films/documentaries, etc.

Sun May 03, 2015 8:14 pm

Haven't seen Sexy Beast, but I'm a big fan of the director's work in Under the Skin, so that's definitely on my list to check out.

Given my previous mention of Mean Streets, I can tell you that I'm a huge fan of Goodfellas. That film is 2 and a half hours but with absolutely no fat, and stellar performances through out.

Searching my personal knowledge for mafia films has come up mostly blank. I can't give you much in the way of conventional stuff like Goodfellas/The Departed or The Godfather, just oddball outliers of the genre like The Coen's Miller's Crossing, or the Australian take on the crime drama Animal Kingdom. Both great films

I know a few yakuza films too, which are kinda like mafia.
Like Seijun Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter, Sion Sono's Why Don't You Play in Hell, or Takashi Miike's Ichi the Killer.

Be warned about the last two, they're quite violent.

Re: Recommend films/documentaries, etc.

Sun May 03, 2015 9:47 pm

Cheers man, I'll look into those. ✔️Sexy Beast sometime, super cool flick.

Re: Recommend films/documentaries, etc.

Sun May 03, 2015 10:42 pm

Anything by Takashi Miike is worth checking out for sure.

In a totally different theme, I just re-watched Breaker Morant for the first time in about 20+ years. Jesus, I'd forgotten how incredible it is. The end scene, wow, lump in the throat...

Re: Recommend films/documentaries, etc.

Tue May 05, 2015 1:08 pm

I watched Kings Of Summer last night. It was a really good "coming-of-age" sort of film, along the lines of Stand By Me. But it also had some hilarious one-liners, particularly from Nick Offerman.

It's the kind of film I'd describe in conversation as "a nice little film".

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Mon May 18, 2015 2:50 am

Just finished "The Institute", a doc from 2013. It's about an elaborate alternate reality game staged by an artist collective in San Francisco. It's pretty amazing how much work went into it and the profound effects it had on the people who became "players". Most were never sure where the game ended and where reality began. Recommended.

Re: Recommend films/documentaries, etc.

Fri May 22, 2015 7:16 pm

The Duke of Burgundy

WOW

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Wed May 27, 2015 9:38 pm

pointlessdude wrote:Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)

http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/3468265/

Beautiful movie.


I cannot recommend this enough, Béla Tarr is incredible.

Re: Recommend films/documentaries, etc.

Sat May 30, 2015 8:59 am

Lens Larque wrote:The Duke of Burgundy

WOW


That's by the same guy that did Berberian Sound Studio, right? I need to get on that.

Re: Recommend films/documentaries, etc.

Sat May 30, 2015 2:18 pm

Its so surreal.

Re: Recommend films/documentaries, etc.

Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:42 am

Just watched Gone Girl. I read the book about a year ago and I loved it, but the film was not at all what I expected. It was so shocking and super intense. I thought they did a pretty good job turning the book into a film.

I also re-watched The Wind Rises with my family and we all were crying by the end. Incredible film

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Tue Jun 09, 2015 2:18 pm

one of the interesting analysis of Mulholland Drive

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Tue Jun 09, 2015 6:38 pm

The Suicide Virgines, truly beautiful adaption, with a good cast and a feeling that you won't forget, and also something to think about

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Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:39 am

The Virgin Suicides is one of my all-time favourite books, films, and soundtracks. It's perfect in every way.

Re: Recommend films/documentaries, etc.

Wed Jun 10, 2015 10:37 am

These are all related to electronic music and are either some sort of documentary or movie:

    Groove

    Modulations: Cinema for the Ear

    Better Living Through Circuitry

    It's All Gone Pete Tong

Re: Recommend films/documentaries, etc.

Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:49 pm

volterock wrote:These are all related to electronic music and are either some sort of documentary or movie:

    Groove

    Modulations: Cinema for the Ear

    Better Living Through Circuitry

    It's All Gone Pete Tong



For this, you get "the nod"... :wink:

Re: Recommend films/documentaries, etc.

Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:44 pm

FortonServices wrote:The Virgin Suicides is one of my all-time favourite books, films, and soundtracks. It's perfect in every way.


I saw it in a bookstore a couple years ago and I bought it. I've heard so many good things about it, I think it's high time i start reading it...

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Fri Jun 12, 2015 5:25 am

Headphase wrote:
FortonServices wrote:The Virgin Suicides is one of my all-time favourite books, films, and soundtracks. It's perfect in every way.


I saw it in a bookstore a couple years ago and I bought it. I've heard so many good things about it, I think it's high time i start reading it...



Yeah, especially since it's summer. It really adds to the washed-out 70's vibe.

Check out the film and soundtracks too. Both the score by Air, and the selection of great 70's songs they use.

Re: Recommend films/documentaries, etc.

Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:21 pm

Seek out 'Storyville: Atomic, Living in Dread and Promise' on BBC iPlayer at the moment.

Directed by Mark Cousins, original music by Mogwai it charts the atomic age, via an impressionistic kaleidoscope of archive footage. The Cold War, Chernobyl, protest marches, atomic testing.

Beautiful and chilling. Highly recommended.

Re: Recommend films/documentaries, etc.

Mon Aug 24, 2015 11:08 am

Yeah, I've been watching it, fantastic stuff. Mark Cousins also did this great series about the history of film, cannot recommend enough!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story ... An_Odyssey
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