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gypsyfish
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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The Conversation - Gene Hackman
The Election - Reese Witherspoon
Out of the Past & Farewell, My Lovely - Robert Mitchum |
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Craven Moorehead
Joined: 14 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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| gypsyfish wrote: |
The Conversation - Gene Hackman
The Election - Reese Witherspoon
Out of the Past & Farewell, My Lovely - Robert Mitchum |
All excellent choices, and I might also recommend Citizen Ruth (also directed by Alexander Payne), Night of the Hunter (starring Robert Mitchum as the bad guy and directed by Charles Laughton), The Third Man (directed by Carol Reed and starring Orson Welles as the most diaboloical of screen villains, Harry Lime).
Lastly, I would highly recommend Jean Pierre Melville's Le Samourai or Bob Le Flambeur, both of which have had a profound impact on Johnny Woo and the whole "heroic bloodshed" motif so prevalent in Hong Kong cinema. |
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idonojacs
Joined: 07 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| The Video History Of Our Times - 1950-1953 - Korea The Coldest War. |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Recently watched The King of Kong, an awesome documentary about champion Donkey Kong players. No, really. It's awesome.
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IconsFanatic
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Tongan Ninja. Recommended if you like Flight of the Conchords. |
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idonojacs
Joined: 07 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:09 am Post subject: |
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Here's one of my favorites. A really oldie starring W.C. Fields, George Burn and Gracie Allen, Bela Lugosi, etc. etc.
"International House" is about a Chinese genius who invents something called "television" back in 1931. Everyone is trying to get the rights to the invention, everyone except W.C. Fields, who happens upon the hotel, International House, by accident during his around the world flight in his helicopter, The Spirit of Brooklyn. Meanwhile, the inventor's great ambition in life is to tune in to six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden.
Oh, and since it is so old, the copyright should have expired long ago, so downloading it should be legal. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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blurgalurgalurga
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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| "Eagle Versus Shark" is really good. I'm only halfway through it right now, but it's good. |
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blurgalurgalurga
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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Ok, I finished it now, and yup, that movie RULES. It's pathetic in the classical sense, but also really funny. I laughed I cried I laughed again and all that stuff.
Eagle versus Shark is the best movie I've seen all week.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0494222/ |
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Corky
Joined: 06 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:44 am Post subject: |
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| Gym Kata |
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:50 am Post subject: |
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I liked "Once". Brilliant soundtrack.
Oh, obscure? "Sleeper" by Woody Allen. |
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Sapa
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:15 am Post subject: |
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Candy - Heath Ledger
Amazing movie about a couple's decline into drug addiction. Really tragic.
House of Sand and Fog - Ben Kingsley, Jennifer Connelly
The Story of the Weeping Camel |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:18 am Post subject: |
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| Harpeau wrote: |
| I liked "Once". Brilliant soundtrack. |
Man, hated it. |
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Dome Vans
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:38 am Post subject: |
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| faster wrote: |
| Harpeau wrote: |
| I liked "Once". Brilliant soundtrack. |
Man, hated it. |
I watched the first 30 minutes. Stopped. Couldn't get past the guy's whiney voice.
Went back the next day and watched it again and tried to blank out his whiney voice and it actually got a lot better. The story as such was pretty good. |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:43 am Post subject: |
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| Dome Vans wrote: |
| faster wrote: |
| Harpeau wrote: |
| I liked "Once". Brilliant soundtrack. |
Man, hated it. |
I watched the first 30 minutes. Stopped. Couldn't get past the guy's whiney voice.
Went back the next day and watched it again and tried to blank out his whiney voice and it actually got a lot better. The story as such was pretty good. |
Maybe, but he wouldn't stop doing his insipid Coldplay impression. |
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