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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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No dystopia fans?
Three of my favorites:
Blade Runner
Mad Max
Brazil |
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skinhead
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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(rubs hands together in gleeful fashion)
1. Until The End Of The World: Notoriously hard to find, flawed, but the best combination of my favourite elements in a film. Great soundtrack. Futuristic (for its time - filmed 1992 but set in 1999) and slightly dystopian (if possible?). Global in its setting and locations. Darkness and light. Black humour. Aborigines. Outback Australia. The Orient Express. Berlin. L.A. Solveig Dommartin. A celebration and lament of technology. The End of the World and not the end of the world. Exploring identity. Insomnia. Aaaaaand... Jeanne Moreau. I don't care how old she is. She sparkles, Sparkles.
Its a global road movie. Can't wait for the 400 minute director's cut.
2. The Big Lebowski: Coens + Goodman = 
3. Mad Max: Grungy Australian cop film from 1979. The roar of the big V8s. What else?
4. Coffee & Cigarettes: Jim Jarmusch' latest (and earliest) offering. Loved it. Snapshots. Some don't work, but the ones that do are pisspants funny. Favourite scenes are Tom Waits meets Iggy Pop and the Delirium scene featured in the av, Gza, Rza and the man they call 'Billmurray'. This thread about it was a huge success.
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=33769&highlight=jj+coffee
5. The Tracker: David Gulpillil is a Ningkari.
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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"skinhead"](rubs hands together in gleeful fashion)
1. Until The End Of The World: Notoriously hard to find, flawed, but the best combination of my favourite elements in a film. Great soundtrack. Futuristic (for its time - filmed 1992 but set in 1999) and slightly dystopian (if possible?). Global in its setting and locations. Darkness and light. Black humour. Aborigines. Outback Australia. The Orient Express. Berlin. L.A. Solveig Dommartin. A celebration and lament of technology. The End of the World and not the end of the world. Exploring identity. Insomnia. Aaaaaand... Jeanne Moreau. I don't care how old she is. She sparkles, Sparkles.
Its a global road movie. Can't wait for the 400 minute director's cut. |
There is supposed to be a director's cut? I'll be watching for it.
The soundtrack from that one is still one of my favorites. Elvis Costello's Days can still bring a tear to my eyes. |
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wwidgirl
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:12 pm Post subject: favorite movies |
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In no particular order
I capture the castle- i love movies about "we go through this crap so we can be stronger people"
Donnie Darko
Trainspotting
28 days later - the scenes of the empty city streets... amazing...
American History X
Whale Rider
Billy Elliott
(yeah I put more than five- i love movies) |
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skinhead
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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"skinhead"](rubs hands together in gleeful fashion)
1. Until The End Of The World: Notoriously hard to find, flawed, but the best combination of my favourite elements in a film. Great soundtrack. Futuristic (for its time - filmed 1992 but set in 1999) and slightly dystopian (if possible?). Global in its setting and locations. Darkness and light. Black humour. Aborigines. Outback Australia. The Orient Express. Berlin. L.A. Solveig Dommartin. A celebration and lament of technology. The End of the World and not the end of the world. Exploring identity. Insomnia. Aaaaaand... Jeanne Moreau. I don't care how old she is. She sparkles, Sparkles.
Its a global road movie. Can't wait for the 400 minute director's cut. |
There is supposed to be a director's cut? I'll be watching for it.
The soundtrack from that one is still one of my favorites. Elvis Costello's Days can still bring a tear to my eyes. |
Thank yO. And I thought PootyFly was the only other person who had ever seen it.
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In no particular order
I capture the castle- i love movies about "we go through this crap so we can be stronger people"
Donnie Darko
Trainspotting
28 days later - the scenes of the empty city streets... amazing...
American History X
Whale Rider
Billy Elliott
(yeah I put more than five- i love movies) |
a worthy list. welcome to the bored.  |
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hypnotist
Joined: 04 Dec 2004
Location: I wish I were a sock
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| I almost forgot - the best thing Michael Winterbottom has ever done, In This World. Completely brilliant and really worth seeing. |
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bluefox808
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Location: Shanghai, China
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:20 am Post subject: |
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"The Assignment"--if you want a movie that was more true to The Bourne Identity novel, this is the one to watch. Ordinary guy is trained to become a double of an international super-terrorist.
"Once Upon a Time in the West"--Sergio Leone OWNS the Western genre.
"The Usual Suspects"--The ending is kick-ass, but my favorite scene is when they attack the cops.
"Hard-Boiled" and "The Killer"--John Woo became the King of Action Movie Directors with these movies.
Too many favorites, I'll stop now. |
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mariakorea
Joined: 05 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:32 am Post subject: |
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Shaolin play football - Chinese but the English mis translated subtitles make it all the funnier
Usual Suspects
American History X
Momento
Shrek |
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The Chewbacca Defense
Joined: 29 May 2004
Location: The ROK and a hard place
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:38 am Post subject: .... |
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some more favs....
Westworld
Razorback
Jaws
Duel
Terminator |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:11 am Post subject: |
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| Once Upon a Time in America.........DeNiro is so complex in this movie. James Woods is great too. I love the boyhood scenes. And the teacup scene. Best original soundtrack in movie history IMO. |
I've owned the director's cut DVD for almost two years and still haven't been able to get around to watching it. I've procrastinated that, being a devoted father, I haven't had the time to watch a nearly-four-hour movie, but that's B.S.; I was able to watch the marathon that is ROTK Extended Edition the week I bought it.
It's probably because I've only ever seen the butchered version, the plot of which makes little or no sense. Have to get around to watching the masterpiece sooner or later -- though when I'm in the mood for epic Leone I invariably turn to 'The Good the Bad and the Ugly' or the sublime 'Once Upon a Time in the West'.
Sparkles*_* |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:32 am Post subject: Re: 5 movies |
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Deat Poet Society - Koreans really love this movie for some reason... I see it everywhere. |
Expressing oneself creatively, especially in a classroom environment, is escapist fantasy on par with Star Wars for many Koreans.
Sparkles*_* |
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AJRimmer
Joined: 31 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:34 am Post subject: |
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| desultude wrote: |
Three of my favorites:
Blade Runner
Mad Max
Brazil |
You got those on DVD??
Bring em down....please!
A few of my Favs,
Alien,
Best In Show
The Life Of Brian / Holy Grail -- its a tie
The Pianist
Raiders of The Lost Ark!
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:48 am Post subject: |
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4. Coffee & Cigarettes: Jim Jarmusch' latest (and earliest) offering. Loved it. Snapshots. Some don't work, but the ones that do are pisspants funny. Favourite scenes are Tom Waits meets Iggy Pop and the Delirium scene featured in the av, Gza, Rza and the man they call 'Billmurray'. This thread about it was a huge success.
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=33769&highlight=jj+coffee |
Cool av, by the way, Mr. Head.
Sparkles*_* |
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wild sphere
Joined: 11 Dec 2004
Location: i might as well be on mars 'cause that's how far away i feel from you.
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cool thread! 
1- orson wells' othello (everybody loves a classic)
2- swept away on a hot august night (a rare fellini collaboration must see)
3- full meat jacket (kubrick at his best)
4- old school (hilarious will ferrell comedy!)
5- pink floyd in pompei (this 1 would had made #3 even #2 if the ugly schmucks in the band would had kept their shirts on!)
worst movie i've watched,
venus, the goddess of love an ABC made for tv movie starring vana white as venus the goddess of love. nuff said! |
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whatthefunk
Joined: 21 Apr 2003
Location: Dont have a clue
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 5:23 am Post subject: |
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| wild sphere wrote: |
| full meat jacket (kubrick at his best) |
Excellent flick, love Kubrick.
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| old school (hilarious will ferrell comedy!) |
This movie was great at the beginning, but I think it kind of fell apart at the end. Still funny as hell though... |
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