Let's get a list going of films that have been underrated and overlooked (new or old, mainstream or obscure/"indie") that you think people should reconsider or just fucking consider.

if you missed these movies you've been missing out


Mine (for right now)

Once Upon A Time in the West-it's on DVD now. it looks beautiful, it's finally widescreen and it's Leone's best film. stop fucking around, seriously

Le Samourai-everyone talks about Bob Le Flambeur. This is Melville's best film. Criterion needs to stop bullshitting and buy the rights and do it properlike

Narc-how little buzz this film got is pitiful. One of the best cop flicks of all time

Station Agent-do what you have to do to see this film. i'm serious. it deserves as much success as Lost in Translation, if not moreso

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"The payoff is much sweeter than the payback"
-Dave

La Haine - AMAZING French New Wave-esque film by Mathew Kassovitz (Gothika, actor in Amelie). It's a must see.

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i remember when it came out (i was a young'n) and i think Jodie Foster was giving it lots of props (if i remember correctly).

it's actually in the "have you seen me?" rack at my video store right now

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"The payoff is much sweeter than the payback"
-Dave

also overlooked is Kassovitz's previous film, Cafe au Lait (i don't think that's the title in France, though. is it "Mestizo" or something?)

i want to see his short Fierrot le pou... don't know what it's about the title alone is priceless

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>also overlooked is Kassovitz's previous film, Cafe au Lait
>(i don't think that's the title in France, though. is it
>"Mestizo" or something?)

"Metisse"

>i want to see his short Fierrot le pou... don't know what
>it's about the title alone is priceless
it's pretty good, though not ground-breaking in any way. It was made as part of an anti-AIDS campaign a few years back

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I love that movie

Plus it has the Iraqi dude from Three Kings in it.

the "what is the problem with Michael Jackson" guy?

>the "what is the problem with Michael Jackson" guy?

Also the tough guy that Alonzo leaves Ethan Hawke stranded w/ in Training Day. And I think he's in Colateral Damage as well altho I wont admit 2 having seen it:)

he played one of the refugees (also Pablo Escobar in Blow, etc...). He's the the most famous actor in New Zealand

this guy is shorter and poured oil in Marky Marks mouth

bringing out the dead. That guys a great actor.

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great in Once Were Warriors too

And you can add me to the Bringing out the Dead list.

>great in Once Were Warriors too

But not as great as Jango Fett:o)

>And you can add me to the Bringing out the Dead list.

Only seen bits & pieces of it. Couldn't ever really get into it. Which is weird cuz I liked the cast for the most part. Go figure.

>But not as great as Jango Fett:o)

...Jake was so mean he could make satan his bitch (Sadaam in Southpark style)

Thats right. I think the whats wrong w/ M.J. cat is also in The Good Thief. Which reminds me that I still need 2 see the original.

almost made me cry (and i don't shed tears on films). it kinda makes you hate all europeans afterward, though.

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this was a very good movie, very emotive.

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just finished watching this about 30 minutes ago. I really don't know if could be considered overlooked or not, but I don't hear it mentioned very often...came accross it in the "people who rented this also liked:" portion of netflix.

This movie is insane and absolutely great. Every fan of Tarantino should see it. Some unbelievable killing scenes and completely over-the-top characters (#1 is one of the best characters of all time).

Though I just saw it I have to say that this is one of my all-time favorites so far (looking at my netflix queue there's a good chance that will change).

"I am the #1 killer!"


Once Upon A Time in the West should be in my next batch of netflix movies...i'm looking forward to it.
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Oh, people are shouting, people are freaking.
I'm staring at the ceiling waiting for the feeling.
Makes me want it harder, makes me want to be a little stronger.
Still I see monsters.
Still I see monsters.

i blind bought it a year ago and it's one of my favorite DVDs. i try to show it to everyone i can.

jim jarmusch, john woo, and tarantino owe Suzuki majorlike for this one

far superior to Tokyo Drifter (although Drifter's climax is pretty fucking cool)

if you like this, check out Black Tight Killers which is not on the level of Suzuki's Branded but it is a fun little kooky 60s Japanese flick.

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-Dave

and i liked it a whole lot more than i ever did before. sure, Branded is probably better in numerous ways, but the compositions in Tokyo Drifter and the all-out wackiness... the singing and all that... something else!

oh yeah, i'm feeling Pistol Opera, too. i have no clue what it's about, though!

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i couldn't even fuck with it

not even a little bit

at all

no

it really bored me to tears. and it was so ugly. shooting it on video or whatever they did totally disservice the film and the amazing visual elements that they did have.

i was so disappointed. i might check it out again. but on the initial run i was not pleased

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"The payoff is much sweeter than the payback"
-Dave

god DAMN that film is beautiful to me!

i don't think it's video, but there is something slightly garish about the film stock... i think it worked, though. if that's video, i find that pretty damn encouraging that he could make it look so good!

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yeah, i thought it was super ugly

perhaps it was all the outdoor daylight stuff
but good lord. if you compare it to branded on a visual level it doesn't compare.
i liked what he wanted to do. i didn't like what he did

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"The payoff is much sweeter than the payback"
-Dave

but a lot of Japanese films these days have that cheap look to 'em... i don't know what the deal is (maybe it has to do with the fact that a lot of Japanese films we're seeing these days are actually produced for television and straight-to-video eg Kiyoshi Kurosawa's stuff and a lot of Miike's).

the only people who are consistently cominng with it visually are Beat Takeshi, Higuchinsky (even though a lot of his shit is shot on video), Hiroyuki Nakano, Shinya Tsukamoto and Kasuhito Ishii

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i've seen some of Beat Takeshi's stuff
i'm dying to see Zatoichi. or at least i was, until Miramax picked it up.
i've seen some of Miike's stuff (skipped Audition because i know the end. but i LOVE ichi. and was so so on Dead or Alive)

hook me up w/ some recommendations so when i get back from this trip i can get my japanese flick on

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"The payoff is much sweeter than the payback"
-Dave

mostly i'm trying to watch shit from the 1960s and 70s... old Shohei Imamura flicks, Fukasaku's stuff, Yasuzo Masumura, and of course, Seijun Suzuki

currently, the Japan film industry is in a slump (as is Hong Kong) most people agree that the current hot spot for Asian film is South Korea, so that's what i've been digging

but as far as Japanese films go, you know me... i like visually stylish stuff. so that means Hiroyuki Nakano... we already discussed him in that Samurai Fiction post.

then there's Higuchinsky, perhaps the hottest and most innovative young Japanese director. he's made only 3 films: Uzumaki (which is a brooding Ringu-like horror film, Long Dream (a nice made-for-TV horror flick which is pretty damn good despite its obvious low budget) and Tokyo 10+1, a ultra-low budget DV flick that is kinda like Series 7 meets Battle Royale. it's not as good as the other two, but still worth a look. there's a dude that sells all 3 films together for about 30 bucks

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let's see... who else do i like? of course there's Shinya Tsukamoto, who is kinda like a Japanese David Lynch, especially in his breakout film Tetsuo the Iron Man. he and Sogo Ishii represent the cyberpunk side of modern Japanese cinema. Netflix doesn't have Tetsuo, but they do have its sequel Body Hammer.

also, i mentioned Yasuzo Masumura above... i recommend his film Blind Beast. it was made in the late 60s, but it's still pretty powerful today

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a higher paying job.

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>i've seen some of Beat Takeshi's stuff
>i'm dying to see Zatoichi. or at least i was, until Miramax
>picked it up.

Kitano is a great filmmaker, and I've heard nothing but great things about his Zatoichi. All Miramax's acquisition means is that people are finally realizing how great he is and that they might make some money if they get on board.

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Ora et labora

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that's why

it was a half-joke

it's gonna make major money stateside
just like Hero and Shaolin Soccer

major Ebay box office

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"The payoff is much sweeter than the payback"
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they have the rights to that and it's china's oscar submission. We will never see it. Well maybe for like a week we'll get a comicly dubbed and recut one with a hip hop soundtrack.

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but i had edited that post enough times

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"The payoff is much sweeter than the payback"
-Dave

Infernal affairs is hot they are already on three though just came out this week gonna check it out soon but it doesn't have subtitles gotta have my girl tell me what is going on she did it with the second and it was still hot the first one has subtitles the third is supposed to be really complicated. you're right about the stateside version although i read that the rights were bought and that it may be remade they should leave it alone though. the wonders of living in Zhong guo cheap ass dvds everything everything is here and for like 75 cents.

which is probably why I haven't seen Branded To Kill yet.

but you gotta see Branded
it's like your first Tim Burton movie being Batman Forever or your first Matrix movie being Reloaded or the first porno you saw had Trannies in it.

i have a hard time getting into Drifter. The lead doesn't have the charisma of Joe Shisudo (emitting from his chipmunk cheeks) and it's just not as solid an effort. Branded is a far more out there but even though there are large chunks of it that border on total incoherence it is still an enjoyable flick.
for the cinemtagraphy alone it's a fun watch

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"The payoff is much sweeter than the payback"
-Dave

dead on portrait of an alcoholic played brilliantly by Steve Buscemi. Great little film, and Buscemi's best performance IMHO.

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because it seems nobody paid attention to my 2 posts demanding your asses see it.

Other than that:
Chusingara
The Long Riders
Rolling Thunder
Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia
The White Buffalo
Red Lion
pat garret and billy the kid
Django
Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!
After Hours
Two Lane Blacktop

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Still havent ever seen it from the start but I've enjoyed what I've seen so far.

>because it seems nobody paid attention to my 2 posts
>demanding your asses see it.
>
>Other than that:
>Chusingara
what's this?
>The Long Riders
with all the carradines? i've been thinking about picking this up for some time now.
>Rolling Thunder
oh hell yeah. i LOVE this movie. finally found a VHS copy and it gets major burn.
>Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia
got it, watched it once. need to watch it again. Warren Oates, man
>The White Buffalo
que es esto?
>Red Lion
que?
>pat garret and billy the kid
haven't seen it
>Django
Oh Djaaaaaanngooo! one of my favorite theme songs EVER. tell me Mariachi doesn't have its roots in Django. did you know Franco Nero is the General the bad guys are trying to free in Die Hard 2?
>Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!
ain't seent this
>After Hours
really been meaning to see this
>Two Lane Blacktop
?

this is the perfect post

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-MF Doom



"The payoff is much sweeter than the payback"
-Dave

>>because it seems nobody paid attention to my 2 posts
>>demanding your asses see it.
>>
>>Other than that:
>>Chusingara
>what's this?

Great epic samurai film.

>>The Long Riders
>with all the carradines? i've been thinking about picking
>this up for some time now.

Yeah and the keach's, Quaid's and Guest's. Walter Hill is a genius. Mynoriti dug it too.

>>The White Buffalo
>que es esto?

Wild Bill (Charles Bronson) and Crazy Horse (Will Sampson aka the chief from one flew over the cuckoos nest) team up to hunt down a massive legendary white buffalo. The last scene is surreal as hell. Very strange movie.

>>Red Lion
>que?

Great, great samurai film starring Toshiro Mifune. He's incredible in it and it rivals the work he did with Kurosawa.

>>pat garret and billy the kid
>haven't seen it

Even King Friday likes it.

>>Django
>Oh Djaaaaaanngooo! one of my favorite theme songs EVER.
>tell me Mariachi doesn't have its roots in Django. did you
>know Franco Nero is the General the bad guys are trying to
>free in Die Hard 2?

never noticed that. And the theme song is great. Avoid the official sequel, it's pretty bad. Desperado also owes a bit to Sabata starring Lee Van Cleef that has a character named Banjo. Banjo carries a Banjo with a rifle built into it. It's a pretty lighthearted movie but its a good watch.

>>Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!
>ain't seent this

It's genius

>>Two Lane Blacktop
>?

One of the greatest films of the 70's. Warren Oates best performance. Also starring James Taylor, Dennis Wilson (drummer from the beach boys), and Laurie Bird. Directed by the great Monte Hellman. Extremely existential and one of the most unique films ever made.

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>>>because it seems nobody paid attention to my 2 posts
>>>demanding your asses see it.
>>>
>>>Other than that:
>>>Chusingara
>>what's this?
>
>Great epic samurai film.

tell me all this shit is on DVD

>>>The Long Riders
>>with all the carradines? i've been thinking about picking
>>this up for some time now.
>
>Yeah and the keach's, Quaid's and Guest's. Walter Hill is a
>genius. Mynoriti dug it too.

yeah, i'm gonna cop this when i come back to the states in january

>>>The White Buffalo
>>que es esto?
>
>Wild Bill (Charles Bronson) and Crazy Horse (Will Sampson
>aka the chief from one flew over the cuckoos nest) team up
>to hunt down a massive legendary white buffalo. The last
>scene is surreal as hell. Very strange movie.

you can't be serious...this sounds like the craziest movie ever...i'm gonna have to track this down

>>>Red Lion
>>que?
>
>Great, great samurai film starring Toshiro Mifune. He's
>incredible in it and it rivals the work he did with
>Kurosawa.
mifune is the man

>>>pat garret and billy the kid
>>haven't seen it
>
>Even King Friday likes it.

been meaning to see it. you ever see Gore Vidal's billy the kid w/ Val Kilmer? me neither. but want to

>>>Django
>>Oh Djaaaaaanngooo! one of my favorite theme songs EVER.
>>tell me Mariachi doesn't have its roots in Django. did you
>>know Franco Nero is the General the bad guys are trying to
>>free in Die Hard 2?
>
>never noticed that. And the theme song is great. Avoid the
>official sequel, it's pretty bad. Desperado also owes a bit
>to Sabata starring Lee Van Cleef that has a character named
>Banjo. Banjo carries a Banjo with a rifle built into it.
>It's a pretty lighthearted movie but its a good watch.

ooh, i haven't seen Sabata. but i'm gonna find it. I have Django Kill! strange shit.
see Run Man Run. Blue Underground released it (it, django, django kill and another flick whose name escapes me) are part of a box set but are also sold seperately. borders has it
Tomas Milian is magnificent in it

>>>Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!
>>ain't seent this
>
>It's genius
>
>>>Two Lane Blacktop
>>?
>
>One of the greatest films of the 70's. Warren Oates best
>performance. Also starring James Taylor, Dennis Wilson
>(drummer from the beach boys), and Laurie Bird. Directed by
>the great Monte Hellman. Extremely existential and one of
>the most unique films ever made.

Wow, you're gonna have me watching flicks for weeks

I am officially in awe of your film knowledge

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-Dave

>tell me all this shit is on DVD

Unfortunatley not much of it is, Chusingara, Two-Lane Blacktop, and i believe Faster Pussycat are though. You can get a great VHS of Red Lion on ebay though.

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in fact the greatest film ever made ever is The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. But Once Upon a Time in the West is Holy as well.

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1. Once Upon a Time in the West is Leone's best film. Hands down. Stop lying to yourself

2. Everyone knows G, B and E. It has iconic status and most people, including yourself, mistakenly think it is Leone's best film. Thus it is far from underlooked and overrated

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"The payoff is much sweeter than the payback"
-Dave

but until everyone is sacrificing animals before it it will be under-rated.

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Even though yall might be sick of Colin Farrell by now & Joel Schumacher has lost all credibility after the Batman sequels, trust me & give this one a shot.

BTW. I'm also a big fan of Narc. Jason Patric doesnt do a lot of movies but when he does he picks his roles carefully & him & Liotta are excellent in this film. Chi McBride & Busta Rhymes are good in it as well.

I peeped it on the low one weekend and was pleasantly surprised. Liotta was in top form.

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Here's some films that have been underrated and overlooked (either in real-life or just on this board):

The Tall T - directed by Budd Boetticher in 1957. Excellent western that starts out simple enough but then turns sinister. A robbery becomes a kidnapping and trouble ensues. Reasonably gritty film for its day. Randolph Scott is surprisingly likeable in the lead role. Also, the story for this one was written by Elmore Leonard.

Passage To Marseille - directed by Michael Curtiz in 1944. This is a film about a group of escaped convicts who suddenly find themselves fighting in a war. This is not a perfect film, but it has a lot to offer. It re-unites Curtiz with most of the cast of his impossibly famous "Casablanca". As always, Peter Lorre is the one to watch. Again, not a perfect film. But worth watching.

Mad Love - directed by Karl Freund in 1935. This is a truly bizarre film starring, once again, Peter Lorre. This is basically a mad scientist film. Lorre's character, Dr. Gogol, is in love with a woman. When her pianist husband's hands are crushed in an accident, Gogol replaces them with the hands of a murderer. The hands of the murderer are still filled with evil and a desire to kill. It's a completely ridiculous plot (and a plot that has been copied and repeated to no end ever since) but the great direction by Freund and the wild performance by Lorre make it worth watching.

Karl Freund, by the way, also directed "The Mummy" in 1932 but his best work was as a cinematographer. He was a great talent. He worked on Fritz Lang's classic "Metropolis", Tod Browning's "Dracula" (1931), John Huston's "Key Largo" and many others.

While The City Sleeps - directed by Fritz Lang in 1956. This is one of Fritz Lang's hard-boiled films from the 50s. It's about competitive reporters covering the story of a serial murderer and getting way too involved. Not as great as The Big Heat, or You Only Live Once, but still a very good film. Great direction and photography. Stars the generally underrated Dana Andrews and also features the very talented Ida Lupino in a smaller part.

That's all for now.

saw clips on Scorseses film documentary, I want to see it BAD.

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>saw clips on Scorseses film documentary, I want to see it
>BAD.

It's really good, Doc. Seriously. Budd Boetticher had such a great touch as a director. I don't think this one's out on DVD though. Might be hard to find. I saw it on TV.

But you'd like it I'm sure. It would be worth looking for. It's got some nice surprises, and it carries a really unsettling atmosphere with it. It's even got a little social commentary in there for good measure, but nothing too obvious.

and still no trace of it.

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>It's really good, Doc. Seriously. Budd Boetticher had such
>a great touch as a director. I don't think this one's out
>on DVD though. Might be hard to find. I saw it on TV.
>But you'd like it I'm sure. It would be worth looking for.
>It's got some nice surprises, and it carries a really
>unsettling atmosphere with it. It's even got a little
>social commentary in there for good measure, but nothing too
>obvious.

Boetticher is highly underrated as a major directing talent of the last 100 years - I was privy to a complete retrospective of his work about 2 years back...

B/c most of his films were the minor title on double bills, the running time on the bulk of his work clocks in around 80 or so minutes (sometimes less)... Even w/ the time constraints, Boetticher was able to examine the tortured human condition of man who is neither good nor bad, lived through some turmoil and still pining for something better... The ambiguity of good and bad/evil residing in the same individual far more resonates w/ what 1 encounters in reality versus the hard-and-fast/black-and-white dichotomy championed by today's Hollywood...

So yeah, Budd Boetticher... Recommended... Unequivocally...

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>Boetticher is highly underrated as a major directing talent
>of the last 100 years - I was privy to a complete
>retrospective of his work about 2 years back...

It's true. He needs a bit more attention directed his way. I would also say that people need to take another look at Anthony Mann, Henry King, and King Vidor.

Just thought I'd throw that in there.

>The ambiguity of good and bad/evil residing in
>the same individual far more resonates w/ what 1 encounters
>in reality versus the hard-and-fast/black-and-white
>dichotomy championed by today's Hollywood...

Yes indeed. They make all the characters very obvious now. They're either bad or good. They make it real clear so we can get right to the sex and explosions! No dialogue either please.

It's a shame.

But you know there's certain elements (political elements if you will) who like to promote this kind of thinking in reality as well.

Like I was just watching this little documentary on that Steve Earle song "John Walker's Blues". All the right-wingers got so mad because Earle decided to paint this guy as a human being; a ball of confusion. But not just a "bad guy". Not just an evil traitor to his country.

They got mad because if he's not just pure evil, then there has to be a reason for why he did what he did. An explanation for how he turned out.

Then we'd have to look for answers. And that's hard.

It's much easier just to say something is evil. Because then you can just point your rockets and your guns at it and fire away. But you'll never understand anything.

Steve Earle is awesome, by the way.

Lantana-

Anthony Lapaglia and Geoffrey Rush reall turned in good performances. Has a number of twists in the plot. Though, it does start slow, but by the end the tension really builds. Worth a look.

The Red Violin-

Samuel L. Jackson in an arthouse joint! Traces the history of mysterious violin through the ages, exploring the different meanings it took on for it's various owners. I'm looking for the DVD like a mofo!
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"To Each His Reach"
-George Clinton

Current Rotation:

Black Moon - Total Eclipse
Meshell N. - Comfort Woman
Floetry - Floacism Live
Jel - Greenball
Mark Farina - Mushroom Jazz 4

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"To Each His Reach"

but.....

Fuck aliens.

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excellent movie----i've never heard this one being discussed, ever

one of the best movies about the darker side of power and influence of celebrities in entertainment here in the good ol' us of a, in this case the country music industry in the 70s....and everyone's out for self---the notion of what would fully blossom into the "me" generation of the 80s and beyond

while, all the while, making it look like a real chain of events-----almost like a documentary

it's funny as hell, yet not losing one ounce of seriousness--in the midst of the humor, the dismal account of all the characters' plots is always felt

Sankofa (1997)- Directed by Haile Gerima. Film tells the story of a woman named Mona who is transported back in time, back to the time of slavery, there she learns about her people's history. Thus she is able to move forward in life because of her new found knowledge of her ancestor's struggle.



Chameleon Street (1989)- Based from a true story about a guy named Douglas Street, who goes around impersonating characters, everything from a doctor to I believe a lawyer.

The Watermelon Man (1970)- Directed by Melvin Van Peebles, tells the tale of a middle class white man waking up one morning to find that he has turned black. Good satire.

Any Given Sunday (1999)- My favorite sports film, and one of the best ever made.

Life with Mikey (1993)- Stared Michael J Fox, film is about a child talent agent. This is one of my favorite films of all time.

Cemetery Man (1996)- Directed by Michele Soavi, Ruppert Everett stars. Film is about a caretaker of a cemetery (Everett) that must combat the constant threat of zombies.

a few more

Watership Down
The Last Unicorn
Freaked
Shakes the Clown
Tales From The Crypt Presents - Demon Knight
Tales from the Hood
Matilda
Zombie
The Howling
From Beyond

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someone else on here that doesn't loathe any given sunday.
It's a good movie.

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I don't think its a great movie but I sure love watching it.

>someone else on here that doesn't loathe any given sunday.
>It's a good movie.
Great peformances from the whole cast, love that little speech that Pacino gives in the locker room (gives me chills)

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My favorite Altman film.

janey ~~ ho in tha oh fo

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All meetings end in separation
All acquisition ends in dispersion
All life ends in death
- The Buddha

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Every hundred years, all new people

Clockers, Paid in Full, and Flowers in the Attic


Second place is just first loser!!!!

Second place is just first loser!!!!

People seem to think this is about Nazis and shit. It isn't. Its all about the paradox of Man, God, and their love of each other. Shit, one of them Nazis doesn't even exist except as the main character's id. Big existential metaphor that folks just pigeonhole into American History X pt. 2.

Oh, and Bringing out the Dead.

but wasn't a big fan of the film itself.
however i'm a huge Ryan Gosling fan. shit, he made Murder By Numbers watchable and that took MAJOR talent. and he's awesome in the Believer. he's the real deal.

Bringing Out the Dead is excellent

"Cats are still using the same five curse words. If you take out 'shit,' 'bitch,' 'nigga,' murder,' and 'killa,' (the)mother-fuckin' record would sound like an instrumental!"
-MF Doom



"The payoff is much sweeter than the payback"
-Dave

people who insult it are out of their damn minds.

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CITY OF GOD (THE most underrated film this year)


EVE'S BAYOU (A powerful epic with beautiful acting by an all Black cast, and some of the most tragic voodoo scenes. This movie was SOOOOOOOO underrated I was hurt by it!)


MUSA: WARRIOR (This was brilliantly done, and never released in the U.S..what a shame)


HERO (Another film not released in the US.)


ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (This movie was pretty much overshadowed by the success of the movie Scarface the year before). But it's still a typical in-your-face bloody mobster flick that should've recieved more recognition.

by anyone who saw it which wasn't lots of folks

it was just limited by it's limited release

solid film

"Cats are still using the same five curse words. If you take out 'shit,' 'bitch,' 'nigga,' murder,' and 'killa,' (the)mother-fuckin' record would sound like an instrumental!"
-MF Doom



"The payoff is much sweeter than the payback"
-Dave

Eagerly awaiting the release of that DVD. Havent heard a single negative review of that flick.

like a korean version of the alamo. The gore in it is really impressive. Ziyi Zhang looks incredible in it too.

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That film is dope as hell i boght it right after hero and was blown away from the gore to the skilled acting to the battle scenes it was tight even had political messages hot my girl cried at the end it was sad but i thougt the ending was one of the best i've seen how they were all sort of brought down by ego and desire various of the princes.

was really bad.

i'm not gonna dis you on the internet...cuz my momma taught me better than that

i thought i was the only one.
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Oh, people are shouting, people are freaking.
I'm staring at the ceiling waiting for the feeling.
Makes me want it harder, makes me want to be a little stronger.
Still I see monsters.
Still I see monsters.

I think it is spike's best work ever and i like most of his films
With summer of sam people were expecting one thing horror gore and got something totally different this was a great movie and the acting and story were excellent

This is an *exceptional* film. Much better than the first Babe, which was dang good.

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An astonishing film, regardless of whether it was made for children. That it was a financial disaster should have been obvious when the studio read the script.

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Not great by any means but still an intriguing foreign film w/ a wonderful premise centering around luck & the idea that it can be bartered. Ending left a little 2 be desired but overall its still quite an original flick that I'd recommend 2 all.

I know it has a little following here already but for those who don't know this movie well worth checking out.

This is Bogart at his absolute best in a fantastic performance rivaled only by his performance in Treasure of The Sierra Madre IMO.

that's right, i said it

yes i'm talking about the home fries with drew barrymore and luke wilson

yes, i saw the previews

it's not great or anything, but it's an above par romantic comedy, and gets really weird in the end

and luke wilson, Catherine O'Hara, and jake busey all have great characters

hilarious movie made about 2 or 3 years ago spoofing 80s summer camp flicks. starring jenine gorafolo, david hyde pierce, molly shannon, amy poehler, michael ian black and some other random b list names. good movie.

peace
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oh hell yes

it's funny, i always forget it's not well known, cause i've introduced it to anyone i've talked to for more than a few minutes

so it seems really well known to me cause everyone i hang out with quotes it