Recommend me a movie

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:36 pm

I want to watch a film tonight. Recommend me something obscure and/or foreign, a bit arthousish maybe, something that touches on the themes of melancholy and coming of age preferably. Thanks!

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hexagon son · Post by **hexagon son** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:26 pm

if you haven't seen it, watch donnie darko. i think you'll like that. or perhaps the jacket. battle royale?

bleak. · Post by **bleak.** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:31 pm

what you need is a bit of Bijitâ Q! (Visitor Q).

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:53 pm

I've seen all those except The Jacket. Unsure if that is a movie for me.. But thanks for the tips anyway!

itannexe · Post by **itannexe** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:55 pm

Try this one

C.R.A.Z.Y.

Magic Brenda · Post by **Magic Brenda** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:55 pm

Timecode.

BrandNewRetro · Post by **BrandNewRetro** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:05 pm

Tekkon Kinkreet.

jonnyjj74 · Post by **jonnyjj74** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:31 am

Bad Education.

observation · Post by **observation** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:23 am

All About My Mother
Morvern Callar
Conversations With My Gardener
La Haine
400 Blows
All About Lily Chou-Chou

YELLOW · Post by **YELLOW** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:00 am

A Real Young Girl

Heavenly Creatures

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:21 am

BrandNewRetro wrote:Tekkon Kinkreet.

Awesome movie!

BrandNewRetro · Post by **BrandNewRetro** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:59 am

747Music wrote:
BrandNewRetro wrote:Tekkon Kinkreet.

Awesome movie!

The only movie to have made me cry in my adulthood, and it's animated!

thedisavowed · Post by **thedisavowed** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:08 am

YELLOW wrote:Heavenly Creatures

Just watched this one recently. Really good, and nothing like anything Peter Jackson has done since then. The murder scene was a bit hard to watch I thought- don't know why. I'm used to quite a bit of violence in films, but that one got to me a bit.

If you haven't already, Lars and the Real Girl was a very, very good flick in my book. Very cute- but at the same time a very genuine kind of movie. It deals with coming of age type issues and has a personality all its own.

In general though, I've been on a big western kick, especially Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns. If you haven't seen "Duck You Sucker," now is the time!

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:50 pm

BrandNewRetro wrote:
747Music wrote:
BrandNewRetro wrote:Tekkon Kinkreet.

Awesome movie!

The only movie to have made me cry in my adulthood, and it's animated!

Watch "Grave of the Fireflies". That is the saddest movie ever. It's anime also. I shed a tear watching it.

Twoist · Post by **Twoist** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:56 pm

Static

Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:45 pm

jonnyjj74 wrote:Bad Education.

Been watching loads of almodovar movies of late, not seen this yet though. Volver was fantastic, really enjoyed it

747Music wrote:Watch "Grave of the Fireflies". That is the saddest movie ever. It's anime also. I shed a tear watching it.

got my gf pom poko a wee while ago, by the same director. check it out, it's an environmentalist satire about shapeshifting racoons and japanese folklore, and really funny

hexagon son · Post by **hexagon son** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:11 pm

Infinite E wrote:
jonnyjj74 wrote:Bad Education.

Been watching loads of almodovar movies of late, not seen this yet though. Volver was fantastic, really enjoyed it

747Music wrote:Watch "Grave of the Fireflies". That is the saddest movie ever. It's anime also. I shed a tear watching it.

got my gf pom poko a wee while ago, by the same director. check it out, it's an environmentalist satire about shapeshifting racoons and japanese folklore, and really funny

i bought pom poko in 2007 for the kids, and after me and the wife watched it we decided not to show them. great ghibli film, though!

Magi · Post by **Magi** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:12 pm

Guido wrote:I want to watch a film tonight. Recommend me something obscure and/or foreign, a bit arthousish maybe, something that touches on the themes of melancholy and coming of age preferably. Thanks!

To make this topic more worthwhile we can make this a general recommend-me-a-movie topic .

Le planete sauvage (Fantastic planet)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Planet
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070544/

Amazing!

The Telepathic Kid · Post by **The Telepathic Kid** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:27 pm

Anything by Hayao Miyazaki.
You can't go wrong with him.

But I reccommend Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro or The Castle in the Sky.

jonnyjj74 · Post by **jonnyjj74** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:28 am

observation wrote:All About My Mother

Another great Almodovar movie. I just watched this one last night. I have his box set with the 8 movies leading up to Volver, and ever single one of them is brilliant.

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