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Guido wrote:I've seen all those except The Jacket. Unsure if that is a movie for me.. But thanks for the tips anyway!
The Jacket was promoted as a horror movie, but its really a really nice dreamy romantic and crazy movie. Somehow it made me think of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It gave me the same goosebumps.
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Have you seen Safe? It's about a housewife who begins who suffer strange bouts of illness - but her doctors cannot find anything wrong with her. Soon she starts to believe she has "Twentieth-Century Disease" - i.e. that she's allergic to the chemicals, toxins and pollutants abundant in modern life.
On another forum I just responded to the topic: "your top 5 most moving films"
I saw this a few years ago, interesting experiment!
I love Lily Chou-Chou. I also really enjoyed The 400 Blow and La Haine.
Oh yes, terribly moving, I should have had that on my list...
On another forum I just responded to the topic: "your top 5 most moving films"
Wo De Fu Qin Mu Qin (The Road Home)
A beautifully told love story. I cried a lot.
Obchod Na Korze (The Shop on Main Street)
I've found this to be the most moving Holocaust film I've seen. I think its intimacy makes the monstrous tragedy somehow more comprehensible, thus incredibly disturbing.
Big Wednesday
I saw this film at a particular time in my life where I could painfully relate to the characters lives (not the specific situations they found themselves in but the general theme of change, of growing up.)
Bakha Satang (Peppermint Candy)
The film begins with the main character committing suicide. We then flash backwards to when he was a happy young man and watch his life unfold.
The Quiet Room
As her parent's relationship disintegrates a little girl decides to stop talking.
Magic Brenda wrote:Timecode.
I saw this a few years ago, interesting experiment!
observation wrote:La Haine
400 Blows
All About Lily Chou-Chou
I love Lily Chou-Chou. I also really enjoyed The 400 Blow and La Haine.
QFT747Music wrote:Watch "Grave of the Fireflies". That is the saddest movie ever. It's anime also. I shed a tear watching it.

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CoBoC wrote:The Fountain was incredible. A lot of folks didn't like it, but most every "flaw" or "downfall" anyone's had to say about it, I consider to be its' charm.
same here, and everytime I watch it I like it even a bit more.
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itannexe wrote:CoBoC wrote:The Fountain was incredible. A lot of folks didn't like it, but most every "flaw" or "downfall" anyone's had to say about it, I consider to be its' charm.
same here, and everytime I watch it I like it even a bit more.
IMO, The fountain is the most pretentious, stupid and cheezy disturbing movie for the sheeple I've ever seen.
I have some recommendations myself..
Adaptation. - One of the best movies I have ever seen if not the best, and I mean it. The story contains insane forms of meta-referencing, most excellent performance by Nic Cage, alot of dark humor if you have an eye for it, a true work of art.
The Dreamers - Very coming of age, anyone with an interest in youthfulness, France, the sixties and/or movies is in for a treat.
Valley Girl - This is so bubblegum that you wouldn't believe it. I personally love this kind of stuff. One of Nicolas Cage's first and one of Tarantino's favourites. But not for everyone
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Psych-Out / The Trip - 196X in the sunshine with a handful of LSD. This kinda stuff fed my fascination with the sixties and drugs before I discovered BoC.
Dom Kallar Oss Mods - Documentary, unknown gem as the first part in a series of three about two young drug addicts in Sweden in the late sixties. Sex, drugs and rock&roll.
Adaptation. - One of the best movies I have ever seen if not the best, and I mean it. The story contains insane forms of meta-referencing, most excellent performance by Nic Cage, alot of dark humor if you have an eye for it, a true work of art.
The Dreamers - Very coming of age, anyone with an interest in youthfulness, France, the sixties and/or movies is in for a treat.
Valley Girl - This is so bubblegum that you wouldn't believe it. I personally love this kind of stuff. One of Nicolas Cage's first and one of Tarantino's favourites. But not for everyone
Psych-Out / The Trip - 196X in the sunshine with a handful of LSD. This kinda stuff fed my fascination with the sixties and drugs before I discovered BoC.
Dom Kallar Oss Mods - Documentary, unknown gem as the first part in a series of three about two young drug addicts in Sweden in the late sixties. Sex, drugs and rock&roll.
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