can someone recommend me some excellent movies?
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Le Cas Etrange de Dr Jekyll et Ms Fanny Osborne
Ceremonie d'Amour
all by Walerian Borowczyk, who sadly parted this earth earlier in the
year.
The Kabal film, a cartoon feature, has terrific sound.
Three Crowns of the Sailor
Treasure Island
On Top of the Whale
all by Raul Ruiz, still going strong and churning them out.
Happy Hunting!
Jez
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> can someone recommend me some excellent movies? thank you in advance!
>
You could start by looking at the award sites and see who won for
sound....Oscars, golden globes, Cannes, Toronto, the other festivals...
Or you could study filmmakers, like the Coen brothers, the Wachowski brothers,
Hitchcock, etc
My favorites list is too long. Here are a couple:
Dr Strangelove
The Conversation
Before Night Falls
The Princess Bride
Traffic
Crash
The Big Lebowski
The Man Who Wasn't There
John
angryjames
... and my own film, when it's out there ;)
Audiolad
AudioLad
Audiolad
Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho, etc.
Oleg Kaizerman
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Sergio Sanmiguel
Amores perros (alejanrdro Gonzales Iñárritu)
Man on fire (Tony Scott)
You will ned somme tequila to downded em down...
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G. John Garrett, C.A.S
> Santa Sangre (alejandro jodorowski)
> Amores perros (alejanrdro Gonzales Ińárritu)
> Man on fire (Tony Scott)
Y Tu Mamá Tambien
vin
Tarkovsky, Bresson, Godard, Truffaut, Carne, Chabrol, Herzog,
Fassbinder, Bergman, Szabo, Wajda, Menzel, Ozu, Kurosawa, Ichikawa,
Mizoguchi, Kobayashi, Ray, Ghatak, Majidi, Makhmalbaf, Kairostami,
Kaige, to name a few.
-vin
Mark R.
This is my first post here. I look forward to learning much from this
group.
Amen! Amen!
You just nailed down the poets of the Cinema in the 20th...but left out
the Americans Stan Brakhage and Maya Deren.
For a fantastic sound experience, I recommend Herzog's Fitzcarraldo.
The movement of a ship over a mountain is captured beautifully with all
the creaks and hollow pounding of the ground by this massive ship being
pulled with pulleys. Herzog himself said it was a sound recordists
dream and the latest DVD version has the sound remastered from the
original mono.
Best,
Mark
Boomboom
"Mon Oncle" by Jacques Tati : erase the sound track and you lose at
least half of the humor ; )
Karl W. Lohninger
I want to add, Fellini, Lubitsch, Wilder, Jacques Rivette, Antonioni and of
course J.L. Godard, Bunuel.....plus there's always Jacques Demy;-)
Karl
Francois Ozon (somewhat younger generation) isn't too shabby
either.....comme 'Swimming Pool'
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The audio totally makes that scene....
While everyone has given great recommendations also look at the ones
that did a horrible job...and then ask yourself why and what you think
could have fixed/saved it.
~Marque
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> can someone recommend me some excellent movies? thank you in advance!
>
Mark R.
the West----Music concrete in the opening scene with the windmill and
sounds of the desert train station....magical. Pure cinematic opera.
Best,
Mark
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I agree Fitzcarraldo is awesome but the story behind it is bigger than
Hollywood itself. Originally, Jason Robards and Mick Jaggar were cast
in the movie. After production began, Robards contracted dysentery and
production halted. Robard's doctors refused to allow him to continue.
The Stones were starting a tour, so all of the scenes with
Robards/Jaggar had to be re-shot.
Production re-started with Klaus Kinski. All scenes with Robards and
Jaggar were axed.
There is a documentary about the making of this movie called "Burden of
Dreams" . I highly reccomend it if you can find it. One scene shows a
bloody arrow that was fired into a native crew member by a rival tribe
-- and you think YOU have a tough day on the set?
So it goes.
Terry
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vin wrote:
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> Kaige, ...
That would be Chen ... Kai ge is his familiar name, not family name,
Vin
Nice to see you recommending Ritvik Ghatak (sp ok?) ... I was
recommended his films by an Indian friend 10 years ago and STILL have
been unable to track any down ... even in film-friendly Paris
Jez
angryjames
> Elephant? I'm curious as to why that's your favorite.
I so rarely see films so engrossing. I love the realism of the piece,
the mundane realism. Of course it's flawed in a few key ways, but
that's another story. I need to check out Last Days too.
> As opposed to the good films Zant has done, i.e. Good Will Hunting,
> Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho, etc.
Drugstore Cowboy... fake nonsense as I recall. Would need another
viewing to be sure.
Good Will Hunting... haven't seen, but would be willing to risk it if
someone could convince me it isn't what I think it is, and for that
matter what it looks like :)
My Own Private Idaho... yeah I kinda liked this one. It doesn't pull
you in unless you really like the subject matter, but it does have a
certain voyeuristic appeal. It's probably the only film in which you'll
see Keanu Reeves and not wonder why he makes money as an actor. Phoenix
on the other hand just slots in perfect.
Forgot to mention how much To Die For is depressingly bad.
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angryjames wrote:
> >Audiolad wrote:
> > Elephant? I'm curious as to why that's your favorite.
>
> I so rarely see films so engrossing. I love the realism of the piece,
> the mundane realism. Of course it's flawed in a few key ways, but
> that's another story. I need to check out Last Days too.
And if you like Elephant, you may like to check out, um, Elephant (the
UK TV film it was named after) by Alan Clarke ...
Jez
angryjames
> UK TV film it was named after) by Alan Clarke ...
Thanks for that Jez... Alan Clarke's the daddy (pun intended). I
haven't seen it, just tried to pick it up from Amazon but it's not in
stock. Will get asap. Cheers.
IMDB said Elephant (1989) was so named:
"comes from the writer Bernard MacLaverty, who said that the Troubles
were like having an elephant in your living room"
Things is, with the 2003 version we have to say American's like their
Elephants in the living room. I mean they move to trouble like moths to
a flame. And these days we Brits... we ain't far behind :)
Bill
compelling. It notably refrained from trying to impose all those pat,
comfortable interpretations we all try to impose on those kind of
events, and just kind of let things unfold before you, in real time,
with the real limitations on perception and awareness that we have in
real time.
And there was that one long remarkable take, as the blonde student walks
across the grounds, into the building, down the hallways, out the
hallways, etc. Remarkable shot and sound.
angryjames
> I also thought "Elephant" was brilliant in many ways, and utterly
Totally agree mate. Top film.
The reason I posted it here in the first place was probably because it
stuck in my mind so much. I mean obviously there are many many many
great movies (many I probably haven't even seen), but that one was
reasonably recent, stuck firmly in my mind and has that edge with
regards to it being something different.
I also like it for the snob value... I mean it divides people. I know
of many people who think it's the worst film they have either seen.
More fool them I say ;)