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Post by Tyler Smith on Mar 7, 2010 5:39:00 GMT -5
It seems like every other e-mail we get is a recommendation of a film we absolutely have to see. So now we're opening it up to everybody. Recommend your favorite movies; not only for us, but for your fellow listeners. Thanks.
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Post by andyharwood on Mar 7, 2010 16:05:12 GMT -5
I just got the Preston Sturges box set. It's all great (The Great Moment is kind-of a boring middlebrow biopic but it's only 70 minutes long) but I particularly liked Palm Beach Story. SPOILERS it has one of the funniest and most ridiculous endings I've ever seen.
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Post by Tyler Smith on Mar 7, 2010 19:25:05 GMT -5
I've unfortunately only ever seen one Preston Sturges film, which is Sullivan's Travels. I really enjoyed it and would love to see more. I'll be sure to give Palm Beach Story a try. Thanks.
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Post by damnyankees on Mar 8, 2010 21:28:48 GMT -5
I didn't know where to post this, but I wanted to thank you guys for your recommendation in a podcast a few week ago. I had never heard of Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring before you mentioned it, and I saw it a few days ago. What a movie. One of the most beautiful films I've ever seen.
So - thank you.
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Post by Tyler Smith on Mar 8, 2010 21:37:43 GMT -5
I'll go ahead and say here that you're always welcome to start a new thread on the forum. Perhaps you could title it "Thank you, Battleship Pretension" or "You've changed my life, Battleship Pretension" or maybe "God bless you, Battleship Pretension."
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Post by cucumberboy on Apr 15, 2010 15:37:52 GMT -5
Both Il Divo and The White Ribbon have been mentioned on the show, but it must be reiterated that these movies are very, very worth seeking out. The White Ribbon is the first movie I've seen twice in theatres.
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Post by lime on Apr 15, 2010 18:56:05 GMT -5
I don't know if you guys have ever talked about these films on the show, but I'd just like to recommend the films Sauna and Shallow Grave. Sauna is a very, very dark Finnish film that takes place during the aftermath of the Russo-Swedish war. I found it absolutely terrifying, but I wouldn't go as far as to call it a horror film. Shallow Grave, which you may or may not have seen, is Danny Boyle's first movie, starring Ewan McGregor and Christopher Eccleston in their first major roles. It's not available on netflix at the moment, but if you can track it down, I highly recommend it.
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Post by siege121 on Apr 15, 2010 21:58:38 GMT -5
I actually hate Shallow Grave. It would fall in my top 5 least favorite films of all time. Oh well...
I don't believe it has been talked about on the show but Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now is fantastic. I was hesitant going in because I had known what the ending was but it didn't matter as I was gripped from the beginning. It contains my favorite editing sequence of all time during the ending where Donald Sutherland is chasing someone through the streets. I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it but the whole ending is one of my favorite things from any movie.
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Post by drannow on Apr 22, 2010 12:06:20 GMT -5
I know this goes back a little ways, but I've been catching up on episodes. Thanks for doing your Animal and Shakespeare episodes, but I wanted to recommend two films you missed and might enjoy.
1. Milo and Otis I'm not sure how you missed this one It's a seminal animal film, and has rabbits quietly plotting revenge.
2. Romeo.Juliet This could actually fit either category. This 1990 version directed by Armand Acosta stars John Hurt and a bunch of cats. It is apparently incredibly hard to find, and I have not actually seen it, but wanted to pass it on to the BP community in hopes someone could point me in the right direction.
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Post by Tyler Smith on Apr 22, 2010 16:59:00 GMT -5
1. Milo and Otis I'm not sure how you missed this one It's a seminal animal film, and has rabbits quietly plotting revenge. I've actually not seen the film, because of the rumors behind it. Apparently, the filmmakers, in putting the animals constantly in danger, had to cycle through about 20 orange kittens, because they kept getting killed. I usually try not to let rumors inform my viewing (or not viewing) of a film, but, here, if the rumors turned out to be true, it would absolutely break my heart. As such, I have purposely avoided seeing the film my whole life.
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Post by squall on Jun 18, 2010 2:11:42 GMT -5
Dogtooth (Greek, 2009) Survive Style 5+ (Japanese, 2004) Sheitan (French, 2006)
All 3 are very different movies. Dogtooth should be watched without much prior insight into the meaning of the film, and with an open mind. Survive Style 5+ is just silly, but very charismatic. Sheitan is worth the viewing just to see Vincent Cassel play completely against his type. In my opinion, it's another great performance of his, despite the movie being somewhat disappointing for me in the end (even though I greatly appreciated it, enjoyed it, and would highly recommend it for fans of quirk and suspense.)
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Post by johnnyunusual on Jan 28, 2011 12:35:00 GMT -5
I wouldn't say you HAVE to see it, but I recommend "the Wrong Guy", starring and co-written by Dave Foley, and also writtern by Jay Kogen (from the Simpsons) and Higgens from the Higgens boys and Gruber.
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Post by Mladen on Feb 10, 2011 3:59:24 GMT -5
Yoji Yamada's "The Twilight Samurai" from 2002. Wonderful character-driven film which I first saw on a flight to Hong Kong. Very engaging and quietly paced film showing the fall of the samurai class and the rise of the bureaucrat in a pre Meiji Japan. A character-driven story, not a sword fighting film.
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Post by Dr Handsome on Feb 10, 2011 13:18:18 GMT -5
I've seen the boxart on Netflix and always assumed it was from the 70s. It sounds compelling, you recommend it, Netflix says I'm going to love it, and it's on Watch Instantly. I'll definitely have to check that out sometime.
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Post by deadpool on Feb 10, 2011 13:26:45 GMT -5
1. Empire Records: If John Hughes and Kevin Smith made a movie together this is what it would look like. Follow the day in the life of a group of record store employees who despretly try to find a way to save their store from becoming a chain
2. Hot Rod: The stupidest thing I have ever seen and I loved every minute of it. Rod Kimbell ameture stuntman tries to save his dieing stepfather so he can beat him to death.
3. It's kind of a funny story: If you missed this in theatres then now is your chance to see it on DVD. Featuring great preformances and one of the most realistic displays of the modern mental hospital.
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Post by Dr Handsome on Mar 1, 2011 11:31:27 GMT -5
It's worth noting that we're two movies away (today saw the release of Ashes of Time Redux) from getting the entire Wong Kar Wai filmography on Netflix Watch Instantly. If you've got a two disc plan you can easily marathon his stuff.
Here's a good one: what sort of 'Watch Instantly' marathons (a particular film series, artist filmography, etc.) would you guys recommend?
The only other one I can come up with off the top of my head here are Truffaut's early classics The 400 Blows, Shoot the Piano Player, and Jules and Jim which are all three available to stream.
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Post by vulpix on Mar 1, 2011 22:39:38 GMT -5
Here's a good one: what sort of 'Watch Instantly' marathons (a particular film series, artist filmography, etc.) would you guys recommend? Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman, and Stanley Kubrick are all revered directors with many movies available for instant viewing. Akira Kurosawa:Rashomon (1950) Ikiru (1952) Seven Samurai (1954) Hidden Fortress (1958) Sanjuro (1961) Yojimbo (1961) High and Low (1963) Kagemusha (1980) Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990) Ingmar Bergman:Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) Wild Strawberries (1957) The Virgin Spring (1960) Persona (1967) Hour of the Wolf (1968) Fanny and Alexander (1982) Stanley Kubrick:Killer's Kiss (1955) The Killing (1956) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) A Clockwork Orange (1971) The Shining (1980) Full Metal Jacket (1987) Eyes Wide Shut (1999) If you're interested in silent movies, The Gold Rush and The General would be my first two recommendations as far as instant movies go. D.W. Griffith also has several of his movies available ( The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, Broken Blossoms), although I have to admit he's not quite as funny as Chaplin and Keaton.
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Post by Dr Handsome on Mar 2, 2011 0:04:52 GMT -5
D.W. Griffith also has several of his movies available ( The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, Broken Blossoms), although I have to admit he's not quite as funny as Chaplin and Keaton. I think it was Leonard Maltin who said " The Birth of a Nation is like The Hangover but more racist." I didn't realize how many Kurosawa films had been added!
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