Just as the thread says: Recommend a good film, old or new, clean or blue..

I really enjoyed House Of Sand and Fog, although its 2 years old, I thoroughly enjoyed it!

- Vertigo

- Plan 9 from Outer Space so fucking funny

- The Big Lebowski

- The Nightmare Before Christmas

- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Betty Blue...As well as providing a narrative that may be read and interpreted on several levels, _Betty Blue_ is an exceptionally beautiful film in terms of cinematography and mise en scene. Colour is used to breathtaking effect - the blue floors of the piano shop, the yellow car, the yellow lighting which makes it seem as though, regardless of time, it's always afternoon twilight. Landscapes, city scenes, interiors are all set up and filmed beautifully..

TheFrog said:

Never heard of it!

Nikki23 said:

OMG I loved this film! We studied it at Art School and I just was mesmerised by it. It was so powerful, the settings, the story, the actors! Really good!

Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru No Haka) - truly, one of the most powerful and beautiful films I've ever seen. It really changed the way I look at animation, specifically anime. A brother and sister, Seita and Setsuko, in WWII try to find a home amidst the American fire bombing of Japan. It's philosophical without being snobbish or off-putting, and moving without being overtly sentimental.






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CarrieMpls said:

I love parker posey



Life Aquatic

REDFEATHERS said:

i have all those. particularly like Jacob's Ladder. Carlito's Way is good, but not one of Pacino's best, for me. And i enjoyed stigmata very much, except for the ending which i felt was a bit melodramatic & borrowed too obviously from the exorcist.

oh, and 'plan 9 from outer space' is the original film by Ed Wood, which the film 'Ed Wood' is based on. Reportedly the worst film ever made.

It's so unbelievably bad, it's wonderful.

1 of my fave all time films ;

Once upon a time in Mexico

say no more

purplepants said:

brilliant film.

Depp is excellent.

Only thing that spoils it is Enrique's mole.

Requiem for a Dream

True Romance

Ghost Dog : Way of the Samuri

purplepants said:

Are you also a fan of El Mariachi and Desperado?

gemini13 said:

True Romance is in my top 5 of fave movies of all time.

TheFrog said:

Mole?? dont you mean cow pat???

CarrieMpls said:

Me too!!!

REDFEATHERS said:

lol, that's cruel.

Life Is Beautiful. City Of God. Hotel Rwanda.

love

TheFrog said:

True though...

Anji said:

Sleepy Hollow


I'm gonna watch it ( again) tonight on video

Although they're an acquired taste:

Best In Show, A Mighty Wind, Waiting for Guffman

gemini13 said:

All absolute genius.

Best in show, especially.

TheFrog said:

I love Best in Show.

I couldn't recommend just one... but I had to stop at 4 before I became to spamalicious.

Old School.....

Bachelor Party



Evil Dead

City Of God

Shattered Glass

Donnie Darko (not the Director's Cut, but the original release)

Midnight Cowboy

A Clockwork Orange

Pulp Fiction

American Beauty

Fantasia

Run, Lola, Run

Finding Neverland

Iron Giant

Capturing The Friedmans

Blue Velvet

Life Is Beautiful

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