havent seen any of the short films by anger. I will check them out and get back to you. Maya deren is on my list too

Originally Posted by smokeweed101. Costello is that dude, let me know what you think of the end and the movie as a whole, Alain Delon is the actor he is good, check him out in Le Cercle Rouge, L'eclise, and Purple Noon all posted here.

The opening gives you a image of being a loneliness and out of touch reality view of Costello. Tons of vodka bottles stacked up in the crib. I first interpret the bird in the cage as him trapped. I don't know if he could love someone, for instance the last time he meets up with Jane he doesn't show any genuine affection. The ending was him paying his dues with some morality meaning and respect, and maybe subconsciously there was nothing to fulfill his life and wanted out since it seemed he had nothing to live for.

I loved the movie, some really nice direction camera shots when hes walking out the metro for the first time. When you film someone walking for long period of times with practically minimum suspense you've done something right. The dialogue was on point. The overall cool style was there and definitely was laid back film.

Thanks again for the enjoyable recommendation. Got any more like these?

Getting Le Cercle rouge now. [pic]

As i am watching Le Cercle Rouge, Alain Delon's character reminds me of Ron Swanson but a gangster type. [pic]

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Based on a True Story Australian Gangsta....if you guys like gangsta !! you will love this!

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Based on a True Story....Drug Dealers that want to k!ll some cops

Originally Posted by obscuro77 [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] four great titles from abel ferrara

also that vampire one can't remember the name has walken in it and fredro starr from onyx...that was dope....same with R xmas

Originally Posted by Gravediggaz [pic] [pic] Based on a True Story Australian Gangsta....if you guys like gangsta !! you will love this! [pic] Based on a True Story....Drug Dealers that want to k!ll some cops

this!!! co-sign on the proposition and chopper!! gotta check out animal kingdom...

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beautiful poetry of a film

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check this one

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matt dillion feeding his habits

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some gus van sant selections def worth checking, especially gerry for its experimental minimalist takes

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Americans experience in a turkish prison after getting caught trying to smuggle drugs

more to come

Originally Posted by TheBallDontLie The opening gives you a image of being a loneliness and out of touch reality view of Costello. Tons of vodka bottles stacked up in the crib. I first interpret the bird in the cage as him trapped. I don't know if he could love someone, for instance the last time he meets up with Jane he doesn't show any genuine affection. The ending was him paying his dues with some morality meaning and respect, and maybe subconsciously there was nothing to fulfill his life and wanted out since it seemed he had nothing to live for. I loved the movie, some really nice direction camera shots when hes walking out the metro for the first time. When you film someone walking for long period of times with practically minimum suspense you've done something right. The dialogue was on point. The overall cool style was there and definitely was laid back film. Thanks again for the enjoyable recommendation. Got any more like these?

Yea Le Cercle Rouge and Bob Le Flambeur are too other great ones. He was a perfectionist as shown early on, he took his job seriously and didn't indulge in personal pleasures. The end was a balance between his strict code of samurai honor, and his affection for the woman in the club, he broke his code a bit and had to commit Seppuku (ancient samurai [rip]) by having the police k!ll him, remember the next job was for him to k!ll the woman, he took the money (and gave it away) but didn't want to k!ll her so had himself done in. In essence the character change here was him breaking that code and using his feelings and heart, something unexpected from the first few acts of the film.

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Originally Posted by smokeweed101. Yea Le Cercle Rouge and Bob Le Flambeur are too other great ones. He was a perfectionist as shown early on, he took his job seriously and didn't indulge in personal pleasures. The end was a balance between his strict code of samurai honor, and his affection for the woman in the club, he broke his code a bit and had to commit Seppuku (ancient samurai [rip]) by having the police k!ll him, remember the next job was for him to k!ll the woman, he took the money (and gave it away) but didn't want to k!ll her so had himself done in. In essence the character change here was him breaking that code and using his feelings and heart, something unexpected from the first few acts of the film.

Yeah, i knew she was on the list. Thanks for clearing the rest up. But i just read Seppuku is a stomach-cutting [rip] where by lungs and heart get cut off last to keep that individual alive and in pain as long as possible.

You think it was affection rather than respect/loyalty for not ratting him out?

Originally Posted by obscuro77 [pic] beautiful poetry of a film [pic] check this one [pic] matt dillion feeding his habits [pic] [pic] [pic] some gus van sant selections def worth checking, especially gerry for its experimental minimalist takes [pic] Americans experience in a turkish prison after getting caught trying to smuggle drugs more to come

[pic] I hated Gerry (Which i get it).

[pic] at Elephant, too. I did read something interesting by the cover choice and that scene, though.

Originally Posted by TheBallDontLie Yeah, i knew she was on the list. Thanks for clearing the rest up. But i just read Seppuku is a stomach-cutting [rip] where by lungs and heart get cut off last to keep that individual alive and in pain as long as possible. You think it was affection rather than respect/loyalty for not ratting him out?

It was a bit of both, the noir aspect of keeping your mouth shut and respecting his job, and the romantic aspect too which was very subtle and not necessary for any over the top love scenes.

It is a contemporary form of seppuku the entire film is a contemporary french samurai story so obviously no swords, they can still commit [rip] through an outside party.

has anybody mentioned "arlington road" with jeff bridges and tim robbins? that movie will get you thinking.

The Gritty Seventies. Before cinema went to !!, Nicholson, Pacino, DeNiro, Hackman, Scorsese, Altman, Lumet, Cassavettes etc. all in their prime :wow:.

Pacino's career starter, a gritty dramatic look at drug abuse in the city.
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[code]This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in "Needle Park" in New York City[/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067549
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[code]A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars[/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065724
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[code]Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison but decide to show him one last good time along the way.[/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070290/
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[code]A small-time hood struggles to succeed on the "mean streets" of Little Italy.[/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070379/
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[code]Dramatization of the Starkweather-Fugate k!lling spree of the 1950's[/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069762/
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[code]A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man, when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob[/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074749/
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[code]Harold, a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when b0mbs start showing up in very inconvenient places[/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081070/
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[code]In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away? [/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072251/
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[code]Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murking his wife.[/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070334/
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[code]The true story about an honest New York cop who blew the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.[/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070666

Got comedy's loaded up?

Fantastic Thread for the people who are just starting to broaden their horizons and see Film as an artform, and not just mindless entertainment... And are looking for help in finding the films they need to see...

I'd love to contribute, but I'm not sure I have the energy... [pic]

But yeah, if you're just browsing this thread and are not sure... Take the leap. [pic]

Originally Posted by obscuro77 [pic] forgotten kurosawa masterpiece, beautiful painting of a movie

Forgotten by who exactly?... [pic]

"Ran" is Cinema at it's highest levels.

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Here is some more Surreal work:

Classic Robert Altman, highly recommended, it puts Black Swan to shame.
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[code]Pinky is an awkward young teen who starts work at a spa in the CA. Desert. She becomes overly attached to fellow spa attendant, Millie when she becomes Millie's roommate.[/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075612/
Gotta love Kafka:
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[code]An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.[/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057427/
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[code]A police sergeant is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed.[/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070917
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[code]A story about the disappearance of several Appleyard College students, and a teacher, from Hanging Rock.[/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073540/
Scorsese's best comedy:
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[code]n ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.[/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088680/
Two necessary Bunuel:
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[code]A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.[/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068361/
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[code]A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.[/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061395/
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[code]A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife[/code]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082933/

Originally Posted by Illstreet Forgotten by who exactly?... [pic] "Ran" is Cinema at it's highest levels.

Agreed, Ran is an artistic masterpiece.