Recommend a film!

[Heidi]

Today, I'm recommending one of my favorite films _ever_.

Jim Jarmusch's "Down By Law" (starring John Lurie, Tom Waits and Roberto Benigni), possibly one of the best New Orleans films ever made:
-- Clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY9qYfNZYNA
-- Clip with Waits singing "Jockey Full of Bourbon": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isLpP4XN0MM

[Broken_Hero]

1. Rabbit Proof Fence

I saw it...hmm, probalby two months ago, and it was amazing, I even got a little teary eyed at the end. Its about...well, how the Australian Government dealth with Aborignee's, I will leave it at that, so I don't spoil it for you...:)

on edit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252444/

[Heidi]

2. I'll look for it!

I have a feeling that this is one that will _not_ reinforce my faith in humanity. :cry:

[Broken_Hero]

4. It might

its based on a true story, and there is a lot of STRENGTH involved with the three girls in the movie...

[texanwitch]

6. I just saw this movie a few days ago on cable.

Really worth watching.

[Broken_Hero]

10. Yeah, it was on the IFC

last weekend I believe....:) I rewatched it again, its very moving...also check out Once Were Warriors, its also on IFC...:hi:

[CanuckAmok]

3. That's only one film, damn you!

I'm pitching "Focus", with William Macy, Laura Dern, David Paymer (one of the most talented, under-recognised actors in Hollywood), and Meat Loaf Aday.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246628/

I'm also pitching "Series 7: The Contenders".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251031/

[Heidi]

9. I edited to "one."

But for you, I'll add another of my favorites, "Paris, Texas," directed by Wim Wenders, written bySam Shephard and adapted by LM "Kit" Carson, starring Harry Dean Stanton, Dean Stockwell and Nastassja Kinski.

Clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5s1PJHZlIU

[enigmatic]

22. Series 7 is brilliant

I secend this; the the Reality Show taken to it's logical conclusion...

[CanuckAmok]

68. It was a little obvious....

...but I guess that sort of worked. I mean, if you're going to do a parody of something that basically bashes the audience over the head with its simplicity, you should keep to the same formula.

I wasn't crazy about the ending, ether, but I still really liked the movie.

[saltpoint]

5. THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL with Geraldine Page, SHINE, with Geoffrey Rush,

LILIES by John Greyson, and Zefferelli's ROMEO AND JULIET.

[Heidi]

11. Three out of four of those I've seen and loved.

Sooooo good to see you, my friend! :hug:

[saltpoint]

52. Heidi! Hi to you and good wishes. 3 out of 4?! Hell, you should be

giving all of US recs!

Happy days to you and let's have us a blue November!

[Broken_Hero]

7. Oh, and Once Were Warriors...

very strong film...both of the ones I rec I saw on IFC channel, so if you keep your eye out, I'm sure a repeat showing will resurface...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110729/

[Heidi]

12. I'll have to buy it, most likely, because

we don't get US TV here. But we're film addicts, so recommendations mean a lot! :hi:

[Broken_Hero]

15. If you are disappointed by either film

I will buy them off of you!...:) Its a win win for you...:) But, I believe you will enjoy both greatly...In Once Were Warriors, I see the worst every beating I have seen in a movie...whew...:) Sorry, I don't mean to spoil it...:)

[deucemagnet]

13. I rented that when it first came out..

Very good, and very sad.

[jobycom]

8. A Dream of Passion

Jules Dassin film, starring Ellen Burstyn and Melina Mercouri. Best film none of you have ever seen. A revisioning of Medea, involving an expatriate Greek actress who returns to do a play of Medea, and meets an American in Greek prison who murdered her children when her husband abandoned her.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077473/

[Heidi]

14. Thanks, Joby!

:hi: I'm going to imdb right now to read about it! :thumbsup:

[aaronbees]

16. "Magnolia"

Finally saw it recently and, though long, was worth every minute.

I loved "Down by Law." :)

[Heidi]

19. I've been meaning to buy "Magnolia,"

but lately I've been on a Jim Jarmusch spree. Have you seen "Coffee and Cigarettes"?

I love this scene from "Coffee and Cigarettes," where Tom Waits says, "Yeah. I'm a doctor. Music and medicine, really. My thing is combining the two, living in that place where they overlap." :rofl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Mw6b1T50U

[aaronbees]

26. I loved Tom in that

"Coffee and Cigarettes" was not my fave Jarmusch but I loved Tom Waits in that ... great line! I really need to see "Stranger Than Paradise" again sometime; it's been way too long. "Magnolia" would be a good buy if you like Paul Thomas Anderson -- a film to see more than once. :)

[Heidi]

27. Do you like Roberto Benigni?

Here's one of Call Me Wesley's faves: "Night on Earth." (I lovelovelove Benigni. :) )

Rome segment, Part I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCKxro6s7e8
Rome segment, Part II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D3fVRPwLCA&mode=related&search=

[aaronbees]

31. I do indeed

That's another one I haven't seen in far too long. I need to have a Jarmusch night soon, it seems.

[Heidi]

32. .

I just looked at your profile. I was born in Arkansas and raised in Oklahoma! Blow a kiss toward home for me, wouldja? :hi:

One more recommendation: "Smoke." I loved it!

[aaronbees]

39. will do!

I'm a relative newcomer here but love it in some crazy way. :)

[Heidi]

41. It's all the "characters" in those parts, I think,

that most appeal to me. Check out this song some Okies wrote/recorded about the Illinois River: http://www.songsfortheillinoisriver.com/music/chicken_poop.mp3 :rofl: :spray:

[enigmatic]

17. 37°2 le matin (Betty Blue)

mark414, if you haven't seen this, you need to do so ASAP!;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37%C2%B02_le_matin

[Heidi]

36. e!!!!!!!!!!

:hug: :hug: :hug:

We might have that one. (We've got a ton of films I've never seen.) :blush:

[hickman]

18. House of Flying Daggers.

Best movie I've seen in awhile. Ziyi Zhang is the best actor I've seen since Audrey Tautou in that movie with the garden troll.

[Heidi]

20. Thanks, hickman!

That sounds like one Call Me Wesley might especially like. :hi:

[Wetzelbill]

21. "In America"

finally watched that last month. It was fantastic. Jim Sheridan is an awesome director. :)

[Heidi]

24. Shouldn't you be

_writing_? :rofl:

Thanks for the rec, Bill! I'll go and read about "In America" now. :hi:

[Wetzelbill]

28. once my concentration is busted

it's tough for me to get going again. :)

Here's a link.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298845/

[Heidi]

30. You may want to overcome that concentration thing

before you consider attempting a "relationship." ;) (Sorry, Bill. I couldn't resist. :rofl: )

[Wetzelbill]

33. ha! I tried overcoming it

and I tried the relationship too.

Well, I am at home typing on a Saturday night, so there you go. :rofl:

Hey, if you like Jim Jarmusch try "Dead Man." I love that film

[Heidi]

34. I'll check it out!

:hug:

[hfojvt]

35. Finally there is one I have seen

Bob Somerby was just raving about it about two years ago. So I bought the DVD new and really thought it was kinda lame. My sister and family did not seem interested in seeing it either.

[Heidi]

37. Hey, you!

:hug:

That is all.

[hfojvt]

38. That's all? You forgot the rest of the words?

"Hey You!
You say you wanna change the world
well all right
for me there's no regret
it's my turn
the circle game has brought me here
..."

Ellipses, since that's all I remember of that old BTO song. :hi:

[Heidi]

40. I like this BTO song even better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO-zixqtJC0&mode=related&search=

[hfojvt]

42. Is it sledgehammer?

I love those opening riffs

"You're like a sledgehammer, baby
you've been hitting on my mind ...

[Jade Fox]

55. Lovely film.

[deucemagnet]

23. I'll reccomend any of Philip Ridley's films.

He's made three that I know of. The most commercial one was The Krays, which was okay. He also made The Reflecting Skin and The Passion of Darkly Noon. The two latter films are bizarre, compelling, and beautifully filmed. The Passion of Darkly Noon contains the best performance Brendon Fraser ever committed to film. Both of the latter feature a young Viggo Mortenson. If you are in the mood for a tense, David Lynch-style drama (with, perhaps, a bit more humor than Lynch), then you will not be disappointed in these films.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114099/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100469/

edit: sp.

[Heidi]

25. I love funky, off-beat film.

I'll check those out! Thanks, deucemagnet! :HI:

[deucemagnet]

29. Your welcome, Heidi!

I hope you can find them! :hi:

[grasswire]

43. I love Night On Earth...

...but I learned something about it: some people just don't get it. Okay, some people think it's too dirty. And some people (who are probably early birds) just don't get the essential "night-ness" of it.

My god, how I laughed at the Rome scene. It's brilliant. And the Russian cab driver -- wow!

The only think I don't like about the film is Winona Ryder.

[Heidi]

45. Hi, grasswire!

You nailed something in your post: "some people just don't get it." When I was younger, it was important to me to "get" films, like I was awaiting some big payoff for the time I was investing in watching it. Now, I just _love_ to watch funky interactions between total strangers; that someone somewhere went to the trouble of putting together a film to show me something I wouldn't likely experience or observe in every day life is payoff enough. :high:

[Swamp Rat]

44. "O Auto da Compadecida"

Brazil's 's top-grossing, homegrown movie.

Most of the Internet reviews, like at Yahoo!, are factually incorrect. The story was not about Spain nor did the action take place there at all; it was loosely based on the Spanish picaresque style. This movie was filmed in the city of Cabaceiras, Paraíba in the Northeast of Brasil. I lived in the area and met the main actor, Matheus Nachtergaele, who played João Grilo.

The film (and tv mini-series) is based on an adaptation of the play by writer Ariano Suassuna who recounts the adventures of João Grilo, a poor dishonest sertanejo (a picaro) who cheats his cruel masters in order to earn his daily bread. João must struggle to attain salvation in a world of malcontents and hypocrites and even battle with the Devil himself.

It also stars "Central Station's" Fernanda Montenegro.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0197139/

[Heidi]

46. Swamp Rat!

:hug: I've missed you! Seems like we never bump into one another anymore. :(

I'll look for that film. Winter's comin' . . . can't have enough good film around. :thumbsup:

[Kire]

47. I scream, you scream

we all scream, for ice cream

I recommend Little Miss Sunshine, out now.

[Heidi]

48. "Ecco. I screama, you screama, we all screama for ice creama!"

One of my favorite scenes from "Down By Law." :hi: Kire!

For those who haven't seen "Down By Law," here's a clip of the scene to which Kire referred: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuxZcZ6RwL4

[Kire]

49. That's awesome

Thanks

[ForrestGump]

50. I always liked

Fuji Velvia. :D

We underwater photo types always called it "Disneychrome" -- nice color saturation for macro work.

[Heidi]

53. Thank you!

And in exchange, I offer you "Waiting for Guffman." Here's the scene where Corky St. Clair shows off his "Dinner With Andre" action figures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU-DtBb4gOI

[Sugar Smack]

51. Favorite line: "Are we looking AT the window or OUT the window?"

:yourock: Great movie!

[Heidi]

54. I'm secrety in love with John Lurie, though.

*swoon*

Coincidentally, I'm also secretly in love with Roberto "You can call me Bob. It's the same!" Benigni. :rofl:

[buddhamama]

56. i love Down By Law

actually there isn't a Jim Jarmusch movie i don't like. And I adore Roberto Benigni.

i'm recommending Short Cuts- a Richard Altman film based on the short stories of Raymond Carver. It has an excelletn cast as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Short-Cuts-Robert-Altman/dp/6303995705

[Heidi]

57. Hi, buddhamama!

(Love your username. :thumbsup: ) I've wanted to see Short Cuts for a long time; Carver is one of my favorite writers. My favorite Carver short story is, "Are These Actual Miles?" Do you know it? :hi:

[buddhamama]

61. Hi Heidi !

Carver is my favorite short story writer. I have read "Are These Actual Miles?"- It was Carver! I couldn't choose a favorite story, even if pressed to do so. Carver was once described as Charles Bukowski on coffee, an apt description, imo. I know you'll like the movie, i hope you view it sometime soon. :hi:

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

71. Have you heard about the film 'Jindabyne'?

It's an Australian film, based on the Carver short story - that was also used in Short Cuts - about the fishing trip where a dead body is discovered.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382765/

[buddhamama]

73. i hadn't.

thank you. jeez. how did i miss this (?) i have to say that the story is a fave of mine. i have read numerous times.

thanks again. :thumbsup:

[jmowreader]

58. I recommend "Defending Your Life"

Partly because it's a good movie, but mostly because it probably REALLY pissed the fundies off when it came out.

According to this Albert Brooks movie, what gets you into heaven is how well you deal with fear during your life--the thing which prevents us from developing ourselves to the fullest--and not how great of a Christian you were.

[Heidi]

59. Finally, one I've seen!

Thank you! I lovelovelove Albert Brooks. And I've always believed that fear is one of the greatest (if not _the_ greatest) limiters of human potential. :thumbsup:

P.S. I'm sorry I've never told you this, but I think you're absolutely excellent storyteller. I love the your posts about customers and work situations. :hi:

[jmowreader]

75. I wish I could capitalize on that little talent

The only reason I write the Customer of the Day tales is that I've got to talk about these...well, I guess you'd call them people...somewhere and there's really nowhere else to turn.

I don't want to write a book about these people and sell it because, while it would be entertaining, the fact that I was making money off others' idiocy would be too depressing to me.

[hotforteacher]

60. "Welcome to the Dollhouse"

And while you're at it, DU this petition for changes regarding the MPAA for a better ratings system:

http://www3.ifctv.com/thisfilm/petition.php">MPAA Ratings Petition

[begin_within]

62. "Salt of the Earth" (1954) "Au Hasard Balthazar" (1966) "El Norte" (1983)

All three are very important, yet apparently forgotten films.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

63. The Music of Chance

Just watch it!



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107623/
Fan made trailer (a little bit spoilerish IMO, but I'm very fussy about knowing as little as possible about films & especially so in this case): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nDEVbtKtxg

(& as a few have got away with it, my second recommendation is for 8 Women (8 Femmes), a delightful French murder-mystery-musical/ comic-melodrama /etc. A fantastic cast (including Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart, Isabelle Huppert & Ludivine Sagnier) who are just awesome and clearly loving their roles.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283832/
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6X9CHfP88Y

[speedoo]

64. Any of the Christopher Guest - Michael McKean movies...

"Waiting for Guffman" is very funny indeed, as are "Best in Show", "A Mighty Wind", and the best of all... "This is Spinal Tap".

And thanks for reminding me of "Down by Law".

This is a wonderful thread. May I suggest we repeat it several times a year?

[JVS]

65. Monday night Madness

[JVS]

66. The House of Yes

[JVS]

67. Barton Fink

[Maestro]

69. Little Miss Sunshine

with Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carrell, Alan Arkin and Steve Carell. Funny, dark comedy.

[Luna_Chick]

70. Harold and Maude

I could recommend dozens more, of course, but this is an alltime favorite. I want to be like Ruth Gordon's character when I'm 80!

[LSK]

72. Loose Change

http://www.loosechange911.com/

:tinfoilhat:

[bridgit]

74. russian ark & fear of a black hat...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RBMhkvLKZU


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_niK7nSsv4

http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/fearofablackhat/index.html :rofl: