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TEN OVERLOOKED MOVIES YOU LOVE, THAT NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW ABOUT!
Got to thinking after replying to Imitation Crab's "Flicks that are Popular & Disliked" Forum,
What about those movies You ABSOLUTELY LOVE that NOBODY seems to have heard of?
I wanted you to share your lists, so I can learn of a cool film I'd NEVER heard of, to go check out!
OverLooked: These are picks, where I don't know if anyone's HEARD of them, but I LOVE them!
1) "Four Friends" Arthur Penn's moving tale of Unrequited Love as 4 friends live thru the turbulent
60's & 70's. ( stars Craig Wasson as "Danilo" & Jodi Thelen as his beloved "Georgia" )
2) "Fresh" Boaz Yakin's Powerful debut: about a young boy caught in a violent inner city world of
guns & drugs. ( stars Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, & Samuel L. Jackson )
3) "Kikujiro" Takeshi Kitano best known for violent fare; this poignant film reflects a softer side to
"Beat" Takeshi. ( Ex yakuza thug takes a neighbor boy on a trip to see the boy's mother ).
4) "The Bird People of China" Violent auteur Takashi Miike ("Audition"), displays a surprising softer
side as well. (salaryman & yakuza go to China to find Jade, but find something Much more).
5) "State of Grace" Phil Janou's Powerful film of friendship & betrayal in NY Hell's Kitchen
ASTOUNDING Acting by the leads (stars Sean Penn, Gary Oldman , & Ed Harris).
6) "Sorcerer" I know "Wages of Fear" was 1st, but MUCH prefer this William Friedkin Nail-Biter
4 down n out guys desperate 4 money, risk their lives in the jungle ( stars Roy Scheider ).
7) "Red Belt" David Mamet (known 4 vulgar mis-direction) tale of a Martial Artist who embodies
Honor & Humility, and won't bend to make a quick buck ( Chiwetel Ejiofor & Randy Couture ).
8) "The Wanderers" dir.Philip Kaufman: NY 1963, is the setting for troubled teen life in rival gangs,
squaring off! "Beware the Ducky Boys!" ( Ken Olin & Karen Allen).
9) "Streets of Fire" dir.Walter Hill's "Rock n Roll Fable" (Musical Noir), a "Guys" film, S.o.F. returns
to town to rescue his kidnapped Rockstar girlfriend (Michael Paré, Willem Dafoe, Diane Lane).
10) "Tae Guk Gi" (Korea) probably the greatest war film you never heard of.. (Korean War)
Tied with "The Four days of Naples" ( Italy/ WWII ) 2nd greatest war film you never heard of.
If you've heard of ALL of these, please share some movies you LOVE that nobody's ever heard of!
Thanks!
What about those movies You ABSOLUTELY LOVE that NOBODY seems to have heard of?
I wanted you to share your lists, so I can learn of a cool film I'd NEVER heard of, to go check out!
OverLooked: These are picks, where I don't know if anyone's HEARD of them, but I LOVE them!
1) "Four Friends" Arthur Penn's moving tale of Unrequited Love as 4 friends live thru the turbulent
60's & 70's. ( stars Craig Wasson as "Danilo" & Jodi Thelen as his beloved "Georgia" )
2) "Fresh" Boaz Yakin's Powerful debut: about a young boy caught in a violent inner city world of
guns & drugs. ( stars Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, & Samuel L. Jackson )
3) "Kikujiro" Takeshi Kitano best known for violent fare; this poignant film reflects a softer side to
"Beat" Takeshi. ( Ex yakuza thug takes a neighbor boy on a trip to see the boy's mother ).
4) "The Bird People of China" Violent auteur Takashi Miike ("Audition"), displays a surprising softer
side as well. (salaryman & yakuza go to China to find Jade, but find something Much more).
5) "State of Grace" Phil Janou's Powerful film of friendship & betrayal in NY Hell's Kitchen
ASTOUNDING Acting by the leads (stars Sean Penn, Gary Oldman , & Ed Harris).
6) "Sorcerer" I know "Wages of Fear" was 1st, but MUCH prefer this William Friedkin Nail-Biter
4 down n out guys desperate 4 money, risk their lives in the jungle ( stars Roy Scheider ).
7) "Red Belt" David Mamet (known 4 vulgar mis-direction) tale of a Martial Artist who embodies
Honor & Humility, and won't bend to make a quick buck ( Chiwetel Ejiofor & Randy Couture ).
8) "The Wanderers" dir.Philip Kaufman: NY 1963, is the setting for troubled teen life in rival gangs,
squaring off! "Beware the Ducky Boys!" ( Ken Olin & Karen Allen).
9) "Streets of Fire" dir.Walter Hill's "Rock n Roll Fable" (Musical Noir), a "Guys" film, S.o.F. returns
to town to rescue his kidnapped Rockstar girlfriend (Michael Paré, Willem Dafoe, Diane Lane).
10) "Tae Guk Gi" (Korea) probably the greatest war film you never heard of.. (Korean War)
Tied with "The Four days of Naples" ( Italy/ WWII ) 2nd greatest war film you never heard of.
If you've heard of ALL of these, please share some movies you LOVE that nobody's ever heard of!
Thanks!
Tags: four friends, fresh, kikujiro, never heard of, overlooked movies, red belt, sorcerer, state of grace, streets of fire, tae guk gi
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Permalink Reply by Gojira Boy on -
Hey, thanks for sharing, Porter! I LOVE Westerns and seen woefully too few of the thousands of Western Films.
"Open Range" is GREAT, have NOT seen Ang Lee's "Ride with the Devil", have you seen "Appaloosa"?
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Permalink Reply by steven cowie on -
taxidermia
careful
the magic christian
tenebrae
sante sangre
figures in a landscape
phantom of the paradise
the ninth configuration
the man who came to dinner
planet of the vampires
the intruder (the shatner one)
the president's analyst
entertaining mr sloane
night after night after night
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Permalink Reply by Gojira Boy on
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WOW! Steven, that is quite a list! I'm not a huge Argento fan, but LOVE Bava's "Planet of the Vampires"!
{ I often encorage people who LOVE the movie "Alien" to see both "It, the Terror From Beyond Space" ( an alien lifeform sneaks aboard an earth spaceship and begins picking off the crew one by one) & "Planet of the Vampires" ( Spaceship's crew go to an Alien planet following a distress beacon, find an Alien ship with dead Alien skeletons *Space Jockey, anyone?*)}. I LOVE "Phantom of the Paradise"! Winslow Leach Rocks!
( this film combines Faust with a little Dorian Gray). You are referirng to the classic version of "The Man Who Came to Dinner" over the Nathan Lane version? I sadly have NOT seen Corman's "The Intruder", thanks for ALL the ideas!
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Permalink Reply by steven cowie on
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theyve remade the man who came to dinner??? waaah etc. all good though...i take it you've seen Fantastic Planet then? another "lost" classic..nice to see someone who knew about Phantom as well.....salut!!
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Permalink Reply by Gojira Boy on
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Yes, LOVE "Fantastic Planet" in my International Animated movies section, did you ever see
"Allegro Non Troppo"? ( Ravel segment below )
or the more recent movie animated French film "Renaissance"?
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Permalink Reply by steven cowie on
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ANT footage great..wasnt that impressed with the french thing, have you seen "ponyo on the cliff"?? its lovely.
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Permalink Reply by Gojira Boy on
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Hey, Steven, is that the Japanese title for Miyazaki's "Ponyo"? No I haven't seen "Ponyo", yet! LOVE Miyazaki's films!
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Permalink Reply by steven cowie on
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yes..you're in for a treat then...
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Permalink Reply by Ryan on -
I'll try to name some that haven't been said yet. Obviously basing this more on what my friends haven't seen than what people on a website based around movies haven't seen.
1. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - No Matter how many times I suggest this to my friends they never go see it. If it had been released last year when Downey Jr. was the king of Hollywood everyone would have seen it and loved it
2. Cannibal! The Musical - By Matt Stone and Trey Parker I find this movie pretty funny and the song Let's Build a Snowman always cracks me up
3. Delicatessen - Dark comedy with great cinematography
4. Bottle Rocket - The Wes Anderson movie not many people have seen.
5. The Purple Rose of Cairo - Woody Allen's best movie in my opinion and if you love movies you'll probably appreciate it more.
6. American Graffiti - a fun little movie written and directed by George Lucas.
7. Best in Show - Christopher Guest's best directing effort and second best writing effort (behind This is Spinal Tap)
8. Chaplin - Downey Jr. was awesome in this.
9. Chopping Mall - so-bad-it's-good low budget 80's horror movie.
10. Das Experiment - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250258/ pretty intense German movie that I saw in a class. It totally exceeded my expectations.
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Permalink Reply by Gojira Boy on
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Hey, Ryan, lol.. you ain't kiddin! * your friends need to see more movies! * LOVE "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"
LOVE or HATE the guy Shane Black, wrote a WICKEDLY Funny script ( I Fell in LOVE with this movie when "Harry" asks the guy hassling the girl to "Step Outside" and gets his Ass Kicked! ) "Cannibal the Musical" Matt & Trey's first feature rates up there with "Orgazmo". "Delicatessen"... LOVE Marc Caro & esp. Jean-Pierre Jeunet's films, have you seen "City of Lost Children" or "Amelie"? (LOVE Dominique Pinon in their films!) LOVE "Bottle Rocket" ( Dignan's 75 year plan!), "The Purple Rose of Cairo" Allen's take on the "Film within a Film" genre. "American Graffiti" fun little movie?, this was from my generation, and at the time it was one of the largest grossing films in Universal Studios history (it's even been placed on the Library of Congress' National Film Registry) It's amazing how many future stars are in this film!, "Best in Show" LOVE this Movie, best of his dead-pan Mockumentary movies, but his best film in my opinion is "The Big Picture"
with Kevin Bacon (about the fickle nature of Hollywood), "Chaplin"..this is the reason why Robert Downey jr. was nominated for an Oscar & won the BAFTA! ...."Chopping Mall" LOL..I remember THAT! "Das Experiment" I've been meaning to see Hirschbiegel's take on the Stanford Prison Experiment, Didn't they cover this in an episode on the TV show "Life"? Hey, thanks for sharing, Ryan!
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Permalink Reply by T. Slothrop on -
The Thin Red Line (1998) - Came out the same year as-- and was completely overshadowed by -- Saving Private Ryan. This is the better film IMO.
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance/Vengeance is Mine (2002) - People know about it being the first part of Park's thematic Vengeance Trilogy, but is also overshadowed by Oldboy.
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