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slynne
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Underappreciated Movies
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Apr 5 18:07 UTC 2004 |
Lynne's list of movies that havent gotten enough attention:
A Room With a View - Wonderful adaptation of E.M. Forester's classic
novel that examines social class and romance in turn of the century
England. Stars Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Helena Bonham Carter and
Daniel Day-Lewis in his best role ever.
Party Girl - starring Parker Posey as a club hopping woman lured into
the exciting field of library science. My friend Terry's brother is in
this, credited as one of "the it twins"
Bad Influence - Creepy movie with James Spader and Rob Lowe. It always
makes me think of my friend Michael. I wont say why.
Secretary - Speaking of James Spader. This was a very oddly charming
movie. I never would have suspected an S & M film could be so touching.
Dance Craze - ska documentary. My first introduction to ska. I love
ska. It's my party and I will ska if I want to.
Harold and Maude - Yeah it is a cult classic but it still deserves
more. It is really funny. I love the car.
Trainspotting - It will make you laugh at really horrible heroin
addiction. Not many movies can claim that. Stars Ewan McGregor
American History X- tripped out story with Edward Norton as a crazy
white supremist.
Passion Fish - I just saw this. I cant believe that I had never heard
of this movie before. It was really good.
Red Rock West - Dennis Hopper is amazing in this one. Really scary.
eep.
So what movies do you think are really good but never got the attention
they deserved?
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keesan
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response 1 of 144:
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Apr 5 18:27 UTC 2004 |
I also liked Pashion Fish (available from from aadl).
They also have Shall We Dance, a Japanese ballroom dancing movie, and a
Singapore spoof of Saturday Night Fever (Saturday Night Forever?) where the
characters are actually nice to each other, and the other brother is not a
priest but a closet would-be-transexual who really does not want to be a
doctor for his parents. I liked it much better than the original.
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remmers
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Apr 5 18:50 UTC 2004 |
I think "A Room with a View" got a decent amount of attention when it
came out, including some Academy nominations.
The only other movies on your list that I've seen are "Secretary" and
"Red Rock West". I agree with you on both.
The director of "Red Rock West", John Dahl, has made a couple of other
unjustly neglected films - "Kill Me Again" and "The Last Seduction".
They're both neo-film-noir and the latter is particularly good. It
stars Linda Fiorentino as a sociopathic femme fatale with murder on
her mind.
Get me started on unjustly neglected films and I could go on for quite
a while and probably will eventually. For now I'll close with three
films by Hal Hartley, who's been making thoughtful movies with a comic
twist since the late 1980s: "The Unbelievable Truth" (1989), "Trust"
(1990), and "Simple Men" (1992).
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rcurl
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response 3 of 144:
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Apr 5 19:02 UTC 2004 |
I saw a little bit of "Feeling Minnesota" on TV last night, and thought as
much as I saw was pretty peculiar, with a comedy slant on murder (and
whatever else was to come) involving what I might call social riff-raff.
But I'm intrigued enough to consider renting it. Has it gotten much
notice?
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dlofnep
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Apr 5 19:12 UTC 2004 |
Trainspotting; Under-appreciated? That movie got nothing but just deserved
praise..
As far as cheap-humour goes; I think mallrats was under-appreciated in the
cinema but was a blast on vhs.
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furs
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Apr 5 20:50 UTC 2004 |
slynne, do you have a copy of dance craze? I've actually never seen
the movie, but have had the soundtrack for about 15 years. I'd love to
see it.
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mcnally
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Apr 5 21:13 UTC 2004 |
I've never seen the movie either, despite having a fair-sized
collection of Two Tone ska.
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slynne
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Apr 5 21:20 UTC 2004 |
resp:5 - No. I havent seen it in years. I first saw it at the Punch and
Judy theater in Grosse Pointe when I was a teenager and I *think* I
might have rented it once since then but I am not sure. It isnt
available at netflix though so it probably hasnt been released on DVD.
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edina
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Apr 6 17:17 UTC 2004 |
American History X is to me one of the most profound movies about racism that
I've ever seen. Amazing acting, well written - I don't think it was that
underappreciated.
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