Little Known Flicks We Should See?

[bungadiri]

Originally posted by Unorthodox Yank
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After Hours (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0088680)


When it's after midnight in New York City, you don't have to look for love, laughter and trouble. They'll all find you!

Best Martin Scorcese Film.


Ever.

No. I'd call this one of his stumbles.

[Jose L. Couso]

Delicatessen-France (1991)

Brazil-UK (1985)

[bocatuna]

Cinema's best kept secret, La Haine.

www.sunderland.ac.uk/~os0tmc/contemp1/lahaine.htm

[Conor74]

La Haine is good.

A standout film for me is the epic, utterly haunting

"Picnic at Hanging Rock"

which recounts the bizarre story of a party of schoolgirls who went for an outing on Valentine's Day 1900 in the Australian outback. Some never returned despite intensive search efforts, except for one who was found a number of days later at the summit of Hanging Rock - she could not remember what happened. The film makes no atempt to sensationalise the events, there are no flying saucers or special effects, but it is unforgettable. The cinematography and the music score are haunting. I think it was Peter Weir's debut.

Another great film where the mood is evoked by the work of the cinematographer is Neil Jordan's

"The Company of Wolves".

[PSU92]

Well I am not sure if these count.

Fritz Lang's "M"
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919 - Silent Classic)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Dancer in the Dark

[Ghost]

Originally posted by Conor74
La Haine is good.

A standout film for me is the epic, utterly haunting

"Picnic at Hanging Rock"

which recounts the bizarre story of a party of schoolgirls who went for an outing on Valentine's Day 1900 in the Australian outback. Some never returned despite intensive search efforts, except for one who was found a number of days later at the summit of Hanging Rock - she could not remember what happened. The film makes no atempt to sensationalise the events, there are no flying saucers or special effects, but it is unforgettable. The cinematography and the music score are haunting. I think it was Peter Weir's debut.


Darn good film

[sandro710]

If you liked "Picnic at Hanging Rock", you should watch Weir's film, "Last Wave". It's the story of an Australian lawyer getting drawn into a mystical Aborigine mystery. As in "Picnic...." the atmosphere is brilliantly conveyed and the ending is great.

Another excellent Weir film is "Fearless: with Jeff Bridges.

[Max Power]

A very funny Japanese movie is "Tampopo".

"Ghost World" starring Thora Birch ("American Beauty") and Steve Buscemi (wierdo character actor) is also incredible.

[TeamUSA]

I usually don't visit this section to often, but another vote for Run Lola Run.

Another Redford movie I'll usually catch for time to time is The Hot Rock. Afghanistan Bananastand!

Also need to add Big Wednesday to the list.

[Rowdie]

Originally posted by El Toro
Mindwalk with Liv Ullman, Sam Waterston and John Heard. A physicist, a politician and a poet walk around a French island (that one that you can walk to by land at low tide but I forget the name) and talk about everything. The movie is one big conversation.

[B

The island is probably Mont Saint Michel.

Speaking of French films, "Un Diner de Cons", or translated as the dinner of idiots, is excellent. An extremely funny film.

John Sayles' "Lonestar" is great.

"Men at Work", an Emilio Estevez film, might not be little known, but perhaps under appreciated.

[caddisfly]

Originally posted by LeperKhan
A movie I saw a couple of years ago and then forgot about came up in conversation recently:
Hands on a Hard Body (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0116481)
It's a documentary about a contest held at a car dealership in East Texas. A bunch of contestants stand alongside a new truck and put one hand on it. If you take your hand off you're out, and the last one left standing many hours/days later wins the truck. Let's just say there are some interesting folks participating in the contest.

Very cool, very funny movie. I'm not sure how easy it is to find, but if you get a chance it's well worth watching. This movie kicks ass. In fact, I think I'm going to rent it again since it's been a few years since I last saw it.

[bmurphyfl]

For a comedy, I'd recommend Citizen Ruth.

Laura Dern plays a pregnant glue sniffing addict. When she is arrested, the judge offers to lighten her sentence if she has an abortion. From that moment, Dern becomes a pawn in the pro-life/pro-choice battle. She is first taken in by some holy rollers and then later kidnapped by a lesbian couple as they both try to use her as a posterchild for their cause. However, all Dern wants to do is get high as she becomes a continuous embarrassment for both sides. Burt Reynolds plays a Randall Terry character.

It sounds heavy from my description but it isn't. It is a hilarious spoof of the entire abortion debate.

Murf

[NER_MCFC]

Three that I really liked but I never heard much about:

Love Walked In http://us.imdb.com/Title?0118727 Denis Leary is a struggling piano player in some resort on Long Island. Terence Stamp is the wealthy older gentleman that Leary's wife is going to seduce so they can rob him. Nothing goes quite as planned.

The Icicle Thief http://us.imdb.com/Title?0097702 and Volere Volare http://us.imdb.com/Title?0103223 . Two comic mind benders by Italian director Maurizio Nicchetti. The first one blends modern TV with a send-up of The Bicycle Thief. The second blends some notably eccentric humans with animated characters. I found both very funny and very offbeat.

[caddisfly]

Originally posted by LeperKhan
A movie I saw a couple of years ago and then forgot about came up in conversation recently:
Hands on a Hard Body (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0116481)
It's a documentary about a contest held at a car dealership in East Texas. A bunch of contestants stand alongside a new truck and put one hand on it. If you take your hand off you're out, and the last one left standing many hours/days later wins the truck. Let's just say there are some interesting folks participating in the contest.

Very cool, very funny movie. I'm not sure how easy it is to find, but if you get a chance it's well worth watching. Here's a link to a This American Life episode about Hands on a Hardbody. After hearing this you'll definitely want to rent the video. http://www.thislife.org/pages/descriptions/97/62.html

[gildarkevin]

Now that this has been resurrected, I'll put in a few:

Someone mentioned "Donnie Darko" -- great recommendation. Very original and a great soundtrack to boot. Produced by Drew Barrymore, actually, and has a very well known cast for such a small film, including Patrick Swayze and Noah Wyle.

Folks around here have heard of it, but b/c most people who have seen "Rushmore" and "The Royal Tannenbaums", still don't know of it, I'd put in "Bottle Rocket". The first, and the best, Anderson/Wilson film. Those of you that have seen it will probably agree, though, that males infinitely feel this movie speaks to them, while females just don't get it.

"The Dinner Game" -- a classic French farce about a publishing executive who invites a tax man to a "dinner for idiots" (i.e., who can bring the biggest loser). His idiot show up at his house and hilarious hijinks ensue. Actually, they really do.

"Love and Death on Long Island" -- Jason Priestly can actually act. He's a B-movie superstar who is the object of a crush held by a slightly older, very proper British novelist.

[gpels]

"Breaker Morant"
Film about Australian soldiers being court martialed during the Boer War. Probably some of the best courtroom scenes you'll see. I guess it was moderately popular when it came out in 1980, but it's relatively unknown among us young folks. My first DVD.

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0080310

[TheSlipperyOne]

"The Blood of Heroes" starring Rutger Hauer.

[Frieslander]

Buffalo '66

Vincent Gallo and Christina Ricci

I believe Gallo also wrote and directed it.

[oman]

Originally posted by gpels
"Breaker Morant"
Film about Australian soldiers being court martialed during the Boer War. Probably some of the best courtroom scenes you'll see. I guess it was moderately popular when it came out in 1980, but it's relatively unknown among us young folks. My first DVD.

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0080310

Greatness. When should you see it?

Any Time. Mate.

[oman]

How could a Scorsese movie be "little known".

What is wrong with you people.

And Scorcese doesn't stumble.