Inspired by Squids article, I didn't want to try and hijack that one, so I thought I'd create one.
Everyone - try to recommend one 'relatively' obscure film that you love, that for some reason is quite overlooked, and what you think is great about it. Only one movie per person though otherwise there'll be too many to read!
I'll go first (and may well be the only contributor as my threads never 'capture people's imagination')
I'll nominate 'way of the gun'. I believe it was the follow up movie from the director of The Usual Suspects.
Starring Ryan Phillipe and Benicio Del Toro, in a kind of modern day 'Butch Cassidy and the sundance kid'. The dialogue is fantastic, some good action scenes, and a real 'western' feel to it.
Didn't seem to get much attention at the time, as it was in the shadow of 'The Usual Suspects'.
obcure movie recommendations
posted on 21/2/12
Buffalo 66
(Billy Brown talking to friend on the phone that insists people call him Rocky instead of G00n)
Billy Brown: You know why they call you G00n? Because you're reta*ded. And you're ugly. You're an ugly reta*d. And they call you G00n because you're ugly and reta*ded. And you'll always be G00n... G00n, G00n, G00n. And that's what I'm gonna call you for the rest of your life, is G00n. G00n, G00n, G00n, G00n, okay? So **** you
posted on 21/2/12
Phil
posted on 21/2/12
The old man and the sea with Spencer Tracey based on a Hemingway novel. Brilliant story and film.
posted on 21/2/12
Baraka
posted on 21/2/12
Its not a film and i don't know how many people actually watched it but that 2 part drama that was on BBC recently called Birdsong was seriously good.
posted on 21/2/12
Old boy is a brilliant film. Twisted with a brutal fight sequence along a corridor. Lots of top Korean films - lady vengeance - infernal affairs (the film which the departed is basically an american copy of).
Also can recommend a very long engagement with the very pretty Audrey tatou.
posted on 21/2/12
Ghost World
posted on 21/2/12
I watched this old, hilarious, largely slapstick South African movie recently: "The Gods must be crazy". Both the part 1 and 2.
I can't remember laughing harder. Great picture.
posted on 21/2/12
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posted on 22/2/12
"infernal affairs"
Is Hong Kong. Parts I and II are akin to The Godfather.
Similarly, Part 3.
On things HK, Hard Boiled (THE epitome of "Gun Fu" movies) .