Just watching NARC with fat Ray Liotta and got me thinking not many people would have seen this film not particually well known it was the first film we studied in film studies.
Anyone else got any particually good unknown films?
Good topic. Anyone seen French gangster film Mesrine? Though it was excellent, if long (two DVDs), even though not normally a fan of gangster flicks.
Superb films.
La Haine is another good un.
Prefontaine....about the life of the legendary distance runner of the same name. There are 2 films about him and im not sure if this is the one or its the other called "Without Limits"
Good topic. Anyone seen French gangster film Mesrine? Though it was excellent, if long (two DVDs), even though not normally a fan of gangster flicks.
Superb films.
La Haine is another good un.
Prefontaine....about the life of the legendary distance runner of the same name. There are 2 films about him and im not sure if this is the one or its the other called "Without Limits"
Funny Enough Messerine is on my stack of DVD's to Watch (near the top so looking forward to that one.
La Haine was the 2nd film i studied and one of my all time favirotes. Vinz Casell in both great actor.
I was a bit underwhelemed by Restrepo, brilliantly shot, undoubtebly emotional at times, but the narrative is Junger's the guy's a bit hyperbolic on emotion and masculinity rather than nuance and a bigger picture. Junger does some interesting things, but scratch the surface and he doesn't bring much focus. Restrepo well worth watching, for me not a patch on The Anderson Patrol.
Run Lola Run - German film, Lola, played by Franka Potente before she naffed off to Hollywood, has 20 mins to get 100,000 Deutschmarks to her BF who has managed to mislay some money owed to his crime boss.
Bottle rocket is a cracking film, the life aquatic with Steve zizou. Dirty deeds Australian gangster film set in the 60's is FANTASTIC!!! Bryan brown, the guy from avatar and Jon goodman star in it.
Innocent Blood with Anne Parillaud and Anthony LaPaglia is brilliant but only available in this country as a US import for some bizarre reason. Also Badlands with Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek. Domestically the Long Good Friday showed that Bob Hoskins really can act (sometimes).
Whilst maybe not a gem, Martin Sheen reminds me of one of the best accidental comedy judges ever seen on.... Dead Presidents. A time when he was coming out of a period of piss poor TV movies and shit films.
Good topic. Anyone seen French gangster film Mesrine? Though it was excellent, if long (two DVDs), even though not normally a fan of gangster flicks.
Got it for my birthday a little bt back and watched it over a couple of nights. You simply cannot go wrong with Cassel.
My favourite Woody Allen film is 'Take the Money and Run' which no one else ever seems to have seen. The scene when he plays the cello in a marching band still has me in stitches. Why can't he make good filsm any more???
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Superb films.
La Haine is another good un.
Prefontaine....about the life of the legendary distance runner of the same name. There are 2 films about him and im not sure if this is the one or its the other called "Without Limits"
Surreal roadtrip by the director of The Mighty Boosh. Worth watching just for Julian Barratt's portrayal of a dog loving, eastern european tramp.
Funny Enough Messerine is on my stack of DVD's to Watch (near the top so looking forward to that one.
La Haine was the 2nd film i studied and one of my all time favirotes. Vinz Casell in both great actor.
Derailed is also a good one to pick up in the HMV sale
Clive Owen, Rachael Aniston and Vinz Casell great thriller
If you didn't know Tim Hetherington who shot/directed that film was killed while covering the Libyan war.
I was a bit underwhelemed by Restrepo, brilliantly shot, undoubtebly emotional at times, but the narrative is Junger's the guy's a bit hyperbolic on emotion and masculinity rather than nuance and a bigger picture. Junger does some interesting things, but scratch the surface and he doesn't bring much focus. Restrepo well worth watching, for me not a patch on The Anderson Patrol.
One of my favourite films and my favourite actor.
Got it for my birthday a little bt back and watched it over a couple of nights. You simply cannot go wrong with Cassel.
My favourite Woody Allen film is 'Take the Money and Run' which no one else ever seems to have seen. The scene when he plays the cello in a marching band still has me in stitches. Why can't he make good filsm any more???