Someone on here once recommended The Station Agent. Very little happens but like the films @daveaddick mentions, it's a fabulous small, character driven piece which I absolutely loved. I'll look out for your recommendations, thanks.
I think that was me and if it wasn't I should have done so. Your summation is spot on.
For me, the movie a lot of my friends hate but I love... love does not even begin to describe what I think of it.... "Mulholland Drive" by David Lynch.
I think it's the best movie I've seen the last 20 years. Once one starts to understand what is actually happening in the movie (which often takes at least 2x) it just becomes a great movie about the human condition. It's like a Picasso on celluloid.
Life is beautiful may scrape onto the list. It isn't under rated I suppose so that is why I say scrape, and the star got best actor I think at the Oscars, but being an Italian film with subtitles many might not give it a chance. I think they would soon forget they were reading the subtitles and just get totally gripped if they tried it.
If you haven’t seen it and you like early 1960s American cars and music and spotting lots of major Holywood/movie industry stars at the outset of their careers or letting the penny drop where and what certain references/things are all about then this is the film for you.
As a side, I see Jaguar pictured one of their new cars outside a Mel’s Diner the other day...
Along with Bladerunner, my two most favourites films. Again, though, underrated?
As an aside, I thought of Lady Bird as a poor American Graffiti with less jokes and less great music.
If you haven’t seen it and you like early 1960s American cars and music and spotting lots of major Holywood/movie industry stars at the outset of their careers or letting the penny drop where and what certain references/things are all about then this is the film for you.
As a side, I see Jaguar pictured one of their new cars outside a Mel’s Diner the other day...
Along with Bladerunner, my two most favourites films. Again, though, underrated?
As an aside, I thought of Lady Bird as a poor American Graffiti with less jokes and less great music.
I thought Lady Bird was a better film - not meant to be a comedy and music not really a major part of it. The two films are quite different but for me I thought Lady Bird was a really good film about growing up and explored the difficulties of a relationship between mother and daughter. American Graffiti is a more lightweight film and has a different tone to it.
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Maybe I’m not the total council estate common scum that I always assumed I am ?!?
Seriously, I haven't seen it so I'll give it a look.
It's a militaristic, fascist society. The male and female leads themselves are more young, dump and full of it than fascist.
Hilarious in places and at times your sympathies are with them.
Not just those you speak to.
Wall-E
Le Mans
World's Fastest Indian
Plus these two Australian film;
Kenny and The Castle.
Of it's time, but forgotten.
As an aside, I thought of Lady Bird as a poor American Graffiti with less jokes and less great music.
My Life as a Courgette.
French animation film which I thought was brilliant.