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« on: June 28, 2009, 12:28:01 AM »
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It can be hard to discover good movies, especially in places where movie theaters and television channels play mostly new or solely commercial releases. So let's post some movies that can help us expand our field of vision and provide experiences that inspire us to become better artists and game designers.

Let's try to stick to these rules as a general guideline.

 - Nothing from after the year 2000
 - Nothing made in Hollywood

I am not implying in any way that nothing good or important was made after the year 2000 or that there is no noteworthy cinema that came out of Hollywood, but I strongly feel that these two simple rules allow us to broaden the suggestions to include films that might have otherwise escaped our radar.

P.S. Try to post a link to a trailer along with your suggestion if a good trailer is out there.

I will start with these:

Army of Shadows -  Jean-Pierre Melville




The Underground - Emir Kusturica




Time of the Gypsies - Emir Kusturica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cyBXPMurJY

Solaris - Andrei Tarkovsky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFAlegTEBUU

Stalker - Andrei Tarkovsky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfowVslQBQk

Dead Man - Jim jarmusch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07xKQakj1hM

Alphaville - jean-Luc Godard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4k7XIdk7Vk

Fantastic Planet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgCxCZNkQ9E

Man With a Movie Camera - Dziga Vertov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KytJFyMHZl0

Battleshp Potemkin - Sergei Eisenstein
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euG1y0KtP_Q

Blowup - Michelangelo Antonioni
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xz1utzILj4

Fahrenheit 451 - Francois Truffaut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cQ-yGCyjyM

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Sergio Leone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13EUXqIwDkQ
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« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2009, 12:35:44 AM »
pic relateddisregard, made after 2000.

I'll recommend some Takeshi Kitano instead:
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« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2009, 12:37:37 AM »
Yeah, Solaris (the original) was absolutely mind-blowing.

Well, the drive through the tunnel was lame.  But the director was legally obligated to put that in or else face execution from the Russians.

Yay communism! Tongue

I'm also very partial to My Neighbor Totoro.  It could be my favourite Miyazaki flick. :O
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« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2009, 12:51:38 AM »
Spring Summer Fall Winter.. And Spring
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« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2009, 12:53:16 AM »
You fail rule #1, but it I'll check it out.
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« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2009, 12:56:38 AM »
Man, I remember watching Fantastic Planet. Creepy as fuck.
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« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2009, 12:57:02 AM »
Don't wanna.  Undecided
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« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2009, 01:02:07 AM »
http://www.imdb.com/chart/top  Hand Point Left

Trust me.
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« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2009, 01:06:50 AM »
M is great.
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« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2009, 01:14:42 AM »
Koyaanisqatsi - Ron Fricke




Baraka - Ron Fricke




Amarcord - Federico Fellini
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtG9ZM-ZHnY

Last Tango In Paris - Bernardo Bertolucci
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb6-Nq8VQ-8

Aguirre, the Wrath of God -  Werner Herzog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q3D0h4xCro
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« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2009, 01:15:42 AM »
Quote from: C418 on June 28, 2009, 01:02:07 AM
http://www.imdb.com/chart/top  Hand Point Left

Trust me.

Many of those fail rule #2 (and rule #1)!
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« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2009, 01:17:48 AM »
And... so?
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« Reply #12 on: June 28, 2009, 01:21:12 AM »
Why should we watch all these? And what's wrong with being made in hollywood?
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« Reply #13 on: June 28, 2009, 01:25:29 AM »
Hollywood is the cheap bitchez. You get the pleasure for a low price in a package with STD.
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« Reply #14 on: June 28, 2009, 01:34:30 AM »
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I've seen about 100 of those movies in that list. I never complained about "holywodod bithcez" or any outrageous new film. This list contains a lot of impressive films. You will never see The Fast and The Furious on it.
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« Reply #15 on: June 28, 2009, 01:37:08 AM »
Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders) - best road movie ever, maybe?

Oldboy (Chan-wook Park) - made after 2000? pah!

Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch) - all Jarmusch films, really

Suspiria (Dario Argento) - the ultimate in psychedelic 70's horror. Seriously, watch this if you get the chance

Festen (Thomas Vinterberg) - go into this film knowing nothing. It will blow you away

Breaking the Waves (Lars von Trier) - heartbreaking



(Werner Herzog) - Kinski is the man

I'll second Hana-bi and the original Solaris. Those are awesome.
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« Reply #16 on: June 28, 2009, 01:38:16 AM »
C418 , I never said that Hollywood doesn't produce good films. But everyone has heard of Star Wars and The Godfather and they don't need to be in a movie recommendation thread and most people have seen them many times over, hence the rules.
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« Reply #17 on: June 28, 2009, 01:39:10 AM »
Sure, Hollywood does release a good movie here and there, but it mostly spews shit. If you draw a baseline, the overall quality of movies is down under. I only watch a Hollywood movie if I get recommendations for it.

Also, what are those rules?
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« Reply #18 on: June 28, 2009, 01:46:50 AM »
Woah, I didn't realise the Shawshank Redemption was released the year I was born...
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« Reply #19 on: June 28, 2009, 01:56:39 AM »
Ivan, we two could be friends. Great recommendations there, I'll check out the ones I don't know.

Here's a few Japanese ones:

1964: Suna no Onna (Woman of the Dunes) by Hiroshi Teshigahara, based on the same-titled book by Kobo Abe.




1997: Cure by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.




1995: Maboroshi no Hikari by Hirokazu Koreeda. Beautiful, beautiful movie. Almost exclusively told via its images. Don't get this as a 700mb rip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg19kxH0nco

1953: Tôkyô Monogatari (Tokyo Story) by Yasujiro Ozu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9YbmF0rics

1969: Môjû (Blind Beast) by Yasuzo Masumura.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB1T_fnMmwg

2004: Cha no Aji (The Taste of Tea) by Katsuhito Ishii /this is from the 2000s, but absolutely amazing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMCu8c1Uho
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