Unsung little gems

Mark Harris said:
Okay, if it's ever on TV in a hotel room or something, I cannot NOT watch this film. It's got a kind of magic.

Commence the name-calling and well-deserved derision.

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Maybe this should have gone in the guilty-pleasures thread...
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There's no shame in admitting something is crap and liking it anyway. It's the people who can't tell the difference between crap and quality that worry me. :)
 
Simon Höfer said:
There is an awesome Korean film called Chaser. Well, the original title is Chugyeogja.

Got a good 7.9 on imdb

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190539/

Not the usual story compared to an American movie.
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I was dissapointed with Chaser. It had potential to be good but all the cops seemed ridiculously stupid. I really like Asian cinema but on the front of the DVD it was being bigged up as some great film when it really wasnt. Shame that woman the ex cop was trying to save got her head bashed in with a hammer tho LOL. Have you seen Old Boy? Old Boy is MUCH better.
 
Londude said:
I was dissapointed with Chaser. It had potential to be good but all the cops seemed ridiculously stupid. I really like Asian cinema but on the front of the DVD it was being bigged up as some great film when it really wasnt. Shame that woman the ex cop was trying to save got her head bashed in with a hammer tho LOL. Have you seen Old Boy? Old Boy is MUCH better.
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Well, I've seen Old Boy, but I won't compare those two, as they are totally different. I enjoyed both of them.

You might wanna edit your post for spoiler alerts.....
 
Luis Caffesse said:
By the way - Kicking and Screaming.
Seems to be getting more play now than it did when it came out -
Noah Baumbach's first film.
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I've been making people watch this movie for years now. It's one of my all-time favorites.

Noi (or Noialbino). It's kind of like an Icelandic Cather in the Rye. Very sad and funny film.

Mutual Appreciation. Andrew Bujalski's follow-up to Funny Ha Ha. Great script with some of the most believable and natural performances I've ever seen, with great music to boot.

Stardust Memories. Totally underrated Woody Allen. Easily one of his best-shot films as well.

Slaughterhouse-Five. George Roy Hill's film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's classic novel (my favorite book, I might add). It totally captures the tone/feel of the book, and Michael Sacks is the perfect Billy Pilgrim.

Ghost World. One of my all-time favorite films. My favorites tend to blend sadness and humor, and this one does it beautifully. Thora Birch and Steve Buscemi are just amazing. And speaking of Steve Buscemi...

Trees Lounge. Written, Directed by and Starring Steve Buscemi. Really brilliant, funny script, with solid performances all around, including the debut of Chloe Sevigny.

Buffalo '66. Vincent Gallo's crazy, weird, funny, stylish, off-beat kidnapping/revenge film.

Trust. A Hal Hartley film about a pregnant teenager who befriends a 30-something misanthrope who carries around a hand grenade "just in case".
 
Satantango - Bela Tarr, 1994
Absolutely amazing beauty in 7 1/2 hours of Hungarian mud in the rain. Gotta see it to believe it!
 
Billy Pilgrim said:
Trees Lounge. Written, Directed by and Starring Steve Buscemi. Really brilliant, funny script, with solid performances all around, including the debut of Chloe Sevigny.

Buffalo '66. Vincent Gallo's crazy, weird, funny, stylish, off-beat kidnapping/revenge film.
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I do love both of these films. Ben Gazzara is great in Buffalo 66.

And I will never forget the moment when Steve Buscemi's character sits on the old man's bar stool. Great little film.
 
If you're into documentaries, Errol Morris's Vernon, Florida is an entertaining look at the hilarious characters you can find in the backwaters of the US. The movie has no voice over, no titles, and makes no comment on the people here. It just lets the people exist on screen and reveal themselves. You won't believe some of these characters are real people.
 
Deep Cover with Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum. Great little noir thriller about a cop who goes deep undercover in the drug cartels in Los Angeles. Great writing, great scenes, and a great performance from Fishburne. Also wonderfully shot by Bojan Bazelli. Bill Duke of Predator fame directed. Has some strange, random street poetry dialogue at times but it's worth seeing for sure---

A70-12493
 
Billy Pilgrim said:
[...]Stardust Memories. Totally underrated Woody Allen. Easily one of his best-shot films as well.[...]Trees Lounge. Written, Directed by and Starring Steve Buscemi. Really brilliant, funny script, with solid performances all around, including the debut of Chloe Sevigny.[...]
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Stardust is my favorite Woody film, other than his earlier, funnier movies, of course.

Mentioning Trees Lounge makes me want to see it again.

edit: Just did. Very realistic. Beautiful ending.
 
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Dog Soldiers. Directed by Neil Marshall , who also did The Descent, the critically panned Doomsday (which is my Soldier), and the upcoming Centurion. He must love the letter "D".

They Live and At the Mountains of Madness are the last two really good John Carpenter flicks. Neither seem to get much attention compared to his earlier work.

Speaking of Woody Allen films, I always liked Sleeper. Although, I don't know if that one is really "unsung" or not.
 
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean probably qualifies as unsung, sung, and reviled. I happen to have found it quite engrossing and odd when I saw it as a teenager. It's another I have to see again.
 
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