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Alternative classics - your recommendations

  • 30-11-2007 11:47pm
    #1
    Andrewf20
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    Ive seen a few off the beaten track films over the last few years.
    Heres some absolute minters imho:

    -Come and See (Russian war movies, Best war movie I ever saw)
    -Noi the Albino (Icelandic)
    -Irreversible (Never have I seen so many leave a cinema before. Its heavy, believe me, but brilliant)
    -The devils
    -The King of Comedy
    -The French Connection part 2

    Any other recommendations?

    Hoping to get Carandiru for Xmas. O, and one more thing. Hats off to RTE for screening some great foreign movies during the week. They always seem to be great.


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  • #2
    The Freeman
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    not sure is these are off the beaten track but here's what springs to mind

    - downfall(hitler's last stand)
    - brotherhood(korean war film)
    - dead man's shoes(revenge story)
    - oldboy(best movie in the trilogy)
    - requim for a dream


  • #3
    Pigman II
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    Bob Roberts - Tim Robbins as righteous yet morally-dubious senatorial candidate.
    The Book That Wrote Itself - Ultra-Low-Budget Irish movie that Out-Borat's Borat
    Breaking the Waves - Lars Von Triers breakthru masterpiece
    Buffalo '66 - Unsettling low-budget semi-biopic from Vincent Gallo
    Cube - Another cheap movie that shows you don't need a budget (or even good actors) as long as you have a good idea.
    Electra Glide in Blue - Character study of a shortarsed highway patrol cop in Arizona. Worth watching for Conrad Hall's cinematography alone.
    Hearts & Minds - You won't think Apoc Now is so genius after seeing where half the shots were lifted from.
    Iris - Changed my opinion of old people
    Lone Star - Murder mystery tale with one of the most interesting visual devices I can remember.
    Jigureul jikyeora - Total mind**** of a movie
    suckers - Amazing performance by Daniel Benzali
    Tape - Three people in a motel room for 90 minutes. Classic confessional tale from Richard Linklater


  • #4
    Nolanger
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    Nashville - Altman's best
    O Lucky Man - the best movie not available on DVD
    World of Henry Orient - Peter Sellars classic
    Dead of Night - '40s British horror
    Black Narcissus - masterpiece
    One False Move - forgotten '90s classic
    5000 Fingers of Dr T - strangest movie ever
    Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx - forgotten Irish movie
    Mark of the Devil - '70s horror


  • #5
    mike65
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    Deep Cover - gritty thriller par exellence - first rate Larry Fishburn
    Thief Shiny and smart
    Man Who Fell to Earth Bowie as Alien by Roeg 'nuff said!
    First Men in the Moon A "B-movie" delight

    Mike.


  • #6
    Borneo Fnctn
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    La Haine is a good one. It's a movie about rioting in a Paris suburb. Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and starring Vincent Cassell. I don't know if you'd call it alternative but it's "off the beaten track" in English speaking countries. It's very relevant at the moment with what's been going on.


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