What are the three greatest movies you've ever seen that nobody has ever heard of?
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February 5th, 2017
For me, it’s two from Tarsem,
The Cell
The Fall
and one from Alexander Sokuruv, Russian Ark
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They call me Trinity. Trilogy.
Victoria. movie about a young woman who gets involved with a gang. It was filmed in a single take.
Such Good Friends, starring Dylan Cannon, from 1973.
Five Summer Stories. Best surfing movie ever.
One that Mimi turned me on to just last week titled Cette nuit la, an obscure little French thriller/noir from 1958. 90mins, B&W and from the 20 minute mark you’re sitting on the edge of your chair. That’s if you’re not completely captivated by the beauty of Mylène Demongeot and her strong acting in the role of twenty year-old Sylvie, an exquisite Paris model and ambivilant wife of her magazine’s art director and nice guy, Maurice Ronet.
The magazine’s wealthy, aging, sociopathic publisher, played by veteran Belgian actor Jean Servais, is out after Sylvie bigtime which enrages her husband when Servais becomes flagrant about his intentions in public and around the magazine offices. Sylvie seems to enjoy the attention from this powerful man and even takes a little delight in her husband’s jealousy, but appears naive to where this could lead.
It leads into sex, jealousy, murder, blackmail and about six twists and turns characteristic of a good noir and one of the greatest scenes I’ve ever seen come out of an actress between marks 01:16:12 – 01:21:27 .
It is incredible that I’ve never heard of this film. There is very little of it to be found on the net, but I highly recommend it if you can find it and the .srt files for the English subtitles.
Let me tell you guys a little something about @Mimishu1995: She has great taste in film.
@zenvelo Why post a trailer that spoils the film? That doesn’t seem like a good idea.
@dappled_leaves You don’t watch trailers? Do you wait outside the theater until the previews are over?
The Cell is a great movie and I’ve always meant to watch The Fall, then never get around to it. I’m terrible with TV and movies, I always put it off and end up missing a ton of popular things.
“Everything is Illuminated” is one of my all time favorites and it’s fairly obscure.
Under The Skin and Cop Car are recent movies I thought were terrific, but got zero attention.
Ghost Dog: the Way of the Samurai
Heavy
Ex Machina (for something more recent)
@zenvelo – I rarely go to the theater, but last time I did was for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. There were a bunch of trailers before the film, of course, and honestly for most of them I felt they could just roll the credits afterward and save the rest of us the ticket price.
In fact, there’s that new Jennifer Lawrence sci-fi movie… it actually looked kind of interesting.
I hid my eyes for the rest of the trailer so maybe I could leave something to look forward to when I actually see it.
I was glad, however, to see that Ghost in the Shell is exactly as bullshit as I predicted it would be, so I know I won’t be wasting any time or money on that abomination. Hey, I know, let’s take a well loved Japanese manga set in Japan and change all the characters into cliched white people… except the bad guys. That’s not distasteful at all…
The King of Pigs by Yeon Sang-ho.
It’s about two school friends who meet after 15 years and remember their childhood. It’s extremely brutal and f*d up, but worth watching.
Little Otik, originally “Otesanek”, by Jan Švankmajer. A couple can’t have a child. One day, the man finds a wooden log and carves it to look like a baby. It comes to life. Based on a Czech folktale.
Beyond the Hills by Christian Munglu. Based on a book loosely based on a true story, the movie tells about two childhood friends who haven’t seen each other in years: one of them became a nun, and the other one came back from abroad to visit her. It was featured on Cannes, or some similar festival. Either way, an interesting Romanian movie. The movie is insanely hard to find online, this is the best I dug up.
This is great, thanks. Of all the ones that were mentioned I did see Ex Machina (twice) and Everything is Illuminated.
@Seek The Ghost in the Shell being played by a white woman doesn’t bother me as much as it seems to bother everybody else. Japanese manga and anime is filled with doughy blue eyed wide eyed women. To me the racial feature of it is irrelevant. What I want is a good story.
There is another movie which I hesitate to mention. It’s called “Hard to be a God”. You are forgiven if you never want to watch the movie as it’s the single most difficult movie I have ever watched. It is absolutely disgusting. But it is brilliantly done.
@Rarebear – If it was just the one character it might not be that big a deal. But all the other protagonists are white, too. The only Asian people in the (like, 2½ minute long) trailer were the antagonists.
It’s ridiculous.
There are few enough protagonist roles given to Asian people in general, and Asian women in particular, without white-washing frakking anime.
@Seek Fair enough. I’ve seen both earlier anime versions of Ghost in the Shell, so I will see this movie.
@zenvelo I’m not a huge fan of trailers in general, but most of the comments beneath the one you posted specifically say that this trailer spoils the hell out of this movie. YMMV, obviously.
The Gods Must Be Crazy, I and II.
I had my Mom watch it. It’s a comedy. She kept waiting and waiting to hear something about God and was confused when they never did. She didn’t always process things clearly, even before she got sick.
I almost named the Gods Must Be Crazy! I was just talking about it with my sister a few days ago by coincidence. My husband doesn’t like that movie at all.
Arlington Road. Very good, suspenseful, thrilling.
@cinnamonk; I saw that one. It was dark for sure. I remember when the girl got a hair cut by the nuns, it was traumatizing just to watch.
Damn! Why did I miss this?
Well, apart from @Espiritus_Corvus‘s movie, I have seen a lot more. To tell the truth, I have an obsession for obscure movies and I watch many movies that few people hear about. I will have to narrow down my list to the most obscure movies that are hard to find and have the least attention:
- Remorques: it’s about a sailor who saves hundred of people everyday and is even well-known for his achievement but just sucks at dealing with his wife and chooses to handle it in the most shitty way. Irony is everywhere.
– He Who Must Die: a French movie directed by an American. It aims to answer one question: what would happen if Jesus Christ came back to life? The answer isn’t what you expect it to be. Really tragic story.
– Max and the Junkmen: Just an old cop who wants to catch some criminals and poses as a victim and watches the criminals take the bait. Now this is the kind of movie that isn’t for the impatient. The movie tricks you into thinking it is a cliche movie If you watch until the end, you will be rewarded with a mind-blowing ending you don’t see coming.
And thanks @Espiritus_Corvus for appreciating my,movie taste :)
Another that was a big name movie but that didn’t seem to get much attention was The Hurt Locker
@rojo I thought “The Hurt Locker” was fantasic.
Today I saw The Lobster, which is nominated for an Oscar, but no one has seen. Really good!
@filmfann I saw it and walked out on it. Didn’t like the violence or the characters.
@janbb Black comedy isn’t for everyone.
@filmfann That’s dismissive. I didn’t like that black comedy.
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