Another French one - Tell No One.
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Quote: Renegade Carpark @ September 1 2009, 11:21 PM BSTOoh, ooh, another French one - The Brotherhood of the Wolf.
And keeping on the werewolf theme - Ginger Snaps.
Both good.
And staying on the French theme, Comme Une Image and Le Gout des Autres
Might have been mentioned (and is quite famous) but one of my favourite films is 'The Squid and Whale', Jeff Daniels is in. It is a beauty.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ September 1 2009, 4:56 PM BST'Better Off Dead'
There's a good South Park episode that spoofs Better Off Dead. Not Another Teen Movie (hugely under-rated) also spoofs it.
Not sure whether these are "lesser known" but they don't seem to have blockbuster status:
Clue: Based on the boardgame Cluedo. Stars Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Martin Mull and others. Directed and co-written by Jonathan Lynn (of Yes Minister). Just a silly who-dunnit, but lots of fun.
Murder By Death: Peter Sellers, Peter Falk, David Niven, Alec Guinness, Truman Capote and others. Another very silly who-dunnit film. Peter Falk is excellent as a Bogart-type Sam Spade detective.
Bronco Billy: A cheesy, corny Clint Eastwood film with a heart. This and several other Eastwood films seem to be under-rated. I find him watchable in just about anything, except the dreadful movie that he did with Burt Reynolds called City Heat.
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie: Definitely not obscure, but definitely not watched much theseadays. Excellent comedy with Barry Humphries, Barry Crocker, Spike Milligan, Peter Cook and Dennis Price.
For anyone who might be misled into thinking Chinese cinema is all slow-mo sword fights, I would recommend the grim anti-wildlife poaching adventure Kekexili; Mountain Patrol, or the achingly romantic account of village love under Mao, The Road Home. Both rather wonderful.
I might be instantly disqualified because this isn't obscure enough but one of my favourite films is 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen' (Terry Gilliam). You've probably all heard of 'Cinema Paradiso' as well but that's a pleasant feel good film.
Quote: The Giggle-o @ September 2 2009, 12:15 AM BSTI might be instantly disqualified because this isn't obscure enough but one of my favourite films is 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen' (Terry Gilliam). You've probably all heard of 'Cinema Paradiso' as well but that's a pleasant feel good film.
I just watched Baron Munchausen a few days ago for the first time. A friend of mine had been bugging me to watch it for a month saying it was one of his favourite movies. Knowing I was a fan of Python he assumed I would also like it.
I did like it, I just thought it could have used some editing. A very drawn out film but still fun none the less.
Quote: Curt @ September 2 2009, 12:39 AM BSTI just watched Baron Munchausen a few days ago for the first time. A friend of mine had been bugging me to watch it for a month saying it was one of his favourite movies. Knowing I was a fan of Python he assumed I would also like it.
I did like it, I just thought it could have used some editing. A very drawn out film but still fun none the less.
It looked very nice and Uma Thurman was very beautiful in it.
This is a good French film because there are no French actors in it.
Perhaps I should have posted this in the Road Rage thread?
Quote: Curt @ September 2 2009, 12:39 AM BSTI just watched Baron Munchausen a few days ago for the first time. A friend of mine had been bugging me to watch it for a month saying it was one of his favourite movies. Knowing I was a fan of Python he assumed I would also like it.
I did like it, I just thought it could have used some editing. A very drawn out film but still fun none the less.
Yet another one of Terry Gilliam's films that has got out of control and lost lots of money. I think during the making of the film the production company was taken over and the new execs/top guys weren't interested in advertising it properly because it wasn't their baby, so to speak, so it died a death at the cinema and so continued Gilliam's history of producing big financial flops. (Feel free to correct me if I've got this wrong anyone).
Time Bandits anyone? One of my favourite endings.
I think Twelve Monkeys and The Fisher King did well. I could be wrong though.
I should imagine 'The Fisher King' made a loss (no production budget records) and 'Twelve Monkeys' made a bit (probably because of the box office draw of Brad pitt).
Twelve Monkeys
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=twelvemonkeys.htm
The Fisher King
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=fisherking.htm
There's a great little Jeff Bridges comedy set in Hollywood called Hearts of the West. Another little US comedy gem is My Favourite Year in which Peter O'Toole plays an Errol Flynn-like star towards the end of his career in the TV business. On the TV/film theme, my favourite Woody Allen film is one of his less-lauded ones, The Purple Rose of Cairo.
More recently and more foreign (though not very recent) I will put a strong word in for Nine Queens - the Argentinean original that was remade a couple of years ago in Hollywood, a great fun heist caper; and Together, a Danish film about a hippy commune with an Abba soundtrack, by Lucas Moodysson. It's simultaneously hilarious, dark, disturbing and uplifting. And it includes full frontal nudity.
Some more for the list:
Dark Star
Silent Running
Peeping Tom
High Plains Drifter
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Any similarities between this list and Alex Cox's Moviedrome are purely coincidental.