Another cracker is Targets by Peter Bodgdanovich. Set in 50s America, an ageing horror actor (Boris Karloff) laments the horrors of the world as a teenager runs rampage with a gun.
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Quote: Badge @ September 2 2009, 2:16 AM BSTAnother cracker is Targets by Peter Bodgdanovich. Set in 50s America, an ageing horror actor (Boris Karloff) laments the horrors of the world as a teenager runs rampage with a gun.
I think it's 1960s America and I'm pretty sure it was based upon the story of the guy who shot up the University of Texas just up the road from me. I always get a chill when I see the tower on campus.
Quote: Clockface @ September 2 2009, 2:13 AM BSTHigh Plains Drifter
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Two Clint Eastwood films! High Plains Drifter is interesting because of the casual rape done by Clint (played for laughs and as if the woman wanted it). In other movies he shoots men for raping women. In this one he does the raping.
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot was okay, but toward the ending it seemed to be trying to emulate Midnight Cowboy.
Quote: Kenneth @ September 2 2009, 4:12 AM BSTTwo Clint Eastwood films! High Plains Drifter is interesting because of the casual rape done by Clint (played for laughs and as if the woman wanted it). In other movies he shoots men for raping women. In this one he does the raping.
Think this needs to be seen in the context of the film: Clint as supernatural avenger punishing the amoral inhabitants of the town.
That's a huge category but to narrow it down, some obscure/lesser known comedy films:
Lost in America- Not very promising premise has professional couple Albert Brooks and Julia Hagerty take off in a camper like Easy Rider to 'find America.' Loads of great scenes with lesser known character actors giving hilarious comic performances. One of the funniest comedies of the 80s.
That Sinking Feeling- Very early Bill Forsythe film in which a bunch of no-marks hatch a plot to steal stainless steel sinks. And you thought Restless Natives lacked ambition.
The Knowledge- Late 70s Euston TV film about four blokes doing the London cabbie training. Rarely shown these days, there is a brilliant performance from Nigel Hawthorne as 'the vampire.' Michael Elphick and Mick Ford also have good roles.
Those Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins- This comedy sketch film was on a lot when I was a kid but is rarely shown these days. Crème of British comedy each acting out a different sin in a series of sketches.
Highlights include Harry H Corbett being even more tragic than Steptoe acting out lust, Leslie Phillips as the glutton and Stephen Lewis doing his Blakey thing as a grumpy park keeper.
Also started a threat recently on Jerry Lewis's the Day the Clown Cried which is so obscure it has never been released.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ September 1 2009, 11:25 PM BSTAnother French one - Tell No One.
That is very good. All the more so because it was based on an American book and was transposed to France.
Quote: Kenneth @ September 2 2009, 4:12 AM BSTTwo Clint Eastwood films! High Plains Drifter is interesting because of the casual rape done by Clint (played for laughs and as if the woman wanted it). In other movies he shoots men for raping women. In this one he does the raping.
I don't think it's as simple as that. There is an implication that Clint Eastwood is somekind of ghost reeking revenge on the town, and the rape of the woman is just part of that revenge, which also included making them literally paint the town red, and making a midget sheriff. It's a great film.
And not sure if it's already been mentioned, but I'd add Todd Browning's Freak's to the list. Don't know why, but I always think of it when I visit this place. 
Quote: chipolata @ September 2 2009, 9:42 AM BSTI don't think it's as simple as that. There is an implication that Clint Eastwood is somekind of ghost reeking revenge on the town, and the rape of the woman is just part of that revenge, which also included making them literally paint the town red, and making a midget sheriff. It's a great film.
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Yes, good film. Have you seen Bronco Billy?
Quote: Kenneth @ September 2 2009, 10:14 AM BSTYes, good film. Have you seen Bronco Billy?
No. I'm not a huge western fan. Having said that, I did like another Clint Eastwood film, confederacy-era set The Beguiled, which was similarly odd.
Quote: chipolata @ September 2 2009, 10:18 AM BSTI did like another Clint Eastwood film, confederacy-era set The Beguiled, which was similarly odd.
Good one. I once had a job where I was the only male in an otherwise all female office. There were times when it reminded me a lot of this film.
Anyone seen 'No Man's Land' ?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283509/
It's set in the Yugoslavian civil war in the early 90s. With two soldiers from opposing sides trapped in no-man's land. It is absolutely fantastic; very poignant on the absurdity of war but also contains some incredibly funny scenes.
Quote: youngian @ September 2 2009, 9:37 AM BSTThe Knowledge- Late 70s Euston TV film about four blokes doing the London cabbie training. Rarely shown these days, there is a brilliant performance from Nigel Hawthorne as 'the vampire.' Michael Elphick and Mick Ford also have good roles.
Excellent TV film, shown on the Beeb and written by the late, great Jack Rosenthal, if I remember correctly.
Oh, and another lesser shown film worth seeking out is The Servant, starring Dirk Bogarde (another very good screenplay by Harold Pinter). (Worth also catching Dirk as Gustav Mahler in Death In Venice as well.)
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How about The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, starring Peter Cook. I don't think it's been on TV for 25 years, but I think the DVD is available. It details the rise of a slippery politician, made in 1970, i.e. 25 years before New Labour. Written by Cook, Cleese, and Chapman etc.
Cool I want to see that.
Anyone see Plunkett & Macleane? I really liked that one. I suppose it would be considered less obscure in the UK though.
Quote: Bad dog @ September 2 2009, 1:26 PM BSTHow about The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, starring Peter Cook. I don't think it's been on TV for 25 years, but I think the DVD is available. It details the rise of a slippery politician, made in 1970, i.e. 25 years before New Labour. Written by Cook, Cleese, and Chapman etc.
It was on one of the sky movie channels about a month ago.