what movie move you?

[m brown]

When not on your feet at the "office" what do you watch on film?

tapeheads,repo man,shakes the clown,waiting for gufman,the big lebowski,killer klowns from outerspace,raising arizona,fargo,blood simple,pulp fiction,resevoir dogs,ed wood, etc.......

[shroomgirl]

Yep~ a girl after my own heart....foreign, lots of Miramax, mainly french, Chinese, some Japanese, very few Mexican, recently some great MidEast...(the red shoe). I don't like violence. I don't like predictability or trite endings or just pap.
Hard to find others who enjoy them. I've been known to sit through 3 movies a day, when my kids are off visiting their dad.
Food flics are the best...(Chef in Love!!!check it out if you havn't seen it)

[Chef Mark Hayes]

Comedies!!!!

I need to laugh when I'm not at work.
Anything by Monty Python alumni, and I'm on my second copy of "When Harry Met Sally". I'm a romantic at heart!

I can't get enough of movies like Happy Gilmore, Dumb and Dumber, and Monty Pythons Flying Circus.

[cookM]

Cool! Kurosawa. Have you guys seen the Japanese Zatoichi series? He's a blind swordsman. Five Easy Pieces. Godfather 1 and 2. Place in the Sun with Liz Taylor. I love Star Wars. I dig Bruce Lee even though it's a bit cheesy. Bruce is cool. I also like the John Woo/Chow Yun Fat flicks. Tootsie. Have you guys seen Visions of Light? All about cinema lighting. Hitchcock. What's up with the movies lately? Nothing to watch. I did like American Beauty and just saw the superb Red Violin. I also love documentaries. Never seen Batman, Jurassic Park, Home Alone...etc.

[cookM]

Keep hearing about Shakes the Clown. Guess it is time to watch it.

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[Nicko]

A great topic!!!

For me I am a huge foreign film buff. Kurosawa is a huge influence especially the Seven Samurai. I also like his film High and Low.

Bergman films are always great especially Fanny and Alexander.

Have you guys checked out Babette's Feast? One of my all time favorite food flicks.

As far as contemporary I enjoyed the Insider, one of Pacino's better recent films.

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Thanks,

Nicko
nicko@cheftalk.com

[Isa]

Nicko,


I never thought I would find a Japanese film amateur here. I love Kurosawa. Seen all his films plus lots of others from lesser known directors. If you can find a film call To Live, the Japanese name escape me right now. It was made during the 50's just after the war. A wonderful film.

I have a passion for all things Japanese. I have a nice collection of Japanese porcelaine and cookbooks. Even took Japanese cooking classes.


Sisi

[augiewren]

full metal jacket, pulp fiction, brazil, the fisher king, rear window....and the simpsons, of course

[Jim]

The Secret of NIMH (animated)
Bring on the Night (Sting's docu-drama)
Logan's Run (pre-Star Wars-techno)
Dawn of the Dead (a classic!)
The Godz must be Crazy (another classic!)
The Cook, the Thief his wife and her lover (good food flick)
Like Water for Chocolate (another good food flick)

[shroomgirl]

Babettes Feast!!!!
Like Water for Chocolate...
Chef in Love
Tampopo
Big Night
Eat Drink man woman
Green Papaya


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[m brown]

Great movies!



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Loved Tampopo; Eat, Drink, Man, Woman; Big Night; Like Water For Chocolate; Still haven't seen the Butcher, the Baker, the Thief and his Lover. (next on my list)

Especially to m brown: I highly recommend "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels" if you haven't seen it yet...nothing to do with food but very entertaining in the style of Q Tarantino (only British humor)

[m brown]

check out,
http://www.atomfilms.com/
funny stuff, commercial spoof, Meat Clown.
do i have an obsession with clowns?

train spotting, little voice, eraserhead, liquid sky, stepford wives (the cook the thief his wife and her lover a most beautiful, sick and twisted film.)the list goes on...

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[shroomgirl]

Yep it sure was twisted, so was Delicatessen.