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post #1 of 58
9/3/00 at 8:07am
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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.......
bake first, ask questions later.
Oooh food, my favorite!


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post #2 of 58
9/3/00 at 7:13pm
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)
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post #3 of 58
9/3/00 at 7:52pm
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!
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post #4 of 58
9/3/00 at 8:48pm
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.
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post #5 of 58
9/3/00 at 8:50pm
Keep hearing about Shakes the Clown. Guess it is time to watch it.

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post #6 of 58
9/4/00 at 10:17am
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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post #7 of 58
9/4/00 at 12:28pm
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.


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post #8 of 58
9/4/00 at 4:43pm
full metal jacket, pulp fiction, brazil, the fisher king, rear window....and the simpsons, of course
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post #9 of 58
9/4/00 at 5:04pm
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)

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post #10 of 58
9/4/00 at 6:40pm
Babettes Feast!!!!
Like Water for Chocolate...
Chef in Love
Tampopo
Big Night
Eat Drink man woman
Green Papaya


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post #11 of 58
9/4/00 at 7:00pm
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Great movies!



[This message has been edited by m brown (edited September 04, 2000).]
bake first, ask questions later.
Oooh food, my favorite!


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post #12 of 58
9/4/00 at 7:23pm
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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...

[This message has been edited by m brown (edited September 04, 2000).]
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post #13 of 58
9/5/00 at 4:54am
Yep it sure was twisted, so was Delicatessen.
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post #14 of 58
9/5/00 at 5:13am
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Delicatessen......
Once again, clowns!
What is the chef clown connection!
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Oooh food, my favorite!


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post #15 of 58
9/5/00 at 6:32am
George Lucas... The man, the legend. I enjoy a couple of his "intergalactic space operas..."
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post #16 of 58
9/5/00 at 1:38pm
Nicko,


I always wanted a bonsai. I never found one unfortunatly. What happenned to yours? We have a Japanese garden here with a big collection of bonsai and a tea house. Very pretty in the summer.


Back to the movie To Live was made in 1952 by Kurosawa. In Japanese it is called Ikiru. I hope you can find it, it really is a wonderful film.

I saw Dreams when it came out. I really enjoyed it. The last vignette didn't appeal to me though, too dreamy and experimental to my taste.

Black Rain, a film made in the 1989 or 1990 about the bombing of Hiroshima is worth seeing if you can find it. The problem with japanese cinema is that so few film are distributed here. You are lucky if you can see one a year. We do have a yearly festival that usually will show a few but not all are worth seeing.

Also the ballad of Nayorama is a must see again if you can find it.


Sisi
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post #17 of 58
9/5/00 at 3:11pm
That is a great movie. Loved it. And it stars that guy who's in a lot of Kurosawa's films. Have you guys seen the flick he did, but it was in Russian, surprisingly. The name escapes me. When I started watching it, I thought it was the wrong movie. Glad I stuck with it, though.
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post #18 of 58
9/5/00 at 9:33pm
Sisi,

It all started with the Seven Samurai, and after that it was Kagemusha, High and Low, etc. What did you think of of Dreams? I enjoyed the Van Gogh vignette very much with Martin Scoresee playing the part of Van Gogh. I too have been a long time fan of all thing Japanese, and I even had a Bonsai garden for a few years until I moved. I am not too familiar with other japanese directors though, any suggestions? I did see Farewell my Concubine, did you see that?
Thanks,

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post #19 of 58
9/6/00 at 9:15pm
Wow! Someone else who actually knows Liquid Sky!! I also love "The Wall", any japanese anime, a great Hitchcock thriller, also Salvador Dali's movie Un Cien Andalou (sp?). I really love dark comdies such as Fargo and Trainspotting as well as twisted forgien films like "City of Lost Childern".
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post #20 of 58
9/7/00 at 5:44am
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Let's not forget "WHO'S KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE". Saw that when I was a kid and for some reason it stuck with me.

Une Chen Andelou (sp) is a great movie, Always fun on a first date.
bake first, ask questions later.
Oooh food, my favorite!


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post #21 of 58
9/7/00 at 11:12am
Actually it is Un chien Andalou
When I get a little money, I buy books. And if there is any left over, I buy food.

- Desiderius Erasmus
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post #22 of 58
9/11/00 at 4:32pm
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Kurosawa has a new film out, anyone heard??
bake first, ask questions later.
Oooh food, my favorite!


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post #23 of 58
9/11/00 at 4:54pm
Kurosawa died, how old is this new film? Is it a rerelease? Hasn't he been gone for a couple of years now?

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post #24 of 58
9/12/00 at 8:55pm
Oh, I kept looking under "The cook, the garbage man, and the purse snatcher"!!
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post #25 of 58
9/13/00 at 2:41am
the cook, the thief, et al, great movie.
Tampopo - hehe, the prawn thingy kinda stuck with me.
The Matrix - cause it made me think, brain frying stuff.
The Crow - ive got kind of a deep attachment to that particular story.
"Nothing quite like the feeling of something newl"
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post #26 of 58
9/13/00 at 5:12am
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shroom, could be a directors cut of something or an unreleased film......
The Penny Marshal Project? nooo, just kidding.
bake first, ask questions later.
Oooh food, my favorite!


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post #27 of 58
9/13/00 at 7:12pm
Penny Marshall Project??????over my head.
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post #28 of 58
9/21/00 at 9:12pm
All you foreign film buffs should see "Xiu Xiu"

Let me know what you think.
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post #29 of 58
9/22/00 at 5:52am
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shroomgirl, atomfilms.com has a Blair Witch spoof called the Penny Marshal Project. check it out, great site. The Project is kind of funny.
bake first, ask questions later.
Oooh food, my favorite!


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post #30 of 58
9/22/00 at 4:09pm
Xiu Xiu for some reason it sounds really familiar. Can you please remind me what it is about?


Thank!


sisi
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- Desiderius Erasmus
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