june gloom on 30/12/2008 at 06:14
Want to second Stalker.
Also I'd like to humbly suggest an anime, though it avoids the usual anime tropes and comes off feeling more like a live action film, being very understated. This is perhaps due to the director usually being involved with live action, but the point is that Jin-Roh is the fucking cat's ass and you should watch it.
ZymeAddict on 30/12/2008 at 06:54
To tell you the truth, I don't really see what's so great about Lola Rennt. Maybe it's just because I've seen so many television shows/movies that have used its main gimmick since then.
Sulphur on 30/12/2008 at 07:41
That might be true. It was the first movie of its kind that I'd seen (this was back in Uni, during a German film fest), and the parallel timelines gimmick wasn't as overused back then.
Still, the gimmick's only half the experience: the other half, which is the momentum of the story and the kinetic, frenzied pace that characterises the entire movie, hasn't aged a day. It's still a massively entertaining watch.
Matthew on 31/12/2008 at 16:32
I really enjoyed that one too! The only time I mentioned that to a French person they were less than impressed, however.
LesserFollies on 1/1/2009 at 03:50
Quote Posted by theBlackman
"Tampopo"
YES. Someday before I die I'm going to have all my friends over, have them watch this movie and then serve the best ramen I can find, complete with pork, shrimp, seaweed and green onions.
daniel on 2/1/2009 at 00:44
I'm a bit surprised no one has mentioned My Sassy Girl, awful title I know, but it's a good Korean comedy/romance movie definetly worth at least one viewing.
june gloom on 2/1/2009 at 01:10
Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
I refuse to watch it alone.
Martin Karne on 2/1/2009 at 01:39
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Taking Father Home (Bei Yazi de Nanhai), which won the Special Jury Prize at Tokyo International Film Festival.
The powerful debut by Chinese helmer Ying Liang revolves on 17- year-old Xu Yun's search for his father in the big city.
Penniless and carrying only a couple of white ducks in a basket, Xu searches for the Happiness Hotel, his father's last known address. In the city, a scarred man (Wang Jie) initially hurls abuse in typical urban style, but then relents, offering to help the kid find a place to stay.
But the Happiness Hotel is now just an empty building site. Further clues lead to another dead end, and only by pure chance does he find his dad, a building speculator, just before the entire city is forced to evacuate in expectation of an impending flood.
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Not One Less (Yi Ge Dou Bu Neng Shao).
It centers on a 13 year-old substitute school teacher, Wei Minzhi (played by the actress of the same name), in the Chinese countryside who is placed in charge of the school after the previous teacher leaves temporarily for a month. Minzhi is told not to lose any students, and when one of the boys, Zhang Huike (played by Zhang Huike) takes off in search of work in the big city, she goes looking for him to bring him home.
The film depicts rural poverty and illiteracy and is filmed in a neorealist/documentary style using a troupe of non-professional actors; Zhang often uses the actors' real names as their character names, effectively blurring the boundaries between drama and life.
I'm fond of those two movies.
Kolya on 2/1/2009 at 01:57
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My Sassy GirlI wanted to see that one lately when all of a sudden Freddy Prince Jr and Elisha Cuthbert pop onto the screen. I was so disgusted that I closed the player and deleted the whole thing right away. Apparently I had fished out a Hollywood remake.
