Harold and Maude. Forgotten? Really? No dear.
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[Film] Films from the past that have passed by and forgotten but worth a look ?
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Harold and Maude. Forgotten? Really? No dear.
Hampden Park
Ex R.N.
- Oct 7, 2003
- 4,989
Warriors - The long good Friday.
Not by me, or you, obviously. I was referring to those others. It's never struck me as a widely appreciated or known film apart from a certain "cult" status.
I suppose so.
Palacefinder General
Well-known member
- Apr 5, 2019
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All solid gold (imho) and mostly under the radar.
Army of Crime - great French resistance film, true story.
Flame & Citron - great Danish resistance film, true story, Mads Mikkekson at his finest.
Felon - top prison film, Stephen Dorf, Val Kilmer.
Cell 211 - another great prison film.
Justice - great watch, Nicholas Cage and Guy Pearce.
The Town - Afflek and Renner, gritty Boston heist flick.
End of Watch - LA cop romp with Jake Gyllenhall
Shooter - Mark Wahlberg, sniper conspiracy flick
Army of Crime - great French resistance film, true story.
Flame & Citron - great Danish resistance film, true story, Mads Mikkekson at his finest.
Felon - top prison film, Stephen Dorf, Val Kilmer.
Cell 211 - another great prison film.
Justice - great watch, Nicholas Cage and Guy Pearce.
The Town - Afflek and Renner, gritty Boston heist flick.
End of Watch - LA cop romp with Jake Gyllenhall
Shooter - Mark Wahlberg, sniper conspiracy flick
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Nude Nuns with Big Guns
Hobo with a Shotgun
Hobo with a Shotgun
Wellesley
Well-known member
- Jul 24, 2013
- 4,973
I loved 'Warriors' as a kid, but those gangs that looked tough and frightening when I was a kid, now look like a bunch of camp art students. I preferred 'The Wanderers' which I watched recently and still enjoyed. Great soundtrack.
- Aug 7, 2003
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Guy Fawkes
The voice of treason
- Sep 29, 2007
- 8,216
The last castle (2001) - A court-martialed General rallies together twelve hundred inmates to rise against a corrupt and sadistic warden. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272020/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
In Darkness (2011) - A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the German-occupied Polish city of Lvov. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1417075/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
Fish Story (2009) - As a comet approaches earth, threatening to end civilization when it impacts, a Japanese music store owner insists to his customers that the world is not coming to an end and that a long forgotten song by an obscure band will save the world
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1244666/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Idiocracy (2006) - Private Joe Bauers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes five centuries in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
In Darkness (2011) - A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the German-occupied Polish city of Lvov. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1417075/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
Fish Story (2009) - As a comet approaches earth, threatening to end civilization when it impacts, a Japanese music store owner insists to his customers that the world is not coming to an end and that a long forgotten song by an obscure band will save the world
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1244666/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Idiocracy (2006) - Private Joe Bauers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes five centuries in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
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oh yes!
loved this film, also from the halcyon days of whenBBC2 at Xmas would show brilliant films. Was how i got into Jack Lemmon and Walther Matthau films. Also an amazing purple patch of antipodean cinema including the great Goodbye Pork Pie. The Apartment simply THE Christmas film for me
loved this film, also from the halcyon days of whenBBC2 at Xmas would show brilliant films. Was how i got into Jack Lemmon and Walther Matthau films. Also an amazing purple patch of antipodean cinema including the great Goodbye Pork Pie. The Apartment simply THE Christmas film for me
If we're talking Dillon, I would nominate One Night at McCool's.
My favorite movie all time is "Smoke" from 1995, written by Paul Auster and starring Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Forrest Whittaker etc. Its about a tiny tobacco store in Brooklyn where locals hang around. Like in most of Auster's books, nothing really happens yet its a very comfortable ride.
Trailer:
Recommend it to anyone not obsessed with explosions and special effects. Also would not recommend it to anyone who recently quit smoking.
Also want to recommend "The Endless Summer", the cult surf documentary from 1966. I have never surfed a minute in my life and probably never will, but this movie is just very special. Here in its entirety:
Trailer:
Recommend it to anyone not obsessed with explosions and special effects. Also would not recommend it to anyone who recently quit smoking.
Also want to recommend "The Endless Summer", the cult surf documentary from 1966. I have never surfed a minute in my life and probably never will, but this movie is just very special. Here in its entirety:
withdeanwombat
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Gallipoli was brilliant, Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith was excellent, didn’t like the race horse one much and haven’t seen Storm Boy, but I’ll raise you Picnic at Hanging Rock.
"Johnny Got His Gun" (1971) Another film I saw on TV about 40 years ago and have never been aware of it being screened again since.
About a young soldier in WWI (Timothy Bottoms) lying in a hospital bed after sustaining horrific injuries after being hit by an artillery shell. He's a quadruple amputee who has also lost his eyes, ears, mouth and nose. He remains conscious and is able to reason, and we the audience are able to hear his thoughts and his desperation.
Trivia: The film was incorporated in the video of Metallica's song "One". Eventually, the members of Metallica bought the rights to the film in order to keep showing the music video without having to pay additional royalty fees.
https://youtu.be/EzgGTTtR0kc
About a young soldier in WWI (Timothy Bottoms) lying in a hospital bed after sustaining horrific injuries after being hit by an artillery shell. He's a quadruple amputee who has also lost his eyes, ears, mouth and nose. He remains conscious and is able to reason, and we the audience are able to hear his thoughts and his desperation.
Trivia: The film was incorporated in the video of Metallica's song "One". Eventually, the members of Metallica bought the rights to the film in order to keep showing the music video without having to pay additional royalty fees.
https://youtu.be/EzgGTTtR0kc
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"Kiss of the Spiderwoman" (1985) Set in a Latin American jail cell and the relationship between its two inmates, one a gay man (William Hurt) and the other a political prisoner (Raul Julia).
Saw it upon its release at the cinema but never seen it screened on TV.
Saw it upon its release at the cinema but never seen it screened on TV.
Trufflehound
Re-enfranchised
My Harold and Maude DVD gets watched nearly as often as Butch Cassidy or Dinner For One at the Trufflehound kennels.
keaton
Big heart, hot blood and balls. Big balls
- Nov 18, 2004
- 9,672
The Mummy (1999 version) is still very good for some Sunday afternoon silly action fun
Equilibrium with Christian Bale is similar but a lot better than The Matrix for me
And Last of The Mohicans is one of the finest films ever made
Equilibrium with Christian Bale is similar but a lot better than The Matrix for me
And Last of The Mohicans is one of the finest films ever made
