Movies I haven't seen

[Gilly]

So, I'm lost when looking at the screencaps in the other thread. I thought I knew a lot about movies but obviously I don't and a lot of those movies look really interesting. In fact, I added most of them to my queue. Any other recommendations for movies that I probably haven't seen? It's insane how much knowledge you guys have about the arts.

[Denim Gremlin]

have you seen Soy Cuba?

I watched for the first time recently and it really blew me away.

as for other suggestions...

what have you seen? what do you like? give us a better idea of where to start

[Gilly]

Well, I'm trying to broaden my horizons. I hadn't even heard of anything being mentioned in the other thread but a lot of it sounded interesting. I've watched everything that's considered essential by every critic in the world for the most part and I like most of that stuff. I guess I'm looking for lost classics or niche stuff. Especially old 60's and 70's films which I have never really tried to dive into. I kind of meant to be vague so I wouldn't just be asking for movies that I would like.

[Gilly]

Alright, how about this I list some movies and you give an opinion?

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
The Yellow Teddybears
Putney Swope
Myra Breckinridge
Daughters of Darkness
El Topo

[Denim Gremlin]

Alright, how about this I list some movies and you give an opinion?

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice - classic!
The Yellow Teddybears - never seen, looks interesting
Putney Swope - amazing
Myra Breckinridge - I dunno, never saw it
Daughters of Darkness - Imdb says "An erotic nightmare of vampire lust " get's my vote!
El Topo - probably in my top 10, one of my favorite films ever made

[Denim Gremlin]

Well, I'm trying to broaden my horizons. I hadn't even heard of anything being mentioned in the other thread but a lot of it sounded interesting. I've watched everything that's considered essential by every critic in the world for the most part and I like most of that stuff. I guess I'm looking for lost classics or niche stuff. Especially old 60's and 70's films which I have never really tried to dive into. I kind of meant to be vague so I wouldn't just be asking for movies that I would like.

um some suggestion off the top of my head...

rent the films of Kenneth Anger volumes 1 and 2, Out of the Blue, Cockfighter and I Am Cuba 

those are kind of all over the place but you'll get a broad spectrum of interesting stuff that i think is pretty brilliant.

also as for 60's and 70's those are some great decades for cinema. pretty much across the board any genre, any country, throw a rock and you'll hit a great film. just start picking things up, find director whose work you like but don't know that much abotu and start exploring.

also, when it comes to genre flicks the Italians always do it better.

[buffcoat]

You should see the following:

Independence Day
The Fugitive
Armageddon
Gladiator
MI: III

And for a really obscure one, Little Miss Sunshine.

Stay away from mainstream movies such as Stroszek.

[Gilly]

Thanks Colin.

[Chris L]

Definitely check out the Jodorowsky, Kenneth Anger and Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep) stuff that was all released on dvd last year, most of which is pretty essential.  In fact, Killer of Sheep is making its tv debut on TCM this Monday, along with one other Burnett film and a bunch of shorts.   Highly recommended for fans of John Cassavetes and Jim Jarmusch (hey, that's my 2nd Cassavetes reference today.  How about a seperate board?). 

[kenkwan]

Gilly, do you use Netflix? If you do, you can become friends with a bunch of us FOT's. Chris L in particular writes some good notes on things he just watched, and you can see what's in our queueueue and what we've rated. It's nice.
Here is the url to become friends with me.
http://www.netflix.com/BeMyFriend/PicvUOdwkJvB7j5vs2kV

You'll be able to see that I currently have at home Fantastic Four, Murderball, and Rollerball (starring James Caan). Yeah, then again, maybe you don't want to be my netflix friend.

[Chris L]

I don't think I ever actually posted my url.  Here it be:
http://www.netflix.com/BeMyFriend/PB1U4fjYmJi9mL5aCElR

[Martin]

have you seen Soy Cuba?

I watched for the first time recently and it really blew me away.

It's amazing. Did you happen to buy the incredible-looking "cigar box" set from Milestone? I just ordered mine directly from their web shop.

[Martin]

Alright, how about this I list some movies and you give an opinion?

Putney Swope - awesome
Daughters of Darkness - demented and great, like Last Year at Marienbad with vampires (also with Delphine Seyrig!)
El Topo - masterpiece

[B_Buster]

Here's my link:

http://www.netflix.com/BeMyFriend/P8ooTTZ49PJuRFluV2rq

You might be surprised to find that I only gave Stroszek 4 stars. I'm pretty stingy with 5 star ratings. Also, I've only rated movies I've gotten through Netflix, not all the movies I've seen. It's still a pretty good list, though, with over 300 ratings.

[Gilly]

I used to have a Netflix account so maybe I can log in and still look at your lists...nope.  I'm probably going to switch from Blockbuster at the end of this billing month. I went to Blockbuster because I could do in-store rentals and they never had long waits on movies (when I used it a couple years ago) but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. Also, it used to be I could get unlimited in-store rentals and mail-in rentals for 20 bucks- now it's only unlimited mail-in and 5 in-store rentals a month. It costs a lot more for unlimited in-store.

How bad is Netflix these days in regard to actually having the movies you want? It used to be terrible...also do they still throttle?