Favorite Movies

While it would be great if we could get some ideas from everyone's profile, I don't think that's possible. SO, instead, I thought we could share some of our favorite titles HERE. If you could give a brief over view of the story, that would be kick ass too.
--Lotus--

two lesser known foreign movies are among my faves,

the Delicatessen, directed by Juenet and Caro.

and "Chopper" see my journal entry for more on that one.

Ginger Snaps

Hot teenage girl gets bitten by werewolf and experiences a simultaneous sexual and primal awakening while her younger, pre-menstrual sister tries her best to maintain their relationship and save her sister from herself. Parallels are drawn between lycanthropy and puberty. The sequel is even better.

Baraka

One of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen! A group of film makers got to about 30 different counrties traveling around the world three times filming completely different civilizations and the unbelievable scenery around them. There is no dialogue, just an amazing soundtrack featuring "Dead Can Dance" and other very chanty musicians.

"Santa Sangre" a very underrated film by Alejandro Jodorowsky ("El Topo") , I won't bother with a snynopsis as it's not an easy film to describe, and definately not for everybody. But if you have a bold taste in film, check it out

"Cinema Paradiso"! made me cry. Has the absolute, most beautiful ending ever!

also "Secretary" is one of my favorites.

[Edited on Sep 11, 2005 by dorwayin]

Ran by Akira Kurosawa
8 1/2 by Federico Fellini
A Zed and Two Nought by Peter Greenaway
Fallen Angels by Wong Kar-Wai
Hiroshima mon amour by Alain Resnais
Subconscious Cruelty by Karim Hussain
and The Blues Brothers for pure fun/dumb entertainment.

Sorry for the double post.

You can make it easy. Little boy sees his father cut off his mother's arms. Little boy becomes his mother's arms.

Here's a few more, "City of lost children", "White dog", "Breaking Away" , "Walkabout" "Dinner at eight", "Sunset Boulevard", "Pandora's Box", "Freeway", "The Opposite of Sex", "Wait until Dark", "Ma Vie En Rose", "A little Romance", "Rambling Rose", "Thunder heart", "Titus", "Drugstore Cowboy", "River's Edge", "Peeping Tom"...............I'll stop rambling as i have too many

It's a lot more complicated than that. Check it out.

Little bit more involved than that, but um ...ok, did you like the film?

You beat me to it

Yes i did... although i think Holy Mountain and El Topo are much better films.

While i think "El Topo" and "Holy Mountain" are great films, i have to say that "Santa Sangre" did it for me and it may have had to do with the colors within the film, as corny as it may sound, it was like a fucking painting come to life. But keep in mind that i have not seen the other two in many years and may have to see them again to fully appreciate them once again, cut me some slack as I am an old woman ( compared to many on this site anyway)

[Edited on Sep 11, 2005 by ShellyMC]

Hehe

It's fine, the colors in "Ran" are what made me love the film so much. Same thing goes for "TheCook, The Thief, His Wife, & Her Lover".

It's a Cult Classic Canadian flick! It's a huge deal here. I love love love all three movies. Nice pick.
--Lotus--

Loved "The cook, the thief,his wife and her lover", but it's true that sometimes the colors are what suck you in, that and sometimes the cannabilism

I love John Waters/ John Waters style movies... not the "Divine" stuff, but the stuff he did after, the really satirically mocking ones, like cry baby, and serial mom, and But I'm a cheerleader. Funny as hell. They are as overly cheesy as possible. No steretype is spared.
--Lotus--

John Waters didnt direct "But Im a cheerleader" but its a great movie nonetheless, very funny, sadly enough the star of that film "Natasha Lyonne" is in the hospital suffering from complications of hepatitis C, hopefully she'll make a recovery. I love her as an actress.

Blade Runner
Breakfast At Tiffany's
Mulholland Drive
Blue Velvet
Suspiria
Wings of Desire
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Metropolis
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Session 9
A Trip to the Moon
Apocalypse Now
Spider

This coming from the master of fabulous taste

I'm gonna throw another couple out there, "Same time next year" a seventies love story that til this day makes me a little weepy, and "California Suite" an older Neil Simon flick that still makes me laugh til this day, also "The goodbye girl".

Excellent choices by the way, i like your taste in film