Favorite lesser known films - Page 4

Ron E · 31st January 2013, 10:45 PM

It doesn't fall into the category of documentaries, but I recently saw a film on Hulu called "The American Astronaut". I went into it not knowing what to expect and it was really quite enjoyable - moreso than any big budget blockbuster I have seen recently. Watch The American Astronaut online | Free | Hulu

Bizarroterl · 1st February 2013, 03:15 AM

The White Dawn
The White Dawn (1974) - IMDb

Demonstrates what happens when our culture touches a "pure" one.

SY · 1st February 2013, 09:22 AM

I don't know how "lesser known" Extract is, but we finally got around to seeing it last night and we regret not doing it sooner.

Jonathan Bright · 1st February 2013, 10:24 AM

A lesser film (not doco').
Early Ridley Scott: "Someone to Watch Over Me" with the first Mrs. Cruise looking stunning...two great versions of the Gershwin song, one by Sting and the other by Roberta Flack. It won't change you life but a nice, well crafted yarn. He's (Scott) very good with light. The shots in her apartment of wine glasses and mirrors are memorable as is the soundtrack which turned me on to opera in a way I was surprised about....

Jonathan Bright · 1st February 2013, 10:27 AM

Re; documentaries. I like them as a rule but I have two general comments. One, most are too slow in the narrative, especially the ones made for TV and secondly the background music is almost always way too loud for my taste.....

ByronInLawrence · 6th February 2013, 05:50 AM

Tuvalu - The best movie you never saw. The director (Veit Helmer) is German, but the film has almost no dialogue, so anyone can enjoy it without subtitles. The DVD has a bonus film "Surprise!" which is just hilarious, also without dialogue.
Tuvalu (1999) - IMDb

Melo theory · 11th February 2013, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SY

I don't know how "lesser known" Extract is, but we finally got around to seeing it last night and we regret not doing it sooner.

That's a great movie. You should see "idiocracy" if you haven't already. Also directed by
mike judge.

sootboots · 11th February 2013, 01:03 AM

"Idiocracy" is frighteningly real except we didn't have to wait 500 years! A bit silly, I recognize, but the context is not far off from where I sit.

John

Illusus · 11th February 2013, 01:23 AM

My wife and I were watching "Idiocracy" on cable last week. The real commercials were a near reflection of the movie.

Illusus · 11th February 2013, 01:29 AM

Happiness.
Happiness (1998) - IMDb

31st January 2013, 10:45 PM	#31
Ron E diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA, MN	It doesn't fall into the category of documentaries, but I recently saw a film on Hulu called "The American Astronaut". I went into it not knowing what to expect and it was really quite enjoyable - moreso than any big budget blockbuster I have seen recently. Watch The American Astronaut online \| Free \| Hulu __________________ Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works. --Carl Sagan Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence--those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. —Aldous Huxley

1st February 2013, 09:22 AM	#33
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chicagoland Blog Entries: 1	I don't know how "lesser known" Extract is, but we finally got around to seeing it last night and we regret not doing it sooner. __________________ If there's a sucker born every minute, where do the rest of them come from?

1st February 2013, 10:24 AM	#34
Jonathan Bright diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Queensland	A lesser film (not doco'). Early Ridley Scott: "Someone to Watch Over Me" with the first Mrs. Cruise looking stunning...two great versions of the Gershwin song, one by Sting and the other by Roberta Flack. It won't change you life but a nice, well crafted yarn. He's (Scott) very good with light. The shots in her apartment of wine glasses and mirrors are memorable as is the soundtrack which turned me on to opera in a way I was surprised about.... __________________ "It was the Springtime of the year when aunt is calling to aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps." P.G. Wodehouse.

1st February 2013, 10:27 AM	#35
Jonathan Bright diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Queensland	Re; documentaries. I like them as a rule but I have two general comments. One, most are too slow in the narrative, especially the ones made for TV and secondly the background music is almost always way too loud for my taste..... __________________ "It was the Springtime of the year when aunt is calling to aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps." P.G. Wodehouse.

11th February 2013, 01:23 AM	#39
Illusus diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Prairie Wasteland, Canada	My wife and I were watching "Idiocracy" on cable last week. The real commercials were a near reflection of the movie. __________________ Fighting the program since 1976.


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1st February 2013, 03:15 AM	#32
Bizarroterl diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SJ, CA	The White Dawn The White Dawn (1974) - IMDb Demonstrates what happens when our culture touches a "pure" one.

6th February 2013, 05:50 AM	#36
ByronInLawrence diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Lawrence, a nice little college town in Kansas	Tuvalu - The best movie you never saw. The director (Veit Helmer) is German, but the film has almost no dialogue, so anyone can enjoy it without subtitles. The DVD has a bonus film "Surprise!" which is just hilarious, also without dialogue. Tuvalu (1999) - IMDb

11th February 2013, 01:03 AM	#38
sootboots diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2007	"Idiocracy" is frighteningly real except we didn't have to wait 500 years! A bit silly, I recognize, but the context is not far off from where I sit. John

11th February 2013, 01:29 AM	#40
Illusus diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Prairie Wasteland, Canada	Happiness. Happiness (1998) - IMDb __________________ Fighting the program since 1976.

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