Recommend Me Some Good Foreign or Indie Films.

Diggity Dawg · **Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:09 pm

Drinky Wrote:

PopTodd Wrote:

Music-related Indie Films:

The Decline Of Western Civilization - Best punk rock documentary - EVER! If only for the creepiness of Darby Crash. Profiles of The Germs, X, Fear, Circle Jerks, and other 80's LA punk pioneers. Brilliant. A must-see for everybody on this board!
IMDB Entry

Awesome film. Is it on DVD now?

I'm pretty sure DWC II - The Metal Years is still only on VHS, but it's just as much a classic, IMO, if not exactly for the same reasons. It focuses on mid-80s hair metal bands in LA. It's like Spinal Tap, only REAL. Highly entertaining.

I once saw DWC 2 : TMY in an "El Cheapo" bin at Sam Goody for $5.99 & didn't buy it.

I'm dumb.

Neither of those movies are out on DVD, far as I know.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

yeah i'm kind of amazed at how many of those i remembered before i broke down ang googled those.

that great frisco freakout one is AWESOME.

neuroboy · **Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:55 pm

Drinky Wrote:

American Astronaut (American indie semi-musical)

ohmigod yes!!!

american astronaut is a movie that not alot of folks know about but everyone i know who's seen it (including me) tries to make sure everyone else who might appreciate it makes an effort to see it. this really is indie filmmaking in a time when big money producers seems to be co-opting everything that used to be independent film. ok, breathe, i'll stop now--but this just came out on dvd and needs to be seen.

also. . . das experiment is a really creepy german film that uses the stanford prison experiment as a jumping off point and explores the inevitable conclusion. scary because it plumbs the depths of the dark side of human nature.

c.

MiceElf · **Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:28 pm

The Station Agent

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

frog flicks:

Diva
Une Pure Formalite
La Cite des Enfants Perdus

harry · **Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:13 pm

Watch these three in a row to get a sense of the birth of modern/post-modern angst-ridden anti-hero (the children of Marlon Brando and Montgomery Cliff):

Rebel Without a Cause - Director: Nicholas Ray Star: James Dean (1956?)
Breathless (French)- Jean Luc Godard Star: Jean Paul Belmondo (1958?)
Ashes and Diamonds (Polish) - Director: Andrzej Wajda Star: Zbigniew
Cybulski (1958?)

Personally I would like to live within the universe that is Breathless.

splates · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:22 am

neuroboy Wrote:

also. . . das experiment is a really creepy german film that uses the stanford prison experiment as a jumping off point and explores the inevitable conclusion. scary because it plumbs the depths of the dark side of human nature.
c.

I'll second this. I remember the prison guard leader was well played.

Stone red's dark sunshine · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:17 pm **Posts:** 1096

Patrick Bateman Wrote:

run lola run

I second this. One of my favorites - there's nothing else quite like it.

nacho · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:52 am

La Mal Educacion
A Tout de Suite (might not be on DVD yet)

nacho · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:54 am

MiceElf Wrote:

The Station Agent

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

harry Wrote:

Personally I would like to live within the universe that is Breathless.

i just watched this again a few weeks ago and i concur.
i want jean seberg's entire wardrobe.

Diggity Dawg · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:08 pm

Stone Wrote:

Patrick Bateman Wrote:

run lola run

I second this. One of my favorites - there's nothing else quite like it.

Gawddamnit....this is on IFC this month, & I keep forgetting to tape it. I was gonna record it overnite last nite to watch later. This is like the 3rd time I've forgotten. Grrrrrrrrr.

I've never seen it, but obviously I want to.

albion · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:16 pm

"Breaking the Waves"
"Babette's Feast"
"Eat Drink Man Woman"
"Como agua para chocolate" (Like Water for Chocolate)

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

incidentally, Chow YunFat and Woo are filming a new movie together, set in the middle ages and supposedly about a battle featuring a million people or some such shit.

Ken Watanabe is also gonna be in it.

harry · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:09 pm

albion Wrote:

"Babette's Feast"

A perfect, mystical, warm film abou frozen Lutherans and Jean Moreau. One of my favorites.

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:53 am

How about anime?

Appleseed
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Akira
Steamboy
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
Howl's Moving Castle
Laputa: Castle in the Sky

FT · **Posted:** Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:50 pm

Cotton Wrote:

Watanabe is also gonna be in it.

"Now I have a place to put my hand."

Recommend Me Some Good Foreign or Indie Films.

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