Favorite obscure films?

[Charlie Brigden 7]

Vanilla Sky is an absolute bunch of wank, even before being compared to the infinitely superior original. It's a shame Cameron Crowe became such a shit filmmaker.

[Quintus 5,399]

Saw it once, years ago. I thought it was okay.

[A24 4,326]

I've never seen the original but I love Vanilla Sky except for the ending when suddenly Irving The Explainer shows up.

[Quintus 5,399]

Yeah, Spielberg never should have shown the interior of that mothership.

[A24 4,326]

That's the darkest, grimmest film I've ever seen!

Ha, it is pretty dark indeed but I do find something disturbingly beautiful about it .....and it certainly made me consider formal piano lessons!

In fact, I think it could be on tonights viewing menu

Hehe, strange, for I couldn't discover anything beautiful or positive in it.

[steb74 53]

I've never seen the original but I love Vanilla Sky except for the ending when suddenly Irving The Explainer shows up.

You should certainly check out the original.

Although the film isn't built solely on its revelations ....it may lessen the impact slightly, well worth watching though!

Hehe, strange, for I couldn't discover anything beautiful or positive in it.

Ha

I'm just fascinated by all the dark sexual energy

[tharpdevenport 4]

"The Last Supper"

(with a barely servicable score by Mark Mothersbaugh)

As I recall, a group of friends end up accidently killing this asshole guy, then they figure ... why not make humanity a better place and start killing off Neo Nazi's and so forth, by inviting them to dinner and poisoning them.

The backyard starts to become full, tension among members, then a police officer starts investigating...

[Koray Savas 2,251]

[Quintus 5,399]

I always wanted to see that but never got round to it. Thanks for reminding me.

[Charlie Brigden 7]

It's amazing. I need to watch it again.

I wonder if this thread is almost like a game to some. I mean, a lot of us are film geeks so trying to show a film geek something obscure is not the easiest thing. I mean, I've not seen everything here but there's only one movie mentioned that I've never actually heard of.

[Red 75]

Brick is one of those films I should see but never have.

[ChuckM 1]

I wonder if this thread is almost like a game to some. I mean, a lot of us are film geeks so trying to show a film geek something obscure is not the easiest thing. I mean, I've not seen everything here but there's only one movie mentioned that I've never actually heard of.

My thinking in starting the thread was to find some new movie suggestions, but it does seem to be turning into a bit of a competition.

[Marian Schedenig 8,173]

I wonder if this thread is almost like a game to some. I mean, a lot of us are film geeks so trying to show a film geek something obscure is not the easiest thing.

It doesn't help that "obscure" isn't easily definable in this context. For example, I'd like to mention The Hallelujah Trail - hardly an obscure film, and by a well known director with a star cast, but I fear few people these days have seen it.

I mean, I've not seen everything here but there's only one movie mentioned that I've never actually heard of.

Which one would that be?

[Charlie Brigden 7]

Which one would that be?

Tesis

[Dean1700 4]

Yeah, I've been a fan of Aussie cinema since "...Paris", but I also like "A Town Like Alice", "An Angel At My Table", "They're A Weird Mob", and "The Mosquito Coast". It never ceases to amaze me how a country can have such an outstanding film industry, and, yet, produce such crap T.V. ("Phoenix 5", anyone?).

Yeah, tell me about it. Neighbours, Home and Away, The Sullivans. Utter garbage. But there have been some good ones too. Kingswood Country, an absolute politically incorrect classic. Love it

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Australia's film industry generally knows only how to produce depressing tragedies about drugs, alcohol and cars. Whenever they do try to go "epic", it's just embarrassing.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,498]

Watch "They're A Wierd Mob", Drax, and you might change your mind. I wouldn't say that "Master And Commander", nor "Beyond Thunderdome" are ambarrassing.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Seen They're a Weird Mob; that's when Australian film was actually good. It took a huge nosedive in the 1990's, and I was bored stiff by Master and Commander.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,498]

Is it that you don't like the Australian film industry, Drax, or don't like certain Auatralian directors? Personally, I like the works of Peter Wier ("Fearless" is magnificent!), Jane Campion, Richard Rush, and George Miller, but I think that the world would probably be better off without the "talent" of Baz Lurhman.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Certain individual filmmakers are good, although they often make the great leap to Hollywood and rarely ever return, but the industry itself has become far too reliant on government subsidies for the last 20 years, creating a culture of creative bankruptcy and laziness. I'm also sick of seeing the same actors in our movies all the time like they have some monopoly on the casting. I want to see some more varied talent.