Films you love but no-one else has seen

chrono · 5th August 2005, 09:40 PM

Everyone has those personal favourite films that seem to have bypassed widespread attention. Sometimes it seems that no one else but you has seen them. Maybe you saw it on Channel 4 at 2am, or watched at in the DCA in a deserted cinema. Share them here! Let's broaden our horizons, people... I'll start with two of my all time favourites.

Dead Man by Jim Jarmusch. A beautiful and surreal neo-western, shot in stark black and white. This features a wonderfully lost and perfect Johnny Depp and a wealth of stars in other parts, most notably Iggy Pop in a dress and the legendary Robert Mitchum in his last big screen role. It also features a perfectly judged electric huitar score by Neil Young. This is a very slow moving film... perhaps a bit too "arty" for some, but others will absolutely love it. It may in fact be my all time favourite. Amazing.

Second up is Last Night, directed by and starring Don McKellar, it also features... well... just about every actor in Canada, including David Cronenberg and the absolutely divine Sandra Oh. The premise is the last six hours before the end of the Earth through the eyes of various ordinary people in Toronto. No spaceships, no alien invasions and no Bruce Willis or Will Smith to save the day. Just normal people preparing for the end of the world in their own way. It is an utterly human film: thought-provoking, funny and heartbreaking. It hurts and I'm getting shivers just thinking about it.

Anyone seen either of these films? Or any other undiscovered gems to recommend? Fire away!

Laura* · 5th August 2005, 09:51 PM

Terror Firmer.

protex_rick · 5th August 2005, 09:52 PM

Madhouse. It's a thriller/horror bout a guy who go's to work in amental hospital and starts seeing ghosts. I can't go on to much about it or i'll give it away. If you wanna know what happens pm me bout it.
I highly recommend it likes, it's a really good watch and the ending is great too!

protex_rick · 5th August 2005, 09:54 PM

I just realised i've seen dead man...or at least some of it. From what i can mind of from the start is that depp go's to the town for work but finds out his postion has been taken (if i remember right).
It was a good movie like but i cant remember seeing it all...

chrono · 5th August 2005, 10:05 PM

Yeah that's the one. It's got a very strange dreamlike quality to it so I can defintely imagine watching it on TV late at night and drifting to sleep

gabrillowise · 5th August 2005, 11:40 PM

Titanic

arbroathamy · 6th August 2005, 12:38 AM

i watched a film at the DCA...
cannae remember the name
but it was in french (yes french)...with subtitles
and about a little boy + a cow. i enjoyed it

Downie · 6th August 2005, 01:03 AM

no one i know seems to have seen timecode. it's a film with 4 cameras all going at once and it is improvised around a storyline. Some big names in it too.

Scooter · 6th August 2005, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laura*

Terror Firmer.

Somebody else has seen this - me. I liked it too, probably one of the better Troma films.
Strange Brew is one of my favourite films, not many other people seem to have seen that one though.

Ritchie.

Laura* · 6th August 2005, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scooter

Somebody else has seen this - me. I liked it too, probably one of the better Troma films.
Strange Brew is one of my favourite films, not many other people seem to have seen that one though.

Ritchie.

Ohwow.
Terror Firmer is possibly one of my favourite films ever.

I need to see more Troma films.

xdavidx · 6th August 2005, 09:24 PM

I remember being a lot younger and watching Mallrats on BBC2 at some stupid hour in the morning and thinking I had stumbled across some kind of secret film that was too cool for everyone. how wrong I was.

arbroathamy · 6th August 2005, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xdavidx

I remember being a lot younger and watching Mallrats on BBC2 at some stupid hour in the morning and thinking I had stumbled across some kind of secret film that was too cool for everyone. how wrong I was.

Mallrats haha not seen that in AGES!

Keerin · 7th August 2005, 11:35 AM

tommy boy is an awesome film but i only know of about 4 other people that have seen it.

Afro Joe · 7th August 2005, 11:49 AM

dunno if this counts but i saw a Todd Solondz film on bbc2 last night called Happiness. i'd never heard of it before, but it was totally brilliant. anyone else seen it/like it?

5th August 2005, 09:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
chrono Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dundee Posts: 1,149	Films you love but no-one else has seen Everyone has those personal favourite films that seem to have bypassed widespread attention. Sometimes it seems that no one else but you has seen them. Maybe you saw it on Channel 4 at 2am, or watched at in the DCA in a deserted cinema. Share them here! Let's broaden our horizons, people... I'll start with two of my all time favourites. Dead Man by Jim Jarmusch. A beautiful and surreal neo-western, shot in stark black and white. This features a wonderfully lost and perfect Johnny Depp and a wealth of stars in other parts, most notably Iggy Pop in a dress and the legendary Robert Mitchum in his last big screen role. It also features a perfectly judged electric huitar score by Neil Young. This is a very slow moving film... perhaps a bit too "arty" for some, but others will absolutely love it. It may in fact be my all time favourite. Amazing. Second up is Last Night, directed by and starring Don McKellar, it also features... well... just about every actor in Canada, including David Cronenberg and the absolutely divine Sandra Oh. The premise is the last six hours before the end of the Earth through the eyes of various ordinary people in Toronto. No spaceships, no alien invasions and no Bruce Willis or Will Smith to save the day. Just normal people preparing for the end of the world in their own way. It is an utterly human film: thought-provoking, funny and heartbreaking. It hurts and I'm getting shivers just thinking about it. Anyone seen either of these films? Or any other undiscovered gems to recommend? Fire away!

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Keerin UGS Site Writer Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: probably work Posts: 6,670 Band: Welcome Home, Explorer; Vulsellum; Altruist	tommy boy is an awesome film but i only know of about 4 other people that have seen it. __________________ Welcome Home, Explorer \|Vulsellum\|Scum Killer http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...6/scan0002.jpg

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Laura* dancetotheradio Join Date: May 2003 Location: Dundee. Posts: 4,313	Terror Firmer.

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protex_rick KOT 13th,,,,,, Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: City of discovey!! cough shite cough Posts: 710	Madhouse. It's a thriller/horror bout a guy who go's to work in amental hospital and starts seeing ghosts. I can't go on to much about it or i'll give it away. If you wanna know what happens pm me bout it. I highly recommend it likes, it's a really good watch and the ending is great too!

5th August 2005, 09:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
protex_rick KOT 13th,,,,,, Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: City of discovey!! cough shite cough Posts: 710	I just realised i've seen dead man...or at least some of it. From what i can mind of from the start is that depp go's to the town for work but finds out his postion has been taken (if i remember right). It was a good movie like but i cant remember seeing it all...

5th August 2005, 10:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
chrono Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dundee Posts: 1,149	Yeah that's the one. It's got a very strange dreamlike quality to it so I can defintely imagine watching it on TV late at night and drifting to sleep

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gabrillowise Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: the forest haven Posts: 2,060	Titanic

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arbroathamy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: arbroath Posts: 328	i watched a film at the DCA... cannae remember the name but it was in french (yes french)...with subtitles and about a little boy + a cow. i enjoyed it

6th August 2005, 01:03 AM	#8 (permalink)
Downie Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dundee - Edinburgh Posts: 2,589 Band: Morquis Pleas	no one i know seems to have seen timecode. it's a film with 4 cameras all going at once and it is improvised around a storyline. Some big names in it too.

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xdavidx Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Glasgow. Posts: 6,998 Band: Spitelicker, LOLsquad.	I remember being a lot younger and watching Mallrats on BBC2 at some stupid hour in the morning and thinking I had stumbled across some kind of secret film that was too cool for everyone. how wrong I was.

7th August 2005, 11:49 AM	#14 (permalink)
Afro Joe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 7,299	dunno if this counts but i saw a Todd Solondz film on bbc2 last night called Happiness. i'd never heard of it before, but it was totally brilliant. anyone else seen it/like it?