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Death rides a horse - 1967 Western.
Director - Giulio PetroniNot that obscure and on DVD but a great early Western.
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couple of shorts from Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The Bunker of the Last Gunshots
https://vimeo.com/4799558
Things I Like, Things I Don't Like
https://youtu.be/XMoAKUIixhg
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Some of you may say - We already have a film thread and don't need another.
I say that we do need another one as the current one mainly covers modern movies on release in High street cinemas.
Agreed!
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Death rides a horse - 1967 Western.
Not seen it, but it reminded me of this track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viYtGJbStXo
Spaghetti Western and Kung Fu flicks inspired whole sub-genre of Jamaican tunes in the Sixties and Seventies, but that's a whole other thread...
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Who would like to freecycle my laserdic collection?
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Good thread.
Always loved early Wong Kar Wai.
Fallen Angels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtum6XVH3HI
Chungking Express
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Back on track, A Matter of Life and Death is an all time favourite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0veuSLLWZ0
The concept and execution are way ahead of their time and the entire cast are exceptional.
It's also notable, to me, for being one of the few films of time in which Richard Attenborough doesn't play a cad, although it's a very minor part (probably an early one).
Otherwise you can pretty much know the sort of character he'll be playing: In Which We Serve, The Ship That Died of Shame etc.
You could say the same of John Mills, but in the opposite direction.
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When I started to collect movies you had to
search through endless 2nd hand shops to find what you wanted and felt that you had earned the pleasure of watching and experiencing what you had discovered (see also record collecting)
Add to this - scan the telly listings to dig out something rare that was being shown at an obscene hour!
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Zatoichi Challenged 1967.
This movie is said to have the greatest sword fight ever-(clip below)
It is amazing and the lighting and cinematography is beautiful especially given that it is 51 years old.#Spoiler # Don't watch this clip if you intend to the whole movie.
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Excellent, makes me want to watch City of lost children again :)
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When I was 16/17 and really into film, channel 4 used to show really great foreign movies late at night. I guess they use film4 for that now but to be honest I don't have the time/attention span to sit in front of the TV at a specific time to watch something.
One that I remember that I really enjoyed was "Harry, he's here to help", a Hitchcock style thriller about an obsessive ex-classmate (maybe) who just turns up in a couples life one day and the tension slowly ratchets up. It looks like the whole film is on youtube but without subtitles, if anyone speaks French.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQycg_pX5zc
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/with_a_friend_like_harry/ -
Yes, very good. Ashes of time is a favourite
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I still go through the listings, but only for a couple of particular channels now. Rest of it finding out about and then finding on the 'tube or a DVD.
London Live, suprisingly, show all manner of great British oddities and rare films amongst the utter shit they usually show. Talking Pictures TV - finally managed to get a copy of the 1948 version of Casbah from them. Had been after that for YEARS.
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Love this film, it was my introduction to Powell & Pressburger and led to Canterbury tale, red shoes, Hoffman, know where I going Etc. Oh and Peeping Tom.
I can't decide which is my favourite but it's between Colonel Blimp & Red shoes -
Don't think I have watched any Rollin, What would be a good starting point?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LNHYz89sNc
I guess this one fits here too, though it's only 10 minutes long. A Russian animated version of Ray Bradbury's "There will come soft rains" from the Martian Chronicles. It's bleak as fuck and really of it's time, coming out of Soviet Russia at the tail end of the cold war.
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One of my favourites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB7jVTut3-g
Also a really good doco on one of his cinematographers.
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Canterbury tale
That one had passed me by.
Interesting that it forms the middle of an anglo-American themed trilogy: it's apparent in Life & Death, but I'll have to watch Col. Blimp again as that hadn't occurred to me.
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I’ve never seen Coffee and Cigarettes. Is there more than one version then?
What I have seen of Jarmusch, I’ve liked. Ghostdog: Way of the Samurai, being one such film.
@Scilly.Suffolk your idea of a Spaghetti Western inspired reggae thread is a good one. I know Django inspired a lot...
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I love film/movies /cinema but don't really like modern films.
I think one of the best modern movies in recent years was Jackie Brown.
Genre's -
I like silent /obscure /Kung-fu & Samurai /Westerns and a lot of things in between.
Some of you may say - We already have a film thread and don't need another.
I say that we do need another one as the current one mainly covers modern movies on release in High street cinemas.
The movies I have grown to love are not on general release, may only exist on VHS/DVD or someone may have uploaded a version on Youtube.
When I started to collect movies you had to
search through endless 2nd hand shops to find what you wanted and felt that you had earned the pleasure of watching and experiencing what you had discovered (see also record collecting)