That's when you punch them. In fact, I can't even think of a better reason for punching someone. Or even better, do it with the DVD.

Speaking of the DVD, isn't it out of print? I wish they'd re-release it cause I never bought it.

Have you seen The Third Part of the Night? What else by Zulawski is good?

It's also a good point to make that Isabelle Adjani's performance in Possession is probably one of the best and craziest I've ever seen.

yes!!! sam neill is phenomenal too, damn people all to hell.

I haven't seen the the third part of the night but I will definitely check it out. watch l'important c'est d'aimer, it was finally given a north american release last month. great dvd, don't watch it with the english voice-overs though.

Ew, yeah. Subs for sure. No dubs.

I'd love to know what you think of Third Part of the Night.
l'important c'est d'aimer looks amazing. I think I might just buy it.

fortunato: watch this if you get the chance, I thought it was really good. I think you might really like it. :)

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did you first see this on my recommendation ?

I'm not sure, I don't remember :( I searched "possession" and the oldest post is october 2006. I know I saw it before the "The Unsung, The Underapperciated & the Bizarre: the 'Other' HDC Top 100" thread was made.

someone on this forum definitely made me want to rent it, not sure if it was in a recommendation, a list, or just a brief mention.

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with a collaboration with Sydney Pollack, Robert Town, Paul Schrader, and Robert Mitchum, how could you go wrong? My words cant really do this film justice because im terrible at reviews, but here it goes.

This is by far my favorite Yakuza film, even though its made by an american director. I feel it really explores japanese culture, the concepts of honor and respect, friendship, and promises kept. Its got a classy, neo-noir atmosphere though out - real cool and subtle between it's intense and excellently shot action scenes. a great plot, great direction, great acting and great writing, now one of my top ten favs, give this one a watch asap.

Queued. I'm sending back two movies tomorrow, so I should get it pretty soon.
And thanks.

I'd heard of this caguely before, but now you've really got me interested.

check it out, i think you'd like it.

Cohen & Tate
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Completely overlooked 80s gem. Eric Red's script and direction are top notch. Check it out.

i know i'd been talking about it before the unsung list ...

it was always one of my favorites - i was suprised to see that you knew it - back when you fist started mentioning it

I don't know if everyone has seen the movie, how popular it is or what but...

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it's my favorite dark comedy.

I like how the Eating Raoul characters make an appearance in Chopping Mall :D

i love this movie too ... got it signed by robert beltran a couple of years ago

A Page of Madness (1926)

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A brilliant abstract portrayal of the inner mental state of the inmates in an asylum. Though sometimes it was bit complicated to follow, as it has got no inter titles but surely it was ahead of its time. Surprised by reading some online reviews of the film where they noted The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari (1920) as the biggest influence on the film, cause it also treats madness as prime subject. But the comparison with Dr. Caligari is quite pointless. This film handles the theme in a completely different way, both in terms of story-development and mood.

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This landmark of Japanese silent film era was lost for fifty years until being rediscovered by the director himself in his garden shed in 1971.

anyone who hasn't got around to seeing it yet, or has put it off for some reason, like I did, see it now.
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Good one, Moth. Added to the first post.


I ll throw a couple in too...

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ATTACK THE GAS STATION (1999)

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A kick ass Korean Comedy.:)

"August Underground's Penance" (2007)
"The Blair Witch Project" (1999)
"Caligula" (1979)
"Cannibal Holocaust" (1980)
"City of the Dead" (1960)
"Cube" (1997)
"Dawn of the Dead" (1978)
"The Descent" (2005)
"The Evil Dead" (1982)
"Five Across the Eyes" (2006)
"The House on the Edge of the Park" (1980)
"Inheritance" (2004)
"I tre volti della paura" (1963)
"Ju-on" (2002)
"The Lady Vanishes" (1938)
"The Last House on the Left" (1972)
"Les diaboliques" (1955)
"L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo" (1970)
"May" (2002)
"Nosferatu" (1922)
"[Rec]" (2007)
"Rohtenburg" (2006)
"Peeping Tom" (1960)
"Psycho" (1960)
"Saw" (2004)
"Session 9" (2001)
"Suspiria" (1977)
"The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (1974)
"Welcome to the Jungle" (2007)
"Wolf Creek" (2005)

These are all the horror films I've seen that I consider masterpieces. I've highlighted the lesser-known films in case the majority of people have already seen the other ones.

Moon (2009)

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Recommended to all original Sci-Fi lovers at HDC.

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One of the lesser mentioned Clint Eastwood movies, and I can't understand why. every minute of this movie is filled with searing, nail-biting intensity, I was squirming in my seat. If you haven't gotten around to seeing this one, do yourself a favor and check it out, you wont be disappointed.

Killer flick for sure! Don Siegel and Eastwood made a great pairing.

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Surveillance


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It's not quite a surprise that Lynch's latest Production enterprise is one of the more tense movies that I have seen in a long, long time. Written and directed by his daughter, Jennifer Lynch, Surveillance has all the makes of an intense murder mystery/thriller as you, the audience member, are walked through the events that eventually lead up to the crimes that are being solved. But, of course, it's not your everyday murder mystery.

Definitely more linear and less absurd than Lynch's usual fare, Surveillance is a brilliant character piece that definitely had me on the edge of my seat at times... No, not in a scared way, but in a cringing sort of way... A good cringing sort of way. The reveal is a little hokey, but the end is so well constructed that you forgive it almost immediately.

I would say that this is a must-see for genre fans.

4.5/5.


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Up


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First off, I have a few grievances to air:

Why, Pixar, WHY do you orchestrate your advertising in such a way as to REPEL me from your feature films? Cars had me believe that it was nothing but redneck drag-racing fare and here with Up I couldn't understand WHY a grumpy old man and a cherubic rube would cause me to run out to the theater... This is the second time that I have had no desire to see a Pixar film at the movies that I honestly wished I had!

Up was amazing! It was funny without being pandering. It was tear-jerking without being manipulative. And it was absolutely STUNNING without a flaw. Easily one of my Top 3 Films of 2009, Up has a little for everyone... From cartoonish antics that made me giggle to whimsical fantasies that made me smile and sigh, to genuine characters who made me cry... It's been a while since I've felt so sad/happy/inspired by a single film, and Up did just that. It's fun, adventurous, and absolutely charming. HIGHLY recommend it.

5/5.

I'll second Chrono's rec. on Surveillance. good stuff ;)

i agree that pixar markets their films poorly.

ratatouille, up, and expecially wall-e looked like complete shit from the ads i saw ... each film was fantastic. i guess they feel they have to appeal to the lowest common denominator (morons)

on the other hand - i did think Cars was complete shit... but thats just me.

Glad I"m not the only one who's seen it. It's definitely the best movie this year that nobody's seen.

So I'm NOT the only one! And the thing is, I'm a SUCKER for animated films! So it should be EASY to market to me!!

Another case where it happened: Coraline. Based on the marketing, I had NO INTEREST in seeing the film, but I absolutely loved it. Some of the artwork had my jaw dropping at some points.

Did you have a similar experience? The ads just made it look Alice in Wonderland-like, which bothered me because I had read the novella and the bright-eyed wonder definitely betrayed the macabre little world that Gaiman creates in his book... The movie DEFINITELY captures the creepy atmosphere, though. Which reminds me... I also recommend Coraline.

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Stunning. Macabre. Definitely true to Gaiman's tale. Could have done without the sidekick, but it works out in the end. Highly recommend. Which I had seen it in 3D.


All 3 of those films, Surveillance, Up, and Coraline make it into my top 5 of this year, along with Observe and Report and Inglorious Basterds. Looking back, it's been a damn good year for movies.

i've never said this outloud before .. not even to my family...

but Coraline really didnt do it for me. my family loved it but i just didnt care for it that much. not sure why either.
i never got to see it in 3d .. maybe that would have helped... but i dont know.

maybe my expectations were too high

Surveillance was OK but nothing amazing especially the ending, I just didn't buy it. It was just a rehash of a lot of stuff from the 90s. By the numbers/throw in a twist typical thriller. I never want to hear that fucking Violent Femmes song again after watching it. Not a terrible movie but nothing worth lumping that much praise on it. Boxing Helena was a lot better and showed more promise aesthetically of leaving her father's shadow.

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Go and hunt down this one asap. You can thank me later.

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Do yourselves a favour and go see this one.

THX for sharing:D

Totally agreed.

Ken Russell's The Devils (1971)

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This film is so many things. An irreverent, pointed hack-job of historical account (not unlike this year's Inglourious Basterds). A politically-charged drama. An horrific display of primal madness. But in essence it is a mind-blowing monolith of vicious, insane genius. Easily one of the most uncomfortable, disturbing films I've ever seen.
Frightening in its implications, it's sure to move even the most thick-skinned, thick-headed viewer as it locates, then prods, then mutilates the area in which religion, love, madness, corruption, and redemption converge. Intermittently gorgeous and repulsive, but always outrageous, I'd say this film is for everyone, and especially for those with a confused, opaque (or perhaps obscured) worldview. But not everyone would realize that, or even make it through.

The Devils is grotesque and blasphemous, even prurient in its execution, but exalted in its mission.

A great and wonderful movie. Maybe Ken Russel's best.

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see this one while you still have the chance. most realistic post-apocalypse movie you will ever see.

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The movie of 2009. Watched it last week and am still trying to put my feelings into words...see this movie, as soon as you possibly can.

Finally someone who has seen Dr. Parnassus. THE best movie of 2009. Everybody needs to go see it!!

Hausu (House) (1977)

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Hausu is a cinematic fun house of childlike imagination. Completely out-of-its-mind, and an absolutely singular (and often virtuosic) work of horror, comedy, and melodrama. Every moment of the film is another delightful experiment; colorful, hyper-kinetic, and the most fun you're bound to have movie-watching. Supposedly conceived to get dwindling audiences excited again about Japanese cinema, it's certainly enough to reinvigorate nearly anyone's love for film.

Eureka's Masters of Cinema series has already released an incredible edition of this movie (R2), and Criterion is supposed to be doing it stateside at some point this year.

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