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- if.... (classic 1960s teen rebellion film. The absolute hallmark of that genre. Feature-film debut of Malcom McDowell (Andrew's favorite actor between 1969 and 1979) and one of his best films. Directed by Lindsay Anderson and screenplay by David Sherwin. Anderson went on to make two (sort-of) follow-ups with identical cast in different roles and tenuous threads linking the stories. Among other things, McDowell plays a character of the same name. See O, Lucky Man!, but not Britannia Hospital. "Violence and revolution are the only pure acts.")
- Wonder Boys (THE Michael Douglas film for people that don't like Micheal Douglas. Amazing production design. Look, feel and mood are fantastic. A nice ensemble cast, amazing actors, Douglas notwithstanding, and including a sublime Frances McDormand. And Robert Downey Jr. is at his best, too. Nothing in this movie is out of place! This is a movie one can never become tired of. "That would be a tuba.")
- A Clockwork Orange (How to describe this? Oh my god. This film is all about society trying to control the individual, and failing miserably. A classic of both film and literature; an everyone-must-see. Funny, but starkly horrible at the same time. McDowell plays Alex, a leader of a gang of thugs when his gang betrays him and he is captured and imprisoned. An experimental aversion-therapy program involving the music of Beethoven has unusual side-effects. The film is less violent than the book, and builds more sympathy toward the previously deriled Alex. One of Kubrick's better films. "Welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, well.")
- The Killing Fields (an emotionally gripping and enthralling mood film that grabs you by the throat and is about the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia, speficially about an American reporter in getting his Cambodian assistant out of the country. True. "The war has killed love.")
- Brainstorm (an overlooked but very nice classically-SF film. "Why do you have to die to let go?")
- True Stories (a mockumentary by lead singer of the Talking Heads, David Byrne. Low-key, subtle, tongue-in-cheek humor. Made out of his favorite newspaper clippings. "I really enjoy forgetting.")
- Time After Time (Not a great film, but a fun film, and a period piece. With McDowell as a H. G. Wells that actually constructed a time machine during the reign of Jack the Ripper, who hijacked it to travel a hundred years into the future, to San Francisco. "You are, quite literally, the last person on Earth that I expected to see.")
- Blow Up by Michaelangelo Antonioni (The original (and much better) Eyes Wide Shut, starring David Hemmings, who characterized British films in the 60s, like McDowell did in the 70s. "Don't let's spoil everything, we've only just met.")
- Unman, Wittering, and Zigo ((with Hemmings as a schoolteacher taking over the class after his mysteriously disappeared predecessor. As he gets to know the class better, he begins to understand the reasons for the departure of the previous teacher. Not the best Hemmings film, but came to mind after thinking of the above.)
- Harold and Maude ((15yo, death-wishing Harold and passionately living 80yo Maude meet, have adventures, and fall in love. Good for dinner conversation because everyone knows it. "Do you... enjoy... knives?")
[endre] More Films Aeirvine has added for you since the above
- Woman Times Seven (Forget The Apartment, Irma La Douce and Being There, possibly Shirley MacLaine's greatest film. This is a very very very very rare treat. Almost never seen, but worth flying across continents to catch. Hey, but then flying across continents is nothing new for me. MacLaine plays seven women in seven different short stories about adultery. Amazing actor! Ok, so don't forget about Being There.)
- Happy Together (Cheun gwong tsa sit) Dir. Wong Kar Wai, 1997. Despite its depressing subject matter and claustrophibic mood, this is a real cinematic treat. Kar Wai brings loneliness to life on the screen in a way that smothers you just like the real thing. Stunningly and characteristically filmed. A story of Hong Kong lovers escaping their world to go on a road trip to Argentina. Unfortunately, they cannot escape the emotional baggage they take with them. One seems to thrive while the other falls apart, but neither are happy, or together.
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) A cult classic for the true nerd. Buckaroo — brain surgeon, rock star and saviour of the universe — and his band of adventurers seek to save the world from aliens from Planet 10 who are all called John. "Take her to the Pitt. Go, Big-booty. Use more honey. Find out what she knows."
- Tampopo (1985) The search for the perfect bowl of noodles. Enough said! :) (Ok, maybe not enough ... Heartwarming and brilliantly funny movie about a truck driver helping a widow become a master chef. Includes several side stories about food and made by amazing Japanese director Juzo Itami who sadly committed suicide in 1997. But not before giving us at least Tampopo, Daibyounin, and Ososhiki.)
- ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!? (1984) Spain's most dysfunctional family. Gloria, a cleaning lady and bored housewife has to put up with forger husband, drug-dealer elder son, and diabetic mother who can't stop eating cakes. Her best friend is a prostitute and her neighbour has a psychokinetic daughter. She sells her younger son to the pedophile dentist. "At first it was fun, but I am too young to be tied down." (Watch any early Almodovar film, especially Dark Habits, Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and Matador)
- The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) (Ogrish villain and restaurant owner Albert gets his comeuppance after killing his wife's lover. Visually engrossing as with any Greenaway film. Colours, constumes and dressing (of both kinds) all combine to present both a visual and literal feast. "Looks like catfood for constipated French rabbits!" (Other recommended Greenaway includes Drowning by Numbers (my fave)))
- Toto le Heros Childhood and memory has never before been captured on screen as perfectly as this. Nor will it probably every be again. See it!
- Desk set (A time and motion man comes to a company to assess the work practices of a trio of women staffing their archive. His ultimate goal is to introduce a new "efficient" computer system, but the women fight back. The ultimate battle of the sexes film, more remarkable for being made in 1957, and with electric performances on screen. "You wait until you get my bill. You'll be impressed.")
- Iron man
- Brazil
- Queen of Hearts (Father of an Italian migrant family in London loses café, home and everything when his lucky streak in gambling runs out. Still dreaming of La bella macchina he finds himself in debt to the mafia. Story told through the eyes of the youngest son with all the charm of childhood.)