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Some favorite very underappreciated and undeservedly little known films:

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all are Great.
--Fists in the Pocket (IT): the thinking person's scary film; stunning cinematography. First film from Bellochio.
--The Children Are Watching Us (IT): not all courage is on the battlefield. A husband suspects his wife of cheating but his love for his son complicates his decision.
--A Taste of Cherry (Iranian): in post-war Iran, a middle-aged, listless man drives about, seemingly aimlessly.
--Spirit of the Beehive (SP): in post-Franco Spain, two young girls see a Frankenstein film and one of them decides a wounded soldier, hiding from the authorities, is his incarnation.
--Vidas Secas (BR): a man leads his wife and young son to a ranch where a terrible drought ensues.
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Re: Some favorite very underappreciated and undeservedly little known films: - 4season 22:12:13 01/22/07 (0)
Tinear, those are all-new to me, but I'll have a look for them locally.
Some recent faves of mine:
Goyokin / Official Gold
http://www.koroshiya.co.uk/goshaarticle.htm
The Drunken Master: This was the movie that made Jackie Chan a star. The amazing amount of punishment his body took doing those stunts! In the classic Hong Kong style, lots of action, violence and light humor.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080179/
Kitchen Stories / Salmer fra kj�kkenet
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323872/
The Green Butchers / Gr�nne slagtere, De
http://imdb.com/title/tt0342492/
Films by Juzo Itami including
Tampopo (favorite food movie!)
A Taxing Woman
The Funeral
http://imdb.com/name/nm0411631/
Films by Krzysztof Kieslowski including the "three colors" trilogy
http://imdb.com/name/nm0001425/
Doing Time / Keimusho no naka (JP)
A movie about finding quiet delights--in prison? Lots of food too. Yum.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0340195/
My Beautiful Girl Mari (KR)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0302758/
The Closet / Le Placard
http://imdb.com/title/tt0243493/
just watched Fists in the Pocket - PhilJ 12:50:10 01/21/07 (1)
and really like the cinematography. It is a beautiful film to look at, the setting near mountains is breathtaking as well as the technique used. The music too seems to fit perfectly.
I really liked to see (what was done in the mid 60s) all aspects of this film.
The film is very powerful but ultimately disgusting to take in and quite bothersome to consider living in those circumstances. I can not give away what happens but, be ready to have an open mind to view this classic.
as usual thanks tinear for the recommendation
- Yup, a REALLY disturbing film. Guess too much so for many here :--) nt - tinear 04:41:38 01/22/07 (0)
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