Tele's List of 100 Lesser-Known or Under-Appreciated Films Everyone Should See (THE LIST IS COMPLETE! p26)

[RandomCat]

Let'a see, The Russians are coming, Animal Crackers, and Reanimater.

 

I think the trend so far for me is either I've seen it or never heard of it.

Edited June 16, 2016 by RandomJC

[Ethan Hunt]

Tele, I think you skipped 39

[WrathOfHan]

Reanimator? A movie I've seen  ........and I don't like it  

[JohnnyGossamer]

Wages Of Fear, Re-Animator, Ruling Class... That's my language right there. As much as love Alan Arkin, I never really fell head over heels for The In Laws or The Russians Are Coming.

 

Now, back to Wages Of Fear, thoughts of Friedkin's Sorcerer?

[Dementeleus]

6 hours ago, ttr said:

 

 

Looking at your choices, I hope you have Bad Taste here also, or is it too known?

 

I've actually never seen BAD TASTE.

 

[Dementeleus]

52 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Tele, I think you skipped 39

 

It's early, I'm not fully awake yet. RE-ANIMATOR is 39... am I missing a joke?  

[JohnnyGossamer]

41 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

 

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I've actually never seen BAD TASTE.

 

 

It's the epitome of cult classic. Fun but nothing amazing in my view. Fun to watch Jackson and Co. have a blast with wacky concept with essentially nothing but pals putting it together.

 

Oh, again, thoughts on Sorcerer? Friedkin's reworking of Wages Of Fear.

Edited June 16, 2016 by JohnnyGossamer

[Dementeleus]

28 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

It's the epitome of cult classic. Fun but nothing amazing in my view. Fun to watch Jackson and Co. have a blast with wacky concept with essentially nothing but pals putting it together.

 

Oh, again, thoughts on Sorcerer? Friedkin's reworking of Wages Of Fear.

 

Oh, I love SORCERER. Some of the most nerve-wracking sequences I've ever seen.

[Dementeleus]

38. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1990)

written and directed by: Tom Stoppard (based on his play)

starring: Tim Roth, Gary Oldman, Richard Dreyfuss

 

Synopsis: 

Two minor characters from "Hamlet" stumble around, unaware of their scripted lives and yet unable to deviate from them.

 

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are two supporting characters from HAMLET, university buddies of the prince who come to hang out at the castle in Denmark. Tom Stoppard’s play (and movie) retells the events from their perspective — they’re often confused and not fully aware of what’s actually happening. Gary Oldman’s Rosencrantz is a sweet dim bulb who keeps discovering odd scientific principles or anachronistic things (at one point, he accidentally invents the burger), Tim Roth’s Guildenstern is annoyed and pissed that people (and the world) aren’t taking them more seriously. Adding insult to injury, people keep confusing their names (something that even they have trouble with occasionally).

 

Obviously, you’ll get more out of it if you’re familiar with Shakespeare’s play, but even if you’re a Shakespearean neophyte, you can still enjoy this movie.

 

@Jeff Goldblank

 

 

[Dementeleus]

37. The Enemy Below (1957)

written by: Wendell Mayes (based on the novel by D.A. Rayner)

directed by: Dick Powell

starring: Robert Mitchum, Curd Jurgens

 

Synopsis: 

During World War II, the USS Haynes, an American destroyer escort, discovers a German U-boat in the South Atlantic. A deadly duel between the two ships ensues, and Captain Murrell must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander.

 

A classic WWII movie that’s had some long-lasting influence. One of the most famous first-season episodes of Star Trek (“Balance of Terror”) was directly based on it, and in style and temperament it set the tone for the whole sub genre, from DAS BOOT to CRIMSON TIDE (where it was mentioned as a tribute, by Tarantino, when he polished the script). Mitchum is very good as the new captain of the Haynes — initially distrusted by his crew, who quickly come around when they realize he’s experienced and battle-tested. But Curd Jurgens — in his first role in Hollywood — is even better as the German U-boat captain, wily and deadly yet tired and worn-out from the war.

 

Coming only twelve years after WWII, the movie is surprisingly sympathetic to the Germans, although care is made to point out that the captain, his mate, and most of the crew aren’t Nazi diehards. (Which, in fact, was generally true). Some of the miniature VFX are pretty dated today (although the movie won a special Academy Award for them at the time), but since it was made with the full cooperation and support of the Navy, the numerous depth charge sequences were shot live (off the coast of Hawaii) and are very impressive visually—Michael Bay would tip his hat.

 

 

 

[RandomCat]

A random recommendation, if anyone wants to see a pretty good adaptation of a Lovecraftian tale.

 

Call of Cthulhu. Unlike Re-animator, it's pretty faithful, but they do something I thought was interesting at the time. (6 years before the Artist.)

[Dementeleus]

37. The Mirror (1975)

written by: Aleksandr Misharin, Andrei Tarkovsky

directed by: Andrei Tarkovsky

starring: Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev

 

Synopsis: 

A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.

 

Very famous, and rightly so, but I’m also betting that few here have seen it. This is one of Tarkovsky’s masterpieces, a loosely autobiographical story that’s really more of a meditation on memory and time. The movie is nonlinear; it skips around through time from scene to scene and even from shot to shot. Tarkovsky shares some philosophical questions with Malick: the incompatibility of Man and Nature, time as a fluid concept, the internalized dialogue that characters sometimes speak. And, like Malick, Tarkovsky’s movies are absolutely stunning visually. In fact, you could just turn off the subtitles and feast in images, unfolding in long takes, so quietly beautiful they’ll knock your socks off.

 

@The Futurist  

 

 

 

[baumer]

And back to stuff I haven't seen.....The Mirror. 

[IronJimbo]

I thought these were meant to be lesser known films, I've seen all of these.

 

I was expecting some rare arthouse pieces by a lesser known directors from the silent era, chances are I've seen that too though unfortunately.

[Daxtreme]

39 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

In fact, you could just turn off the subtitles and feast in images, unfolding in long takes, so quietly beautiful they’ll knock your socks off.

 

 That's what I did for Solaris... until I wanted to know what was happening  

 

Damn The Mirror looks so interesting.

[Dementeleus]

3 minutes ago, IronJimbo said:

I thought these were meant to be lesser known films, I've seen all of these.

 

I was expecting some rare arthouse pieces by a lesser known directors from the silent era, chances are I've seen that too though unfortunately.

 

We can't all be lion tamers.  

[The Stingray]

6 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

We can't all be lion tamers.  

 

Such a good line.
 

[The Stingray]

The Mirror can't be as good as Stalker, can it?
 

[baumer]

20 minutes ago, IronJimbo said:

I thought these were meant to be lesser known films, I've seen all of these.

 

I was expecting some rare arthouse pieces by a lesser known directors from the silent era, chances are I've seen that too though unfortunately.

 

You've seen every single film listed here?  I find that kind of hard to believe.  Not everyone has seen everything.  

[JohnnyGossamer]

11 minutes ago, The Stingray said:

The Mirror can't be as good as Stalker, can it?
 

It's not. Not as good as Solaris either. But, it's good. It's very, very good.