name the most obscure movie you have seen

Started by pete, April 19, 2004, 10:06:13 PM

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SHAFTR

#30
April 22, 2004, 06:17:54 PM
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
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jasper_window

#31
April 23, 2004, 02:50:09 PM
Quote from: SHAFTRJesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

pornos don't count.

Ghostboy

#32
April 23, 2004, 03:42:54 PM
Seeing 'I'm Not Scared' last night reminded me of a perfect entry for this thread: an earlie nineties pastoral gothic called 'The Reflecting Skin.'



I remember picking it up in high school because I had just recently become a Lynch freak, and the box had a quote from Ebert saying 'comparable to Lynch's Blue Velvet, but better' or something like that (of course, I knew where Ebert stood on Blue Velvet, so I took that with a grain of salt -- but it was enough to get me to rent it).

It came out in the early nineties, and Viggo Mortensen was in it. It's one of those lyrically disturbing coming of age movies; I don't remember the plot completely, but I remember loving the scenario in which the boy finds a mummified stillborn baby in a box in his family's barn and adopting the little fellow as his friend. Overall, I didn't think it was too great, but there was definitely some memorable material in it, and I'd like to see it again.

RegularKarate

#33
April 23, 2004, 05:26:04 PM
Yeah.. I remember that one... I rented it for the exact same reason.  

had some good cinematography from what I remember.  Also kind of remember it being weird for the sake of weird.

MacGuffin

#34
April 23, 2004, 06:00:56 PM
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Find Your Magali

#35
April 24, 2004, 03:09:44 PM
Only a highly respected actor with a great and varied career like Mandy Patinkin's could get away with having the first name "Mandy."

That's all.

Alethia

#36
April 25, 2004, 08:04:39 PM
red line 7000
the killing kind

Pubrick

#37
April 26, 2004, 04:55:46 AM
Quote from: ebeamanHe's the one that made the film, "Elephant" that Van Sant remade as the Columbine film.
he didn't remake it, he just stole the title.
under the paving stones.

Ernie

#38
April 27, 2004, 02:54:35 PM
Quote from: Pubrick
Quote from: ebeamanHe's the one that made the film, "Elephant" that Van Sant remade as the Columbine film.
he didn't remake it, he just stole the title.

It's listed as a remake on IMDB and Van Sant himself has called it a remake of sorts. Or more like a loose remake. The ample tracking shots and the lack of an explanation for violence is really what ties them together I've been told.

SoNowThen

#39
April 27, 2004, 03:02:07 PM
Quote from: ebeaman
Godard's "Hail Mary". I don't think it was ever widely distributed on VHS. And that sucks cause it rocks. I bet a lot of Godard fans would dig it.

"Out of the Blue", Dennis Hopper's big followup to "Easy Rider". I think it's out of print on DVD. It's another shamed gem...10 times better than "Easy Rider" imo. It shouldn't be so overlooked.

2 Things:

Hail Mary isn't obscure. But it is great!!! Sadly enough, it's one of the more "seen" later Godards just cos they sold it on the controversy (my box has this stupid red stamp that advertises it as BANNED --- ooh  :) ).

Also, Hopper's follow-up to Easy Rider was The Last Movie.
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When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

doja

#40
April 27, 2004, 04:10:37 PM
x

Alethia

#41
April 27, 2004, 05:10:29 PM
keep your right up

not terribly obscure but since they were talking later godard i figured i'd throw it in

LostEraser

#42
April 29, 2004, 02:20:12 AM
Quote from: peteI ate with Jon Jost last year when he came by my school to screen his latest works.  He's a very cynical but friendly fella.

He's probably cynical because none of his films ever get any attention. lol!

I've seen Angel City. Great film. I guess it probably is the most "obscure" Jon Jost film.

I don't know what the most obscure film I've efver seen would be. Maybe Begotten. Or Forbidden Zone.

What school do you go to that Jon Jost came to anyways? Was it BU? Isn't that where Ray Carney teaches? Probably so if Jon Jost came there. Then they could be bitter together there. lol! They're both genius's though.
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Pubrick

#43
April 29, 2004, 10:48:39 AM
Quote from: ebeamanIt's listed as a remake on IMDB and Van Sant himself has called it a remake of sorts. Or more like a loose remake. The ample tracking shots and the lack of an explanation for violence is really what ties them together I've been told.
yeah, it was an influence.
under the paving stones.

pete

#44
April 29, 2004, 11:04:28 AM
it was at Emerson.  He showed his latest work "Six Easy Pieces."  Six shorts he shot on miniDV.  He doesn't believe in film anymore, thinks DV is much cleaner for some reason.  He's also sick of using other people's money to make his film.  He's sick of hollywood making the same movies over and over, and he's sick of experimental filmmakers recycling the same avant-garde crap from years ago.  

Quote from: LostEraser
Quote from: peteI ate with Jon Jost last year when he came by my school to screen his latest works.  He's a very cynical but friendly fella.

He's probably cynical because none of his films ever get any attention. lol!

I've seen Angel City. Great film. I guess it probably is the most "obscure" Jon Jost film.

I don't know what the most obscure film I've efver seen would be. Maybe Begotten. Or Forbidden Zone.

What school do you go to that Jon Jost came to anyways? Was it BU? Isn't that where Ray Carney teaches? Probably so if Jon Jost came there. Then they could be bitter together there. lol! They're both genius's though.
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