La Haine
Beat that my heart skipped
Caché
Orchestra Seats
Irreversible
L’Appartement
The Dreamers
Les Chansons D’Amour
Le Diner De Cons
Baise-Moi
Regular Lovers
Merci Pour Le Chocolat
Taxi 1 and 2 (terrible but great fun)
A little bit older but Manon Des Sources and Jean De Florrette are amazing too.
Anything with Romain Duris, Vincent Cassel, Louis Garrel, Bellucci, Beart etc.
I just watched the first 10 minutes of Once Upon a Time in the West because it was starting on Film4. Amazing scene. It was a big call not to commit the next three hours of my life to it – but I have to sleep sometime…
I don’t know what it is about it, but in Le Doulos where Reggiani is flicking a coin with his thumb over three other coins (in his friends house that he murders) I was just fixated by it and forgot to watch a few seconds of the film. As soon as it had finished, I found four coins and learnt how to do it.
Daft I know, but it is things like that which I love about film.
It’s pretty accessible as far as Godard films go, it oozes romance, it shows Paris in a way only the great directors of the New Wave can and – presuming that they have seen Pulp Fiction – I can show them the inspiration for Travolta and Thurman’s dance.
favourite scene from any film over 3 years ago
The first 9 minutes of C’était un rendez-vous.
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Most Memorable Villain over 3 years ago
A different kind of memorable… but how about Verbal Kint from the Usual Suspects?
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GREAT USE OF MUSIC IN FILMS over 3 years ago
The Pixies – Where Is My Mind when the skyscrapers come crashing down in Fight Club.
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Last movie you saw and rate it over 3 years ago
La Promesse – 8.5/10
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Most violent films you've seen over 3 years ago
Another Irreversible shout here.
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Books over 3 years ago
I just finished Stefan Aust’s Baader-Meinhof Complex. Extremely readable history.
I still haven’t seen the film though…
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Movies you love, but everyone else hates. over 3 years ago
Sheitan
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Best War Movie(s) over 3 years ago
Alexei Balabanov’s “Voyna” (War) was the best war film I watched last year.
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Films with brothers quarreling over 3 years ago
Brat – one brother betrays the other, but Danila still saves him because he is family.
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favorite and least favorite godard films over 3 years ago
My favourite is Bande à part, my least favourite is Weekend. With a fair range in between.
I wouldn’t attempt to argue that they were the ‘best’ and ‘worst’ by any stretch, but the question was about favourites.
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Modern French Films? over 3 years ago
Personal favourites:
La Haine
Beat that my heart skipped
Caché
Orchestra Seats
Irreversible
L’Appartement
The Dreamers
Les Chansons D’Amour
Le Diner De Cons
Baise-Moi
Regular Lovers
Merci Pour Le Chocolat
Taxi 1 and 2 (terrible but great fun)
A little bit older but Manon Des Sources and Jean De Florrette are amazing too.
Anything with Romain Duris, Vincent Cassel, Louis Garrel, Bellucci, Beart etc.
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Best Westerns over 3 years ago
I just watched the first 10 minutes of Once Upon a Time in the West because it was starting on Film4. Amazing scene. It was a big call not to commit the next three hours of my life to it – but I have to sleep sometime…
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Great Sports Films over 3 years ago
Slap Shot! Was that a film or just a ton of clichés joined together end-to-end!
If we are getting away with that then I’ll have BASEketball!
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Melville's best film? over 3 years ago
Le Cercle Rouge was the first I watched and for me is still the best. I love Bob Le Flambeur too though.
One of my absolute favourite directors.
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Melville's best film? over 3 years ago
I don’t know what it is about it, but in Le Doulos where Reggiani is flicking a coin with his thumb over three other coins (in his friends house that he murders) I was just fixated by it and forgot to watch a few seconds of the film. As soon as it had finished, I found four coins and learnt how to do it.
Daft I know, but it is things like that which I love about film.
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ONE FILM INTRODUCTION over 3 years ago
Godard – Bande à part
It’s pretty accessible as far as Godard films go, it oozes romance, it shows Paris in a way only the great directors of the New Wave can and – presuming that they have seen Pulp Fiction – I can show them the inspiration for Travolta and Thurman’s dance.
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Where Can I find Last Year at Marienbad? over 3 years ago
There are a couple of places selling the Region 2 DVD for around £6. Where are you?
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