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What are some film that never won an Oscar, or got huge raves, or made a billion dollars, but that you absolutely love and can watch again and again. Here's some of mine.
Local Hero- Makes you think all films should be set in a small Scottish coastal village. A film can really focus on the interactions of a group of people as long as you have witty and engaging script. Doesn't treat the town like something out of the 17th century either.
Peggy Sue Got Married- Francis Coppola's time travel?/comedy/fantasy about a woman who passes out at her 25th reunion and wakes up back in high school with the chance to avoid the mistakes of the past. Works so well because it doesn't hit us over the head with cliches from the past, but asks how much of our lives could we and would we change if we had the chance.
Max- The fictional story of the friendship between a disaffected Jewish art dealer who lost an arm in WW1 and a bitter young corporal with artistic pretension by the name of Adolf Hitler. Violates one of the great taboo's of filmdom and makes Hitler into an actual person. Captures post WW1 Germany and how it could give rise to both existential apathy and fanatic activism.
The Rapture- One of the most daring films I have ever seen. Holds up a mirror to the evangelical movement not by parodying it or making fun of it, but by taking it completely seriously and to its logical conclusion. Mimi Rodgers was one of the most overlooked actresses of her generation not only for her incredible sexiness, but her intense performances.
Not Another Teen Movie- Almost universally panned by critics who couldn't see how devastatingly accurate this parody of too many movies that took themselves way to seriously really was. The film that taught us the wrong times to use the slow clap and what really was wrong with all those Pretty Ugly Girls.
Cannibal Women In The Avocado Jungle of Death- Mostly remembered for having a young stand-up by the name of Bill Maher in one of the roles. It is actually a spot-on parody of radical feminism and the growing info-tainment culture. Shannon Tweed was never so perfectly cast as she was as the feminist studies professor The painfully adorable Karen Mistal should have been a b-movie queen.
Whoops wrong section, can the mod move to TV & Media?
What are some film that never won an Oscar, or got huge raves, or made a billion dollars, but that you absolutely love and can watch again and again. Here's some of mine.
Local Hero- Makes you think all films should be set in a small Scottish coastal village. A film can really focus on the interactions of a group of people as long as you have witty and engaging script. Doesn't treat the town like something out of the 17th century either.
Peggy Sue Got Married- Francis Coppola's time travel?/comedy/fantasy about a woman who passes out at her 25th reunion and wakes up back in high school with the chance to avoid the mistakes of the past. Works so well because it doesn't hit us over the head with cliches from the past, but asks how much of our lives could we and would we change if we had the chance.
Max- The fictional story of the friendship between a disaffected Jewish art dealer who lost an arm in WW1 and a bitter young corporal with artistic pretension by the name of Adolf Hitler. Violates one of the great taboo's of filmdom and makes Hitler into an actual person. Captures post WW1 Germany and how it could give rise to both existential apathy and fanatic activism.
The Rapture- One of the most daring films I have ever seen. Holds up a mirror to the evangelical movement not by parodying it or making fun of it, but by taking it completely seriously and to its logical conclusion. Mimi Rodgers was one of the most overlooked actresses of her generation not only for her incredible sexiness, but her intense performances.
Not Another Teen Movie- Almost universally panned by critics who couldn't see how devastatingly accurate this parody of too many movies that took themselves way to seriously really was. The film that taught us the wrong times to use the slow clap and what really was wrong with all those Pretty Ugly Girls.
Cannibal Women In The Avocado Jungle of Death- Mostly remembered for having a young stand-up by the name of Bill Maher in one of the roles. It is actually a spot-on parody of radical feminism and the growing info-tainment culture. Shannon Tweed was never so perfectly cast as she was as the feminist studies professor The painfully adorable Karen Mistal should have been a b-movie queen.
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