Need some specific film recommendations please
12-10-07, 11:55 AM
#1
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Need some specific film recommendations please
I am doing some research and would like some recommendations for two types of films (preferably those available on DVD).
The first is films that feature in-depth and honest portrayals of romantic relationships. I am thinking along the lines of HBO's Tell Me You Love Me and perhaps, in a stylized way, some of Godard's films, especially Contempt and Pierrot le fou. Really any film that has moments of particular insight into romantic relationships will work. Even the recent film The Breakup had its moments, such as when Jennifer Aniston's character attends a concert by herself and then goes home and cries. At the same time, that film bows to certain mainstream conventions that work against its otherwise honest intentions, so I'd consider it a borderline case.
The second is films with loose, very simple plots and episodic structures that deal with the reality of one or more character's daily existence. This of course describes Bicycle Thieves and many other Italian neo-realist films, and I have seen many of those. It also describes some of the contemporary progeny of those films, such as Man Push Cart. Any other examples are appreciated.
EDIT: I should add that I am not looking for documentaries.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations!
The first is films that feature in-depth and honest portrayals of romantic relationships. I am thinking along the lines of HBO's Tell Me You Love Me and perhaps, in a stylized way, some of Godard's films, especially Contempt and Pierrot le fou. Really any film that has moments of particular insight into romantic relationships will work. Even the recent film The Breakup had its moments, such as when Jennifer Aniston's character attends a concert by herself and then goes home and cries. At the same time, that film bows to certain mainstream conventions that work against its otherwise honest intentions, so I'd consider it a borderline case.
The second is films with loose, very simple plots and episodic structures that deal with the reality of one or more character's daily existence. This of course describes Bicycle Thieves and many other Italian neo-realist films, and I have seen many of those. It also describes some of the contemporary progeny of those films, such as Man Push Cart. Any other examples are appreciated.
EDIT: I should add that I am not looking for documentaries.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations!
12-10-07, 08:00 PM
#6
DVD Talk Hero
1st category: Your Friends and Neighbors The most honest "relationship" movie I've ever seen.
12-10-07, 08:33 PM
#8
1st type:
Say Anything...
About Last Night...
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
When Harry Met Sally
Singles
Chasing Amy
Sideways
Rocky
Sex, Lies and Videotape
Threesome
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Moonstruck
Sea of Love
2nd type:
Clerks
Kids
Groove
Spun
MacArthur Park
Baby Boy
not really sure if those were the kinds of movies you were looking for.
Say Anything...
About Last Night...
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
When Harry Met Sally
Singles
Chasing Amy
Sideways
Rocky
Sex, Lies and Videotape
Threesome
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Moonstruck
Sea of Love
2nd type:
Clerks
Kids
Groove
Spun
MacArthur Park
Baby Boy
not really sure if those were the kinds of movies you were looking for.
12-10-07, 10:27 PM
#9
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Originally Posted by illennium
I am doing some research and would like some recommendations for two types of films (preferably those available on DVD).
The first is films that feature in-depth and honest portrayals of romantic relationships. I am thinking along the lines of HBO's Tell Me You Love Me and perhaps, in a stylized way, some of Godard's films, especially Contempt and Pierrot le fou. Really any film that has moments of particular insight into romantic relationships will work. Even the recent film The Breakup had its moments, such as when Jennifer Aniston's character attends a concert by herself and then goes home and cries. At the same time, that film bows to certain mainstream conventions that work against its otherwise honest intentions, so I'd consider it a borderline case.
!
The first is films that feature in-depth and honest portrayals of romantic relationships. I am thinking along the lines of HBO's Tell Me You Love Me and perhaps, in a stylized way, some of Godard's films, especially Contempt and Pierrot le fou. Really any film that has moments of particular insight into romantic relationships will work. Even the recent film The Breakup had its moments, such as when Jennifer Aniston's character attends a concert by herself and then goes home and cries. At the same time, that film bows to certain mainstream conventions that work against its otherwise honest intentions, so I'd consider it a borderline case.
!
12-11-07, 12:47 AM
#14
Banned by request
1st: The Shape of Things, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Eyes Wide Shut, Wings of Desire, Manhattan, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2nd: Morvern Callar, Stroszek
2nd: Morvern Callar, Stroszek
12-11-07, 01:05 AM
#15
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Originally Posted by illennium
The first is films that feature in-depth and honest portrayals of romantic relationships.
Originally Posted by illennium
The second is films with loose, very simple plots and episodic structures that deal with the reality of one or more character's daily existence.
12-11-07, 11:46 AM
#17
DVD Talk Hero
1. Mulholland Drive (since the movie is basically a deconstruction of a single womans desires and intended actions vs. the horrible reality of her actions)
2. Not sure if it's episodic, but The Station Agent fits imo.
2. Not sure if it's episodic, but The Station Agent fits imo.
