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Old 04-15-11, 01:51 PM
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Name a few lesser known movies that you love that are from a big name director.

#1 I know there are a few threads that are along these lines, but not exactly. The movie that made me think of this thread title is one of my favorites from Martin Scorsese, After Hours. It may not be all that lesser known but you don't hear its name very often. Name some of your favorite lesser known movies from a big name director. thanks
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John Frankenheimer's The Challenge.
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Terry Gilliam's Tideland
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Terry Gilliam's Tideland
I gotta see THAT ONE! It sounds good! thanks for mentioning it!
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Red Beard (Kurosawa) -- When everyone thinks of Kurosawa they think of the samurai flicks, and rightfully so in most cases. However, I love his dramatic pieces; High & Low, The Lower Depths and especially Red Beard are my favorites.
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Re: Name a few lesser known movies that you love that are from a big name director.

Originally Posted by mrhan
John Frankenheimer's The Challenge.
That needs to be released somewhere so I can see it, the poster alone is badass.

One From the Heart - Francis Ford Coppola
Body Double - Brian DePalma

Last ones might be cheats but Stick by Burt Reynolds and Looker from Michael Crichton.
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John Ford's The Fugitive
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John Waters' Serial Mom.
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Romero-Knightriders
Chaplin-One A.M.
Miike-Rainy Dog
Hawks-Ball of Fire (Probably the only comedy from Hawks that I've really liked)
Truffaut-Day For Night (At least I don't hear it get mentioned a lot)
Kurtiz-Dr. X
Lee-Get on the Bus
Altman-3 Women
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Re: Name a few lesser known movies that you love that are from a big name director.

Originally Posted by Mondo Kane
Altman-3 Women
Love this one
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Originally Posted by Mondo Kane
Altman-3 Women
Good one, probably my favorite Altman film. I'll mention:

Spielberg - The Sugarland Express
Scorsese - After Hours
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Re: Name a few lesser known movies that you love that are from a big name director.

Originally Posted by Mondo Kane
Romero-Knightriders
I think this and Martin are right up there with the Dead trilogy.
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Originally Posted by SethDLH
I think this and Martin are right up there with the Dead trilogy.
Not as good as these 2 but I also love The Crazies.
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I also agree with 3 Women.
Robert Wise - The Haunting, The Body Snatcher
David Lean - Brief Encounter, Great Expectations
Stanley Kubrick - Paths of Glory
Alfred Hitchcock - Foreign Correspondent
Billy Wilder - Witness for the Prosecution
Roman Polanski - The Tenant, Macbeth
Peter Jackson - Heavenly Creatures
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Christopher Nolan - The Following
Martin Scorsese - The Color of Money
Oliver Stone - Talk Radio
Francis Ford Coppola - Rumble Fish
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Francis Ford Coppola - Rumble Fish
IMO after the big 4 (GF I&II/Apocalypse Now/The Conversation) this is Coppola's fifth best film.
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I guess it is tough to consider any movie from directors like Martin Scorsese and Elia Kazan "lesser known," but when I read this thread title my mind automatically went to two films:

New York, New York by Scorsese. A film that was unfairly and unfortunately savaged by critics upon its debut and almost ended Scorsese's film career is actually an amazingly ambitious film that attempts to merge two aesthetics from two different periods of cinema history (70s grit and big musical spectacles from the 30s and 40s). It is a big swing that has been treated as a miss. It wasn't knocked out of the park, but it is definitely a ground rule double. A film I really enjoy and cannot wait to pick up again soon on Blu-ray.

The Last Tycoon by Elia Kazan featuring excellent, but restrained performances by Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro. Kazan's last film and viewed by many as his weakest, but I once wrote a paper about Kazan that led me to experiencing it for the first time and I found myself enjoying more than what I had read about it made me think I would. Kazan was known for getting the best out of his actors and while, this is not the best from De Niro, it is still a damn good performance from the most fertile period in his career.
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@ BambooLounge, I want to see New York, New York. Is it getting a BD transfer soon? I would like to see The Last Tycoon too. thanks for the post.
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@ BambooLounge, I want to see New York, New York. Is it getting a BD transfer soon? I would like to see The Last Tycoon too. thanks for the post.
Yep, it is due out on June 7th.

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Since he just passed, how about Sidney Lumet's BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD
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Richard Donner's Inside Moves.
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I love Friedkin's Sorcerer... don't know if its lesser known...
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I've always loved Oliver Stone's U Turn, but don't know anyone else who likes it.
I think Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale is a masterpiece and his last great film (so far, I hope).
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Jonathan Demme - Stop Making Sense
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Re: Name a few lesser known movies that you love that are from a big name director.

Originally Posted by hasslein
I love Friedkin's Sorcerer... don't know if its lesser known...
It's got quite a cult following. An amazing work with an equally compelling production history.

I'll add to that Friedkin's Rampage, The Brink's Job, The Boys in the Band and of course...Cruising.

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