Name a few lesser known movies that you love that are from a big name director.
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04-21-11, 01:19 AM
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Re: Name a few lesser known movies that you love that are from a big name director.
true... but up against all other Coen Bros films, it's somehow the least likely to come up in conversation aside from Hudsucker Proxy i'd say.
04-21-11, 12:05 PM
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04-21-11, 03:26 PM
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Re: Name a few lesser known movies that you love that are from a big name director.
I am gonna have to go look but I am pretty sure Barton Fink and Hudsucker are
pretty much the only Coen brothers films I have never seen. Well True Grit is another but I have that pre-ordered on BD already...John Wayne's True Grit is my very favorite John Wayne movie.
04-21-11, 05:17 PM
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Re: Name a few lesser known movies that you love that are from a big name director.
The Hudsucker Proxy was one I was going to list. I love that movie. "You know, for kids!"
The other one I would list is David Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner. One of my favorite movies ever.
The other one I would list is David Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner. One of my favorite movies ever.
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I know some critics say it's not one of the Coen's best films, but I love it too. The dialogue just crackles, the performances are wonderfully over-the-top, the visuals and set design are marvelously evocative. The 1950s as a surreal landscape.
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After reading about Barton Fink here in this thread I bought it on dvd and just finished watching it. So was the whole movie just Barton's imagination or what? I guess I just didn't get it. And the bird dropping dead into the ocean? I am lost. lol!
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Re: Name a few lesser known movies that you love that are from a big name director.
Coen Bros - Miller's Crossing. Something a little different if you like Gangster movies
Alfred Hitchcock - The Lady Vanishes
Akira Kurosawa - Ikiru
Terry Gilliam - The Fisher King
Alfred Hitchcock - The Lady Vanishes
Akira Kurosawa - Ikiru
Terry Gilliam - The Fisher King
11-01-13, 01:02 PM
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I'm sure these have been mentioned, but I'll throw them out there"
Scorsese - King of Comedy, Bringing Out the Dead
Scorsese - King of Comedy, Bringing Out the Dead
11-01-13, 03:07 PM
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Damn, I can't believe I didn't post to this thread when it originally ran.
John Ford - JUDGE PRIEST (1934), period comedy with Will Rogers and Stepin Fetchit
Akira Kurosawa - NO REGRETS FOR OUR YOUTH (1946) with Setsuko Hara
Frank Capra - FLIGHT (1929), RAIN OR SHINE (1930), FORBIDDEN (1932), LADY FOR A DAY (1933)
John Ford - JUDGE PRIEST (1934), period comedy with Will Rogers and Stepin Fetchit
Akira Kurosawa - NO REGRETS FOR OUR YOUTH (1946) with Setsuko Hara
Frank Capra - FLIGHT (1929), RAIN OR SHINE (1930), FORBIDDEN (1932), LADY FOR A DAY (1933)
11-01-13, 05:38 PM
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Lots of great choices in this thread - really pushes my love for film even more.
Billy Wilder - Five Graves to Cairo - Mentioned by another poster and it is sad this does not get a mention from most people when his later dull films get all the acclaim. The opening scene alone is a masterpiece.
Alfred Hitchcock - Number 17 - Virtually unheard of yet unquestionably his best film. All of Hitch's early British films urinate from a great height on his American period.
Frank Capra - The Bitter Tea of General Yen - See it then thank me.
Lewis Milestone - The General Died at Dawn.
Terence Fisher - To the Public Danger
William Wellman - Wild Boys of the Road
Billy Wilder - Five Graves to Cairo - Mentioned by another poster and it is sad this does not get a mention from most people when his later dull films get all the acclaim. The opening scene alone is a masterpiece.
Alfred Hitchcock - Number 17 - Virtually unheard of yet unquestionably his best film. All of Hitch's early British films urinate from a great height on his American period.
Frank Capra - The Bitter Tea of General Yen - See it then thank me.
Lewis Milestone - The General Died at Dawn.
Terence Fisher - To the Public Danger
William Wellman - Wild Boys of the Road
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