Interesting movies you may not have heard of
Submitted by buddy on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 09:17
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- Swimming with Sharks: if you've ever hated your boss & if you like Kevin Spacey as an asshole.
- Leolo: I think this one's Canadian. Fresh concept - French kid who is convinced he's the son of an Italian who impregnates his mother in a VERY unconventional manner. The original version of the apple pie scene in American Pie. An intelligent movie, if you're looking to think.
- Grosse Point Blank: Okay, you've probably heard of this one, but it has offbeat humour & a great fight scene between two skilled kickboxers - no flash, just down & dirty fighting.
- Akira Kurosawa's Dreams: (Think I spelled this wrong.) Mind blowing and beautiful.
- The Sweater: technically not a movie, rather an animated short. For everyone who's mother ever bought them the wrong toy, brand, whatever. A National Film Board of Canada production. Actually, many NFB cartoons are good: Log Driver's Waltz, & cartoons by Richard Condie (bizarre and funny).
- The Spanish Prisoner: You've probably heard of this one, too. But in case you haven't and like movies that keep you guessing, this one's for you. A very different kind of role for Steve Martin.
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This is all I have for now. I will post more if I think of any.
i really want to see Dreams. i had actually all but for got about it until i read your list. the others sound reallyinteresting, too.
p.s. you get photos for college? wow, we only had those in high school...
Get your butt to the video store! Dreams was the first Kurosawa film I saw. I don't think it's very representative of his work, though.
I got a free sitting along with the picture I got taken for the composite photos that sit in each department. I go to the University of British Columbia - I'm assuming you're from the US...is college different from university down there?
College is the same thing as university. I think it's just semantics. But, at least at my college, none of the grads got department photos even...
Technically, a university includes post-graduate facilities, while the college is an undergraduate school or a separate school offering very specialized training and usually conferring no degree. As noted, however, in reality, the two terms tend to be used as having the same meaning.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
i was merely referring to the semantics of it all. in the states we tend to say "college" instead of "university", which is the term that seems to be commonly used in canada and other parts of the world. although i graduated from a school that offers under- and post-graduate programs, i still say i went to "college" instead of saying i went to "university". prior to the school i went to for my degree, i did go to a private liberal arts college that offered degrees in all areas of study, as most liberal arts schools in the states tend to do.
Yes; I was agreeing with you.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
i know...just clarifying what i meant ;)