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Love B&W when it's used well... Eraserhead, Elephant Man, Sin City (apart from the odd splash of colour), The Man Who Wasn't There, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid and so on... and of course all of those early films such as Wages of Fear, Cape Fear, Casablanca, Psycho and many many more...plus one particularly good psychological thriller The Snake Pit.

Haven't seen 'The Snake Pit'. Sounds a little Hitchcockian or Cabinet of Calagariesque. Off to download that one. Have you seen 'Twisted Nerve', HT? Great little thriller. You probably know that Tarantino used Hermann's theme in Kill Bill.

Oh and also, on Wages of Fear, I found it mind-numbling dull, having had it hyped to me. But Clouzot's 'Les Diabolique' is probably one of the greatest films ever made.

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Got 'What's Up Tiger Lilly' the other day. Will probably watch it over the weekend. I concur in a sense RE: the uniqueness. Particularly true of his early films. Whereas, films like 'Manhattan' and 'Husbands & Wives' carry strong similarities (falling for a woman that are way too young for the male character) and he's pretty much always divorcing someone or being divorced. 'Shadows & Fog' is a great little homage, but I found it a little dull and I'm a big fan of German Expressionism. 'Sleeper' is amazing though.

Me too... I have a nice little DVD set of German horror that includes The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Nosferatu, The Golem and Waxworks. Also loved the first Frankenstein movie (Karloff) which also owed a lot to that German expressionist style.

As far as dark, off centre films go, Harry, He's Here to Help is not a bad effort.

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Haven't seen 'The Snake Pit'. Sounds a little Hitchcockian or Cabinet of Calagariesque. Off to download that one. Have you seen 'Twisted Nerve', HT? Great little thriller. You probably know that Tarantino used Hermann's theme in Kill Bill.

Oh and also, on Wages of Fear, I found it mind-numbling dull, having had it hyped to me. But Clouzot's 'Les Diabolique' is probably one of the greatest films ever made.

I know of Twisted Nerve, but no, I haven't seen it - must look out for it.

The first time I saw Wages of Fear was when I was home sick from school in the 60's and it was the mid-day movie... I suppose I've had a soft spot for it ever since, but I love the slow paced building of tension... probably not as good as the original Cape Fear though with Robert Mitchum in some of his best form.

Snake Pit is a psychological drama which I have always loved... Olivia de Havilland is brilliant. A couple of later films in a slightly similar vein are Polanski's Repulsion and Altman's Images. Loved both of those.

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Looking forward to seeing The Counsellor, written (story) by the same guy who came up with No Country for Old Men. Looks like a great cast too: Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Cam Diaz and Penelope Cruz. Also directed by Ridley Scott.

Another one that looks like it has potential is 12 Years a Slave.

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What dreams may come. Robin Williams flick about what happens next and finding someone who is lost. I'm atheist but loved this movie.

Couple of Werner Herzog flicks: Into the abyss, is a doco about death row, not preachy just giving you the facts and leaving it up to you too decide. Cave of forgotten dreams, is about a cave found in France with cave paintings that were dated to be twice as old as any other cave paintings ever found, was amazing.

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What dreams may come. Robin Williams flick about what happens next and finding someone who is lost. I'm atheist but loved this movie.

Couple of Werner Herzog flicks: Into the abyss, is a doco about death row, not preachy just giving you the facts and leaving it up to you too decide. Cave of forgotten dreams, is about a cave found in France with cave paintings that were dated to be twice as old as any other cave paintings ever found, was amazing.

Yes, "What Dreams May Come" is absolute eye candy... stunning images and a reasonable storyline, if a little overwrought at times.

Love Werner Herzog films with my favourites being "Fitzcarraldo" and "Aguirre the Wrath of God"... also loved "The Enigma of Kasper Hauser". I have some blu-rays of his documentaries including a set called "Encounters in the Natural World" as well as the 3D "Cave of Forgotten Dreams". One of the most powerful documentaries (and depressing) I have ever seen, is his "Land of Silence and Darkness" which explores the world of people born deaf, dumb and blind. Another interesting film of his was "Even Dwarves Started Small".

Werner Herzog himself is an absolute nut-job... love him!

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I'm off work for two weeks with a hand injury sustained playing footy and need to do something besides hang out here. Anyone got some good moves/DVD's you have seen recently, not really worried about genre's just something that you liked I can have a squizz at. WOuld be much appreciated!!!

Anything Clint! I am a little biased though!

Anyone else extremely excited for Django Unchained, Tarantino's latest creation? Comes out Thursday.

Looking forward to it also! missed it at the movies. But friends who saw very much recommended it!

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Anything Clint! I am a little biased though!

Looking forward to it also! missed it at the movies. But friends who saw very much recommended it!

Um, you didn't happen to notice the dates on those two posts you responded to, did you? Hopefully Cards13 has managed to get over his 2 week injury in the 4 years since it happened, and if you are lucky, you might be able to find a copy of Dlango Unchained in the bargain bins at JB HiFi ;-)

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Looking forward to seeing The Counsellor, written (story) by the same guy who came up with No Country for Old Men. Looks like a great cast too: Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Cam Diaz and Penelope Cruz. Also directed by Ridley Scott.

Another one that looks like it has potential is 12 Years a Slave.

Oh, I didn't realise it was a McCarthy novel. Interessant. I shall check it out.

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I saw 'Captain Phillips' last night. Wasn't expecting much. Thought the premise was decidedly problematic. The black guys are the villains. Well done, America. It was also a two hour advertisement for the US Navy. However, Tom Hanks is terrific in it and the film itself is riveting from just about the moment it starts. It tries to humanise the pirates, but in the end there's not a whole lot to them. If you're looking for a taut action thriller, it's certainly worth a look.

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Yes, "What Dreams May Come" is absolute eye candy... stunning images and a reasonable storyline, if a little overwrought at times.

Love Werner Herzog films with my favourites being "Fitzcarraldo" and "Aguirre the Wrath of God"... also loved "The Enigma of Kasper Hauser". I have some blu-rays of his documentaries including a set called "Encounters in the Natural World" as well as the 3D "Cave of Forgotten Dreams". One of the most powerful documentaries (and depressing) I have ever seen, is his "Land of Silence and Darkness" which explores the world of people born deaf, dumb and blind. Another interesting film of his was "Even Dwarves Started Small".

Werner Herzog himself is an absolute nut-job... love him!

I haven't seen much Herzog, but 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' has been on my list for a while. Criterion remastered it, didn't they? The only Herzog film I've seen is 'Grizzly Man'.

But I completely agree. He is hilarious. I particularly like this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9P_sxaaMJE. There's also Herzog discussing chickens. That's even better. That might even be extracted from Harmony Korine's film 'Julien Donkey Boy'. I can't quite remember.

NOTE. You've inspired me. I'm getting 'Aguirre' as I type this.

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I saw 'Captain Phillips' last night. Wasn't expecting much. Thought the premise was decidedly problematic. The black guys are the villains. Well done, America. It was also a two hour advertisement for the US Navy. However, Tom Hanks is terrific in it and the film itself is riveting from just about the moment it starts. It tries to humanise the pirates, but in the end there's not a whole lot to them. If you're looking for a taut action thriller, it's certainly worth a look.

most American movies are advertisments

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most American movies are advertisments

the intern was solely created to boost google as they are under attack atm

It's amazing how scenes and shots in major productions are shuffled and altered to get brand recognition in, there are a couple of very good docos about it.

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Has anyone seen Mystery Road, new Australian western sort of movie based in an indigenous community in far west NSW? Stars Aaron Pedersen who was from Water Rats and more recently City Homicide (where I thought he was absolute rubbish as an actor) and he does very well. Also has Hugo Weaving, Tasma Walton and Damien Walshe-Howling, who played Benji Veniaman.

Saw it last week and thought it was quite good though there were a few loose ends to the plot and the dialogue was lacking a bit in flow.

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Not sure if it's been mentioned already but I've started making my through ESPN's 30 for 30 series on DVD and it's sensational.

Have only seen 3 so far - Run Ricky Run, Without Bias, and the Tale of 2 Escobars - but all were top-notch docos.

Watching the Ricky Williams one, I couldn't help wondering how good it would be to have a player like that bursting out of the centre of the 'G with ball in hand heading towards goal. What a jet.

Len Bias also had all the hallmarks of a champion in the making.

Looking forward to the rest of the series.

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There's a budget horror flick comin out soon I think called Drop Bear. From the look of the trailer it's going to be one of those so bad it ends up being good

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Anyone seen 100 bloody acres? Low budget slasher flick, Australian and starring Angus Sampson and Damon Harriman.

Has the odd stat of being the third most illegally downloaded Australian film in the last few months. Also won a couple of awards and got some great reviews.

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