Originally Posted by Heather19
an excellent film!
an excellent film!
This is a gret thread. Quite a few of my favs have been mentioned already. I think the following are indie:
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- Brick
- The Edukators
- Mesrine parts one and two awesome
Last edited by Sickrose; 10-15-2009 at 04:56 AM. Reason: spelling error
Not exactly good news on the indie movie front ( at least it falls in both the good/bad columns for me ) ... there's a lesbian themed film called And Then Came Lola which is being put forth as a "time-bending, sexy, lesbian romp – loosely inspired by the art house classic Run, Lola, Run".
You know me, I'm all for a time-bending, sexy, lesbian romp, same as the next girl. And I happen to be a fan of Jill Bennett - but why oh why couldn't they come up with their own plot and leave Run, Lola, Run alone?!?
This has been playing at fests around the country and will hit DVD in 2010.
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wow pam, you are right, that is not good news
is this where we are now in the movie industry, tribute films?
in the entertainment business "inspired by" is a euphemism for "we stole the cool parts from"
Yea, I'm with you jayson...
... remember the good old days when "independent film" meant, you know, an actual original thought.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
between movies, music and politics, the word "independent" lost all meaning awhile ago.
Were we at a cinema message board, bears would sig this.
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between movies, music and politics, the word "independent" lost all meaning awhile ago.
I weep for us all.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Has anyone heard anything (good or bad) about Paranormal Activity?
We're watching Run Lola Run for my German class this year. We just finished a movie called Good Bye Lenin! Which did a great job of depicting the fall of communism and its aftermath, but I'm not sure if I'd label it an Independent film.
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I forgot I needed it, to feel
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Anyone seen Rabbit Proof Fence?
Kenneth Branagh, right? From Australia?
If it's the movie I'm thinking of .. yup, I saw it and liked it.
I'm pretty sure I saw it on IFC a couple of years ago.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
I went and saw it on Sunday night.
I liked it... it creeped me out. There were people
SCREAMING bloody murder in the theater. I wasn't THAT scared but
it def. made my skin crawl in certain parts.
it's worth checking out
esp. if you liked Blair Witch. it has a similar feel
with the actors (supposedly) working the only camera.
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I didn't think Blair Witch was scary, but it sure was creepy.
( not to mention, physically nausiating )
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
what scared me about the blair witch project was that so many people whose opinions i respected kept telling me how awesome and scary it was. it was neither. and i agree with pam, it was unsettling for my stomach.
the only time i ever appreciated that movie was when a friend and i were actually lost in the woods for several hours and that was only because we kept making fun of the movie to make each other laugh. still, i made more girl who loved tom gordon jokes.
Um, because of my obsessive triangulation of seating choices - I had no peripheral vision when I saw Blair Witch... and seriously, I was nauseous for a few days.
I didn't think it was scary at all. It gave me a creepy feeling but I wasn't scared. It doesn't touch my top list of good horror movies and no where near my list of top indie films.
Also, it's hard for me to get scared when the characters are being so completely stupid in the film. ( like the Blair Witch characters were )
On the complete other side of the Indie Film Matrix - recently saw American Buffalo again for the millionth or so time, and I just love it. Al Pacino and Dennis Franz. David Mamet script, based on his play. Good stuff.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
It was definitely a skin crawly type movie... I thought it was pretty creepy/eerie! But what really got me was when I got home that night, and went to bed, and all of a sudden had super human hearing, I could hear EVERY little sound that night.I went and saw it on Sunday night.
I liked it... it creeped me out. There were people
SCREAMING bloody murder in the theater. I wasn't THAT scared but
it def. made my skin crawl in certain parts.
it's worth checking out
esp. if you liked Blair Witch. it has a similar feel
with the actors (supposedly) working the only camera.
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It was definitely a skin crawly type movie... I thought it was pretty creepy/eerie! But what really got me was when I got home that night, and went to bed, and all of a sudden had super human hearing, I could hear EVERY little sound that night.I went and saw it on Sunday night.
I liked it... it creeped me out. There were people
SCREAMING bloody murder in the theater. I wasn't THAT scared but
it def. made my skin crawl in certain parts.
it's worth checking out
esp. if you liked Blair Witch. it has a similar feel
with the actors (supposedly) working the only camera.The same thing happened to me. I saw it last night, and I had a hard time going to sleep. I got a text from my cousin (who I went to see the film with) in the middle of the night saying she was still too scared to go to bed!
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
So I tried to watch Rushmore yesterday ... and I say try because I only got through a half hour of it before I turned it off. I found the main character (Max) to be uninteresting and unlikeable, the random sequence of events to be contrived and sluggish , it was just .. blah. Although to be a little fair, maybe I went into this movie with preconceived notions since this film is often hailed as The indie film. I don't know, I might go back to it someday, but it certainly won't be for a while.
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