Seen and not seen's, recommendations and queries on top films in general.

Started by GEWALTMONOPOL, December 29, 2009, 06:31:05 PM

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Quote from: tiny_tove on June 21, 2012, 11:01:43 PM
cavallone did the best Italian surrealist movie ever:

SPELL dolce mattatoio.
EVERYBODY MUST WATCH THIS, complete masterpiece


THANX for this recommendation! Really good. I recommend it highly. Keep 'em coming Tiny Tove!

tiny_tove

You may wanna his other film, definitely sick, although less classy: BLUE MOVIE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDb4kSkQwNU

less surreal, but it has some classic scenes.
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Quote from: tiny_tove on July 04, 2012, 09:39:34 AM
You may wanna his other film, definitely sick, although less classy: BLUE MOVIE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDb4kSkQwNU

less surreal, but it has some classic scenes.

AIT! Thanx a bunch Tiny Tove. Will def check it out. Have you seen this?

- Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders (1970) -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR07_yzRFMM

tiny_tove

damn not... the trailer is already a masterpiece and made me come tom mind another excellent Czech surrealist -although very influenced by Italian cinema a la Fellini and, of course Bunuel -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIfJUkibwo

Spalovač mrtvol - The Cremator (1968) by Juraj Herz
Although not an "extreme" movie, it covers many subjects that could fit in this forum...
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Quote from: tiny_tove on July 04, 2012, 10:53:05 PM
Spalovač mrtvol - The Cremator (1968) by Juraj Herz
Although not an "extreme" movie, it covers many subjects that could fit in this forum...

Haven't seen this one ... good suggestion! Grazie! Director Juraj Herz rings a bell, but I can't place him at the moment. 

ghoulson

Quote from: halthan on July 03, 2012, 10:29:52 AM
Pixote

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082912/

Hector Babenco is a great director responsible for several films worth seeing....Besides Pixote (his masterpiece), I can also recommend:
Lucio Flavio (recommended for those into italian cop thrillers)
Carandiru (only of his recent films that I've seen.... some of the best prison riot portrayals I've seen)

Another gem I won't forget.... Devil Queen / A Rainha Diaba (sleaze, violence, transvestites, drugs... we used parts of this for backdrop when playing with Blood Ov Thee Christ. directed by Antonio Carlos da Fontoura)

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Tenebracid

A reinha diaba looks great... downloading right now, thanks for the recommendation ghoulson.

i wonder if anyone here is into the spanish films from the late 70s and early 80s known as "cine kinki"?

they are about the lives of young street criminals (kinkis) robbing, dealing, shooting heroin, fucking, fighting, prison tales..... most of them are not actors but real street kids who were real addicts and criminals who would become famous for their crimes and others would later die due to drugs, etc. Also there's a nice use of slang, gypsy music soundtracks and excellent sociopolitical portrayal of post-Franco's Spain.

some classic titles I'd recommend:

Perros Callejeros (1977)
El Pico I & II  (1983-84)
Navajeros (1980)
Colegas (1982)

tiny_tove

thank you so much.

I would like to know more about Spanish cinema in general, apart from the great classics (Bunuel. De Olivera, Almodovar), I only know 90's and most recent horror/action directors (De La Iglesias, Cerda, etc.)...

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Quote from: tiny_tove on July 06, 2012, 03:42:26 PM
thank you so much.

I would like to know more about Spanish cinema in general, apart from the great classics (Bunuel. De Olivera, Almodovar), I only know 90's and most recent horror/action directors (De La Iglesias, Cerda, etc.)...



my favorite spanish film is Arrebato by Ivan Zulueta, also his shorts are highly recommended.

another favorite is Tras el cristal by Agusti Villaronga, every fan of extreme cinema should watch this. He's been in the spotlight lately after his last film, Pa negre, was a huge success here and overseas and while it's still a great film, it's also a lot more "light" and commercial than his obscure masterpiece.

'Bilbao' is another great and pretty much unknown film from the 80s about a guy who kidnaps a prostitute, it's the best one by the irregular Bigas Luna. also Caniche, Lola, Angustia (his horror film made in USA) and Las edades de Lulu are worth a watch. He does terrible crap these days.

Victor Erice is another kind of nowadays forgotten director that made two beautiful films, El espiritu de la colmena and El Sur, beautiful and melancholic films with excellent photography.

forgotten is also Val del Omar, genious visionary, his shorts are incredible, have to be seen.

eloy de la iglesia is more famous for making "cine kinki" films but also made the underground serial killer sordid classic  La semana del asesino and the pseudogiallo El techo de cristal.

as of obscure eurotrash directors like Larraz (Vampyres), Piquer Simón (Pieces), Jesus Franco, Naschy, Grau (Ceremonia Sangrienta, No profanar el sueño de los muertos...), Eugenio Martin (Una vela para el diablo)... all great!

theres also this rare gem titled Más alla del terror that weirdly mixes the violent and scum characters of cine kinki here as a gang of bikers who kidnap a couple ejected into the metaphysical and zombie hallucinations of trashy fantaterror due to a curse an old woman puts on them after they burn her house with her and her grandson inside, has to be seen to be believed. Original copies only exist in betamax video format and trade hands for around 200 euros if they ever show up but theres a rip around.

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ANGST - dvd-r rip with engl subs. Print is from the German dvd that has deleted scenes from the beginning, I think? I know the dir. changed it but cannot remember the details.

http://severed-cinema.com/a-reviews/angst

I've always liked Spanish horror films. Love Bugas Luna's ANGUISH & alot of Paul Naschy's films plus WHO CAN KILL A CHILD?, the Blind Dead films, PIECES, LIVING DEAD AT MANCHESTER MORGUE.

Even the 6 FILMS TO KEEP YOU AWAKE collection is, for the most part, all pretty good: http://www.amazon.com/6-Films-Keep-You-Awake/dp/B001AIQ154

Just finished Andrzej Zulawski's POSSESSION (1981). It gets my vote for one of the most 'crazy as a shithouse rat' films ever made. Just read that Isabelle Adjani was homeless during the making of the film & Zulawski allowed her to live in the apt they were filming in. After it was all said & done, she tried to commit suicide. I like her in Walter Hill's THE DRIVER. She's ridiculously over-the-top dramatic in POSSESSION but completely opposite in THE DRIVER. Looking forward to receiving the POSSESSION sndtrk LP on Finders Keepers & there's suppose to be a fully uncut Euro. dvd in the works.

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Quote from: Tenebracid on July 07, 2012, 06:44:38 PM
theres also this rare gem titled Más alla del terror that weirdly mixes the violent and scum characters of cine kinki here as a gang of bikers who kidnap a couple ejected into the metaphysical and zombie hallucinations of trashy fantaterror due to a curse an old woman puts on them after they burn her house with her and her grandson inside, has to be seen to be believed. Original copies only exist in betamax video format and trade hands for around 200 euros if they ever show up but theres a rip around.

Thanks for some interesting recommendations. Spanish movie industry often falls in the shadow of the italian...
At first I mistook "Más alla del terror" for "Coto a caza" by Jorge Grau, but it seems like I've totally missed this one... someone provided a vhs rip with custom subtitles on Cinemageddon.
Maybe this could interest some people: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076038/


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