[Film] Best Film you have probably never seen?

[Weststander]

Both are great films but I fully understand your comment and that’s why I never watched The Boy In Striped Pyjamas for such a long time, however I gave in when my son, then about 12 wanted to watch it, I wasn’t going to refuse him.

I’ll need to be ‘up for’ any of those. I’m fully aware of the horrors in Europe up to 1945, we’ve been to heartbreaking places in Prague and Amsterdam, one day I’ll visit Auchwitz. But it’s almost as if dramas would add unnecessary salt into the wound for sensitive me.

 

[maltaseagull]

My vote goes to Ridley Scott's 1977 debut The Duellists.

Made on two tenths of f*** all but got Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel to emerge from Hollywood to play the leading roles. The supporting actors must have been on minimum wage but are almost all of the great and good of British Theatre and film.

Let me give you:

• Albert Finney as Joseph Fouché, Minister of Police
• Edward Fox as Colonel Perteley, a Bonapartist agent
• Cristina Raines as Adele, later d'Hubert's wife
• Robert Stephens as Brigadier-General Treillard
• Tom Conti as Dr. Jacquin, an army surgeon and friend of d'Hubert
• John McEnery as Feraud's tall second in the final duel
• Arthur Dignam as d'Hubert's one-eyed second in the final duel
• Diana Quick as Laura, d'Hubert's mistress
• Alun Armstrong as Lieutenant Lecourbe, a friend of d'Hubert
• Maurice Colbourne as Feraud's second
• Gay Hamilton as Feraud's mistress
• Meg Wynn Owen as Leonie, d'Hubert's sister
• Jenny Runacre as Madame de Lionne, a lady in Strasbourg
• Alan Webb as the Chevalier du Rivarol, Adele's uncle
• Matthew Guinness as the Mayor of Strasbourg's nephew
• Dave Hill as Cuirassier
• William Hobbs as Swordsman
• W. Morgan Sheppard as the fencing master
• Liz Smith as the fortune teller
• Hugh Fraser as Officer
• Michael Irving as Officer
• Tony Matthews as Treillard's aide-de-camp
• Pete Postlethwaite as Treillard's orderly
• Luke Scott as Léonie's son
• Stacy Keach as the narrator

Based on a Joseph Conrad novella it follows two French officers through the Napoleonic wars and their constant clashes over 15 years as one of the officers (Keitel) is frankly a psycho and loves duelling more than life.

The visuals are stunning considering the budget. A go to film every night when it is shit on TV e.g. tonight.

What's the weather like outside?
Do you ever go there?

 

[Questions]

I have probably never seen The Sixth Sense.

No point now. Once you know the kid kills people.

 

[Questions]

And the award for the most ambiguous thread title goes to ….,,,,,

 

[GT49er]

As someone who is into music and enjoys humour, it's perhaps surprising that I've never seen Spinal Tap or The Rutles, both of which I'm told were pretty good. Still, as I don't care for movies and hate going to the cinema, I guess I'm comfortable with that........................

 

[Weststander]

No point now. Once you know the kid kills people.

At least you didn’t mention the other spoiler that Bruce Willis is alive.

 

[marlowe]

Many others but for starters

Citizen Kane
Streetcar Named Desire
On The Waterfront
Avatar
All except the first Star Wars rubbish

If you've never seen On the Waterfront you should at least watch this clip...

 

[Stato]

Prepared to be bored shirtless by 2 hours plus of dated, hackneyed sentimental claptrap. Tedious in the extreme, but you're not allowed to say that.






imho

You can say it. You just did.

 

[El Presidente]

European Cumbath 28

 

[Stato]

Never seen Reservoir Dogs, for whatever reason never got round to it, or bizarrely, given my love of Boxing, Raging Bull.

I love a lot of Scorcese's films, but Raging Bull? Nope. I'm sure the performances are great, but it's flabby and too pleased with it's own profundity. Stick with 'Rocky'. The first one's great.

 

[Questions]

At least you didn’t mention the other spoiler that Bruce Willis is alive.

I thought his wife was an ignorant bitch
He comes home from a hard day at work and she’s got no time for him.

 

[marlowe]

This is probably the wrong thread to lob this in as it's not the Best Film, and I've seen it now, but has anyone else seen El Topo? I watched it last night and it's got to be the weirdest film ever made. Proper, proper weird.

Given your user name were you drawn to it thinking it would be a spaghetti western.... and probably weren't expecting a naked child on a horse, dwarves and various other weirdness

 

[Anger]

European Cumbath 28

LIES!!!!

There’s no way you haven’t seen that.

Or the other 69 in the series for that matter.

 

[Zeberdi]

It will happen sooner rather than later. No movie expert, but its one of the few "everyone have seen this"-movie that I haven't seen.

If you haven’t seen the Seventh Seal, I don’t believe you are Swedish

(I haven’t - I find Ingmar Bergman films a bit *yawn* )

 

[marlowe]

You didn't want to punch Roberto Benigni in the boat?

As if the horrors of the concentration camp weren't harrowing enough without being stuck in one with that annoying ****

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I’m not sure what the question means, given your post.

You have seen it or you haven’t?


Sorry, confused

I've not seen some brilliant films.

So I've been told by people who have seen them.

I will illustrate how much I care with this drawing of a very tiny shit.

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[marlowe]

Obvious answer is that it is a great film but never gets shown on TV.

Your loss not mine, there is a thing called the interweb where you can see bits of it on YouTube...

For anyone interested in the OP's recommendation you can watch the full movie on Facebook....

 

[Easy 10]

Inconceivable!

 

[Van Cleef]

Given your user name were you drawn to it thinking it would be a spaghetti western.... and probably weren't expecting a naked child on a horse, dwarves and various other weirdness

Spot on.
Mexican acid westerns are a new one on me.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

And the award for the most ambiguous thread title goes to ….,,,,,

….the one who started “Do we expect too much of the rich?”