Favorite Movies We've Never Heard Of
FreeWifiDuringSermon ·
July 25, 2012 at 9:30pm
There's been a fair amount of movie talk on the site lately, but here's my question:
What is your favorite movie that, when you mention it in conversation, the average person hasn't heard of? What are those diamonds in the rough that time has forgotten?
On my conservative/culture commentary podcast, Three Drink Minimum, we covered, at my co-host's suggestion, Wait Until Dark, starring Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin. I couldn't believe I'd never heard of a movie this well done. And it's not some inaccessible art house flick, either. It's a mainstream picture with one of the biggest stars of the era and I'd never heard of it.
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Jun '12
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Brian Watt: Very few people I've encountered have ever heard of these two films from Australian director Peter Weir (Master & Commander, Gallipoli, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Year of Living Dangerously...etc.):
The Last Wavewith Richard Chamberlain - a wonderfully eerie piece about Aboriginal sorcery, premonitions and impending disaster. Wonderful cast. Haunting imagery and music. (Charlie: "Who are you? Who are you? Who are you?")
and
The Plumber - about a young couple trying to impress representatives from the World Health Organization who come to dinner in their apartment while a ne'er-do-well, itinerant plumber gradually takes over their lives - funny, suspenseful with touches of Hitchcock...with a bit of a moral question/dilemma at the end. Immensely entertaining. · 12 hours ago
Agreed completely on Last Wave, haven't seen The Plumber. But all of Weir's work is superb.
Jun '12
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Mister D: The original Sleuth with Sir Lawrence and Michael Caine. Maybe the lease famous movie to ever get a remake.
As a horror fan, I always have to recommend The Changeling with George C Scott. · 41 minutes ago
I've always wanted to see The Changeling, I'm finally gonna do that now, thanks for the push.
Feb '11
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Black Robe is brilliant. 17th century Quebec. The un-PC interactions of a French Jesuit priest and the Algonquins, as he tries to bring light to heathens and they [spoiler alert].
If you liked Daniel Day Lewis' Last of the Mohicans, which was released the following year in 1992, you will like Black Robe. But it can be harsh in places.
Edited on July 26, 2012 at 6:13pmJan '11
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I don't watch many movies that aren't already mass advertised and have considerable buzz attached to them. But I did see one movie that I thought was pretty interesting for its libertarian-like messages it contained -- Interstate 60.
Jun '12
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I agree with Strictly Ballroom and The Gods Must Be Crazy and its sequel.
Here are a couple of my favorites that few of my acquaintances seem to have heard of:
Orfeo Negro (Black Orpheus) - my favorite "artsy" film.
Misunderstood - an extended family favorite, featuring Gene Hackman's best role.
Jun '10
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Mountains of the Moon, directed by Bob Rafelson - about Burton and Spekes' adventurous journey to discover the source of the Nile. Beautifully shot, well acted, great music score.
Jul '12
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Joe versus the Volcano, by John Patrick Stanley starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan - their first movie together. Very silly fairy tale. Great performances by Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Abe Vigoda, Dan Hedaya, and especially Ossie Davis.
The Fall, by Tarsem Singh, starring Lee Price and Catinca Untaru. The latter, who was 6 years old at the time, is one of the most talented child actors you will ever see. The protagonist tells "an epic story" to the little girl, and you see the story through her imagination. Emotionally powerful. The film is visually gorgeous - watch it on the biggest screen you can find.
Apr '11
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Kurosawa's masterpiece Ikiru --- "To Live", and also Akahige-"Red Beard - - - Toshiro Mifune as you've never seen him.
Jul '12
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Wait Until Dark remains one of my all time favorite thrillers. Extremely creative story with nearly the entire film being shot on a single set. Audrey Hepburn was very convincing in her role as a blind gal. Alan Arkin was brilliant playing multiple characters. I saw it first in a theatre in Manhattan and vividly remember the entire audience, including me, leaping from their seats when Arkin's character dove after the terrified Hepburn after stabbing him and leaving him for dead. Oops! Hope I didn't ruin the ending for anyone!
Edited on August 5, 2012 at 4:31pmMay '10
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Ha! I remember you going on and on and on about how funny that movie was and how much you wished you could see it again. I searched high and low for that movie and even broke the packaging so that I could watch it before I sent it to you. I had been mentally preparing myself to laughing so hard I'd pee my pants. I expected my (face) cheeks to be aching by the end of the movie. I lasted about 20 minutes in and thought, "Humor must have been something else when my sister was in college."