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Mandatory Viewing
JCinNYC2006:
--- Quote from: moremojo on April 19, 2006, 09:31:03 am ---Another great film worthy of mention is Beau travail, a 1999 feature directed by Claire Denis. An updating of Herman Melville's Billy Budd, this beautiful film shows, like in Brokeback Mountain, how repressed homosexual desire can poison and destroy the lives of men. One of the last great films of the twentieth century, and one of the best gay-themed films I have seen.
Cheers,
Scott M.
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I hate not having time to post on here like I used to...
Scott, so you liked Beau Travail? I have it but haven't watched it for fear of it being a kind of homoerotic Skinemax-ready movie. But you give it a pretty good endorsement, so I think I will check it out.
Other movies that come to mind that have good underlying social justic themes and are entertaining movies:
* Wilde
* Gallipolli
* Maria Full of Grace
* Brother to Brother
* In The Name of The Father
* City of God
* Dirty Pretty Things
* My Beautiful Laundrette
* The Motorcycle Diaries
* Crash
Just kidding about Crash. :o
Juan
Ellemeno:
Wow, I haven't seen any of these. Thanks you guys.
j.U.d.E.:
Have seen (listed by some of you):
The Accused
Schindler's List
Dead Man Walking
Rabbit-Proof Fence
No Man's Land
The Elephant Man
Donnie Darko
Wilde
Gallipolli
Maria Full of Grace
In The Name of The Father
My Beautiful Laundrette
The Motorcycle Diaries
Crash
I'd add:
Bent
Wir zusammen allein mit Dir
Dog Day Afternoon
Hotel Rwanda
Cry Freedom
And the Band Played On
The Crying Game
Festen
Un Amour à Taire
Lola + Bilidikid
Boys Don't Cry
Au revoir, les enfants
The Chosen (1981)
~ j U d E
Sheyne:
Sorry but I loved Dead Poet Society (being a teacher and all... as well as somebody who has seen the devastating effects of suicides on a family - not my own, but close to me).
I'd also recommend: The Outsiders, Traffic, The Shawshank Redemption
And I'm going to have to add - but before I do *Sheyne holds up riot shield for protection*...
Bowling for Columbine... I am going to come right out now and say that I liked this film. *ducks*
Even though Mike Moore is an egotistical, love him or loathe-him-with-fiery-passion, sensationalist, and-at-times-blatantly-manipulative film-maker, he has his moments. This was one for me. I liked this film for 2 scenes: the interview with Marilyn Manson, who until I saw this movie, I had always dismissed as nothing more than a talentless, attention-seeking, sicko wanker. Gotta love a film that can change my mind about a person with a 4 minute interview. :-\ Not that I like him. Its just I kinda respect him now. The other scene I love at the end is when Moore makes Charlton Heston look like a weakling. The way I look at it is: Moore decided to make a movie about how bad gun violence is. And that's what he did. I'm not saying I blindly believe everything that was in the movie, but it gave me food for thought. I don't live there in the States, but I do live in the country that holds the current world record for the worst mass killing (Port Arthur, 1996, 35 people killed). And as a teacher who works in a socio-economic area that reeks of despair and desperation (and don't think that the thought of a kid obtaining a gun and shooting up my school doesn't cross my mind every day), it hit a particularly big nerve with me. I liked it anyways, I'll completely respect your opinions if you don't feel the same way... *tentatively lowers riot shield*
Oh and I completely agree with whoever said Donnie Darko.. even if its only for the whole visual orgasm that is Jake G. ;D
henrypie:
Has anyone seen Ma vie en Rose?
Sorry my horn only has one key/button/hole.
It's about a child who's a boy on the outside and a girl on the inside. It's been awhile since I saw it but I remember its being beautifully done.
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