The Movie Thread

[gadjo_dilo]

Doar cu buletinul la Paris ( To Paris only with the ID ) is the last romanian movie I watched. Never been a fan of Serban Marinescu's movies but this was supposed to be a comedy, the actors are among the best and ......like the main character I also dream of going to Paris.
The movie was funny but not outstanding, it's a satire to today's romanian society. The hero is a french teacher ( who teaches everything but french -he teaches religion and sport ) from a small town near Book a Rest who dreams of Paris and try to save 1 leu/day to get 700 euros for the trip. All the situations and replies are cut from real life and related to corruption, poor living, Revolution, marital infidelity, faked matches, homeless kids, pedophily, televisions looking for sensational news, incompetent police, stupid politicians, nostalgics of communism, etc. In the end the homeless kid who he tried to help would steal his savings and he starts to save money again, 1 leu/day....in ten years 700 euros.

[gadjo_dilo]

Another Romanian movie: Comoara ( the Treasure) by the young and talented Corneliu Porumboiu. It was meant to be a documentary inspired by one of the actors whose grand-grandfather said he buried a treasure before the communists took the power. But it finished like a regular movie with a very low budget,
It's about a guy who is asked by a neighbour to lend him 800 euros. He can't give him so much but the neighbour is desperate and has a proposal: his grand-grand father buried a treasure in the yard of his country. House but he hasn't the money to pay a guy with a metal detector so if the neighbour pays that they'll share the treasure fifty-fifty. He agrees and both of them start to look after the treasure that will prove to be......

Just noticed that my last 3 movies were Romanian and there's an actor ( Toma Cuzin ) who's starring in all 3

[gadjo_dilo]

An amazing German movie, Phoenix by Christian Petzold..
Nelly, a former cabaret singer of Jewish origin is a surviver of the Holocaust and comes back to her native Berlin. Her face was damaged in the concentration camp and is reconstructed. She longs to be the person she used to be and is desperate to find her husband although she's warned that he betrayed her. When she finds him he doesn't recognize her but notices a resemblance with his wife who he believes is dead. He asks her to help him to get the inheritance of his dead wife by pretending it's her. She accepts because she's still n love with him but what she'll find is a cold, distant man who's interested only in her wealth. Not only he was the one who betrayed her and denounced her to the Nazis but also divorced from her before he did it.
The ending is overwhelming and I dare to post the video of it knowing that none of you would go and see it. She just found out he divorced and during her faked coming back in front of the friends and relatives asks him to sing together Speak Low ( amazing song, great lyrics ). It's the moment he realise she's the real Nelly and her face express all the possible emotions

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkAHi2wNSsc

I know, the story looks cheesy, it's not the kind of plot to attract me but once again the reviews I've read intrigued me. It's probably the acting of this incredible actress ( Nina Hoss) and the the director's talent.

PS. The only minus of this movie: no soft porn scenes

[gadjo_dilo]

Why the hell am I making a fool out of myself and continue to post on this thread? Obviously nobody else is interested to watch "my movies" or to comment what I say.

I'm probably a stubborn arse so I'll continue:
Relatos salvajes ( Wild Tales) by Damian Szifron, an amazing Argentinian movie, probably the best I've seen in months. It's a black comedy consisting of 6 short unrelated stories having the same theme -revenge. If in the past I said that x or y movie wouldn't be enjoyed by people on this forum, in this case I'm sure you'll definitely love it.
We live in a crazy world and most of us run a stressful life. Sometimes we feel it's too much and then we become violent and act extreme. Call me crazy ( dilo??!!?) but I admit I recognized myself in some of the characters although I seem to be a very gentle person.
So please, if you can't go to a theatre at least download this movie and you'll not regret it. Because it has action, sharp and clever humour and unpredictable turns.

[AAReagles]

Why the hell am I making a fool out of myself and continue to post on this thread? Obviously nobody else is interested...

I'm probably a stubborn arse so I'll continue:

Well, for the moment, everyone in your region is simulating the Le Mans mechanics - they're asleep.

The Le Mans thread tanked out, soooo... my 2 cents worth:

Just about anything directed by Sam Peckenpah, Sergio Leone, Stanley Krammer, Stanley Kubrick and Eastwood's early stuff (High Plains Drifter... not that Any Which Way w/an ape crap).
- Grand Prix... uh, no. Scrap the cheesey soundtrack.
- Winning... yes. Various types of racing profiled. Dave Grusin soundtrack appropriate.
- Le Mans... yes, for race scenes.
- Bobby Dearfield... nope. Good story line, but too little action. And why is our hero driving that ugly Brabham contraption instead of that gorgeous JPS machine?
- Days Of Thunder... no way in hell.
- Driven... anyone involved should have been black-listed for misrepresentation.

[gadjo_dilo]

Hey, let's not forget the emotional "Un homme et une femme" ( A man and a woman } by Claude Lelouch where the "homme" is a driver and competes in Le Mans and Monte Carlo Rally. The soundtrack signed Francis Lai is memorable too. The Mustang he's driving doesn't also look bad.
https://youtu.be/D43yjI6cles

So, anybody saw the Wild Tales?

[AAReagles]

Hey, let's not forget the emotional "Un homme et une femme" ( A man and a woman } by Claude Lelouch where the "homme" is a driver and competes in Le Mans and Monte Carlo Rally. The soundtrack signed Francis Laid is memorable too....

Ya got me there, I forgot about it since it's been over 20 years when I last saw it. You're right, that was a good movie, could have used more (GT-40) race scenes though. And yes the soundtrack is unmistakeable to anyone familiar with the 60s, considered a classic by many.

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[AAReagles]

... I had also forgot:

- The Racers w/Kirk Douglas. Okay for it's time; the 50s, but the special effects were noticebly shabby even then.

- The Wild Racers, w/Fabian was more to my liking as it was filmed in Europe during the late 60s, w/F3 cars that appeared much more mature than earlier years designs.

- The Last American Hero w/Jeff Bridges slightly portraying Junior Johnson's life. If ever there was a good stock car movie, this was it. Filmed back in the early 70s - when real movies were made.

[Starter]

Don't forget 'Winning' with Paul Newman. Not the best racing movie ever made, but far from the worst. Not to mention that in the preparing for shooting got PN to fall in love with racing in which he became pretty competitive.

[gadjo_dilo]

Lol. There's even an old Romanian movie called Raliul starring the lovely actress Diana Gheorghian.https://youtu.be/23aN9AZ_a2g