I watched Kiddulthood the other day - really good film, it has stayed with me. And I saw Glorious 39 recently too - definitely give that one a miss!
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I watched Kiddulthood the other day - really good film, it has stayed with me. And I saw Glorious 39 recently too - definitely give that one a miss!
Now it's time for adulthood, which is also a great film.Quote:
Originally Posted by robpark
I thought it was a fascinating film as well Hes. I was uncomfortably impressed by the Stasi's techniques such as keeping the seat cover from the chair of the person being questioned so they could track them afterwards, if they were hiding, by the "secretions" they left on it :w00t:Quote:
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A couple I would recommend:
Offside - Directed by Jafar Panahi (now imprisoned in Iran)
A comedy, think of the stoning scene in Monty Python's Life of Brian only this ones about Iranian girls who are football fans trying to get into see a football match in Iran where women are banned from attending.
4 months, 3 weeks & 2 days - Drama about a woman who assists her friend to arrange an illegal abortion in 1980's Romania. Need a strong stomach for this one!
It was good wasn't it? I thought the casting was excellent. Really good ending too.
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Thanks Alf, I like the sound of Offside but I think I'd have to be in the right frame of mind for your second choice, sounds a bit harrowing. I have seen a couple Iranian films The Deserted Station and The Wind Will Carry Us. I enjoyed the former but probably didn't 'get' all the nuances but the latter was a bit of a drag...lots of repeated scenes of a dung beetle rolling a ball of dung for ages and a film maker (who's waiting for an elderly woman to die so that he can film an ancient funeral ceremony) driving from a village to find a phone signal...over and over again. I suspect that it was metaphorical but I found it a bit tedious (and I quite like dung beetles:) )
When I was travelling I used to ask people that I met what their film recommendations were and developed quite a good wish list. I'm gradually working through some of them.
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The lives of others is a great film, must revisit that soon.
On an entirely different tack, went to see the Inbetweeners last night. Quite enjoyed the series and liked the film (although my biggest laugh of the night came from the 'Final Destination 5' advert beforehand...)
Taken (Liam Neeson doing what Liam Neeson does best) is on Film4 tonight :thumbup:
I've seen Offside - thumbs up from me too http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/.../thumbs_up.gif
I'm not very well up on more recent releases but if we're talking old-school subtitled I'd start with Three Colours: Red and Rashomon
Ohhh the three colours trilogy is brilliant. White is my least favourite, I think Blue is the best but saddest and Red is the most enjoyable to watch. i am ashamed to say that I haven't seen Rashomon but I will check it out as its also the favourite of a friend of mine.
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The Seventh Seal tonight...after Sex and the City 2 I decided it was time to introduce the missus to some culture.