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Great obscure movies?
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Great obscure movies?
Recently, I went on an "Archers" kick. And for those of you who don't know, The Archers were a filmmaking team made up of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger whose work underwent a major renaissance in the 1970s due to some guys you might know named Martin Scorsese, George Romero, and Francis Ford Coppola.

Here are some clips from the films of theirs I've seen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcZ6fnRLDLU
When I saw this scene from "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp," I knew I just had to share this scene. This scene actually got the pair in trouble with Winston Churchill, because of the fact that it put the words for a blistering Anti-Nazi speech in the mouth of a German. For the Yanks here, it's going to be released on Blu-Ray in March.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdTILENaYXw
The 49th Parallel is commonly considered one of their weaker efforts, but I still think it's part of a 3-way tie for the best Archers film along with "The Life and Death of Col. Blimp" and "A Matter of Life and Death," although I think that this scene from a Hutterite colony might be responsible for this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGFJamy3CQg
It was hard to pick just one scene from this film to highlight, but once I chose the Trial Scene, I had a big problem in trying to find a representative clip from the scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmC1bGPq7Js
And to think that nobody would even think of putting ballet to the screen in such beauty until 2010's Black Swan. Of course, Norman McLaren did it later, but since it's a Canadian short it doesn't count.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1AL8SAmWeQ
Tales of Hoffman is probably the weakest of the five films I've watched, but only because the other four are so strong. But, strangely, it was actually the inspiration for George Romero to go into film, so, basically, if it wasn't for this film, we wouldn't have the zombie craze we have today.

So, anyone else have films they think aren't well-known enough that they must be shared?
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#2
RE: Great obscure movies?
Any of Harold Lloyd's movies. Some of my all time favorite comedies are his movies. Most of them are silent but he did a number of talkies. Almost all his stunts he did himself.

He actually climbed this building with his bare hands. No special effects. He didn't even have a safety net or ropes.





There are new special editions with much better musical accompaniment that you can buy.

I think my absolute favorite of his movies is "Girl Shy." I relate a lot to it.
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RE: Great obscure movies?
K-Pax.


Weird fucking movie.
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RE: Great obscure movies?
They might be giants.

Another strange film that i loved the first time I saw it and was bemused the second time.



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RE: Great obscure movies?
(January 4, 2013 at 2:05 pm)Minimalist Wrote: K-Pax.


Weird fucking movie.

I loved that movie!
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Quote:Famed Italian explorer Umberto Nobile (Peter Finch) is a tormented man. As leader or a ground breaking expedition to the North Pole in 1928, he is haunted by what becomes an ill-fated, headline-making ordeal. When the party's airship Italia breaks up during a fierce storm, the survivors dumped onto the unforgiving Arctic wasteland salvage what they can from the wreckage and anxiously await rescue. Sean Connery is Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, determined to locate the missing men. Hardy Kruger is a mercenary aviator seeking the limelight by attempting to pluck Nobile from an icy fate. And Claudia Cardinale is a girlfriend back home who becomes the driving force behind a bold attempt to rescue the stranded men. The days pass. The world watches. And the ragged Italia survivors huddle within their meager shelter — The Red Tent — and continue to hope. For hope is all they have. (link: , 1969)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtyTTqysJKA


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Zardoz. That thing is the ultimate brainfuck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOROvO2fxTc
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHikpdf8ktM
ALPHAVILLE
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RE: Great obscure movies?
(January 4, 2013 at 3:01 pm)Annik Wrote:
(January 4, 2013 at 2:05 pm)Minimalist Wrote: K-Pax.


Weird fucking movie.

I loved that movie!

The end was disappointing
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