Looking for a Japanese film I saw prior to 2003. It was a dystopian picture of some people trying to have an office romance in the corporate office landscape of Tokyo - lots of shots of bleak urban concrete and highways and faceless office parks full of conformist white collar employees - in the final scene of the film one of the characters is stranded walking along the edge of a highway. It dealt with a complicated love triangle. I know this isn't the title, but it was something like "Kiss me twice, now hold me I love you" or something a little crazy like that- I believe this film was made in the 90s or the early 2000s. It was in Japanese language with subtitles. There is a slight chance it may have been Korean, but I'm pretty sure it was Japanese. This film may have been discussed by Fredric Jameson in one of his essays as it was screened in a graduate school class on Japanese cultural critique.
posted by cmp4Meta
on Sep 24, 2012 -
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What are some recent (last ten year or so) Korean film that's worth watching?
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posted by Carius
on Jun 13, 2012 -
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What are some movie quotes that sound like mantras, maxims, or other sayings, and would thereby make good cross stitch samplers?
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posted by Ambrosia Voyeur
on Jun 10, 2012 -
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What are some movies that portray a career or job or professional really well and accurately? Movies that made you sit up and go " Yep that's what being a lawyer/doctor/actor/food additive executive" is like.
posted by The Whelk
on Mar 1, 2012 -
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Indiana Jones, Romancing the Stone, National Treasure, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec and even Tomb Raider and Sahara. I love all these movies. Recommend me more of the same, please!
posted by slimepuppy
on Feb 18, 2012 -
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What's the best mobster movie for every country (other than America) that's ever made a mobster movie?
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posted by Afroblanco
on Sep 21, 2011 -
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In 2005, on Delta Flight 627 operated by Alitalia, somewhere between Chicago and Milan, an Italian film was shown to the mostly empty cabin. After six years, I have been unable to locate it -- any help?
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posted by nickrussell
on Aug 30, 2011 -
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I am trying to find a copy of a movie from 1994 in 35mm to screen at a cinema. How would I go about this?
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posted by bdave
on Jun 24, 2011 -
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Burt Reynolds. Beer Cans. Burping. What film was this and where can I find a video clip of this scene on the internet?
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posted by jason's_planet
on Jun 18, 2011 -
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I'm thinking of putting my resources into a documentary on a small quirky themepark that went out of business a while ago. What I need are good examples of feature length documentaries on unusual places so I can see how one would be produced.
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posted by rileyray3000
on Apr 14, 2011 -
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Can you help me remember a Japanese movie I saw that was very similar to-- but was definitely not-- Kurosawa's
Dreams?
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posted by oinopaponton
on Dec 20, 2010 -
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Looking for books and/or movies about fiascos and disastrous but avoidable situations
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posted by reenum
on Nov 22, 2010 -
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Going with 2 friends to London Dec. 2-6. We'd like to see the new Harry Potter movie while there. Any recommendations to the *best* movie theater available?
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posted by alchemist
on Nov 22, 2010 -
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Where can I find a database of cinemas in the US, for use in a film website my brother is building?
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posted by Gonnas
on Aug 23, 2010 -
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Looking for movies that evoke how it is to live in the time in which they are set.
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posted by reenum
on May 24, 2010 -
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Selling a film script: I'm starting to write scripts, is there any way I can optimize the type of film/story to maximize the likelihood of the script getting sold?
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posted by MetaMonkey
on Feb 24, 2010 -
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There is a movie I saw very distractedly around 1996-2000, featuring a scene I keep thinking about. I don't remember much beyond that one scene but I do recall the haunting mood of the film. I'd like to watch it again sometime, but can't seem to identify it.
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posted by mindwarp
on Dec 20, 2009 -
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What Italian movies am I missing out on? I'm familiar with the post-war classics, but it's hard to come by more modern stuff in the States.
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posted by katemonster
on Aug 22, 2009 -
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Another, guessthatmoviefilter. I watched snatches of a movie a long time ago and I have been trying to come up with what it was ever since. It's an 80s adventure film. It came around the same time as "The Little Shop of Horrors".
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posted by Lucubrator
on May 6, 2009 -
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SPECIFIC, SPOILER FILLED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOVIE "Cloverfield". If you haven't seen it and don't want to know details, ignore this thread.
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posted by Brandon Blatcher
on Jan 21, 2008 -
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Two related questions about North Korea: (1) Can anyone point me to a distributor, collector, or other source of North Korean films, either on DVD/VHS or (ideally) on film? (2) How would I go about directing a letter there?
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posted by bubukaba
on Oct 22, 2007 -
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Who are some people in the film industry I should be looking for in regards to Director of Photography vs. Film Editor? I've already watched movies specifically for the actors and directors.
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posted by a_green_man
on Sep 26, 2007 -
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Is there an easy-to-use site that lists all movies, theatres and showtimes in NYC. Please, God, PLEASE don't say citysearch!
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posted by grumblebee
on May 27, 2007 -
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I'm desperately looking for the name of this contemporary US movie [spoilers within!]:
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posted by V-Turn
on May 14, 2007 -
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Is there some sort of Mac program that can monitor a web forum and update me when there are new posts?
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posted by blueberry
on Mar 31, 2007 -
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Looking for the name of a British movie I saw about 10 - 12 years ago. Basically, a young Mick-Jagger-look-alike dates various women and redecorates his apartment/house differently for each girl. Thats about all I remember.
posted by holdkris99
on Jan 16, 2007 -
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Can you help identify this split-screen movie? It's from at least 8 years ago, featuring a man, his wife/girlfriend, and their baby. Detailed description inside.
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posted by shortfuse
on Jan 11, 2007 -
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Movie trivia - killer! Trying to recall a 1960s-ish (?) movie about a knock-out female British hair dresser who decides to improve herself and take continuing-ed university classes - very toff university, very toff professor (possibly Donald Sutherland or Peter O'Toole - except I can't seem to find anything similar on their IMDB career lists). Very along the lines of 'To Sir With Love,' (shot similar also) but focusing on the female's growth from bleached blonde bimbo to an academic over-achiever. Arg, this is killing me. Anyone remember this flick?
posted by eatdonuts
on Feb 9, 2006 -
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Another lost movie. Last seen 1973 in Europe, presumably made that year or slightly earlier (it may never have reached America). Setting: Britain (mostly London?) Pre WWI and just after. Cast: Attractive, British, youthful. No big names that I recall. General themes: I think- women's rights, problems of romance & politics, the pity of war. Two scenes vividly remembered: Young man appreciatively watching a woman on stage, she singing con brio "Votes for women, votes for women, la de da de da da dee!" Final scene young woman sitting in an art gallery post WW1 watching with emotion some "modern" art. I think her young man has died in the war. Scenes less well remembered (VERY POSSIBLY misremembered) generic love scene, generic romantic argument, suffragettes being run in by the police, young man getting a fleeing suffragette out of the way.
A UK production, more art house than mass release, but wonderful atmosphere, which is probably why it sticks in my mind all these years later.
posted by IndigoJones
on Apr 30, 2005 -
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I'm planning on hopping on a plane to London to see the new
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy film next weekend, either Friday or Saturday. Not being familiar with the city's cinemas, I need to know a couple of things.
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posted by gentle
on Apr 23, 2005 -
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