Ciaran Hinds is an Irish actor who played one of the Israeli operatives in Spielberg's Munich. I saw a snippet of a movie in which he played a bald literature professor. There was a red-haired woman who was his co-star. Does anyone know the name of the film? Thanks.
posted on Aug 12, 2008 - 6 answers
I'm looking for movies and television shows that featured memorable, star-crossed heterosexual couples.
The man and woman must either: a) never get together, or b) get together only to have everything go horribly. No long-term relationships or on-and-off again romances, please.
Bonus points for obscurity, but well-known examples are also appreciated.
Examples:
- Red (K. Kieslowski)
- Titanic
Thanks for your help! :-)
posted on Aug 1, 2008 - 64 answers
I'm looking for examples of sci fi films that focus primarily on a conflict/relationship between a human and a self-aware computer/artificial intelligence (such as HAL in "2001," but NOT the computer in "War Games" because it wasn't self-aware.) [more inside]
posted on Aug 1, 2008 - 38 answers 
Another 'What's this Movie?' Question [more inside]
posted on Jul 27, 2008 - 1 answers
I have a plot question concerning the movie The Dark Knight. If you haven't seen the movie, you won't be able to answer my question, so there are definitely spoilers inside. [more inside]
posted on Jul 21, 2008 - 14 answers
I'm looking for 3-dimensional letters that can stand freely and be photographed. I remember seeing some that were sold to aspiring film makers during the super-8 era for creating titles. Does anybody know anything about these, or where I can get something like them? [more inside]
posted on Jul 19, 2008 - 10 answers
Looking for examples in film/tv where music that might normally be considered "cheesy" or "corny" is used to create an incredibly dramatic, memorable, even haunting scene/atmosphere... [more inside]
posted on Jul 5, 2008 - 47 answers
What is the name of the font from the title sequence of the Italian Job? (the good one, with Michael Caine, that is). [more inside]
posted on Jun 18, 2008 - 3 answers
I am looking for foreign (non-American) films wherein the antagonists are a nefarious bunch of Americans, doing stereotypically bad American things. [more inside]
posted on May 30, 2008 - 10 answers
Where to eat, who to do and what to see in Cannes during the film festival? [more inside]
posted on May 12, 2008 - 1 answers
What is the font used for the title in this poster for Being John Malkovich? Details are welcome - light, bold, etc. Thanks.
posted on May 7, 2008 - 8 answers
Are We Done Yet? was the sequel to an original film, but was weirdly also a remake of the classic Cary Grant comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. Along the same lines, Ocean's Twelve was based on an unrelated script first intended as a John Woo project. Can we think of any other examples of a sequel to an original movie starting life as an unconnected film? [more inside]
posted on Apr 30, 2008 - 18 answers
Is there any earthly way - preferably on the up & up - to get a copy of Raiders of the Losk Ark: The Adaptation? (see also, see also). Gaining admission to a local screening would also be acceptable. [more inside]
posted on Apr 5, 2008 - 3 answers
Where can I get the best subtitles for My Neighbour Totoro? [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2008 - 16 answers
Old Movie Filter: This is the question I joined MeFi to ask. I remember seeing a movie, on actual reels, when I was about seven at school. It has haunted me for the last twenty-two years. [more inside]
posted on Mar 18, 2008 - 17 answers
I know there is a movie version of The Stranger (l'Etranger), where can I order it online?
Also, is it any good, if you've seen it?
posted on Mar 14, 2008 - 3 answers
Weirdest and wildest films in the public domain. [more inside]
posted on Mar 10, 2008 - 13 answers
Any good film/movie forums? [more inside]
posted on Feb 28, 2008 - 14 answers
Looking for depictions of surfers in mainstream media. Examples by people who aren't actually surfers (actors, reporters, wannabe surfers) are great, but people in the surf community are good too. The more common, well-known examples are better. I'm thinking of scenes from movies, passages in books, news stories, documentaries, blogs, comedy skits, but unscripted examples are best. [more inside]
posted on Feb 25, 2008 - 25 answers
I really enjoyed this NYT article on sound design in No Country For Old Men. Does anyone have any links/references to any similar articles about sound design in other films, past or present? Ideally they'd be a little longer and more detailed than the NYT piece, but I'd rather not read a book on this (unless it's brilliant!)
posted on Feb 20, 2008 - 10 answers
I need help identifying some film music by Michael Nyman. [more inside]
posted on Feb 12, 2008 - 7 answers
Love the two main actors but War just did not do anything for me. Are there any other Yakuza vs. Triad movies out there that are worth watching?
posted on Jan 24, 2008 - 5 answers
If Steve Guttenburg never, ever worked again, how much money would he earn yearly? [more inside]
posted on Jan 21, 2008 - 20 answers
Stories about healthy, "normal" marriages? [more inside]
posted on Jan 11, 2008 - 41 answers
What horror films feature a mystery killer? [more inside]
posted on Jan 1, 2008 - 22 answers
What was this late '70's / early 80's movie called - it was about blonde siblings in what turned out to be an incestuous relationship [more inside]
posted on Dec 1, 2007 - 10 answers
Need help finding a movie recommendation site where the user enters several favorite movie titles, and the site returns results based on other users entering those same movie titles... [more inside]
posted on Nov 27, 2007 - 14 answers
Help me identify this Japanese art-house film that I saw iat a film festival in the 90s featuring a widow and a lot of long takes. [more inside]
posted on Nov 5, 2007 - 10 answers
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? [more inside]
posted on Oct 22, 2007 - 7 answers
Looking for good movies for a "Girls' Night In." [more inside]
posted on Oct 2, 2007 - 40 answers
Where are the best cinemas in Paris? [more inside]
posted on Sep 23, 2007 - 7 answers
Video clips that demonstrate the difference between rules and morals/ethics? [more inside]
posted on Sep 22, 2007 - 10 answers
80's movies featuring really lame punk gangs? [more inside]
posted on Aug 27, 2007 - 33 answers
Help me find some good movies in which the protagonist is an angry bitch-on-wheels, who eventually sweetens up by film's end. [more inside]
posted on Aug 19, 2007 - 26 answers
Recommend me a film with a theme centering around a social justice issue. Preferably fictitious, or at least not a documentary (sorry Michael Moore fans). I realize that "social justice" is a loosely-defined term; basically, if the screenwriter is trying to make a point about a social justice issue, it's fair game. An archetypal example would be The Constant Gardener, but also acceptable would be movies along the lines of American History X, Crash, Children of Men or Gattaca. Thanks, green!
posted on Jul 24, 2007 - 46 answers
Is there a site/service that I can buy (well written) movie reviews from? [more inside]
posted on Jul 22, 2007 - 6 answers
In light of the horrendously awful "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry," are there any GOOD (i.e. both funny and non-homophobic) comedies about straight people either having to pretend they're gay or, more generally, about straight people slowly but surely letting go of their prejudices towards LGBT people? [more inside]
posted on Jul 19, 2007 - 43 answers
My boyfriend loves movies, but doesn't want to make them. What careers should he investigate? [more inside]
posted on Jun 29, 2007 - 15 answers
I am looking for a good source of both modern and classic film reviews/discussion with fairly long and intelligent commentary on plot/cinematography/history of the films. [more inside]
posted on Jun 21, 2007 - 8 answers
The movie "Love Story": When Jennifer Cavalleri turns to Oliver Barrett IV and says, all emotional and teary-eyed, "Love means never having to say you're sorry," what, exactly, does she mean? [more inside]
posted on Jun 6, 2007 - 20 answers
Which cinematographs or televisual serials most faithfully depict the operations of police or detectives?
posted on May 29, 2007 - 25 answers
Is there an easy-to-use site that lists all movies, theatres and showtimes in NYC. Please, God, PLEASE don't say citysearch! [more inside]
posted on May 27, 2007 - 14 answers
A few years ago I saw a movie that I now remember vaguely but vividly. It was sort of an arty drama, and it might have been European. The story concerned a man and a woman vacationing(?) in a house near a beach. The man was in some sort of psychological distress, eventually culminating in some bloody self-mutilation. The title may have referenced Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" in some way, but I could be misremembering. [more inside]
posted on May 26, 2007 - 7 answers
Searching for famous scenes from movies where the camera pans out across a vast distance in a single shot... [more inside]
posted on May 16, 2007 - 31 answers
Why are old film clips always played at super-speed, in spite of the ease with which this could be fixed? [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2007 - 15 answers
I'm wondering about the business end of short films. How do they make money? A no-budget, 5-minute short is one thing, but many shorts have high production values, location shoots, CGI, etc., which can come to a substantial amount. For example the Academy Awards for Best Short nominees all seem to be (I didn't see em) at least (stab in the dark here) $10,000 and way up.
Unlike features (even really crappy ones), shorts aren't shown in theaters or on video and I've never really seen them outside a shorts festival. Are the producers of these taking a loss? Is it merely a kind of marketing for a director/production company and a loss is the norm?
posted on Apr 26, 2007 - 9 answers
Russian film recommendations [more inside]
posted on Apr 18, 2007 - 33 answers
MovieFilter: I'm sure I've seen at least one film where a character was assaulted with an Emmy award. Help me with a bet, please? [more inside]
posted on Apr 15, 2007 - 9 answers
In screenwriting terminology, what are "bookends"? [more inside]
posted on Apr 5, 2007 - 24 answers
Mission Statements in Film: I'm working on a presentation about the importance of having clear objectives, and am interested in relevant video clips. [more inside]
posted on Mar 28, 2007 - 23 answers
Help me find a short that was shown on IFC a few years ago. The short consisted of a framing narrative with a film expert describing efforts to reconstruct a mysterious silent movie from film fragments that had been discovered with no indication of their proper order. [more inside]
posted on Mar 8, 2007 - 8 answers
What films (preferably in Netflix's catalog) do a good job of depicting the misery and scale of the trenches of World War One? [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2007 - 31 answers
MovieSceneFilter: Help me remember where I can find this grand ol' guillotine scene. I'm doing it for the kids! [more inside]
posted on Feb 19, 2007 - 10 answers
OldMovieFilter: I'm trying to find a movie I saw a while back. It was from either the 1940's or 1950's. It was about three women trying to make it in a new city... [more inside]
posted on Feb 9, 2007 - 4 answers
ChildhoodMemoryFilter... I keep remembering a Laserdisc movie from way back that included a library, the dewey decimal system, and a force field... [more inside]
posted on Feb 5, 2007 - 12 answers
I have several films assigned for a Business Ethics class that I teach including Thank You for Smoking, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, and Wall Street. They make for good discussion and a change of pace from lots of tough reading. This semester for the first time I have a student who does not watch rated-R movies. I want to accomodate the student. So I'm looking for movies with themes equivalent or similar to these three movies that are rated below R, and preferably PG or G. Any ideas?
posted on Jan 22, 2007 - 48 answers
What's the name of the song that's playing in the movie scream when Matthew Lillard's character is chasing people? [more inside]
posted on Jan 17, 2007 - 2 answers
Why is the CGI in Jurassic Park so good? Despite being nearly fifteen years old, it's no worse than that in The Lord of the Rings and King Kong, and certainly better than the recent Star Wars movies. [more inside]
posted on Jan 4, 2007 - 29 answers
I saw a British film on TV in the early 80's
a group of criminals conspire to be in prison during the big football game in order to break out, print some huge quantity of pound notes in the royal treasury itself, and break back into prison. What was the name?
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posted on Dec 29, 2006 - 4 answers
The best films to see while tripping?
LSD, HDTV, surround sound, on DVD?
Looking for visual effects, chromakey, 3000 miles from home, set controls for the center of the sun, etc. [more inside]
posted on Dec 29, 2006 - 98 answers
Can a barebones film concept be shopped to screenwriters? [more inside]
posted on Dec 19, 2006 - 14 answers
FilmSchoolFilter: In terms of cinematography, what factors cause different movies to, well...look different? [more inside]
posted on Dec 14, 2006 - 19 answers
I'm looking for movies about the first Gulf War. [more inside]
posted on Dec 2, 2006 - 13 answers
How do I analyze the film "the rules of the game"? [more inside]
posted on Oct 19, 2006 - 14 answers
Friend of mine is looking to track down the name of a movie. The dialogue is in English, French and Japanese. Most of the story is set in post-WWII Japan. It is about a French engineer who is working there. He is developping a relationship with a Japanese woman who runs a kimono store, but his old flame flies in from France and hijinks ensue. No it's not "Hiroshima, mon amour". As always there is [more inside]
posted on Oct 16, 2006 - 4 answers
Looking for smart narrative dance movies in the vein of "Billy Elliot" or "Swing Kids." Those are the only ones I can think of-- please help! [more inside]
posted on Oct 13, 2006 - 28 answers
(The original) The Shining: filmed on a 1.37:1 negative for display on a 1.33:1 TV or matting to 1.85:1 in theater (see 1, 2, 3 and many other sources). So why does my PC's DVD player grab screenshots at 1.50:1? [more inside]
posted on Sep 30, 2006 - 15 answers
Help remember the name of this this film, please. A surrealistic mock-documentary about an ill-fated antarctic expedition. [more inside]
posted on Sep 1, 2006 - 4 answers
Where should I see A Scanner Darkly in London? [more inside]
posted on Aug 23, 2006 - 10 answers
Examples of recurring in-jokes or motifs in film and television? Examples I can think of are the appearances of "1138" in George Lucas's movies (referring, of course, to THX-1138), and the numbers 1013 and 1121 (and, subsequently, the times 10:13 and 11:21) in The X-Files, being the birthdates of Chris Carter and his wife.
posted on Aug 4, 2006 - 51 answers
Years ago, I had an English teacher show our class a film version of Oedipus Rex. The prof explained that the director had taken pains to make the movie has period-accurate as possible, as far as the production design: costumes, sets, setting, etc. I think it was made in the early 70s or late 60s. What was this movie called, and/or who made it?
posted on Aug 2, 2006 - 8 answers
After seeing it at the Chicago International Film Festival a couple years ago, I've been -- to no avail -- waiting for / trying to track down a copy (dvd or otherwise) of the film
posted on Aug 1, 2006 - 4 answers
[filmfilter] What are some of your favorite chase sequences and/or man with a bomb sequences? [more inside]
posted on Jul 25, 2006 - 52 answers
Where can I discuss movies online? [more inside]
posted on Jul 25, 2006 - 12 answers
Heroic suicide bombers. I'd like some good examples from western film and literature of suicide bombers being depicted as heroic. [more inside]
posted on Jul 6, 2006 - 58 answers
Do you know this classic Russian (Soviet?) film? [more inside]
posted on Jul 3, 2006 - 11 answers
Can anyone recommend any good Chinese language films? [more inside]
posted on Jul 1, 2006 - 23 answers
Does anyone know what this book and these films are? [more inside]
posted on Jun 19, 2006 - 9 answers
Recommend some quality, crowd-pleasing films [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2006 - 21 answers
How have different tv shows or movie franchises dealt with the death of actors between episodes/seasons/films? [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2006 - 53 answers
I have been scouring the web for a way to get easily-available local-area movie schedules via RSS. Yahoo, Google, and IMDB all present perfectly decent HTML of this information, and there is one My Yahoo to RSS service; sadly, it's ad hoc and frequently fails to set the localization cookie. What am I missing? This should be a revenue oppotunity for the studios and theaters - where is the sweet creamy RSS I crave?
posted on Apr 1, 2006 - 6 answers
Looking for books, essays, articles, any resources at all about film's relationship to literature. [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2006 - 10 answers
Post-Matrix films?
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posted on Mar 9, 2006 - 47 answers
Where can I watch, or listen to, the Academy Awards live on the internet? [more inside]
posted on Mar 3, 2006 - 3 answers
I'm looking for obvious and conspicuous examples of product-placement in recent movies, along the lines of "Castaway" (FedEx) and "You've Got Mail" (AOL). The more egregious the better. Last ten years or less, please. [more inside]
posted on Feb 15, 2006 - 97 answers
Film buffs: I just watched Crash last night (I've now seen all the Best Picture nominees and feel soooo enriched). It reminded me of how very, very tired I am of the whole Random People's Lives Intersect Meaningfully genre, and it made me wonder how it got started. I know that the large-cast-intersecting gimmick is an Altman staple, but are there any precursors to his using it, or is it more or less his invention? Was Nashville where this whole thing began, or are there commonly-known, generally-acknowledged precedents for this genre? [more inside]
posted on Feb 7, 2006 - 26 answers
Fiction usually comes in two flavours: 1st person narrative or 3rd person description.
What short stories or novels have been written in 2nd person perspective (i.e. from the reader's viewpoint)? Also, are there any movies shot entirely from this angle?
posted on Jan 17, 2006 - 63 answers
In the original 1978 Superman movie Lex Luther plans to split apart the San Andreas fault-line using Nuclear armaments - the resulting explosion destined to send the entire Californian coastline and its inhabitants to murky ocean depths.
How much explosive force would be needed to cause any such kind of earthquake? And, using the San Andreas fault as a model, could Lex Luther's diabolic plan have any degree of success? [more inside]Please help me identify this short film. I saw it on PBS about 15 years ago. It involved a society where time was literally money, and this time was linked directly to your lifespan. [more inside]
posted on Nov 26, 2005 - 5 answers
My, uh, aunt has glaucoma and was recently prescribed medicinal marijuana. Now, she'd like to watch some movies that will blow her mind. [more inside]
posted on Nov 17, 2005 - 95 answers
For people interested in film-making, which DVD's come with director's commentaries that are truly insightful and a cut above the norm? [more inside]
posted on Nov 16, 2005 - 41 answers
Teen Films of the last 50 years or so... [more inside]
posted on Nov 8, 2005 - 49 answers
Help me improve my film-watching skills... [more inside]
posted on Nov 5, 2005 - 38 answers
Cinephiles and Filmhounds! Recommend some great comedies for me based on what I already like... [more inside]
posted on Nov 4, 2005 - 33 answers
For those who've seen The Grudge (Ju-on) and The Ring (Ringu), do you know if there is any significance to the visual similarity between "The Evil" in both films? (SPOILERS inside) [more inside]
posted on Oct 31, 2005 - 7 answers
Selective Depth-of-Field in Six Feet Under, and a question about lens flares. [more inside]
posted on Oct 4, 2005 - 12 answers
I'm looking for films about whatever they're about that are also about their own making. Fiction is preferred over documentary--this approach in documentary tends to strike me as more often lazy than profound--but skillful documentaries are welcome too. [examples inside, including spoilers] [more inside]
posted on Sep 27, 2005 - 62 answers
ForgottenMovieFilter: I'm looking for this film I saw at least fifteen years ago about a single mother whose daughter was killed by a train. [all the plot I can remember inside, including spoiler] [more inside]
posted on Sep 17, 2005 - 5 answers
Having exhausted the English-language scene, I'm wondering what foreign directors have catalogs worth going through. I've already taken a look at the works of Pedro Almodovar and Wong Kar Wai, and would love to know who else has earned the respect of Mefi cinephiles. Limit your answer to directors whose catalog is in bulk created after 1970, please.
posted on Aug 27, 2005 - 39 answers
MaybeMythicalMovieFilter: abcdEFghIjKlMnOpqrstuVwxYz: What is it? [more inside]
posted on Jul 21, 2005 - 12 answers
The deus ex machina psychological thrillers prefer most! Can you help me compile a list of movies that involve characters afflicted with split-personality disorder? I'll get us started: Psycho, Fight Club, Identity, Secret Window, and A Beautiful Mind.
posted on Jul 19, 2005 - 31 answers
I'm looking for the name of this movie I saw in the early 1980s, when I was a child, that ended with the antagonist winning. [more inside]
posted on Jul 17, 2005 - 10 answers
Resources for student or amateur filmmakers. I'm updating [my film site] to list useful resources or little known tips such as DIY equipment, free music scoring, free software, how to articles, etc. What can you recommend that is helpful? [more inside]
posted on Jun 26, 2005 - 4 answers
What films available on DVD would you recommend for a suburban American 13-year old girl with mainstream tastes? My niece acquired a portable DVD-player last winter. Her birthday is coming up and I'd like to get her some great movies that she might not discover by herself and that'd hold up to repeated viewing.
posted on May 1, 2005 - 49 answers
Cartoonists in the movies? [more inside]
posted on Apr 27, 2005 - 24 answers
MovieSexTriviaFilter: Does anyone know of any movies where a couple is sitting in bed after sex and the guy is sitting there with his chest showing, the woman has the sheets pulled up perfectly covering her breasts? [more inside]
posted on Apr 27, 2005 - 11 answers
Which films by Alfred Hitchcock are his best?
posted on Apr 23, 2005 - 38 answers
Two directors whose work I greatly admire, François Girard and Whit Stillman, have been MIA for quite some time. Can someone tell me where either has been, what they've been doing since their last films and what their future plans are? I've heard whispers and seen snippets online, but am hoping some industry-savvy MeFi-ite can provide something more substantial. Is this a case of lack of profitability completely trumping quality and forcing these two out of the director's chair?
posted on Apr 20, 2005 - 4 answers
You've never seen a Rainer Werner Fassbinder movie. Where do you start? Keep in mind that maybe some of your favorite German movies are the solemn and detached poetics of Werner Herzog, esp. the flawless (in your opinion of course) Aguirre, the Wrath of God. But you're not sure if this applies.
posted on Mar 16, 2005 - 10 answers
Years ago on atomfilms.com, I watched a little movie that I'd like to find again online. I think it was claymation. It depicted a depressed factory worker who invented some physical, manufacturable form of Happiness. He was happy with his invention for a time, sharing it with friends, but eventually started his own factory making his new Happiness to become rich, at which point he became depressed again. [more inside]
posted on Mar 1, 2005 - 7 answers
ZombieFilter: I have recently developed an interest in zombie movies. I'm having trouble finding a good list though; can anyone recommend some new ones I haven't seen yet? Preferably North American releases but any foreign suggestions are welcome too. [+]
posted on Feb 14, 2005 - 38 answers
I went to see a foreign film yesterday and was dismayed that the subtitles were in white. Isn't it a proven fact that subtitles show up better when in yellow? Also, why are subtitles in a sans serif font? I read something sometime ago that printed text should be in a serif font because it's easier on the eyes. Something about the serif thingies allowing your eyes to flow from letter to letter easier than a sans serif font.
posted on Jan 31, 2005 - 27 answers
MovieFilter. In The Goonies, Rudy and Lord Of The Rings characters played by Sean Astin deliver impassioned inspirational speeches. In what other movies has he done this? Does Sean Astin give impassioned inspirational speeches in all of his films?
posted on Jan 13, 2005 - 11 answers
Film Double Bill Suggestions. I'm putting together a season of double bills of great films. The double bills could be linked by actor, director, cinematographer, editor or genre, or they could be linked thematically - 2 films about childhood/set on a runaway train/sharing a common influence and so on. Anything goes, although both films must appeal to a broad audience, and should be generally recognisable as 'classics' of their type. What 2 films have you always wanted to see together?
posted on Dec 21, 2004 - 57 answers
Oceans Twelve. Am I an idiot or does this movie not make a lick of sense (spoilers inside--DON'T READ if you haven't seen the flick).
posted on Dec 20, 2004 - 24 answers
Sometime in the middle of his career, Richard Pryor appeared in a movie that featured a giant middle finger on the back of his car. Anyone remember which movie that was?
posted on Dec 9, 2004 - 6 answers
Torontonians: Where can you rent art films on VHS these days? Generally Bay St. Video covers all my rental needs, but they only rent DVDs now, which is great for movies that are available on DVD, but less great for those that aren't. (+)
posted on Dec 7, 2004 - 14 answers
I'm trying to find the title of a movie about a child dying of cancer who's father gives him a wish (More inside)
posted on Dec 5, 2004 - 4 answers
Is there a place on the internet where movies are remixed, like the JarJarBeGone remix of _A Phantom Menace_, ostensibly to improve them (as opposed to simply shortening them)?
I can think of a number of films that would have been better with a little editing, a few flat spots taken out, etc. and I was just wondering if this has started to happen in an online community. I guess one example would be the 30-minute version of Planet of the Apes.
Of course, I wish someone had done the same thing with Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle. Not a reader's digest condensed version, but perhaps an e-book that would warn me when a particularly long passage had no immediated relevance to the plot progression so I could come back to it later, perhaps. After almost 3,000 pages I'm exhausted!
I just like the idea of these sorts of remixes floating about but haven't found too many.
Thanks.
posted on Dec 4, 2004 - 5 answers
Help me, independent Film Lovers (especially you Brits)! I can't remember the title, the actors, or the plot....
posted on Nov 4, 2004 - 7 answers
It's obscure-songs-from-French-movies time! The film "Cléo de 5 à 7" has a haunting tune sung by Cleo about halfway through called "Without You", which I cannot elaborate on much further except that some of the lyrics are about an empty house and (I think) the wind blowing through it. Since the soundtrack does not seem to exist any longer, is there any way I can get my hands on it anymore? Has someone in subsequent years covered it?
posted on Nov 3, 2004 - 4 answers
HalloweenFilter: What are some good movies for a halloween party? Scary, Silly, you name it.
posted on Oct 31, 2004 - 17 answers
Do comedic films age poorly? [more inside]
posted on Oct 15, 2004 - 54 answers
What's a good, active, intelligent, mefi-like site for discussing movies? I know about filmfilter.com, but sadly it doesn't seem that heavily used, and I must obey the Power Laws.
posted on Sep 28, 2004 - 6 answers
What are your favorite DVDs? Much more inside.
posted on Sep 27, 2004 - 22 answers
You're right, I am dangerous. Did Top Gun seem as ridiculously homoerotic when it came out in the 80s as it does now?
posted on Aug 28, 2004 - 29 answers
Why so many producers? [the more, she is inside]
posted on Aug 27, 2004 - 6 answers
A number of years ago (8? 10?) there was a relatively low budget movie version of The Fantastic Four made, only to be bought up, and never shown the light of day, awaiting a big-budget production in the future.
Has anyone stumbled across information of this aborted project, and does anyone know where some video of it exists (in a digital format)?
posted on Jul 2, 2004 - 7 answers
Where do I find English subtitle files for non-English films? If I have a Divx/xvid/whatever I can play a subtitle file along with it. This I already know. What I don't know is a good site to find these files. Any help?
posted on Jun 25, 2004 - 6 answers
MovieFilter? - When a film shows a couple kissing, she often lifts her left leg up to make a right angle at the knee. Why? Does anyone actually do this in real life? Part of me expects it originally had some kind of euphamistic purpose, but my limited googling skills tell me nothing. Thoughts?
posted on Jun 16, 2004 - 9 answers
Triplets of Belleville. I recently bought it and have not watched it yet. My brother is coming this weekend with his two daughters aged 5 and 8. They normally like Shreck and Nemo. Is this film appropriate recommendation for a family viewing? I don't want to the be a dirty uncle.
posted on Jun 3, 2004 - 23 answers
I just watched "The Passion" . I have a question about something in the film which I didn't understand. Not really a spoiler (if thats possible here) but my question is within. [More]
posted on Feb 29, 2004 - 17 answers
What are some good Korean movies? [more inside]
posted on Jan 10, 2004 - 16 answers
Does anyone have a good source to find movie stills on the Internet? Specifically, I'd like one of John Candy playing racquetball in 'Splash' and one of Takashi riding the tricycle in 'Revenge of the Nerds.'
posted on Jan 6, 2004 - 2 answers
On the movie version of Pink Floyd's The Wall, there's a short instrumental piece before "In The Flesh" (I think), with a guitar and flute, the guitar part starts something like this:
E||-----------------0----|----------------------|-----------------0----|----------------------|-----------------0----|-----------------||
B||------------1---------|--1-------------------|------------1---------|--1-------------------|------------1---------|--1--------------||
G||-------2--------------|-------2---------2----|-------2--------------|-------2---------2----|-------2--------------|-------2---------||
D||--2-------------------|------------2---------|--3-------------------|------------3---------|--4-------------------|------------4----||
A||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------||
E||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------||
Does anybody know the history or name of the piece, and hopefully have an accurate tab of it? I've played it forever but never seem to have got it quite right.
posted on Dec 25, 2003 - 4 answers
I'm a film junkie and am running out of things to watch. What's an obscure feature-length movie that's available on dvd or video that you can recommend to someone who's seen more movies than had warm meals?
posted on Dec 17, 2003 - 91 answers
I just finished watching David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, and I'm stumped. Can someone explain to me what that was all about?
I should add that I'm not a huge DL fan - I don't enjoy strangeness for strangeness' sake - but didn't expect to be so utterly left in the dark. Anyone?
posted on Dec 15, 2003 - 27 answers
