Lost Highway - David Lynch - 1997
Recommended by: E Ranz
I haven't watched many movies with Patricia Arquette but I think her acting was great in this one. Lynch must have thought so too because instead of canning her after her murder in the middle of the film, another character manifests itself. Bill Pullman plays her saxophonist husband who is charged with her murder. Unnatural camera angles and elongated pauses between action to create the feeling that the audience is the stalker-murderer. I find that amnesiacs and characters with alter egos or dual personalities are Lynch's favorite. No one whips up a bizarre and horrifying crime thriller like Lynch can. I really don't like heavy metal or whatever genre you'd put Marilyn Manson, but the soundtrack didn't deter my enjoyment with this film.
Look out for: Oh, how I miss Jazz nights at Zorba's...
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The Kid - Charles Chaplin - 1921
Recommended by: E Ranz
An impoverished woman decides she cannot raise her infant so she finds a car and puts the baby in the backseat. 2 robbers see the baby and leave him in an alley so they can continue their theft. The woman sadly experiences no take-backsies as she goes back to car to learn the car and her baby are no longer there. Charlie Chaplin's classic character, "The Tramp" raises the boy into an adorable, mischeivous five year old. The impoverished woman is now a wealthy actress and learns his boy is still alive. My favorite scene was then Charlie got bonked on the head and enters an elaborate dream filled with angels. It totally looked expensive. In less than an hour Chaplin achieves a heartfelt, slap stick comedy with a satisfying ending.
Look out for: The house where Charlie and John, his adoptive son, lived looks strikingly similar to his home in The Gold Rush. I did notice bread rolls on forks as well.
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Princess Mononoke - Hayao Miyazaki - 1997
This is my first anime film that is definitely not for kids. I've always loved how imaginative Japanime films are (ie. Spirited Away, Ponyo) and this one had a diverse collection of characters. Some cute forest creatures, awkward looking forest gods, and grotesque, gory, and graphic forest demons. The plot line was similar to that of Fern Gully or Avatar. In the American dubbing, Claire Danes does the voice of San, who is Princess Mononoke, a girl raised by wolves. Great storyline and visually intruiging. I could watch this again if it weren't 134 minutes long.
Look out for: The trippy forest scene with the hundreds of little forest creatures was used in a Youtube video I watched recently, laid under a Royksopp song. Perfect!
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