# Movie Recommendations **URL:** \ **Category:** Poststructural Pub\ **Created:** [April 29, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930 "2006-04-29T12:59:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eldarion](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/919ad9/32.png) [@Eldarion](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/Eldarion)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/1 "2006-04-29T12:59:54Z")
My summer holidays are here again and finally I’ve got some time to catch up on movies. I’ve a slight problem though, I can’t remember most of what was on my must watch list and would like to ask for your collective recommendations in compiling a new one. Which films are your must-watch films, or films do you find particularly interesting? So far I’ve already lined up: two David Lynch films: “Eraserhead” and “Mulholland Dr” “A Clockwork Orange” - still trying to get my hands on it “Blood and Bones” - that film with Takeshi Kitano in it “Magnolia” - Dale has been recommending this for ages so hopefully I’ll get to watch it this time round “Capote” “Deliverance” As you can gather I do like films that are a bit dark, or a bit quirky, though I’m not adverse to other types of movies. So fire away! p.s. I loved “Pulp Fiction” btw… ---
**Author:** ![Whistlin\_Dixie](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.chiffandfipple.com/whistlin_dixie/32/183_2.png) [@Whistlin\_Dixie](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/Whistlin_Dixie)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/2 "2006-04-29T13:18:51Z")
If you haven’t seen “Fargo”… I loved Pulp Fiction, too. I’d also see Crash if I were you. I’d so skip Clockwork Orange. And Magnolia (Hi Dale) M ---
**Author:** ![I.D.10-t](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.chiffandfipple.com/i.d.10-t/32/588_2.png) [@I.D.10-t](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/I.D.10-t)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/3 "2006-04-29T13:21:48Z")
You may want to look up reviews of “old boy” If you are into artistic/strange movies like “Eraserhead” try watching either “Delicatessen” or “the city of lost children”. “The secret adventures of tomb thumb” would also fit that catigory. ---
**Author:** ![emmline](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.chiffandfipple.com/emmline/32/562_2.png) [@emmline](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/emmline)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/4 "2006-04-29T13:23:36Z")
> [@Whistlin'Dixie](#): > > If you haven’t seen “Fargo”… Eeeeeeeewwwwwwww! (sorry. couldn’t help myself. ![:boggle:](https://s3.pfaffmanager.com/sites/chiffandfipple/original/2X/0/0287f377b0e103e172422ffbbe8c639fd3e12c9e.gif "boggle") ) ---
**Author:** ![Whistlin\_Dixie](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.chiffandfipple.com/whistlin_dixie/32/183_2.png) [@Whistlin\_Dixie](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/Whistlin_Dixie)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/5 "2006-04-29T13:29:34Z")
Oh, Well then, (didn’t like the woodchipper? Frances McDormand?) Try “Slingblade” ---
**Author:** ![buddhu](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.chiffandfipple.com/buddhu/32/540_2.png) [@buddhu](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/buddhu)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/6 "2006-04-29T14:47:56Z")
Fine suggestions above - especially Magnolia and Crash. Dogville would be my £0.02. Not a happy ending, but a satisfactory one. Astonishing movie. ---
**Author:** ![Congratulations](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.chiffandfipple.com/congratulations/32/910_2.png) [@Congratulations](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/Congratulations)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/7 "2006-04-29T15:20:04Z")
Crash is good. Delicatessen is good. Slingblade is amazing. I suggest Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Lord of War, and (if you haven’t seen it) The Producers. ---
**Author:** ![izzarina](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.chiffandfipple.com/izzarina/32/472_2.png) [@izzarina](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/izzarina)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/8 "2006-04-29T15:56:17Z")
> [@Congratulations](#): > > I suggest Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas AACCKK!! I love Johnny Depp…I think he’s a magnificent actor. But the whole drug thing was horrible. I felt like _I_ was on drugs right along with them, and I found myself practically begging them not to do anymore because _I’d_ had enough. 😛 The same thing with Trainspotting, with Ewan McGregor. I couldn’t get through either of them because of it. But that’s just me. They both are “dark” films and would probably be a good recommendation for someone who likes that type of movie. ---
**Author:** ![mukade](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.chiffandfipple.com/mukade/32/647_2.png) [@mukade](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/mukade)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/9 "2006-04-29T15:56:51Z")
Forget most of the typical Hollywood gunk. If you can get them - The Fearless Vampire Killers - Roman Polanski [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061655/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061655/) Woman of the Dunes - Hiroshi Teshigahara [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058625/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058625/) Anything by Yasujiro Ozu, especially Tokyo Story. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046438/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046438/) Mukade ---
**Author:** ![hyldemoer](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/f4b2a3/32.png) [@hyldemoer](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/hyldemoer)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/10 "2006-04-29T16:09:11Z")
> [@izzarina](#): > > AACCKK!! I love Johnny Depp…I think he’s a magnificent actor. Johnny Depp and dark? “Dead Man” Iggy Pop has a small part in it but he’s in drag. My favorite movie without Johnny Depp? “Ghost Dog: the Way of the Samurai” Everyone is soooo Metal jitsu in it. ---
**Author:** ![dubhlinn](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.chiffandfipple.com/dubhlinn/32/715_2.png) [@dubhlinn](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/dubhlinn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/11 "2006-04-29T16:19:57Z")
I recently saw Mel Gibsons "Passion of the Christ"and was left speechless by the graphic nature of it all. I’m not a Christian and came to the film with an open mind. One of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen. Not for the faint hearted, of any religious persuasion. Delicatessen is a classic and a must see. I would also highly recommend Polanskis “Chinatown”, a hugely textured complex movie with dazzling performances allround. Slan, D. ---
**Author:** ![scottielvr](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.chiffandfipple.com/scottielvr/32/265_2.png) [@scottielvr](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/scottielvr)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/12 "2006-04-29T18:28:35Z")
Not necessarily “must-see,” but on the darker side: “A Boy and His Dog,” and “The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.” Must-see: “The Unbearable Lightness of Being.” Oh, and “The Big Lebowski” and “Withnail and I,” if you need to lighten things up. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Miwokhill](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Miwokhill](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/Miwokhill)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/13 "2006-05-02T03:29:26Z")
(Repeating myself from another post I just made) --‘A History of Violence’ Also liked ‘The Cooler.’ Never thought I’d like a movie with Cameron Diaz in it but ‘In Her Shoes’ was good I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Congratulations](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.chiffandfipple.com/congratulations/32/910_2.png) [@Congratulations](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/Congratulations)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/14 "2006-05-02T03:42:56Z")
> [@Miwokhill](#): > > Also liked ‘The Cooler.’ OH MAN, HOW COULD I FORGET? The Cooler is amazing, as is most anything with William H. Macy. Easily my favorite actor, right now. ---
**Author:** ![Miwokhill](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Miwokhill](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/Miwokhill)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 4:21am UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/15 "2006-05-02T04:21:49Z")
yea, Macy is really becoming a major figure which I hope doesn’t ruin part of his appeal. Another film with Macy is Panic which gets good reviews but which I really didn’t like all that much. It just was too ugly in the world it portrayed. Quills was good. Speaking of kinky, which I’m not usually a fan of mostly because most films that are, or try to be, are usually crass, Secretary was pretty good. The Island was also pretty good I thought. (Sci-fi) Also like King Kong although I probably wouldn’t want to sit through it’s 3 hours again. It was very good though. -I actually was bored with Lord of the Rings, (also Peter Jackson why i mention it) It looked great but I found the movie itself tedious. ---
**Author:** ![Dale](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.chiffandfipple.com/dale/32/5_2.png) [@Dale](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/Dale)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/16 "2006-05-02T06:01:18Z")
> [@Eldarion](#): > > two David Lynch films: “Eraserhead” and “Mulholland Dr” > . _Eraserhead_–and I’m going to go with a flat statement here–is the weirdest movie I’ve ever seen. Nothing really even comes close. And for me to say it’s the weirdest movie I’ve ever seen–that’s saying something. ---
**Author:** ![carrie](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.chiffandfipple.com/carrie/32/147_2.png) [@carrie](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/carrie)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 12:52pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/17 "2006-05-02T12:52:16Z")
Though it’s been a long time since I’ve seen them, I really liked some of Alan Rudolph’s earlier movies, especially _Choose Me_ and _Trouble in Mind_. Quirky and touching. Carol ---
**Author:** ![Walden](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.chiffandfipple.com/walden/32/206_2.png) [@Walden](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/Walden)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/18 "2006-05-02T12:58:51Z")
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**Author:** ![Sliabh\_Luachra](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.chiffandfipple.com/sliabh_luachra/32/1027_2.png) [@Sliabh\_Luachra](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/Sliabh_Luachra)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930/19 "2006-05-02T13:05:38Z")
Three that I particularly enjoy: “The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across The Eighth Dimension” - there’s nothing I can say about this that would recommend it enough. “Truly, Madly, Deeply” - My wife’s favorite. What “Ghost” should have been. “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” - Don’t let the fact that it has Jim Carey in it chase you away. It’s unlike anything he’s ever done. Mark ---
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> [@Walden](#): > > I haven’t seen _Fahrenheit 911_. Is it a good film? No, it was widely considered a failure; Oscar Werner, the star, said so too. [Next page](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/movie-recommendations/37930.md?page=2)