Great Movies It Seems Like Nobody Else Has Ever Heard Of

Ibby · 06-09-2006, 12:50 PM

NOBODY I talk to has ever even heard of Detroit Rock City. And it's rather annoying.

Any of you ever had this? A great movie that not a damn soul has seen?

glatt · 06-09-2006, 01:02 PM

Heard of the name. Never saw it.

MaggieL · 06-09-2006, 02:41 PM

Buckaroo Banzai

Dark Star

If... (oh, OK, it *seemed* great at the time)

Silent Running (Brilliant demented performance from Bruce Dern)

I guess Rainbow Bridge isn't really a great film, but it goes well with drugs.

Powers of Ten won't take up much of your life, but it's well worth the time it occupies. If you don't have time for the movie, at least checkout the website

You don't have to see Ghost in the Shell first to enjoy the sequel, but it helps.

Ibby · 06-09-2006, 04:03 PM

I've seen bits and pieces of Dark Star, years and years ago. My dad still has the VHS somewhere, I think.

MaggieL · 06-09-2006, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Ibram

I've seen bits and pieces of Dark Star, years and years ago. My dad still has the VHS somewhere, I think.

Yes, it was a well-worn cult classic at the 1976 Worldcon...where they were showing preprduction art and costumes for this new film called "The Star Wars" by some unknown guy.

Dark Star is very immediately postVietnam in flavor. And was insanely cheaply made; it was essentially a student film. Nontheless there's some more timeless and really classic tropes and conceits in it. Beachball and The Elevator. The Smartbomb. The Frozen Captain.

You kids with hippie-envy (and the older nostalgia-stricken crowd) might suddenly find deep and/or rediscovered insight from a decade later in Riders of The Storm if you can find a copy.

Personally, I've kinda moved on from such...

wolf · 06-09-2006, 06:53 PM

Koyanisqaatsi.

I probably misspelled that.

BigV · 06-09-2006, 07:25 PM

Koyaanisqatsi, Life out of Balance. Got it. And Powaqqatsi, Life in Transformation. But I'm still seeking the third one, Naqoyaqatsi, Life as War.

Check it out.

MaggieL · 06-09-2006, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

Koyaanisqatsi, Life out of Balance.

Ah..well spotted. It's one of the first VHS dubs anybody ever gave me.

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Originally Posted by www.glasspages.org

Knock-knock.
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Happy Monkey · 06-09-2006, 11:44 PM

Black Cat White Cat

richlevy · 06-10-2006, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Ibram

NOBODY I talk to has ever even heard of Detroit Rock City. And it's rather annoying.

Any of you ever had this? A great movie that not a damn soul has seen?

Let's see, kids running off to see Kiss, parents eating a pizza with 'special mushrooms'. That's all I really remember.

I saw Buckeroo, Dark Star, and Silent Running.

Silent Running is an all-time classic.

I would add Electra Glide in Blue and The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds. 'Marigolds' was directed by Paul Newman.

Summer of '42 was a great coming of age movie that came out 1-2 years before American Grafitti.

I would also put up The Incredible Mr. Limpet, but I think a lot of people have seen that one.

Follow Me, Boys! is an Disney comedy about a man who becomes a boy scout troop leader for generations of boys in his town. It's a very good movie, with some dark moments to make it a little more realistic. It's sort of a Norman Rockwell painting turned into a movie.

lumberjim · 06-10-2006, 06:03 PM

Where the Day Takes You

JayMcGee · 06-10-2006, 06:25 PM

The Gods must be Crazy.....

the adventures of a South African bushman trying to return a coke-bottle that fell on him from an air-liner.......

(when was the last tiime you saw a Landrover winch itself up a tree?)

MaggieL · 06-10-2006, 08:51 PM

Speaking of Powers Of Ten, you can now watch it online

And then there's this. D'oh!

capnhowdy · 06-10-2006, 09:23 PM

Heavy Traffic

Early 70's animated....I think it was rated R.

MaggieL · 06-10-2006, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by capnhowdy

Heavy Traffic

Early 70's animated....I think it was rated R.

Ralph Bakshi (Fritz the Cat, Deputy Dawg, Cool World)....1973

06-09-2006, 12:50 PM	#1
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06-09-2006, 02:41 PM	#3
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Buckaroo Banzai Dark Star If... (oh, OK, it seemed great at the time) Silent Running (Brilliant demented performance from Bruce Dern) I guess Rainbow Bridge isn't really a great film, but it goes well with drugs. Powers of Ten won't take up much of your life, but it's well worth the time it occupies. If you don't have time for the movie, at least checkout the website You don't have to see Ghost in the Shell first to enjoy the sequel, but it helps. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..." Last edited by MaggieL; 06-09-2006 at 02:52 PM.

06-09-2006, 04:03 PM	#4
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	I've seen bits and pieces of Dark Star, years and years ago. My dad still has the VHS somewhere, I think. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

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wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Koyanisqaatsi. I probably misspelled that. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Koyaanisqatsi, Life out of Balance. Got it. And Powaqqatsi, Life in Transformation. But I'm still seeking the third one, Naqoyaqatsi, Life as War. Check it out. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-09-2006, 01:02 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Heard of the name. Never saw it.

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06-10-2006, 06:25 PM	#12
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	The Gods must be Crazy..... the adventures of a South African bushman trying to return a coke-bottle that fell on him from an air-liner....... (when was the last tiime you saw a Landrover winch itself up a tree?) __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

06-10-2006, 08:51 PM	#13
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Speaking of Powers Of Ten, you can now watch it online And then there's this. D'oh! __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

06-10-2006, 09:23 PM	#14
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Heavy Traffic Early 70's animated....I think it was rated R. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

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