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Films for the Thinking
Shaun Of The Dead [2004]Shaun Of The Dead [2004]
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Teach yourself how to be British, how to spot subtle film references wher others are oblivious, and how to kill zombies.
Little Murders [1971] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Little Murders [1971] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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Best film you never saw. This takes the humour of Catch22 or MASH, and applies it to modern life in America via the dating game. Funniest film I ever saw: then the ending kills parts of you! It hurts.
Fight Club - 2-disc Special Edition [1999]Fight Club - 2-disc Special Edition [1999]
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In some ways, this is the best use use/abuse of the medium that anyone has thus far done. Great plot, real issues (wow! in a film?) and it looks and plays beautifully.
Brazil [1985]Brazil [1985]
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This is such a stonking farce. It's 1984 minus the revolution. Big Brother slips in through the back door. It's Blair's Britain prophesied, with plastic surgery and great visual play.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Special Edition) [1988]Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Special Edition) [1988]
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Introducing youngsters to misguided notions of femininity since 1988. The anim/live integration is flawless, and necessary to this manic FILM NOIR! DVD extras rule.
Adaptation [2003]Adaptation [2003]
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Ace film. Kaufmann has one fifth the brains of Thomas Pynchon, and that's loads for a filmmaker. He's actually thinking in ways I didn't ever expect to see cinema try.
Amores Perros [2001]Amores Perros [2001]
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Depth. You think you know what it is for a while, but as the focus moves to new characters you find it's a rare excercise in empathy. Packed with heart and guts.
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition) [1994]The Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition) [1994]
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Much joy watching the design and the fluidity of these stop-motion wierdies. Also, Danny Elfman (composing AND singing) at his most playful. Dvd extras, very nice.
Rushmore [1999]Rushmore [1999]
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Very inspiring stuff. Schwartzman vs. Murray. Great players. Nice speed. Cool soundtrack. Watch and enjoy.
Pinocchio : Special Edition [1940]Pinocchio : Special Edition [1940]
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Disney's technical masterpiece. The look of the scenes is great, but it's the morality of the tale that really get you. Nobody dares preach to kids now, that's why they're all drugged-up bank robbers.
Twelve Monkeys [1996]Twelve Monkeys [1996]
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Probably the most immediate of Gilliam's films, but it doesn't compromise a thing. Vision of the future is seamless, ridiculous and gorgeous. The asylum scenes are so well played.
Doctor Strangelove (Collectors Edition) [1963]Doctor Strangelove (Collectors Edition) [1963]
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One of the best statements anybody ever made in film. Still highly relevant.
Barton Fink [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Barton Fink [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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Very striking film. Very ambient. The paranoia seeps off the walls quite nicely.
Tremors [1990]Tremors [1990]
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Just totally cool.
Little Shop Of Horrors [1987]Little Shop Of Horrors [1987]
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Highly atmospheric musical comedy about temptation and doing the right thing. Also, the truth about dentistry.
Paths Of Glory [1957]Paths Of Glory [1957]
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Studio-controlled Kubrick. No less sincerity, but often overlooked.
From Here To Eternity [1953]From Here To Eternity [1953]
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Pearl Harbour. Lesson in dignity, right and wrong, and what it was like when men were men.
The Time Machine [1960]The Time Machine [1960]
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We really must start looking after our society the right way.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? [1967] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? [1967] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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Perfect film.
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof [1958]Cat On A Hot Tin Roof [1958]
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Great film about how hard it is to be your own man.
Ghostbusters [1984]Ghostbusters [1984]
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Yay! Ghostbusters, go. Hurrah! Don't cross the streams.
If.... [1968]If.... [1968]
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Ballsy, beautiful film.
The Holy Mountain [2007]The Holy Mountain [2007]
Must be seen to be believed.
Guillermo Del Toro Collection (Pan's Labyrinth, Cronos, The Devil's Backbone) [2006]Guillermo Del Toro Collection (Pan's Labyrinth, Cronos, The Devil's Backbone) [2006]
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A visual perfectionist. Such luscious cinema.
Odd Couple [1967]Odd Couple [1967]
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Hahahahahahaha.