It's been out on dvd in Britain for a few years now. Saw it a while back, I have the French dvd with bonus cd soundtrack, adore the music in the film. But yes, excellent film.
Oh, I saw it a while back on Virgin Movies and then couldn't find it anywhere, not even on file sharing sites.:o I only saw it in Fopp last weekend and immediately bought a copy.
Anyway, glad to have found a fellow fan. Do you want to pop over to IMDb and post some stuff because there's hardly any comment on it there?:D
I would second the Millenium Trilogy
(The girl with the Dragon Tattoo etc)
and the two films that tell the whole
story of 'Mesrine'.
The Original Swedish Millenium movies
come in at three hours per story,so nine
hours in total,and the Mesrine films I think
are around two hours each!
Great viewing for lovers of long and complex
stories!
I can't stand the forums on IMDB, mostly full of horrible trolls and can't stand the layout, so will not be joining IMDB anytime soon. :p
Ha ha! You're right. The forums aren't so bad when you get away from mainstream films but most of them make GD on here look like a forum restricted to Nobel Laureates.:D
For a taste of European art cinema you can never go wrong with Lars von Trier (Melancholia, Dogville) and Michael Haneke (Caché, Amour).
The most fascinating and challenging films I have seen over the past couple of years are however made by women: Attenberg (Athina Rachel Tsangari) and She Monkeys (Lisa Aschan).
It was about and earthquake in Tangshan,China.I'm not sure how much of the film was based on actual events,but the earthquake certainly happened for real.And the special effects of the earthquake were absolutely stunning,genuinely terrifying.
After that it's a very nice human story,and the young girl in the first half of the film was pretty amazing.
Nid Des Guepes (The Nest), cracking French heist thriller.
Very strong Assault On Precinct 13 influence, but with some interesting twists on the 'seige' scenario, with some frenetic gunplay and some great acting.
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Oh, I saw it a while back on Virgin Movies and then couldn't find it anywhere, not even on file sharing sites.:o I only saw it in Fopp last weekend and immediately bought a copy.
Anyway, glad to have found a fellow fan. Do you want to pop over to IMDb and post some stuff because there's hardly any comment on it there?:D
(The girl with the Dragon Tattoo etc)
and the two films that tell the whole
story of 'Mesrine'.
The Original Swedish Millenium movies
come in at three hours per story,so nine
hours in total,and the Mesrine films I think
are around two hours each!
Great viewing for lovers of long and complex
stories!
I can't stand the forums on IMDB, mostly full of horrible trolls and can't stand the layout, so will not be joining IMDB anytime soon. :p
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Timecrimes
Ha ha! You're right. The forums aren't so bad when you get away from mainstream films but most of them make GD on here look like a forum restricted to Nobel Laureates.:D
The most fascinating and challenging films I have seen over the past couple of years are however made by women: Attenberg (Athina Rachel Tsangari) and She Monkeys (Lisa Aschan).
Goodbye Lenin
Intimate Strangers
Blind Chance
Those Who Love Me Can Take The Train
Lovers of the Artic Circle
Amores Perros.
It was about and earthquake in Tangshan,China.I'm not sure how much of the film was based on actual events,but the earthquake certainly happened for real.And the special effects of the earthquake were absolutely stunning,genuinely terrifying.
After that it's a very nice human story,and the young girl in the first half of the film was pretty amazing.
Ah, these 2 too.
Very strong Assault On Precinct 13 influence, but with some interesting twists on the 'seige' scenario, with some frenetic gunplay and some great acting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FtP7A_QwSs
Amore Perros, Apocalypto, The Class, Night Watch & Day Watch, The original Funny Games, Attack the Gas Station (if you can find it!)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183252/reference
Rec 2
Let The Right One In
Pan's Labyrinth
Time Crimes
Soundtrack is great.
What about a film from the same director called The City of Lost Children?