list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Dancer in the Dark on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Dancer_in_the_Dark/153591/default.aspx Title: Dancer in the Dark
Year: 2000
Director: Lars von Trier
Plot: Reportedly the third in acclaimed director Lars von Trier's "Golden Hearts" trilogy (preceded by Breaking the Waves and The Idiots), this film is a hip reworking of the classic Hollywood Musical, starring international pop diva Bjork. Set somewhere in rural Washington state, Czech immigrant Selma (Bjork) works in a pressing plant, struggling to make ends meet for herself and her 10-year-old son, Gene (Vladica Kostic). Her best friend is coworker and fellow European Kathy (Catherine Deneuve). While outside work, she is maintaining a cautious friendship with local yokel Jeff (Peter Stormare). She also landed a starring role as Maria in an amateur production of The Sound of Music. Selma's life would be one of relative contentment if it were not for the ugly secret she harbors -- she is on the verge of blindness due to a genetic disorder, and her young son will suffer the same fate without an operation. Selma has quietly been stashing away money for the surgery and has already amassed $2,000. When her savings, squirreled away in a can in the kitchen, suddenly disappear, she confronts her cash-strapped landlord Bill (David Morse). Of course, like all musicals, the plot periodically takes a backseat to the seven production numbers, including a show-stopping sequence in Selma's factory. Shot entirely on digital video, the film reportedly used up to 100 cameras for each musical number. Dancer in the Dark received top prizes at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival including Best Actress for Bjork and the coveted Palme d'Or for Best Picture. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
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]]>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:29:56 GMTDancer in the Dark2000Lars von TrierReportedly the third in acclaimed director <a href="/players/P___118403/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Lars von Trier</a>'s "Golden Hearts" trilogy (preceded by <a href=/films/93577/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Breaking the Waves</a> and <a href=/films/118158/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>The Idiots</a>), this film is a hip reworking of the classic Hollywood Musical, starring international pop diva Bjork. Set somewhere in rural Washington state, Czech immigrant Selma (Bjork) works in a pressing plant, struggling to make ends meet for herself and her 10-year-old son, Gene (Vladica Kostic). Her best friend is coworker and fellow European Kathy (<a href="/players/P____18574/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Catherine Deneuve</a>). While outside work, she is maintaining a cautious friendship with local yokel Jeff (<a href="/players/P____68555/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Peter Stormare</a>). She also landed a starring role as Maria in an amateur production of <a href=/films/32141/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>The Sound of Music</a>. Selma's life would be one of relative contentment if it were not for the ugly secret she harbors -- she is on the verge of blindness due to a genetic disorder, and her young son will suffer the same fate without an operation. Selma has quietly been stashing away money for the surgery and has already amassed $2,000. When her savings, squirreled away in a can in the kitchen, suddenly disappear, she confronts her cash-strapped landlord Bill (<a href="/players/P____50885/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>David Morse</a>). Of course, like all musicals, the plot periodically takes a backseat to the seven production numbers, including a show-stopping sequence in Selma's factory. Shot entirely on digital video, the film reportedly used up to 100 cameras for each musical number. Dancer in the Dark received top prizes at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival including Best Actress for Bjork and the coveted Palme d'Or for Best Picture. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide48Tag Target (>10)46354http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t09656i6lbz.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Dancer_in_the_Dark/153591/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_August_17_Death_Row/625/43612/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: mercurial
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Post Date: 8/18/2009 3:29:56 PM
Body: The Night of the Hunter - Not really about an execution, but the film centers around some money that the cellmate of a death row inmate overhears and takes upon himself to find upon his release. Sin City - The film that brought back Mickey Rourke from mediocrity. Not to give anything away but his character Marv was one fucking badass that just wouldn't die peacefully. Capote & Infamous - Both good films about the murders that took place in Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and the subsequent executions of the murderers. Elizabeth - The first act of the film centers on whether Elizabeth is going to be executed or become queen. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - I believe the latter part of the film centered around an execution but all I remember is the bizarre orgy. Need to watch it again. Marie Antoinette - The one thing that got a lot of people mad about this film was the lack of any depiction of her execution. The Messenger - Again, doesn't get to the actual act, but nonetheless. Alice in Wonderland - OFF WITH HER HEAD! Salo - Kinda sorta fits the theme. A bunch of young girls and boys are kidnapped from the countryside and ritualistically tortured and executed. Worth checking out if you feel like vomiting. Dancer in the Dark - I love von Trier and Bjork but not so much together in this film. Definitely on my re-watch list. Starship Troopers - There is a particularly hilarious scene in the film where a murderers execution is going to be aired on live television.
]]>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:29:56 GMTmercurialWeekly Theme8/18/2009 3:29:56 PM The Night of the Hunter - Not really about an execution, but the film centers around some money that the cellmate of a death row inmate overhears and takes upon himself to find upon his release. Sin City - The film that brought back Mickey Rourke from mediocrity. Not to give anything away but his character Marv was one fucking badass that just wouldn't die peacefully. Capote &amp; Infamous - Both good films about the murders that took place in Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and the subsequent executions of the murderers. Elizabeth - The first act of the film centers on whether Elizabeth is going to be executed or become queen. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - I believe the latter part of the film centered around an execution but all I remember is the bizarre orgy. Need to watch it again. Marie Antoinette - The one thing that got a lot of people mad about this film was the lack of any depiction of her execution. The Messenger - Again, doesn't get to the actual act, but nonetheless. Alice in Wonderland - OFF WITH HER HEAD! Salo - Kinda sorta fits the theme. A bunch of young girls and boys are kidnapped from the countryside and ritualistically tortured and executed. Worth checking out if you feel like vomiting. Dancer in the Dark - I love von Trier and Bjork but not so much together in this film. Definitely on my re-watch list. Starship Troopers - There is a particularly hilarious scene in the film where a murderers execution is going to be aired on live television. http://www.spout.com/groups/Disability_On_Film/Re_Best_disabled_character/677/41298/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: rjsprague
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Post Date: 3/27/2009 3:41:38 PM
Body: I thought Dancer in the Dark was a pretty good film, and Bjork was at least mildly enjoyable to watch.
]]>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:41:38 GMTrjspragueDisability On Film3/27/2009 3:41:38 PMI thought Dancer in the Dark was a pretty good film, and Bjork was at least mildly enjoyable to watch. http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/11/14/37303.aspx Post By: Karina
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Post Date: 11/14/2008 12:00:57 PM
Body: Still impossibly gorgeous and chic at age 65, Catherine Deneuve is the ultimate living emblem of the lasting romance of French film.  She’s also amongst the busiest international female stars over the age of fifty, and while Deneuve has made the occasional questionable move since hitting that marker of age (dueting with a post-post-post Sex Pistols Malcolm McLaren; playing “herself” in I Want to See, a dramatized document of her visit to war-torn Lebanon), Melissa Anderson is right to note that for the most part, over the last decade and a half, “she has shown a fearlessness in her roles—no matter how small.” That fearlessness is on display in A Christmas Tale, where Deneuve is at her best rocking a borderline incestuously playful love-hate with her wicked charmer of a son (and potential lifesaver) Matthieu Amalric. With that film hitting theaters tomorrow, here’s a look back at a few iconic Catherine Deneuve moments, all readily available via YouTube. “Chanson Des Jumelles,” from Les Demoiselles de Rochefort Of the two Jacques Demy musicals in which Deneuve appeared in the 60s, I prefer the darker, more bittersweet Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, in which Deneuve’s mother encourages her to marry a rich diamond salesmen when her great love knocks her up then goes off to war. But this early number in Demy’s tribute to the Hollywood light musical comedy (featuring an aging Gene Kelly as the love interest for Deneuve’s sister, Françoise Dorléac) is a better advertisement for Demy’s charms. Dressed in matching tennis dresses and ridiculous Easter bonnets, Deneuve and Dorleac sing a jaunty tune full of back story, touching on everything from their single mom’s frites stand to the moles the sisters inherited from their absentee dad, while still reminding us every third line that they’re looking for husbands. But in a dreamy, adorable and not at all contemporary pathetic way! Factory Dancing, Dancer in the Dark Deneuve plays a more reluctant song-and-dance participant in this first big number from Lars Von Trier’s experimental musical tragedy. But it’s her initial resistance and arms-folded impatience with the potentially dangerous childlike fancies of almost-blind Selma (Bjork) that make the thing, when Deneuve finally surrenders. Lipstick after murder before imaginary hallway grope, Repulsion The bit where Deneuve dreams she’s attacked by hands reaching through the walls of her apartment is oft cited as the most memorable image of Roman Polanski’s stark 1965 thriller, but as the above clip shows, that moment is the punctuation on a string of visual ideas. My favorite is when the delusional Deneuve–in between killing her landlord when he tries to rape her, and falling to the hands in the hallway–rises from bed, applies a generous coat of lipstick, and then returns to bed, where another attack, this one imaginary, leaves lipstick streaks on her pillow. A Lesbian Vampire’s Guide to Picking up Women, The Hunger This clip from Tony Scott’s 1983 vampire movie isn’t embeddable, but it’s so good that we’re willing to lose you to the click through. The impossibly regal Deneuve pours her housegeust Susan Sarandon a glass of “2,000 year old sherry,” then sits at the piano and calmly plays while Sarandon essentially talks to herself for while. Eventually, there scene takes a turn for Graduate-esque “are you trying to seduce me?” territory, at which point accidentally Sarandon spills a bit of sherry on her white t-shirt, which she very obviously is wearing nothing underneath. Whoops! Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth
]]>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:00:57 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog11/14/2008 12:00:57 PMStill impossibly gorgeous and chic at age 65, Catherine Deneuve is the ultimate living emblem of the lasting romance of French film.  She’s also amongst the busiest international female stars over the age of fifty, and while Deneuve has made the occasional questionable move since hitting that marker of age (dueting with a post-post-post Sex Pistols Malcolm McLaren; playing “herself” in I Want to See, a dramatized document of her visit to war-torn Lebanon), Melissa Anderson is right to note that for the most part, over the last decade and a half, “she has shown a fearlessness in her roles—no matter how small.” That fearlessness is on display in A Christmas Tale, where Deneuve is at her best rocking a borderline incestuously playful love-hate with her wicked charmer of a son (and potential lifesaver) Matthieu Amalric. With that film hitting theaters tomorrow, here’s a look back at a few iconic Catherine Deneuve moments, all readily available via YouTube. “Chanson Des Jumelles,” from Les Demoiselles de Rochefort Of the two Jacques Demy musicals in which Deneuve appeared in the 60s, I prefer the darker, more bittersweet Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, in which Deneuve’s mother encourages her to marry a rich diamond salesmen when her great love knocks her up then goes off to war. But this early number in Demy’s tribute to the Hollywood light musical comedy (featuring an aging Gene Kelly as the love interest for Deneuve’s sister, Françoise Dorléac) is a better advertisement for Demy’s charms. Dressed in matching tennis dresses and ridiculous Easter bonnets, Deneuve and Dorleac sing a jaunty tune full of back story, touching on everything from their single mom’s frites stand to the moles the sisters inherited from their absentee dad, while still reminding us every third line that they’re looking for husbands. But in a dreamy, adorable and not at all contemporary pathetic way! Factory Dancing, Dancer in the Dark Deneuve plays a more reluctant song-and-dance participant in this first big number from Lars Von Trier’s experimental musical tragedy. But it’s her initial resistance and arms-folded impatience with the potentially dangerous childlike fancies of almost-blind Selma (Bjork) that make the thing, when Deneuve finally surrenders. Lipstick after murder before imaginary hallway grope, Repulsion The bit where Deneuve dreams she’s attacked by hands reaching through the walls of her apartment is oft cited as the most memorable image of Roman Polanski’s stark 1965 thriller, but as the above clip shows, that moment is the punctuation on a string of visual ideas. My favorite is when the delusional Deneuve–in between killing her landlord when he tries to rape her, and falling to the hands in the hallway–rises from bed, applies a generous coat of lipstick, and then returns to bed, where another attack, this one imaginary, leaves lipstick streaks on her pillow. A Lesbian Vampire’s Guide to Picking up Women, The Hunger This clip from Tony Scott’s 1983 vampire movie isn’t embeddable, but it’s so good that we’re willing to lose you to the click through. The impossibly regal Deneuve pours her housegeust Susan Sarandon a glass of “2,000 year old sherry,” then sits at the piano and calmly plays while Sarandon essentially talks to herself for while. Eventually, there scene takes a turn for Graduate-esque “are you trying to seduce me?” territory, at which point accidentally Sarandon spills a bit of sherry on her white t-shirt, which she very obviously is wearing nothing underneath. Whoops! Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/11/14/37302.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 11/14/2008 12:00:40 PM
Body: Still impossibly gorgeous and chic at age 65, Catherine Deneuve is the ultimate living emblem of the lasting romance of French film.  She’s also amongst the busiest international female stars over the age of fifty, and while Deneuve has made the occasional questionable move since hitting that marker of age (dueting with a post-post-post Sex Pistols Malcolm McLaren; playing “herself” in I Want to See, a dramatized document of her visit to war-torn Lebanon), Melissa Anderson is right to note that for the most part, over the last decade and a half, “she has shown a fearlessness in her roles—no matter how small.” That fearlessness is on display in A Christmas Tale, where Deneuve is at her best rocking a borderline incestuously playful love-hate with her wicked charmer of a son (and potential lifesaver) Matthieu Amalric. With that film hitting theaters tomorrow, here’s a look back at a few iconic Catherine Deneuve moments, all readily available via YouTube. “Chanson Des Jumelles,” from Les Demoiselles de Rochefort Of the two Jacques Demy musicals in which Deneuve appeared in the 60s, I prefer the darker, more bittersweet Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, in which Deneuve’s mother encourages her to marry a rich diamond salesmen when her great love knocks her up then goes off to war. But this early number in Demy’s tribute to the Hollywood light musical comedy (featuring an aging Gene Kelly as the love interest for Deneuve’s sister, Françoise Dorléac) is a better advertisement for Demy’s charms. Dressed in matching tennis dresses and ridiculous Easter bonnets, Deneuve and Dorleac sing a jaunty tune full of back story, touching on everything from their single mom’s frites stand to the moles the sisters inherited from their absentee dad, while still reminding us every third line that they’re looking for husbands. But in a dreamy, adorable and not at all contemporary pathetic way! Factory Dancing, Dancer in the Dark Deneuve plays a more reluctant song-and-dance participant in this first big number from Lars Von Trier’s experimental musical tragedy. But it’s her initial resistance and arms-folded impatience with the potentially dangerous childlike fancies of almost-blind Selma (Bjork) that make the thing, when Deneuve finally surrenders. Lipstick after murder before imaginary hallway grope, Repulsion The bit where Deneuve dreams she’s attacked by hands reaching through the walls of her apartment is oft cited as the most memorable image of Roman Polanski’s stark 1965 thriller, but as the above clip shows, that moment is the punctuation on a string of visual ideas. My favorite is when the delusional Deneuve–in between killing her landlord when he tries to rape her, and falling to the hands in the hallway–rises from bed, applies a generous coat of lipstick, and then returns to bed, where another attack, this one imaginary, leaves lipstick streaks on her pillow. A Lesbian Vampire’s Guide to Picking up Women, The Hunger This clip from Tony Scott’s 1983 vampire movie isn’t embeddable, but it’s so good that we’re willing to lose you to the click through. The impossibly regal Deneuve pours her housegeust Susan Sarandon a glass of “2,000 year old sherry,” then sits at the piano and calmly plays while Sarandon essentially talks to herself for while. Eventually, there scene takes a turn for Graduate-esque “are you trying to seduce me?” territory, at which point accidentally Sarandon spills a bit of sherry on her white t-shirt, which she very obviously is wearing nothing underneath. Whoops! Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:00:40 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com11/14/2008 12:00:40 PMStill impossibly gorgeous and chic at age 65, Catherine Deneuve is the ultimate living emblem of the lasting romance of French film.  She’s also amongst the busiest international female stars over the age of fifty, and while Deneuve has made the occasional questionable move since hitting that marker of age (dueting with a post-post-post Sex Pistols Malcolm McLaren; playing “herself” in I Want to See, a dramatized document of her visit to war-torn Lebanon), Melissa Anderson is right to note that for the most part, over the last decade and a half, “she has shown a fearlessness in her roles—no matter how small.” That fearlessness is on display in A Christmas Tale, where Deneuve is at her best rocking a borderline incestuously playful love-hate with her wicked charmer of a son (and potential lifesaver) Matthieu Amalric. With that film hitting theaters tomorrow, here’s a look back at a few iconic Catherine Deneuve moments, all readily available via YouTube. “Chanson Des Jumelles,” from Les Demoiselles de Rochefort Of the two Jacques Demy musicals in which Deneuve appeared in the 60s, I prefer the darker, more bittersweet Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, in which Deneuve’s mother encourages her to marry a rich diamond salesmen when her great love knocks her up then goes off to war. But this early number in Demy’s tribute to the Hollywood light musical comedy (featuring an aging Gene Kelly as the love interest for Deneuve’s sister, Françoise Dorléac) is a better advertisement for Demy’s charms. Dressed in matching tennis dresses and ridiculous Easter bonnets, Deneuve and Dorleac sing a jaunty tune full of back story, touching on everything from their single mom’s frites stand to the moles the sisters inherited from their absentee dad, while still reminding us every third line that they’re looking for husbands. But in a dreamy, adorable and not at all contemporary pathetic way! Factory Dancing, Dancer in the Dark Deneuve plays a more reluctant song-and-dance participant in this first big number from Lars Von Trier’s experimental musical tragedy. But it’s her initial resistance and arms-folded impatience with the potentially dangerous childlike fancies of almost-blind Selma (Bjork) that make the thing, when Deneuve finally surrenders. Lipstick after murder before imaginary hallway grope, Repulsion The bit where Deneuve dreams she’s attacked by hands reaching through the walls of her apartment is oft cited as the most memorable image of Roman Polanski’s stark 1965 thriller, but as the above clip shows, that moment is the punctuation on a string of visual ideas. My favorite is when the delusional Deneuve–in between killing her landlord when he tries to rape her, and falling to the hands in the hallway–rises from bed, applies a generous coat of lipstick, and then returns to bed, where another attack, this one imaginary, leaves lipstick streaks on her pillow. A Lesbian Vampire’s Guide to Picking up Women, The Hunger This clip from Tony Scott’s 1983 vampire movie isn’t embeddable, but it’s so good that we’re willing to lose you to the click through. The impossibly regal Deneuve pours her housegeust Susan Sarandon a glass of “2,000 year old sherry,” then sits at the piano and calmly plays while Sarandon essentially talks to herself for while. Eventually, there scene takes a turn for Graduate-esque “are you trying to seduce me?” territory, at which point accidentally Sarandon spills a bit of sherry on her white t-shirt, which she very obviously is wearing nothing underneath. Whoops! Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Games/Re_Pick_a_Pair/598/32754/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: theunemployedshortstop
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Post Date: 7/19/2008 4:10:13 AM
Body: Claustrophobia Double Feature!!! Flicks where 70 - 90 % of the action takes place in one location however the movie is NOT based upon a stage play. Shallow Grave & Bound Mix in a bowl of Blue corn chips and a bottle of DARK beer (I'm thinking an Oatmeal Stout) and I'm good to go. Mind games are so much creepier than horror. Plus Tom Jones and Joey Pants!!! Good Times. Or... I could watch my two favorite movies from 2000. Requiem for a Dream & Dancer in the Dark... These movies came out in back to back weeks that year. I was a wreck for the rest of November into December. Then I turned 21! Go me... I'm old.
]]>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:10:13 GMTtheunemployedshortstopMovie Games7/19/2008 4:10:13 AMClaustrophobia Double Feature!!! Flicks where 70 - 90 % of the action takes place in one location however the movie is NOT based upon a stage play. Shallow Grave &amp; Bound Mix in a bowl of Blue corn chips and a bottle of DARK beer (I'm thinking an Oatmeal Stout) and I'm good to go. Mind games are so much creepier than horror. Plus Tom Jones and Joey Pants!!! Good Times. Or... I could watch my two favorite movies from 2000. Requiem for a Dream &amp; Dancer in the Dark... These movies came out in back to back weeks that year. I was a wreck for the rest of November into December. Then I turned 21! Go me... I'm old. http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/12/6/22587.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 12/6/2007 12:00:48 PM
Body: This is Michel Gondry’s video for Bjork’s Declare Independence. It’s okay. It kinda has the feel of a musical number from Dancer in the Dark, except shot with a more expensive camera, and instead of Catherine Deneuve dressed like a factory worker, there are soldiers bopping around on strings. I actually kind of prefer the clip I found on YouTube, embedded above, which uses stock war footage and clips from Spike Jonze’s video for It’s Oh So Quiet to create a screed against “the Bush monarchy.” At the very least, it’s got a crackpot energy to it that Bjork used to be so good at, but hasn’t been able to pull off in awhile. I don’t think Michel Gondry directed that one, though.Gondry video via Fimoculous. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:00:48 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com12/6/2007 12:00:48 PM This is Michel Gondry’s video for Bjork’s Declare Independence. It’s okay. It kinda has the feel of a musical number from Dancer in the Dark, except shot with a more expensive camera, and instead of Catherine Deneuve dressed like a factory worker, there are soldiers bopping around on strings. I actually kind of prefer the clip I found on YouTube, embedded above, which uses stock war footage and clips from Spike Jonze’s video for It’s Oh So Quiet to create a screed against “the Bush monarchy.” At the very least, it’s got a crackpot energy to it that Bjork used to be so good at, but hasn’t been able to pull off in awhile. I don’t think Michel Gondry directed that one, though.Gondry video via Fimoculous. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_5_Tear_Jerking_Scenes/190/18878/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: TheWorkingDead
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Post Date: 8/27/2007 11:16:57 AM
Body: Some of these have already been mentioned, but screw it, these are the five I can think of at the moment(not, possibly, the Top 5).Dancer in the Dark: Many, many moments, as has been pointed out before. Two standouts; the I Have Seen it All song, particularly the line about her hypothetical grandson, and the ending, with her acapella rendition of The New World. An ending that actually made me double over in my theatre seat as I sobbed. I'm getting misty just thinking about it. Breaking The Waves: It might be unfair to have two Von Trier films on here, but the scene towards the end where Emily Watson is heading out to meet the sadistic Udo Kier, and quite possibly mutilation or death. She gives a quick glance at the camera, with a small smile, although she's obviously terrified. That scene brings me to tears, and affects me even more than the heartwrenching ending.Waking The Dead: When Billy Crudup's character finally gets on the phone with someone who may or may not be his long dead love. They were young idealists, and now he's a succesful politician, and he cries and softly says 'I don't think you'll like me now'. Just heartbreaking.Mother Night: Well, i'm making it a trend now, with director's getting two films each. Maybe this should be top 6(if I can think of one). There's a couple scenes, and it's hard to not give anything away if you haven't seen it. Nick Nolte, writing his memoirs, gets to the point where his wife, thought killed in WWII, is reunited with him. Over audio of their meeting, as he asks 'how? why?', we see him sitting at his typewriter staring off into space, obviously heartbroken. Followed awhile later by the scene where his wife finds that he no longer lives for love, like the young playwright he once was, and responds with a teary, yearning 'tell me what to live for, and I will live for that too!' Excellent film.Twin Peaks, Episode 14: Does a TV series count? Am I breaking the rules? The episode with the second murder by the mysterious, otherworldly 'Bob' gets me for the weirdness in the Roadhouse bar. When Cooper, Truman, and the Log Lady are watching a performance by Julee Cruise, and all of a sudden she fades of stage to be replaced by the giant from Cooper's dream, repeating 'I'm so sorry' as we see the murder take place. It gets me every time I watch the series.
]]>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:16:57 GMTTheWorkingDeadTop 58/27/2007 11:16:57 AMSome of these have already been mentioned, but screw it, these are the five I can think of at the moment(not, possibly, the Top 5).Dancer in the Dark: Many, many moments, as has been pointed out before. Two standouts; the I Have Seen it All song, particularly the line about her hypothetical grandson, and the ending, with her acapella rendition of The New World. An ending that actually made me double over in my theatre seat as I sobbed. I&#39;m getting misty just thinking about it. Breaking The Waves: It might be unfair to have two Von Trier films on here, but the scene towards the end where Emily Watson is heading out to meet the sadistic Udo Kier, and quite possibly mutilation or death. She gives a quick glance at the camera, with a small smile, although she&#39;s obviously terrified. That scene brings me to tears, and affects me even more than the heartwrenching ending.Waking The Dead: When Billy Crudup&#39;s character finally gets on the phone with someone who may or may not be his long dead love. They were young idealists, and now he&#39;s a succesful politician, and he cries and softly says &#39;I don&#39;t think you&#39;ll like me now&#39;. Just heartbreaking.Mother Night: Well, i&#39;m making it a trend now, with director&#39;s getting two films each. Maybe this should be top 6(if I can think of one). There&#39;s a couple scenes, and it&#39;s hard to not give anything away if you haven&#39;t seen it. Nick Nolte, writing his memoirs, gets to the point where his wife, thought killed in WWII, is reunited with him. Over audio of their meeting, as he asks &#39;how? why?&#39;, we see him sitting at his typewriter staring off into space, obviously heartbroken. Followed awhile later by the scene where his wife finds that he no longer lives for love, like the young playwright he once was, and responds with a teary, yearning &#39;tell me what to live for, and I will live for that too!&#39; Excellent film.Twin Peaks, Episode 14: Does a TV series count? Am I breaking the rules? The episode with the second murder by the mysterious, otherworldly &#39;Bob&#39; gets me for the weirdness in the Roadhouse bar. When Cooper, Truman, and the Log Lady are watching a performance by Julee Cruise, and all of a sudden she fades of stage to be replaced by the giant from Cooper&#39;s dream, repeating &#39;I&#39;m so sorry&#39; as we see the murder take place. It gets me every time I watch the series. http://www.spout.com/groups/indie_films/Re_suggestions/379/12718/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: lukasblu
Post To: indie films
Post Date: 6/30/2007 7:43:49 PM
Body: Any movie by director lars von trier;the ones i have seen and like are Breaking the Waves (1996),Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), Manderlay (2005)(both dogville and manderlay are part of a trilogy ;the third unreleleased one is Wasington (2009)which i would love to see as soon as it is available)these are all dark,drama and tragic.Dear Wendy (2005)is a little bit lighter movie about outcasted teens and their pacifist view on gunshttp://imdb.com/name/nm0001885/ imdb for lars von trieri do not know if this is indie but it was an under the radar movie that deserves more credit(i think)called The Chumscrubber (2005)it stars billy elliot,same guy on dear wendy,and Undertow (2004)a joem18b recommendationthis one is australian(foreign), so i do not know if it counts, but i loved this movie: Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)(based on a true story);you did not mention if you like foreignany movie by director greg araki:i saw and liked The Doom Generation (1995) and mysterious skin(2004):a lot of his movies are hard to find in rental except mysterious skin and splendor;Splendor is in my queue,i will let you know if i liked splendor after i have seen it;You can also see some of his movies in ifc or sundance channel;this 2 channels have a lot of good indie flickshttp://imdb.com/name/nm0000777/ imdb site for araki moviesMovies with Asia Argento :The ones i have seen and liked are B. Monkey (1998) and my ultimate fave by asia is The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)this is also one my recently-seen fave, indie flick ;asia is also in the movie splendorhttp://imdb.com/name/nm0000782/ imdb for asia argentomovies with sarah polley;she stars in many indies as well as mainstream;my fave indie movie with her is:Go (1999) ,The Weight of Water (2000), My Life Without Me (2003);this one i just saw recently and it was just ok for me, but maybe you will like it better The Secret Life of Words (2005)executive produce by p.almodovarmy favorite from director darren aronofsky Requiem for a Dream (2000) this movie became a cult fave among many of my friends and family that saw it;this was my top fave around the yr. 2000-2001;this flick has awesome visuals and has a spellbinding soundtrackhttp://imdb.com/name/nm0004716/ imdb d.aronofskythats about all i can think of ,for now
]]>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:43:49 GMTlukasbluindie films6/30/2007 7:43:49 PMAny movie by director lars von trier;the ones i have seen and like are Breaking the Waves (1996),Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), Manderlay (2005)(both dogville and manderlay are part of a trilogy ;the third unreleleased one is Wasington (2009)which i would love to see as soon as it is available)these are all dark,drama and tragic.Dear Wendy (2005)is a little bit lighter movie about outcasted teens and their pacifist view on gunshttp://imdb.com/name/nm0001885/ imdb for lars von trieri do not know if this is indie but it was an under the radar movie that deserves more credit(i think)called The Chumscrubber (2005)it stars billy elliot,same guy on dear wendy,and Undertow (2004)a joem18b recommendationthis one is australian(foreign), so i do not know if it counts, but i loved this movie: Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)(based on a true story);you did not mention if you like foreignany movie by director greg araki:i saw and liked The Doom Generation (1995) and mysterious skin(2004):a lot of his movies are hard to find in rental except mysterious skin and splendor;Splendor is in my queue,i will let you know if i liked splendor after i have seen it;You can also see some of his movies in ifc or sundance channel;this 2 channels have a lot of good indie flickshttp://imdb.com/name/nm0000777/ imdb site for araki moviesMovies with Asia Argento :The ones i have seen and liked are B. Monkey (1998) and my ultimate fave by asia is The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)this is also one my recently-seen fave, indie flick ;asia is also in the movie splendorhttp://imdb.com/name/nm0000782/ imdb for asia argentomovies with sarah polley;she stars in many indies as well as mainstream;my fave indie movie with her is:Go (1999) ,The Weight of Water (2000), My Life Without Me (2003);this one i just saw recently and it was just ok for me, but maybe you will like it better The Secret Life of Words (2005)executive produce by p.almodovarmy favorite from director darren aronofsky Requiem for a Dream (2000) this movie became a cult fave among many of my friends and family that saw it;this was my top fave around the yr. 2000-2001;this flick has awesome visuals and has a spellbinding soundtrackhttp://imdb.com/name/nm0004716/ imdb d.aronofskythats about all i can think of ,for now http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/love/MemberTagFilms.aspxlove
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