Anyone see the original uncut version of the 1960 movie "Peeping Tom"
Directed by Michael Powell? It ruined his career.

Whatever reasons drove Powell to make Peeping Tom, he had effectively signed his career's death warrant. The film opened to scathing reviews in April 1960, just months after the similarly-themed Psycho. Ironically, Hitchcock floated out of the controversy surrounding Psycho as the consummate old trickster, and saved his slowly sinking career. The time seemed ripe for Peeping Tom among audiences and critics alike. Unfortunately for Powell, the critics could find none of Psycho's black humour in his sober tome. 'Sick' and ?vile' were a small sample of their vitriol. The papers were outraged that a filmmaker of Powell's calibre could sink his talents into material so vulgar and perverse. Powell hoped the distributor would weather the storm and allow the audience to find the film on its own merits. Instead, the plug was pulled on Peeping Tom after five days and at least in Britain the film was buried.

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The Nine Queens
Nine Queens (2000) - IMDb
Argentine con movie. Viewer gets also conned. Didn't see that ending coming

Shallow Grave
Shallow Grave (1994) - IMDb
Scotland
Why share the loot

Delicatessen
Delicatessen (1991) - IMDb
Futurist black comedy
The kids playing music on the roof is hilarious
French


Maria, Full of Grace
Maria Full of Grace (2004) - IMDb
Columbia
girl balloons heron for trip to NYC


Life is Beautiful
Life Is Beautiful (1997) - IMDb
Italy
You love your family so much, you're willing to get on a Nazi death train
One of the best movies ever

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Battle Royale

Battle Royale (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

What about Atom Egoyan?

Naked Amongst the Wolves - East Germany 1963


Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt (1965) East Germany

Of course as you all live in a free and open country you will all be familar with these two great films, unlike those who live in countries where they have no knowledge of Hollywood films.


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A lot of titled I have enjoyed in this thread.

Would also mention that Spanish cinema has some good stuff, I liked most of Pedro Almodovar's movies.

Recently saw one called "Witching and Bitching" that probably won't win any awards but I really enjoyed it.

Incendies (2010)

Incendies (2010) - IMDb

This film is extraordinary on just about every level. The script is terrific, the actors are perfect, the direction and cinematography are all you could hope for. I recommend it without hesitation.

Fantastic film!
Another great CanadiEn one is Starbuck.

All pornographers should watch A Dirty Shame at least once.

It was shot in a country called Baltimore.

Das Boot




Das Boot (1981)

Great movie :thumbsup

Also
Stalingrad (1993)

Love old school Peter Jackson movies Braindead, Meet the Feebles, and Bad Taste

If you like classic Guy Richie style:

Amores Perros is great

Utu, and lo and behold this one is even in English for the most part... plus the whole thing is available on youtube

Amélie is one of my favs Amélie (2001) - IMDb

and

Bekas. I only just saw it a couple of weeks ago, but I really liked it. Bekas (2012) - IMDb

I'm french and i don't see why these (french) movies are so popular... :xomunch

Yeah, Amelie is way overrated. It's a good movie but not worthy of all the hype.

Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man ;)

Some of my favorites and recommendatation for watching on Holidays

The Lives of Others

La moustache

Caché (Hidden)

The Secret in Their Eyes

Awesome. :thumbsup

Because they are one of the most successful film industries in the World. With a long history of making some of the best films ever made.

I don't think he was talking about all French films. He was talking about Amelie.

Fun Dutch horror: Sint

A lot of french movies are produced because the government pays to produce them, while they are just boring.
Also i watched Amelie (le fabuleux destin d'amelie poulain), it wasn't a bad movie, but i just found it too mawkish/saccharine/idealized/starry-eyed. Anyway the influence of this movie was imo far too important in france.


Well i really suggest you to watch this movie:
Les frères Pétard (The Joint Brothers)
Les frères Pétard (1986) - IMDb

I suggest you to watch the french version subtitled if needed

It is good to know that as a Frenchmen you do not feel a patriotic sense of necessity to defend that movie. I couldn't agree with you more.

It is like France's Forrest Gump, so impossibly contrived and emotionally manipulative, sweet populist confection that makes one want to puke then watch "Irreversible" to counter act the damage. {While this may not have a French director it is still considered a French film.}

Let the right one in. The original :)
Oldboy...The origial Korean version.

True. Lots of good directors coming out from, surprisingly, spain

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