Speaking of independent flicks...there used to be this bar in downtown LA I used to frequent been about 12 years now since I was there last.

I don't recall the name...but maybe some of you do...it was just an old beer bar at the bottom of one of those transient hotels that all the "writers" and "poets" lived in.

The walls were covered in writings, drawings, graffiti etc.

Well I digress...anyway on Sunday nights they used to show Independent films that were mostly done on 16mm...showed up one night and they stopped.

Apparently in a drunken rage the owner of the bar thew the projector off the top of the building.

Saw some pretty wild shit at that place.

For my money, you can't beat the original "Toxic Avenger" when it comes to Troma movies. For an ultra low budget flick it had shitloads of personality and it was exceedingly non-politically correct. Once people other than Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Hertz started directing Troma films they did tend to turn to shit. I saw an appaling one called "Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator".

I didn't like "Meet the Feebles" as much as either "Bad Taste" or "Brain Dead". Some people love it but its just not my cup of tea. I'm assuming you've seen Jackson's "Heavenly Creatures" which I really enjoyed as well.

Other films I like:

If you haven't seen a film from Belgium called "Man bites Dog" you should really check it out. A brilliant black and white mock documentary. One of the all time classic black comedies. And when I say black I mean really BLACK.

I also love early Hal Hartley films like "Trust" "The Unbelievable truth" and "Simple Men". Not sure if you've heard of him but there's something about his laid back style I really appreciate.

And, as you've mentioned, Todd Solondz's films "Welcome to the Dollhouse" and "Happiness" are great.

And yes, "Gummo" rocks. I simply couldn't tear my eyes away from the screen. Brilliant.

hahaha... you message editing motherfucker!

if only they had nasal sex in tromeo and juliet.

yeah, Stuff Stephanie was bad even by my standards...but the worst thing I've seen Troma put their name to was "Blades" sounded like a great flick..a possessed lawn mower causing havoc on a golf course...but it made a cardinal sin of good bad filmmaking...it was boring...

holy shit! another GFYer that knows Hal Hartley's work! I loved "Trust" and also really dug "Amateur"


Todd Solondz is a pure genius...he had to have had one really fucked up life as a kid....his movies are so damn funny yet painfully true....

I was the same way with "Gummo"...unlike anything else I've ever seen...it's a real love it or hate it type of movie....my wife totally hated it...for me it was one of those movies that stuck with me for a long time afterwards....probably because most of the people weren't actors, they were real people working without a script...the redneck wretling with the chair and the kids shooting the bed-ridden gramma with a BB gun to see whether or not she was faking her coma were two scenes that just really struck me and stuck with me...and of course the guy pimping out his semi-retarded sister....

they're probably saving that for the Director's Cut ;))))

Brittney Daniel is a major babe.

Joe Dirt I thought was funnier than shit...

But then again...wtf is cable?

I use satillite and who pays?
Not me...

Nor my bro Labriet...lol

hehehe we can only hope :) - yeah the things you mentioned are why im warming up to see gummo.. just never seems to be the right time to get it out.. my gal digs most of the same shit, but too many times we've been at the store and kinda gone "not tonight"
man bites dog was good. I couldn't believe it when he hit that woman though .. fuck he cracked her.. :)

Joe Dirt was a pretty funny movie if you don't expect it to be funny.....I liked it in a slapstick kind of way. You can't tell me you didnd't laugh seeing that little kid run around with a mullet.

Meet Joe Dirt was cool. Great cast, and with Britanny Daniel and David Spade, what can go wrong?

I thought it was hilarious, even with that loser kid rock in there.

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That was a funny movie.

'Man Bites Dog' is about as funny as 'Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer'. See it once, you'll never forget it. That part where he induces the heart attack on the old lady will be in my hindbrain forever.

I've been watching a lot of Japanese cinema lately, can't beat em for horror flicks.

As for the thread subject, I didn't think Joe Dirt was that bad. It was pretty funny. Not an all time classic, but definitely gives you the giggles if you smoke a few bowls first :)

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that film was a load of cock

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