Recommended DVD's?

rampancyrampancy
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I've been looking to expand my rather paltry DVD collection for a little while now, but I really don't know where to begin. So, what DVDs would you recommend the most?

(If it matters, I'm into stuff like drama, foreign films, and artsy-films, and the like.)



On a related topic: does anyone know if (most of) the works of Kurosawa are available on DVD?
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  • Reply 1 of 31
    superkarate monkeydeathcarsuperkarate monkeydeathcar Posts: 2,407member
    amelie.....lot's of good extras
  • Reply 2 of 31
    mrbilldatamrbilldata Posts: 489member
    <a href="http://www.moviesunlimited.com/musite/findresults_director.asp?mscssid=Q8S70GD0KQKB8M44D HHRUV78ETLD36G3&search=Akira+Kurosawa" target="_blank">link</a>



    Dats all folks.



    [ 01-19-2003: Message edited by: Brad ]</p>
  • Reply 3 of 31
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    Please fix your link. It's fscking up the formating of the page. <a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=ubb_code_page"; target="_blank">Learn UBB</a> if you're going to post here a lot.





    Back on topic.





    Get Taxi Driver. Great DVD. Long interviews with just about everyone in the movie.
  • Reply 4 of 31
    mrbilldatamrbilldata Posts: 489member
    [quote]Originally posted by Scott:

    <strong>Please fix your link. It's fscking up the formating of the page. <a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=ubb_code_page"; target="_blank">Learn UBB</a> if you're going to post here a lot.





    Back on topic.





    Get Taxi Driver. Great DVD. Long interviews with just about everyone in the movie.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Hey it looks and works fine for me.
  • Reply 5 of 31
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    You want a foreign drama? I just got Run Lola Run... it's really fun. If you are into slow films then it's not for you.



    Run Lola Run is basically about a guy who has just lost 100,000 marks and he has just 20 minutes to recover it. His girlfriend runs out and tries to help him. It's very fast paced, and it also is non-linear in that it shows three different possible scenarios that either fail or are successful. And it's all in German, with English subtitles (but there's not much dialog, just a lot of thumping techno-like music).
  • Reply 6 of 31
    superkarate monkeydeathcarsuperkarate monkeydeathcar Posts: 2,407member
    any scorcese is a good buy, as the greatest living american director, even his worst stuff is good.



    the dvd of david lean's lawrence of arabia is quite posh.



    a good hong kong film is john woo's bullet in the head.

    i thought it would be very action oriented, but it's more of a character study with action bits.



    i don't have the dvd but i saw run lola run in the theatre and it is brilliant.



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  • Reply 7 of 31
    superkarate monkeydeathcarsuperkarate monkeydeathcar Posts: 2,407member
    one more, but the dvd has no extras to speak of, but barry levinson's avalon is tremendous



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  • Reply 8 of 31
    rooroo Posts: 162member
    i agree with "run lola run". of kurosawa's films, "ran" and "yojimbo" are my favorite, though...ooh "dreams" is out on DVD? hmmm, have to get that now too. another japanese favorite of mine is <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0092048"; target="_blank">"tampopo"</a>, very funny and strange, all about food in one way or another. you could also go for some anime, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0113568"; target="_blank">"ghost in the shell"</a>, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119698"; target="_blank">"princess mononoke"</a>, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0094625"; target="_blank">"akira"</a> are all wonderful. for french films, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0082269"; target="_blank">"diva"</a> has it all...motorcycle chases, taiwanese music pirates, love, murder, and opera... what more could you want! ooh, and <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0112682"; target="_blank">"la cite des enfants perdus"</a>... like a twisted fairytale.



    if you're looking for something a bit different, i'd recommend <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0247394"; target="_blank">"gumnaam"</a> (seen on the tv in "ghost world") a bollywood musical from the 60s, really funny, especially if you don't put on subtitles, and make up the dialogue yourself. same goes for <a href="http://www.generationkikaida.com/"; target="_blank">"kikaida"</a> a power-rangers-esque-monster-tv-series made in japan for the hawaiian-japanese market. my family watched it at our annual big party this year, provided great entertainment!



    oh and can't forget documentaries-- <a href="http://www.livenudegirlsunite.com/"; target="_blank">"live nude girls unite!"</a> is a great one that i saw this past summer. its about the strippers working at the lusty lady in san francsico who unionized and started negotiating contracts and whatnot. really interesting, and very funny.
  • Reply 9 of 31
    wolfeye155wolfeye155 Posts: 425member
    Fight Club...FIGHT CLUB...FIGHT CLUB!!! It's definitely not for everyone but it's probably one of my favorite, if not FAVORITE movies ever. The two disc DVD set is amazing and worth every penny. Also, the most dramatic movie that I've ever seen is called "Requiem For A Dream". It is an EXCELLENT movie that everyone should see. Trust me if you're into drama, check this one out. A really cool foreign movie is "Trainspotting". I ABSOLUTELY love this movie. It's about Scottish heroine addicts and if you're into black/dark comedy then it's right up your alley. If I think of anything else I won't hesitate to post.



    Oh yeh and I recently saw the anime Spirited Away which was pretty cool although I think you'd have to go to an anime store to purchase an imported copy.



    P.S. I know next to nothing about anime so take that for what you will. <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />



    [ 01-20-2003: Message edited by: wolfeye155 ]</p>
  • Reply 10 of 31
    superkarate monkeydeathcarsuperkarate monkeydeathcar Posts: 2,407member
    i loved tampopo! (noodles and sex, and armpit licking) but a great food movie (but it could use more sex) is "big night"



    i'm hungry now......
  • Reply 11 of 31
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    Tampopo is a very funny movie. Laughed my ass off watching that. Is that the one where the guy's wife gets off her death bed to make dinner? Oh man .. too funny.



    I don't know if I'd want to own it though.
  • Reply 12 of 31
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    If you're into independent films with either recognizable stars or directors, I strongly recommend both "Requiem for a Dream" and "Y Tu Mama Tambien." Requiem is a hard hitting story about the perils of drug abuse. It should be shown to every high school kid in America (says Harry Knowles of AICN). "Y Tu Mama Tambien" is a Mexican flick by Alfonso Cuaron that's just amazing. I have both on DVD.



    I should add that I have both UNRATED versions on DVD



    **** the MPAA



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  • Reply 13 of 31
    wolfeye155wolfeye155 Posts: 425member
    GO ShawnPatrickJoyce for backing me up!
  • Reply 14 of 31
    torifiletorifile Posts: 4,024member
    Magnolia and Mulholland Drive because both are so good and so weird that you'll have to see them repeatedly to figure out what the heck is actually going on.
  • Reply 15 of 31
    pscatespscates Posts: 5,847member
    Well, "Requiem for a Dream" DOES have Jennifer Connelly naked in it, so it gets 5 Stars right off the bat.



    I'd buy it.
  • Reply 16 of 31
    stevegongruistevegongrui Posts: 771member
    I'd reccommend:



    1. Hero (directed by Zhang Yimou)will be out in feb.





    2. The last emperor



    3. Amadeus



    4. Leon-the proffessional
  • Reply 17 of 31
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    another vote for léon.
  • Reply 18 of 31
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    [quote]Originally posted by wolfeye155:

    <strong>GO ShawnPatrickJoyce for backing me up! </strong><hr></blockquote>



    I love that movie. I liked Fight Club a lot too.
  • Reply 19 of 31
    /mandolux//mandolux/ Posts: 648member
    My favorite dvd's are:



    Alien

    Aliens

    Alien 3 (the best of them all!)

    Apocalypse Now REDUX

    Blade Runner

    Citizen Kane

    Das Boot

    Fight Club

    La Femme Nikita (the French film, not the american crap).

    Leon - The Professional

    Predator

    Pulp Fiction

    Reservoir Dogs

    Seven

    The Usual Suspects

    The Wild Bunch

    The Shawshank Redemption

    Unforgiven



    In anime:



    Akira

    Cowboy Bebop

    Ghost in the Shell

    Princess Mononoke

    Ninja Scroll

    Metropolis



    Docus:



    When We Were Kings

    Walking With Dinosaurs



    [ 01-21-2003: Message edited by: /mandolux/ ]</p>
  • Reply 20 of 31
    proxyproxy Posts: 232member
    [quote]You want a foreign drama? I just got Run Lola Run... it's really fun. If you are into slow films then it's not for you. <hr></blockquote>



    That's the first film that came to mind..I love it but a lot of friends think it's completely whacko.



    How about all the Coen brothers films..'Hudsucker proxy' a paticular favourite if relentlessly frantic film, and 'o Brother' is such a feel good movie as well as being beautiful to watch.



    'The Horseman on the roof', a french drama set during a cholera epedemic in the early 1800's was brilliant as well.



    'Il Postino' already posted is a wonderful film about a guy who falls in love and is taken under the wing of an exiled poet.



    Have to try some of the ones I haven't heard of before..so Thanks for starting the subject Rampancy
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