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Vancroth:

--- Quote from: Inlander on 02 Nov 2007, 05:16 ---FUCK YES. That movie made me cry. It's one of the best films I can remember seeing. And for some god-knows-why reason, it barely even seems to have been noticed, at least not here in Australia. Nobody ever mentions it when they're talking about Zhang Yimou, it got no reviews when it came out (well, maybe one tiny one), and it was only at the cinemas for a couple of weeks.

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I saw a preview for that on the DVD for The Devil and Daniel Johnston.  I thought it looked interesting, but now I'm definitely going to check it out.

Also, I recommend Chuen jik sat sau (Fulltime Killer) from Johnny To/Ka-Fai Wai.

Postino:
Iron Monkey

StaedlerMars:

--- Quote from: Ziro on 08 Dec 2007, 09:09 ---2046 is indeed great. Most of my recommendations have already been suggested but If you're into the crime drama thing Infernal Affairs is pretty good. If anyone wasn't aware it's the movie that was remade into 'The Departed'.

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The Departed was so much better than the Chinese version.

Ziro:
I remember there being a few things plot wise that I thought worked better in the original, but as a whole, definitely. Still, it's worth watching. But then again, I watched the Chinese one first so, I might not feel the same had it been the other way around.

KvP:
Story. Around the time I was 11 or 12 my parents got all hung up on "imparting culture" upon me. And thus they took me to the Chez Artiste theater in Denver to see independent film. I ended up seeing Pi, Run Lola Run, Memento all during their initial runs. Fun times were had. But I digress.

On one particular night, my parents had brought me to the theater and had given me my ticket. While they got concessions, I ran off to the show. Except I didn't actually look at the ticket. We were supposed to see some movie about people in a post-death limbo waiting room or something, but I ended up just sitting down and watching the other movie they were showing. And that movie was Xiu Xiu: the Sent-Down Girl.

Needless to say, afterward my parents were pretty pissed, but I was too depressed to care. It might have been the first time I saw rough, degrading sex onscreen. In the theater I was thinking "man, my parents are really taking this culture thing a little far". I still remember the "You are soft... like dough." scene. Ugh.

Anyway, I heartily recommend that movie. I hear the "Election" gangster pic trilogy is good, but I haven't seen any, so I can't make a personal endorsement. There was another movie that starts out as a gangster flick but changes halfway through into a western that sounded pretty cool, but I can't remember the name of it now :( if anybody knows what I'm talking about, remind me.

And... I think I'm done wasting everybody's time here.

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