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KharBevNor:
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A good one to look for is "Notes from a big country" which is basically some short essays he wrote for a British newspaper on American life. Seriously funny stuff (well at least I think so) and you shouldn't be disapointed.
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FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN A FINE OF $100,000,000,000 AND AN UNPROVOKED NUCLEAR ATTACK ON A SMALL NEUTRAL COUNTRY!
(You'll understand when you read it).
I'll make some recs myself. Just a few movies to start with:
Gosford Park
An all-star cast of fantastic English actors star in this delightful country-house murder-mystery that both manages to pay homage to and subtly mock the cliches of both Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie and PG Wodehouse whilst providing an intirguing examination of the pre-war British class system. Wonderfully written.
Magnus
This wonderful Icelandic black comedy has it all: Betrayal, attempted suicide, cancer, despair, faceless beuraucracy and really, really cute ponies. Overall, like a lot of Icelandic cinema, it is essentially absurdist, turning human suffering into a farce. Life is futile, but who gives a shit? And the ponies are seriously cute. Subtitles.
Reykjavik 101
Another UTTERLY brilliant Icelandic black comedy. Life is going swimmingly for Hlynur, a 30 year old man who still lives in his mothers apartment, creaming off the Icelandic welfare state (most Icelanders are extremely hardworking), drinking, smoking and surfing the net for porn, troubled only by his inability to keep a girlfriend and the haunting spectre of his drunkard father. However, when Hlynur accidentally ends up getting his mothers lesbian lover pregnant after a particularly drunken New Years...well, things start getting awkward. I really cannot stress how incredible and life-affirming this film is. Shot in realistic language, half subtitled Icelandic, half English (for reasons that become apparent when you GO SEE IT.) No ponies, but there are sex, drugs and iguanas. Also, it is entirely possible that this is the only film ever with a lesbian sex scene AND a decent plot.
Paper Beats Rock:
Hey KharBevNor, just watched Gosford Park and 101 Reykjavik and they were both pretty damn good.
Gosford Park was shot really well and there was some great performances in there. Showed the whole class divide very well.
101 Reykjavik was pretty funny, it really was a good life-affirming story. I particularly liked his comparison with the different species of birds towards the end.
I guess you'll have seen Noi Albinoi? Another good Icelandic film that you'll probably like.
Paper Beats Rock:
--- Quote from: Mikintosh ---For DVDs, purchase The Work of Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, and/or Mark Romanek (there are other ones, but these are the ones I own). The music videos in them are all extremely well-done (good music too), and you get a lot of insight into filmmaking for that kind of medium. They also come with little books by the directors, which are cool and informative as well.
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Oh my god, you bastard, I'm short enough on money as it is and now I have to go and buy the Mike Romanek DVD! How long has this been out? I got the Gondry, Jonze and Cunningham ones and I thought that was it.
EDIT: Shit, there's more than one that I don't have, you double bastard!
Cobra Kai:
Evil Dead Trap 1 and 2.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167147/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203132/
Tetsuo http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096251/
Must see for any horror movie buffs
Trampo:
Movie:- Hercules in New York, sheer poetry. If you ever want to see Arnie in his natural habitat watch this, you'll either love it or hate it, I love it.
Series:- Spaced, always a classic from Simon Pegg, only two series but both are gold.
Books:- I second the motionon on Jurassic park, excellent book, although if you like Shakespeare try King Lear its a fave of mine.
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