Marc in MontrÈal Posted September 26, 2004 Posted September 26, 2004 Whats your favorite non Hollywood independent movie. Here's three of my favs. Clerks(obvious) Dead Pet American Movie 45622[/snapback] - Fubar - Napoleon Dynamite Marc in Montréal
buckeyemike Posted September 26, 2004 Posted September 26, 2004 My favorite independent film is a documentary about the Massillon Tigers high school football team called "Go Tigers!" I saw it about two years ago...if you think football is big in WNY, try Massillon, Ohio. Where the team has gotten into trouble with the Ohio High School Athletic Association for holding kids back a year so they would be bigger and stronger football players. The writer and director, Kenneth Carlson, is a Massillon native and went to Massillon Washington High. He tells the story of the 1999 Tigers in an impartial way, with a bit of a jaundiced eye toward the town that only an insider would have. And not everyone in town is a fan...some of the students who don't like football feel disenfranchised and disconnected. The movie is rated "R"...plenty of bad language and underage drinking. Just like a fall Sunday in Orchard Park, New York. "Go Tigers!" is a good movie. I recommend it highly. Mike
Dr. K Posted September 26, 2004 Posted September 26, 2004 The End of August at the Hotel Ozone 45853[/snapback] Wow! Now THAT's an obscure movie. I thought I was the only person in the world who saw it.
Fezmid Posted September 26, 2004 Posted September 26, 2004 Here's a few: "Hey! Stop Stabbing Me!" (funny!) "Killer Klowns from Out Space" (funny!) "Pi" (very good) "Firefly" (ok, so it's a cancelled TV series -- it's still obscure and was AWESOME until Fox killed it... Look for "Serenity," the movie followup to the series, in April) CW
eiregi Posted September 26, 2004 Posted September 26, 2004 Agree with Repo Man... also SLC Punk was a great obscure movie
seannc Posted September 26, 2004 Posted September 26, 2004 "Henry Fool" by Hal Hartley. Great great script and solid acting from a mostly unknown cast.
clayboy54 Posted September 26, 2004 Posted September 26, 2004 "In The Company Of Men" Aaron Eckhart's big break. Great story, too!
TC in St. Louis Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 Station Agent Garden State You Can Count on Me Amores Perros Donnie Darko
ajzepp Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 Wow, you guys are putting some some great flicks......I love this topic! How about.... 1) Love is Beautiful (my favorite movie of all time) 2) Swingers (Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn.....great film) 3) Bubba Ho-Tep (a "redemptive Elvis movie" - Bruce Campbell) 4) The Station Agent ( a great film about friendship)
Dan Gross Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Does Blue Velvet count? Only $8M at the box office...
Guest Guest Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 Sling Blade I never thought I'd say I was a Dwight Yokam fan until I saw that movie. 45624[/snapback] Slingblade for me too. Look at my signature
Pete Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 Life is Beautiful Cinema Paradiso Being John Malkovich Run Lola Run Barton Fink Bad Influence Drugstore Cowboy Some of the other suggestions are some of my favorite films- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Swingers Usual Suspects Memento The Big Lewboski Fargo(hell anything by the Cohn brothers is fantastic!) Lots others, many others I have yet to see- I will add them to my netflix list
PromoTheRobot Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 "Repo Man" starring Emilio Estevez, produced in 1984 by Pacific Arts, ownde by Michael Nesmith of the Monkees. Very strange and darkly funny. These is a very subtle joke about product placements in movies...because they couldn't get any placement deals, every product in this movie is a white-and-blue-label generic product. Everything is called "BEER" or "BEANS" or whatever. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087995/
Dante Posted September 27, 2004 Author Posted September 27, 2004 "Repo Man" starring Emilio Estevez, produced in 1984 by Pacific Arts, ownde by Michael Nesmith of the Monkees. Very strange and darkly funny. These is a very subtle joke about product placements in movies...because they couldn't get any placement deals, every product in this movie is a white-and-blue-label generic product. Everything is called "BEER" or "BEANS" or whatever. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087995/ 46397[/snapback] Forgot Repo Man. How could I!!! Man its my favorite special edition dvd. http://www.videoranch.com/Merchant2/mercha...&Store_Code=VRS Just had to get it. Comes with the Repo Man sound track cd(which is fantastic btw if your iinto LA punk.) Hell Suicidal Tendencies " Institutionalized" and "When the stevestojan hits the fan" by The Circle Jerks is worth it alone. Also comes with a Repo Man Comic Book type thing as well. Nice set.
mary owen Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 Boondock Saints is mainstream. Best movie no one has heard of? Withou ta doubt, Requiem for a Dream. 45656[/snapback] yep. I thoroughly enjoyed that one. especially when the fridge was freaking the mom out
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 Swimming With Sharks Two Days in the Valley Less than Zero
Fezmid Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 Forgot Repo Man. How could I!!! Man its my favorite special edition dvd. http://www.videoranch.com/Merchant2/mercha...&Store_Code=VRS Just had to get it. Comes with the Repo Man sound track cd(which is fantastic btw if your iinto LA punk.) Hell Suicidal Tendencies " Institutionalized" and "When the stevestojan hits the fan" by The Circle Jerks is worth it alone. Also comes with a Repo Man Comic Book type thing as well. Nice set. 46417[/snapback] Yup, I have that one too. Considering I bought it a few years back, I wonder how "limited edition" it really is... CW
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