Some great obscure movies you may not have seen (or heard of).

[Religiously_Unkind]

Parents (Randy Quaid is terrifying in this)
Freaked (another movie that has Randy Quaid but this time he's hilarious)
The Last Circus.
City of Lost Children.
Suburban Mayhem.
Thumbsucker.
Art School Confidential.
Sssssss.

I'll post more if I think of any.

 

[fljoe0]

This probably isn't completely obscure since it's by a major director but it wasn't a big financial success and I don't think many have seen it.

Short Cuts (directed by Robert Altman) 1993 - Several Altman movies have seemingly unconnected story lines that he weaves together as the movie progresses but he never used that technique better than in Shorts Cuts. I consider this movie Altman's masterpiece.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, The Red Violin, Night Of The Comet, They Live, The Last Days, Melancholia, Last Night.

 

[Religiously_Unkind]

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, The Red Violin, Night Of The Comet, They Live, The Last Days, Melancholia, Last Night.

I didn't enjoy Seeking a Friend at all, but I had a phobia of the end of the world at the time and was abusing sleeping pills and Xanax. Maybe i'll give the movie another try, I love Patton Oswalt.

 

[fljoe0]

Paranoid Park (directed by Gus Van Sant) slow moving but there's a lot going on beneath the surface.

A teenage skateboarder's life begins to fray after he is involved in the accidental death of a security guard.

 

[Religiously_Unkind]

Paranoid Park (directed by Gus Van Sant) slow moving but there's a lot going on beneath the surface.

A teenage skateboarder's life begins to fray after he is involved in the accidental death of a security guard.

For some reason I've never enjoyed Gus Van Sant's movies, but that one sounds interesting. I can't believe Tarantino like Van Sant's remake of Psycho better than the original.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

I didn't enjoy Seeking a Friend at all, but I had a phobia of the end of the world at the time and was abusing sleeping pills and Xanax. Maybe i'll give the movie another try, I love Patton Oswalt.

Keira Knightley’s performance was superb... and not to mention... being easy on the eyes.

 

[Cowboy]

Time Bandits.

Or is it a well known movie?

 

[Religiously_Unkind]

Time Bandits.

Or is it a well known movie?

Time Bandits is pretty well known, I was actually tempted to include some other Terry Gilliam movies on the list but they're not really obscure. The only one that comes close to being obscure is Baron Munchausen, oh and maybe that Jabberwock movie he made that I've never seen.

 

[Zone D Dad]

That's a tough one. One person's obscure is another's blase.

Session 9
Drugstore Cowboy (does that count?)

 

[fljoe0]

That's a tough one. One person's obscure is another's blase.

Session 9
Drugstore Cowboy (does that count?)

I'd say Drugstore Cowboy counts and it's a good one. Another Gus Van Sant movie.

 

[Zone D Dad]

I'd say Drugstore Cowboy counts and it's a good one. Another Gus Van Sant movie.

That was the first Gus Van Sant film I saw and I really enjoyed it. Dark but yet also extremely funny. He's hit-or-miss with me. I liked Good Will Hunting, was disturbed by Elephant, and never understood the Psycho remake.

To add to my list - River's Edge. This falls in that Drugstore Cowboy motif I think.

 

[GNTLGNT]

 

[Neil W]

A Bunch Of Amateurs (2008) - small scale but very funny comedy about washed up Hollywood actor who wants to play Shakespeare at Stratford
Love Exposure (Ai No Mukidashi) (2008) - 4 hour very strange Japanese film about all sorts of things: I loved it
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009) - UK sci-fi comedy
A Matter Of Life And Death (1949) - classic British post-war allegorical fantasy

4 to be getting along with. I will offer more.

 

[Zone D Dad]

On the heels of River's Edge would be Jonathan Kaplan's Over the Edge. Another one of those movies about teenagers that scares the crap out of me as a parent. That could be another thread entirely.

 

[doowopgirl]

This probably isn't completely obscure since it's by a major director but it wasn't a big financial success and I don't think many have seen it.

Short Cuts (directed by Robert Altman) 1993 - Several Altman movies have seemingly unconnected story lines that he weaves together as the movie progresses but he never used that technique better than in Shorts Cuts. I consider this movie Altman's masterpiece.

I actually saw that movie and really liked it. I like pastiche movies that come together at the end.

 

[Zone D Dad]

I actually saw that movie and really liked it. I like pastiche movies that come together at the end.

It's a great movie with an excellent cast. And Huey Lewis!

 

[mal]

For some reason I've never enjoyed Gus Van Sant's movies, but that one sounds interesting. I can't believe Tarantino like Van Sant's remake of Psycho better than the original.

Interesting. Didn't he copy the original shot for shot? Maybe Tarantino just likes colour better than black and white!

 

[Zone D Dad]

Interesting. Didn't he copy the original shot for shot? Maybe Tarantino just likes colour better than black and white!

He did. If memory serves correct, there's really only one moment that kind of deviates from the original and it's pretty creepy:

Spoiler

When Vince Vaughan is looking through the peephole

 

[Religiously_Unkind]

Interesting. Didn't he copy the original shot for shot? Maybe Tarantino just likes colour better than black and white!

Not exactly shot for shot, the remake had Norman looking through a peephole.