the best clumsy or forgotten films ever
These are films that I love but that very few people have seen because they were independant or released in bad conditions or snubbed for whatever reasons, they can be weird, clumsy or just forgotten they're cult to me, so you who are looking for treasures you find the good path here !
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- DirectorPascale FerranStarsAnne CantineauChristèle TualAnne CaillereTen young men and women in Strasbourg today. Some of them are students, some work, others would like to but can't find a job. All of them are at the crossroad of life, struggling to decide what they want their lives to be.Sorry this one too is impossible to find, I have the VHS which was released in 1998, and still have a vcr just to watch it, anyway if you understand French, there is surely someplace on internet where you can watch it on VOD ( probably artetv.com) anyway, this is the portrait of a bunch of 25 which are at a turning point in their lives, an age where everything is possible, some get scared, and some rush toward the next step, it's extremly deep and touching. If you have the opportunity don't miss it !
- DirectorPaul MazurskyStarsJohn CassavetesGena RowlandsSusan SarandonUnhappy middle-aged architect Philip Dimitrius leaves his wife Antonia and career for a spiritual awakening on a Greek island with his new girlfriend Aretha and teenage daughter, leading to extraordinary results for everyone around him.An adaptation of Shakespeare's play starring John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands, Vittorio Gassman, Molly Ringwald, Raul Julia and last but not least Susan Sarandon... is a must see !
- DirectorBill FishmanStarsJohn CusackTim RobbinsMary CrosbyA couple of creative losers accidently become big shots in the video music industry.I find tapeheads ten times more funny than the blues brothers, plus I love the cast: Tim Robbins and John Cusack !
- DirectorVincent LannooStarsPierre LekeuxCarlo FerranteHélène RametThe only dogma comedy, hilarious and vicious it's the story of an acting teacher who's trying to promote his method called the open method which is actually his way of trying to sleep with his female student.
- DirectorEdouard BaerStarsEdouard BaerRosine FaveyGilles Gaston-DreyfusEdouard Baer is a tv star in France. This film is the chronicle of an attempt to prepare with his team a year of tv shows but he's facing a creative blocking. I love his absurd low key sense of humour.
- DirectorAsia ArgentoStarsAsia ArgentoJean ShepardHerbert FritschA young Italian actress embarks on a self-destructive spree of sex, drugs and other excess while doing some soul searching to find the path for redemption.Asia Argento's first feature film. It's rough, tough, beautiful, energetic and pure.
- DirectorAntoine DesrosièresStarsMathieu DemyJulie GayetAurélia ThiérréeThe first emotions in love with a young man of seventeen: Thomas who understands that his life belongs to him at last. Four young women contribute to his sentimental education.I guess that it will be hard to find this film, that almost nobody have seen but which is starring lost of people who were to be the next generation of actors in France : Matthieu Demy, Chiara Mastroiani... It can be seen as a nineties version of Truffaut's stolen kisses and depict the adventures of a young man in Paris trying to find love.
- DirectorRyan MurphyStarsJoseph CrossAnnette BeningBrian CoxA teenage boy comes of age in the 1970's, sent by his neurotic, pretentious mother to live with a jolly, vulgar psychiatrist and his eccentric extended family.I just love how *beep* up this story is.
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsDabney ColemanUma ThurmanJoanna CassidyA wealthy businessman shows his young-adult offspring how tough life can be.One of the first films of Uma Thurman, this film was cult for me when I was a teenager because I love the way everyone is creative in it.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsKirk DouglasJohn CassavetesCarrie SnodgressA former CIA agent uses the talents of a young psychic to help retrieve his telekinetic son from a shadowy secret government agency.Maybe it's because of the cast : John Cassavetes and Kirk Douglas but I love this film !
- DirectorLena DunhamStarsLena DunhamLaurie SimmonsGrace DunhamAbout a recent college grad who returns home while she tries to figure out what to do with her life.Lena Dunham was discovered by Judd Apatow because of this first feature so if you love Girls you should watch it.
- DirectorDavid KoeppStarsKevin BaconZachary David CopeKathryn ErbeA man has visions of a missing neighborhood girl.Had the bad luck to be released at the same time than the sixth sense, though I think that it's a much better film, because of the portrait of suburban frustration.
- DirectorPhilippe HarelStarsJulien ColletMarion CotillardHélène MédigueRaoul is a 20 years old student in Paris. Girls are not interested in him, though he is good-looking. He wonders why. Raoul does not look for a great passion, he only wants to be kissed. We will follow his love tribulations.Another film that I was the only one to see, the story of this normal guy who's a virgin but doesn't want to lose his virginity with prostitutes as his friends suggested because he wants to be kisses... it's touching and funny, I really enjoyed this film.
- DirectorPhil MorrisonStarsEmbeth DavidtzAlessandro NivolaDavid KuhnA dealer in "outsider" art travels from Chicago to North Carolina to meet her new in-laws, challenging the equilibrium of this middle class Southern home.I really enjoy the relationship with the painter which is too me as fascinating as described in the film.
- DirectorArt LinsonStarsPeter BoyleBill MurrayBruno KirbySemi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.Come on Bill Murray is Hunter S. Thompson!
