| rocketpig said: Haha, Rubang watched Wanted. What a putz. Other than that, his list is pretty good. I was surprised by Walk Hard. The duet scene just about had me out of my chair in hysterics. |
In my defense, I paid for WALL-E, and then hopped over to The X-Files, then Wanted, then The Dark Knight for free, ninja style. I didn't want to see it, and I actually hadn't even heard of it, but my wife was like "Let's see this one, it has Angelina Jolie in it," and it was the only film that fit between The X-Files and The Dark Knight.
@Onyx, if you haven't seen it, I just had my mind blown by Tideland by Terry Gilliam last night. It's from 2005, and its U.S. release was delayed for almost a year, so it's kinda foreign and kinda indie I guess.
One director I've recently studied at school that I've enjoyed was Bruce Cornell. He's the father of found footage cinema. I recommend "A Movie by Bruce Cornell" or his music videos for "Mongoloid" by Devo, and both "America is Waiting" and "Mea Culpa" by David Byrne and Brian Eno).
I'm taking a class on Michelangelo Antonioni right now. We watched L'avventura, La notte, L'eclisse, Il deserto rosso, and Blowup. If you haven't seen any of his movies, I recommend L'avventura, and if you like it, just start watching his movies in order from that point on. Blowup is good, but it's his English-speaking sellout movie with titties and rock and roll, and has the worst ending ever, even for Antonioni, with his notoriously wacky endings.
Oh, and look up John Whitney on the YubeTube. He's the father of computer animation. If you can find an interview with him explaining his work it's hilarious. He was making films in the 60s that looked like screensavers from the 80s, and he talks about emotions in art like a scientist.
