Farin Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Not Again: 24 Great Films Too Painful To Watch Twice a very interesting list with youtube clips for most of them I myself don't know too many of the films, but those I do know, including Boys don't Cry, Dancer in the Dark, When the wind blows and especially Lilja 4-ever, I have only watched once and have absolutly no desire to have a repeat performance even more so in the case of Irreversible I don't even want to watch that one once what do you think of them? and are there maybe other examples? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Out of that entire list I've only seen 3 of them... and no, I would not want to watch those again. Not too surprising to me, though, since I gravitate towards films that will make me smile rather than cry or be horrified... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted October 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 I watched Dancer in the Dark because of Björk and the music (which is great btw) and the last two were more by chance, late on TV... I didn't know what to expect there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 ^ That movie could drive even a non-Scandinavian to suicide ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 I couldn't get past knowing bdork stars in a movie. I can imagine it would be a trial in tolerance to be able to sit through a feature-length movie with her in it. I ended up buying Irreversible It's not a good movie per se, but it bears multiple viewings of the first 30 or so minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 Hard to believe "The Phil Collins Story" isn't on that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted October 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 look at the title: 24 Great Films too painful to watch twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 look at the title: 24 Great Films Oh. My bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 They forgot about "Deliverance"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Oh, crap. This is supposed to be 24 "great" films?! HAhahaha. About seven or eight of them wouldn't even rank as "good" to anyone who's seen more than 24 films. How about Andy Warhol's Empire (24 hour movie edited in real time); Bela Tarr's Satantango (7.5 hours); Sergei Bondarchuk's War And Peace (6.5 hours); R.W. Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz (15 hours); Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas, Robert Bresson's Mouchette, and Alan Clarke's Scum and Elephant (movies with no music score). Your arse will be literally in pain if you sit the whole way through. However, I will watch Satantango twice over 30 minutes of Requiem For A Dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 I was having this discussion with a few people the other day. They said the movie Elephant. I'm not to sure but they said it's about some suicidal kids and it's really sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 They meant the Gus Van Sant movie about the high school shooters - that one is also called Elephant. The one I'm referring to is from the late 80s and was directed by Alan Clarke. Gus Van Sant stated the Alan Clarke movie was one of his influences (and you can see this by the tracking shot style). It also emulated Bela Tarr's Satantango when it came to intertwining timelines (i.e. seeing the same sequence from different perspectives). Gus Van Sant's Elephant can be seen as "vibrant" and "dynamic" when compared to Alan Clarke and Bela Tarr. All these films should be seen at least once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Those 24 movies are crap (the dozen or so that I've seen) and I wouldn't wanna watch them again cuz I'll throw up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlainnaE Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 the west side story, awakenings, my girl and and bridge to terabithia. god i cried on every one; on the west side story, i cried for days. Great films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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