Qrazy's List of Great Films that You Need to Get Off Your Ass and See

[Qrazy]

I've been trying to pimp these films in the film discussion thread for a while now but they keep getting buried, so I made the thread. I'll add to it whenever I see something I never or rarely hear mentioned around these parts. I'll also probably add photos/blurbs in a bit but for now I just want to get these names out there.

Very Good:

My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Aleksei German)
Brighton Rock (Boulting)
Kin Dza Dza (Georgi Daneliya)

[Izzy Black]

Your tastes are far too obscure. Broaden (or limit) your horizons!

[Qrazy]

Your tastes are far too obscure. Broaden (or limit) your horizons!

Your post is probably tongue in cheek, but... that's the whole point of the thread! I want to get those super rare great film titles out there. Also I didn't really make it clear in the first post but everyone else is welcome to post their great hidden gems as well.

[Qrazy]

Animation

Petrov - The Cow
Petrov - My Love
Petrov - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Norstein - Hedgehog in the Mist
Norstein - Tale of Tales
Karavayev - Mymy

[KK2.0]

someone else who knows Petrov :pritch:

Petrov - The Cow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9VCt_EZBu8

Petrov - My love

p1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq7nLVoaPX8
p2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN_gV2qLaYk
p3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Cs6hHp_Wo


Petrov - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

p1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tin6ScqzKCc
p2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsRhDy0SkYY
p3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqzQEmkVh_U

Norstein - Hedgehog in the fog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRsXU4Q6a0Q

beautiful



edit: sorry for the flood, mixed my posts. i got carried away a little =P

[Qrazy]

someone else who knows Petrov :pritch:

edit: sorry for the flood, mixed my posts. i got carried away a little =P

It's all good, just discovered him yesterday actually and I'm already blown away. Any streamers for Mermaid that you know of?

[KK2.0]

couldn't find it. I'm actually surprised that all these Petrov and Norstein stuff came out, Tale of Tales is also available. Searching further i've found lots of russian and czech animation on you tube that wasn't available before. Hope it doesn't get pulled off, independent animation is so hard to watch outside festivals.

Petrov's technique of animation is one of the most painfully difficult of them all, he's an outstanding painter.

[Russ]

Here's one: Canadian photographer/filmmaker Gregory Colbert's ten year labor of love, Ashes and Snow. Born from the same footage that produced Colbert's globally-traveling art installation, it's rare only in the sense that the only official DVD release was for sale at said exhibits and now routinely goes in the $75 dollar range when you can find it. The film is shot predominately in slo-mo and golden-hued sepia tones and with sparse narration. It's a true work of cinematic brilliance although I figure some of the footage has to incorporate CGI. Some passages feature the artist as one of the subjects in the symbiotic pairings of the ancient and civilized, animal-human relationships. My only caveat is the possible trauma forced upon the creatures to capture these fantastic compositions. If you're even remotely a fan of Baraka or the 'qatsi trilogy, you'll love this.


http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/1612/waterxw1.jpg


http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/1043/gregorycolbertleopardasyr2.jpg


http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/7290/ashesandsnowlince2zg0.jpg


http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/2197/gregcolbert22sl1.jpg


http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/9081/ashesandsnowez3.jpg

[SirNewt]

Recently Criterion released a handful of Louis Malle's documentaries in one of their eclipse box sets. I'd highly recommend taking a look at that.

[Qrazy]

Watch these films you shit bags.

[Colonel Blimp]

I've seen a few of the Norstein/Petrov shorts. I've never even heard of the films in your initial post, but I'll look into finding them. I'll second the Ashes and Snow recommendation. It made my top five of 2005 - a spiritual experience.

[Qrazy]

I've seen a few of the Norstein/Petrov shorts. I've never even heard of the films in your initial post, but I'll look into finding them. I'll second the Ashes and Snow recommendation. It made my top five of 2005 - a spiritual experience.

What's your av from?

[Colonel Blimp]

What's your av from?

Frantisek Vlácil's Marketa Lazarová.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063278/

[Beau]

Interesting. I'll be seeking recommendations from this thread. For the person who posted Hedgehog in the Fog, that is a wonderful film. I adore it, even.

[Duncan]

I watched pretty much all the Petrov shorts on YouTube.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Hausu, easily the funniest movie ever for all the wrong reasons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN0HVJ5tkIM

[Qrazy]

Frantisek Vlácil's Marketa Lazarová.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063278/

Sweet, I"m on it.

[Colonel Blimp]

I don't even know what to think of Kin-Dza-Dza. Certainly not anything like I was expecting. Genius? Idiocy? Genius idiocy? Ku?

I must digest.

[Beau]

I don't even know what to think of Kin-Dza-Dza. Certainly not anything like I was expecting. Genius? Idiocy? Genius idiocy? Ku?

I must digest.

I've been hearing about that film - it's supposed to be, well, unique.

[Qrazy]

I don't even know what to think of Kin-Dza-Dza. Certainly not anything like I was expecting. Genius? Idiocy? Genius idiocy? Ku?

I must digest.

Hilarity.