Cool, Obscure Movies

[Variety of Cells]

I recommend Parents.  It's set in the 50's, about a kid who suspects that his parents eat people.  It's a horror film.  Good stuff.

[Shinigami]

I recommend Parents.  It's set in the 50's, about a kid who suspects that his parents eat people.  It's a horror film.  Good stuff.

I remember seeing the cover for that in the video store many a years ago.  Looked like a stupid movie to me so I never bothered.  Randy Quaid is typically a good indicator.  Interesting to here that it's actually good.

[mrbasehart]

If you like freaky 60's Japanese movies - and who doesn't? You might wanna check out Seijun Suzuki's work.  Tokyo Drifter and Branded to Kill are perhaps his most well known works, but he's made some other great flicks.  Tokyo Drifter and Branded to Kill are like Point Blank, only much more trippy.

[Variety of Cells]

I recommend Parents.  It's set in the 50's, about a kid who suspects that his parents eat people.  It's a horror film.  Good stuff.

I remember seeing the cover for that in the video store many a years ago.  Looked like a stupid movie to me so I never bothered.  Randy Quaid is typically a good indicator.  Interesting to here that it's actually good.

I don't normally like Randy either.  But he's really creepy in this.  Everyone is creepy.  And it's not a bloody film at all.  It's more of a comment on the social oppressiveness of the 50's. 

[Compound]

One of Peter Jacksons early ones  Meet the Feebles.  You'll only wanna watch it once though.  It's the muppets on acid. 

(Shudder) Yeah. It's , err...  unique. You'll either be laughing hysterically or be utterly horrified by it.

On my recommendation list:
Six String Samurai
Equilibrium
Free Enterprise (with rappin' Will Shatner!)

[homerjayla]

Things I forgot to add:

Cube
Pleasantville
A boy and His Dog

[ScottotD]

'Forgotten Silver' by Peter Jackson - he made it to celebrate the anniversary of film in New Zealand, just brilliant.
'Schitzopolis' by Steven Soderberg - tiny, self indulgent but hilarious movie.

[msmpls]

I'm going old skool (way old skool):
1) Birth of a Nation (1915) - Civil War KKK propaganda film
2) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) - German mise en scene
3) Un Chien Andalou (1929)  - Salivador Dali short film
4) Freaks (1932) - Gooble gobble, gooble gobble, one of us, one of us...

and two that are little bit more recent:
5) Gaslight (1944) - Ingred Bergman and a shady Charles Boyer
5) Lady in a Cage (1964) - James Caan's first movie

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

huh

ive own caligari and have seen peices of Birth, have seen dalis film.  altogether i got to say this, the film industry, the people who make those films famous with their constant reviews, and praise chucking, is out of thier minds.  Caligari was good and interesting, but dalis film i felt was WAY overrated. 

[pyro]

I'm going old skool (way old skool):
1) Birth of a Nation (1915) - Civil War KKK propaganda film
2) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) - German mise en scene
3) Un Chien Andalou (1929)  - Salivador Dali short film
4) Freaks (1932) - Gooble gobble, gooble gobble, one of us, one of us...

Ever seen "The Unknown" (1927)?

[msmpls]

I get what you're saying about Andalou but I still think that it is perhaps one of the most influential short films of all time. Time and time again, filmmakers have used elements of Andalou. It is a hallmark of the surrealist movement and, if studied in context of the dramatic social dynamics of early 20th century France, one can see apparent symbolism of the anti-bourgeois sentiment of the time. Maybe I'm just a nerd, but I dig that kind of thing...

No, I haven't seen The Unknown. Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford, right?

Edit to say I've totally seen The Unknown! (my mother and I watched it one night years ago and I could never for the life of me remember what it was called!) Definitely worth digging through these dusty internet archives to find!

[the long undertow]

Here are a few I've seen recently that I thought were pretty good.

Raising Victor Vargas
The Believer
The Quiet Earth
Oldboy
The War Game
Dead Man
Shopgirl
Brick
The Sea Inside

The best I've seen in the last while are:
In the Mood for Love
All the Real Girls
Mysterious Skin
The Squid and the Whale
Junebug

Some of them are just forgotten and some are well-known amongst the Indie crowd, but all are worth checking out.

[pyro]

No, I haven't seen The Unknown. Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford, right?

Yep, though I could be biased about how good it is since I only saw it one when I was about 7 and it had a live soundtrack

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

It is a hallmark of the surrealist movement and, if studied in context of the dramatic social dynamics of early 20th century France,

I can accept it as a hallmark and that it was big and made waves and all that, but the metaphors are past their meaning now, and to me (and this is a personal opinion) if your metaphor is unlockable without being part of the "in" crowd then you really have very little to say to the larger audience.

[pwndabear]

Wet Hot American Summer.
I dont know if its real obscure I DO know that i dont know of anyone that knows about it (bwaha)