Name a film (or three) you gotta see before you die

[Der Amf]

^^^I've never seen any of his films, should I, or am I too old to really appreciate them now?

They're amazing. The Dekalog of ten one hour films, each one pertaining to one of the ten commandments, is probably the place to start. Very spare and all ten filmed on the same Warsaw housing estate. Two of them were done in extended feature length versions: A Short Film About Love and a Short Film About Killing.

When I was younger I thought the Three Colours films perfect, but I've changed my mind about Red severely. Blue gets away with it thanks to an amazing performance by Juliette Binoche. White IS wonderful though. Very funny in a very Slavic way.

Double Life of Veronique hmm yeah too old now.

I would have to look up his older, pre-Dekalog stuff because I get confused. I can't remember the name of the one, for example, that Sliding Doors was copied off

[whatmeworry]

They're amazing. The Dekalog of ten one hour films, each one pertaining to one of the ten commandments, is probably the place to start. Very spare and all ten filmed on the same Warsaw housing estate. Two of them were done in extended feature length versions: A Short Film About Love and a Short Film About Killing.

When I was younger I thought the Three Colours films perfect, but I've changed my mind about Red severely. Blue gets away with it thanks to an amazing performance by Juliette Binoche. White IS wonderful though. Very funny in a very Slavic way.

Double Life of Veronique hmm yeah too old now.

I would have to look up his older, pre-Dekalog stuff because I get confused. I can't remember the name of the one, for example, that Sliding Doors was copied off

Oh, I might have seen at least one of the Dekalog films years ago...

[Der Amf]

The opening one is utterly harrowing, which kind of punches ones enthusiasm in the face.

[Der Amf]

When trying to work out which commandment is which film, it's useful to know that different branches of Christianity number them differently. Wikipedia is very helpful on this.

[Der Amf]

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[Jeannie]

They're amazing. The Dekalog of ten one hour films, each one pertaining to one of the ten commandments, is probably the place to start. Very spare and all ten filmed on the same Warsaw housing estate. Two of them were done in extended feature length versions: A Short Film About Love and a Short Film About Killing.

When I was younger I thought the Three Colours films perfect, but I've changed my mind about Red severely. Blue gets away with it thanks to an amazing performance by Juliette Binoche. White IS wonderful though. Very funny in a very Slavic way.

Double Life of Veronique hmm yeah too old now.

I would have to look up his older, pre-Dekalog stuff because I get confused. I can't remember the name of the one, for example, that Sliding Doors was copied off

Of these mentioned, I've only seen Sliding Doors.

Jeannie

[geoffbot]

Brick was contrived

[whatmeworry]

Brick was contrived

Well, yes it was, but that was kind of the point, wasn't it?

[geoffbot]

Well, yes it was, but that was kind of the point, wasn't it?

I dunno. Was it?

[whatmeworry]

I dunno. Was it?

I think so, the point was that it was a bit jarring at times, which made you think about the juxtapositions.

(I'm making this up a bit, it's years since I saw it)