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Snow Dog 
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Here are some SF films I have enjoyed.
and many more I haven't thought of yet... |
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andu
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Posted: March 01 2007 at 08:47 |
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I think the proper word for "Brazil" is "distopia" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distopia), but the fact that it's placed in future makes it slightly ambiguous to define. Usually Sci-Fi shows development of various tools like science, engines and other mechanisms, but "Brazil" shows the exact opposite - the degradation, the involution. Or maybe it's just a distopic, serious parody Sci-Fi film... It's my all-time favourite, anyway. "12 Monkeys" fits the definition better and it's also a Gilliam movie
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Mascodagama
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Posted: March 01 2007 at 08:39 |
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Phase IV, Alien, Bladerunner and Brazil are all on my list...also Invasion of the Body Snatchers (the seventies version with Donald Sutherland when he was the king of cool) and Dark Star.
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Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 01 2007 at 08:33 |
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laplace
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Posted: March 01 2007 at 08:22 |
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I quite like THX 1138, Gattaca and Brazil. (if that last one counts.) like Friede I don't go in for the homerian epics in space, and enjoy Zardoz.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 01 2007 at 08:15 |
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Can I just have some service, Friede?
 I've been sat in your restaurant for over a year, now, and I still haven't had my entree...
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
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BaldFriede
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Posted: March 01 2007 at 08:12 |
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Can I be the spider?  |
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 01 2007 at 08:05 |
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Can I be the fly instead?
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BaldFriede
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Posted: March 01 2007 at 08:02 |
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Not at all; you just have a different taste. But for me all that action is usually plain boring. I can take some action in measured doses, but I want a good plot too. And I have a taste for the weird and unusual, which many don't share. But who am I to judge your intelligence? |
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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Jared
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Posted: March 01 2007 at 07:58 |
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I'd love to be a fly on the wall, with you two sat next to each other at a dinner party....
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Jared
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Posted: March 01 2007 at 07:57 |
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Star of Woody Allen's 'Stardust Memories' ... quoted in my sig...
my fave Sci-Fi film???
Woody Allen's 'Sleeper'... cue the bit where he finds buried, deep in a cave, a 500 year old VW Beetle which starts first time....
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 01 2007 at 07:51 |
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I see the wink that indicates you are joking, but are you suggesting I do not have the intelligence to watch more "serious" films.....e.g. non action films?
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BaldFriede
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Posted: March 01 2007 at 07:47 |
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That doesn't surprise me at all. |
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 01 2007 at 07:46 |
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Zardoz totally sucks IMO.
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BaldFriede
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Posted: March 01 2007 at 07:44 |
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As already mentioned, "Phase IV" by Saul Bass. It is a movie about two scientists studying an ant colony that has lately shown some strange behaviour and signs of intelligence. It soon becomes unclear who studies whom. Some very memorable close-up scenes of the ants.
A very strange movie is "Zardoz", featuring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling (who is one of my favourite actresses, by the way). Sean Connery runs around in what looks like a red diaper, with two strips of ammo across his chest. The most memorable line of the movie is the unforgettable "the gun is good, the penis is evil". The story is totally weird; I won't even try to give a summary. |
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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andu
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Posted: March 01 2007 at 07:12 |
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The Star Wars thread shows a lot of potential - so I'll just steal it
What are your favourite science fiction films? I'd like to know what's your overall approach and what elements do you like of them.
Myself I'm not a dedicated fan, but I'm delighted to find gems in areas I don't usually frequent - in film just like in literature, music or visual arts. Regarding SF, my best moments happen when I stumble upon a full vision of life unfolded in a story of future and different life tools, rather than gadgets, explosions, action hero stuff.
My favourites are Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" and "Alien", Kubrick's "2001", Tarkovsky's "Solaris" (maybe "Stalker" could fit in this category somehow, too). Though because being strict on artistic achievement I don't find most of the Star Wars as a major achievement in film, I do find the series had one of the greatest stories over concieved for film. It's like "War and Peace", but in the future.
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