Very little known movies deserving more attention

Edited by BaldFriede - July 29 2018 at 04:41

De Skrigende Halse - Søren Fauli
Danish punk flick that sports equal amounts of black humour and tragedy.

Indeed. We use the word skrighals for someone loud and obnoxious here in Denmark. This is just a play on it methinks.

Good topic.

Something of a cult film from Canada, and maybe not little known enough, a few here might know it, but I'll start with a Canadian film: Tales form Gimli Hospital (Guy Maddin, 1988), which is a strange film shot in black and white.

Again, not the most obscure of films, but one that certainly doesn't get the recognition that I think it deserves (even when I mention it here, which has been a lot, and we have Norwegian posters):

Den brysomme mannen (The Bothersome Man) is a surrealistic black comedy Norwegian film from 2006. It's one of my very favourite modern films (not surprisingly since I'm mentioning it again), and it has had significant international distribution and been to film festivals.

And below is a short dark comedy film -- at 21 minutes not that short -- that I think terrific and deserves more attention (short films don't get enough attention period as far as I"m concerned -- I love that medium). It did get international success at short film festivals, but it's still very little known (partially because shorts don't get enough exposure) and it is strange -- very absurd and dark. It's beautifully shot and deliciously absurd.

Mompelaar (Mulbler) - a short Belgian, I think, film by Marc James Roels and Wim Reygaert’s. Those who think they might enjoy a very dark version of Monty Python might well enjoy this:



https://vimeo.com/69876745


Edited by Logan - July 29 2018 at 09:39

2005 movie starring Anthony Hopkins which was a financial bomb because most people misunderstood the movie's title, "The World's Fastest Indian".  Imo this movie was a real gem.

Have you seen "Trollhunters" and "Thelma" Logan, two highly reccomended, norwegian folkloric themed tales (movies). Trollhunters is a mockementary and Thelma is a mystery thriller.

Icarium wrote: Have you seen "Trollhunters" and "Thelma" Logan, two highly reccomended, norwegian folkloric themed tales (movies). Trollhunters is a mockementary and Thelma is a mystery thriller.

Yep, I mentioned Trollhunter in a thread of mine about five years ago soon after seeing it, and you mentioned that you thought it was good -- CLICK . Very enjoyable film. I haven't seen Thelma yet, but I do know of it, and it is on my radar, thanks.

Edited by Logan - July 29 2018 at 15:40

Edited by BaldFriede - July 30 2018 at 05:43

Logan wrote: Good topic. Something of a cult film from Canada, and maybe not little known enough, a few here might know it, but I'll start with a Canadian film: Tales form Gimli Hospital (Guy Maddin, 1988), which is a strange film shot in black and white. Again, not the most obscure of films, but one that certainly doesn't get the recognition that I think it deserves (even when I mention it here, which has been a lot, and we have Norwegian posters): Den brysomme mannen (The Bothersome Man) is a surrealistic black comedy Norwegian film from 2006. It's one of my very favourite modern films (not surprisingly since I'm mentioning it again), and it has had significant international distribution and been to film festivals. And below is a short dark comedy film -- at 21 minutes not that short -- that I think terrific and deserves more attention (short films don't get enough attention period as far as I"m concerned -- I love that medium). It did get international success at short film festivals, but it's still very little known (partially because shorts don't get enough exposure) and it is strange -- very absurd and dark. It's beautifully shot and deliciously absurd. Mompelaar (Mulbler) - a short Belgian, I think, film by Marc James Roels and Wim Reygaert’s. Those who think they might enjoy a very dark version of Monty Python might well enjoy this: https://vimeo.com/69876745