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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 2, 2018 11:05:24 GMT
Jeff Wells (who I'm not a big fan of) posted a rather hilarious and snarky put down (not a fan of those either) of Destroyer : "Every Destroyer actor gives the kind of performance that makes you feel like your soul is draining out of the hourglass"That made me laugh and got me thinking about what are those kind of films that you have loved or recommended to people where they came back to you and were like "Wtf" or "I turned it off after 10 minutes - you liked that"  - stuff that people could really hate but you're recommendation is sincere. This is particularly a problem for me - my taste can gravitate to stuff the majority doesn't like but in particular if the film appears like something else on the surface. For example, Dead Ringers appears as mystery to the public but to actually go through that dark web of identity, sexual ambiguity/manipulation, drug addiction and co-dependency and doom is something else entirely. It just has nothing in it that someone not inclined to go there in the first place is going to make want to go there. What are some of these and if possible not just your favorites but ones you recommend that flopped with the people you recommended them to. We Need To Talk About Kevin was another for me................lost some friends on that recommendation. (kidding, but it had the same "Dead Ringers" results) |
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Post by stephen on Sept 2, 2018 12:48:41 GMT
Grave of the Fireflies, of course. And Dear Zachary.
For recent films, You Were Never Really Here puts on a clinic at showing trauma and depression in such a compelling, naked, raw way.
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Post by Kings_Requiem on Sept 2, 2018 20:59:16 GMT
The Fountain
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Post by MsMovieStar on Sept 2, 2018 21:05:17 GMT
 Oh honey, Gena Rowlands is just pitch perfect in this. This movie is depressing because it's ultimately about self-delusion... not that I would know anything about that, being a Movie Star and all... |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Sept 3, 2018 6:58:33 GMT
Testament (1983) is the first thing that comes to mind. Very beautiful and VERY depressing.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2018 7:05:00 GMT
The Virgin Suicides.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2018 13:56:58 GMT
Hm... Melancholia and Under the Sand. I find these films more moving considering Dunst's and Rampling's personal circumstances during filming.
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Sept 13, 2018 15:20:43 GMT
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Sept 14, 2018 2:51:08 GMT
Days of Wine and Roses
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Post by pickpocket on Sept 14, 2018 3:28:35 GMT
A Time for Drunken Horses (2000). A depressing film that involves children surviving without parental figures on the precarious border of Iran. Children having to struggle in the face of an indifferent world usually hits me pretty strongly.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2018 4:02:18 GMT
A Brighter Summer Day.
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- stuff that people could really hate but you're recommendation is sincere.
