4/11/08 Favorite Indie Film

BuddyDebbie · 04-11-2008, 12:24 PM

Earlier, I asked you about your favorite blockbuster movies, and today I want to know about your favorite indie films. List your preferences and explain why.

I like Summerstorm, which is a German, gay-themed coming of age story that I saw at the Seattle International Film Festival a few years ago. I have a thing for German movies. I also liked Das Experiment, which stars Moritz Bleibtreu who was also in the great Run Lola Run. This one is about the psych experiment very similar to the Stanford Prison Experiment (which also made it to Veronica Mars) in which some people pretend to be prisoners and others are prison guards, and all hell breaks loose. Okay, I'm so on a German roll. Has anyone seen Goodbye Lenin? This one is about a dude in East Berlin whose mother was in a coma when the Berlin Wall came down, so he pretends for her sake that they are still in communist East Germany (otherwise, she might have too much stress and die of a heart attack).

BuddyD · 04-11-2008, 02:45 PM

I also liked Das Experiment, and of course Run Lola Run is a classic.

Juno is an awesome indie film, but it got so popular that it hardly feels indie. I guess I'll go with Ellen Page's other great movie, Hard Candy. Or maybe Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.

jvince · 04-11-2008, 10:26 PM

Definitely Pulp Fiction. I love that movie. One of the greatest all-time.

The Usual Suspects comes a close second because of Kevin Spacey's excellent performance and the greatest twist ending ever.

My other favorites are Donnie Darko, American Beauty, and Little Miss Sunshine.

adiafaith · 04-13-2008, 03:23 PM

I loved Run Lola Run...and the other films people have named so far. Also Reservoir Dogs, Memento, Requiem for a Dream (though it's so disturbing that I've only watched it twice), Me and You and Everyone We Know, and Half Nelson. And though some people didn't like them, I'm a huge fan of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. All they're really doing is walking and talking in both those films but I think the dialogue is so amazing and engrossing that I feel like I'm actually eavesdropping on a real adult conversation between two people who've just met...and met again years later.

Also Mean Creek...that film blew me away. It's hard to put into words how good this movie was. And Being John Malkovich is another one of my favorites....I really could go on and on with this list, lol

AKalel · 04-13-2008, 09:36 PM

I am curious how are you defining indie? A movie released by a small movie company, had a cast of non a listers, a small budget or something else. i have some friends who refer to a indie a combination of non a list cast and budget and others say its the movie company.

Nanakiki · 04-16-2008, 04:08 PM

This film is not new but once more I feel like I am not too quick to catch on

living out in the styx probably doesn't help that.

"The Plight of Clownana" is the latest thing I found on myspace TV and it was co-produced by Jensen Ackles of all people and he even has a little unspectacular cameo in this together with Chris Kane, who we know from Angel!

This short indy gem is stuffed full with life's philosophy shaped like a banana split

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...oid=2028324192

04-11-2008, 12:24 PM	#1
BuddyDebbie Administrator Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,028,867	4/11/08 Favorite Indie Film Earlier, I asked you about your favorite blockbuster movies, and today I want to know about your favorite indie films. List your preferences and explain why. I like Summerstorm, which is a German, gay-themed coming of age story that I saw at the Seattle International Film Festival a few years ago. I have a thing for German movies. I also liked Das Experiment, which stars Moritz Bleibtreu who was also in the great Run Lola Run. This one is about the psych experiment very similar to the Stanford Prison Experiment (which also made it to Veronica Mars) in which some people pretend to be prisoners and others are prison guards, and all hell breaks loose. Okay, I'm so on a German roll. Has anyone seen Goodbye Lenin? This one is about a dude in East Berlin whose mother was in a coma when the Berlin Wall came down, so he pretends for her sake that they are still in communist East Germany (otherwise, she might have too much stress and die of a heart attack). __________________

04-11-2008, 10:26 PM	#3
jvince Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Still lost in an island with Claire Posts: 2,675	Definitely Pulp Fiction. I love that movie. One of the greatest all-time. The Usual Suspects comes a close second because of Kevin Spacey's excellent performance and the greatest twist ending ever. My other favorites are Donnie Darko, American Beauty, and Little Miss Sunshine. __________________

04-13-2008, 03:23 PM	#4
adiafaith Jared's S&M gal Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brooklyn!!!! Posts: 11,956	I loved Run Lola Run...and the other films people have named so far. Also Reservoir Dogs, Memento, Requiem for a Dream (though it's so disturbing that I've only watched it twice), Me and You and Everyone We Know, and Half Nelson. And though some people didn't like them, I'm a huge fan of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. All they're really doing is walking and talking in both those films but I think the dialogue is so amazing and engrossing that I feel like I'm actually eavesdropping on a real adult conversation between two people who've just met...and met again years later. Also Mean Creek...that film blew me away. It's hard to put into words how good this movie was. And Being John Malkovich is another one of my favorites....I really could go on and on with this list, lol __________________ *There's a new Pretty in town and them other boys don't know how to act* AND WHEN HE NEEDS A TOWEL, ADIA'S TONGUE IS AVAILABLE Thanks to MEI for my scrumptuous sig

04-16-2008, 04:08 PM	#6
Nanakiki Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: in mah' car Posts: 534	The Plight of Clownana This film is not new but once more I feel like I am not too quick to catch on living out in the styx probably doesn't help that. "The Plight of Clownana" is the latest thing I found on myspace TV and it was co-produced by Jensen Ackles of all people and he even has a little unspectacular cameo in this together with Chris Kane, who we know from Angel! This short indy gem is stuffed full with life's philosophy shaped like a banana split http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...oid=2028324192

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04-11-2008, 02:45 PM	#2
BuddyD Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,005	I also liked Das Experiment, and of course Run Lola Run is a classic. Juno is an awesome indie film, but it got so popular that it hardly feels indie. I guess I'll go with Ellen Page's other great movie, Hard Candy. Or maybe Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.

04-13-2008, 09:36 PM	#5
AKalel Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 117	I am curious how are you defining indie? A movie released by a small movie company, had a cast of non a listers, a small budget or something else. i have some friends who refer to a indie a combination of non a list cast and budget and others say its the movie company.