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An enlightening look at the history of Maroubra beach and the people who grew up there.

This film got absolutely no press in America, but can any Aussie Wigbers tell us how it was received at home? Thoughts, feelings, historical accuracy?

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Originally posted by Metro Dynamics:
... Earth Girls Are Easy, ... The Gods Must Be Crazy, ...

yes and yes!!!
I love flicks like that.
In the same manner: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Anybody mention Ravenous yet?

Once Were Warriors

and one last one: Tasogare Seibei (Twilight Samurai)

allright !

have seen both "ravenous" and "once were warriors" and loved them.

if these two are examples of kinda films you like, i gotta see this "twilight samurai"

Ravenous was the blackest comedy that decade. I saw it in the theater, all alone, and loved it.

Buckaroo Banzai's a classic.

I own Buckaroo Banzai on DVD B)

Split reminded me of this via the QST thread.

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Originally posted by VillianGlib-sinBored:

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An enlightening look at the history of Maroubra beach and the people who grew up there.

This film got absolutely no press in America, but can any Aussie Wigbers tell us how it was received at home? Thoughts, feelings, historical accuracy?

I can tell you Romper Stomper was a pretty good flick.

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Originally posted by theminx:
I own Buckaroo Banzai on DVD B)

ha me too. Love that movie. Also Big Trouble in Little China. Two classics

I also have the Buckaroo Banzai DVD - if you get it, get the region 1 version with all the extras, rather than the region 2 release. It's a wonderful, eccentric little romp with an amazing cast, written by the guy who wrote Big Trouble in Little China and, less successfully, Stealth. Stealth should *stay* overlooked.

Dunno what to think about the Bra Boys trailer. I used to go out with a girl whose folks moved to Maroubra. From what she told me it was a fairly nice place to live, a pretty average suburban area. It certainly wasn't a deprived ghetto slum by any stretch of the imagination, but I guess that wouldn't make the movie quite as interesting.

Overlooked movies should be those that bombed, or sank without trace, or which you talk about to a teenager and get blank looks in return.

If ever a Scorsese movie could be considered overlooked, it would have to be After Hours which I saw when it was released and have never seen or heard of since. I loved it. Griffin Dunne (the dead guy in American Werewolf) has the worst evening of his life.

I tend to get blank looks from people when I rave about Danger: Diabolik! with John Philip Law.

Hands up who has seen Phase IV? Legendary poster designer Saul Bass directs a movie about ants taking over the world.

Primer has already been mentioned, and it's a great movie that nobody's heard of over here.

Now I'm off to rifle through my DVD collection for further examples...

(edit) Ooh, here's one - Until the End of the World. Directed by Wim Wenders, starring his wife at the time Solveig Dommartin and with a theme song by U2 (yes, that song). Long, rambling film about the nature of self, dreams and identity from about 1990 that only saw the light of day again last year. Cameos by David Byrne and Tom Waits. Wenders got quite a lot of the future right. I get blank looks when I go on about it, so I class that as overlooked.

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Chris H

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I have seen 'Phase IV'. I found it pretty scary at the time.

So bad, it's good.

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If ever a Scorsese movie could be considered overlooked, it would have to be After Hours which I saw when it was released and have never seen or heard of since. I loved it. Griffin Dunne (the dead guy in American Werewolf) has the worst evening of his life.

Gleefully dark comedy, that one. Love the Cheech and Chong cameo.

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Originally posted by Chris H:

(edit) Ooh, here's one - Until the End of the World. Directed by Wim Wenders, starring his wife at the time Solveig Dommartin and with a theme song by U2 (yes, that song). Long, rambling film about the nature of self, dreams and identity from about 1990 that only saw the light of day again last year. Cameos by David Byrne and Tom Waits. Wenders got quite a lot of the future right. I get blank looks when I go on about it, so I class that as overlooked.

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Chris H

Until the End of the World is one of my favorite films. I just got the 6 hour version but haven't watched it yet.

That movie has influenced me in no small way.

Not overlooked by the world of cinema but certainly by the American movie-going public:

re:Until the End of the World.
A damn good film, every hour of it.

I really liked After Hours, and it was quite popular here in video clubs at the time.
Primer... I wanted to like it, but even a second viewing just doesn't register. Plot too convoluted and muddy for me.
PhaseIV: very creepy.