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Post by bravomailer on Jan 4, 2019 17:00:35 GMT
White Lightning (1973) has some glimpses into a southern town.
Bachelor in Paradise (1961) has moments of sociological insight on suburbia.
The Deer Hunter (1978) has nice looks into a steel town.
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Post by koskiewicz on Jan 4, 2019 17:52:32 GMT
"High Noon"
"Bad Day At Black Rock"
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Post by teleadm on Jan 4, 2019 19:23:58 GMT
Another based on Steinbeck, The Moon Is Down 1943.
Ingmar Bergman's The Shame 1968
Walerian Borowczyk's Goto, l'île d'amour aka Goto, Island of Love 1968
Boulting Brothers' Carlton-Browne of the F.O. aka Man in a Cocked Hat 1959
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jan 4, 2019 22:34:35 GMT
Saraba hakobune, Farewell to the Ark (1984) A surreal spellbinding film on community and our deep seated connections with our past. This was the last film from Japanese avant-garde artist, director Shūji Terayama who died not long after the films completion, it was produced by the Art Theatre Guild winning numerous awards. The beautifully crafted richly textured film is a densely symbolic allegorical tale, using the setting of an isolated rustic Japanese village it is a magical film intertwining our connections, memories and relationships. It is a rural village where time doesn’t flow, where clocks literally make the sun rise and set, so the community has buried all clocks except for one. Old ways versus modern life places pressure on members of the close knit community as progress encroaches. some wish to leave behind their mutual traditions, flee their superstitions and move to the city...
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jan 4, 2019 23:30:04 GMT
The Edge of the World (1937) Directed by Michael Powell this was his first major project. Loosely based on a true story the film tells of the depopulation of community from the isolated outer islands of northern Scotland. One by one, the younger generation leave their communities for greater opportunities offered on the mainland, making it harder almost impossible for those left behind to carry on the traditional ways of life . The story is loosely based on the evacuation of the Scottish archipelago of St Kilda. filming actually took place nearby on Foula in the Shetland Islands. It was an ambitious first project , Powell organized a cast and crew with only those willing to endure the difficult expedition to what then was a very isolated part of the UK with all having to stay on location for months. The finished project not only told of the communities human drama but Powell masterly captured the glorious, raw & rugged natural beauty of the Outer Hebrides. In 1978, director Michael Powell and some of the surviving cast and crew went back to Foula to re-visit the island where they had made the film of a community undergoing a challenging crisis Finlay Currie & John Laurie .
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Post by spiderwort on Jan 5, 2019 1:13:34 GMT
The Edge of the World (1937) Directed by Michael Powell this was his first major project.
HOORAY!!! At last there's one of your special films that I have seen. And I loved it. A beautiful film. Thanks so much for reminding me of it (and letting me know that we're not always so far apart in our viewing habits ).
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jan 7, 2019 15:55:46 GMT
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995) - www.imdb.com/title/tt0112966/referenceI don't want Ffynnon Garw to be on the map because we begged for it. The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain is directed by Christopher Monger and written by Ivor Monger. It stars Hugh Grant, Ian McNeice, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney and Kenneth Griffith. Music is by Stephen Endelman and cinematography by Vernon Layton.
Set in 1917, plot finds Grant and McNeice as two English cartographers who arrive in the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw to measure what the locals proudly proclaim to be Wales' first mountain. However, it turns out that the "mountain" is 16 feet below the required 1000 feet requisite so therefore can only be classed as a hill. This news causes disgust amongst the locals, who then set about stopping the cartographers going home whilst they attempt to build atop of the hill to make it over 1000 feet.
A film with a big title that is matched by the size of its heart, Monger's film owes much to those fun community based pictures that filed out of Ealing Studios back in the 40s and 50s, Re: Whisky Galore! and The Titfield Thunderbolt. We can also safely place it the whimsy category where something as wonderful as Local Hero sits, while the old British comedy staple that encompasses an obsession with size (The Mouse That Roared) watches over the film like an approving British cinematic angel.
Homespun humour marries up with the utterly engaging view of quirky village life to provide us with just under 100 minutes of entertainment. Although clearly simple in plot and structure, to simply dismiss it as such does not do justice to the fine work of the ensemble cast and the writing of Ivor and Chris Monger. With Grant doing what he does best, the amiable nervous fop, picture has a lead actor fully comfortable with the tone and texture of the production, while around him there are a number of fine character actors putting delightful meat on the comedy bones of oddball characters with names such as Morgan the Goat, Johny Shellshock, William the Petroleum and Betty from Cardiff! Best of the bunch is Griffith as Reverend Jones, a grumpy, stubborn eccentric who underpins everything so wonderfully skew-whiff about life in Ffynnon Garw.
As for the writing? The screenplay has a wonderful ear for small village dialogue, while in amongst the value of community spirit theme, sits a near sombre observation of the effects of war on such a community. The production design is appealing, with Layton's photography around the Powys locations a visual treat, and Endelman's music has a suitably warming and jaunty feel; even if it starts to get a touch repetitive later in the piece. It doesn't have widespread appeal, it's clearly a film aimed at a small portion of film fans that love those films mentioned earlier. But in an era when film is being smothered by CGI and visual gimmickry, revisiting something like The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain offers up a most refreshing and diverting experience. 8/10
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 10:06:02 GMT
The Profound Desire of the Gods
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jan 9, 2019 10:07:54 GMT
WAKE IN FRIGHT (1971)
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Post by spiderwort on Jan 9, 2019 14:30:57 GMT
The Profound Desire of the Gods Haven't seen this one, Cat, but it sounds really interesting. For some reason it reminds me of CLOSE TO EDEN (1991), aka URGA, the story of a happy Mongolian family whose lives are disrupted when a Russian truck driver gets stranded nearby. Needless to say there's conflict, but also a real sense of community.
And now that I'm in Mongolia, THE CAVE OF THE YELLOW DOG (2005) is one of my favorites about a nomadic family and their surrounding community of compatriots. It's a beauty.
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Post by louise on Jan 9, 2019 16:09:06 GMT
Passport to Pimlico (1949) Saving Grcae (2000) Pride (2014)
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 10, 2019 15:04:44 GMT
Ryan's Daughter looks at Irish village life.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jan 13, 2019 22:37:21 GMT
The Profound Desire of the Gods Haven't seen this one, Cat, but it sounds really interesting. For some reason it reminds me of CLOSE TO EDEN (1991), aka URGA, the story of a happy Mongolian family whose lives are disrupted when a Russian truck driver gets stranded nearby. Needless to say there's conflict, but also a real sense of community.
Many Thanks !! spiderwort … Close to Eden looks fantastic and directed by Nikita Mikhalkov , I just noticed it a long forgotten tick on my watch list, excitedly now have a copy on the way. I followed up on your glowing recommendations from last year on those other wonderful Mongolian films Weeping Camel and Cave Dog. which I enjoyed very much.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jan 13, 2019 22:56:52 GMT
Skupljači perja , I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967) Yugoslavia, Aleksandar Petrović. The film is centred on the Romani people's life their ethnic and social relationships in thier village community, the title actually translates as "The Feather Gatherers", as the villagers farm geese for their down feathers. The excellent film features a cast of Romani actors speaking the Romani language as well as some well known Yugoslav actors . Filmed on location in a rustic village in northern Vojvodina , a mud splattered gypsy community, the award winning film is a highlighted with wonderful music, a number of the folk songs are traditional and exclusive to this norther Yugoslavian community...
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Post by spiderwort on Jan 13, 2019 23:34:41 GMT
Many Thanks !! spiderwort … Close to Eden looks fantastic and directed by Nikita Mikhalkov , I just noticed it a long forgotten tick on my watch list, excitedly now have a copy on the way. I followed up on your glowing recommendations from last year on those other wonderful Mongolian films Weeping Camel and Cave Dog. which I enjoyed very much. So glad to be of service, planet. It is I who usually benefit so much from you. I hope you like Close to Eden, and I'm so glad you enjoyed The Story of the Weeping Camel and The Cave of the Yellow Dog. I love those Mongolian landscapes!
And, oh, Skupljači perja , I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967) sounds wonderful. Very special, actually. Thanks so much for the introduction.
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 14, 2019 1:10:25 GMT
A community of monks
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Post by morrisondylanfan on Jan 14, 2019 2:40:55 GMT
Waking Ned (1998) Chocolat (2000)
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Post by morrisondylanfan on Jan 14, 2019 4:21:32 GMT
Love those, morrisondylanfan . Now you made me think of these:
Calendar Girls (2003)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
Those are terrific choices Spider. After posting Ned,another Irish community Comedy came to mind: The Closer You Get (2000) (given the naff title American Women in the US) And possibly the weirdest British film about a community: The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 14, 2019 4:37:43 GMT
I haven't seen that one, bravomailer , but it sounds like a great example of the theme and a film I'd probably really enjoy. It made me think of the beautiful Powell-Pressburger film: Gods and Men is about a group of French monks who live in rural Algeria as an Islamist insurgency spreads. The actual events still make the news from time to time. Maybe 7/10.
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