tell us an obscure movie you absolutely love...

[Dominic]

i'd like to add one more:

Queen Margot. Fantastic French flick.

[stankybank]

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Best of the Best

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BTW, part II and III sucked big time. Haven't seen IV, but I'm sure it sucks as well.

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C'mon even part one was pretty bad, but great for some mindless chop-sockey fun. The sequels were not even good for that. I don't know if i'd call it obsure either since it's on every Saturday on some channel or other.

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Really? I've seen Best of the Best I once on TV and that was a long time ago. I noticed that they were playing Best of the Best 2 a couple times on cable a while back and I thought Wayne Newton had a comical enough role for me to sit down and watch the piece of trash for about 45 min before I started to get sick of it.

If Best of the Best I is ever on TV again, please PM me w/ the ch/date/time. Thanks.

[jojobinks]

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magnolia??

sorry. try again.

not even close to obscure.


I think it garnered some talk for best-pic nomination (don't believe it was nominated).
Tom Cruise might have been getting talk for best supporting actor nomination too.

It was pretty widely distributed and very well known.


Also - Friend of mine thought it was terrific.
I thought it was pretty mediorce (bordering on crappy).

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hmmm...i guess i could argue the same about just about every post on this thread. instead, i offered something meaningful.

and i did try again. twice, actually, with ruby in paradise and human nature.

[mostsmooth]

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Let it Ride. Lock.

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WHERE DID MY GOD COME FROM?!?!?!?

[JackWilson]

A few things:

Equilibrium - Not only is it not obscure, it's horrible.
Gosford Park - Not obscure. Critically acclaimed and overrated.
City of God - Not obscure.
The Commitments - Not very obscure, quite good.
The Neverending Story - Not obscure, not very good.
The Croupier - Not very obscure, horrible.

With that out of the way, I offer you:

Le Fate Ignoranti (not sure how obscure this is, I doubt many of you have seen this)

[John Cole]

Dominic,

Local Hero is one of my favorites, and I love the Russian singing "Even the Lone Star State Gets Lonesome." But for real obscure, I'd go with Raul Ruiz's On the Top of the Whale.

[Blarg]

Here's one that I guess would be considered obscure now, but was extremely popular when it came out, and its director became really loved for this one especially, and a few more. For a true film buff, it's not terribly obscure, but for your average guy, much less your average young 2+2 poster, it's probably unknown.

Trouble In Mind, starring Kris Kristofferson.

[TimTimSalabim]

Wages of Fear

[Dominic]

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Wages of Fear

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this is a classic and not at all obscure.

Great movie, though.

[TimTimSalabim]

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Wages of Fear

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this is a classic and not at all obscure.

Great movie, though.

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I'll bet that 99% of OOTers have not seen it.