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[bluegreen17]

does anyone have any recommendations for an inspiring movie i can rent?

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[oxhead.livejournal.com]

Finally, finally, someone else who loves "Into the West." Another great Irish film is "The Field."

[bluegreen17]

yeah,i liked 'the field' as well as 'into the west'.

i don't know how true to irishness it is,but i love 'the matchmaker'. and one that probably is true to contemporary irish life that i loved is 'the snapper'. i love colm meaney,and he's in that as the dad.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

PowWow Highway is *wonderful*. i have never seen an actor i loved more than gary farmer as Philbert Bono.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

oh, that he does. his Nobody was the best part of the film. "some are born to sweet delight/ some are born to endless night." he is really a brilliant actor. did you see him in Smoke Signals? smaller role, but very well done.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

let me think... imdb.com lists his films (below). i think the only other film i've seen him in was a rather poor adaptation of a tony hillerman mystery, The Dark Wind, starring (improbably) lou diamond phillips as navajo detective jim chee. farmer had a small part but was, as always, completely likable.

i must say it's a delight to run into another Farmer fan! :)

imdb listing

rabbits...

[nimoy.livejournal.com]

I love Harvey....now I think I'm feeling the need to rent it as well.

ahh...greatness!

Re: rabbits...

[bluegreen17]

i stayed up late last night watching 'harvey'. well worth the time!

inspirational movies

[bluegreen17]

thanks for the recs!

i did rent 'harvey' but haven't watched it yet. i've seen it before and it's a great one. i love jimmy stewart too. and,yeah,frank capra. is 'you can't take it with you' the one with the eccentric family and the dad who blows things up in the basement? i couldn't find that one the other day but i like that one too.

i'm not sure if i've seen 'pow wow highway' so that will go on my small list (i'm very fussy) of 'to watch'. in context of your other recs,i think i might like that.

i love harold and maude but it's best for a certain mood. i do like dark humor.

into the west is beautiful. i like that one because it's set in ireland!

i've never heard of mondo so i'll check out some reviews on that.

thanks again!

[tazmania6507.livejournal.com]

Bringing Down the House is pretty cool. I'd also suggest Head of State.

But if you want a movie that'll make you think, go rent Solaris.

[oxhead.livejournal.com]

An oldie, but one I find inspiring is "Dead Poet Society."

[miscelenaclosed.livejournal.com]

Inspiring? Hmm.
The one with the kid, and Rosie O'Donnell, Dennis Leary... um...

*goes to look it up*

Wide Awake 1998
Directed by
M. Night Shyamalan

I enjoyed this one quite a bit. It's PG and so probably in the Family section, but it's worth checking out if you're looking for something inspiring.

Inspirational movie?

[hopletonbrown.livejournal.com]

This isn't inspirational in the usual "It's a wonderful life" type way (not that I'm knocking that film, it's one of my faves), it's actuallly quite dark, disturbing and fucked up, but if you're interested in buddhism, "Jacob's Ladder" is great...

jacob's ladder

[bluegreen17]

oh,yeah,jacob's ladder is amazing. for years i thought it was 'just' a horror movie,so it didn't interest me. but then i heard different things about it. still,it was vague enough so when i got to the end of the movie and was struck but what was really going in,it blew me away.

i don't know very many people who see the buddhist angle on it,but it sure is there.

thanks. if i hadn't seen it,that certainly would have piqued my curiousity!

and yes,it is inspiring.