Man from earth (2007)
A low-money dvd production movie about a man telling his friends he has survived since the origins of humanity. Very thought provoking.
The only thing I knew about this movie going in was that it was a group of people just talking in a single room for the entirety of the movie. I figured it must be very good for it to be just dialogue. I enjoyed it very much.
Yeah, I love that movie!
Man what a throwback! I really liked this one too.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Probably Arrival. If you knew how your life will play out from start to finish, would you change it knowing you will never experience everything the same from the point that you change it, thus not only avoiding bad/regrettable events, but also your most cherished ones.
The Man from Earth; low budget sci-fi mostly just people talking in a living room. I like how it plays with expectations about knowledge of history and explores different epistemologies of the supporting characters in their line of questions or how they engage with the core concept.
‘Rambo’ Laugh, if you want, but that flick made me realize how awfully governments treat Veterans. Non-Military guy here. Saw it in the nineties, must have been 11 or 12 or something like that.
Then ‘Philadelphia’ was pretty intense and made me realize reality holds more truths, than the narrow minded household I grew up in.
‘Milk’ was pretty eye opening, too.
Watched Black Klansman today, just made me think more about racism even though I think about it a lot anyways. Really great movie.
I heard good things about this movie. Have it on my movie list.
It’s really worth it. It has a great story, that is based on true events, fantastic actors (John David Washington and Adam Driver) and a great director (Spike Lee).
A masterpiece.
Really brilliant! I’m teary thinking that this kind of shit happens.
I’m a big fan of Day of the Dead (1985)
On the surface, it’s a bunker zombie movie. But like truly good zombie movies, it’s not about the zombies. It’s more about humanity’s response to existential dread and how groups can fail to cooperate with each other.
The movie’s been remade a few times, but imo the original is the most thought provoking.
Thanks for this thread, got a bunch of great suggestions!
Magnolia is such an honest depiction of human fallibility. Almost unrivaled in its verisimilitude to modern life (or modern as of it’s release date). Incredible movie. Good shout.
Not a movie but a limited series, Devs. You won’t know what’s going on for a while, but damn, I still think about it. Same guy who made Ex Machina and Annihilation. Great sound track.
If you are into foreign films please look into german director Caroline Link.
She won an Oscar for foreign film with Nowhere in Africa , about the life of german-jewish writer Stefanie Zweig, who emigrated with her parents to Kenya under threat of Nazi Germany.
But my personal all time favorite movie is Beyond Silence about a hearing daughter of deaf parents who goes on and becomes a musician.
I’m german myself and generally consider german cinema an expensive form of torture with the great exception of Caroline Link.
why would it be surprising that a favorite movie could also be provoking?
Memento is a movie about a guy who tries to find the murderer of his wife but has a condition where he only remembers the last few minutes, so works with post-its, photos and tatoos to piece things together. Great movie!
Predestination is a time traveling cop trying to prevent a terrorist attack.
I’m leaving the best part out which is thought provoking, but you will find it and appreciate it when you watch both movies I think.
I really liked Memento. An added bonus is that it was Christopher Nolan’s first screenplay and big budget movie.
I have Predestination on my ‘Movies To Watch’ list. And sadly that list seems unbearable to conquer — over 400 movies on my list.
They Live (1988).
It’s just getting more relevant over time.Great call
The Fountain (2006) is always my go to, it’s both aesthetically beautiful and thought provoking.
I really wish they’d rerelease this in 4K, the visuals are spectacular.
read up on how they gutted the budget for the visuals for this movie so instead they did it using ancient methods instead of CGI.
I love all of Aronofsky’s film (except Noah; wtf was that). The Fountain is probably his best.
except Noah; wtf was that
I’m going to hazard a response to what you found wtf:
Aronofsky’s Noah is told with a Jewish perspective on the story. In Jewish tradition, Noah is a notable person, but he is not admirable. In Genesis it states that Noah was righteous in his generation. Rashi, a leading rabbi in the Middle Ages, said in regards to that statement: “Others, however, explain it to his discredit: in comparison with his own generation he was accounted righteous, but had he lived in the generation of Abraham he would have been accounted as of no importance.” (https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.6.9?lang=bi&aliyot=0&p2=Rashi_on_Genesis.6.9.2&lang2=bi)
Jewish sages, too, have long criticized Noah for accepting God’s dictate that he will destroy all life on earth without argument. That’s in contrast to Abraham who, when God said he would destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, argued with God and got him to agree not to destroy the cities if there existed ten righteous people in the cities.
So Aronofsky shows Noah as a religious extremist who does what God says without question. It’s a sometimes ugly portrayal, but it fits with an interpretation of Noah that sees him as the best the world had on hand, but not the best that mankind can be.
The Fountain was a great movie to watch. Recommended.
Primer. Time travel paradoxes. Two guys accidentally build a time machine and their tests of it cause chaos in their lives.
