more on film...

[dwenius]

Let's revisit that films of joy post. Like I said, I don't watch a lot of film, which means that I'm likely missing out on many things that I would like if I knew about them. So if you start with Charlie Kaufman, Miyazaki, Svenkmajer, the Marx Brothers, Jeunet and Caro (the five primary sources of joy in my original list), then add in Terry Gilliam (yes, every film including Baron Munchausen) and quirky cult films like Harold and Maude or Being There, plus obvious geek pleasers like LotR and CTHD...where do you, oh great video store master, send me next? Help me, Lazyweb!

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[skronk.livejournal.com]

The Music of Chance - unfortunately this film isn't out on DVD yet, but my local library has it on VHS so you might be able to find it there. It's a strange little film starring Mandy Patinkin as a drifter and James Spader as a gambler who get involved in the wrong card game. Not wrong as in typical gamblers in bad games wrong, but more like Charlie Kaufman would handle a gambling movie.

Pi - Darren Aronofsky wrote and directed this movie in a nice gritty black and white. It's about a mathematician who believes patterns exist in everything. He sees them everywhere - including the stock market. He is trying to find a secret 216 digit number in Pi that will unlock the pattern that runs through everything, not just individual pieces of nature. He slides deeper into paranoia as he gets closer and everyone else who wants it is after him.

[dwenius.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I had heard good things about Pi before.