Anyone seen any decent DVD's recently.
Best British film EVER is Dead Man's Shoes
http://www.godwillforgivethem.com/
It's a small film in terms of budget and setting but deals with large themes - justice, culpability, guilt...
Paddy Considine gives a chilling performance (he out Bickels Bickel).
Watching it in the cinema left me very emotional and when I spoke about it to Eve (I saw it alone in London) I would well up with emotion.
Good to have you on the blog Billy. I've added Dead Man's Shoes to my Amazon rental list.
ReplyDeleteI'm quite a fan of movies and watch them at the cinema and on DVD. Here is my list of favourite movies.
Just seen "The Machinist" with Christian Bale.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant performance by him and great film. Shades of "Memento".
Like a Polanski or Hitchcock film,Kafka or Doestoevsky book.
That looks like a very powerful film. I have a bit of difficulty watching films like that now. Also I really have to feel up to watching gritty social realism which ends up making you feel sad and depressed. I never watch horror films I just find them too disturbing. However against that I don't like those stupid middle class comedies. Admittedly I'm a bit limited with films.
ReplyDeleteHowever a bloke in the work loaned me the Long Way Round just before he went on a three week motor cycling trip to Canada. I didn't fancy it. But as he gave me it I watched it and was hooked. It was 7 episodes (around 45 minutes each)and I watched the first three in a row. Surprisingly to me Ewan Macgregor and his mate came across really well. I would recommend renting it - if these things are ever rented out.
Margaret and me watched Dead Man's Shoes last night. We both enjoyed it. Worth a second viewing. Good pace and really brilliant acting. There's a deep sadness in the film and an outstanding ending.
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