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12-08-2008, 10:38 AM
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I just went through the top 250 on IMDB and couldn't find a single one.
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12-08-2008, 10:58 AM
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There's at least four: Enchanted April Once Goodbye Lenin Das Leben Der Anderen (The Lives Of Others) There's human interaction in all of these, of course, but none of the stories revolve around the death of or a romance between the main characters. Last edited by JimOfferman; 12-08-2008 at 11:00 AM. |
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12-08-2008, 11:42 AM
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I haven't seen those four, but the IMDB synopsis on Once says: Quote:
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12-09-2008, 01:36 PM
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Primer. it's one of my favorites. love and death are the essentials of drama though, so you won't find too much fiction without either. Quote:
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12-09-2008, 05:44 PM
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 | My Neighbor Totoro, one of the best kids' movies ever made. Also by Miyazaki, Spirited Away The White Balloon, a very sweet, simple movie from Iran which reminds me of the classic, The Red Balloon Interesting that all of these are made elsewhere than the US |
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12-09-2008, 10:11 PM
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A few comedies come to mind. Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers. All couples are already in love. Home Alone Fast Times at Ridgemont High (unless you count school girl crushes as falling in love) Planes, Trains and Automobiles Last edited by NeedMyCoffee; 12-09-2008 at 10:24 PM. |
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12-10-2008, 10:23 AM
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 Aside from that, lots of documentaries don't feature love or death. That might be cheating. I don't think anybody died in "Stranger than Paradise". "Slacker and "Waking Life" come to mind but I might be forgetting deaths in those. Last edited by missing; 12-10-2008 at 10:26 AM. | ||
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12-12-2008, 10:24 AM
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Incidentally, you should check out the music from that movie, 'cause it's awesome! (The album is called "The Swell Season"). Last edited by JimOfferman; 12-12-2008 at 10:26 AM. | |
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12-22-2008, 10:50 PM
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My first thought was Citizen Kane, though considering the whole thing is effectively a giant obituary... Quote:
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12-24-2008, 02:47 AM
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I can't believe I missed it the last time around when mentioning Iranian films, but "Taste of Cherry" has technically has no deaths in it. The catch is that you spend the whole time focusing on a guy looking for somebody to help kill himself. You might think I just gave away the ending, but you might also be surprised to find that perhaps I didn't! I don't think anybody actually dies in the "Insider", although it's all about deadly, evil, tobacco companies. |
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12-26-2008, 04:59 PM
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12-26-2008, 05:05 PM
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12-27-2008, 07:39 AM
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as for whether or not the protagonist in TOC died, well I'll give away the ending, sorta (spoiler) I don't believe there is any indication that he died. There is no indication that he lived either though. We think we are going to find out but all we see is the "behind the scenes" video footage of the actor, cameraman, director, extras, etc. What I think the filmmaker was trying to express was the very thin division between the artificiality of film, and the reality of life. Or symbolically, the thin line between that separates life and death. Or to be even more specific, the thin line the decision to live, and the decision to die. It's a fairly controversial ending; some love it, others hate it. Me, I'm undecided. I think he could have expressed the same thing without being so obvious, ie; he could have just showed the protagonist taking the pills and lying in the grave and ending it ambiguously. On the other hand, I think that would have been kind of a cop out, and going the direction that he did, he amplified the gravity of the situation into something more "real" than it would have been otherwise. Last edited by missing; 12-27-2008 at 07:44 AM. | |
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