Vajra Sky Over Tibet

I highly recommend this 90 min documentary to everyone. So much history for such a short investment of time and its purely beautiful to watch and hear. The dance sequence in the extras is exquisite. And the short speech from Tensin L Chogyeal is not to be missed.

What I mean is, at different stages in our lives we need to see and experience different things in very different ways. Films are like lacmus/litmus papers, and it is not that *we* find the films we need, but, rather, the films we need to see somehow manage to find us.

I don't mean to hijack the thread but there are so many films that have "grown up" with us (or on us); and when we watch them again as time passes, we discover different things in them and in ourselves. Kinda, watching a familiar movie, in time we walk through a different gallery of distorted mirrors, only to discover new aspects and novel perspectives.

I love the way the magic works. What about you? Do you step into the same (film)river twice?

“I don’t like the idea of “understanding” a film. I don’t believe that rational understanding is an essential element in the reception of any work of art. Either a film has something to say to you or it hasn’t. If you are moved by it, you don’t need it explained to you. If not, no explanation can make you moved by it.”
— Federico Fellini

Although I may recommend this or that film, it's just a suggestion.

BTW I was trying to view The Help tonight but there is no way I could sit through that. I did watch all of Shame but it's another film I will not have to see again. Even if Fassbender is naked, a lot.

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I can only get The Leopard out of those 3 titles you mentioned gulbie. I put it on my netflix queue. Thanks!

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:( I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed by The Leopard". the american version is shorter of 1 hour than the italian original version and the dubbed dialogues are completely different in the two versions :-( at the release time, Visconti had a fight with the american distributor.

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for the other movies: maybe those 3 movies are too europeans for a world wide distribution.

The Leopard (Italian Version)
1963NR185 minutes

In this war drama set in 1860s Sicily, Prince Don Fabrizio Salina (Burt Lancaster) attempts to hold onto the glory he once knew, while his nephew, Tancredi Falconeri (Alain Delon), has joined opposition forces and is being heralded as a war hero. As Falconeri begins to fall for Angelica (Claudia Cardinale), the daughter of the town's new mayor, Don Calogero Sedara (Paolo Stoppa), Salina must learn to accept his changing political status.

Cast:
Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli, Romolo Valli, Mario Girotti, Lucilla Morlacchi, Giuliano Gemma, Pierre Clémenti, Ida Galli
Director:
Luchino Visconti
Genres:
Dramas, Foreign Movies, Foreign Dramas, Art House Movies, Italian Movies
Language:
Italian
This movie is:
Cerebral
Availability:
DVD and Blu-ray

In DVD Queue

Crazy Legs Conti -- a man who would (and did) eat his way out of an 8-foot box of popcorn to promote a movie -- is the subject of this documentary about the world of competitive eating. Following Conti on his journey from passionate fan to serious contestant on the competitive eating circuit, the film reveals a fascinating subculture dominated by capacious-stomached giants like Mo Ribs, Crawfish Nick and Cooke Jarvis.

Genre:
Documentaries, Social & Cultural Documentaries

This movie is:
Feel-good

Availability:
DVD

Eva's relationship with her son, Kevin, has been difficult from the beginning. When the 15-year-old boy's cruel streak erupts into violence, Eva wonders how much blame she deserves for his actions.

Cast:
Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell, Rocky Duer, Ashley Gerasimovich, Siobhan Fallon, Alex Manette, Joseph Melendez
Director:
Lynne Ramsay
Genres:
Dramas, Independent Movies, Crime Dramas, Dramas based on a book, Independent Dramas, British Movies, Dramas based on contemporary literature, British Dramas
This movie is:
Cerebral, Dark, Scary

My recommendation is Knight and Day

Very, very funny with good lines and characters, Cruise & Diaz at their best... I saw it ca. 5 times and still laugh a lot :-) A good summer movie.

Here is the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGPl86DBNNs

http://collider.com/cloud-atlas-movie-trailer/183689/

I have been waiting for this movie for forever and I haven't had such a really good vibe about a film in a really long time. Release date says October so I am very excited.

of course, putting those two in the same movie ever again would be a mistake. but still.