Whether it's the work of Buster Keaton, Bollywood Cinema, J-Horror or Mike Leigh, there are always areas that we haven't gotten to...yet. One of the things that makes me love movies as a pursuit is that the field is narrow enough for good conversation (tell me your Top 5 movies and I've probably seen one; tell me your Top 5 books and there's a good chance I haven't even heard of one, let alone read it) yet deep enough that there are always new worlds to conquer. I, for instance, will hit 3000 movies seen in my lifetime some time in the next year or two, and yet I haven't seen...

-Anything by the Dardenne Brothers. This is particularly bad considering that their movies are like 80-100 movies long. I definitely could make time for one.

-Anything by John Cassavettes. His movies all sound interesting too. Just haven't gotten around to it

-Almost Anything South Korean. I saw Tae Guk Gi about 5 years ago, but that's pretty much it. I haven't even seen Oldboy.

-Any German Expressionist Film My only experience with Fritz Lang is in English, Nosferatu sits on my instant queue, I have no idea what's inside the cabinet of Dr. Caligari, etc.

-Tokyo Story It's the number one best movie ever made in one of my movie books, but I don't have much desire to see it. Oh well.

What about you folks?

A couple off the top of my head:

-Anything by Eric Rohmer. I started a Rohmer thread a while back but it didn't bring much interest, so I put his films back on hold. I still have Claire's Knee sitting around, waiting to be watched.

-Grand Illusion. Maybe the biggest gap in my film-viewing history in terms of undisputed classics.



I was a little lukewarm of Chan-wook Park's Vengeance trilogy overall; his best is the vampire film Thirst. Apart from him, I would recommend the films of Ki-duk Kim, Joon-ho Bong and Jee-woon Kim. Films like Memories of Murder, 3-Iron, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring, and A Tale of Two Sisters are among the best foreign releases of the last decade.

I haven't seen anything by Ozu or Tarkovsky, both of which are fairly embarrasing. I've also only seen 1 Fellini film.

I'm very light in the number of Werner Herzog movies I've seen (4), and there's literally no reason for this. I haven't seen any of his classics, either.



You should check that one out ASAP. That and The Rules of the Game are so good that using the word good to describe them makes me feel like a shmuck.




I've seen these two and say Kunz should jump right in with them. They're atmospheric, legitimately frightening, and damned good.

Immediately what comes to mind is Bergman and Tarkovsky. I've only seen Wild Strawberries and I freaking own Solaris, and yet haven't seen it. Tons of places I haven't been to in the movie viewing universe, but these two came up first.

Japanese (not even seen Spirited Away)
French (Goddard et al)
One or two Serbian films look interesting

*sighs* here we go...

Akira Kurosawa (none)
Woody Allen (none)
Sergio Leone (just one, The Good the Bad and the Ugly)
John Huston (just one, The Maltese Falcon)
Charles Chaplin (just one, The Great Dictator)

*hangs head in shame*

I would like to see more experimental films by directors like Anger, Brakhage, Warhol, Conner, etc. But a lot of this stuff is hard to find outside of film schools and museums.

Shit I have seen Memories of Murder. Someone recommended it to me here. Probably you. I liked it a good deal. Mother too.

Will do!

I've seen 9 Bergman because I legitimately like his movies. Go see Scenes from a Marriage!

I would have to say Japanese Anime--although I did watch Grave of Fireflies a few nights ago and found it effective.

Effective? *EFFECTIVE?* Go grow a soul, Scrooge!

I thought it was a good film James, but didn't see "greatness."

Have yet to see any Tarkovsky or Bunuel. Have seen only one Fellini (9 1/2). I like Bertolucci and Herzog a great deal. Bergman I'm up and down on.

No Bunuel for me either. As for Tarkovksky, I've seen Stalker and Solaris and wow am I done with him

Not even Un Chien Andalou? I thought you had to see that before the Bureau of Film Dork Certification would issue you an ID card.

Okay fine I did see that. But it's a short. BARELY WORTHY OF MY CONSIDERATION

YOU WILL CONSIDER IT.

WHY ARE WE YELLING?

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Just to provide some on-topic justification for my nonsense, I've never seen any of Donnie Yen's films. Yen is widely trumpeted as Hong Kong's current #1 action star, so his filmography is probably a giant pile of awesome. This is one of those perennial Things I've Been Meaning To Get Around To.

Whoa. When you mentioned on Facebook that you needed to watch one, I didn't realize you'd never visited them before. I love them, and would recommend starting with le Fils or L'Enfant.

As for South Korean films, I agree with those already recommended... I'd add The Chaser to the list, an excellent and original little thriller. I will say that SK films tend to be a touch on the long side rather than short, but it's still an incredibly fruitful little section of modern cinema.

I think it's a really good film (8/10), but two things prevented me from fully empathizing with the brother at the end.



I was heartbroken by story at the end, but also really frustrated at the brother for the impact to be high.




I haven't watched the sequel yet, but Ip Man is just tremendous fun. I normally don't like martial art movies but this is a rare exception.

It you want Bunuel go with L'Age d'Or, The Exterminating Angels and Viridiana. The first of those is my favorite but all are fun watches.

Another film from South Korea is I Saw the Devil, which is done by the same director as A Tale of Two Sisters. Both are excellent watches (I've grown on Devil since my initial viewing), but polar opposites on the horror spectrum. I don't think I need to rehash the entirety of my feelings towards Oldboy again, but for the love of god avoid it. The same director's Sympathy for Mr./ Vengeance is a much better film that doesn't leave such a disdainful taste in your mouth.