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Which is your favorite, animation, short film or independent film?
Posted by claudiorodval • 11/04/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: animation, films, movies, short films
If you are into animations, short films or independent films I would love to hear some recommendations!! I have still so much to watch, but it is always better to watch something recommended.
If I post a film review in my blog from a film that you recommended I will make sure to let everyone know how great your taste at films is and I will of course ad your link 
rodval.blogspot.com
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I love indy films!
"Water" was very, very profound and gripping. It made me want to move to India to help the child brides.
Thanks, I think I am getting stirred for my next blog entry.
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This is one of my favorite old clips from a media matters fiml festival last year.
A Slip of the tongue
www.mediathatmattersfest.org/6/index.php?id=1
or you tube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQZwZVBDAHI
A video directed by Karen Lum, adapted from the poem "Slip of the Tongue" written and performed by Adriel Luis...ethnicity feminism media that matters-
Cooper - Awesome recommendation. Very powerful voice. Very.
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Hey!! the film was "breath taking" mmm... WOW... really I am speechless, great recommendation!
Can you (cooper and globalgirl) give me your URL so I can let people know who recommended the films... Thanks! -
Cooper!! can I have your URL so I can give you the credit for recommending such a nice film!
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A slip of the tongue....Hmmm, seems naughty.
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Thanks a lot... I was reading all about it and seems really interesting... Cant wait to watch it!!!
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I have 4 but will blog about Water on this one:
globallyminded.com/Blog/index.php
BTW, I like your blog and posted a comment on your rice entry. I'll play the game later. Imagine a world where poverty and its ugly consequences are eradicated. Beautiful.-
I linked you already... the review is on my blog in case yo are interested rodval.blogspot.com
Thanks a lot again
The film was amazing!!!!
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3 of my faves (all funny animations) are :
animator, v's animation 2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTPpbHueNJ4
the meatrix (educational too)
www.meatrix1.com/
and an (award winning) animation about death
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vFyAlMC4lg
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Thanks for the recommendations... "How to cope with death" is really funny... I will be posting it in the near future.
Thanks for sharing
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Cooper you can see the review of the film at rodval.blogspot.com/ I added your URL
Thanks for sharing
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Hi!
I could recommend a great short romanian film called "Marilena de la P7". As far as I know, you can watch it on YouTube. It's about life in a very poor neighborhood of Bucharest. I hope you like it:) -
Thanks I will search it and let you know... by the way I need your URL in case I make a post with your recommendation..
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Not sure if it counts but Watership Down is an animated film, a classic!! -
Thanks... true a classic!!! Thanks for sharing!!
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cowboy bebop -
I have a new indie favorite:
"Wristcutters: A Love Story"
This is a dark comedy that screams MIDNIGHT MOVIE.
A guy slits his wrist and wakes up in another place. He's working at a pizza place and lives with an Austrian guy who fusses. He says he doesn't try to kill himself again because he doesn't want to end up somewhere worse. People shares how they offed themselves. Someone tells him that his girlfriend offed herself a month after he died. He sets out to find her.
He convinces a Russian he meets to drive him to find his girlfriend. Along the way they pick up a girl who's hitchhiking. She insists she did not off herself and she is trying to find the "people in charge." She says she only ODed.
Well the people in charge are called "People in Charge (PIC)." There are no stars at night. There's a black hole below the glove compartment in the car. The three manage to accidentally drop things down the black hole. Special effects are minimal. This is an odd little film.
Tom Waits has a cameo.-
dotartdude
I have been looking all over for the film that you recommended... Cant find it !:( I was really excited about watching it, perhaps you can help me out... if you know where to buy it or watch it online...
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Originally, I noticed an ad for this on the YouTube home page. Then it opened here in New Orleans last Friday at our local Landmark Theater. Landmark usually handles the arthouse films. A lot of times films come here long after showing elsewhere - indie films.
When i added it to my queue on Netflix, no date has been given for a DVD release.
Here are some previews of the film:
youtube.com/watch?v=hd3KsL9oIOg
youtube.com/watch?v=Gn7GVNskKU8
youtube.com/watch?v=G76igEUtxCA
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Welcome to the NHK (anime) -
Happy feet whats not to like about having happy feet -
Along those lines, March of the Penguins!
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March of the Penguins is awesome too... have you seen Winged Migration? thats a similar movie just a little older 2003 (the photography is amazing) truly one of the movies that changed my perspective of art in films.
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Dead Fantasy if you haven't watched it already
link: youtube.com/watch?v=5uZzRnJ1mn0
Its Final Fantasy vs Dead or Alive short film made by a fan. And yea the guy's got some talent.-
Nice fighting... Do you know Tomasz Baginski? all of his animations are amazing (I am sure you can find some in YouTube)
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That was a pretty nice flick, I'm going to have to find some more of those vids. Thanks for sharing. By the way the guy who made Dead Fantasy (Monty Oum) also made Haloid, there's a bunch of those vids on there. He even made a dance choreography video which was pretty nice.
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I recommended "Underpants Gnomes"(South Park - Season 2 - Episode 30)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underpants_Gnomes
One of the Best-on-the-Earth Especially The Underpants Gnomes business plan-
I have watched all of South Parks episodes, we just love them!!
LOL true that Episode was awesome
thanks for sharing
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There is an Indie film called, "In America." I found it to be a touching story about an Irish family moving to New York City in the 90's and learning about cultural differences and "letting go" of loved ones who have past away.-
I liked that film too. Very moving.
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The Short films "Timmy", "Take Four" and "Broken" are nice shorts to watch. Timmy has been screened and won awards at many festivals around the country, and so did Take Four. The Take Four movie has some funny scenes in it. The Broken short movie is a Thriller. I saw two of these movies at a film festival and the other one I saw at the online Haydenfilms Online Film Festival. -
As far as feature films go, "The Good Girl" with Jennifer Aniston is nice to see if you are bored. The story may seem to drag depending on your attention span, but the role that she played made me dislike her character. Also, "Head Trauma" has been getting a lot of buzz. You could also check out "I am a Sex Addict" directed by Caveh Zahedi.
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WOW... great... now I have to look for them LOL! I usually watch a movie per day... so I will be busy the rest of the week
Thanks a lot for sharing!
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Wallace & Gromit's short films, like "The Wrong Trousers" have a lot of charm.
I also like Aardman Animation's, "Angry Kid" series.-
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I am not really a fan of Wallace and Gromit, but I will check the one you are telling me about... I probably watched them when I was still too young and couldnt really enjoy them 100%
Thanks for sharing
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I like anything by Hayao Miyazaki, especially Princess Mononoke, Grave of the Fireflies, Laputa and Spirited Away.-
Coeli, Thanks a lot, Spirited Away is awesome! one of my favorite animated movies... will definitely check them all
thanks for sharing
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"You Kill Me" has Ben Kingsley as an alcoholic hit man. He botches a hit by falling asleep and is sent by "the family" to San Francisco. Bill Pullman (working for "the family") is a real estate agent who sets him up with a job at a funeral parlor. Because of a funeral he meets Tea Leone. She falls for him and has no problem with his profession. He starts attending AA meetings and meets Luke Wilson where who ends up as his sponsor. Dennis Farina was the target he was supposed to kill.
The characters are just a bit off, but endearing.
youtube.com/watch?v=-ULaB4cNAg0-
Hey I posted the review of YOU KILL ME if you like you can take a look at rodval.blogspot.com
I also linked back to your blog
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Thank you for the plug.
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Hey... thanks a lot... The preview of Wristcutters is great... I will be revieing it as soon as I get to see the actual movie... Thanks a lot for sharing and keep them coming..
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Ever watch the animation Castle in the Sky? If you liked movies like Mononoke or Spirited away you should watch that one.
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Laputa: Castle in the Sky is a great movie =) Quite sad though...
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All the movies on your video games to movie list post are going to be on my movie watch list by the way coeli. Soo many =P
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Thanks for the recommendation... haven't seen it! I will definitely watch that this weekend so wait for the film review and of course your link will be there
Thanks for sharing
Claudio
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My favorite animation movie will be seen in my blog..^__^
dvdontvaddicts.blogspot.com/search/label/Batman-
Sorry not a fan of Batman
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just found a cool animation video on youtube - posted it here:
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Hey voodookobra, that was amazing... I have seen many white board animations before, but this one is by far the best!
Thanks for sharing!
Claudio
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Just saw "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" and loved it.
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I liked it too.
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"The wild Parrots" mmm,.... I was reading the synopsis and it was not really appealing... but I will be checking that film soon... Thanks a lot for sharing
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Claudio - I understand. It took me 3 years to see it b/c I thought it would be boring. But it was a great documentary; well done, informative and even moving. Really. Rent it :-)
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I will... you already recommended a great movie so I trust your taste:D
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found a funny eddie izzard sketch about star wars that's animated with lego
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw
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WAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Super funny!
I will certainly be posting this in my blog!!!
Thanks for sharing
Claudio -
just found an unusual 5 minute animation - its a guy painting pictures of people who've influenced him on his torso - he paints one pic then paints the next one over it - took him 20 hrs apparently - I've posted it here:
webmash.blogspot.com/2007/11/man-paints-30-people-on-his-torso-in-20.html -
wow he is really good... 20 hrs working!!! thats insane
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had to share this before going to bed - its a 9 min long pixar film - v high quality & unusual!?!
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One of my favorites is a foreign film called Black Cat, White Cat. It's absolutely hilarious even if I had to read the subtitles. It's in Romanian, I believe, but I'm not sure. -
How about The Corporation? www.thecorporation.com/index.cfm?page_id=46
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