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kevin32 02-21-14 08:06 PM

Any slow-paced movies?
 
I'm looking for movies that are slow-paced and calm in nature. Not a whole lot of action or violence. A plus for ones that take place in rural areas. Examples to me are Brokeback Mountain and Fargo (but without the heavy violence). Any ideas? Thanks.

Nausicaä 02-21-14 08:08 PM

Re: Any slow-paced movies?
 
You want slow paced and rural/nature?


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:D

Matteo 02-21-14 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by Nausicaä (Post 1040781)
You want slow paced and rural/nature?


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:D
Amazing film, that one.

I don't think it is exactly a slow paced film, but I guess Stalker is, to some degree, applicable. Peter Weir's The Way Back is a patient film set in the desolate Siberian landscape. Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala is another one. Again, I don't find it to be slow film, per-se, but there's various scenes in the stark openness and it relies moreso on imagery than dialogue.

BlueLion 02-21-14 08:29 PM

Re: Any slow-paced movies?
 
The Straight Story.

bluedeed 02-21-14 08:33 PM

Re: Any slow-paced movies?
 
The films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul feel like meditation to me. Slow, calm, personal and regenerative. His four best features are:
Blissfully Yours
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Tropical Malady
http://www.film4.com/media/images/Fi...dy-2004-01.jpg

Syndromes and a Century
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Uncle Boonmee Who Recalls His Past Lives
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Mr Minio 02-21-14 08:35 PM

Re: Any slow-paced movies?
 
Yeah, watch Weerasethakul! A monk who wants to be a DJ and a fish raping a woman in the lake... only to be found in Thai cinema! xD

I have to see more myself. Only seen two except for shorts.

edwardc77 02-21-14 08:37 PM

Re: Any slow-paced movies?
 
If you do not mind watching foreign films then "Once upon a time in Anatolia" is quite slow paced and rural.
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BlueLion 02-21-14 08:37 PM

Re: Any slow-paced movies?
 
That Uncle Boonmee movie has been advertised so heavily on this forum, that when I finally see it, in all likelihood I will despise it.

cricket 02-21-14 08:42 PM

Maybes-

Little Big Man
There Will be Blood
Witness
Sideways

mark f 02-21-14 08:43 PM

Nausicaä's post is a joke, I think. This one's for real. :)
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Mr Minio 02-21-14 08:47 PM

Re: Any slow-paced movies?
 
A great film, mark. Watch Code Blue as well. Not rural, but slow for sure.

Voigan 02-21-14 08:52 PM

My Neighbor Totoro

The Searchers
There are a few shoot out scenes here and there but overall it's a pretty slow movie. Also, it's rated PG so none of the violence is particularly graphic.

honeykid 02-21-14 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by BlueLion (Post 1040796)
The Straight Story.
^This^

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My Own Private Idaho

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What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

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Anne Of Green Gables

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Babe

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Charlotte's Web (1973/2006)

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The Bridges Of Madison Country

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A River Runs Through It

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Steel Magnolias

bluedeed 02-21-14 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by BlueLion (Post 1040808)
That Uncle Boonmee movie has been advertised so heavily on this forum, that when I finally see it, in all likelihood I will despise it.
I recommend starting with a different Weerasethakul film.

Matteo 02-21-14 11:08 PM

Re: Any slow-paced movies?
 
Some others:

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Sling Blade - this is set in a rural Southern town, but there is a beautiful degree of stillness and humanity to it. Not only Thornton's greatest achievement as an actor/director, but one of the best American films of the last thirty years.


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Fires on the Plain - this film is set in the dismal and gloomy landscape of a war-broken Japan. A very grim and haunting piece.

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Badlands - hardly slow, but it is such a simple and moody tale set in a relatively rural and desolate American town.

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The Return - one of the most Tarkvosky-like films out there. A tender and haunting coming-of-age story, told in a remote and secluded island. Absolutely gorgeous photography.

Shootin Jack 02-22-14 02:00 AM

Re: Any slow-paced movies?
 
I thought the movie into the wild was a really good slow paced movie. The cinematography is great they get a lot of great shots of beautiful areas all throughout the United States. The story is pretty good as well, I personally kinda hated the kid and thought he was dumb.

There's one scene when hes talking to Vince Vaughn in the bar and says something about hypocrite and parents and I just crack up.

Anyways its a beautiful movie basically.

Holden Pike 02-22-14 02:58 AM

These are from the past handful of years...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM-AiVu4JDg
Passenger Side (2009)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL1X_7jIcIM
Old Joy (2006)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QXEK64ba08
Wendy & Lucy (2008)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l15-HBmcOwo
Ballast (2008)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5IGC59Q9y8
Goodbye Solo (2008)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voO8M6TuX58
The Kid with a Bike (2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEcRo5GeSls
Revanche (2008)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB22oo_f8g0
Small Town Murder Songs (2010)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsslA308XV8
Terribly Happy (2010)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-7Yj5XWh5I
Eldorado (2008)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmGaTIool3I
The Necessities of Life (2008)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwqfR8g-Qow
Boy (2010)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hzOq_kuI4U
O'Horten (2008)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oWc4BRssew
Schultze Gets the Blues (2003)

Miss Vicky 02-22-14 03:09 AM

Originally Posted by honeykid (Post 1040822)
1973 version: Yes, watch it.
2006 version: Avoid at all costs. Terrible.

Michael T 02-22-14 07:10 AM

How about The Turin Horse (2011)


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Rural and definitely not fast paced - although I wouldn't call it calm in nature! :)

Michael T 02-22-14 07:43 AM

Re: Any slow-paced movies?
 
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