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.
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Originally Posted by Nausicaä (Post 1040781)
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. |
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The Straight Story.
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The films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul feel like meditation to me. Slow, calm, personal and regenerative. His four best features are:
Blissfully Yours http://unfilmde.files.wordpress.com/...s-pdvd_004.jpg Tropical Malady http://www.film4.com/media/images/Fi...dy-2004-01.jpg Syndromes and a Century http://www.coffeecoffeeandmorecoffee...entury%203.jpg Uncle Boonmee Who Recalls His Past Lives http://objectif50.files.wordpress.co...screenshot.jpg |
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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. |
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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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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.
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Maybes-
Little Big Man There Will be Blood Witness Sideways |
Nausicaä's post is a joke, I think. This one's for real. :)
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A great film, mark. Watch Code Blue as well. Not rural, but slow for sure.
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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. |
Originally Posted by BlueLion (Post 1040796)
The Straight Story.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...idaho_ver1.jpg My Own Private Idaho http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ape_poster.jpg What's Eating Gilbert Grape? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...x-Anne_dvd.jpg Anne Of Green Gables http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-Babe_ver1.jpg Babe http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...s_Web_2006.jpg Charlotte's Web (1973/2006) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...son_County.jpg The Bridges Of Madison Country http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...h_it_cover.jpg A River Runs Through It http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ias_poster.jpg Steel Magnolias |
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.
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Some others:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ladeposter.jpg 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. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lainposter.jpg 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. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...vie_poster.jpg Badlands - hardly slow, but it is such a simple and moody tale set in a relatively rural and desolate American town. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...niye_movie.jpg 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. |
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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. |
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) |
Originally Posted by honeykid (Post 1040822)
2006 version: Avoid at all costs. Terrible. |
How about The Turin Horse (2011)
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http://www.movieforums.com/community...0W1ixSaKJuj//ZOr if that's a bit too heavy, how about the lovely and funny Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
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