Name a profoundly poetic movie-going experience...

Has any movie-going experience transcended the level of entertainment and has, instead, become, for you, a profoundly poetic experience? If so, name it!

For me, I'd say what comes to mind is the first time I saw Franco Zefirelli's production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. There are a number of other times when I have been profoundly moved in the movies, but, I think, none so much as this time. It was not just the Shakespeare, rather, it was the whole production and Franco Zefirelli's flair for operatic scenarios that made it click for me.

What do you say?

Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark (2000). I've never been so emotionally overwhelmed by a movie.




Wim Wenders Paris, Texas (1984) is another one that just floored me in a powerful way.


I suppose both of those were deeply "poetic" experiences.

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Never seen those movies! But, based on your recommendation, I'll be sure to check 'em out when I find the opportunity!

my pick would have to be Quills...i loved everything about it and is my "secret" movies, y'know, the one i watch when no one is around and i want to have some quality time with myself and my popcorn

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Magnolia and Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner.

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Quills . . . isn't that the movie about the Marquis de Sade? And that's a profoundly poetic emotional experience for you? Well... okay! If you say so!

The last 15 minutes of Rear Window on the big screen, second viewing of A.I. where it all made sense, In the Mood For Love.

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absolutely!! to be so passionate about something that you let it drive you mad, that's something

passion and madness are my two most favourite emotions ever very underrated necessities of life

Spaceballs

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