I need some character study movies to watch

[Triple A]

Something like, a movie about some guy (or a bunch of people) who is a "loner" or "loser" and shit like that.

Like Taxi Driver, Punch-Drunk Love, Adaptation, Happiness, I DUNNO, stuff like that. You know what I'm saying?

Hook me up with some movies like that, or some depressing movies and shit. Got nothing to do tonight.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Love Liza, perhaps. It is one grim film, seriously.

[Triple A]

Yeah, saw that. Philip Seymour Hoffman is God.

Gimme something else, quick. About to leaaaaaave.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

I dunno. I saw Matchstick Men the other night, it was pretty good.

I can't think when you put me on the spot.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

I saw Croupier this week too. Maybe that counts.

Or it could be those are the last 2 films I've watched.

[Triple A]

Haha saw that too.

DON"T WORRY.

Gonna go chill at the video store now. My friend will list like 978258 movies for me anyway.

[Triple A]

You are not good enough, you hear that?

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Suck my dick.

I watched Rob Roy on TV this week too. His wife gets the shit raped out of her.

Tim Roth is the man.

[DaveWadding]

Scarface?

[Triple A]

Come on, DaveWadding. Come on.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

You've seen Amores Perros too, haven't you. Everyone in that film ends up having terribly shitty things happen to them.

[Triple A]

Yeah that movie is great. Got the DVD.

I am gonna watch some French films tonight. 400 Blows and Breathless.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

I want to see Y Tu Madre Tambien. Mexicans.

[Triple A]

YEAH watch that shit ASAP.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Look out for Carandiru anywhere you look out for things. I posted a thread about it a while back, it's just come out here. Sounds great.

[Triple A]

Yeah, I was going to see that last Saturday. It's playing at only one theater in the entire New York City (and entire United States besides LA) area.

We got there late though so watched Super Size Me instead.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

It's out in Dublin now, but it'll be a couple of weeks until I get down there to see it.

I'll probably see it the night before I see the Pixies.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Check out Intermission too. That is all Ireland has to offer right now.

[The Miz]

400 blows is ****ing fantastic. as is every other truffaut movie.

[jindrak]

Believe it or not, my favorite movie is Forrest Gump. Give that a try. He is considered to be a retard, but he is remarkable in his nature, and while he may be labeled a loner because he had no friends growing up, and was teased and made fun of, he was a person whose heart was always in the right place. There was only one girl who had ever shown him any type of affection, and being the simple guy he is, he fell in love with her, even though she was a trash bag ho. I guess that is what makes him "stupid", by not having the street smarts that one would think you need to lead a normal life.

[mitch_h]

You should download Les Invasions barbares or "The Barbarian Invasions." You probably heard of it seeing as it won an oscar for best foreign language film. Not really character study... but more of a character piece. I thought it shoud have won best screenplay.

[The Icon of Elisim]

Adrien Brody plays a pretty serious loser in Dummy and Milla Jovovich is a pretty serious loner in the same movie

[jindrak]

Try Willard. That guy is a real loser.

[Shaggy]

Memento, Definently a good movie and the guy is bad ass in it.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Donnie Darko
Fight Club
Brother (for "Beat" Takeshi's character)
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
American Beauty
Lost in Translation
Seventh Seal
The Man who Wasn't there

Not a great, but they have decent characters who are loners, ESPECIALLY The Man who Wasn't There.

[Triple A]

You should download Les Invasions barbares or "The Barbarian Invasions." You probably heard of it seeing as it won an oscar for best foreign language film. Not really character study... but more of a character piece. I thought it shoud have won best screenplay.
Download it from where? I tried before but couldn't find anything. :(

And to everyone else, I've seen everything listed.

[Sephiroth]

The Mask "From zero to hero" :roll:

[Jason Cage]

The Machinist.....when it comes out. Some people have already seen it though. hmm, maybe u can download it off somewhere.

[mitch_h]

Download it from where? I tried before but couldn't find anything. :(

And to everyone else, I've seen everything listed.

I had to download it from Suprnova... so I kinda assumed that it would be on Kazaa or whatever.

[AareDub]

Check out "The Shape of Things" if you haven't already seen it.

[Smitty]

Falling Down :y:

[Boondock Saint]

400 Blows and Breathless are both great films of the French New Wave. Definitely worth checking out.

I had to write a paper on Breathless actually.

[Nowhere Man]

Three Words:

One. Hour. Photo.

[loopydate]

I was surprised, but "Swimming Pool" is actually a pretty good character study. I expected it to be all T&A (Ludivine Sagnier), but Charlotte Rampling's character has some really nice nuance. Yet another good "story about someone struggling to write a story" movie.