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Hey ILF. I have a question. Lately I have been obsessed with Jean Genet's Funeral Rites and Leonard Cohen's "The Partisan," both artworks focusing on the French resistance to the Nazis. I really want to see a film dealing with this or a similar topic, whether it be in a literal way like Battle of Algiers or a more metaphorical way. It doesn't even neccessarily have to be about the Nazi occupation of Paris. This is kinda specific and broad at the same time, I know, but I'm convinced there must be several films out there that fit this bill. Thanks in advance for yr help!

― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 20 October 2005 13:16 (twenty years ago)

It seems like Jules Et Jim might be the kind of thing I'm looking for...

― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 20 October 2005 13:34 (twenty years ago)

i'd recommend au revoir enfants, though it's not out (quite) yet on DVD.

― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Thursday, 20 October 2005 15:11 (twenty years ago)

or, a more comic spin on life under occupation: to be or not to be. closely watched trains also comes to mind (though neither of these take place in france; both are in eastern europe).

― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Thursday, 20 October 2005 15:14 (twenty years ago)

johh frankenheimers "the train"!

― le singe avec un fez (FE7), Thursday, 20 October 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

This column should be helpful:

http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2002/01/26/blume_ed3_.php

I saw "Le Corbeau" on DVD recently, highly recommended (as the Occupation content is purely metaphorical, like The Crucible w/ the Red Scare). The Tavernier film set in the French movie industry of the era is called "Safe Conduct" in English, long but pretty good.

"The Sorrow and the Pity" is the definitive documentary, but also an artwork.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 October 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

perfect morbius! thank you!

― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 20 October 2005 19:57 (twenty years ago)

recommend me a film (or films) set largely on a train. can't be hitchcock cuz i've seen it, otherwise we should be golden. i cannot get trains out of my mind and my appetite must be fed. no i don't have a model train set, or any 'sounds of the rail' records, or any train memorabilia or literature at all, in fact, in my house. i just like trains, that's it, leave it alone. thanks.

― John (jdahlem), Thursday, 20 October 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

johh frankenheimers "the train"!

-- le singe avec un fez (fe...), October 20th, 2005

― unconscious, honey (FE7), Thursday, 20 October 2005 20:45 (twenty years ago)

can anyone recommend me a john frankenheimer movie? the french connection is probably my favorite film ever, but i don't know what else to watch! thanks!

― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 20 October 2005 20:46 (twenty years ago)

cant think of any. i know a gret johh frankenheimer film tho

― unconscious, honey (FE7), Thursday, 20 October 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

The Manchurian Candidate

― Marxism Goes Better With Coke (Charles McCain), Thursday, 20 October 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

The French Connection was Billy Friedkin BTW. Frankenheimer did the sequel.

― Marxism Goes Better With Coke (Charles McCain), Thursday, 20 October 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

train films: it's sort of related to strangers via the highsmith connection, but wenders' the american friend has some good train scenes.

― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Thursday, 20 October 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

also double indemnity, however briefly

― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Thursday, 20 October 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

now: somebody please recommend me a revisionist western, '60s or '70s, not by peckinpah. something like ulzana's raid perhaps.

― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Thursday, 20 October 2005 22:23 (twenty years ago)

Re: Revisionalist Westerns--The Wild Rovers is supposed to be pretty good. (haven't seen it myself)

― Marxism Goes Better With Coke (Charles McCain), Thursday, 20 October 2005 23:43 (twenty years ago)

Wild Rovers is pretty good for Blake Edwards.

Fassbinder's "Whity" is like a deadpan Blazing Saddles / Mandingo (predating both!) in German.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 October 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

cool, thanks for both

― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Friday, 21 October 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

holy shit, i had no idea that malkovich straight-to-video was a remake!

― John (jdahlem), Friday, 21 October 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

Shanghai Express is a classic, all on trains (or in train stations).

Or Runaway Train.

― Jeff LeVine (Jeff LeVine), Friday, 21 October 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

it predates the revisionist era, but The Ox-Bow Incident is pretty great and a big departure from the Westerns of its era.

Grand Prix is a great Frankenheimer movie if you love cars/racing.

― Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Saturday, 22 October 2005 02:14 (twenty years ago)

seven months pass...

ARMY OF SHADOWS

― davelus (davelus), Monday, 22 May 2006 21:28 (nineteen years ago)

YES

― gear (gear), Monday, 22 May 2006 23:45 (nineteen years ago)

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