This may be a loaded question because there is a general concensus (especially in Canada) that Canadian movies reek. But let me throw the topic out anyway...
I can think of a few Canadian movies that ar pretty darn good. Add or comment as you will...
- Cube
- In the Belly of the Dragon (a strange Quebec movie that has stuck with me)
- Dead Ringers (and a few others by Cronenburg)
- The Sweet Hereafter (and a couple others from Agoyan)
- Highway 61 (a crazy 'road' picture as if done by a Canadian David Lynch)
- Leolo (a weird tale of a boy... I can't write about it...it has to be seen)
- Murder By Decree (joint with UK - a very good Sherlock Holmes movie)
- The Changeling (one of the creepiest movies I have ever seen)
- 32 Short Films About Glen Gould (well-moving, extremely well-acted film about the (should-be) ledgendary pianist)
Well, that's all from me right now...
Best Canadian movies (?)...
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Kissed. I love that film, but I would agree with the Atom Egoyan choice. I love his films they are indeed great.
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Never saw Cube, but it has a sequel that probably belongs on the "Worst Sci-Fi Movies" over on the General Sci-Fi Discussion thread... which is sad, because Geraint Wyyn Davies was in it. Not that he can act, but still...
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The Boondock Saints was filmed in Canada and the "epic" miniseries that Spielberg just produced (they're showing it on some cable channel right now), Into the West, was filmed in New Mexico and Canada, Actually the Costner/Robert Duvall western, Open Range, was partially filmed in Canada--those scenes are, by far, the prettier landscapes. 
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The Changeling - Talked about that movie for a month! (Good things)
I don't know if Trains, Planes, and Automobiles was a movie from the Great White North or not, but there was a few Canadians in it.
I don't know if Trains, Planes, and Automobiles was a movie from the Great White North or not, but there was a few Canadians in it.
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Re: Best Canadian movies (?)...
I missed that one. I have seen Agoyan's Exotica and Calendar. I thought Exotica was remarkable, Calendar not so much.Usivius wrote: - The Sweet Hereafter (and a couple others from Agoyan)
I can't recall much of it, but I think I had fun watching it at the time.- Highway 61 (a crazy 'road' picture as if done by a Canadian David Lynch)
Well, the, er, playful emphasis on bodily functions in the movie might certainly be considered weird by a lot of folks, heh. Aside from that though, I didn't think there was anything really special about this film. I know it was critically acclaimed in Canada, but I just didn't see what the fuss was about. And even though the circumstance of the woman being fertilized by the "tampered" tomato was meant to be for a good chuckle, I can't get over the obvious implausibility of such a thing. (See? Weird.)- Leolo (a weird tale of a boy... I can't write about it...it has to be seen)
Yes, excellent movie. For those curious about the title, the "32" is in accordance with the 32 parts of Bach's Goldberg Variations, the work that Gould was most closely identified with.- 32 Short Films About Glen Gould (well-moving, extremely well-acted film about the (should-be) ledgendary pianist)
I don't know about "Best" Canadian movies, because I don't think I've seen enough to make an informed opinion on that. But I will mention two definite "favorites":
For The Moment (1994) -- Made in Manitoba, yay! And starring one of my favorite actors, too: Russell Crowe. You can read my post about the film [url=ttp://kevinswatch.ihugny.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3765]here[/url] in the Flicks forum. And here it is in the Internet Movie Database.
Montreal vu par (1991) -- or Montreal Sextet for us anglophones
This is six short films gathered as one, six different takes on the city of Montreal. There is a good summary of the film here in the IMDb. I'm a bit more enthusiastic about the film than the person who posted the review there, but I agree with the observations. I especially loved the evocative segments by Lea Pool and Atom Egoyan, but hey, they're all good in my book.
I'd also like to give honorable mention to Deny Arcand's The Barbarian Invasions (2003), which also happened to snag an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, a rare win for Canadian cinema at the Academy Awards. Plus, it's actually a good film, too.
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David Cronenberg is one of my fave directors and he has made quite a few very good movies...and some very weird...
In no particular order:
The Fly
Videodrome
Naked Lunch
Deadringers
Scanners
The Brood
Rabid
Spider
M Butterfly
Crash
eXistenZ
and his latest starring Viggo Mortensen
History of Violence
All Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy (or related), just love it!
Atom Egoyan is good too...
In no particular order:
The Fly
Videodrome
Naked Lunch
Deadringers
Scanners
The Brood
Rabid
Spider
M Butterfly
Crash
eXistenZ
and his latest starring Viggo Mortensen
History of Violence
All Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy (or related), just love it!
Atom Egoyan is good too...
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Best. Canadian. Movie. Ever.
Strange Brew
Strange Brew
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Besides RUSH and TRIUMPH, Bob & Doug McKenzie are some of the best things that came from Canada.Cail wrote:Best. Canadian. Movie. Ever.
Strange Brew
Have you hugged your arghule today?
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"For millions of years
mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened
that unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk."
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If PRO and CON are opposites,
then the opposite of PROgress must be...
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It's 4:19...
gotta minute?
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"For millions of years
mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened
that unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk."
________________________________________
If PRO and CON are opposites,
then the opposite of PROgress must be...
_______________________________________
It's 4:19...
gotta minute?
Heh. I'll give 'em credit for Molson Canadian too.cheval wrote:Besides RUSH and TRIUMPH, Bob & Doug McKenzie are some of the best things that came from Canada.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Okay, I don't think it falls into the category of "Best Canadian Films" but it does fall into the category of "Canadian films Alynna likes," so here goes:
Treed Murray
Also known as Get Down in the US. Basic plot: Advertising executive gets chased up a tree by a gang. Great premise, pretty good execution, and yeah, I saw it because of my David Hewlett thing, but it actually turned out to be a pretty decent movie. Predictable and cliched in places, but worth seeing.
Treed Murray
Also known as Get Down in the US. Basic plot: Advertising executive gets chased up a tree by a gang. Great premise, pretty good execution, and yeah, I saw it because of my David Hewlett thing, but it actually turned out to be a pretty decent movie. Predictable and cliched in places, but worth seeing.
"We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy to try very hard... and too damn cheap." - Kurt Vonnegut
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
never heard of it before. Shall have to give it a try if I can find it.
Oh and one I raved about but no one apparently saw it:
Bon Cop Bad Cop
Great cast and smart writing taking all the buddy-cop/canadian cliches and mushing them around to make a hilarious (and action packed) movie.
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