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Best Southern Gothic Film
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:28 pm
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:28 pm
Just watched Hell or High Water and it got me pissed off that there aren't more great southern Gothic movies made. I do think though it's a very hard genre to depict and only those who grew up in it can really get it right (unless your the coens). And there aren't many southern filmmakers.
My top 3:
The Apostle
Sling Blade
No Country For Old men
I like the old ones too like the original Cape Fear, Night Of The Hunter, The Chase, and Days of Heaven
My top 3:
The Apostle
Sling Blade
No Country For Old men
I like the old ones too like the original Cape Fear, Night Of The Hunter, The Chase, and Days of Heaven
This post was edited on 11/30/16 at 4:43 pm
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Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:30 pm to Jack Ruby
Deliverance?
I've never seen it, can't bring myself to
I've never seen it, can't bring myself to
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:30 pm to Jack Ruby
Deliverance
Night of the Hunter
Frailty
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (arguably)
Night of the Hunter
Frailty
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (arguably)
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:36 pm to Jack Ruby
Do films like Last Picture Show (and its sequel Texas City) and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil fall into this category?
What about Southern Comfort?
O Brother Where Art Thou? (Another Coen)
Of those choices, I probably lean towards either No Country or Last Picture Show, but I'm not sure how broadly/narrowly this genre should be drawn.
What about Southern Comfort?
O Brother Where Art Thou? (Another Coen)
Of those choices, I probably lean towards either No Country or Last Picture Show, but I'm not sure how broadly/narrowly this genre should be drawn.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:39 pm to TheCaterpillar
quote:
Deliverance?
I've never seen it, can't bring myself to
The part you're worried about is fairly tame by today's standards - but keep in mind, Stanley fricking Kubrick, the guy who directed The Shining, was too afraid to audition Bill McKinney for the gunnery sergeant role in Full Metal Jacket because he couldn't bring himself to be in close proximity with the Mountain Man from Deliverance.
Overall, Deliverance is a "must see" film - one of the very best films of the 70s - better than The Deer Hunter, for example.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:39 pm to Jack Ruby
Steel Magnolias.
Creepy and horrifying.
Creepy and horrifying.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:40 pm to Jack Ruby
Streetcar named desire
Angel Heart
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Angel Heart
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:40 pm to Ace Midnight
I even hesitated listing No Country because I'm not sure if it falls into the more traditional, small scale Southern Gothic movies like Sling Blade or Mud. Those really feels raw and more authentic than No Country, they also have a very small budget feel to them which the coens do not.
This post was edited on 11/30/16 at 6:58 pm
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:42 pm to Ace Midnight
yeah deliverance is more than just the squealing pig scene
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:47 pm to Jack Ruby
Interview with the Vampire
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:51 pm to Jack Ruby
A Streetcar Named Desire
To Kill a Mockingbird
Wise Blood
Southern Comfort
To Kill a Mockingbird
Wise Blood
Southern Comfort
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:52 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:
No Country For Old men
I always thought of that as a new western.
I've always liked "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil", and "To Kill a Mockingbird" (that's an easy one)
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:58 pm to Jack Ruby
Mud and Shotgun Stories are a couple good ones from director Jeff Nichols
Posted on 11/30/16 at 5:19 pm to Tigris
quote:
To Kill a Mockingbird
Gotta be number one on this list.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 5:23 pm to Jack Ruby
What about The Client?
It's not the best, but I'm really reaching for something that hasn't been named yet.
It's not the best, but I'm really reaching for something that hasn't been named yet.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 5:23 pm to Jack Ruby
Killer Joe
Posted on 11/30/16 at 5:47 pm to Jack Ruby
Skeleton Key
Angel Heart
Angel Heart
Posted on 11/30/16 at 5:54 pm to Shiftyplus1
Does mud fit this description?
quote:
I always thought of that as a new western.
Hell or high water is the same way to me.
West Texas isn't southern
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:07 pm to Dire Wolf
A Time to Kill
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:23 pm to Peter Venkman
Tender Mercies
Places in the Heart
The Trip to Bountiful
On second thought, add:
In The Heat of The Night
The Long Hot Summer
Cool Hand Luke
Places in the Heart
The Trip to Bountiful
On second thought, add:
In The Heat of The Night
The Long Hot Summer
Cool Hand Luke
This post was edited on 11/30/16 at 6:30 pm
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