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A random list of films I think you should see now:
The Godfather-trilogy
A Bronx tale
Morvern Callar
The hill
Shaft
Hang'em high
Karakter
Fight Club
The name of the rose
La vie sexuelle des Belges
Life of Brian
Soldaat van Oranje
2001- a space odyssey
The Big Lebowsky
The day of the Triffids
Jacky Brown
De avonden
My name is Joe
Society (1989)
La grande bouffe
Trainspotting
Taxi driver
Left luggage
Mrs. Brown
Rosenstrasse
Apocalypse now
La haine
Van God los
Bij de beesten af
Some authors you might want to read:
Alan Warner, Ian Banks, Irvine Welsh, Iain McEwan, Douglas Coupland, Dave Eggers, Nescio, Nanne Tepper, Arnon Grunberg, Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez, Giacomo Casanova, Cervantes
Television shows they should broadcast instead of soap series:
Cracker, The Simpsons, Blackadder, This Life, The Fast Show, Fawlty Towers, Star Trek The Original Series, Twin Peaks, Brideshead Revisited, Pippi L�ngstrump, Father Ted
Quotes that make good sigs:
Facts, pfft! You can use them to prove anything that's even remotely true![conf3]
Homer J. Simpson
I'm a man who's not easily impressed -oh, LOOK! A BLUE CAR!!!
Homer J. Simpson
To alcohol! The cause of and solution to all of life's problems!
A toast by Homer
My motherfuck]ckck]er is so cool, when he goes to sleep, sheep count him.
A line from Heist http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252503/
I can tell she thinks I'm a total wanker. Of course, she's completely right. I thought that every cunt over twenty was a total toss and not worth speaking too, until I hit twenty. The more I see, the more I think I was right. After that it's all ugly compromise, all timid surrender, progressively until death.
Mark Renton in Trainspotting
If you're so pro-life, do me a favour: don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you're so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries.
Bill Hicks
Those who cannot enjoy life are not worth it.
Giacomo Casanova
You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.
Humbert Humbert
Half the hookers here are serving officers of the VietCong, the other half have tuberculosis. So be sure to only fuck]cck]k the ones who cough.
Full Metal Jacket
Reviews
Stupeur et tremblements (2003)
Moving
This film may accurately depict Japanese office life or it may be full of stereotypes, I don't know. But whichever it is, it makes a wonderful story brought to life by a good cast.
Belgian Amelie seems to know Japan and it's culture, but can't help get into trouble by acting "Western" while working in a Japanese office. As the film goes on you see Amelie make mistakes and you get the urge to warn her not to get into trouble. Her sense of absurdity and courageous submittance make her a likable character. The constricted setting in which people don't express their feelings make the internal monologues and narration very functional.
The story is strong, the filming sober and functional, the cast well-picked. A nice experience for anyone who wants to watch a production from outside LA.