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There's an indie film I quite enjoyed called The Hunter, starring Willem Dafoe, that fictionalizes the demise of the last remaining tiger. I recommend it highly
by mfairbank 10y ago
There's an indie film I quite enjoyed called The Hunter, starring Willem Dafoe, that fictionalizes the demise of the last remaining tiger. I recommend it highly for the outdoor landscapes and non-traditional plot alone.
- lobster_johnson 10y agoThe novel, by Julia Leigh [1], is also wonderful. Recommended for fans of minimalist authors such as J. M. Coetzee, Philip Roth and Cormac McCarthy. I thought the film captured the tone of the book extremely well, perhaps more than any adaptation I've seen. I loved the fact that the film explains very little (and neither does the novel), just lets the story tell itself through images and sound. Both are underappreciated gems. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Hunter-Julia-Leigh/dp/0571200192 https://www.amazon.com/Hunter-Julia-Leigh/dp/0571200192
- mfairbank 10y agoAh, the novel had missed my radar entirely until now, thank you! Recently I've been enjoying films that cover little niches of the world, geographic or otherwise, that I know nothing about. Another good example is Premium Rush (2012). I don't know if there's a name for this genre, as on the surface the films look nothing alike, and can vary wildly in quality, but there's just something engrossing about them.
- lobster_johnson 10y agoIn that case, check out Rams (2016) [1]. An Icelandic film about two estranged, elderly brothers who work as sheep farmers in a remote location, until a crisis occurs. Beautiful little film; great photography and music. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/03/movies/review-in-rams-brothers-at-odds-face-a-shared-threat-to-their-livelihood.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/03/movies/review-in-rams-brot... (although I recommend not reading anything about it beforehand)