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At Northeastern's Snell Library: Brilliant films that you haven't seen

9/30/2013

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Part three of my list series featuring great movies at NU's Snell library! Again, films at the library are available for free to all students! All the films can be accessed by the library via their call numbers, which are all listed at the end of the article. Happy free film viewing!

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1.     21 Grams by Alejandro González Iñárritu

Iñárritu is one of the modern masters in my opinion. This movie is devastating. 21 Grams is a fractured narrative that highlights the inevitable fate of some and the failure of material wealth to bring happiness for others.

Other films by Iñárritu at the library include Amores Perros and Biutiful.

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2.     Zelig by Woody Allen

Loser in this week's vote for Director/Actor week, Woody Allen’s under seen film Zelig is a brilliant look at a man who is a chameleon.

Other films by Woody Allen at the library include Annie Hall, Another Woman, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Hannah and Her Sisters, Interiors, Love and Death, Manhattan, Melinda and Melinda, Midnight in Paris, The Purple Rose of Cairo, September and Stardust Memories.

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3.     The Messenger by Oren Moverman

A modern indie that doesn’t get nearly enough buzz is Oren Moverman’s The Messenger. This is one of my favorite war films, looking at 21st century US wars through the lens of soldiers whose job is to inform families of their loved one’s death. It’s a difficult, but worthy watch.

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4.     Sansho the Bailiff by Kenji Mizoguchi

When it comes to Japanese cinema, most start with Ozu or Kurosawa. Don’t miss out on the forgotten third musketeer Mizoguchi, who is a genius, feminist, master filmmaker.

Other Mizoguchi films at Snell include Life of Oharu, Osaka Elegy, Street of Shame, Ugetsu.

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5.     Eyes Wide Shut by Stanley Kubrick

Kubrick’s entrancing last film is sadly underrated and under seen. The visuals and story will captivate you…it’s a lot more than the occasional orgy jokes give it credit for.

Other Stanley Kubrick films at Snell include 2001: A Space Odyssey, Barry Lyndon, Dr. Strangelove, Full Metal Jacket, Lolita, Paths of Glory, The Shining, and Spartacus.

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6.     Bamboozled by Spike Lee

Spike Lee tackles race in a whole new way. Perplexed as to why this film faded into obscurity.

Other Spike Lee films at the library include Crooklyn, Do the Right Thing, Get on the Bus, He Got Game, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Mo’ Better Blues, Passing Strange, School Daze and When the Levees Broke.

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7.     Millennium Actress by Satoshi Kon

Very few have explored the catalog of Satoshi Kon, and if they have, they’ve only seen Paprika. This film is better. It’s more for people familiar with modern Japanese history (20th century) and Japanese cinema.

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8.     Somewhere by Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere requires a lot of patience. She explores the vanity of Los Angeles and the celebrity lifestyle. The main character is an actor who we quickly see is bored by the “cool” things awarded to the rich and famous, like in this case, personal strippers. We watch him rediscover life through the mundane, finding value in playing guitar hero with his daughter and simply being involved in her life. 

Other Sofia Coppola films at Snell include The Bling Ring, Marie Antoinette and The Virgin Suicides.

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9.     Antichrist by Lars Von Trier

Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist is a difficult film to watch, and I can’t say I recommend it unless you’re a masochist or really love masterful visual artists. Two images in this film still horrify me and haunt me as I type this. That being said, it’s a masterful look at a woman’s guilt as her desire for sex stole her attention while her child fell out a window and died.

Other Lars Von Trier films at Snell include Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville and Manderlay.

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Call numbers for all films mentioned are listed below in alphabetical order (The Hub is the collection of DVDs in the lobby where you walk in, the films with PN are on the third floor. When you enter the floor, head diagonally straight and right):

21 Grams PN1995.9.S87 A123 2004

2001: A Space Odyssey: PN1995.9.S26 A16 1999

Amores Perros PN1995.9.F67 A57 2002

Annie Hall PN1995.9.C55 A66 1998

Another Woman PN1997 .A66 2001

Antichrist PN1995.9.H6 A58 2010

Bamboozled PN1995.9.C55 B343 2001b

Barry Lyndon: PN1995.9.A3 B37 1999

Biutiful The Hub

The Bling Ring PN1997.2 .B55 2013

Breaking the Waves PN1995.9.L6 B73 1999

Crimes and Misdemeanors PN1995.9.C55 C74 2001

Crooklyn: PN1995.9.C55 C76 1994

Dancer in the Dark PN1995.9.M86 D37 2001

Do the Right Thing: PN1997 .D63 2001

Dogville PN1995.9.G3 D64 2003

Dr. Strangelove: PN1995.9.C55 D7 1999

Eyes Wide Shut: PN1995.9.S87 E947 2001

Full Metal Jacket: DS557.73 .F85 2007

Get on the Bus: PN1995.9.H5 G48 2000

Hannah and Her Sisters PN1995.9.C55 H366 2005

He Got Game: The Hub

Interiors PN1995.9.F35 I58 1984

Jungle Fever: The Hub

Life of Oharu PN1995.9.F67 S255 1983

Lolita: The Hub

Love and Death PN1995.9.C55 L673 1990

Malcolm X: PN1995.9.B55 M35 2000

Manderlay PN1995.9.M45 M36 2005

Manhattan PN1995.9.C55 M363 2000

Marie Antoinette PN1995.9.B55 M365 2007

Melinda and Melinda PN1995.9.C55 M45 2005

The Messenger The Hub

Midnight in Paris: The Hub

Millennium Actress: The Hub

Mo’ Better Blues: PN1997 .M6353 1990

Osaka Elegy PN1995.9.F67 N36 1988

Paprika: The Hub

Passing Strange: PN1995.9.M86 P37 2010

Paths of Glory: D522.23 .P38 1999

The Purple Rose of Cairo: The Hub

Sansho the Bailiff PN1995.9.F67 S364 2007

School Daze: The Hub

September PN1997 .S3232 2001

The Shining: PN1995.9.H6 S55 1999

Somewhere PN1997.2 .S669 2011

Spartacus: PN1995.9.H5 S6837 2001

Stardust Memories PN1995.9.C55 S73 1982

Street of Shame PN1995.9.F67 A396 1986

Tokyo Godfathers PN1997.5 .T65 2004

Ugetsu PN1995.9.F67 U25 2005

The Virgin Suicides The Hub

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in four acts - HV636 2005.L8 W54 2006

Zelig PN1995.9.C55 Z45 2005
1 Comment
Em Fis
9/30/2013 01:37:35 pm

This is definitely a list I'll refer to in the future. Good suggestions - but Antichrist? That movie is scarring.

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