Postby bigsleepj » Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:52 am
The term "Indie movie" is somewhat blurred these days as many movies have some studio involvement one way or the other. Also, finding a clean indie-movie can be daunting as they tend to live on being transgressive. Here are my favourites:
Fargo by the Coen Brothers
And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day. Well. I just don't understand it. A very strange movie but one of my all-time favourites. Nudity and lots of violence, yet somewhat warm-hearted and tender, and the contrast between the violent criminals and the down-to-earth hero (a pregnant female sheriff) is what makes this a powerful, different movie.
Moonrise Kingdom by Wes Anderson
One of my favourite movies of last year, certainly in a league of its own.
Sunshine State by John Sayles
This is a slice-of-life story about a small community on the coast of Florida dealing with news of developers taking over the city, and is content is being nothing more than that. Almost absolutely clicheless to the point that it almost has no plot except character development, but can be haunting and beautiful in its own way.
There will be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson
An oil-baron in the making goes prospecting, but starts a cold war with a local preacher. There is a dark religious angle to it, but on some level the movie tends to be neutral towards religious people in general. However, the 'villain' of the movie is a false-prophet preacher, but his non-religious adversary (the protagonist) is arguably no better, just a bit more devious with his falsehoods. Not as violent as the title suggests but can be disturbing on another level.
I really like good movies and so I'm also interested in nice American "independent" movies. I'm thinking of "real" independent movies, and movies with an independent touch. It's also cool when they have a pretty clean content (concerning bad religous content, bad message or nudity). So I'll list some I really like and I would be glad if you also could list your favs, if you have some. ^^
