Then there was 'Silent Running', Bruce Dern. It foresaw R2D2, had one of the most beautiful soundtracks I ever heard (Joan Baez) And I think was the inspiration for the Joni Mitchell song 'Big Yellow Taxi' ( Took all the trees, put em in a tree museum, charged the people a dollar and a half just to see em, don't it always seem to go, you don't know what you've got till it's gone, paved paradise, put up a parking lot).
Originally posted by FreakyKBHThe Deep End is indeed a very decent film. Also worth mentioning that it's a remake of another very underrated film, Max Ophuls' 1949 film noir The Reckless Moment, a small masterpiece which has a reputation among film critics and buffs but not among the general public. Ophuls' version lacks the gay angle, as you'd expect from its date, but it's gripping, very well-acted, beautifully directed, and a truly extraordinary study of the restrictiveness of the conventional nuclear family.
In terms of being atypical, I found The Deep End (Scott McGehee David Siegel) just a really well done film that received too little attention.
Originally posted by TeinosukeThanks for the tip. I'll look for it this week.
The Deep End is indeed a very decent film. Also worth mentioning that it's a remake of another very underrated film, Max Ophuls' 1949 film noir The Reckless Moment, a small masterpiece which has a reputation among film critics and buffs but not among the general public. Ophuls' version lacks the gay angle, as you'd expect from its date, but it's gripping, ...[text shortened]... and a truly extraordinary study of the restrictiveness of the conventional nuclear family.