What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

'The Prophet's Game', with Dennis Hopper. Serial Killer mystery. Michael Dorn in small role as head of a police dept. We catch a glimpse into the making of the serial killer as child, only see shadowed hooded figure if adult killer. Even to say there's a twist at the end might be a spoiler for some.
 
War Bride. A young English woman comes to Canada to her new husband's family while he finishes out his time during the war. She has a baby with her and her new in-laws don't look so happy to see her get off the train. I loved her personality as she acts positive even when she is miserable. On Prime Video.
 

Promised Starring Tina Arena, Paul Mercurio, Antoniette Iesue and Daniel Berini. In 1953, two young Italian children are promised in marriage by their fathers. Twenty one years on - despite changing times, fading traditions and 70's liberation - the pair are expected to marry, or face the consequences. Prime Video.
 
I watched "Rashomon," on TCM the other night. It's a 1951 Japanese movie (subtitles) about a local murder. We watch four different stories of what happened by people who were there and decide who we believe in the end. Interesting.
 
Della said:
I watched "Rashomon," on TCM the other night. It's a 1951 Japanese movie (subtitles) about a local murder. We watch four different stories of what happened by people who were there and decide who we believe in the end. Interesting.
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This is one many foreign movies i watched as a teen and 20 something when lived on East Coast. In those days you pretty much could only see them in little 'Art House' Cinemas that most people thought ONLY showed porn. Loved it. Later became huge fan of Japanese film maker Akira Kurosawa. His Seven Samurai was remade by Hollywood as 'The Magnificent Seven'. EDIT: There was also a western (literally) verson of Rashomon--'The Outrage' (1964). Testament to the universality of Kurosawa's themes.

But his 'Ikiru' (To live) is one of his best. While we still lived in Wyoming i found a copy at local Hastings Video Rental store. My daughter, is not much for subtitles/CC, the B & W film had been partially restored but was still kind of grainy and such. But my daughter watched a few minutes and ended up pushing way from the computer and watching the rest of the story. The story itself is just a quiet tale about an aging post WWII Japanese bureaucrat who learns he's terminally ill and decides to give his life some meaning by fighting to have a vacant lot turned into a park for neighborhood children.

Foreign movies got me used to reading subtitles which has been invaluable as i lost higher pitches in hearing and came to need 'Closed Captions'. One of the things i like about Netflix (tho some other streaming channels have them as well) is the access to foreign movies, and comics from around the world.
 
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Interesting @feywon. "Ikiru" is one of the best films I ever saw in my life. I still remember the main character saying "my stool is black". It was so sad. My father did business with many people who gifted him and one of the gifts was to a foreign art movie theater. I saw many films, fell in love with Alain Delon in all the French films I saw!

I never met anyone else who saw Ikiru!
 
Last week I watched "Annihilation" on Netflix. Pretty good Earth based Sci-fi movie.

*A biologist's husband disappears. She puts her name forward for an expedition into an environmental disaster zone, but does not find what she's expecting. The expedition team is made up of the biologist, an anthropologist, a psychologist, a surveyor, and a linguist.*
 
Pepper said:
Interesting @feywon. "Ikiru" is one of the best films I ever saw in my life. I still remember the main character saying "my stool is black". It was so sad. My father did business with many people who gifted him and one of the gifts was to a foreign art movie theater. I saw many films, fell in love with Alain Delon in all the French films I saw!

I never met anyone else who saw Ikiru!
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i enjoy films from most countries, French was fun because i understood most of it without subtitles.

My first husband, E. Indian descent raised in Guyana S. America, introduced me the films Sajit Ray in NYC art theatres. A far cry from what Bollywood churns out. But it gave me some insights into his Hindu family's culture.
 
I ran out of free old movies on youtube so I have a confession. I have been watching old Password, Family Feud, and Match Game episodes. Oh...the shame. :)

This one is pretty funny/interesting/spellbinding

 

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