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Soy Cuba (1964)
Simply the most visually stunning film I've ever seen.
Every frame of this film deserves to be printed, framed and hung in a gallery. And the sound, wow. The sound... Crunchy super-intimate sounds- like the sound of machetes ringing in the cane field- are as evocative as the images.
1964. It's amazing how much can be done with so little...
Tank Girl (1995)
One of the best of goofy/bizarre!
Okay people, it's a film based on a comic strip- expecting a "serious film that will make you think" means you've taken the wrong turn in the multi-plex... If you didn't get the over the top humor in "Buckaroo Banzai," or failed to see past it in "Raising Arizona," you probably won't like "Tank Girl." (you're probably wound a little tight as well and could stand a night out with your hair down...) But movies don't have to be all things to all people, right?
This is a fast, cheap, out of control romp through a tattered eared 'zine that's been passed around from kid to kid- one dimensional, goofy fun playing on all the base emotions, set in a perfectly imperfect future. The cast, Lori Petty, Ice-T (Ain't gone be no crumpets and tea!), Malcolm McDowell, Naomi Watts, Iggy Pop are ideal for this frenetically driven Buzzed-by Berkely style piece, which by the way, has an excellent hard edged soundtrack.
Expect to know exactly who are the good and bad guys are. Expect post-apocalyptic glee, expect mutant ninja kangaroos, expect low-IQ stormtroopers, expect grrrlll power, good bad one-liners, and a bad-ass heroine that rides a tank! (but don't expect any pretension.) For it's sub-genre, a near perfect film!