Yes, of course, but I think the gist of this thread is how people first got onto the track that eventually leads to the truly glorious and obscure treasures of cinema. It's pretty unlikely that one's first encounter with non-Hollywood cinema would be a rendez-vous with Eustache or Duras (though I'd be curious to see what that would do to one's sensibilities).David Ehrenstein wrote:Nothing mentioned so far that qualifies as "older/obscure" to me.
Anyone familiar with the following:
Chappaqua, Separation, Bariera, Daisies, Guns of the Trees, L'Amour Fou, Vanishing Point, Performance, Savage Messiah, Le Joli Mai, Je T'Aime Je T'Aime, L'Amour c'est gai L'Amour c'est triste, Der Leone Have Sept Cabecas, La Femme du Gange, Son Nom du Venise dans Calcutta Desert, La Cicatrice Interieure, Le Pere Noel a les yeux bleu, Hurlevent, Grandeur et decadence d'un petit commerce du cinema, Duelle, Noroit.
I also realised fairly early on that many of the members of this forum are not yet within hollering (let alone echoing) distance of middle age, and the 60s/70s 'golden age' of world cinema is thus in large part a great dark continent to them. Although the DVD era has made much of world cinema far more accessible than it was when I was first seeking it out, the release patterns to date provide a massively distorting lens. Hence Rivette, such a defining filmmaker of an entire era, is understandably underappreciated, and entire national new waves are all but invisible.
It would be great to share your enthusiasm for the above films and filmmakers in dedicated threads. I know there are other Rocha, Roeg and Russell enthusiasts lurking hereabouts.