Okay friends.. Here’s an ever growing list of films to see, both Indie and not.
FILMS TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
The whole story of how I learned about Indie Films is pretty funny. There’s this AMAZING indie video store in my neighborhood. Before it was so easy to find and check out films on Soulseek or whatever other file sharing network, it was kind of an expensive thing to teach oneself about good films via trial and error. Wow! There is so much crap out there.. and not even good crap. Anyhow, one day I went into the video library and discovered that one of my friends from college worked as the manager. He told me of his newfound interest in photography, and lamented being too broke to buy chemicals and paper. It just so happened that I had a ton of photography supplies I “borrowed” from school sitting in my closet, and would gladly trade all of these supplies for an unlimited rental agreement for the whole duration of when he was the manager. What a great trade.. sooo.. for the next few years I would take out a bunch of films every night, then return them the next day. I would learn about greats like Jodorowsky, Jeunet, Spheeris, The Maysles Brothers, and more.. After watching almost a 500 films, my friend quit his job. Boo Hoo.
A great resourse to research film is the internet movie database www.imdb.com
So, happy hunting! This is the official Scott Beibin film school in no particular order, other than alphabetical. Feel free to get in touch with some suggestions.
Feature Films: [50 minutes and over ]
Abel Raises Cain (2005) - dir. jenny Abel, Jeff Hockett
Airplane (1977) - dir Jim Abrahams + David Zucker
Beautiful Losers (2007) - dir. Joshua Leonard + Aaron Rose
Bowling For Columbine (1996) - dir. Michael Moore
By Hook Or By Crook (2001) - dir. Harriet Dodge + Silas Howard
City Of Lost Children (1995) - dir Gilles Adrien + Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Dom Za Vesanje - Time Of the Gypsies (1988) - dir. Emir Kusturica
El Topo (1970) - dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky
Gadje Dilo (1997) - Dir. Tony Gatlif
Mouth To Mouth (2006) - dir. Alison Murray
Pirate Radio USA (2006) - dir. Jeff Pearson
Punishment Park (1971) - dir. Peter Wakins
Popaganda (2005) - dir. Pedro Carvajal
Suburbia (1984) - dir Penelope Spheeris
Suffering and Smiling (2007) - dir Dan Ollman
Super Size Me (2004)- dir. Morgan Spurlock
Teeth (2007) - dir. Mitchell Lichtenstein
The Corporation (2004) - dir. Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, based on the book by Joel Bakan
The Decline Of Western Civilization (part 1- 1981) (part 3 - 1998) - dir Penelope Spheeris
The Take (2004) - dir. Avi Lewis + Naomi Klein
The Weather Underground (2003) - dir. Sam Green
The Yes Men (2003) - dir. Dan Ollman + Sarah Price
Train On the Brain (2002) - dir. Alison Murray
Underground (1976) - dir. Emile De Antonio + Mary Lampson + Haskell Wexler
Underground (2005) - dir. Emir Kusturica
