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What are some other gritty, euro, aristrocratic period pieces?

posted 15 years ago by cult_classics
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Gritty, as in off-color, controversial etc. I'm really getting into this underbelly of European culture and really like allegoric and symbolic films in general, so if you know of some more, please cough em up. So far i've seen and liked:

Barry Lyndon
Marat/Sade
Danton
Immoral Tales
Diabel (The Devil)
The Company of Wolves

probably forgetting several...

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[–] ebm83 15 years ago

A couple of those films lean more toward the "horror" side, in which case you might like Blood on Satan's Claw, set in the same time period as The Draughtsman's Contract.

[–] deeveed 15 years ago

Not sure about this one but for me "Ridicule" is a pretty witty movie and shows some fine game-playing with the aristos in France of the 17th or 18th century I think....

[–] cult_classics 15 years ago

Thanks for the recomendations, haven't seen neither of those films yet. I did just watch Caravaggio finally, really liked that one.

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[–] finnegansword 15 years ago

Here are a couple of suggestions for you, but neither belong to the "cult movie" genre which I think you mean. The first is CROMWELL starring Richard Harris and Alec Guinness. It's about the period in history leading up to the English Civil War (1640's). One of the final scenes portrays the execution of Charles I at the block. Is that bloody enough for you?

The second is THE SHOOTING PARTY starring James Mason, John Gielgud and Edward Fox. The story is set in 1913 immediately before the First World War. Both films are superbly acted, but I am still not sure that they will satisfy your demand for "grittiness," i.e. slightly kinky as in BLOW UP.

[–] Tetra123 15 years ago

Ooo--I really wanted to see "The Shooting Party". I love James Mason's stuff and never thought Judi Bowker got enough work.

(About 80% of "Blow-up" wasn't enjoyable for me, but that leftover 20% was totally fascinating. I forgave the messier parts for it.)

[–] MrBullo 10 years ago

Dangerous Liaisons anyone?

[–] Pure-Form 10 years ago

Grand Budapest Hotel