Odd movies you should rent:

[Langod]

Tampopo



An odd little Japanese movie. It's a "foodie" movie in that, at the center of the major plotline, it has to do with a Noodle Shop. You could draw parallels to it being kind of a Japanese Western. (No cowboys, though.)

Here's a more standard description:

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect fast-food noodle restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food to an old lady terrorizing a shopkeeper by compulsive squeezing of his wares.

[Comicbookfreak]

Jacob's Ladder

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099871/

One freaky movie starrring Tim Robbin's as a former Vietnam Vet who has trouble seperating what's reality and what's hallucination. One that must be watched more than once to truly appreciate.

Into the Wild

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758758/

Sean Penn directed and wrote the screenplay for this biographical movie about Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) about a guy who after graduating from college, gives away his entire savings account and hitchikes to Alaska to live only on his whits and the land. And in the process he meets many people and with that has many different life experiences. This movie explores what happens when man abandons his need for money and possessions and lives off what the land provides, which shows all of us how easy life really is in these modern times. A must see iimho.

Snatch

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208092/

Directed by Guy Ritchie and with an all star cast that includes such notible actors as Brad Pitt, Jason Statham, Benicio Del Toro and Dennis Farina. This movie ties many stories into one and is very humorous and quirky, and incluse everthing from Boxers, bookmakers, Russian mobsters and many others all trying to track down a stolen diamond. Another very good off beat movie and a must watch.

[gnukfu]

I'll add

Repo Man to the mix

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087995/

and ummmmmmm

Eraserhead

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/

[pnoon]

Sordid Lives

A black comedy about white trash.

[fxpose]

Originally Posted by Langod

Tampopo



An odd little Japanese movie. It's a "foodie" movie in that, at the center of the major plotline, it has to do with a Noodle Shop. You could draw parallels to it being kind of a Japanese Western. (No cowboys, though.)

Here's a more standard description:

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect fast-food noodle restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food to an old lady terrorizing a shopkeeper by compulsive squeezing of his wares.

Ramen classic! I saw this film twice, both times on the IFC.