Favorite movie ever?

[Sun_Sparkz]

There is a movie i have been searching for for a while - i have seen it only once on SBS television late at night and i cant for the life of me remember much about it. I have searched the internet including yahoo, google, wordls biggest movie database etc but i cant seem to be able to locate the exact details i need to name the movie, and et myself a copy.

I am pretty sure the english name for it is "love story" - of course there are about 15 movies called love story.. But it was all subtitled and i dont know what the country of origin was. it wasnt a very old movie, perhaps 1990's ??

the basic plot is as follows - a nun is the main charachter.. she is "dumb" - cannot speak. She falls in love with a homeless man.. he is a professional pickpocket. He is deaf. The tale tells of thier confusing, yet triumphing love - its a beautiful story! and i wish i could find it!!

If anyone knows what i am talking about - please let me know any info you hav on the movie. ! thanks!!

[Sun_Sparkz]

Originally Posted by hot_pastrami

I thought of a couple more on my top ten list... The Truman Show, Good shit, there.

Thankgod!! everyone i know hates that movie - but i loved it - so moving, so well done, brilliant acting, just awesome!!

[lumberjim]

i remember getting high with my buddies Dan and Mike and sitting on the hood of mike's camaro. we'd talk about all kinds of funky stuff. one of Dan's favorite fantasies was that his whole life was just a movie, and one day he'd find out that everyone else he knew was just an actor playing a role. it used to freak Mike out. I haven't talked to mike in 15+ years. i saw Dan a few times but it never came up. I wonder if they remembered those nights if/when they saw that flick.

[hot_pastrami]

Originally Posted by Sun_Sparkz

Thankgod!! everyone i know hates that movie - but i loved it - so moving, so well done, brilliant acting, just awesome!!

I know some people who hate it as well, and I don't see what's to hate... it's an interesting concept, well executed, and well acted. Sure it's a little over the top, but it needed to be, otherwise it wouldn't work. I suspect that many people who hated it had trouble digesting a movie so different from what they're used to.

And what person doesn't, at some time in one's life, wonder if the world might be a fraud, and wonder if one's fellow "humans" are merely actors, who apply varying stimuli to study one's reactions? I think that's a healthy thing to ponder. And a movie appearing which depicts that very thing adds an interesting twist to such pondering. Was the movie created to throw me off track?

I also enjoyed another of Jim Carrey's recent, unusual movies: The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It's neat to see good sci-fi without aliens, spaceships, or humans vs. robots.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by hot_pastrami

I also enjoyed another of Jim Carrey's recent, unusual movies: The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It's neat to see good sci-fi without aliens, spaceships, or humans vs. robots.

Yeah, Sunshine was great.

Brazil was another one without aliens, spaceships, or robots. OK, there was one robot, but it didn't provide much opposition.

[hot_pastrami]

Originally Posted by Sun_Sparkz

If anyone knows what i am talking about - please let me know any info you hav on the movie. ! thanks!!

This may be the movie you seek... Stille Leibe, a movie from Switzerland released in 2001. I think the title means "Silent Love."

Verena, the mother superior at a German convent, tells the story of young nun Antonia. Born deaf and taken in by the convent at a young age, Antonia was raised to be a sister. At the age of 27, Antonia begins commuting to work at a men's shelter in town. There she meets handsome pickpocket Mikas, who is also deaf. Mikas courts Antonia and the two become lovers. But when Mikas is tragically killed by police, Antonia decides to take her fate into her own hands and travels to America where she will study to become an actor.

[hot_pastrami]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

one of Dan's favorite fantasies was that his whole life was just a movie, and one day he'd find out that everyone else he knew was just an actor playing a role. it used to freak Mike out. I haven't talked to mike in 15+ years.

Find Mike's e-mail address, and I'll send him a message out of the blue to inform him that his life IS just a movie, and "I'm blowing the top off of this conspiracy!" "Years ago, your friend Dan tried to warn you, but you wouldn't listen!"

I need a hobby.

[hot_pastrami]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Brazil was another one without aliens, spaceships, or robots. OK, there was one robot, but it didn't provide much opposition.

I just read a plot synopsis for Brazil, and it soulds cool. I'll have to see if they have a copy at the rental place.

[wolf]

I cannot believe you've not already seen this.

[hot_pastrami]

Originally Posted by wolf

I cannot believe you've not already seen this.

Hey, I was just a kid when this came out in 1985, and my parents weren't into that sort of movie. I'm still playing catch-up on a lot of good stuff.

[wolf]

Oh shit. 1985? Can't be. (must avoid crushing sense of own mortality that would ensue from checking IMDB to confirm).

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by hot_pastrami

I just read a plot synopsis for Brazil, and it soulds cool. I'll have to see if they have a copy at the rental place.

You must get the Criterion Collection version! There are multiple cuts of this film which make varying amounts of sense. The Criterion Collection DVD set comes with the best and the worst versions. Other editions are a crapshoot.