What are the great "loner" films
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What are the great "loner" films
I'm a card-carrying Asperger and my life has not had any real semblance of normality since, oh, perhaps the seventh grade, 1976. I think that might be why I feel drawn towards the great loner films, the human dramas with those existential characters who opt out of society and refuse to have the social values and structure control their lives. In the films they are defined by their struggle to find their true selves and some meaning in life through personal responsibility and individual choice. The characters are heroic because they accept the precondition that man is fundamentally alone and must be guided by personal choices in a society or world that is arbitrary and absurd. They go about their business with quiet despair, stare into the abyss and are not afraid of what they see, an imperfect world that seeks to restore order through control. Wealth, pleasure, and honor don't matter to them, because such desires are ultimately futile in as much as they do not lead to any real definition or understanding of true self.
Here, then, are some all-time classics:
Taxi Driver
The Driver
Le Samouraï
Le Diable, Probablement
Diary of a Country Priest
Pickpocket
Ha ha, three of them are by Robert Bresson, he must be the king of loner films!
Here, then, are some all-time classics:
Taxi Driver
The Driver
Le Samouraï
Le Diable, Probablement
Diary of a Country Priest
Pickpocket
Ha ha, three of them are by Robert Bresson, he must be the king of loner films!
"When the desert comes, people will be sad; just as Cannery Row was sad when all the pilchards were caught and canned and eaten." - John Steinbeck
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Re: What are the great "loner" films
Great choices there, Googa. Here’s some more I’d like to add:
The Conversation
Badlands
Paris, Texas
The Man Who Sleeps
Stroszek
The Conversation
Badlands
Paris, Texas
The Man Who Sleeps
Stroszek
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joels344 wrote:Great choices there, Googa. Here’s some more I’d like to add:
The Conversation
Badlands
Paris, Texas
The Man Who Sleeps
Stroszek
I hear ya on Conversation and Badlands, The Man Who Sleeps I don't think I've ever seen.
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Cool Hand Luke
Hombre
Hud
The Sand Pebbles
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The Sand Pebbles
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GoogaMooga wrote:I think that might be why I feel drawn towards the great loner films, the human dramas with those existential characters who opt out of society and refuse to have the social values and structure control their lives.
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Five Easy Pieces
Serpico
The Trial
Morgan a Suitable Case For Treatment
Pierrot le Fou
Serpico
The Trial
Morgan a Suitable Case For Treatment
Pierrot le Fou
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The Punisher (Dolph Lundgren)
Rejects all friendship in the pursuit of justice
He Never Died [Rollins)
Immortal, trapped in a repetitive existance
Rejects all friendship in the pursuit of justice
He Never Died [Rollins)
Immortal, trapped in a repetitive existance
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Naked is the ultimate example. Great shout!
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I really need to see that again. I vaguely remember the ending being very bleak.
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The whole film is bleak, really. But it's powerful stuff and leaves you thinking.
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Let The Right One In
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Does A Room For Romeo Brass count? Although the central relationship would indicate not, Paddy Considine's character definitely does.
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The Hunt
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Does A Room For Romeo Brass count? Although the central relationship would indicate not, Paddy Considine's character definitely does.
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Jumper K wrote:Let The Right One In
One Hour Photo
The Hunt
Factotum
Does A Room For Romeo Brass count? Although the central relationship would indicate not, Paddy Considine's character definitely does.
Romeo Brass is a good movie, but whether it counts is up to you. Been too long since I saw it. Th Hunt - is that the Danish film with Mads Mikkelsen?
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GoogaMooga wrote:Jumper K wrote:Let The Right One In
One Hour Photo
The Hunt
Factotum
Does A Room For Romeo Brass count? Although the central relationship would indicate not, Paddy Considine's character definitely does.
Romeo Brass is a good movie, but whether it counts is up to you. Been too long since I saw it. Th Hunt - is that the Danish film with Mads Mikkelsen?
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just to make it a bit more precise -
GoogaMooga wrote:I think that might be why I feel drawn towards the great loner films, thehumanmale dramas with those existential characters who opt out of society and refuse to have the social values and structure control their lives.
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