Comments on: NETFLIX HIDDEN GEMS: 80 Minutes Or Less

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:47:00 +0000

Hmmm, I don’t know how many are 80 minutes or less, but there are a lot of hidden gems on this blog: http://www.NetflixStreaming.blogspot.com

I’ll look through to see if I can find any that fit your time limit.

By: Cullen Gallagher

Cullen Gallagher — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:44:00 +0000

These two movies seriously rule.

By: Jason Klorfein

Jason Klorfein — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:18:00 +0000

Shockproof (1949, 80 minutes) – This Sam Fuller / Douglas Sirk Collaboration is pretty fierce.

Bad Girls Go To Hell (1965, 63 minutes) AND Another Day, Another Man (1966, 71 minutes) – BAD GIRLS is a dreamlike sexploitation that calls to mind John Cassavettes for some reason – probably the association with early 60’s cinema-verite like photography.

By: Woodworking Project Plans

Woodworking Project Plans — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:03:00 +0000

You really have to watch this film. It’s amazing.

By: Jay le Tee

Jay le Tee — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:45:00 +0000

Another Woman- Woody Allen (1988). Just discovered this one recently- another gem in his 80s golden period. Gena Rowlands is old-school class, modern hollywood flakes have a lot to learn.

By: John Lichman

John Lichman — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 05:59:00 +0000

FRED: THE MOVIE (2010)

What should be immediately skipped as a kitsch movie based on “the times we live in” actually must be seen. Fred is a hyperactive, annoying single-child who lives with a recovering alcoholic mother that has no control over him. Fred is in love with his neighbor Judy and this means he wants to express his love by “harmonizing” with her. Fred is tortured by Kevin, a break-dancing bully who also wishes to sing with Judy. All three live in a cul-de-sac whose homes are connected. Fred has never met his father but assumes he is WWE Wrestler John Cena, who appears every so often to provide inspirational words and non sequiturs.

There are so many questions to be raised by this film. First off, this is a character (FRED) created by three children to comment on YouTube vloggers that spawned itself into a tween-marketing campaign. Judy is played by a British pop tartlet and never explains nor loses her accent. It is heavily implied Fred’s mother is a constant drunk. It is heavily implied another character’s mother is beaten by her husband. There are two gay pet store owners. Fred is unaware of how public transportation and language works–Fred also is prone to spastic fits of rage.

There are also four musical numbers. This film is one of the most important things you have to watch this year. It is technically 83 minutes, but that is due to 5 minutes of credits. It is on Instant. You really have to watch this film. It’s amazing.

By: Gelgud

Gelgud — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:16:00 +0000

WC Fields’ greatest vehicle IT’S A GIFT, directed by Norman Z. McLeod, has a scene with a stack of front porches that reminds me of something out of TOUT VA BIEN and a picnic-blanket semantic argument that Godard would appreciate, a blind-man-in-a-store sequence as good as anything in CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, hilarious depictions of the debasements of the world of retail better than CLERKS, plenty of political stuff to chew on, and it all clocks in at under 70 minutes. Oh and it’s also a road movie.

By: Leo Goldsmith

Leo Goldsmith — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:15:00 +0000

I know, I know: There’s Herzog up the wazoo on the old Netflix. But while most people are familiar with his 70s narrative work or his more recent documentaries, I MUCH prefer his early short documentaries. “How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck?” documents a cattle-calling championship in rural PA — a bizarrely meditative 44 minutes of 70s western fashion, droning auctioneer’s patois, and huffing heifers, with none of Herzog’s now-familiar voiceover musings. You can stream it now to your heart’s content. Or until your brain explodes.

By: Edgar P.

Edgar P. — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:57:00 +0000

Ariel (1988) 74 minutes