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Okay, so if you've been around INTL for a while, you've probably seen me attempt these "film festivals" before with very little response from people, but I'm going to give it another shot. If it fails, oh well. If it succeeds, fantastic! Either way, I'm doing this whether you like it or not. Don't want to participate? Don't. However, if you do, you may be pleasantly surprised to discover some great films.
Before I go into this installments theme and featured films, let me first set a few ground rules for this. Much of which, if you're familiar with the old INTL film festivals, will just be essentially a rehash.
The intention of this film festival is to expose people to films that they may or may not have seen and to stimulate discussion on this otherwise dull and somewhat uneventful subforum.
You may at any time suggest a movie (or a theme) for the following month; however, failure to participate in the film discussions will immediately put your suggestion in the back of the line.
If you are having trouble finding a copy of the films listed here, do not make a request in this thread for someone to post a bootleg or illegal copy of the film, you will be banned. I highly suggest subscribing to Netflix, it is easily the best way to get copies of any kind of movies, whether they be mainstream of obscure.
I have included several links to other various sites that feature reviews, discussions, and spoilers pertaining to the film. Feel free to utilize those links to help stimulate the discussions here. Do not plagiarize, however. There's nothing beneficial in that.
I can't think of anything else... check back later for edits.
So anyway, with that said, the theme for this installment is based loosely around the movie, Cloverfield. I say loosely, because not all of these movies are exactly similar to Cloverfield, but have a certain characteristic that are reminiscent of it. All of these movies were shot as documentaries, birds-eye view, but are all essentially fake productions.
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078935/
IMDb Rating: 6.1/10 (7,874 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cannibal_holocaust/
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 57% Fresh
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Cannibal-Holocaust-Luca-Barbareschi/dp/B000C4BBXY/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1201297848&sr=8-1
Netflix: http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Cannibal_Holocaust/70005444
Directed by: Ruggero Deodato
Starring: Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen
Language: English
MPAA Rating: X (original 1984 rating)
IMDb Plot Summary: In the beginning of this film we meet a documentary team of three young men and a young woman. They are heading for the south-American jungle to search for real cannibals. After a while the crew is reported missing and a rescue team is send from the US. This team gets in touch with an amazon tribe called the Tree-people. The tree-people gives them the only remains of the first crew - the film rolls containing the material this crew shot during their search for real cannibals. Back in the US we get to see these films. We now get to see exactly what happened to the first crew.
Fun Fact: After premiering in Milan, the film was confiscated by authorities and the director, Ruggero Deodato, was arrested and charged with obscenity, which later turned into murder charges. Facing life in prison, he had to contact the actors who played the murdered film crew and present them alive and well before the murder charges were dropped.
Man Bites Dog (1992)

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103905/
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10 (8,573 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/man_bites_dog/
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 88% Fresh
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Man-Bites-Dog-Criterion-Collection/dp/B00006FMCS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1201313343&sr=1-1
Netflix: http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Man_Bites_Dog/60024122
Directed by: Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel
Starring: Benoît Poelvoorde, Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert, Nelly Pappaert
Language: French
MPAA Rating: NC-17
IMDb Plot Summary/Outline: A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities, and they begin wondering if what they're doing is such a good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival's brother sends a threatening letter.
Blair Witch Project (1999)

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185937/
IMDb Rating: 6.1/10 (61,989 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blair_witch_project/
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 84% Fresh
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Blair-Witch-Project-Heather-Donahue/dp/B00001QGUM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1201313806&sr=1-1
Netflix: hhttp://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Blair_Witch_Project/18957965
Directed by: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
Starring: Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams
Language: English
MPAA Rating: R
IMDb Plot Summary: Three film students travel to Maryland to make a student film about a local urban legend... The Blair Witch. The three went into the woods on a two day hike to find the Blair Witch, and never came back. One year later, the students film and video was found in the woods. The footage was compiled and made into a movie. The Blair Witch Project.
Fun Fact: This film was in the Guinness Book Of World Records for "Top Budget:Box Office Ratio" (for a mainstream feature film). The film cost $22,000 to make and made back $240.5 million, a ratio of $1 spent for every $10,931 made.
So that's it. In the spirit of constructive criticisms, don't just bash a film without giving a valid reason for disliking it. On the same token, don't just say, "yo i liked dat movie" without telling us why you liked it.
Hopefully this topic will stay current and people will respond to it. If this goes decently, I'll make another thread either from suggestions or my own ideas in a month or two.
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