Good music movies

AstroDan · Post by **AstroDan** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:42 pm

Coal Miner's Daughter. Wonderful movie that happens to have music in it.

Sid and Nancy is kind of embarassing, but I suppose is a classic.

Spinal Tap shouldn't even have to be mentioned. It's like asking "what should I fill my lungs with to sustain life?"

kdarr · Post by **kdarr** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:33 pm

Heavy Metal Parking Lot. 20 minutes of pure American gold.
We Jam Econo was nice... I found it really touching.
Calle 54 is some hot shit.
Hype! (the Seattle grunge movie) has some classic moments.
Krush Groove!
Anyone seen FUBAR? Kind of a Canadian punk rock Spinal Tap.

For regular feature films with incredible music, well, every Sergio Leone movie.
The Third Man.
Scorcese does a great job with this too.
And then of course there's the "Sister Christian" scene in Boogie Nights.

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ashcat_lt · Post by **ashcat_lt** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:15 pm

I was gonna say Sid and Nancy, but I thought y'all would laugh at me

. I like it, though... bastards!

+1 on Amadeus, and thanks for reminding me.

How 'bout Candy Mountain? And while we're going down that road I'll throw in Big Time (did anybody say that already?).

centurymantra · Post by **centurymantra** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:54 pm

Anyone ever see 'Unknown Passage' - the Dead Moon documentary? I've been wanting to check that out for a long time, but have never run across it.

saint360 · Post by **saint360** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:30 pm

True Stories (co-written by and starring David Byrne) is one of my favorite movies of all time. This movie was responsible for me being OK with the idea of moving to Texas. Byrne is absolutely perfect, and the song John Goodman sings at the end is great.

Another quasi-musical I don't think anybody has brought up yet is Dancer in the Dark. People seem to be really polarized in their reaction to it, but you have to agree the music really carries the film and is quite emotionally powerful.

Some movies that come to mind that are not about music really, but have great soundtracks that are integral to the pacing and arc of the film (not just tacked on as an afterthought):

Juno
Pulp Fiction (duh!)
Reservoir Dogs
Pi
Marie Antoinette
Trainspotting
Until the End of the World
Lost in Translation
Ghost World
Napoleon Dynamite
anything by Wes Anderson

lukievan · Post by **lukievan** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:17 am

Tapeheads, with John Cusack and Tim Robbins, is good.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tapeheads/

Fear of a Black Hat - very funny Rap Mockumentary
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fear_of_a_black_hat/

After Hours, an excellent 80's-era Scorsese comedy has a great soundtrack.

Chris_Meck · Post by **Chris_Meck** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:40 am

That recent Stax documentary is totally inspiring.

joninc · Post by **joninc** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 12:02 pm

what's the stax movie called?

i have a doc on louie armstrong that is fantastic too.

lysander · Post by **lysander** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:04 pm

I forgot "Bird," that Clint Eastwood Charlie Parker biopic. That and "Amadeus" are my two favourite cinematic takes on musical genius.

But since we're starting to cite better-known stuff I'll throw down "Help" and see if anyone wants to see me and raise.

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:09 pm

How I forgot Rocky Horror, I'll never know. I sort of arrived late on the Rocky Horror caravan, but I'm totally hooked.

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:46 pm

lukievan wrote:Fear of a Black Hat - very funny Rap Mockumentary
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fear_of_a_black_hat/

MY PEANUTS!!

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:49 pm

saint360 wrote:True Stories (co-written by and starring David Byrne) is one of my favorite movies of all time. This movie was responsible for me being OK with the idea of moving to Texas. Byrne is absolutely perfect, and the song John Goodman sings at the end is great.

shot mostly on location, too.

my senior year drama teacher's husband, Matt Posey, played the manager at the electronics factory...i think Byrne runs into him later on at the mall, too.

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:40 am

Dirty Dancing.
Mystery Train.

True Stories is fantastic.

red cross · Post by **red cross** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:42 am

Monk-Straight No Chaser

Scott Walker-30 Century Man

Elvis 68 Comeback Special

Tim Buckley-My Fleeting House

The Smiths-South Bank Special (it's on Youtube I think)

7 Ages of Rock (BBC Doco) is worth a watch as well...

mingus2112 · Post by **mingus2112** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:47 am

The Blues Brothers (car chase is classic)
The Blues Brothers 2000 (car chase is FUNNY)
Standing in the shadows of Motown (borrowed this from a client and never returned it!)
Amadeus
The Glen Miller Story
The Jazz Singer (Neil Diamond version. . ."needs more boom boom boom")
The Kids are Alright
Song Remains the Same
CROSSROADS
Eddie and the Cruisers
Spinal Tap
Tommy
Quadrophenia
RAY
so many others. . .i'm sure i missed about 50!

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