It is always fun, educational and interesting to see what moves, scares, interests and what raises strong emotions; positive and negative in the arts. We all come to the table with our own baggage; our family-history, our experiences a.s.o. and therefore, we are rarely moved by the same things, just as we are rarely aroused or scared by the same things. I personally find The Motorcycle Diaries very moving; a young, sensitive man sets out on a physical journey, and ends up making an even bigger one mentally/emotionally and spiritually. Pat O'Connor's A Month in the Country is another very moving experience for me. Good and interesting choices, Daisuke; Thank You!
Thank you for such an excellent video. Talking about moving movies, Harold and Maude, Los olvidados and Merry Christmas mr Lawrence are three movies extremely recommended too. Greetings fron Spain!
Greetings from NYC and Thank you for another insightful and thought provoking video. Gives me much to think about as I go through my collection in search of similar emotional/connections/experience.
Thank you so much, Jose, for your kind comment. If you have any "moving" film experiences, I would love to hear about them anytime! Cheers from Tokyo, my friend!
I was curious before clicking onto this video and your comments on A Matter of Life and Death just really blew me away and it’s from the same directors as Red Shoes (which just got announced for 4K). Red shoes is one of my favorites of all time. I love character studies and studying a relationship between two people so this looks up my alley as a huge fan of the Before Trilogy.
Wow what an interesting video. I came up with a short list in my head before watching it and La Strada was one of my picks too! Going to watch the other half now!
Incredible. First films you mention---A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH and SUNRISE I put on a very special list of films that are almost NOT films----or, better, almost not JUST films----but are messages come from the great deep center of all, as if those who made them were "of elsewhere connected" when the inspiration visited them, moved them to create these particular works. I am glad they seem to have connected with you too in something like that unique way.
Wow that comparison between the Before Trilogy and the Star Wars OT is very interesting. I’ll have to think about that. Could it be because both there story’s with each film are very well structured? I think Lessons from the Screenplay did a video awhile back about how Before Sunset is structured perfectly. I think I’ll have to watch each film back to back now.
Hello Trey, and thank you so much for your comment. I think that Before Sunset has a really great structure, as do the other films as well. But there is something really lovely and perfect about Before Sunset. But then again, I really love Before Sunrise and Before Midnight as well, each in its own respective way.
I love when you used this intro. The music at the beginning is just so calming and leads perfecting into your style of video and voice. Cheers and always love watching your older videos and finding some new suggestions for my Criterion Collection.
Hi Daisuke - For me, it's the last reel of Cinema Paradiso that gets me everytime. I am also very moved by the final reveal in City Lights. Finally, a catch with dad in Fields of Dreams brings on the waterworks for very personal reasons.
Oh yes, Ben! My dear friend, as always, you mention some really great films. Cinema Paradiso, City Lights, Field of Dreams! Oh gosh... these are all so moving. Yes! You have great taste as always, my friend.
Ben Vanasse I saw Cinema Paradiso in college when they would show movies on campus in a big screen and the auditorium would fill up with students watching the free movies. I always found the fact that the protagonist lost track of his girlfriend because the family moved to be so incredibly sad. I haven’t watched it in many years, so I don’t know how well the movie would hold up for me now.
I completly agree with you from the films I have seen. Especially The Rocky Horror Picture Show, what sticks out in my mind everytime are the words "Don't dream it, be it". Here is a list of the films that move me that aren't on here: The 400 Blows Barry Lyndon La belle et la bête Cinema Paradiso The Elephant Man Harold and Maude Ikiru The Last Detail The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Paths of Glory The Straight Story The Stranger Summer With Monika Tokyo Story Twin Peaks: Fire Wall With Me Umberto D Wild Strawberries
Isaac, my dear friend! Thank you! And yes... the words "Don't dream it... be it." This is the heart and soul of the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It is not always easy to do this in real life, but to watch a film like this is lovely in that one can feel this experience of being free of inhibitions and restrictions. And this is such a moving and emotional experience to have! Thank you for your list as always, and well done! Brilliant as always!
Daisuke, I really like what you had to say about A Matter of Life and Death. The Criterion disc is a really nice collection of good picture quality and special features.
Daisuke Beppu When I find a movie that is very “Powell and Pressburger-esque” it means that a movie reminds me of a film like A Matter of Life and Death. In the audio commentary track to Local Hero, director Bill Forsyth said that he included the staircase up to the oil company CEO Felix Happer’s (Burt Lancaster) office as an homage to the Stairway to Heaven in A Matter of Life and Death.
Daisuke, thank you! Seriously, for years I’ve found Rocky Horror Picture Show to be a very moving film, and it’s greatly under appreciated for that. It’s one of my top five favorite films for that. Of course, it’s still a whole lot of fun. But, the final act is so intimately moving. I’d love to see you do a video on the film!
Hello, Auburn. I hope you are well. Oh yes, it's highly charged and it never fails to get to me every time I watch it. And I think it is of course a great time, a fun romp and a lovey time at the movies, but it is really so much more! I am so happy to read your lovely comment! You know, that moment where we see Frank's face, when Riff Raff comes in and sings "Frank N. Furter, it's all over. Your mission is a failure. Your lifestyle's too extreme..." This is the moment where all the bliss and all the fun and good times of the Floorshow are dashed in an instant. That is the moment that gets me all the time.
Daisuke have you seen the umbrellas of cherbourg? I watched it a few days ago. I have been thinking about it a lot since. I cried like a baby especially at the end. It's one of the most moving, beautiful and romantic films I've ever seen. Have you talked about it in any of your videos? If you haven't I'd love it if you did a talk about it sometime.
Thank you so much my friend. Yes, I have, many times! I have not had the chance to talk about it on this channel unfortunately. While I cannot promise anything, I will certainly to devote some time to it and other Demy works here if possible.
@@DaisukeBeppu awesome. I'm going to watch les demoiselles de rochefort later this week I really look forward to it. Its funny because I'm not really a big fan of musicals I like a select few though. Of course I'd be very interested in any future videos talking about demy and his films.
"If I were abducted by aliens..." I'm laughing so much right now because I was just NOT expecting you to say that! What an analogy, though; I like it! I also love that you are talking about films you haven't really discussed much in other videos. I have the tendency to mention or talk about the same handful of films, too. The only film I've seen of these is The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which is a movie I love! When I first watched it, I think I rewatched it every night the entire week! It's fun and bizarre, but I definitely get what you mean listing it as a "moving" film. I agree that Dr. Frankenfurter is insecure, tries to hide it, but is bound by that flaw. I have mixed feelings on his character because I love his entrance and the introduction of his character but I don't particularly like him, and then even despite that I feel so bad for him at the end. I think Tim Curry does a fantastic job in the role! Even though I know it's him, he really becomes the character and, when I see regular photos of him, I have to remind myself that it's the same guy.
Thank you for your kind comment! Oh yes, I am glad you enjoyed the aliens bit. And Tim Curry.... Yes! I feel so much for him at the end! It's amazing! And he is not always so likable in the film (because Frank does some pretty arguably terrible things in the movie before that ending). It is an amazing transformation!
Rocky Horror...? LOL It's a fun movie, but I'd never thought of it to be 'moving' until you pointed it out. I should watch it again with a new perspective. A good question though I have to ask myself - what do I find most moving in film that's lasting? Always found it to be subjective. What may have really moved me on the first viewing maybe lessened on second and third viewings. Yet there's movies that didn't move me the first couple of viewings, but then suddenly did. I either 'got it', or by a review like yours was able to focus a little differently. Good question indeed!
Oh yes! It is a really moving film! And yes, you are so right about the subjectivity in determining what exactly is a "moving" experience. And it really depends on your experience and how you approach a particular film, and so this discussion is great because I think it reveals a lot about us as film fans and how our own experiences affect our choices.
This is a very enjoyable video. What a great idea to discuss films that you were moved by! I'm embarrassed to say I haven't yet seen A Matter of Life and Death, La Strada or the Before Trilogy. But I loved Maurice, both the book and the film. It is certainly a very sad story, especially when you think about what those two men were going to experience in their lives after their decision to be together. As for Rocky Horror, I think I've become so conditioned to thinking of it in the "cult phenomenon" context that I'm not able to look at it objectively. I was lucky to see it in the late 1970s at the Biograph Theater in Chicago when the whole thing was getting started. Back then we could actually hear some of the dialogue!! Later on it became impossible. But I do like the movie and maybe if I wait a while before watching it again I'll be able to see more things in it. I'm very interested in the Before Trilogy because I like much of Linklater's work and I think Ethan Hawke is a marvelous actor. After hearing your description I'm prepared for a very emotional experience, because I spend a lot of time and energy looking back at my own life and feeling regret about many choices I made and things I did. It may be hard for me to watch.
thank you for this great comment! This makes me very happy. So, yes, I too love Maurice the book and the film. And I always think of that final moment of the film, and that soul-crushing music playing. It's truly very haunting. And I am very jealous that you got to see Rocky Horror Picture Show in the theater at a time when you could still hear the dialogue! That is amazing!!!! I would love to hear your thoughts on the Before Trilogy if and when you get a chance. And A Matter of Life and Death and La Strada. I think you would really like them very much.
Thank you very much! Oh yes, one day I should make a video, but I think in essence it is about the structure of the films--Star Wars and Before Sunrise have two people or droids randomly entering the scene and thus the plots are initiated; then Before Sunset and Empire Strikes Back have characters that look back on key events of the past and there are revelations about what past events really meant and what really happened, etc., and they both end on cliffhangers. Then Before Midnight and Return of the Jedi have a two-part structure to them, with the first part being a kind of mini-adventure or story in itself (the story about the couples, or the story at Jabba's), and then the second half is the sort of resolution to the whole trilogy. I can go into specifics one day in a video if I have the chance, but very generally speaking, that is what I was thinking.
@@anabelv.9490 Not at all, thank you for asking! I really appreciate it. No one ever asked me about it before, and so it was really nice to be able to talk about it. Can I assume that you are a fan of both the Before Trilogy and the Star Wars films?
@@DaisukeBeppu Yes, especially The Before Trilogy. Before Sunrise came out when I was 13 or 14 but I watched it when I was 16. Ten years later I watched Before Sunset. Other ten years after that I watched Before Midnight. So in a way I feel I have grown up with Jesse and Celine, my own life experiences finding an echo in their story. I guess that's the reason the 3 movies are so moving to me.
Gee, I was expecting an exegesis on Shoah and Night and Fog. Maybe this is just my desire to see/watch a Daisuke Beppu video on Criterion Collection Documentaries and perhaps, documentaries in general. Do you own any Frederick Wiseman films? Do you own any Werner Herzog films? Oh, by the way, Twenty-four Eyes by Keisuke Kinoshita was deeply moving, was it not? The Passion of Jeanne d'Arc?
Hello! Actually, I have done a video on the work Shoah (it was long, and so I had to divide it up into two videos). Here is part one if you are interested: czcams.com/video/TBMQq2IZEQo/video.html
@@DaisukeBeppu after viewing this video also became interested in A Matter of Life and Death. Seeing your video and the trailer, went looking online for it. Found a new criterion blu for 20.
Just finished A Matter of Life and Death. Loved it has such a sweet ending. Technicolor at its finest in this. A perfect ending, they are both willing to die for each other and that's what keeps them together.
Interesting topic, there are some films I consider very moving, but I have to admit I don't get moved easily as I have quite a stoic and calm personality. I agree on Before Sunset, and the Before trilogy in general, I really like the first two especially. Koreeda's Like Father, Like Son is a very moving film, the subject matter is very interesting as you start to wonder what would I do in this situation, and the performances are just perfect. The Lion King is kinda of a obvious pick, but I seriously relate to the film so much. Paths of Glory has that really emotional and moving ending that offers hope to us. The film Hachiko is really moving especially for people, who are/have been pet owners or who love animals in general. The Elephant Man for obvious reasons is a moving film. And lastly, Frank Darabont's The Green Mile.
Oh gosh!!! Like Father, Like Son! I love this film!! It comes along and really shakes my very core! It is so amazing. And it has some very tough questions for me regarding perception and parenthood, and I really love the film for not providing easy answers.
Interesting list Daisuke. I myself don’t have a list of films that are moving to me, but if I think about it and I pick one film that stands out to me as moving, I think Good Will Hunting is a film I’d say is moving to me. Watching the therapy sessions Matt Damon has with Robin Williams is quite moving to me as he changes from someone who’s not the best guy in the world to someone who’s able to confront things from his childhood that made him into the man he was prior to meeting Williams’s character and is able to start anew again and go after the girl he loves. While we don’t see a reunion between Matt Damon and Minnie Driver, you hope for the best as the credits roll and we follow his car heading to California and we see him leaving Boston for the first time in his life, something else he wouldn’t have done if he never met Robin Williams’s character or Minnie Driver. Both have an impact on him, though Robin Williams has the biggest impact on him between the two I believe.
Oh yes... Good Will Hunting! Another film I remember seeing in the theater when I was younger. It was a great time, and such an emotionally satisfying conclusion. A really moving film and the relationship between Matt Damon and Robin Williams is brilliant! An excellent choice as always!
Arrival (Amy Adams, the score and how/when it all unfoldsand reveals itself) Metropolis left me exhausted in a good way after my 1st viewing Once Upon A Time in Hollywood (nailed so many of my sensibilities for old old film and tv I'm just sucked completely in every time) The Scarlet Letter with Lillian Gish (she's incredible in it) #1 has to be The Virgin Spring.
Great list Daisuke, I especially like the inclusion of La Strada. Here are 10 films off the top of my head that I was really moved by: Make Way For Tomorrow (1937) The Angry Silence (1960) The Incident (1967) Grave Of The Fireflies (1988) Awakenings (1990) Drifting Clouds (1996) Life Is Beautiful (1997) Show Me Love (1998) Dancer In The Dark (2000) A Moment To Remember (2004)
What a fantastic list!! So, I have not seen A Moment to Remember, but this is very intriguing and I must try to watch it now! Thank you so much for this! I still remember watching Dancer in the Dark in the movie theater upon its initial release run in the United States, and it was really shocking to me. So to see it on your list here is amazing. Thank you for this.
Some excellent choices - I'm especially interested to see The Angry Silence get a mention. it's not a film that gets a lot of attention which may not be totally amazing given the specific theme but for me it's very interesting in its treatment of an individual against the group.
@@DaisukeBeppu I don't think i've ever cried at a film as much as i did watching 'A Moment To Remember'. I only saw it for the 1st time about a year ago but it's now probably my all-time favourite Korean film.
@@WolfGratz Richard Attenborough's performance is amazing. His defiance against his co-workers bullying tactics & to stand up for what he believes is the right thing to do for him & his family had a massive impact on me & really moved me.
The one I personally agree with the most in this video is Before Sunset, especially that final scene in the film. It's the most moving in the trilogy for me, my only real problem with the whole trilogy is that in Before Midnight, both of them started to feel a bit too unsympathetic as characters at times. By the way do you have a mailing address for viewers to send packages in case I come across something I think you might like?
Dear Trey, thank you so much! So, if you want to reach me, please let me know. You can reach me via Facebook or Messenger, or you can send me an email (dbeppu373@hotmail.com). Oh yes, and Before Sunset.... "baby, you're going to miss that plane." Such a great moment. I think Before Midnight is brilliant in the way that it deconstructs the whole relationship. It's brutal at times, and I think very raw and emotional. And yes, the unsympathetic aspects of their characters is really great I think because it adds another level of complexity to this relationship. It's really fantastic. Thank you so much for this!
A great topic. Moving movies! Movies that move me... those are the best kind, aren't they? You have some interesting choices there for sure, but I most wholeheartedly agree with Before Sunset. That whole trilogy is one of my favorite things ever. Some of my other favorite moving films include many by Spielberg (Empire of the Sun, The Color Purple, E.T., Saving Private Ryan come to mind), After Life by Koreeda, many with Tom Hanks (Cast Away, Forrest Gump and Apollo 13 for example), Chungking Express and In the Mood for Love, Children of Heaven and Color of Paradise, many by Kurosawa, Mizoguchi and Ozu, Spirited Away and Grave of the Fireflies, Doctor Zhivago, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Days of Heaven and The New World, The Last Emperor and The Dreamers, The Elephant Man, Fanny & Alexander and Wild Strawberries, Field of Dreams and The Natural, most of Zhang Yimou's films but especially To Live and Hero, The Hours, Laurence Anyways, The Last Picture Show, Contact, Life is Beautiful, Amelie, Les Miserables, Lion, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Mission, Once Upon a Time in the West, Paris Texas, the Passion of Joan of Arc, the Shawshank Redemption, Sophie's Choice, Summer of '42, Testament of Youth, the Unbearable Lightness of Being, Yi Yi...and yes, even Titanic. Have I said too much? Yes, I think I have...but my favorite movies are moving movies. :)
A brilliant list, my friend. And I am so happy to read about your love of the film Before Sunset as well! By the way, I think that there are rumors that the film After Life might come to the Criterion Collection, though I am not sure yet. I have heard also that other Kore-eda films could come to the collection, though I think this is still rumor at this point. If the rumors are true, then that would be great. After Life in particular is one that really gets me too. By the way, you mention Mizoguchi. Are there any films in particular that you like by Mizoguchi?
@@DaisukeBeppu I sure hope more Kore-eda films make it to Criterion - especially After Life! And as for Mizoguchi, I love Ugetsu but I think Sansho the Bailiff is the most moving one - and I just noticed you put this in the second half of your list! Great choice my friend and brilliant film!
Great video as usual Daisuke. I adore the Before series. Your choice of Rocky Horror was a surprise. For a time I thought you were going to say American Graffiti. As we're both interested in this area from comment discussions, of films that move us, I thought I'd drop a link to this video I made a few weeks ago. It's not exactly the same as yours, as it covers from 2000 onwards, of films that made me emotional but I thought it would be of interest as we're heading on the same road. It's gonna be an intermittent series I shall be doing over time. czcams.com/video/zrsiiU3LlRc/video.html
Thank you for the link! I am watching it right now! This is great for me in particular because I am not so good with my "recent" films from the 2000s onwards, and so this will be very educational for me.
You sure had me "shiver with antici...pation" until you revealed Rocky Horror, Daisuke. After it was clear what you talked about I was so sure of hearing "cause I've seen blue skies, through the tears In my eyes and I realise, I'm going home" sooner or later. For me too, this is the deciding moment when the movie finally switched from an upbeat, bizarre experience to something that allowes for a broader span of emotions. For me, the encounters with this movie have definitely changed over the years. The first one would have been when I was around Kindergarten-Age: I found the illustrated book to the movie (you know, the ones with stills from the movies and the dialogue under it so you could "experiece" the movie at home) among some long forgotten books in my mom's bookshelf. Can you imagine what a kid at that age thought when he saw Rocky mummified in that glass-enclosure, surrounded by these "freaks" in more than slightly sexual outfits? It sure brought up a lot of questions that wouldn't be answered for a long time - I was actually too scared to even mention it to anyone at that age because I just didn't know what the hell was going on. Years later, at say around the age of 16-18 I watched and read "the perks of being a wallflower" and thought "why not give Rocky Horror a try now?" And boy, was I ready now. Shall I admit that by now (I'm 24 now) this movie is one that I always come back to every year around christmas and a few times during the rest of the year. I think there even was a short timespan when I knew all the words and lyrics in the movie by heart and could basically reenact the whole 1h40min in my car ride to school. I always wonder what the audience-participation would have been like during the hight of the movie's fame. Due to my age, I'm of course a little late to the game and also probably too much of an introvert to enjoy the fun anyway. Maybe one day I'll at least get to see the film on the big screen, silently enjoying the spectacle from the back-row. In Munich there's this lovely cinema called "Museum Lichtspiele" that been around since 1910, which has been showing Rocky Horror every single weeks since june 24. 1977. So that would surely be a nice visit to make one day for that particular movie.To sum this up: I guess my "movement from point A to point B" in regards to this movie has obviously surpassed the restraints of shifting emotions during one particular viewing. I find it so interesting to come back to these memories of me as a kid being so utterly confused by the movie-stills and to realize that now I can gain so much from watching the film year by year - be it a slice of Frank-N-Furter's moments of self-assurance, empathy for his somber moments, or just a hack of good time and a killer soundtrack!
Haha!!!! I love this!!! So I'll remove the cause...... hm...hmmmmm.... BUT NOT THE SYMPTOM! And WOW!!! You had those books!!!!! WOW!!! I am so jealous!! Brilliant!!! What an absolutely lovely comment. You know, I too just listened to the soundtrack on a loop over and over and over. So much so that even now I get a little surprise every time I watch the movie and hear Magenta's "It's so dreamy... oh fantasy, free me!..." part of Time Warp, because the track used for the film is a different recording that that which was used for that CD soundtrack. And I would always try to get my high school (when I was living in Connecticut) to put up a production of the Rocky Horror Show, but alas it never happened. But I would always imagine what it might be like to try to stage this show in high school, and I think that many people I knew at the time thought that my character was Riff Raff. Some time later, which is about 15 or 16 years ago now, I was very much into amateur bodybuilding and I was working out very intensely, and so my friends at the time would suggest that I play Rocky. But I think that in my heart, I would like to believe that I have always been a Frank kind of guy, with a little bit of Columbia as well. There is something so lovely about this. Even now, every so often, whenever I'll talk to someone at work or something, in a random conversation, I will say the word "proud" like the way Frank says it "You must be awfully PRUIIID of him, Janet." So far, no one has gotten the reference. Thank you for your absolutely beautiful comment! I love it! And remember... Don't get hot and flustered....
I was actually considering asking about your experiences with the film/show but was almost certain that you'd mention some interesting moments anyway, should you find the time to respond - and wow, was I right. I loved reading what you shared there! I too have been trying to throw in a quote here and there but of no avail. Not even the Riff Raff-esque "hello" (that, in my humble opinion, must have come very close to the version O'Brian created for the character) ... I guess I should stick to the easy Big Lebowski quotes among friends haha. Have you ever given the "The Rocky Horror Show Original Roxy Cast (1974)" CD a listen? I am also so attuned to the little details in the movie-version that the OST album and it's minor deviations almost make me wonder which should be the "main-refference" in my head. But the Roxy Cast is just so drastically different that it's almost like a new show to me when it comes to the energy and overall tone of the particular songs. The instruments in the background speak a little more to me; all in all I'd say this gives me vibes of a great 70's rock concert mixed with a wild stage-show of Rocky Horror, while the movie-version is somehow more unique-sounding to me - maybe even a bit more "timeless".
If I had to make a quick list of movies that moved me,I think it would be in this order: Autumn sonata;Meantime;Harold and Maude;Paris,texas;Sling blade;Midnight Cowboy.
Hello! Yes, what a great list! Meantime! Yes! Harold and Maude! Midnight Cowboy! And I love how you have Paris, Texas and Sling Blade and Autumn Sonata! This is so brilliant. I remember seeing Sling Blade in the theaters when it was first released and it was such a surprisingly moving experience. Well done!
la strada. cinema paradiso life is beautiful. a straight story. twin peaks. fire walk with me. permanent record. the new world. empire of the sun. E.t. Avengers endgame.
My 10: Scrooge 1951 - Starring Alistar Sim Pan's Labyrinth A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Babette's Feast Best of Times It's a Wonderful Life The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou My Life as a Dog Cashback Beyond The Next Mountain
My friend, this is a really fascinating list! And I see the film CASHBACK which I think you had mentioned to me earlier. Wow, this makes me really want to see the film now.
Very glad to see I'm not the only one who is moved by Rocky Horror. Only recently found your channel, really enjoying your videos!
Oh thank you!! And yes, it is very moving...
Every time I see it I have a great time, but also by the end I am affected by it.
@@DaisukeBeppu 'I'm going home' gets me every time.
Great to find a CZcamsr with such a wide, eclectic taste. Keep up the great work!
It is always fun, educational and interesting to see what moves, scares, interests and what raises strong emotions; positive and negative in the arts. We all come to the table with our own baggage; our family-history, our experiences a.s.o. and therefore, we are rarely moved by the same things, just as we are rarely aroused or scared by the same things. I personally find The Motorcycle Diaries very moving; a young, sensitive man sets out on a physical journey, and ends up making an even bigger one mentally/emotionally and spiritually. Pat O'Connor's A Month in the Country is another very moving experience for me. Good and interesting choices, Daisuke; Thank You!
Thank you for commenting on this somewhat older film. You have a great perspective and approach to cinema my friend.
Thank you for such an excellent video. Talking about moving movies, Harold and Maude, Los olvidados and Merry Christmas mr Lawrence are three movies extremely recommended too. Greetings fron Spain!
Greetings from NYC and Thank you for another insightful and thought provoking video. Gives me much to think about as I go through my collection in search of similar emotional/connections/experience.
Thank you so much, Jose, for your kind comment. If you have any "moving" film experiences, I would love to hear about them anytime! Cheers from Tokyo, my friend!
I was curious before clicking onto this video and your comments on A Matter of Life and Death just really blew me away and it’s from the same directors as Red Shoes (which just got announced for 4K). Red shoes is one of my favorites of all time. I love character studies and studying a relationship between two people so this looks up my alley as a huge fan of the Before Trilogy.
Thank you very much for the comment. Yes, the Powell and Pressburger films are amazing as you point out.
Wow what an interesting video. I came up with a short list in my head before watching it and La Strada was one of my picks too! Going to watch the other half now!
Hello Marlin Benson! What a great coincidence! I wonder what you think of the rest of the film La Strada.
Incredible. First films you mention---A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH and SUNRISE I put on a very special list of films that are almost NOT films----or, better, almost not JUST films----but are messages come from the great deep center of all, as if those who made them were "of elsewhere connected" when the inspiration visited them, moved them to create these particular works. I am glad they seem to have connected with you too in something like that unique way.
Hello and wow, thank you so much!!! Yes!! There is something so fundamental about these films!!! I love the way you express it!
Wow that comparison between the Before Trilogy and the Star Wars OT is very interesting. I’ll have to think about that. Could it be because both there story’s with each film are very well structured? I think Lessons from the Screenplay did a video awhile back about how Before Sunset is structured perfectly. I think I’ll have to watch each film back to back now.
Hello Trey, and thank you so much for your comment. I think that Before Sunset has a really great structure, as do the other films as well. But there is something really lovely and perfect about Before Sunset. But then again, I really love Before Sunrise and Before Midnight as well, each in its own respective way.
I love when you used this intro. The music at the beginning is just so calming and leads perfecting into your style of video and voice. Cheers and always love watching your older videos and finding some new suggestions for my Criterion Collection.
Oh wow... thank you so much for watching the older videos!! I am very honored.
Hi Daisuke - For me, it's the last reel of Cinema Paradiso that gets me everytime. I am also very moved by the final reveal in City Lights. Finally, a catch with dad in Fields of Dreams brings on the waterworks for very personal reasons.
Oh yes, Ben! My dear friend, as always, you mention some really great films. Cinema Paradiso, City Lights, Field of Dreams! Oh gosh... these are all so moving. Yes! You have great taste as always, my friend.
Ben Vanasse I saw Cinema Paradiso in college when they would show movies on campus in a big screen and the auditorium would fill up with students watching the free movies. I always found the fact that the protagonist lost track of his girlfriend because the family moved to be so incredibly sad. I haven’t watched it in many years, so I don’t know how well the movie would hold up for me now.
I completly agree with you from the films I have seen. Especially The Rocky Horror Picture Show, what sticks out in my mind everytime are the words "Don't dream it, be it". Here is a list of the films that move me that aren't on here:
The 400 Blows
Barry Lyndon
La belle et la bête
Cinema Paradiso
The Elephant Man
Harold and Maude
Ikiru
The Last Detail
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Paths of Glory
The Straight Story
The Stranger
Summer With Monika
Tokyo Story
Twin Peaks: Fire Wall With Me
Umberto D
Wild Strawberries
Isaac, my dear friend! Thank you!
And yes... the words "Don't dream it... be it." This is the heart and soul of the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It is not always easy to do this in real life, but to watch a film like this is lovely in that one can feel this experience of being free of inhibitions and restrictions. And this is such a moving and emotional experience to have!
Thank you for your list as always, and well done! Brilliant as always!
Daisuke, I really like what you had to say about A Matter of Life and Death. The Criterion disc is a really nice collection of good picture quality and special features.
Thank you so much my friend. It is such an unforgettable work on so many levels.
Daisuke Beppu When I find a movie that is very “Powell and Pressburger-esque” it means that a movie reminds me of a film like A Matter of Life and Death. In the audio commentary track to Local Hero, director Bill Forsyth said that he included the staircase up to the oil company CEO Felix Happer’s (Burt Lancaster) office as an homage to the Stairway to Heaven in A Matter of Life and Death.
Daisuke, thank you! Seriously, for years I’ve found Rocky Horror Picture Show to be a very moving film, and it’s greatly under appreciated for that. It’s one of my top five favorite films for that. Of course, it’s still a whole lot of fun. But, the final act is so intimately moving. I’d love to see you do a video on the film!
Hello, Auburn. I hope you are well.
Oh yes, it's highly charged and it never fails to get to me every time I watch it. And I think it is of course a great time, a fun romp and a lovey time at the movies, but it is really so much more! I am so happy to read your lovely comment!
You know, that moment where we see Frank's face, when Riff Raff comes in and sings "Frank N. Furter, it's all over. Your mission is a failure. Your lifestyle's too extreme..." This is the moment where all the bliss and all the fun and good times of the Floorshow are dashed in an instant. That is the moment that gets me all the time.
Daisuke have you seen the umbrellas of cherbourg? I watched it a few days ago. I have been thinking about it a lot since. I cried like a baby especially at the end. It's one of the most moving, beautiful and romantic films I've ever seen. Have you talked about it in any of your videos? If you haven't I'd love it if you did a talk about it sometime.
Thank you so much my friend. Yes, I have, many times! I have not had the chance to talk about it on this channel unfortunately. While I cannot promise anything, I will certainly to devote some time to it and other Demy works here if possible.
@@DaisukeBeppu awesome. I'm going to watch les demoiselles de rochefort later this week I really look forward to it. Its funny because I'm not really a big fan of musicals I like a select few though. Of course I'd be very interested in any future videos talking about demy and his films.
"If I were abducted by aliens..." I'm laughing so much right now because I was just NOT expecting you to say that! What an analogy, though; I like it!
I also love that you are talking about films you haven't really discussed much in other videos. I have the tendency to mention or talk about the same handful of films, too.
The only film I've seen of these is The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which is a movie I love! When I first watched it, I think I rewatched it every night the entire week! It's fun and bizarre, but I definitely get what you mean listing it as a "moving" film. I agree that Dr. Frankenfurter is insecure, tries to hide it, but is bound by that flaw. I have mixed feelings on his character because I love his entrance and the introduction of his character but I don't particularly like him, and then even despite that I feel so bad for him at the end. I think Tim Curry does a fantastic job in the role! Even though I know it's him, he really becomes the character and, when I see regular photos of him, I have to remind myself that it's the same guy.
Thank you for your kind comment! Oh yes, I am glad you enjoyed the aliens bit. And Tim Curry.... Yes! I feel so much for him at the end! It's amazing! And he is not always so likable in the film (because Frank does some pretty arguably terrible things in the movie before that ending). It is an amazing transformation!
Rocky Horror...? LOL It's a fun movie, but I'd never thought of it to be 'moving' until you pointed it out. I should watch it again with a new perspective. A good question though I have to ask myself - what do I find most moving in film that's lasting? Always found it to be subjective. What may have really moved me on the first viewing maybe lessened on second and third viewings. Yet there's movies that didn't move me the first couple of viewings, but then suddenly did. I either 'got it', or by a review like yours was able to focus a little differently. Good question indeed!
Oh yes! It is a really moving film!
And yes, you are so right about the subjectivity in determining what exactly is a "moving" experience. And it really depends on your experience and how you approach a particular film, and so this discussion is great because I think it reveals a lot about us as film fans and how our own experiences affect our choices.
This is a very enjoyable video. What a great idea to discuss films that you were moved by! I'm embarrassed to say I haven't yet seen A Matter of Life and Death, La Strada or the Before Trilogy. But I loved Maurice, both the book and the film. It is certainly a very sad story, especially when you think about what those two men were going to experience in their lives after their decision to be together. As for Rocky Horror, I think I've become so conditioned to thinking of it in the "cult phenomenon" context that I'm not able to look at it objectively. I was lucky to see it in the late 1970s at the Biograph Theater in Chicago when the whole thing was getting started. Back then we could actually hear some of the dialogue!! Later on it became impossible. But I do like the movie and maybe if I wait a while before watching it again I'll be able to see more things in it. I'm very interested in the Before Trilogy because I like much of Linklater's work and I think Ethan Hawke is a marvelous actor. After hearing your description I'm prepared for a very emotional experience, because I spend a lot of time and energy looking back at my own life and feeling regret about many choices I made and things I did. It may be hard for me to watch.
thank you for this great comment! This makes me very happy.
So, yes, I too love Maurice the book and the film. And I always think of that final moment of the film, and that soul-crushing music playing. It's truly very haunting.
And I am very jealous that you got to see Rocky Horror Picture Show in the theater at a time when you could still hear the dialogue! That is amazing!!!!
I would love to hear your thoughts on the Before Trilogy if and when you get a chance. And A Matter of Life and Death and La Strada. I think you would really like them very much.
Please, please, please, make a video where you talk about the Before Trilogy and its similarities with the Star Wars movies!
Thank you very much! Oh yes, one day I should make a video, but I think in essence it is about the structure of the films--Star Wars and Before Sunrise have two people or droids randomly entering the scene and thus the plots are initiated; then Before Sunset and Empire Strikes Back have characters that look back on key events of the past and there are revelations about what past events really meant and what really happened, etc., and they both end on cliffhangers. Then Before Midnight and Return of the Jedi have a two-part structure to them, with the first part being a kind of mini-adventure or story in itself (the story about the couples, or the story at Jabba's), and then the second half is the sort of resolution to the whole trilogy. I can go into specifics one day in a video if I have the chance, but very generally speaking, that is what I was thinking.
@@DaisukeBeppu Very good insight. Thank you!
@@anabelv.9490 Not at all, thank you for asking! I really appreciate it. No one ever asked me about it before, and so it was really nice to be able to talk about it. Can I assume that you are a fan of both the Before Trilogy and the Star Wars films?
@@DaisukeBeppu Yes, especially The Before Trilogy. Before Sunrise came out when I was 13 or 14 but I watched it when I was 16. Ten years later I watched Before Sunset. Other ten years after that I watched Before Midnight. So in a way I feel I have grown up with Jesse and Celine, my own life experiences finding an echo in their story. I guess that's the reason the 3 movies are so moving to me.
Gee, I was expecting an exegesis on Shoah and Night and Fog. Maybe this is just my desire to see/watch a Daisuke Beppu video on Criterion Collection Documentaries and perhaps, documentaries in general. Do you own any Frederick Wiseman films? Do you own any Werner Herzog films? Oh, by the way, Twenty-four Eyes by Keisuke Kinoshita was deeply moving, was it not? The Passion of Jeanne d'Arc?
Hello! Actually, I have done a video on the work Shoah (it was long, and so I had to divide it up into two videos). Here is part one if you are interested: czcams.com/video/TBMQq2IZEQo/video.html
Part 2 is here: czcams.com/video/aN8tc7vdM98/video.html
Such a good question and interesting choices you picked. The Before Trilogy sounds like a very interesting and moving trilogy.
It's so great!! I think you would love it!
@@DaisukeBeppu after viewing this video also became interested in A Matter of Life and Death. Seeing your video and the trailer, went looking online for it. Found a new criterion blu for 20.
Just finished A Matter of Life and Death. Loved it has such a sweet ending. Technicolor at its finest in this. A perfect ending, they are both willing to die for each other and that's what keeps them together.
Interesting topic, there are some films I consider very moving, but I have to admit I don't get moved easily as I have quite a stoic and calm personality. I agree on Before Sunset, and the Before trilogy in general, I really like the first two especially. Koreeda's Like Father, Like Son is a very moving film, the subject matter is very interesting as you start to wonder what would I do in this situation, and the performances are just perfect. The Lion King is kinda of a obvious pick, but I seriously relate to the film so much. Paths of Glory has that really emotional and moving ending that offers hope to us. The film Hachiko is really moving especially for people, who are/have been pet owners or who love animals in general. The Elephant Man for obvious reasons is a moving film. And lastly, Frank Darabont's The Green Mile.
Oh gosh!!! Like Father, Like Son! I love this film!! It comes along and really shakes my very core! It is so amazing. And it has some very tough questions for me regarding perception and parenthood, and I really love the film for not providing easy answers.
Interesting list Daisuke. I myself don’t have a list of films that are moving to me, but if I think about it and I pick one film that stands out to me as moving, I think Good Will Hunting is a film I’d say is moving to me. Watching the therapy sessions Matt Damon has with Robin Williams is quite moving to me as he changes from someone who’s not the best guy in the world to someone who’s able to confront things from his childhood that made him into the man he was prior to meeting Williams’s character and is able to start anew again and go after the girl he loves. While we don’t see a reunion between Matt Damon and Minnie Driver, you hope for the best as the credits roll and we follow his car heading to California and we see him leaving Boston for the first time in his life, something else he wouldn’t have done if he never met Robin Williams’s character or Minnie Driver. Both have an impact on him, though Robin Williams has the biggest impact on him between the two I believe.
Oh yes... Good Will Hunting! Another film I remember seeing in the theater when I was younger. It was a great time, and such an emotionally satisfying conclusion. A really moving film and the relationship between Matt Damon and Robin Williams is brilliant! An excellent choice as always!
Arrival (Amy Adams, the score and how/when it all unfoldsand reveals itself)
Metropolis left me exhausted in a good way after my 1st viewing
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood (nailed so many of my sensibilities for old old film and tv I'm just sucked completely in every time)
The Scarlet Letter with Lillian Gish (she's incredible in it)
#1 has to be The Virgin Spring.
Thank you so much my friend again!!
Great list Daisuke, I especially like the inclusion of La Strada.
Here are 10 films off the top of my head that I was really moved by:
Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)
The Angry Silence (1960)
The Incident (1967)
Grave Of The Fireflies (1988)
Awakenings (1990)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Show Me Love (1998)
Dancer In The Dark (2000)
A Moment To Remember (2004)
What a fantastic list!! So, I have not seen A Moment to Remember, but this is very intriguing and I must try to watch it now! Thank you so much for this!
I still remember watching Dancer in the Dark in the movie theater upon its initial release run in the United States, and it was really shocking to me. So to see it on your list here is amazing. Thank you for this.
Some excellent choices - I'm especially interested to see The Angry Silence get a mention. it's not a film that gets a lot of attention which may not be totally amazing given the specific theme but for me it's very interesting in its treatment of an individual against the group.
@@DaisukeBeppu I don't think i've ever cried at a film as much as i did watching 'A Moment To Remember'. I only saw it for the 1st time about a year ago but it's now probably my all-time favourite Korean film.
@@WolfGratz Richard Attenborough's performance is amazing. His defiance against his co-workers bullying tactics & to stand up for what he believes is the right thing to do for him & his family had a massive impact on me & really moved me.
The one I personally agree with the most in this video is Before Sunset, especially that final scene in the film. It's the most moving in the trilogy for me, my only real problem with the whole trilogy is that in Before Midnight, both of them started to feel a bit too unsympathetic as characters at times.
By the way do you have a mailing address for viewers to send packages in case I come across something I think you might like?
Dear Trey, thank you so much!
So, if you want to reach me, please let me know. You can reach me via Facebook or Messenger, or you can send me an email (dbeppu373@hotmail.com).
Oh yes, and Before Sunset.... "baby, you're going to miss that plane." Such a great moment.
I think Before Midnight is brilliant in the way that it deconstructs the whole relationship. It's brutal at times, and I think very raw and emotional. And yes, the unsympathetic aspects of their characters is really great I think because it adds another level of complexity to this relationship. It's really fantastic.
Thank you so much for this!
Is La strada is"simple"? Yes, simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
I love that phrase you use: “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”.
A great topic. Moving movies! Movies that move me... those are the best kind, aren't they? You have some interesting choices there for sure, but I most wholeheartedly agree with Before Sunset. That whole trilogy is one of my favorite things ever. Some of my other favorite moving films include many by Spielberg (Empire of the Sun, The Color Purple, E.T., Saving Private Ryan come to mind), After Life by Koreeda, many with Tom Hanks (Cast Away, Forrest Gump and Apollo 13 for example), Chungking Express and In the Mood for Love, Children of Heaven and Color of Paradise, many by Kurosawa, Mizoguchi and Ozu, Spirited Away and Grave of the Fireflies, Doctor Zhivago, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Days of Heaven and The New World, The Last Emperor and The Dreamers, The Elephant Man, Fanny & Alexander and Wild Strawberries, Field of Dreams and The Natural, most of Zhang Yimou's films but especially To Live and Hero, The Hours, Laurence Anyways, The Last Picture Show, Contact, Life is Beautiful, Amelie, Les Miserables, Lion, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Mission, Once Upon a Time in the West, Paris Texas, the Passion of Joan of Arc, the Shawshank Redemption, Sophie's Choice, Summer of '42, Testament of Youth, the Unbearable Lightness of Being, Yi Yi...and yes, even Titanic. Have I said too much? Yes, I think I have...but my favorite movies are moving movies. :)
A brilliant list, my friend. And I am so happy to read about your love of the film Before Sunset as well!
By the way, I think that there are rumors that the film After Life might come to the Criterion Collection, though I am not sure yet. I have heard also that other Kore-eda films could come to the collection, though I think this is still rumor at this point. If the rumors are true, then that would be great. After Life in particular is one that really gets me too.
By the way, you mention Mizoguchi. Are there any films in particular that you like by Mizoguchi?
@@DaisukeBeppu I sure hope more Kore-eda films make it to Criterion - especially After Life! And as for Mizoguchi, I love Ugetsu but I think Sansho the Bailiff is the most moving one - and I just noticed you put this in the second half of your list! Great choice my friend and brilliant film!
@@84paratize Oh yes, Sansho the Bailiff. It's such a devastating and brilliant work. Well done and excellent choice, my friend.
Great video as usual Daisuke. I adore the Before series. Your choice of Rocky Horror was a surprise. For a time I thought you were going to say American Graffiti. As we're both interested in this area from comment discussions, of films that move us, I thought I'd drop a link to this video I made a few weeks ago. It's not exactly the same as yours, as it covers from 2000 onwards, of films that made me emotional but I thought it would be of interest as we're heading on the same road. It's gonna be an intermittent series I shall be doing over time. czcams.com/video/zrsiiU3LlRc/video.html
Thank you for the link! I am watching it right now!
This is great for me in particular because I am not so good with my "recent" films from the 2000s onwards, and so this will be very educational for me.
@@DaisukeBeppu I hope they point you to good interesting recent films. Looking forward to watching part 2 of this video this morning.
@@nazarinprod Thank you very much my friend!
You sure had me "shiver with antici...pation" until you revealed Rocky Horror, Daisuke. After it was clear what you talked about I was so sure of hearing "cause I've seen blue skies, through the tears In my eyes and I realise, I'm going home" sooner or later. For me too, this is the deciding moment when the movie finally switched from an upbeat, bizarre experience to something that allowes for a broader span of emotions. For me, the encounters with this movie have definitely changed over the years. The first one would have been when I was around Kindergarten-Age: I found the illustrated book to the movie (you know, the ones with stills from the movies and the dialogue under it so you could "experiece" the movie at home) among some long forgotten books in my mom's bookshelf. Can you imagine what a kid at that age thought when he saw Rocky mummified in that glass-enclosure, surrounded by these "freaks" in more than slightly sexual outfits? It sure brought up a lot of questions that wouldn't be answered for a long time - I was actually too scared to even mention it to anyone at that age because I just didn't know what the hell was going on. Years later, at say around the age of 16-18 I watched and read "the perks of being a wallflower" and thought "why not give Rocky Horror a try now?" And boy, was I ready now. Shall I admit that by now (I'm 24 now) this movie is one that I always come back to every year around christmas and a few times during the rest of the year. I think there even was a short timespan when I knew all the words and lyrics in the movie by heart and could basically reenact the whole 1h40min in my car ride to school. I always wonder what the audience-participation would have been like during the hight of the movie's fame. Due to my age, I'm of course a little late to the game and also probably too much of an introvert to enjoy the fun anyway. Maybe one day I'll at least get to see the film on the big screen, silently enjoying the spectacle from the back-row. In Munich there's this lovely cinema called "Museum Lichtspiele" that been around since 1910, which has been showing Rocky Horror every single weeks since june 24. 1977. So that would surely be a nice visit to make one day for that particular movie.To sum this up: I guess my "movement from point A to point B" in regards to this movie has obviously surpassed the restraints of shifting emotions during one particular viewing. I find it so interesting to come back to these memories of me as a kid being so utterly confused by the movie-stills and to realize that now I can gain so much from watching the film year by year - be it a slice of Frank-N-Furter's moments of self-assurance, empathy for his somber moments, or just a hack of good time and a killer soundtrack!
Haha!!!! I love this!!! So I'll remove the cause...... hm...hmmmmm....
BUT NOT THE SYMPTOM!
And WOW!!! You had those books!!!!! WOW!!! I am so jealous!! Brilliant!!!
What an absolutely lovely comment. You know, I too just listened to the soundtrack on a loop over and over and over. So much so that even now I get a little surprise every time I watch the movie and hear Magenta's "It's so dreamy... oh fantasy, free me!..." part of Time Warp, because the track used for the film is a different recording that that which was used for that CD soundtrack.
And I would always try to get my high school (when I was living in Connecticut) to put up a production of the Rocky Horror Show, but alas it never happened. But I would always imagine what it might be like to try to stage this show in high school, and I think that many people I knew at the time thought that my character was Riff Raff. Some time later, which is about 15 or 16 years ago now, I was very much into amateur bodybuilding and I was working out very intensely, and so my friends at the time would suggest that I play Rocky. But I think that in my heart, I would like to believe that I have always been a Frank kind of guy, with a little bit of Columbia as well. There is something so lovely about this. Even now, every so often, whenever I'll talk to someone at work or something, in a random conversation, I will say the word "proud" like the way Frank says it "You must be awfully PRUIIID of him, Janet." So far, no one has gotten the reference.
Thank you for your absolutely beautiful comment! I love it!
And remember...
Don't get hot and flustered....
I was actually considering asking about your experiences with the film/show but was almost certain that you'd mention some interesting moments anyway, should you find the time to respond - and wow, was I right. I loved reading what you shared there! I too have been trying to throw in a quote here and there but of no avail. Not even the Riff Raff-esque "hello" (that, in my humble opinion, must have come very close to the version O'Brian created for the character) ... I guess I should stick to the easy Big Lebowski quotes among friends haha. Have you ever given the "The Rocky Horror Show Original Roxy Cast (1974)" CD a listen? I am also so attuned to the little details in the movie-version that the OST album and it's minor deviations almost make me wonder which should be the "main-refference" in my head. But the Roxy Cast is just so drastically different that it's almost like a new show to me when it comes to the energy and overall tone of the particular songs. The instruments in the background speak a little more to me; all in all I'd say this gives me vibes of a great 70's rock concert mixed with a wild stage-show of Rocky Horror, while the movie-version is somehow more unique-sounding to me - maybe even a bit more "timeless".
If I had to make a quick list of movies that moved me,I think it would be in this order: Autumn sonata;Meantime;Harold and Maude;Paris,texas;Sling blade;Midnight Cowboy.
Hello! Yes, what a great list! Meantime! Yes!
Harold and Maude! Midnight Cowboy!
And I love how you have Paris, Texas and Sling Blade and Autumn Sonata! This is so brilliant. I remember seeing Sling Blade in the theaters when it was first released and it was such a surprisingly moving experience. Well done!
I must include Peter Jackson's WW1 documentary "They Shall Not Grow Old".
Thank you Michael!
la strada.
cinema paradiso
life is beautiful.
a straight story.
twin peaks. fire walk with me.
permanent record.
the new world.
empire of the sun.
E.t.
Avengers endgame.
Thank you very much for your excellent list my friend.
My 10:
Scrooge 1951 - Starring Alistar Sim
Pan's Labyrinth
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Babette's Feast
Best of Times
It's a Wonderful Life
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
My Life as a Dog
Cashback
Beyond The Next Mountain
My friend, this is a really fascinating list! And I see the film CASHBACK which I think you had mentioned to me earlier. Wow, this makes me really want to see the film now.