Bigas Luna: La mirada entomòloga (2008)

Actors: Marc Auba (actor), Mani Azarian (actor), Eric Azulay (actor), Jean Azulay (actor), Ricardo Azulay (actor), Nat Baker (actor), Javier Bardem (actor), Patrick Bauchau (actor), Robert Berkley (actor), Roberto Bermejo (actor), Clause Braum (actor), Steven Brown (actor), Pedro Caballerias (actor), Nazaret Callao (actor), José Luis Amposta (actor),

Genres: Biography, Documentary, Short,

Quotes:

Bigas Luna: I'm very keen on symbols, generally speaking. That's what I prefer in the process of film narration. I usually start working on a plot, and when the framework is ready, I begin a true speech of symbols.

Bigas Luna: When I make a film, I don't want the symbolic interpretation of what I am doing, to be too obvious. I do think we have to be generous to the people going to the cinema, but I don't want to produce only pure entertainment either. But I don't want to be cryptic either. I think that to achieve a perfect highly symbolical story, the symbolical load has to be underneath. As something that is present, but that someone that has seen the film can say he has not noticed. That would be wonderful.

Bigas Luna: Symbols help a lot, but can also kill a story. When one comes up with a new interpretation, it is great. Because what matters is the energy generated by that idea. And also the energy that piece just gave to someone else.

Bigas Luna: According to my theory, the limit, in fiction, is set by pain. In the fictional world, you can and you must do whatever you want. If you feel pain when you do that, it means you reached the limit of your work as a creator.

Bigas Luna: Silence is the original. Words are the copy.

Bigas Luna: I adore animals. They are... I really love them. I've always had dogs. I have five donkeys, chickens... There are only two animals that I can't stand. One is the fly. I have a horrible relationship with flies. I really hate them. It's a true obsession. I depict it as the devil in my films. This horrific insect that I deeply hate...

The Junkfood Generation (1999)

Actors: John Aguiar (actor), Lenny Alcaro (actor), Dean Anthony (actor), Richard Cordero (actor), Santiago Craig (actor), Martini Fuchs (actor), Jesus Gonzales (actor), Nathan Guinn (actor), Robertson Kieko (actor), Roland Nunez (actor), Chuck Oldham (actor), Elwood Pipestem (actor), Christopher Ponce (actor), Rick Ruiz (actor), Dave Adams (actor),

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The Junkfood Generation (1999)

Actors: John Aguiar (actor), Lenny Alcaro (actor), Dean Anthony (actor), Richard Cordero (actor), Santiago Craig (actor), Martini Fuchs (actor), Jesus Gonzales (actor), Nathan Guinn (actor), Robertson Kieko (actor), Roland Nunez (actor), Chuck Oldham (actor), Elwood Pipestem (actor), Christopher Ponce (actor), Rick Ruiz (actor), Dave Adams (actor),

Genres: ,

There Goes My Baby (1994)

Actors: Ed Beechner (actor), Gene Borkan (actor), Nick Bronson (actor), Budd Carr (actor), Seymour Cassel (actor), Frederick Coffin (actor), J.E. Freeman (actor), Robby George (actor), Paul Gleason (actor), Wade Graham (actor), Shon Greenblatt (actor), Alan Haufrect (actor), Christian Jacobs (actor), David Labiosa (actor), James Anella (actor),

Plot: In the summer of 1965, strict high-school Westwood's senior class in its privileged white suburb of L.A. graduates. Their relief to get out of the oppressive model of 'good American' behavior none actually adopted is soon spoiled. Surfer boy George Jr. 'Stick' is enlisting as volunteer for Vietnam, which is portrayed as a 'police action', panics on his last evening. Academic weakling Pirate, who intended to dodge a draft as drifter, suddenly faces the pregnancy of his lifelong true love Sunny. A spoiled 'princess' (also narrator) bitches because her parents want her to attend UCLA, not 'revolutionary' Berkeley. Calvin, the only black mate, lives in the poor quarter Watts, where the majority of his race plunders and attacks everyone, including class poet Michael Finnegan, whose family treated Calvin as an adopted son. Finnegan decides to symbolically deal with the hated school principal's patriotic pride, the Soldier statue...

Keywords: 1960s, american-teenagers, americana, arson, bare-chested-male, bathrobe, blood, blood-on-face, burning-draft-card, california
Genres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: It was the summer of '65. Rock 'n' roll was alive. And the future of this country went looking for America.

We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992)

Actors: Edward Blatchford (actor), Lou Bonacki (actor), Phillip Borsos (actor), John Cade (actor), Robert Costanzo (actor), James Jude Courtney (actor), Kerry Dakota Dunne (actor), Dennis Farina (actor), Richard Gilbert-Hill (actor), Robert Harvey (actor), Paul Hertzberg (actor), Peter Iacangelo (actor), Peter Marc Jacobson (actor), John Kapelos (actor), Denis Arndt (actor),

Plot: Comedy about two misfit men who lose a borrowed ten grand from a mob kingpin and must flee from NY to LA, only to there get involved in a caper involving a video of Senators in compromising positions. Given a cool million for the video, they are then pursued for the money, which brings about a surprise ending to the film, as well as to their bungling adventures.

Keywords: brother-sister-relationship, gay-slur, get-rich-quick, independent-film, limousine, los-angeles-california, mafia, mobster, new-york-city, politician
Genres: Comedy, Crime,

The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)

Actors: Shea Ackerly (actor), Walter Brown (actor), Darren Dalton (actor), Danny De La Paz (actor), Jim Haynie (actor), Brian Hutchinson (actor), Lee Kopp (actor), Charles Martinet (actor), Kent Minault (actor), Evan Mirand (actor), Danny Nucci (actor), Dan O'Connor (actor), Daniel O'Connor (actor), Don Michael Paul (actor), Shea Ackerly (actor),

Plot: A group of high school students, led by a rich boy Derek, is sick of shool violence and decides to become underground vigilantes named "Brotherhood of Justice". It starts with the idea "watching people", but things quickly get out of control. "Brotherhood of Justice" turns out another gang of violence. Derek wants to stop it but it is too late, so he takes responsibility for it and gives himself to the law.

Keywords: criminal, drug-dealer, gang, hero, high-school, melodrama, rampage, revenge, school, student
Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: They were the best kids in the neighborhood ... until they decided it was time to fight back. In this town if you deal or steal, you die... That's a promise from the Brotherhood.

Quotes:

Collin: What do you think he was talking about, he wants a junior police force!::Barnwell: In a manner of speaking.

Derek: Since when do you like Calculus more than me?::Christie: I don't, but some of us mortals have to study.

Derek: The "Brotherhood of Justice"... where'd you get that?::Les: It must have been divine inspiration, I guess.

Barnwell: [School Intercom] Attention all students. You are being watched. Every day you wake, every purse you take, every test you fake, every wrong you make, every rule you break will put your lives at stake... from the Brotherhood of Justice.

Derek: When we hit somebody, we do it as the Brotherhood... and we leave a calling card so they and everybody else learns a lesson. No screw ups.

Christie: You think everything is that easy. You just hop in your little sports car and you forget it all. You've had your whole life handed to you on a silver platter. Everything comes easy for you. It's easy for you to get into Harvard, you're captain of the football team, you've never had to work. And now all of a sudden you go around picking on people because you think you're chosen; you're going to decide who's good and who's bad.

Derek: This made so much sense in the beginning.::Christie: Doesn't make any sense right now, does it.::Derek: Nothing does.

The Big Fix (1978)

Actors: Steven Benedict (actor), Larry Bishop (actor), Andrew Bloch (actor), Rene Botana (actor), Harry Caesar (actor), Billy Cardenas (actor), Jorge Cervera Jr. (actor), Sidney Clute (actor), Nicolas Coster (actor), Willie Covan (actor), John Cunningham (actor), Running Deer (actor), Frank Doubleday (actor), Richard Dreyfuss (actor), F. Murray Abraham (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller,
Taglines: Richard Dreyfuss as Moses Wine, private detective. So go figure... A Dramedy.

Quotes:

Moses Wine: Bakunin? Bakunin was a terrorist monster. You are not an authority on Bakunin just because you used to date every terrorist in Soviet Russia, that does not make you an authority.

Eppis: Do you know why being a revolutionary doesn't work in this country? Being a revolutionary in America is like being a spoil sport at an orgy. All these goodies being passed around and you feel like a shit when you say no.

Eppis: Hey man! I can write copy faster than any alcoholic on this floor!

Together Brothers (1974)

Actors: Ed Bernard (actor), Ernest Boyd (actor), Craig Campfield (actor), Mwako Cumbuka (actor), William Dagg (actor), John Jennings (actor), Lincoln Kilpatrick (actor), Charles Lemons (actor), Lane Mitchell (actor), Ahmad Nurradin (actor), Owen Pace (actor), Howard Picard (actor), Danny 'Big Black' Rey (actor), Nelson Sims (actor), Kenneth Bell (actor),

Plot: When a five year old inner city kid witnesses the murder of a kind police officer, he is struck mute. However, his older brother and his gang refuse to let the murder of their friend and mentor go unsolved and they decide to band together and crack the case.

Keywords: bisexual, blaxploitation, child-witness, crime-solving, cross-dressing, crossdresser, doll, downtown-galveston, drag-queen, galveston-texas
Genres: Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: A good black cop is dead. A crazy killer's on the loose. One little boy saw it all. Save that boy. Stay alive. Stay together. TOGETHER BROTHERS.

Parades (1972)

Actors: Don Blakely (actor), Robert Capece (actor), James Catusi (actor), Cliff Collings (actor), David Doyle (actor), Andrew Duncan (actor), Erik Estrada (actor), Michael Heit (actor), Anthony Holland (actor), Russell Horton (actor), John Pleshette (actor), Tim Riley (actor), Gil Rogers (actor), Sab Shimono (actor), Ray Baker (actor),

Plot: An American soldier sent to Vietnam goes AWOL and returns to his hometown. His parents turn him over to military authorities. He is court-martialled and sent to the toughest military prison in the US - the Army Stockade of the Presidio base near San Francisco. There he is subjected to horrendous treatment. He, along with others, spoke out about the treatment of prisoners.

Keywords: absent-without-leave, american, anti-war, army, conscientous-objector, court-martial, deserter, independent-film, military-prison, pacifism
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama,
Taglines: Where the American Dream ends and the death waltz begins.