Ko Zushi's Lounge Discussions

I am a Japanese Photographer / Filmmaker in LA and very new to STAGE32 My photography style is eclectic as Portrait, Cinematic and Fine Art. Short Bio: My artistic senses/skills are very much developed from the background of Theatre Arts / Cinematography. After I graduated from CSUN, with BFA in 2009, my wife (Girlfriend at the time) and I founded our own independent Theatre Company called Ghost Players Theatre Co. and produced numbers of dramatic stage productions and films. Over these 7 years, we have practically learned not only the artistic side of our craft but also learned how to budget, how to advertise, what to charge for the admissions of our shows. We created our own aesthetics with little support and make them innovative for our community, utilizing the media of photography&video. We learned those things in hard ways with reality of life:(When we made mistakes in financial practicality, people simply stopped coming to our theatre and we nearly lost all of our own rent money.) Yet, I decided to stay here, when I had the clear option of going back to Japan and find a stable office job---Back then, I had nothing but my dissatisfaction with status quo. It was as though, we went to the circus with little money and did not come home for 7 years. Good old days. Now, I fully gave my manager position to my wife, am now working as an individual photographer. More about me is at www.kozushiphotgraphy.com

I am always eager to find an Inspirational Cinematic films that I don't yet know about. I decided to make this thread for people to recommend each other those films you have come across. What are your 5 Cinematic films either recent or old, that general people don't know about? I know those top 5 will change over time, but name your CURRENT 5 films that keep inspiring you as a photographer/cinematographer or your life in general. I start with mine: Blow-Up by Michelangelo Antonioni Pierrot Le Fou by Jean-Luc Godard Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore Ratcacher by Lynne Ramsey BRICK by Rian Johnson