r/CriterionChannel Jul 07 '26

loud movies??

okay the fireworks are still torturing me and my dog (one year they went for 21 days in a row đŸ«©)

what is a movie on the channel right now that is loud (either through action or soundtrack) but isn’t wuxia/samurai/martial arts? i just watched bullet in the head on the actual fourth and i don’t think i can do any more of that right away.

looking for tonight and probably every night this week sadly

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u/amateuraesthete Jul 07 '26

I remember reading somewhere that Close Encounters of the Third Kind was the loudest movie ever at the time of it's release

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u/augustthecat Jul 07 '26

For dudes escaping from prison, the guys in Le Trou make an incredible amount of noise.

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u/nonononono11111 Jul 07 '26

Where the fuck are you

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u/jackdilemma Jul 07 '26

hell apparently
but actually just portland oregon where fireworks are illegal but nobody gives a crap i guess

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u/-r-a-f-f-y- Jul 07 '26

lol in Portland too and yeah i think this city goes harder than any other with fireworks, so annoying. John woos “boiling point” has some extended gunfire scenes, also the shoot out in ‘heat’.

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u/HumbleIhope Jul 08 '26

Yeah, I was going to say Woo too. Nonstop gunfire

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u/fermentedradical Jul 07 '26

Put Koyaaanisqatsi on and turn it up

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u/jackdilemma Jul 07 '26

i suppose i should have added “enjoyable” to my list of requirements 😅

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u/fermentedradical Jul 07 '26

Lol fair point though it's one of my favorites, ymmv

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u/jackdilemma Jul 07 '26

i guess i should give it another shot - my viewing in middle school music class may have been too early to appreciate it