weird films

[Halb]

jamie128 said:

ive merely skimmed over eraserhead and it looks hella weird, donnie darko ive downloaded i dont know if thats any good? and downloading primer now

What about How I Won the War?

I have read about Time Crimes (Los Cronocrímenes) on here before, that is one I wish to watch.


Guillermo del Toro films are good. I really like Pan's Labyrinth and The Devil's Backbone.

I have watched the Naked Lunch at the cinema but it just bored me.

[vixen1700]

Halb said:

The Devil's Backbone.

I have watched the Naked Lunch at the cinema but it just bored me.

Is that the Spanish Civil War one? Think I watched it and it didn't really do much for me.

Loved Naked Lunch, Peter Weller is just great in it, although I haven't seen it in years, so not sure if it would stand the test of time.

[Halb]

vixen1700 said:

Is that the Spanish Civil War one? Think I watched it and it didn't really do much for me.

Yip. I watched it when it was on telly a few weeks ago.

[130R]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Requiem for a Dream
A Scanner Darkly

All trippy films about drugs ..

Edited by 130R on Wednesday 7th March 15:48

[vixen1700]

130R said:

All trippy films about drugs ..

Try the Zappa film, 200 Motels.

I found it totally unwatchable and unfunny, whilst my American hippie mate was falling about laughing.

The acid was great, it's just that the film was crap

[Aphex]

I still don't fully understand ichii the killer. Hyper violent but.. doesn't makes a whole lot of sense to me

Edited by Aphex on Wednesday 7th March 16:02

[Big Fat Fatty]

130R said:

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Requiem for a Dream
A Scanner Darkly

All trippy films about drugs ..

I nearly had heart failure watching Requiem for a Dream, it's an intense watch right up to the finale, an amazing film!

A Scanner darkly is one of my favourites as I love Phillip K. Dicks writing but I haven't even mentioned Linklaters other trippy film, Waking Life. Done in a similar way to A Scanner Darkly and if you can stand long, unbroken monologues then it is definitely worth a watch and is all about dreams, it has a brilliant soundtrack as well!

Edited by Big Fat Fatty on Wednesday 7th March 16:03

[Billyray911]

If you want wierd,try Un Chien Andalou,Bloodsucking freaks,wham bam,thankyou spaceman,Blue Velvet/Wild at heart,Salo 120 days of Sodom and El Topo.
Ive got plenty of more suggestions,but they should cover a few bases!

[Aphex]

Billyray911 said:

Un Chien Andalou

See what eye did here? I watched this during some film studies, hard to follow but was a good little shocker

[toasty]

Big Fat Fatty said:

A proper mind fk though is a film called Primer, it's about time travel but not in the classic sense, much stranger than that.

Best represented in timeline format.

For wierdness, try Dogtooth or The Bothersome Man.

[Billyray911]

I watched it during film studies too.Strangely,not everyone's cup o' tea!

[vixen1700]

Can't wait to see Primer now.

[Big Fat Fatty]

toasty said:

Best represented in timeline format.

That pretty much sums it up, there is a forum for the film as well, people are still talking and trying to make sense of it 8 years after its release!!

Don't go there until you've seen it at least twice though.

[RizzoTheRat]

Twelve monkeys
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Vanilla sky
Brazil

[ajprice]

Southland Tales, Richard Kelly's second film after Donnie Darko. If only to see Justin Timberlake lip syncing to The Killers - All These Things That I've Done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra7Fa6kE718

Edited for a better quality video.

Edited by ajprice on Wednesday 7th March 21:04

[Highrisedrifter]

'Santa Sangre' by Axel Jodorowsky is pretty damn weird.

If anyone has heard of Steve Balderson, he did a film called 'Firecracker' a few years back. Very good but the colours are over-emphasised for certain characters, giving them a real 'larger than life' look. Others are filmed in black and white. The reason I got is was Mike Paton from Faith No More (one of my favourite bands) is one of the leads.

Both films involve circus performers.

[Jimski]

Brazil is the top of the list for me,

I think that being John Malcovich (not sure on spelling)
should be on the list too

[Butter Face]

Donnie Darko. Had dreams of giant rabbits talking to me.

[bint]

The Fall - visually one of the best films I've ever seen. The story is pretty damn good too. It's dreamlike in that it's a stuntman telling stories to a 6 yr old and it's her imagination bringing it to life.

[uncinqsix]

RizzoTheRat said:

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

In fact, almost anything by Michel Gondry