Anyone got any ideas for similar films? I really love the amazing, surreal imagery and the intense soundtracks of these 3 films. Anyone know anything i might like? Any language or rekease year, i dont mind
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Check out the thread on this page "Similar Films and Directors" below that P Walles Started. There are literally 1000 bizarre movies listed! Enjoy!
shareWow, that answered my question, that thread will be very helpful thanks :)
"Life is funny, but not ha ha funny"
My #1 'bizzaro' is The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez(1991). It caught me by surprise one night and I was completely transfixed. I'm going to watch The Holy Mountain tomorrow for the first time.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101530/
what did you think of it?
shareDon't take another step until you (the reader) has seen a film by Luis Bunuel. His later works are my favorites. please watch in any order;
-"THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY"
-"THE OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE" (they are both good films for Freudians)
Then watch these films below, they are ALL the best films in the world! (but not ALL of the best films in existence, just a choice few ;))
-"KAIDAN"
-"LAPUTA: CASTLE IN THE SKY"
-"INFERNO"
-"BETTY BLUE"
-"SAYAT NOVA"
-"THE LEGEND OF THE SURAM FORTRESS"
-"TERROR FIRMER"
-"THE BEYOND"
-"THE WILD BUNCH"
-"BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID"
-"THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING"
-"DON'T LOOK NOW"
-"EDUCATING RITA"
-"BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA"
-"BLUE VELVET"
-"TWELVE MONKEYS"
-"TENEBRE"
-"DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD"(the jeremy iron's one)
-"MUNICH"
-"BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW"(A MUST SEE!!!!!!)
-"SCHIZOPOLIS"
-"THE ELEPHANT MAN"
-"AMERICAN PSYCHO"
-"PRINCESS MONONOKE"
-"THE BIG LEBOWSKI"
-"TROMEO & JULIET"
-"THE PRESTIGE"
-"RAW MEAT"/ "DEATH LINE" (same film, different title)
-"LA PLANÉTE SAUVAGE"
-"DELIVERANCE"
-"NINJA TERMINATOR"
That's it, but if you like guilty pleasures;
-"KRULL"
Ha! When reading the opening post I thought of "Last year at Marienbad" or "L'année dernière a Marienbad" as it's originally titled as well. Great movie that is, if you ask me.
shareDefinitely check out that thread linked to above.
I'd also recommend some of Jan Švankmajer's stuff above anything. Just run a search for his name in You Tube and you'll see some of the best short movies ever made. When you're done with that, give Alice, Faust and Little Otik a watch too.
Like Jodorowsky, his movies are anarchic, offbeat and very, very funny!
Yeah little otik!
alot of freud tho!
if you didn't know what oral fixation was before watching little otik, you will when you've seen it... bleugh!
Alice is pretty good. Little Otik is beyond ridiculous.
I don't love her.. She kicked me in the face!!
Also three of my faves. 2001 is easily my favorite movie.
Try:
Tideland
Lady Vengeance (not as surreal, but really, really beautiful in a sick way).
Metropolis
Take care!
"in a sick way" - What's wrong with you? It IS a beautiful and great movie. If you have to make it bad because you can't accept it, please let it be and don't recommend it.
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Haewatein -
what the hell are you talking about? It's one of my favorite movies you douche bag.
so why do you say "sick way"? isn't that degrading?
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You are dumb.
shareso why do you say "sick way"? isn't that degrading?
but when you call it sick it is degrading, isn't it?
for me for example it's not sick, it's just a great drama; not the Hollywood-mainstream-like one.
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You make sense: don't label a film sick without elaborating! we like to hear why it is sick and good, rather than JUST 'sick' because that leaves the mind with all sorts of connotations to deal with, and then the mind will end up picking one that will be nothing like what you intended the word 'sick' to mean, so say what you mean. everyone likes a man who is literate!
shareIm sure others have listed these, but try TIDELAND, Un Chein Andalou, SWEET MOVIE, maybe and I stress the "maybe" SALO, also VIDEODROME, and of course anything by Fernando Arrabal (spelling)who was very close with Jodorowsky.., there are countless surrealist works out there. However, for the most part Hollywood despises surrealism so dont expect them all to be too easy to snatch up at BLOCKBUSTER.
"I'll sleep when I'm dead." R.W. Fassbinder
sweet movie is fantastic, as well as un chien andalou. last year at marienbad is great, but definitely check out any movies by director Guy Maddin. His movies are super surreal and dream like. definitely check out the saddest music in the world, careful, and my winnipeg, to name a few
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Here's a few you may enjoy, bro:
Fantastic Planet (highly recommended)
A Scanner Darkly (thought it's less subtle and more mainstream, it's still great)
Fear amd Loathing in Las Vegas (more on the comedic/drug side of things, but a classic)
El Topo (by same director as The Holy Mountain)
The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb
Barbarella
The Science of Sleep
Waking Life
Natural Born Killers
Gummo
Paranoia 1.0
The Phantom Tollbooth
get your hands on the 2 dvd's of the films of Kenneth Anger.
I recommend:
"Sweet Movie" by Dusan Makajevev
"Zardoz" by John Boorman
"La Cravate", "Fando Y Lis", "El Topo", "Santa Sangre" also by Jodorowsky
"The Wicker Man" (1973 version) by Robin Hardy
"Horror Vacui" by Rosa Von Praunheim
"Autobahn" (Kraftwerk music video)
"The Dead Man 2: Return Of The Dead Man" by Ian Kerkhof
"Naked Lunch" by David Cronenberg
"Suspiria" by Dario Argento
"Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari" by Robert Wiene
"Delicatessen" by Jeunet & Caro
"The Garden" by Derek Jarman
"Niklashauser Fart" by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
"Shock Treatment" by Jim Sharman & Richard O'Brien
"Dune" by David Lynch
"Lucifer Rising" and "Invocation Of My Demon Brother" by Kenneth Anger
"Wizards" by Ralph Bakshi
"Gandahar" by René Laloux
Tetsuo: The Iron Man. It's much like in the vein of Eraserhead.
shareDon't forget
"Pretentious Foreign Film" by Guy You've Never Heard Of.
You've made a powerful enemy today, my friend. - Mr. Burns
I have to say that I enjoyed everyone's responses and love a lot of those movies (haven't heard of a lot, too, some good stuff to check out) but this particular post was the only one to make me laugh.
"Don't forget 'Pretentious Foreign Film' by Guy You've Never Heard Of. "
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watch stalker by tarkovskiy. it is my absolute favorite film.sometimes its rated 5 stars.
shareDid i actually see someone mention "Tromeo and Juliet"?
If your into surreal 70s gothic rock opera (who isn't?) check out "Phantom Of The Paradise"
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I like Die Hard. Predator was good to.
shareLuis Bunuel, The Phantom of Liberty
Luis Bunuel, El Angel Exterminador
Orson Welles, The Trial
Ingmar Bergman, The Seventh Seal
Jorodowsky, Santa Sangre
Jakubiscko, Bird, Orphans, Fools
Chertlova, Daisies
Also try:
Begotten
It's very similar to Pi, Eraserhead and Tetsuo.
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