The feeling and atmosphere of the following films are similar to me, how would you describe the aesthetic and atmosphere of the following films, and can anyone add to this list? (especially but not limited to nocturnal films set in 80s manhattan)
Liquid Sky
Escape from New York
Rock N Rule
After Hours
Blade Runner
Akira
Heavy Metal
You have to see Pedro Almodovar's "Pepi, Luci, Bom."
Fantastic subversive movie about punk culture and lesbians in Spain during the 80s.
Rocks!!!
The French movie "Diva" is cool too.
Repo Man and Shivers a/k/a They Came From Within
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Kamikaze 89 (1982)
The Garden (1990) Derek Jarmon
The Holy Mountain (1973)Alejandro Jodorowsky
Forbidden Zone (1980)
Nowhere (1997) Greg Araki
Desperate Living (1977) John Waters
Naked Lunch (1991) David Cronenberg
Fellini Satyricon (1969)
Dandy Dust (1998)
Daisies (1966)
The Fruit of Paradise (1969)
Santa Sangre (1989)
Hausu (1977)
Viva la Muerte (1971) Fernando Arrabal (Great film if you can stomach it)
Survive Style 5+ (2004)
Lisztomania
&
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Rock n Rule is awesome. That movie was so weird! but so awesome. And Blade Runner is a classic.
shareThe Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Death Machines (1976)
Remote Control (1987)
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Mysterious Skin (2004)
Zerophilia (2005)
Oh, I forgot "The Man Who Fell to Earth"...
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"Smithereens"
"Times Square"
"Deparately Seeking Susan"
"After Hours"
If the war in Iraq was a REAL war, there would be a real DRAFT
Repo Man (1984) Alex Cox (How could I forget this cult punk masterpiece?)
Sans Soleil (1983) Chris Marker
Hey Happy (2001)
Eraserhead (1977) David Lynch (How could I have forgotten this too?)
The Happiness of the Katikuris (2001) Tekashi Miike
Chatterbox (1977)
Where else could you find such an odd gathering of transgressive and new-wave cinema but on this thread?
More thoughts:
Basquiat (1996)
2046 (2004)
The Nomi Song (2004)
Shortbus (2006)
Inland Empire (2006)
Dr. Caligari (1989)
shareDr. Caligari is the first thing that comes to my mind aswell
shareYeah man... "The man who fell to earth..." excellent film I will go for this one, haven't seen it for a long time... Thanks for make me remember it.
shareDecoder. Starring FM Einheit, Christiane F., Genesis P-Orridge, William Rice and William S. Burroughs.
And she expressed herself in many different ways until she lost control again…
I'm surprised no one's mentioned The Brother From Another Planet. That's the movie that I most closely associate with Liquid Sky. Aliens, heroin, New York, weirdness, all the pieces are there. And the two movies came out only a two years apart.
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Mondo New York (1988)
Slaves of New York (1989)
Some great suggestions here guys... I have got hold a of a few of these (Liquid Sky, Man Who Fell To Earth, After Hours) and plan on airing them this w'end.
Thanks!
Pretty....Pretty....Pretty....Pretty Good!
Another one I forgot to mention is "Space is the Place", starring free jazz great Sun Ra...
Weird mixture of sci-fi/surrealism/blaxploitation...Would be a perfect double feature with "Liquid Sky"
I love how people are throwing out these mainstream bombs and hipster indies with hard if not impossible to find art house films. Jubilee by Derek Jarman is the obvious to me. Just look at Anne Carlisle (I know I didn't spell that name right) and Jordan's make-up from the two films.
shareAmen! Jubilee is the first (and only, really) movie that comes to my mind that is anything like this - completely different films but somehow similarly brilliant. The music is absolutely fantastic and made it for me and the abundance of primary colours gives the film a playful and naive charm. Great!
shareYou should also check out the Spanish film "Arrebato", made in 1979 and released in 1980. Set in Madrid, just as bizarre and hip as "Liquid Sky", if not more so.
shareXtro has some freaky scenes and a weird atmosphere similar to Liquid Sky.
Question: Did you ever hurt yourself to make somebody sorry?
Absolutely ! Another great wondefully wacky film.
Decoder (1984) is closer than any of the ones you mention. Try it!
Antiparanoia is the eerie feeling that nothing is connected to anything else
Jim Jarmusch movies remind me of the same deadpan tones:
Mystery Train
Night on Earth
Stranger Than Paradise
The following films have some elements in common with Liquid Sky
The telephone book (1971)
Ciao Manhattan (1972)
Rabid (a.k.a "Rage") 1977
Videodrome (1983)
A certain sacrifice (1985)
Forever Lulu (1987)
The movies you listed are all cyberpunk, especially Escape From New York, Blade Runner, Akira, and the first segment from Heavy Metal.
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