Eraserhead--and I'm going to go with a flat statement here--is the weirdest movie I've ever seen. Nothing really even comes close. And for me to say it's the weirdest movie I've ever seen--that's saying something.Eldarion wrote:
two David Lynch films: "Eraserhead" and "Mulholland Dr"
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Three that I particularly enjoy:
"The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across The Eighth Dimension" - there's nothing I can say about this that would recommend it enough.
"Truly, Madly, Deeply" - My wife's favorite. What "Ghost" should have been.
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" - Don't let the fact that it has Jim Carey in it chase you away. It's unlike anything he's ever done.
Mark
"The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across The Eighth Dimension" - there's nothing I can say about this that would recommend it enough.
"Truly, Madly, Deeply" - My wife's favorite. What "Ghost" should have been.
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" - Don't let the fact that it has Jim Carey in it chase you away. It's unlike anything he's ever done.
Mark
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That seems like so much of a challenge.Dale wrote:...is the weirdest movie I've ever seen.
The thing is that Lynch’s films become normal after watching other of his work. What did you think of Salvador Dali’s “The Andalusian Dog”?
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Jim, thing about Moore’s films is that they preach to the choir. They are considered to be great by some and horrible by others. They are not life changing movies, but life affirming.jim stone wrote:No, it was widely considered a failure; Oscar Werner,Walden wrote:I haven't seen Fahrenheit 911. Is it a good film?
the star, said so too.
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Hehe. What we have here is a failure to communicate.I.D.10-t wrote:Jim, thing about Moore’s films is that they preach to the choir. They are considered to be great by some and horrible by others. They are not life changing movies, but life affirming.jim stone wrote:No, it was widely considered a failure; Oscar Werner,Walden wrote:I haven't seen Fahrenheit 911. Is it a good film?
the star, said so too.
Fahrenheit 451 vs. Fahrenheit 911.
spoil sport...some of us were wondering how long it would go on!Dale wrote:Hehe. What we have here is a failure to communicate.I.D.10-t wrote:Jim, thing about Moore’s films is that they preach to the choir. They are considered to be great by some and horrible by others. They are not life changing movies, but life affirming.jim stone wrote: No, it was widely considered a failure; Oscar Werner,
the star, said so too.
Fahrenheit 451 vs. Fahrenheit 911.
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F911 was soooooo lopsided that, even if you wanted to agree with Moore, he had oozed so much self-righteous poison all over everything that he made himself unacceptable.
I like seeing these movie lists from time to time. They remind me of films I haven't watched for a while. Real close to Eraserhead (which tops my personal weirdness list, as well) is Blue Velvet. I like the sort of "floaty" sensation these surrealistic films give me.
I am still watching PJ's King Kong over and over. It is so incredibly dense with visual detail there's just no way I could take it all in in one sitting.
And before he jumps in on this thread to do it, let me remind you all that Cran does not watch tv or movies.
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I like seeing these movie lists from time to time. They remind me of films I haven't watched for a while. Real close to Eraserhead (which tops my personal weirdness list, as well) is Blue Velvet. I like the sort of "floaty" sensation these surrealistic films give me.
I am still watching PJ's King Kong over and over. It is so incredibly dense with visual detail there's just no way I could take it all in in one sitting.
And before he jumps in on this thread to do it, let me remind you all that Cran does not watch tv or movies.
djm
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Diva was a good dark and weird film, I think I watched it five or six times. Ditto for Tampopo. After Hours was pretty bizarre too, I really enjoyed it. There was a movie theatre in Harvard Square that used to show the Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense (really just a movie of one of their concerts) every Friday night, and I went to see it quite a few times; it remained my all-time favorite music movie until the Planxty DVD came out last year