Experimental, Abstract and Weird movies

parson · Post by **parson** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:42 pm

oh cool there's a criterion release

was only on vhs for a long time

bandshell · Post by **bandshell** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:46 pm

bright maroon wrote:Sweet Movie was excellent ...

but I had serious problems getting into Visitor Q - the last Lynch movie Inland Empire was also way too difficult for me to deal with..

Inland Empire was awful I thought.

parson · Post by **parson** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:54 pm

you have to be REALLY in the mood for inland empire.

there's some weird shit going on with that movie if you're willing to sit through it.

lost highway and mulholland are way better on the highly surreal tip.

bandshell · Post by **bandshell** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:02 pm

I really like Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway, I just thought he was trying too hard with Inland Empire. It was almost like watching the thought process behind the film as opposed to the film, interesting in places but fell short of the mark for me.

parson · Post by **parson** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:04 pm

bandshell wrote:I really like Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway, I just thought he was trying too hard with Inland Empire. It was almost like watching the thought process behind the film as opposed to the film, interesting in places but fell short of the mark for me.

i think he's trying to do shit like entrain your brainwaves and force you into his weird little headspace

parson · Post by **parson** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:08 pm

check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8TFcLgu5Ow

hurlingdervish · Post by **hurlingdervish** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:12 pm

Parson wrote:
bandshell wrote:I really like Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway, I just thought he was trying too hard with Inland Empire. It was almost like watching the thought process behind the film as opposed to the film, interesting in places but fell short of the mark for me.
i think he's trying to do shit like entrain your brainwaves and force you into his weird little headspace

spot on really

you enter "lynch space" in his films especially those two...not so much his other works tbh

hes mucho fucked up...weird and kind of scary that he did that meditation with all those kids...

SILENCIOO

NO HAY BANDAAA

bandshell · Post by **bandshell** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:26 pm

Parson wrote:check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8TFcLgu5Ow

cheers, will watch this tomorrow.

edit: started watching it tonight and ended up watching it all, really interesting stuff.

oli90 · Post by **oli90** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:34 am

Brick is pretty good, really liked the soundtrack as well. Or Elephant by Gus van Sant. Also Koyaanisqatsi has a great soundtrack by Phillip Glass.

parson · Post by **parson** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:20 am

i just started watching the mighty boosh and its got as much occult symbolism as harry potter no lie

ever felt like you was living in a zoo?

psylent · Post by **psylent** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:19 am

Jubscarz wrote:Eraserhead.

Haha man, I've got that on DVD and its been rinsed unfortunetly!

psylent · Post by **psylent** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:21 am

roodbwoy wrote:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/

PI

awesome movie with extraordinary music (I believe squarepusher did the music)

You sir are the winner!

grimesceneinvestigation · Post by **grimesceneinvestigation** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:38 am

aspect-dubz wrote:watch this after a few spliff's, i nearly cacked myself, its not scary as such but it's just INCREDIBLY weird and its also a very good film might i add.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112682/

this and their delicatessen.
imo two convincing movies that EVERY Amélie Poulin hater has to see.

another recommendation:
http://www.othercinemadvd.com/experiments.html

a compilation of short horror/scary movies or something that goes in that dirrection.
nothing is really scary, just weird stuff, and not everything is good, but it's definatly worth the try if you're looking for something special.

bright maroon wrote:Fantastic Planet is a classic...sountrack is all 70's synth weirdness..

on the same tip (and also from René Laloux) is my all-time favourite movie (for several reasons that I won't explain here though)
"Time Masters" or "Les Maitres du Temps"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084315/

The booklet comes with interviews about how shitty the images are in the opinion of the production crew, due to lack of investement and therefor getting stuck with people who didn't draw at the necessary level of quality,
but there are some beautifull images in this one nonetheless, the construction of the movie is beyong what one would come up with and the characters, landscapes show an imagination world that one could only strive to have.
underrated essential,
if you look for it in a regular hmv store it's around 20 quid, but if you look for it on the internet you should be able to get it a bit cheaper.
however, I'd like to state that this is the dvd I paid the most for in my life.
because of the fact that you won't get this in much more countries than England, France and a few others, and because of the fact that this is in my eyes an essential movie.

magma · Post by **magma** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:43 am

unfold · Post by **unfold** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:58 am

Takashi Miike & David Lynch

Visitor Q by Takashi Miike is one of the strangest things i've ever seen in all my days, if you can get past the i n c e s t right at the start it's a really good fucking mental film, and as someone else mentioned the happiness of the Katakuris is brilliant, think night of the living dead meets the sound of music!

Lynch is an absolute master of obscure, i massively recommend getting yourself a copy of Twin Peaks (TV Series & Film) and watch it in the appropriate order:

Series 1 >> Fire walk with me (Film) >> Series 2

Eraserhead is properly fucked up too, but you already no that!

unfold · Post by **unfold** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:02 am

oh yeah, this is really good as well:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420251/

dj_rasheed · Post by **dj_rasheed** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:48 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbGVIdA3dx0

Genevieve · Post by **Genevieve** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:51 pm

bright maroon wrote:Fantastic Planet is a classic...sountrack is all 70's synth weirdness..

Yeah, I was gonna mention Fantastic Planet. It's a favorite film of mine.

GELG · Post by **GELG** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:56 pm

I watched a movie a while back called "Paprika"... very fucked up. its a surreal animated film about dreams and a machine that let people interact and play within the dream, something fucks up and shit gets over the top in weirdness. Be warned, it is an anime, so you have to be in the right mood to tolerate the odd japanese. If want weird thats the film to watch also, tits.

the acid never lies · Post by **the acid never lies** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:56 am

bright maroon wrote:I love Jodorowsky..I think my favorite is El Topo though..

If you like these sorts of retro acid psychological films, try

The Devils
Dir.Ken Russel fxd.

Juliet of the Spirits
Dir. Federico Fellini

Super Vixens
Dir. Russ Meyer

Sick! I loved El Topo and Super Vixens was hilarious!

Here's one I saw in film class, one of the earliest experimental films made in 1902 - A trip To the Moon

Also there's this animated film that was shown in theaters alongside David Lynch's Eraserhead (another good one!) back when that was showing. It's called Asparagus by Suzan Pitt http://www.amazon.com/El-Doctor-Joy-Str ... B000HXDENU - trippy sexual innuendo

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