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shit like chronicles of riddick or underworld could be as fantastic if not more than zardoz but they get derailed but vapid action shit and very dull ideas. they lack a "philosophy" (i hate to use that word like that, but it's easy to understand). the thing with zardoz is that it was an anti-hippie movie in a time when people believed strongly in pacifist enlightened communal utopias--- the movie dealt with issues like evolution, free will, god, violence-- it was in fact a bit (a lot) nietzschean. today's "thinking" movies are less epic and focus more on the individual-- charlie kaufman's projects for example, or i heart huckabees; and science fictions, which could grapple with big issues have gotten weak and childish cuz of that shitty star wars, or just action-based a la terminator. dune could have been that but failed. cronenberg does, but he makes different sorts of movies, smaller. theres no reason there couldnt be a big mindfuck of a movie out there, though, just waiting for the right combination of elements to explode. but to fit the times, it would have to be a huge mindfucking criticism of the emptiness of late capitalism (ipods as a cure for unhappiness)-- if someone could make a good updated version of don de lillo's "white noise", it would be awesome. |
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made a list over on the noise fanatics boards of obscure masterpieces at the top of my head. figured someone out there might appreciate my list so here it is:
Actium Maximus: War of the Alien Dinosaurs (you've never seen worse special effects than this; an unintentionally bizarre, amazing film) Angel Dust Baby Blood (aka the Evil Within) Back Against the Wall Baconhead Beaver and Buttface Bed You Sleep In (this has a distinct Twin Peaks vibe and is really, really disturbing -- love this fucking movie) Bell from Hell Beyond the Limits Black Roses Bloodmoon Bloody Wednesday Body Melt Boneyard Breaking Point (by the guy who made Thriller: A Cruel Picture) Bride of Frank Bullets Over Summer Burning Moon Butterfly Kiss The Cat Chaos in Outerspace Cop Corndog Man Crazy Family Crazy Lips (also see: Gore From Outer Space) Dandy Dust Dark Night of the Soul (aka Black Opium Graveyard Man) Deadfall (extremely boring and shitty but Nicolas Cage's wacked-out performance is worth the price of the film -- or the youtube watch. Obscure for good reason, it sucks, but NICOLAS CAGE .. MAN.. you won't believe it, I promise) Deadly Prey Deadtime Stories Dear Pillow Death Bed: Bed that Eats Death Drug Death Powder The Demon (not obscure, but definitely underrated) Der Todesking Dr. Lamb Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon Duck! The Carbine High Massacre Fallen Angels (not too obscure but often overshadowed by Chungking Express..) Fame Whore Family Portraits: Trilogy of America Family Viewing Fatty Drives the Bus (an all-time fav; somehow I own 3 copies..?!) Freak Orlando Funeral Procession of Roses Funky Forest Galaxy Invader Geek Maggot Bingo The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai Goodnight, God Bless Haisu Hi, Mom! Hole in my Heart Horror House on Highway 5 Id Izo (not too obscure, but overlooked; easily Miike's best film) Jefftowne Jungle Burger Kamillions Katzelmacher Kichiku Dai Enkai (probably the most disturbing film ever) Killing Spree Kill Me Again L'Ennui La Vie Nouvelle Living Love - Zero = Infinity Lulu on the Bridge Lurkers Lyrical Nitrate Magic of the Universe (kinda like Jodorowsky doing a children's film) Maniac Nurses Find Ecstasy Man, Woman, and the Wall Messiah of Evil Microwave Massacre Migrating Forms Mod Fuck Explosion Monster High (probably my favorite b-movie ever) Monsturd Most High (probably the best fictional drug movie I've seen) Mute Witness (a surprisingly fun DePalma lite) Mutilation Man Mysterious Skin Neon Maniacs Nightmare Weekend Night Train to Terror (an all time favorite) Noisey Requiem Once and Future Queen Orgy of the Dead Outside Out (all the musicians on here would love this weirdo masterpiece -- don't let the slight Phish connection stop you from watching it) Pastoral: To Die In Country (the definition of masterpiece) Pinnochio 964 (probably the least-obscure movie I'm mentioning, but I had to mention it since it's one of my all time favs) Pistol Opera Premutos: Lord of the Living Dead Private Parts (not the Howard Stern film) Rampo Noir (not too obscure) Real Fiction Red Rock West Reflections of Evil Relentless Rock-a-Die Baby Rock'n'Roll Nightmare The Room (quickly becoming unobscure, still wanted to mention it) Samurai Cop Sante Fe Scrap Heaven Scumrock Shaye and Kiki: Fun Bubble Shopping for Fangs Short Time Shredder Orpheus SICK Sins of the Fleshapoids Slime City Small White House Sombre Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-Rama Spaceman Speaking Parts Special Needs Splatter: Naked Blood (again, not TOO obscure but worth mentioning) Spookies Stairway to the Distant Past Story of a Junkie Strange Behaviour Student Bodies (this one never gets the respect it deserves -- a completely dead-on, AWESOME horror-comedy) Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator Superstarlet A.D. Superstition Survey Map of a Paradise Lost Sweet Movie (not too obscure, considering it's on Criterion, but I've never seen anyone mention it on here) Taste of Tea Terminal USA Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except Tokyo Eyes Totally Fucked Up Touch Me in the Morning Townies Trees Lounge Unmasked Part 25 Used Cars (not so much obscure as simply "forgotten"; one of my favs!) Viewer Discretion Advised Viva La Muerte (aka Long Live Death.. Jodorowsky fans would love this) Visions of Suffering We Are the Strange White of the Eye Wool 100% Worst Horror Movie Ever Made Zardoz (not too obscure, but again, forgotten) Zero |
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ah, the post that always gets ignored-- yeah |
Santa Claus: The Movie
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Yeah, if you're basing Eva off of just the first 3 episodes... well, don't. Trust me. It doesn't get AMAZING until about episode 13 or so.
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cool. it's that stupid boy that breaks my balls--- except when he "berserked" ha ha ha |
I thought the show was boring and lousy at first but every episode gets a bit better but.. well, I don't want to ruin it for you, but eventually.. earth-shattering, brain-melting things will happen.
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k, thanks, im gonna go plow thru the rest of that dvd and the next one, then! |
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Anyone here ever seen Men Behind The Sun? (Atsonic, I'm looking in your direction.)
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Yeah, it was alright. Kinda boring, but it had some shocking scenes.
Philosophy of a Knife is a lot more shocking... but a lot more amateurish. |
ha ha, evangelion improved a lot when i switched the audio track to japanese (and added subtitles-- i don't understand japanese, unfortunately). i know he's supposed to be a whiny-ass pussy little shithead, but his english voice made this trait unbearable-- i wanted to strangle the little fucker. in japanese he's still a pussy, but not completely insufferable!
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Never heard the English dub, I'm sure it's terrible!
The only show I've ever liked the English dub on is Super Milk Chan.. Actually, Cowboy Bebop wasn't too bad. |
Kill Bill v. 2 & a documentary on The Monks.
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Kenji Mizoguchi:The Life of a Filmdirector dir:Kaneto Shindo
then Miyoko-Asagaya dir:Yoshifumi Tsubota, First time i've been to the cinema in ages!,this had a great soundtrack too, Tenniscoats, Mahar Shalal Hash Baz, Takeki Muto, Sparta Locals,film about manga artist Shinichi Abe. then Mind Game dir:Yuasa Masaaki, best anime watched in a while.. |
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one of the great modern horror films by one of the great modern directors:
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I just rented The orphanage (by del toro), the Order (cuz ive heard mixed things and want to determine myself, I was becoming a ledger fan and then he died so..
also I just rented the legend of 1900 because I saw a few ppl talking about it and it looked interesting. I'll give my thoughts after I watch them! |
saw the mj film on friday. Guy was nuts but a sense of rhythm like no other.
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the shawshank redemption (for school)
the rocky horror picture show purple rain |
The orphanage was pretty kickass. I liked the ending. 8/10 only because some parts were kind of obvious but I still enjoyed it...Guillermo Del Torro is a great filmmaker
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Yeah, my favorite shots were the far away shot of that cave on the beach and then when it flashed to clouds moving rapidly in the sky. Overall great movie.
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Seen any other movies by him besides that and Pans Labrynth? I feel like checking out more...
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Holy shit, I just checked IMDB and in the next few years he is making The Hobbit, The Hobbit 2, Frankenstein, and Pinnochio....
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500 Days of summer
hmmmm, some truth innit |
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