[SpectralJulianIsNotDead]

Just watched (from most recent to least):
Blade Runner (remastered version) I've seen it before but not for a long while
Children of Men
A Scanner Darkly
Volver
Pan's Labyrinth


Make a recomendation based on what I've been watching. Tell me about a surreal sci-fi film that has passed under the radar but it really worth watching and sort of cyber-punk.

Oh, and while I have your attention. . . I've seen Blade Runner, A Scanner Darkly, and Minority Report. I want to read a PKD book but I don't know which book I should start with. Ubik?

[_slavo_]

Watch Babel. It ain't no cyberpunk, but it's a beautiful movie nonetheless.

[Norma J]

Babel is good.

I was going to recommend some Australian films, but they're nothing along the line of the films you've apparently been watching.

[Norma J]

Haha.

Good choice, even if it weren't what I was thinking and you were taking the piss.

[Laila]

little miss sunshine- funnny!!!

[demonrail666]

A Boy and His Dog. Excellent surreal sci-fi. Stars a very young Don Johnson, too.

Cronos. Made by the same guy that did Pan's Labyrinth, but infinitely better.

[Dead-Air]

Liquid Sky is the ultimate punk/new wave psychedelic surreal SF movie from the '70s. Given your list, you should definitely watch that.

Also, Brazil, though much less obscure due to the Monty Python connection, pure genius.

If you really want "surreal science fiction", you might want to give Alphaville by Goddard a try. Be prepared for it to be frustratingly French, but it does fit that bill perfectly.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is surprisingly along the lines of A Scanner Darkly thematically. Jim Carey was surprisingly likeable and engaging in it (usually he's a funny asshole, here he's much more human).

Videodrome is a classic of the genre you seek, if a tad dated (betamax tapes and all.) Still quite good in it's own right.

Aeon Flux was way better than I would have guessed it would be, and the original cartoons are worth renting too. Charlize Theron looked damn good in the costume as well.

Soylent Green is another classic, though you may have seen it. If not, it should be up on your list. Weird how Charlton Heston was in this and Planet of the Apes which are seemingly such liberal political agenda films, while he is such a loonie right winger.

The Quiet Earth is a nice little post-holocaustish surreal SF flick from Australia.

The Man Who Fell to Earth is one of my favorite movies period. Nicholas Roeg's direction of Bowie creates the most realistic feeling alien on Earth movie ever.

All I can do for now, I've got to run to work. Worth digging around a bit here too, though admitedly the SF message board I help admin is better with books than movies.

[gmku]

North by Northwest, Hitchcock. Cary Grant. Good stuff, classic. Drama, humor, cool and hot American landscape and icons, cold war 1950s-era paranoia. Not sci-fi, but I am sure you'd like it.

[LifeDistortion]

Akira-Its cyberpunk in the form of animation.

[SynthethicalY]

I did not like Children of Men, I just could not stand it, but I thought it was shot beautifully, but the story sucked.

[pbradley]

Dune. The Lynch version, preferrably.

[the ikara cult]

If you aint watched Dr Strangelove before, do so.
Sellars does 3 Best Actor performances. That Eddie Murphy dared to try and perform more than one role in a film after this leaves your writer sick to the stomach.

[the ikara cult]

Ghost World: It is the only thing in the world that actually cheers me up, and as such i use it sparingly.
The Wind That Shakes The Barley: Film about the start of Irish nationalism in the early 20th century, starring the bloke from 28 days later.

[atsonicpark]

Agree with Akira and Videodrome.But ...Body Melt
Electric Dragon 80000v
Pinnochio 964
Possession
Rubber's Lover
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Tetsuo: Body Hammer
might be up your alley..

[total-trash]

akira was fantastic

[HaydenAsche]

Factory Girl - I just watched it. Drugs, warhol, fashion, etc.

[schizophrenicroom]

mutual appreciation

indie as fuck, cute amateur-ish cast, good music.

[Rob Instigator]

Originally Posted by the ikara cult

If you aint watched Dr Strangelove before, do so.
Sellars does 3 Best Actor performances. That Eddie Murphy dared to try and perform more than one role in a film after this leaves your writer sick to the stomach.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to the ikara cult again.

[SpectralJulianIsNotDead]

I've seen Little Miss Sunshine, Akira, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, North By Northwest, Dr. Strangelove, and Ghost World.

I sort of agree with you on Children of Men Synthetically. I think it was well done, but a little lacking in many departments. As cliche as it is, I feel it almost needed a revelationary chapter. The movie and the way that chaos seems to drive the events reminded me a lot of the Half-Life series.

I'm actually downloading a torrent of Dune right now. I have yet to see it, so I'm going to watch it tomorrow.

[jon boy]

audition, bad boy bubby, la haine all of these films are very good and well worth watching.