Weirdest Film

[cisamcgu]

This ones worth a look for those of you who like the slightly odd...

I remember seeing that, late at night, BBC2, probably around 1980. It stuck in my mind from then onwards and is possibly the most memorable film, other than Star Wars, that I have ever seen. Imagine my surprise when I was listening to Radio 5Live when Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo started talking about it about 3 years ago. It seems that Mark Kermode, with a PhD in Horror films from Manchester University, had never heard of, or seen, this Masterpiece !!

 

[MontyVeda]

El Topo.

My boss gave me a copy of that only last week... it's on my 'to watch' list.

 

[John the Monkey]

Antichrist is pretty mental too

Spoiler

 

[andyfraser]

Spoiler

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Having seen the film I didn't know what to expect when I clicked "spoiler". I was quite relieved bearing in mind what it could've been.

 

[jefmcg]

The Red Balloon is a classic, only a short film but it has meaning and stuff.

Red Balloon is a beautiful movie. They showed it to us at school, and I cried. And I just remembered, I got the picture book as a present.

 

[Sandra6]

Dune
Melancholia

 

[yello]

I'll also add Begotten, Un Chien Andalou and Society.

I've got Begotten to watch at some point. Un Chien Andalou, I had a DVD. I say "had" because my flat was burgled and it was taken, amongst other stuff. I don't buy many films so that ought give you an idea of how I rated it.

And Society, well there's one I'd forgotten! An incredible film; it starts all teen highschool drama, quite mundane and run-of-the-mill, but then just goes bonkers weird. I loved it, even if as a critique of 'society' its metaphor is a little clichéd/obvious... but ever so well done!

 

[MontyVeda]

Dune
Melancholia

Dune's just sh!t... the only weird thing about it is why they bothered.

 

[andyfraser]

Dune
Melancholia

I really liked Melancholia. It was a nice change after von Trier's previous film, Antichrist (which I also liked), although I heard somewhere that they're meant to be companion pieces.

 

[yello]

Melancholia, that's the end of the world one innit? Which thread am I in? Boring films or weird films? Because if Melancholia is the film I'm thinking of, I found it more dull than weird.

 

[User169]

And Society, well there's one I'd forgotten! An incredible film; it starts all teen highschool drama, quite mundane and run-of-the-mill, but then just goes bonkers weird. I loved it, even if as a critique of 'society' its metaphor is a little clichéd/obvious... but ever so well done!

"Shunting" - really creeped me out.

 

[John the Monkey]

Having seen the film I didn't know what to expect when I clicked "spoiler". I was quite relieved bearing in mind what it could've been.

There aren't many laughs in Anti-Christ, but moment was a pearler.

 

[John the Monkey]

Melancholia, that's the end of the world one innit? Which thread am I in? Boring films or weird films? Because if Melancholia is the film I'm thinking of, I found it more dull than weird.

You're in Weird guv. If you want dull, turn right at Transformers.

 

[John the Monkey]

Dune's just sh!t... the only weird thing about it is why they bothered.

There are Sting's wing'd pants.

Pretty weird.

 

[just jim]

There are Sting's wing'd pants.

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Pretty weird.

" I will kill you!"