James Steven Beverly Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 I was just watching Repo Man yesterday....well because I like strange weird and bazaar movies, ESPECIALLY if they're well made. I liked this movie because it is so strange (BTW I know this next question belongs in special FX but how did they achieve the glowing Nova at the end, it LOOKS like they painted it with luminescent paint). My favorite weird movie though has to be Wild at Heart, I love Lynch's work, he truly is a genius and a LOT of his movies fall into the weird category. What are your favorite strange, kinky pleasures? B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Warr Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 When I saw the topic I immediately thought "Repo Man" - funny that it's what spurred the thread. That's definitely one of my favorite weird movies. I'm too young to have seen it when it first came out, but I was fortunate enough to see it for the first time on the big screen in college. I bought the special edition DVD (the one that comes in the license plate tin) and watch it at least 2-3 times a year. As for the glowing car, according to the DVD commentary they did only use luminescent paint, no special effects. I'm not sure if I believe that entirely, but that was straight from Alex Cox's mouth. He also talked about how the John Wayne story from Miller was taken nearly word-for-word from a friend of his (Cox), who claims to have actually installed two-way mirrors at his home in Brentwood, and saw him come the door in a dress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e gustavo petersen Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 "Ichi the Killer" is high up my list of weird movies. Takashi Miike (Dir) / Hideo Yamamoto (DoP) I remember watching it very late at night and when it was done, wondering to myself "what the hell was that?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Mulder Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Steven Beverly Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 If the movie's half as weird as the poster, I have got to see that one. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Mulder Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 He was also going to make DUNE - have a read... fascinating stuff: http://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/jodorowsky.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Downes Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 I still think Alejandro's Dune would have been magnificent, a masterpiece. Ah well. As I see it, most of the team went to make Alien, itself a masterpiece, but not up to the raw potential of the origin material within Dune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Mulder Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 I still think Alejandro's Dune would have been magnificent, a masterpiece. Ah well. As I see it, most of the team went to make Alien, itself a masterpiece, but not up to the raw potential of the origin material within Dune. I quite like the David Lynch version regardless - but I agree the Jodorowsky version from what I've read about in terms of what he was going to do with the story, the production design team and oh yes and Pink Floyd ... Prob would have been cult classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Marc Alucard Posted July 21, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted July 21, 2007 Cory McAbee's The American Astronaut The American Astronaut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Brad Grimmett Posted July 22, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted July 22, 2007 Cory McAbee's The American Astronaut The American Astronaut Wow, you've seen it too? I saw this at Sundance 6 or 7 years ago and loved it! I just checked and it's now on Netflix. Cory McAbee is a genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hayes Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 For weird movies I'd have to say Ed Woods "Orgy of the Dead". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted July 22, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted July 22, 2007 It's not all that weird, but I really love Tsui Hark's "Peking Opera Blues". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Marc Alucard Posted July 22, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted July 22, 2007 Wow, you've seen it too? I saw this at Sundance 6 or 7 years ago and loved it! I just checked and it's now on Netflix. Cory McAbee is a genius! The Live Director's commentary is filmed live in a bar in Brooklyn. It was fairly interactive with the audience. When you watch again pay attention to professor Hess sitting in the bar on Ceres give basic background info and explain the story about to unfold. I''m happy to hear someone else enjoyed the film. Going old school Tod Browning's "Freaks" rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Steven Beverly Posted July 22, 2007 Author Share Posted July 22, 2007 (edited) He was also going to make DUNE - have a read... fascinating stuff: http://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/jodorowsky.asp This almost reminds me of some of those 16th century depictions of Hell. I can't remember the artist's name, but the feel seems very similar, The photos I mean of coarse. Edited July 22, 2007 by James Steven Beverly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Warr Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 This almost reminds me of some of those 16th century depictions of Hell. I can't remember the artist's name, but the feel seems very similar, The photos I mean of coarse. Hieronymus Bosch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Steven Beverly Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 Yeah, a little, but there was another guy I was thinking of, it had these weird looking black demons it. It was REALLY weird, you woulda thought it was done in the 50's or the 30's or something but it was very old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill Totolo Posted July 23, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted July 23, 2007 I'll chime in with "Tetsuo: Iron Man". Classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Downes Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I'll chime in with "Tetsuo: Iron Man". Classic. Oh man, I'd forgotten Tetsuo, a magnificent film! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I have a perverse fondness for the Italian 'Assignment-Outer Space'. Very cheap, most of the space craft are off the shelf Revell and Lindberg kits. Used to watch 'The Forbidden Zone', would do so again if I had it on DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Yeah, a little, but there was another guy I was thinking of, it had these weird looking black demons it. It was REALLY weird, you woulda thought it was done in the 50's or the 30's or something but it was very old. Breughel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Steven Beverly Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 Well kinda, some of his stuff is weird too, but the piece I was specifically thinking about, I've seen a few times and remember reading that it was much older than I had thought because the style seemed almost beat or surrealistic. Maybe I've got the era wrong I'll run across it again at some point I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill Totolo Posted July 26, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted July 26, 2007 The "Kitchen" scene from "Tetsuo". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Steven Beverly Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 OK ,THAT'S weird. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Steven Beverly Posted August 3, 2007 Author Share Posted August 3, 2007 I just saw another of my favorite weird ones, The Big Lobowski, That is one bazaar film, I love Jeff Bridges work, he is in my opinion one of the best actors of our times ans somewhat underrated which has always baffled me. :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Brawley Posted August 3, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted August 3, 2007 What are your favorite strange, kinky pleasures? B) Bad Boy Bubby Apart from the story which involves bubby having sex with his mother, eating a (real) cockroach and killing a cat (also real) in the first 20 mins, it was made in a very interesting way. Firstly it has something like 23 cinematographers. Even though IMDB doesn't reflect this, they used a different cinematographer for each major story change to reflect his changing perspective on the world. ALL of the sound was recorded not with a boom, but with a special bi-aural microphone that was fitted to the actors ears. ALL of the films sound was recorded from Bubby's perspective. no ADR. All the atmos too. It's way ahead on so many levels, and made for such a low budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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