Adventures in Narrative (34 titles)
Films to challenge and provoke.
92.4% from 4 members
Julien Donkey Boy
Who ever said nothing interesting came out of America?
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Julien Donkey Boy
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Ewen Bremner, Joyce Korine
Director: Harmony Korine
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Flashing a mouthful of fake gold teeth, Julien (Ewen Bremner) wanders the streets of New York City, mumbling nonsensical syllables to himself. He tries to avoid the abuse of his sadistic drunken gas-mask-wearing father (German director Werner Herzog). He cracks a young boy's head open with a rock. ..read more »
55%
from 1,286 member
Last Year At Marienbad
Meditation on cinematic time and authorship. I think. Well, whatever it is, just can just get into the vibe. Soothing and disorientating.
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Last Year At Marienbad
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
Director: Alain Resnais
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Considered by many to be Renais' magnum opus, L'Année Dernière à Marienbad, is a work of fantasy and experiment in line with the French New Wave films of the 50's and 60's. Renais and co-writer, Alain Robbe-Grillet seem less concerned with the conventional use of character and more interested in ..read more »
64%
from 1,517 member
Inland Empire
Lynch's most immersive film. Says me.
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Inland Empire
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Diane Ladd, William Macy, Laura Dern
Director: David Lynch
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A woman gets mixed up in a mystery, landing her in trouble in the Inland Empire near Los Angeles.
53%
from 7,631 members
Persona
Bergman wrote this during his period in an asylum. Sexy.
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Persona
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook
Director: Ingmar Bergman
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PERSONA is an intense and unsettling study of the symbiotic relationship between Alma, a nurse (Bibi Andersson), and Elisabeth (Liv Ullmann), an actress who has mysteriously lost the power of speech. To bring about her patient's recovery, Elisabeth's doctor asks Alma to accompany her to a private ..read more »
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from 3,070 members
Alejandro Jodorowsky Collection
Particularly "The Holy Mountain" and "El Topo". Weird for weirds sake? Maybe. But who cares.
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Alejandro Jodorowsky Collection
(4 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
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Three of the visionary director Alejandro Jodorowsky's most celebrated yet rarely seen films - El Topo, Holy Mountain and Fando & Lis. All have been digitally restored and remastered, under the close supervision of the director himself, and presented along with an array of superb extra features, ..read more »
61%
from 1,429 member
Fellinis 8.1/2
If you don't get this film at first, watch it again. Then watch it a few more times. Then leave it for a year and watch it again. Miraculously, it keeps getting better.
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Fellinis 8.1/2
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimee
Director: Federico Fellini
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Federico Fellini's Oscar-nominated 8 1/2 is a masterpiece of storytelling and cinema. The most autobiographical of Fellini's films, the plot of which concerns a 43-year-old film director who is having a midlife crisis, it is a career benchmark for this magnificent Italian New Wave director. ..read more »
65%
from 5,182 members
F For Fake
Never mind Citizen Kane. If you like something, it should be a product of your own judgement. This was Welles' last film, and it's way more interesting than Kane. (That's a product of my own judgement...)
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F For Fake
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Oja Kodar
Director: Orson Welles
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Four people stand at the center of this documentary: Elmyr de Hory, who some believe forged more than a thousand masterpieces, many of which hang in some of the world's most famous museums; Clifford Irving, who is not only out to prove what a fake Elmyr is but also wrote a fake biography of Howard ..read more »
69%
from 416 members
Koyaanisqatsi
Who can resist cars moving across a city-scape with Philip Glass playing in the background? No-one.
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Koyaanisqatsi
on DVD
(1983)
Director: Godfrey Reggio
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First-time filmmaker Godfrey Reggio's experimental documentary "Koyaanisqatsi" from 1983 - shot mostly in the desert Southwest and New York City on a tiny budget with no script, then attracting the support of Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas and enlisting the indispensable musical contribution ..read more »
72%
from 1,646 member
Jean Cocteau Collection
One of the pioneers of weird stuff.
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Jean Cocteau Collection
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Enrique Rivero, Lee Miller, Jean Cocteau
Director: Jean Cocteau
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Collection includes LE SANG D'UN POETE (BLOOD OF A POET), TESTAMENT D'ORPHEE (THE TESTAMANET OF ORPHEUS) and COCTEAU CINEASTE documentary.
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from 233 members
Playtime
Chaplin from Mars. In the 60s
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Playtime
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Sharon Maiden
Director: Jacques Tati
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Jacques Tati's spectacular cinematic art reached its peak in the gargantuan achievement of this film, PLAYTIME. Marking the third appearance of Tati's Mr. Magoo-like character, Mr. Hulot, PLAYTIME takes as its subject modern technology and its sometimes disastrous and always hilarious effects on ..read more »
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from 1,623 member
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