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Post by Popeye Doyle on Apr 14, 2018 18:44:55 GMT
Total derp when it comes to these movies - Only God Forgives Southland Tales
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Post by jervistetch on Apr 14, 2018 18:58:45 GMT
I had to watch CHINATOWN a couple of times before I got it. Now it's my favorite movie.
Same thing with MULHOLLAND DRIVE. Except I still couldn't figure it out and had to look for explanations online. Now I'm absolutely mesmerized by it.
The MOST incomprehensible movie for me though is LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD. I've looked for explanations online for this one but it appears that NOBODY can figure it out.
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Post by ravi02 on Apr 14, 2018 19:22:14 GMT
Oh god yes, on Southland Tales! There's a mini-cult of supporters online that argue it's a misunderstood masterpiece and you have to watch it multiple times to get it, but I think its simply a terrible movie.
The recent Wrinkle in Time is a big one. I couldn't make heads or tails of it.
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Post by Eλευθερί on Apr 14, 2018 22:35:04 GMT
Inland Empire
Post tenebras lux
The Dance of Reality
The Tree of Life
Donnie Darko
Mr. Nobody
Lost Highway
Mulholland Drive
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Post by movielover on Apr 14, 2018 23:52:24 GMT
Inland Empire
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Apr 15, 2018 0:07:31 GMT
Ultra low-budget time travel pic, Primer (2004) apparently makes sense if you can follow it, but it went way over my head on my so far sole viewing.
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Post by mikef6 on Apr 15, 2018 1:06:31 GMT
Ultra low-budget time travel pic, Primer (2004) apparently makes sense if you can follow it, but it went way over my head on my so far sole viewing. ^ This. Definitely needs multiple viewings and even then parts will still be dark. I have seen it three times and each time what you realize from that viewing will build on what you learn the next time. Winner of two major awards at Sundance, The Independent Spirit Award gave it Best Feature and Director plus two other nominations. So even with seeing it just once, its brilliance, bordering on genius, shines through and compels more study. Famously, writer/director/star Shane Carruth spent only about $7000 by renting all his equipment and shooting at his parent's house and public locations around his home in the north Dallas area and carefully rehearsing so only one take would be necessary. (The scene set at public computer terminals at a public library was made at my own workplace at the time.) But, as he later said, "The $7000 was the cash but not the COST." All of his actors and technical help worked for free, hoping for a payoff that they had to wait two years for. |
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Post by jesserebel on Apr 15, 2018 1:12:17 GMT
Total derp when it comes to these movies - Only God Forgives Southland Tales
Only God Forgives is fantastic and I understood all the symbolism |
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Apr 15, 2018 3:13:14 GMT
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Prometheus (2012)
No idea what was going on most of the time in either movie. Come to think of it - I just noticed they both came out in 2012. What are the chances?
Also - Syriana (2005)
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Apr 15, 2018 3:36:20 GMT
The Big Sleep, iirc. On that note, the PTA homage to the film noirs, Inherent Vice.
Also, most anything to do with trading and the stock market. Inside Job, for example.
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Post by alpha128 on Apr 15, 2018 3:38:32 GMT
Paprika (2006)I saw this at a science fiction marathon I attend every year. It was in Japanese with English subtitles, but even then it made no sense. I finally shouted out, "We need subtitles for our subtitles!"
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Apr 15, 2018 4:22:32 GMT
Ultra low-budget time travel pic, Primer (2004) apparently makes sense if you can follow it, but it went way over my head on my so far sole viewing. ^ This. Definitely needs multiple viewings and even then parts will still be dark. I have seen it three times and each time what you realize from that viewing will build on what you learn the next time. Winner of two major awards at Sundance, The Independent Spirit Award gave it Best Feature and Director plus two other nominations. So even with seeing it just once, its brilliance, bordering on genius, shines through and compels more study. Famously, writer/director/star Shane Carruth spent only about $7000 by renting all his equipment and shooting at his parent's house and public locations around his home in the north Dallas area and carefully rehearsing so only one take would be necessary. (The scene set at public computer terminals at a public library was made at my own workplace at the time.) But, as he later said, "The $7000 was the cash but not the COST." All of his actors and technical help worked for free, hoping for a payoff that they had to wait two years for. Hope to see it again sometime, sure I've already lost any comprehension I had of it from my first viewing though. |
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Post by Marv on Apr 15, 2018 4:26:20 GMT
2001
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Post by Eλευθερί on Apr 15, 2018 4:44:38 GMT
Cloud Atlas (2012) Prometheus (2012) No idea what was going on most of the time in either movie. Come to think of it - I just noticed they both came out in 2012. What are the chances? Also - Syriana (2005) Prometheus by itself was a puzzle. But after seeing Alien: Covenant, a lot of Prometheus made sense. |
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Post by Eλευθερί on Apr 15, 2018 4:46:58 GMT
Ultra low-budget time travel pic, Primer (2004) apparently makes sense if you can follow it, but it went way over my head on my so far sole viewing. I loved Primer on first viewing. Strangely, when I saw it on re-viewing, I had a lot more questions than I had had when I first watched it. |
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Post by deembastille on Apr 15, 2018 4:53:10 GMT
THE GODFATHER.
the first THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR
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Post by vegalyra on Apr 15, 2018 5:00:15 GMT
The Doom Generation
Nowhere
Donnie Darko
All had James Duval, two were directed by Gregg Araki.
Really messed up stuff that doesn't make any sense.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Apr 15, 2018 10:07:53 GMT
Oh god yes, on Southland Tales! There's a mini-cult of supporters online that argue it's a misunderstood masterpiece and you have to watch it multiple times to get it, but I think its simply a terrible movie. The recent Wrinkle in Time is a big one. I couldn't make heads or tails of it. Yeah I really had no idea what I was watching. Its a crappy mess of a film that happens to have a good cast. |
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Apr 15, 2018 10:09:32 GMT
The Snowman
Slipstream
Deadly Drifter
Southland Tales
Gods Not Dead 2 - Not completely incomprehensible but by the ending of it the plot is practically non existent. As if the filmakers forgot what the film was about.
Eraserhead - Although this film is still pretty good.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 15, 2018 12:22:38 GMT
The Big Sleep Thankfully there's Wikipedia. Having read some about it, that's accepted part of its charm. Essentially every character did something to someone. It's true what they say, the film is really that great & exciting that we don't mind the mess. For me, the mess is part of its character. More frequent re-watches may line more of it for me.  |
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