Hi. That's my list of some films that can be considered "cult films", that i discovered lately: NOTICE:Some of the english titles are translated by me. If you see something strange, you are advised. Audition(Takashi miike):If you like Visitor Q, you have to see this, is even better and more onirical, and with a satirical and critic sense of humour. The Naked Island(Kaneto Shindo): a b/w wonderful drama without words.The images speaks for itself. Samuel Beckett Film(Alan schneider):a film directed by alan schneider with a screenplay by Beckett "composed" à la Cage and starring Buster Keaton!!!¿What more can I say? The Terrorist(Santosh Sivan): an indian film with highly sofisticated violence.Quite shocking. The Sandglass (Wojciech Has): I discovered this filmmaker some years ago, I saw a lot of his films, and absolutely all i've seen was wonderful. This is a surrealistic dream based on the play by Bruno Shulz. But any of his films are more than reccomendable: The Saragossa Manuscript, Farewells, How to be loved, The Keys, The doll... Valeria y la semana de las maravillas(Jaromil Jires): Sorry, but i don't know the english or original title. This checoslovaquian film is the most beautiful vampire film i've ever seen.The naturalist color, the dreamy atmosphere, the bizarre situations, the enigmatic erotism, everything have a really magic touch.Something really special. (By the way, if someone knows how to get a video copy of this film, I would be very acknowledged). The misteries of a hairdresser's(Bertol Brecht):Starring Karl Valentin (sure, one of the best comedians ever)this incredible strange comedy dating from 1920's aprox. is a strange mix of Chaplin and Buñuel¡¡? A really dadaist film. Regards, Ricardo. n.p:Brötzmann,Kondo,Parker,Drake"Die like a dog"FMP. ------------------------------------------------------- --- Perfect Sound Forever <perfect@furious.com> escribió: > Great thread here recently on summer reading. Got
to pick up Christian Bok's "Eunoia" and "The Sea Came in at Midnight" by Steve Erickson. Can't remember if it was someone on this list who recommended it but I'm just ordered a weird sci-fi/horror book called "Satan Burger" by Carlton Mellick III.
Though I'm sure it will take up my next few weeks to catch up on recommendations I get from y'all here, I was wondering if anyone wanted to share some titles of favorite foreign / cult movies. I'd be glad to start.
Jan Svankmajer: Czech director who was supposedly a big influence on the Quay Brothers- uses stop-motion (think that's the right term) animation within the films, mixed with child-hood nightmarish tales. Just seen Little Otik and Conspirators of Pleasure (both recommended) and heard that Alice and Faust were also worth seeing.
Lars Von Trier: The Element of Crime is a very languid, dream-like psychological crime thriller (wonder if it was an influence on Angel Heart). He did Europa later. He's also responsible for the Danish TV series The Kingdom (aka Riget, available on video) which has a bizarre cast of characters: a med student whose nightmares come true, a somewhat crackpot clairvoyant who pursues the ghost of a little girl, a Swedish doctor who hates and berates the rest of the staff, a kitchen crew who speak in allegories and metaphors, etc..
Sean Guilette: Pi is about a mathematician who's going insane trying to figure out the connection between number sequences and the stock market and Jewish mysticism. Not foreign but definitely cult.
Takashi Miike: Visitor Q is one of the most unsettling movies I've seen in a while- lots of violence (including a teenager beating his mother) plus incest and necrophilia (the later of which provides an especially disturbing yet somehow funny scene). I've heard that another film of his, Audition, is even more graphic.
Best, Jason -- Perfect Sound Forever online music magazine with warped perspectives http://www.perfectsoundforever.com
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