02-28-2005, 12:21 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Movies to F--- With Your Mind
The only reason its dashed out is because the school server blocks pages with swears... damn them. Still, I really love movies that truly mess with your mind. Stuff like Donnie Darko, Identity, The Cell, Memento. What are some other really excellent movies that screw with your head at the end.
"It's absurd. The search for God is absurd? It is if everyone dies alone. Does that scare you? I don't want to be alone." EDIT: If you shake your head in absolute amazement while or after seeing a movie, it's a mind fuck!
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02-28-2005, 01:44 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Jacob's Ladder, Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession and (for some) The Crying Game,
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02-28-2005, 01:52 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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I think there is a sigificant difference between movies that fuck with one's perception of reality:
IE: Donnie Darko, Identity, The Cell, Memento ...and those that simply have a surprise twist at the end: IE: The Sixth Sense, Usual Suspects, The Crying Game Those in the frist group are more "systemically" twisted in that the whole fabric of the movie is off centre. Where as those in the second group just poke you right at the very end.
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02-28-2005, 02:04 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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What a great topic. I love running into Donnie Darko fans. Have you seen the new Director's Cut. It's great - totally goes into the Time Travel book more. It's available now on DVD.
One of my favorites in this category would be Dream With the Fishes. A real tripped out flick, neat indie pick - about how you use the time you have. Check it out. I don't know if Thin Red Line qualifies, but i think it does, as it messes with your head on sort of a medatative level. Another favorite of mine... |
02-28-2005, 02:07 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The timeline order in the movie fucks up your shit.
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02-28-2005, 02:09 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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I dont know if its the same thing you're talking about, but Magnolia really messed with me
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02-28-2005, 02:13 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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The Piano Teacher, but probably not in the same way y'all are talking.
Sexymama and I just looked at each other for a minute after that movie ended.
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02-28-2005, 04:33 PM | #13 (permalink) |
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I (heart) Huckabee's is fun stuff... Existentialism and so on and so forth. Give 'er a gander. Plus the line up of actors and actresses are just superb.
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02-28-2005, 04:44 PM | #15 (permalink) |
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I'll just throw this one out there:
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Learning that Spoiler: Janet was conning them from the start floored me the first time I saw that movie. And the movie gains so much value when you know the ending. One of my favorites.
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02-28-2005, 05:25 PM | #17 (permalink) |
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Agree on Jacob's Ladder (and some others above). One freaky movie.
These are not neccessarily fucked up movies (although some are), but they have fucked up twists: Frailty Psycho Fight Club Seven Swimming Pool Vanilla Sky Primal Fear Angel Heart Arlington Road No Way Out Matchstick Men The Game The Life of David Gale 12 Monkeys
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02-28-2005, 08:42 PM | #19 (permalink) |
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Ratbastid: Glad to see I'm not the only one that loves Sleuth. That movie is phenomenal, and quite the mind screw.
Being John Malkovich was always up there for me on that scale, as was Cube. Most of the others I can think of are already listed here. Oh, and of course, who can forget The Wall.
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02-28-2005, 08:53 PM | #20 (permalink) |
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Oh man The Wall for sure. Even sober. Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas messes with my head as well.
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02-28-2005, 09:54 PM | #21 (permalink) | |
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02-28-2005, 10:02 PM | #22 (permalink) | |
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02-28-2005, 11:14 PM | #24 (permalink) | |
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The Game is great too. I saw it a few years ago, I loved it but my mom had to watch it like 3 times and she was still confused as all hell. I love movies that make you really, /really/ think. Did anyone mention 21 Grams yet? That's a great trippy movie. Lost in Translation really makes you look at things differently. Cant forget The Virgin Suicides too. Alot of the movies we're mentioning are released in the US by Focus Features, they make alot of indie-feel raw movies. At least recently. Check their website: http://www.focusfeatures.com/home.php |
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03-01-2005, 02:24 AM | #27 (permalink) |
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Usual Suspects, definitely. As retsuki03 says, the ending had me thinking for about an hour after I had finished the movie. It was superbly put together.
Matchstick Men, of course, has the same type of ending. The relatively tame plot really opened up with the ending and gave a whole lot more depth to the characters. Pi, yes! One of my favourite movies of all time. Disappointed to see that only one person has thought of Cube It's pretty ridiculous, but if you don't like gore, I don't recommend it. Lastly, I once watched The 25th Hour while I was really tired and it tripped me out, I don't know why, hahaha. |
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03-01-2005, 06:47 AM | #30 (permalink) |
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Frailty, The Game, 12 Monkeys... yeah mind fucks. Magnolia was just one of those movies that makes you realize that you are no longer sitting in your chair... and you are in a sitting position in the middle of your living room.
The Crying Game... Not a mind fuck... just really really "weird"... Dark City! How can I forget Dark City!
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03-01-2005, 07:11 AM | #31 (permalink) |
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I'd have to agree, even though I suggested it, that The Crying Game isn't a mind fuck for most, but when it came out it was definately a mind fuck for many.
La Jetee (which is what 12 Monkeys was based on) was a good mind fuck... Arlington Road was a good film, not a mind fuck for the viewer as much as a mind fuck for the characters.... It makes you squirm as a result.
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03-01-2005, 08:39 AM | #34 (permalink) |
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la jetee is a great great film.
cassavetes' "opening night" does quite a job on your brain as well.
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03-01-2005, 08:55 AM | #36 (permalink) |
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Hypercube is that most odious of specimens... the sequel created to capitalize on the success of the first film.
You should note that the writer/director of the film wasn't involved in the sequel. You might also not know that Cube was a student film (part of the Features First program at the Canadian Film Centre) and was a *huge* hit in France and Japan (huge).
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Flashdance. Here is the plot summary from IMDb.com:
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