Looking at the movies C1 and I have watched recently, I'd like to share & let others share about odd-ball movies. We're talking about just flat out unusual, weird or strange movies. Think things like Rocky Horror Picture Show. It doesn't matter if they're sci-fi, horror, or whatever genre they fit in. I'll share C1 and my recent watches
Streets of Fire
1984 -Odd movie with a bit of a plot. Jim Steinman had a hand in it, as he did some of the the music. The four-wheeled vehicles are all from toe 40's and 50's while all the motorcycles appear to be kick-start Harleys, while all the music is from the 80's. Guy goes with help from a couple others after his ex girlfriend is captured by a motoryccle gang.
Notable Actors - Rick Moranis, Diane Lane
Fire Inc was a short-lived band that arose with the music from the movie.
----------
Repo - The Genetic Opera
2008 - Musicalesque movie. Civilization is in shambles, and people and dying right and left from major organ failures. A large company begins to grow and harvest organs from the dead. There's a "repoman" that's responsible for repo'ing organs if people miss their payment. . A bit of a plot involving the repoman's daughter, as well as the head of the organ company and the blind singer "owned" by the organ company.
Notable Actors - Paul Sorvino, Sarah Brightman
-----------
Killer Clowns from Outer Space
1988 - Just flat out weird. Not sure there's even a plot. Think people wrapped into cotton candy coccoons, hung up to "age" so the alien clowns can drink them. Popcorn shooting guns, spaceship that turns into a big top tent when it lands, it's just odd.
Notable actors - None
-----------
Add your favorite oddities or one that was so bizarre you can't get it out of your head. No porn.
JM
City of Lost Children, here (http://here). French with dream santa and Ron Peralman.
Thanks for the input LMT, your link is broken through [thumbsup] ~
JM
Quote from: Little Monkey Toes on March 23, 2009, 10:00:04 AM
City of Lost Children, here (http://here). French with dream santa and Ron Peralman.
I LOVE that film! All of Jeunet's films are beautiful and worth seeing.
City of Lost Children trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNYG9cXTSds#lq2-hq-vhq)
Quote from: the_Journeyman on March 23, 2009, 09:49:57 AM
Streets of Fire
Notable Actors - Rick Moranis, Diane Lane
also, Lee Ving - the singer from the punk/hardcore band FEAR
Quote
-----------
Killer Clowns from Outer Space
Notable actors - None
-----------
and music by The Dickies!
Cool & interesting stuff! Thanks for all the positive input all & keep things coming [thumbsup] I'm making a list :D
JM
Jacob's Ladder - 1990 Trippy, Kubrick-like film
A traumatized Vietnam war veteran finds out that his post-war life isn't what he believes it to be when he's attacked by horned creatures in the subway and his dead son comes to visit him.
Notable actors -
Tim Robbins
Ving Rhames
Eriq LaSalle
Jason Alexander
Danny Aiello
S. Epatha Merkerson
Lewis Black
McCaulay Culkin
Kyle Gass
Hard Candy:A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him
it has Ellen Page
[thumbsup]
Quote from: Little Monkey Toes on March 23, 2009, 10:00:04 AM
City of Lost Children, here (http://here). French with dream santa and Ron Peralman.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112682/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112682/)
Poison Ivy starring Michael J Fox
Tank starring James Garner
Das Leben der Anderen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lives_of_Others (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lives_of_Others)
Der Krieger und die Kaiserin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_and_the_Warrior (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_and_the_Warrior)
Lola Rennt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Lola_Run (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Lola_Run)
Harold & Maude
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_and_Maude (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_and_Maude)
Rivers Edge 1986. Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper.
Motorcycle Diaries. Not too quirky but visually beautiful and historically insightful.
Touch of Evil. Charlton Heston, Orson Welles. Great lighting
Enemy mine - 1985
SF from the novel by Barry B. Longyear.
Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr.
A space battle sends two pilots from opposite sides crashing onto a deserted planet.
run Lola run was a trip
They keep popping into my head
Liquid Sky, another cult classic by Slava Tsukerman. Get ready for strange NYC SiFi androgyny.
The Station Agent. Haven't seen it yet but the description on Netflix got me interested.
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, 1983. David Bowie. Can't quite remember it but I think it made a dent.
Bagdad Cafe'. One of those films that makes you remember Jack Palace.
Quote from: Bun-bun on March 23, 2009, 02:16:20 PM
Enemy mine - 1985
SF from the novel by Barry B. Longyear.
Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr.
A space battle sends two pilots from opposite sides crashing onto a deserted planet.
Love that one! [thumbsup]
Quote from: the_Journeyman on March 23, 2009, 09:49:57 AM
Think things like Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Might not be your cup of tea if you're at all a homophobe, awesome soundtrack. Imagine a cross between 'Rocky Horror' and 'This Is Spinal Tap' and you're getting close.
And, yes, Killer Klowns is a great movie - I own it on DVD. :)
Quote from: cyrus buelton on March 23, 2009, 11:22:42 AM
Tank starring James Garner
Good flick. I also enjoyed "Taps", the early Tom Cruise flick.
Maybe too mainstream for this thread . . . "The long kiss goodnight" Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson
Geena Davis as an amnesiac hit(wo)man.
Hey maybe someone here can come up with the title to this movie I can't get out of my head. It was a post-nuclear- apocolypse film about a young boy and a telepathic or talking dog. Maybe from the '70s.
Any idea?
Waking Life
(2001) Linklater pic. Very cool movie dealing with philosophy.
Old Boy
(2003) Korean film about a guys who gets kidnapped and is released 15 years later. He must then find the person who kinapped him to get revenge.
Hell Ride
(2008) Notables include Michael Madson and Dennis Hopper. Biker movie made in the B movie style of Planet Terror and Death proof
In Bruges - Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.
How to draw a bunny
This could become a classic thread.
"Motel Hell" Campy horror
1980
Noteables:
Rory Calhoun
Elaine Joyce
Wolfman Jack
John Ratzenberger
"It takes all kinds of critters to make farmer Vincent's fritters."
"Frankenhooker" Campy horror
1990
Notables: Louise Lasser
A med student accidently kills his GF in a lawn mower accident. Saves her head in a freezer and goes to get body parts from hookers to remake his GF. He invents "Super Crack" that the hookers smoke and then explode...Many exploding hooker scenes...You can't get any better than that.
More serious (my fav movie of all time BTW):
"Drugstore Cowboy" 1989
Notables:
Matt Dillon
James Remar
James LeGros
Heather Graham
Kelly Lynch
William S. Burroughs
Based on a true story, a small gang of drug addicts rip-off drugstores to satisfy their habit. One tries to "clean up his hand." Directed by Gus Van Sant
Quote from: Bun-bun on March 23, 2009, 04:37:13 PM
Hey maybe someone here can come up with the title to this movie I can't get out of my head. It was a post-nuclear- apocolypse film about a young boy and a telepathic or talking dog. Maybe from the '70s.
Any idea?
Is this the one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Boy_and_His_Dog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Boy_and_His_Dog)
Quote from: sno_duc on March 23, 2009, 07:57:53 PM
Is this the one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Boy_and_His_Dog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Boy_and_His_Dog)
Yep!
Don Johnson, who knew?
Great movie. Not surprised Harlan Ellison wrote the seminal story.
" Sea of Love " 1989
Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman
Al Pacino is a Detective on the hunt for a Serial killer , John Goodman is his partner.
Ellen Barkin becomes Al's love interest and the prime suspect as the Serial killer. Dolph :)
Brotherhood of the Wolf (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0237534/). French, with English subtitles. Best martial arts flick you'll see this year.
Attack the Gas Station (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0262246/). A group of Korean misfits decide to rob the same gas station for the second night in a row. This time, they start to (after taking hostages) run the business. In doing so, the set the stage for each of them to realize their inner-most dreams. Sounds ghey, but is TOTALLY awesome.
The Score (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0227445/). Master thief Robert De Nero teams up with mentally-handicapped (in the movie) Ed Norton and criminal fixer Marlon Brando. Watch it and remember why you never, ever, EVER, want to cross De Niro. As if you needed a reason. Also contains the greatest safe-crack in history.
Boondock Saints (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/). Because you've always wanted to be a vigilante. Don't lie.
True Romance (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0108399/). Quentin Tarantino's take on a "Romance." Stars everyone famous, from James Gandolfini to Christopher Walken to Christian Slater to Brad Pitt. And no, I'm not exaggerating.
I love weird, oddball movies.
Also, anyone who hasn't should watch Ravenous (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0129332/) for a real taste of cannibalism. [evil]
I really liked Alex Cox's film Repo Man, so I checked out his lesser known film Walker. It's about William Walker - an American ex-pat filibusterer who went to Nicaragua, led a coup and made himself president only to turn it into a slave republic (before the Civil War). It's a really interesting film because it's intentionally anachronistic (and OVERTLY political).
Features: Ed Harris, Joe Strummer (minor role). Score by Joe Strummer.
If you don't mind animated stuff, check out Perfect Blue. It's a Japanese film about a pop singer who tries to change her image and be taken seriously. Her fanbase object. It's bloody and confusing as the main character struggles to keep her sanity while those close to her are horrifically murdered.
Features: it's a cartoon
If you want a brainless Japanese zombie flick, rent Wild Zero. The garage rock band Guitar Wolf star in this convoluted plotline featuring zombies, transexuals, UFOs, arms smugglers, television reporters, MOTORCYCLES and lots of rock and roll.
The American DVD has a "Drinking game" extra where a beer will flash on the screen every time Guitar Wolf says Rock and Roll.
If I have some time, I'll throw up a list of solid indie horror and drive-in exploitation flicks that are available on netflix and worth seeing.
Quote from: redxblack on March 23, 2009, 09:22:57 PM
If you want a brainless Japanese zombie flick, rent Wild Zero. The garage rock band Guitar Wolf star in this convoluted plotline featuring zombies, transexuals, UFOs, arms smugglers, television reporters, MOTORCYCLES and lots of rock and roll.
The American DVD has a "Drinking game" extra where a beer will flash on the screen every time Guitar Wolf says "Lock and Loll!"
If I have some time, I'll throw up a list of solid indie horror and drive-in exploitation flicks that are available on netflix and worth seeing.
Fixed.
And yeah, seen it.
Brotherhood of the Wolf. I forgot that one. Great flix.
The first and fourth Toxic Avenger movies are "good" (the second and third are a disaster and not necessary to watch the fourth). If you like Troma movies, you probably have already seen Terror Firmer and Tromeo and Juliet. Both are lots of fun, but probably not if you're not into typical troma fare.
Anyone who likes south park and hasn't' seen Cannibal! The Musical needs to remedy that right away. It was Trey Parker's student film before he dropped out of college and became a millionaire. It's a 50s style musical about the only man in US history convicted of cannibalism - Alfred Packer. South Park humor abounds, but the songs are really catchy. The DVD commentary track might be even funnier than the film, so it's worth two viewings for that.
Features: those two guys who make south park, that little guy who's in their other movies, a cameo by avant-film GOD Stan Brakhage.
A Terry Gilliam film fest would fit within this thread (most of his work, anyway). I'd highly recommend Time Bandits (a group of dwarves are supposed to fix the holes in the space time continuum, but they steal God's map of the holes and use it to rob historical persons). Sean Connery is in it. My favorite Gilliam film is Brazil. A typo + an unforgiving bureaucracy combine to ruin the lives of several people caught in a dystopic future. Robert Di Nero plays the part of a crusading HVAC repairman operating off the grid, making him public enemy #1. As with (almost) all of Gilliam's work, the visuals are dark, inspired and odd.
For light (and nearly family fare) viewing, dig out the 80s classic UHF. Weird Al Yankovic's "masterpiece" centers on his quasi-inheritance of a crappy tv station his uncle does not want and his efforts to reinvent the programming while taking on the local network competition. The plot is hokey, the jokes are hokier and that makes it all the better. Michael Richards (pre-Kramer) plays Stanley Spidowski, a soft-headed janitor turned children's tv show host. Emo Philips has a cameo as a local wood shop teacher. Kevin McCarthy (invasion of the body snatchers) is the easy to hate villain working to derail Al's station.
Quote from: redxblack on March 24, 2009, 04:11:21 AM
For light (and nearly family fare) viewing, dig out the 80s classic UHF. Weird Al Yankovic's "masterpiece" centers on his quasi-inheritance of a crappy tv station his uncle does not want and his efforts to reinvent the programming while taking on the local network competition. The plot is hokey, the jokes are hokier and that makes it all the better. Michael Richards (pre-Kramer) plays Stanley Spidowski, a soft-headed janitor turned children's tv show host. Emo Philips has a cameo as a local wood shop teacher. Kevin McCarthy (invasion of the body snatchers) is the easy to hate villain working to derail Al's station.
"Oh, Joel Miller, you've just found the marble in the oatmeal. You're a lucky, lucky, lucky little boy. 'Cause you know why? You get to drink from... the FIRE HOOOOOSE!"
The Score (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0227445/). Master thief Robert De Nero teams up with mentally-handicapped (in the movie) Ed Norton and criminal fixer Marlon Brando. Watch it and remember why you never, ever, EVER, want to cross De Niro. As if you needed a reason. Also contains the greatest safe-crack in history.
I love weird, oddball movies.
[/quote]
This was on FX network this past weekend. Ed Norton really nailed his part. Worth seeing just for his character alone.
Death to Smoochy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266452/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266452/)
Robin Williams
Ed Norton
Catherine Keener
Danny DeVito
Jon Stewart
Black comedy directed by DeVito about the seedy underbelly of children's television programming.
Wow, some interesting information coming in here. Thanks for all the input! Hopefully a lot of these stream on Netflix [thumbsup]
JM
Quote from: redxblack on March 23, 2009, 09:22:57 PM
If you want a brainless Japanese zombie flick, rent Wild Zero. The garage rock band Guitar Wolf star in this convoluted plotline featuring zombies, transexuals, UFOs, arms smugglers, television reporters, MOTORCYCLES and lots of rock and roll.
The American DVD has a "Drinking game" extra where a beer will flash on the screen every time Guitar Wolf says Rock and Roll.
If I have some time, I'll throw up a list of solid indie horror and drive-in exploitation flicks that are available on netflix and worth seeing.
This actually is right down our alley to a T I'll bet! Gonna look for that one on Netflix now ~
JM
Love Brotherhood of the Wolf and UHF
A movie that my friends and I love but no one seems to know about is Run Ronnie Run. Seriously funny movie.
Run Ronnie Run has it's moments. It's a Mr Show sketch turned feature film. David Cross and Bob Odenkirk both have said it's a piece of crap and should be avoided. They had to make too many compromises. It's still a fun flick, but I could only imagine how good it would have been if they had been able to make it the way they wanted.
Lars & the Real Girl. [thumbsup]
Birdy. [thumbsup] [thumbsup]
"Blood Simple"
A lesser-known Coen brothers movie, starring: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, and one of my favorite character actors, M. Emmet Walsh.
"You Me and Everyone We Know"
nsfw or may be hard to explain if ppl overhear
Scene from "Me and You and Everyone Else" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB_9UJex4hE#lq-hq-vhq)