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Strange and weird films from long ago

Rosemary's Baby was weird. So was Edgar Allan Poe's The Mask of Red Death (I think). TB was very prominent during Poe's time and that's what it's about.
 
Canada's National Film Board had some wild stuff. I remember one about two neighbours escalating a fight, but it was done in stop motion, so they seemed to be just standing but sliding around. Come to think of it, they were standing so uniformly straight that they may have been manikins.
There is also "Shangrila," about an aircraft crash accidentally finding a hidden valley of great peace and harmony.
 
velociraptor said:
Not everything has to have a point. Unless it's a weapon where a pointy end is useful.

I enjoyed the absurdity of it.
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I thought it was a sensible way to take an interesting journey, but Buster seemed to be completely oblivious to the novelty. I thought it might have been a way to give him an income boost after his stunting days were done.
 
I have here a six DVD set of "Aviation 20 exciting films from the first flights to the edge of space" selected from the US national archives. I'm up to 1926 now, and the whole third disk has not a single flight, just scenes of a Navy base and school, in silent black and white.
 
Judge said:
"Strange" (in the eye of the beholder) can be interesting.

In no particular order:

"Zardoz" (1974)
"The Thirteenth Floor" (1999)
"Fahrenheit 451" (1966)
"Walkabout" (1971)
"The Happening" (2008)
"The Night Porter" (1974)
"Caligula" (1979)
"The Ninth Gate" (1999)
"The Entity" (1981)
"Communion" (1989)
"Apocalypse Now" (1979)
"Event Horizon" (1997)
"Demon Seed" (1977)
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Night porter was a haunting film but amazing acted by bogarde and rampling.caligula again amazing acting but deeply disturbing and as bizzarre and the fever ridden emperor with the horse in his bed!
 
I am quite surprised that, so far, no one has mentioned anything by David Lynch; from Eraserhead to Inland Empire. I love his work because it is so unique and idiosyncratic.
 
Richelle-H said:
I am quite surprised that, so far, no one has mentioned anything by David Lynch; from Eraserhead to Inland Empire.
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I got an impression that you search for movies that might have flown below your radar despite you being a movie fan. I consider Lynch being "general knowledge" so I didn't bother to mention his work. 🙂
 
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UFO said:
I got an impression that you search for movies that might have flown below your radar despite you being a movie fan. I consider Lynch being "general knowledge" so I didn't bother to mention his work.
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I was also interested in the range of films others have watched. Besides, I had just watched 'Inland Empire', for the first time, right before I started this thread. I think he is at the top of the list for both both strange and weird.

A more recent film that others might not have seen, from 2013, that examines the negative aspects of AI before AI was the actual disturbing thing it is today: "The Congress" about an actress who sells her likeness to her film studio (so they can make films with her as a lead in perpetuity). She winds up in a virtual reality (all animated with lots of characters from times past walking round [multiple viewings were required for me to find them all]).
 
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